A Golden Finger Is Not Such an Inconvenient Thing

Ling Yun's eyes continued to sweep across the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and soon, another plant caught his attention.

It was a purple chrysanthemum with a stamen that rose more than half a foot above the petals, emitting a golden glow. The petals were fuzzy, and the overall appearance was quite beautiful; this was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Consuming it allows one to circulate energy through the limbs, clear the eight extraordinary meridians, and forge an indestructible body. It is a neutral-attribute immortal herb, suitable for both men and women.

There are requirements for consumption: first eat the stamen, then the petals, but do not eat the root; then, refine the medicinal power.

The Chrysanthemum Douluo of Martial Soul Hall has the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as his martial soul. He is quite effeminate, and without hearing him speak, one might not even be able to tell if he is a man or a woman.

After these herbs, no other immortal herbs were visible, so Ling Yun began to move, exploring carefully.

Having walked less than ten meters, a refreshing orchid fragrance drilled straight into Ling Yun's nose, and he quickly locked onto the target.

This was an eight-petaled orchid, snow-white and crystal clear. It sat quietly between two rocks, giving off an elegant and otherworldly feeling. This was another immortal treasure: the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.

Consuming it solidifies the foundation, cultivates the essence, removes impurities, and increases cultivation speed.

The method of consumption is much simpler: one only needs to chew and swallow it. Harvesting it requires care; like the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, it must be harvested using metal tools and stored in a jade box, where it can remain fresh for a thousand years.

Walking a few more steps, another rich fragrance filled Ling Yun's senses, and soon he saw the source. The roots were as thin as hair, intertwined like vines spiraling upward, topped with a golden tulip.

Its name is easily confused with the Aromatic Silk Beauty; this is the Silk Tulip.

Consuming it allows one to absorb the essence of heaven and earth and the radiance of the sun and moon, a truly gifted treasure.

To use this immortal herb, one must gently inhale the stamen and slowly refine the medicinal power; it must not be swallowed directly.

Turning his head, he saw a red plant not far away, its light dazzling. The leaf veins were crimson gold, while the rest was red, topped with a cockscomb shape.

This was the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, an immortal treasure that greatly supplements pure Yang. It is suitable for fire-attribute soul masters and can purify flames.

The process of eating it is somewhat painful: it must not be chewed, but swallowed whole, followed by refining the medicinal power, a process that involves intense agony.

Once one cannot endure it, all previous efforts will be wasted.

Not long after, Ling Yun discovered another immortal herb, the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, snow-white and shaped like a white lotus root, looking completely spotless. Its function is to moisten the tendons and supplement the bones, clearing the eight extraordinary meridians.

When consuming the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, one only eats the petals, then gently inhales the stamen to refine the medicinal power.

Ling Yun continued his exploration, and a moment later, a snow-white plant entered his field of vision.

Its leaves were crystal clear like water droplets, and its form was as elegant as a swan's neck.

He walked quickly to the front and stopped a meter away to examine it carefully. This plant was called the Snowy Swan Kiss. It has only one effect: stimulation. It stimulates toxins hundreds or thousands of times over.

However, it is not poisonous itself. Harvesting it must be done with extreme caution using pure objects, and it must be stored in cold jade; if the temperature rises above zero, it will wither.

If Dugu Bo were to accidentally touch it, he would definitely die from toxin eruption.

Without stopping, Ling Yun was attracted by a giant boulder. The boulder was pitch black, and in a crevice of the stone grew a small white flower, palm-sized and leafless, looking very ordinary, with a touch of bright red on a few petals, like fresh blood.

This was the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, the most frequently appearing item throughout the Douluo series, possessing the power to bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh and bones.

To harvest it, one must think of their beloved and force out a mouthful of blood to spit onto the petals.

During the process, if one's thoughts are even slightly impure, spitting blood until one's entire body is drained will be of no use.

If the love in one's heart is pure, the roots of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red will automatically detach from the stone and recognize its master. If harvested by force, destroying the Black Absolute Stone beneath the roots, all medicinal properties will vanish.

Once the Lovesick Heartbreak Red recognizes a master, it will never wither and can protect its owner; it is truly a divine flower among flowers.

Ling Yun continued to explore and discovered many other rare herbs: Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, Dragon Ganoderma Leaf, Snow Lotus, and so on.

The Earth Dragon Golden Melon, Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, and Primordial Immortal Grass—the immortal herbs that would follow the protagonist group later—were also found by him.

But their grade had not yet reached that of an immortal treasure.

They had the potential to become immortal treasures, but they still needed time to gestate.

In less than half an hour, Ling Yun had searched every plant in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

He basically didn't recognize the ones not described in the original work, but his gold-medal assistant did. How could the Yin-Yang Mirror be such an inconvenient object?

At Ling Yun's request, the Yin-Yang Mirror appeared in the outside world once more, and the light of Yin and Yang shrouded the entire valley.

Whatever special harvesting techniques were required, they were mere trifles before the Yin-Yang Mirror; it was not an issue at all.

While preserving the medicinal properties, the Yin-Yang Mirror even left the roots behind; it had truly mastered the concept of sustainable development.

One herb after another flew toward the Yin-Yang Mirror, like twinkling stars slowly rotating around it.

It illuminated the valley in a myriad of colors, dazzling and magnificent.

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot attracted and restrained each other; under the illumination of the Yin-Yang light, they slowly drew together and fused.

Several neutral herbs were added, continuing to fuse and condense, turning into medicinal liquid. Mixed together like a large ball of water, it then split into five portions, each emitting a red and white light.

The next moment, the heaven and earth energy belonging to the Scorching Yang Spring and the Extreme Cold Ice Spring poured in continuously, and finally, five medicinal pills appeared.

The Ice-Fire Body Refining Pill had an effect no weaker than consuming the immortal herbs directly.

Ling Yun hurriedly took out a jade bottle, and under the control of the Yin-Yang Mirror, the five pills flew into the bottle like swallows returning to their nests.

Every single one, as long as it was an immortal treasure, was smelted; even the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and the Snowy Swan Kiss were handled perfectly by the Yin-Yang Mirror.

There was nothing Ling Yun couldn't think of that the Yin-Yang Mirror couldn't do.

The pills, fused from six immortal herbs and thirteen other herbs, were finished, named Heaven-Seizing Creation Pill, totaling nine in all.

Every pill had cloud patterns flowing across its surface, round and plump, radiating a lustrous, precious glow; one look was enough to tell that these pills were extraordinary.

A quarter of an hour later.

Ling Yun had filled ten jade bottles, three wooden boxes, and one gourd.

The Yin-Yang Mirror had already transformed into a stream of light, returning to the depths of his soul, and had even thoughtfully transmitted a stream of information, clearly detailing what each type of pill was for and how effective it was.

The harvest from this trip far exceeded his expectations.

Ling Yun poured out one Ice-Fire Body Refining Pill, which melted the moment it touched his tongue; shortly after, his body began to change color, flickering between red and white.

He tossed his clothes and his storage Soul Tool onto the bank and leaped into the spring water, beginning the ice-fire body refinement.

The effect was overly pronounced, making him grit his teeth in agony.

If not for the medicinal power of the Ice-Fire Pill protecting him, there would only be two outcomes for him upon entering the spring water: either being frozen into dust or melted into dust.

As for attempting ice-fire body refinement without it, there was absolutely no chance.