What Was Dugu Bo Doing?

Thanks to its geographical features, finding the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well was not difficult.

Although Dugu Bo had set up the Jade Scale Serpent Poison Array around the outskirts, both Shui Bing'er and Leng Jun could fly and could simply pass over the poison array.

Besides, even if they encountered Dugu Bo, it would not be a problem.

Leng Jun cultivated the extreme ice-attribute path. At level eighty-seven, his strength was enough to contend with an ordinary Titled Douluo, and he had no reason to fear Dugu Bo, who had only recently become a Titled Douluo.

Of course, Xu Feng did not want this trip to result in a grudge with Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo's poison was unrivaled under heaven, and he was ruthless and merciless, killing as easily as breathing.

If they failed to kill him in a direct confrontation and provoked his wrath instead, it would bring unnecessary trouble to Skywater Academy.

To his enemies, such a ruthless figure was like a demon. But to his own side, he was a devastating weapon capable of instilling fear in their enemies.

Xu Feng knew Dugu Bo's fate.

Although Dugu Bo was arrogant by nature, he was still someone who repaid kindness. It would be better to bring him under his command.

Xu Feng believed that with the immortal herb cheat code in hand, subduing Dugu Bo would not be difficult.

Shui Bing'er drew closer and closer to the center of the forest.

"Bing'er, stop!"

Xu Feng's voice suddenly rang out in Shui Bing'er's mind.

Shui Bing'er swiftly withdrew her Soul Power and came to a stop.

"Phoenix Brother, what is it?"

"We're almost there. There's an area of extreme toxicity ahead. Be careful."

Xu Feng released his spiritual power and carefully sensed the surroundings.

What puzzled him was that he could not sense the aura of any human expert.

Could it be that Dugu Bo was not in Sunset Forest at the moment?

If Dugu Bo was absent, they could head straight to the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Seeing Shui Bing'er stop, Leng Jun stopped as well.

The two hovered in midair.

Leng Jun frowned deeply, as if he had sensed something.

"Bing'er, was it Senior Phoenix who told you to stop?"

"Yes. He said there's an area of extreme toxicity ahead. Did you sense it too?"

Leng Jun nodded slightly and warily looked down at the nearby area below.

"There is indeed poisonous gas, and that aura... seems to be Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison?"

Xu Feng's voice rang out in Shui Bing'er's mind again.

"Bing'er, your grandfather's senses are correct. That is Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison, and it comes from a human expert. The treasure land we're heading for may have already been discovered by him."

"Then what should we do?"

"Don't worry, I have a way. Keep flying forward. If he's there, I'll be able to sense him."

"Alright."

Shui Bing'er turned to look at her grandfather.

"Grandfather, let's continue forward."

The two continued flying ahead, though they slowed down somewhat.

As they drew closer, Shui Bing'er caught an extremely pungent smell.

A patch of dark green mist appeared in the forested mountains not far ahead.

"Such dense Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison is no ordinary matter. Could it be that Titled Douluo?"

"Grandfather, you mean..."

"The Jade Phosphorous Douluo, Dugu Bo."

A sharp glint flashed through Leng Jun's eyes.

"Dugu Bo's martial soul was originally the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. Later, he cultivated it to the realm of the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor. After his Soul Power broke through level ninety and he became a Titled Douluo, he was called the Poison Douluo because his poison was unrivaled under heaven."

"Grandfather, are you sure that poisonous mist came from the Poison Douluo?"

"It should be him. I saw him once a few years ago. But..."

Leng Jun frowned slightly, deep in thought.

"Dugu Bo has already reached the realm of a Titled Douluo. If he is nearby, his spiritual perception should certainly detect the presence of the two of us. Yet I cannot sense any fluctuations of his Soul Power."

"Perhaps the poison array ahead was set up by him, while he himself is not here?"

"That is possible. Have we not yet reached the place Senior Phoenix pointed out?"

"We're almost there, somewhere nearby."

Xu Feng's voice sounded in Shui Bing'er's mind at just the right moment:

"Bing'er, keep flying forward. There's no one nearby."

"Alright."

Shui Bing'er and Leng Jun continued flying onward, passing through the poisonous mist.

Before long, their view suddenly opened up.

A steep mountain peak stood before them, its rocky surface jagged and craggy, completely unlike the gentle terrain of the surrounding forest.

"Bing'er, we've arrived. It's the summit of that mountain ahead."

Shui Bing'er's heart jolted. Staring at the mountain, her heart began pounding wildly.

"Grandfather, let's go up to the summit and take a look."

"Alright!"

Leng Jun had also spotted the towering peak.

In the blink of an eye, the two had arrived at the summit.

The mountaintop was not particularly large.

The grandfather and granddaughter stood at the edge of a massive inverted-cone-shaped depression.

Standing atop the mountain, they were buffeted by biting winds.

A stream of hot vapor, carrying moisture and the pungent scent unique to sulfur, continuously rose from the edge of the cliff beneath their feet.

"This smell... Is there a hot spring below?"

Leng Jun was somewhat surprised.

Shui Bing'er walked to the cliff's edge and peered down.

Below, mist swirled thickly, leaving everything a vast expanse of white and obscuring the details.

Yet the interwoven auras of ice and fire—utterly different, yet existing in harmony—made her certain beyond doubt.

"Bing'er, the treasured land I told you about is beneath this cliff!"

"Then should we go down now?"

"Mm, we'll fly straight down."

Xu Feng still had not sensed the aura of any powerful human.

That made him even more certain that Dugu Bo was not nearby.

Perfect. They could pick the immortal herbs directly.

"Grandfather, Senior Phoenix says the place we're looking for is beneath this cliff."

"Alright."

Without hesitation, Leng Jun leaped from the bottomless cliff together with Shui Bing'er.

The wind howled past their ears.

In the blink of an eye, they had fallen several hundred meters.

The mist around them grew thicker and thicker, while the temperature became strange—warm one moment, freezing cold the next.

Soon, they passed through the dense fog and landed steadily at the bottom of the valley.

When he saw the sight before him clearly, even the well-traveled Leng Jun could not help drawing a sharp breath, deeply shaken.

This was a valley like something out of a fairyland. It was filled with brilliant colors and countless exotic flowers and herbs. Many of the plants glimmered with a faint treasure-like radiance; one glance was enough to tell they were no ordinary specimens.

The most eye-catching sight was the strange spring at the center of the valley.

The spring was distinctly divided into two parts.

Within the oval pool, the spring water was milky white on one side and crimson on the other.

Though they occupied the same pool, neither encroached upon the other. Each remained on its own side, as though an invisible boundary separated them.

Even from dozens of meters away, the milky-white spring radiated an extreme chill. A thin layer of icy mist covered its surface, while the nearby ground and rocks were blanketed in white frost.

Meanwhile, bubbles constantly rolled through the crimson spring. Scorching heat rushed toward them as though molten lava were flowing within it, and even the air distorted slightly from the high temperature.

Two completely opposing energy attributes had reached a delicate balance within this spring, creating a bizarre spectacle.

The abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth throughout the valley, as well as the vigorous vitality of those exotic flowers and herbs, were clearly closely connected to this spring.