Dugu Bo knew full well how terrifying the boy before him was. Besides, he still had a favor to ask of Lin Yuan, so how could he dare harbor the slightest ill intent?
Only after Dugu Bo swore a solemn oath did Bibi Dong nod. She rose into the air with Hu Liena, who was still reluctant to leave, and vanished into the horizon as a streak of light.
After watching Bibi Dong depart, Lin Yuan turned and walked toward the depths of the forest.
"Come with me."
Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan exchanged a glance, their faces full of confusion, then followed him.
The old man and the young woman followed Lin Yuan through layer upon layer of poisonous miasma, until they finally arrived at a peculiar basin deep in the earth.
In the clearing ahead, a strange spring, sharply divided into two distinct colors, steamed with both heat and cold.
One half was an extremely pure milky white; the other was scarlet red, like molten lava.
Countless strange flowers and herbs, each radiating an unusual halo, grew all around it.
"This is..."
Dugu Bo's eyes widened in astonishment, and even his beard seemed to stick up.
"Master Lin, how did you know about this secret medicinal garden of mine?"
Lin Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, his deep gaze sweeping over the strange spring.
"This is the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."
"It's a peerless treasure ground nurtured by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."
He turned around and looked straight at Dugu Bo.
"I bear a special bloodline that allows me to forcibly transfer all the toxins accumulated in your bodies over the years onto myself."
"Moreover, those toxins won't affect me at all."
Hearing this, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan both drew in a sharp breath.
Transfer deadly poison onto himself?
What kind of absurd antidote method was that?
Before they could ask, Lin Yuan continued.
"But the process is extremely forceful. I must use the ultimate ice and fire power of this Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to suppress the toxins' counterattack."
"As for my condition, it's simple."
Lin Yuan pointed at the dazzling flowers and herbs around them.
"I get to pick any Immortal Herbs growing around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well."
Dugu Bo didn't hesitate for even half a second.
"No problem!"
"As long as you can remove the backlash poison from me and Yan Yan, forget these flowers and weeds—even if you wanted my entire fortune, I wouldn't so much as furrow my brow!"
What use was it to guard a mountain of treasures only to die of poison? What good would it do to keep the Immortal Herbs?
"Good."
Lin Yuan pointed to the edge of the spring.
"Take off your shirt and sit over there."
Dugu Bo immediately did as he was told. Bare-chested, he sat cross-legged at the edge where the spring's two halves met.
Lin Yuan walked behind him and focused his thoughts.
A terrifying aura of death erupted from his body in an instant.
Behind him, the faint shadow of a terrifying beast appeared, resembling a ferocious wolf with nine tails.
He fully unleashed the Nine Nether Beast Bloodline!
A flash of black light flickered at Lin Yuan's fingertip, and it sliced through the skin on Dugu Bo's back like a blade.
"Gather!"
The immense power of his bloodline was like a terrifying magnet.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison buried deep in Dugu Bo's bones transformed into foul-smelling streams of black blood and surged toward the wound on his back.
Lin Yuan opened his mouth and directly sucked the poison into his body!
"Devour!"
The Nine Nether Beast's innate divine ability activated instantly.
As soon as the poison—potent enough to kill even a Titled Douluo—entered Lin Yuan's body, it was crushed by the aura of death that could dominate all ages.
The toxins were rapidly broken down and refined into streams of extremely pure energy, which surged back into Lin Yuan's limbs and body.
"Boom!"
The Soul Power fluctuations around Lin Yuan suddenly soared.
Twenty-fourth level!
After absorbing the toxins from Dugu Bo's body, Lin Yuan emerged completely unharmed. His Soul Power cultivation had even increased!
"That's done."
Lin Yuan withdrew his hand and exhaled a breath of stale air.
Dugu Bo's eyes flew open. It felt as if the gloom that had weighed on him for decades had vanished completely.
His entire body felt fresher and more invigorated than ever before.
"Thank you, Master Lin, for giving me a new lease on life!" Dugu Bo was so excited that he nearly dropped to his knees on the spot.
Lin Yuan waved a hand and turned his gaze toward Dugu Yan, who had been staring in shock from the side.
"Your turn."
At Lin Yuan's words, Dugu Yan's body stiffened.
Thinking of how her grandfather had taken off his clothes to have the poison removed, her cheeks suddenly blazed red all the way to her ears.
She was already a grown young woman.
Undressing in this wilderness in front of a boy made her feel so mortified she could hardly bear it.
But after a fierce struggle with herself, she finally gritted her teeth.
Her life mattered more than her pride.
With her back to Lin Yuan, Dugu Yan's hands trembled slightly as she carefully slipped off her outer clothes.
Amid the mist rising from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well,
her delicate, snow-white skin was laid bare to the air.
Her slender waist was free of even the slightest bit of excess flesh, and below it stretched a pair of exceptionally long, straight legs.
Her translucent jade feet rested on the damp stones at the edge of the spring, her ten cute toes curled tightly with nervousness.
That breathtaking beauty was enough to set any man's blood racing.
She cautiously stepped into the shallow water at the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, then sat down with her back to Lin Yuan. Her face was red enough to drip blood.
Lin Yuan stepped behind her.
Looking at her alluring figure, he kept his gaze clear.
"Calm your mind."
"Don't let your thoughts run wild, or your energy may reverse course and send you into cultivation deviation."
Lin Yuan's voice reached her ears, carrying a calming strength.
Dugu Yan took a deep breath, forced down her racing heartbeat, and closed her eyes.
The next moment, she keenly felt two cool fingers rest against her smooth back.
The sensation of his fingertips brushing her tender skin made Dugu Yan shiver uncontrollably.
Then a forceful suction came from those fingertips.
The toxins hidden deep in her meridians were forcibly drawn out bit by bit.
The whole process felt incredibly soothing. Combined with the coolness of his fingertips, it nearly made Dugu Yan cry out in pleasure.
Before long, Lin Yuan withdrew his hand.
"The toxins are gone."
Hearing this, Dugu Yan felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted. She hurriedly grabbed her clothes, not even daring to look back at Lin Yuan, and bashfully wrapped herself up again from head to toe.
After dealing with the danger threatening them both, Lin Yuan turned his gaze to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
"Now it's my turn."
He strode into the medicinal garden without hesitation, his gaze sweeping over the Immortal Herbs one after another.
His hands darted out in quick succession, plucking the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
As soon as they were picked, these two Immortal Herbs with Ultimate Attributes unleashed terrifying forces of heat and cold.
Without even blinking, Lin Yuan stuffed both herbs into his mouth and swallowed them whole.
Then he casually took off his shirt, sprang into the air, and crashed hard into the deepest part of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!
"Rumble!"
The instant Lin Yuan entered the water,
the weather between heaven and earth changed!
The previously tranquil Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well roiled like a boiling volcanic crater, its red and white waters churning wildly.
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