The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Dugu Bo's Request!

"Are we really going with just the two of us?"

Xiao Wu suggested, "Sunset Forest is pretty dangerous. How about we call a few more people?"

Having grown used to blending into crowds to hide her identity, Xiao Wu didn't want to go off on her own.

Lin Fan glanced at her and said calmly, "How we act isn't for you to worry about. Don't worry. With me here, no one else can hurt you."

That was the truth. At this stage, Titled Douluo rarely appeared. With Er Ming around, Lin Fan feared no one.

By the time Bibi Dong and the others entered the fray, Lin Fan would probably already have several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in his hands, and his own strength would have improved too. By then, he'd have even less to fear.

If all else failed, he could send Yu Xiaogang to Bibi Dong first. That lovesick fool would definitely do something stupid, so there'd be nothing to worry about.

Lin Fan had been thinking of renting a carriage when a thought suddenly struck him.

He'd caught a Spirit Beast, so why did he still need to spend money on a carriage?

Without a moment's hesitation, Lin Fan took Xiao Wu out of the city. With a thought, he summoned the Emerald Swan.

"..."

The moment the Emerald Swan appeared, it looked toward Lin Fan, then glanced around, searching for Dugu Bo.

With Lin Fan's current spiritual power, even as it continued to improve, he could still only control Spirit Beasts that were five or six thousand years old. The Emerald Swan had been captured in a Poké Ball after Dugu Bo poisoned and injured it. So even though the soul contract prevented it from attacking Lin Fan, that didn't mean it would necessarily obey him.

"Tsk, tsk. Stop looking."

Lin Fan said calmly, "This is human territory. If you dare to run, once you're caught, you'll be killed and absorbed as a Soul Ring."

"Stay with me, and I can at least spare your life."

Indeed, as Lin Fan captured more and more Spirit Beasts, any future battle would turn into a massive group brawl. With the Emerald Swan on his side, their overall fighting strength would rise considerably.

So Lin Fan would spare the Emerald Swan's life!

A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast already possessed considerable intelligence and could understand Lin Fan's words. After a moment's thought, it lowered its head in submission.

Lin Fan didn't waste time. He climbed onto the Emerald Swan's back and pulled Xiao Wu up after him.

Having already felt the force of his earlier threat, Xiao Wu obeyed Lin Fan without question. She had no thought of resisting and simply sat in his arms.

At first, everything was fine. But as the Emerald Swan spread its wings and soared into the sky, Lin Fan's mind drifted, and his hands began wandering over Xiao Wu of their own accord.

Anyone who'd ever been to a nightclub knew that when a man sat close to a woman, his hands just wouldn't stay still.

Before long, Xiao Wu's cheeks were flushed red. She kept squeezing her legs against the Emerald Swan, driving it to the brink of a mental breakdown!

A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's flying speed was nothing to scoff at. Before long, they landed outside the imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Sensing the aura of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, several figures rushed out of Heaven Dou City almost as soon as Lin Fan touched down.

"Hmm?"

"A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? And two children?"

When the group caught sight of Lin Fan, they were utterly stunned.

Since when could two children ride a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

"You—"

Before anyone could speak, Lin Fan said softly, "Please fetch my elder brother, Dugu Bo."

"Huh?"

"What? Your elder brother is Dugu Bo? Wait, aren't the two of you a little far apart in age?"

"..."

In an instant, the group exchanged bewildered looks. Lin Fan's words shocked them even more than the sight they'd just witnessed!

He was so young. If he and Dugu Bo were brothers, then Dugu Bo's mother must have been incredibly fertile!

Of course, they only dared to grumble about that silently to themselves.

"Ahem."

Dugu Bo appeared in the distance like a shooting star, reaching them in an instant. He swept his gaze over the group and said, "We're family. You may leave."

"Yes!"

Faced with a Titled Douluo—and one who served Prince Xue Xing, no less—they naturally didn't dare interfere. Still, as they left, they kept glancing at Lin Fan in astonishment.

"Didn't Yan'er come back with you?"

Dugu Bo asked with a smile. "What is it? Do you need something from your elder brother?"

"Indeed."

Lin Fan chuckled. "I need some herbs to prepare a potion, and I'll be away for a while. I won't be able to look after Yan'er, so I left her in Qin Ming's care."

"You need herbs?"

Dugu Bo wasn't worried about Dugu Yan, since a teacher from the academy was with her. His attention had gone straight to Lin Fan's first sentence, and he answered without hesitation, "Your elder brother has a treasure-filled place with plenty of medicinal herbs. What do you need? I'll get them for you."

"There are a lot of herbs I need, and I'm not sure yet."

Lin Fan's expression remained calm, though inwardly he was grumbling. Finally, they'd gotten to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!

"This..."

Dugu Bo hesitated, then said quietly, "I'd thought your Soul Power was rather weak, and you might not survive there."

"I forgot how many unusual things you've got going on, kid. Maybe even that place won't be able to do anything to you."

Dugu Bo smiled. "Then I'll take you there. But I can't stay long. A beast tide suddenly erupted in Star Dou Forest a few days ago! We managed to deal with it, but the forest is still unsettled."

"Good."

Lin Fan couldn't have been happier. Only after Dugu Bo left would he be able to show his abilities without restraint.

As for Da Ming?

As long as Spirit Hall didn't go all out, the people of the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire alone couldn't threaten it.

The only thing Lin Fan worried about was whether Da Ming's rampage might awaken the Ferocious Beasts sleeping beneath the earth.

Given Dugu Bo's status, he didn't need to report every little thing. He immediately took Lin Fan to Sunset Forest.

Before long, with Dugu Bo beside him, the Emerald Swan descended from the sky, and Lin Fan saw the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in all its glory.

Scarlet waves of heat and bone-white streams of cold rose and mingled above the spring, making anyone who saw them feel a surge of apprehension.

Amid the mist, everything nearby seemed hazy and unreal, like a celestial paradise.

But the dark green poisonous miasma surrounding the area proved that this place wasn't quite so safe.

The moment they landed, Dugu Bo turned to look at Lin Fan. Seeing that his expression was normal and that the surrounding aura didn't seem to affect him, Dugu Bo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was counting on Lin Fan to advance his Martial Soul, so naturally, he didn't want anything to happen to him.

"Don't touch those two plants near the spring. They're extremely dangerous. Otherwise, feel free to look around."

After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he suddenly looked embarrassed and asked quietly, "Um, when can you advance my Martial Soul?"

Dugu Bo hadn't been in a hurry before because he'd been confident in his own strength. But now, he'd watched several people make leaps and bounds in strength thanks to Lin Fan. And with the beast tide in Star Dou Forest on top of that, he wanted to grow stronger too!