Before long, led by Dugu Bo, the two found their path blocked by a dense wall of emerald-green poisonous miasma.
Dugu Bo halted and pointed at the roiling toxic fog ahead.
"Beyond this poison barrier lies the private herb garden I cultivated.
I mixed the mist around its perimeter with the natal venom of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. Any ordinary soul beast that so much as comes into contact with it will turn into a puddle of blood within moments."
As he spoke, Dugu Bo took a dark-red pill from his robes and handed it over.
"Take this antidote pill I specially refined. Stay close behind me, and whatever you do, don't get separated."
Without hesitation, Lin Nuo accepted the pill, swallowed it in one gulp, and followed Dugu Bo into the poison barrier.
After passing through the heavy toxic fog, the view before them suddenly opened up.
This hidden valley was not particularly large, yet it was an isolated paradise untouched by the outside world.
Countless strange flowers and exotic herbs, never seen before, covered the valley. All manner of bizarre plants stretched out their branches and leaves freely in a dazzling variety of forms.
Many of the flowers and grasses even gave off resplendent glows.
Yet the most eye-catching sight was undoubtedly the peculiar pool at the very center of the valley.
The entire pool was divided into two sharply distinct halves.
One half of the spring water was milky white like congealed cream, exuding a bone-chilling cold, while the other was crimson like flowing fire, with waves of heat rolling off it.
Even more astonishingly, at the center of each of the white and crimson springs grew a uniquely shaped plant.
Within the milky-white cold spring stood an Immortal Herb of pure icy blue, its crown