Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well

Looking back at Dugu Bo's gaze, Ye Chen smiled, surprised but unruffled. "Senior, as the Fire God Inheritor, surely I have the Fire God's divine power protecting me, don't I? Fire is the natural bane of poison. Others may fear your poison, but I don't fear it with the Fire God's divine power."

"If you really mean to kill me, then if you fail, you'll have to face the Fire God's wrath in the future."

"So rather than kill me, why not support me in attaining the Fire God's divine position? Once I succeed, I'll be forever grateful to you and protect you and your granddaughter in the Divine Realm."

As he spoke, Ye Chen turned to look at Dugu Yan, who was absorbing her Soul Ring, and said without a trace of worry, "Senior, I told you my secret as the Fire God Inheritor because I want to rely on you as my backer. If supporting a future god doesn't interest you, then surely you're interested in curing the backlash from the snake poison, aren't you?"

"Once I become a god, with divine power to help me, how could I still be unable to cure the snake poison backlash for you and your granddaughter?"

At the mention of the snake poison backlash, Dugu Bo finally lost his composure. Killing intent blazed in his eyes. The snake poison backlash was his greatest secret. How had this man discovered it?

Could being an inheritor of a god grant him the power to know all things under heaven?

Dugu Bo stared coldly at Ye Chen. He had only one thought: kill this man and eliminate future trouble.

But after a brief silence, he forced down the urge to kill. After all, if this man really had the Fire God's divine power protecting him, killing him would be difficult.

And if he failed to kill him, he would make an enemy of a future god.

In this situation, it was better to believe it than risk dismissing it.

Besides, he had no deep grudge against this boy named Ye Chen. He had revealed his identity as the Fire God Inheritor only because he wanted Dugu Bo's support.

Once he understood this, the killing intent in Dugu Bo's eyes gradually faded. He still didn't know whether this boy claiming to be the Fire God Inheritor was bluffing or telling the truth.

But with a thousand-year Second Soul Ring and Soul Power at level fifty-seven despite being only fifteen or sixteen years old, even if he couldn't break through level one hundred and become a god in the future, he would at least become one of the strongest Titled Douluo on the continent.

If he had the chance to become the benefactor of the strongest Titled Douluo, wouldn't killing that benefactor be a great loss?

And by supporting such a powerful man, he could also gamble on whether Ye Chen truly could attain the Fire God's divine position and cure the snake poison backlash for him and his granddaughter.

After weighing it over, Dugu Bo's eyes were entirely free of killing intent. He released Ye Chen's shoulder, his cold, overbearing demeanor softening into something friendlier.

Seeing this, Ye Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Once he revealed the secret of the snake poison backlash, he would either live or die.

Now that Dugu Bo had chosen to let him live, it meant he had decided to support him.

"Boy, I want you to swear it on your Martial Soul," Dugu Bo demanded, clasping his hands behind his back. "Whether or not you become a god in the future, if you have the ability, you must cure the snake poison backlash for me and my granddaughter."

"Fine. I swear on my Martial Soul that as long as you're willing to support me, I'll not only help cure the snake poison backlash in the future, but I'll also share every blessing with you. And once I reach level one hundred and become a god, I'll reward you even more. Otherwise, my divine position will shatter, and I'll never rise again."

After raising his hand and making the oath, Ye Chen suggested, "Senior, it'll be a long time before I become a god. I don't like making empty promises, and I don't want you to have doubts while supporting me. So, to prove that I'm worth supporting, I can tell you a secret right now."

"What secret?" Dugu Bo asked absently.

"The secret is that as the Fire God Inheritor, I receive rewards whenever I complete a trial. These rewards can raise my Soul Power Level, increase the age of my Soul Ring, or improve my affinity with the Fire God. They can also make me more attuned to fire elements and so on."

At this point, Ye Chen gave Dugu Bo a strange look and asked curiously, "Senior, I'm already very attuned to fire elements. I can sense an extremely dense aura of fire elements coming from you. I assume you often spend time in places rich in fire elements?"

Hearing this, Dugu Bo couldn't help frowning. Could the place rich in fire elements the boy spoke of be that Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring?

On the Douluo Continent, Ice-type and Fire-type elements were both the natural bane of Poison-type elements. That was why he could use the spiritual energy of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring to suppress the snake poison backlash, and even cultivate to the Titled Douluo realm with the spring's help.

So it wasn't strange that traces of fire-element aura lingered on him.

What puzzled Dugu Bo was that even a Fire-type Soul Douluo couldn't sense a trace of fire-element aura on him, yet this boy before him, with only level fifty-seven Soul Power, could.

It seemed this man really was the Fire God Inheritor. Otherwise, how could he have discovered that Dugu Bo had spent time in a place rich in fire elements?

In truth, there was no fire-element aura on Dugu Bo at all. Ye Chen had made it all up based on the original story. From Dugu Bo's subtle expression, he could tell that the man had believed him.

Once he confirmed this, all the fear Ye Chen had initially felt toward Dugu Bo disappeared.

He put on a mysterious act, sniffed at the aura coming from Dugu Bo, and declared confidently, "Just as I thought. Senior, I can say with absolute certainty that you often spend time in a place rich in fire elements."

"The fire-element aura on you is not only dense but also mixed with a trace of cold. That means the place rich in fire elements where you spend time must also contain an abundance of ice elements."

"Ice and fire are natural opposites. Since they can coexist, they must be Yin and Yang born together. That's why they contain equal amounts of each element and equal power, creating a balance between ice and fire."

"Yin and Yang born together, a balance between ice and fire?" After pondering for a moment, Ye Chen suddenly looked at Dugu Bo and feigned surprise. "Senior, could you have an Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?"

"Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well? What's that?" Dugu Bo asked.

Ye Chen made up an explanation. "When I completed the first trial bestowed by the Fire God, one of the rewards mentioned the existence of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. It contains the densest and purest ice and fire elements in the world, and it's one of the three great treasure troves of medicinal herbs."

"Senior, let me ask you: is the place rich in fire elements that you often visit an Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring, with Yin and Yang born together? And do all kinds of rare medicinal herbs grow near the spring?"

Hearing him describe it, Dugu Bo couldn't hide his surprise.

If he had still doubted Ye Chen's identity as the Fire God Inheritor before, after hearing that description of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring, he now believed it beyond a doubt.