Late at night.
Sunset Forest, Ice and Fire Dual Springs.
"Huff... huff..."
The needle-like pain in his ribs gradually subsided. Dugu Bo sucked in cold breaths as he lay beside the Aromatic Silk Beauty, dense cold sweat beading across his withered forehead.
Behind him, the Ice and Fire Dual Springs, which emitted dense energy vapor, had already completely returned to normal.
His withered hand loosened its grip on the black soil, leaving a trail of claw marks on the ground.
His dark green pupils trembled as they stared at the gently swaying pink flower beside him. Breathing in its faint fragrance, the anxiety in his heart seemed to ease somewhat.
It really... really worked...
After days of continuous testing, Dugu Bo was certain that this large flower, which the mysterious man had called the Aromatic Silk Beauty, could truly lessen the backlash!
It really could!
His gaze slowly shifted to a medicinal herb not far away, knee-high with a stem like a black radish. Three Snow Silkworms, each as wide as two fingers, crawled over its slender brownish-green leaves.
Unhurriedly chewing through the leaves.
Dugu Bo took out that letter and stared once more at the words he had long since memorized, every character carved into his bones.
Backlash... Snow Silkworm... Spirit Bone... Aromatic Silk Beauty...
No matter how hard Dugu Bo racked his brains, he could not understand why that mysterious man had left this letter behind.
With that man's strength and insight, let alone launching a sneak attack while he was weakened by toxin backlash, Dugu Bo believed he would inevitably lose even in a direct confrontation at full strength.
That man understood the importance of this herb garden better than he did, and knew these medicinal herbs even more thoroughly.
He could have silently killed him and