The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the greatest secret Dugu Bo had in this world!
For decades, if he hadn't relied on the exceptionally unique natural environment of that blessed place to suppress the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison in his body, Dugu Bo would have been reduced to a pile of bones long ago!
No one knew this secret except him—not even his beloved granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
Yet this young man standing before him had not only hit the nail on the head, he had even named the place with perfect clarity!
"Senior, there's no need to be so surprised."
"I told you, in this world, the wind tells me everything. Wherever the wind can reach, no secret can escape my senses."
His words were half true and half false, yet they stirred up a storm in the heart of this Titled Douluo.
Dugu Bo looked into Xue Yao's eyes, deep as an abyss, and the last trace of doubt in his heart vanished.
He was thoroughly convinced.
"Good! What a fine claim that the wind tells you everything!"
Dugu Bo sprang to his feet, a flash of resolve and boldness in his eyes.
His once-hunched back straightened again. Though he deliberately kept the peerless pressure of a Titled Douluo in check, his sharp, imposing presence was plain to see.
"Since you've figured out even my last secret, and given me a man's promise, if I still hesitate and fuss over it, I'd make myself look petty!"
"Boy, since you want to visit that blessed place, I'll grant your wish today! I'll take you there—and give you a tremendous fortune while I'm at it!"
Before his words had even faded, an enormous surge of dark-green Soul Power erupted from Dugu Bo's body, instantly enveloping Xue Yao.
The two transformed into a dazzling streak of dark-green light and sped straight toward Sunset Forest, beyond Heaven Dou City!
Thousands of meters above the ground, the rushing air shrieked deafeningly around them.
Yet cocooned within the thick shield of Soul Power surrounding Dugu Bo, Xue Yao felt neither the slightest jolt nor the cold.
He looked down. The brilliantly lit Heaven Dou City was racing away beneath them, soon dwindling into a vast stretch of pitch-black mountains.
Xue Yao remained calm on the surface, but deep within him, a wave of uncontrollable elation was already surging!
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
It was one of the greatest opportunities on the entire Douluo Continent—arguably the most overpowered advantage available in the early stages!
There, the most extreme ice and fire energies in the world converged, and countless Immortal Herbs grew—treasures so precious even the gods would covet them!
The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, the Aromatic Silk Beauty...
Every Immortal Herb possessed the terrifying power to defy fate and remake the body from the ground up!
Xue Yao had gone to such lengths to provoke Dugu Yan, and had spent so much effort tonight breaking through Dugu Bo's psychological defenses. Beyond securing the Titled Douluo's allegiance along the way, his greatest goal was this treasury of Immortal Herbs!
As a Beast Tamer, his system and talents were already powerful enough, but his summoned beasts' evolution and the growth of their foundations required an immense supply of energy.
If he could temper himself with the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, not only could he bring his body to a terrifying level, he could also give Little Griffin a foundation that defied all convention right from the start!
Finally... we're almost there. Xue Yao clenched his fist in secret, eager fire flickering in his deep eyes.
About half an hour later, the streak of dark-green light finally began to slow as it neared the very heart of Sunset Forest.
Sunset Forest was nowhere near as vast as Star Dou Forest, but it was still a renowned gathering place for Soul Beasts within the Heaven Dou Empire.
Especially in this central region, where countless ferocious Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts lurked.
Yet when the terrifying pressure of a Titled Douluo spread unchecked across the night sky, the entire Sunset Forest seemed to fall silent in an instant.
That was the presence of a Titled Douluo!
Whoosh—
A flash of light, and Dugu Bo brought Xue Yao down from the sky, landing securely atop an inverted-cone-shaped peak.
"Boy, my garden is below."
Dugu Bo released Xue Yao's shoulder and pointed beneath the cliff.
Xue Yao followed his finger. Inside the inverted-cone-shaped mountain lay a huge basin valley that looked like a volcanic crater.
But what sent a chill down his spine was the thick layer of jade-green poisonous miasma blanketing the entire valley above.
The miasma roiled like a boiling green sea, churning and surging as it gave off a sickeningly sweet, rancid stench.
"This is the Jade Phosphorous Poison Array I set up myself."
"Apart from me, even an ordinary Titled Douluo would be corroded until not a bone remained if they barged in unprepared! The Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest wouldn't dare take a single step across its boundary."
As he spoke, Dugu Bo took a delicate suet-jade bottle from his robes. He poured out two dark-red pills that gave off a pungent, fishy odor and handed one to Xue Yao.
"Take it. Your constitution may be unusual, but my Jade Phosphorous Poison Array is no joke. This antidote will keep the miasma from corroding you for twelve hours."
Without the slightest hesitation, Xue Yao took the antidote and swallowed it.
"Good nerve. Stay close to me, and don't go wandering!"
Seeing how decisively Xue Yao had acted, Dugu Bo nodded in approval.
With a low shout, he leaped straight down into the churning sea of green poison below.
Xue Yao followed close behind, tracing Dugu Bo's path into the valley.
The moment they entered the Poison Array, endless jade-green filled their vision.
Even through Dugu Bo's Soul Power shield and the antidote's effects, the sickly-sweet stench still made their blood and qi roil.
The two descended rapidly, plunging several hundred meters down.
Suddenly, the thick green miasma ahead split open as if cleaved by an invisible sword, and the view cleared!
Buzz—
As they passed through the lowest layer of miasma and landed firmly on solid ground, the revolting, chilling atmosphere vanished in an instant.
In its place came a strange current of air, its forces completely opposed!
Extreme heat and extreme cold—two forces that should never coexist—now intertwined and swirled through this space in an unnervingly perfect balance.
Xue Yao drew a deep breath and snapped his eyes open.
Even with the composure of someone who had lived two lifetimes, his pupils couldn't help but contract when he saw the scene before him.
What lay before him was no longer the lifeless green hell outside, but a fantastical paradise, like a world apart!
It was a small valley. Its soil was a rare patchwork of dark red and icy blue. At the very center stood a strange spring, no more than ten square meters across, shaped like a Taiji symbol!
Its surface was as smooth as a mirror, divided cleanly into two halves.
One half was blood-red boiling water, bubbles of heat roiling constantly across its surface. The other was a spring as clear as ten-thousand-year-old black ice, radiating bone-piercing cold.
Ice and fire, red and blue, met at the center of the spring. A haze of multicolored mist rose from the waters, enveloping the entire valley in an otherworldly glow.
Around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, on land nourished by the most potent spiritual energy, grew a scattering of plants, each glowing with strange light and boasting a unique shape.
They swayed gently in the breeze, giving off a tantalizing fragrance.
"Welcome to my garden." Dugu Bo stood to one side, watching Xue Yao's astonished expression with a smug smile tugging at his lips.
By now, Xue Yao's gaze was fixed on the riot of colorful plants.
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