Opportunity Descends, Target: Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—that was Dugu Bo's greatest secret in this world!

For these past few decades, if not for the extremely unique natural environment of that precious land suppressing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison within his body, Dugu Bo would have long since turned into a pile of bones.

Aside from himself, not even his most beloved granddaughter, Dugu Yan, knew of this secret.

Yet, the youth before him not only spoke of it in a single sentence, but even named that precious land with perfect clarity!

"Senior need not be so surprised."

"I have said it before: in this world, the wind tells me everything. As long as the wind can reach a place, no secret can escape my perception."

This statement was half-truth and half-deception, yet it stirred up a monstrous storm in the heart of this Title Douluo.

Dugu Bo looked into Xue Yao's eyes, which were as deep as an abyss, and the last shred of doubt in his heart vanished into thin air.

He was completely convinced.

"Good! A fine 'the wind tells you everything'!"

Dugu Bo stood up abruptly, a flash of resolve and boldness appearing in his eyes.

His originally hunched back straightened once more; although the supreme pressure belonging to a Title Douluo was deliberately restrained, that sharp, piercing aura was revealed in its entirety.

"Since you have uncovered my final trump card and have made a man's promise to me, if I were to remain coy, it would make me, Dugu Bo, seem small-minded!"

"Kid, since you want to go to that precious land, I will grant your wish today! Not only will I take you there, but I will also bestow upon you a heaven-defying fortune!"

Before the words had even faded, an immensely vast, ink-green soul power erupted from Dugu Bo's body, instantly enveloping Xue Yao.

The two transformed into a blinding streak of ink-green light, speeding directly toward the Sunset Forest outside Tiandou City!

Thousands of meters in the air, the friction of the airflow created a deafening whistle.

However, protected by the thick barrier of Dugu Bo's Title Douluo-level soul power, Xue Yao felt neither the turbulence nor the cold.

He looked down to see the brightly lit Tiandou City rapidly receding, soon turning into a vast, pitch-black expanse of mountains.

On the surface, Xue Yao remained calm, but deep within his heart, an uncontrollable wave of ecstasy was surging!

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

This was one of the top-tier opportunities on the entire Douluo Continent, arguably the most heaven-defying cheat code in the early stages!

Not only did it gather the most extreme ice and fire spiritual energy in the world, but it also nurtured countless immortal-grade medicinal herbs that would make even gods covet them!

Aromatic Silk Beauty, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass...

Every single one of these immortal herbs possessed the terrifying power to defy fate and reshape one's very being!

The reason Xue Yao had gone to such lengths to provoke Dugu Yan, and spent so much effort tonight breaking down Dugu Bo's psychological defenses, was not just to secure the allegiance of this Title Douluo—his ultimate goal was this treasury of immortal herbs!

As a Beast Tamer, although his system and talent were already powerful enough, the evolution of his summoned beasts and the accumulation of their foundations required an immense amount of energy.

If he could be baptized by the immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he could not only push his own physique to a terrifying level, but also ensure that the Little Griffin possessed a foundation that defied common sense from the very start!

Finally... we are arriving. Xue Yao clenched his fists in his heart, a fire of anticipation flickering in his deep eyes.

About half an hour later, the streak of ink-green light finally began to decelerate in the core area of the Sunset Forest.

Although the Sunset Forest was not as vast and boundless as the Star Dou Forest, it was still a very famous gathering place for soul beasts within the Heaven Dou Empire.

This core area, in particular, was occupied by a large number of fierce ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

However, when the terrifying pressure belonging to Dugu Bo's Title Douluo status spread wantonly through the night sky, the entire Sunset Forest seemed to fall into a deathly silence in an instant.

This was the prestige of a Title Douluo!

"Swish—"

With a flash of light, Dugu Bo descended from the sky with Xue Yao, landing steadily on the peak of an inverted cone-shaped mountain.

"Kid, below is my herb garden."

Dugu Bo released his grip on Xue Yao's shoulder and pointed below the cliff.

Xue Yao followed Dugu Bo's finger and saw that inside this inverted cone-shaped mountain was a massive basin-like Vale, resembling a volcanic crater.

However, what was hair-raising was that the entire Vale was shrouded in a layer of thick, almost tangible jade-green poisonous miasma.

This layer of miasma was like a boiling green ocean, constantly churning and rolling, emitting a nauseating, fishy-sweet scent.

"This is the Jade Phosphorous Poison Array I set up myself."

"Aside from me, even an ordinary Title Douluo would be corroded until not a bone remained if they dared to barge in without preparation! The ten-thousand-year soul beasts in this Sunset Forest wouldn't dare to take even half a step across the line."

As he said this, Dugu Bo fished a delicate mutton-fat jade bottle from his robes, poured out two dark-red pills that emitted a pungent, fishy odor, and handed them to Xue Yao.

"Eat it. Although your physique is different from ordinary people, my Jade Phosphorous Poison Array is no joke. This antidote will keep you from being eroded by the miasma for twelve hours."

Xue Yao did not hesitate in the slightest; he took the antidote and swallowed it.

"Good courage. Stay close to me, and do not wander about!"

Seeing Xue Yao's decisiveness, Dugu Bo nodded in satisfaction.

He gave a low shout and leaped directly into the churning green sea of poison below.

Xue Yao followed closely behind, jumping into the bottom of the Vale along Dugu Bo's trajectory.

Upon entering the poison formation, the surroundings were instantly flooded with an endless, vibrant green.

Even through the protection of Dugu Bo's soul power barrier and the medicinal effects of the antidote, that cloying, sweet scent still made one's blood churn.

The two descended at a rapid pace, dropping roughly several hundred meters.

Suddenly, the dense green miasma ahead was cleaved open as if by an invisible blade, and the view abruptly cleared!

"Hum--"

As they passed through the lowest layer of the poison mist and their feet landed firmly on solid ground, the nauseating, chilling aura was instantly swept away.

In its place, a strange and diametrically opposed current of air rushed toward them!

Extreme heat and extreme cold—two forces that should have been incompatible—were now intertwined and swirling within this space in a bizarre, perfect balance.

Xue Yao took a deep breath and snapped his eyes open.

Even with the mental fortitude of someone who had lived two lifetimes, his pupils could not help but constrict at the sight before him.

What appeared before him was no longer the deathly green hell of the outside world, but a dreamlike paradise!

It was a small valley where the soil displayed a rare, interlaced pattern of dark red and icy blue. In the very center of the valley sat a strange hot spring, no more than ten square meters in size, shaped like a Taiji diagram!

The surface of the spring was like a mirror, clearly divided into two distinct halves.

One half was boiling water, red as fresh blood and bubbling with scorching heat; the other was an ice spring, crystal clear like ten-thousand-year-old black ice, radiating a bone-chilling cold!

Ice and fire, red and blue, converged at the center of the spring, rising into a swirling, colorful mist that shrouded the entire valley like a fairyland.

Surrounding this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, on land nourished by extreme spiritual energy, grew various plants of different shapes, each emitting a strange glow.

They swayed gently in the breeze, releasing an incredibly alluring fragrance.

"Welcome to this old man's herb garden." Dugu Bo stood to the side, watching Xue Yao's stunned expression with a smug smile curling his lips.

But Xue Yao's gaze was already completely transfixed by those colorful plants.