Gang Zi, You've Done Me a Huge Favor!

A few days later, Spirit Hall's latest announcement once again swept across the continent like a storm, posting the lengthy list of attendees on notice boards in every city.

Su Mo saw it while passing through a small town.

The notice board in the center of town was surrounded by people. Several men who looked like Soul Masters were pointing at the list and discussing it loudly, their voices filled with barely restrained excitement.

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's master, Ning Fengzhi, will attend alongside Sword Douluo Chen Xin!"

"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's master, Yu Yuanzhen, has confirmed his attendance!"

"The Clear Sky Sect's master, Tang Xiao, will attend alongside the Second Elder!"

"The White Tiger Sect, Elephant Armor Sect, Wind Sword Sect, Fire Leopard Sect..."

One continent-shaking name after another was read aloud, each one drawing gasps from the crowd.

Su Mo did not squeeze forward. He stood at the edge of the crowd with his arms crossed, calmly scanning the list as the corners of his lips curled slightly upward.

Near the bottom of the list, he found the name he wanted.

"Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo."

The matter was settled.

Gang Zi, you've really done me a huge favor!

Su Mo silently thanked Yu Xiaogang in his heart.

He had been wondering how to snatch those Immortal Herbs from Poison Douluo's Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Now, he no longer needed to think of a way.

Poison Douluo had been lured away by Yu Xiaogang himself.

He probably would not be returning anytime soon.

"Xiao Wu, let's go. Stop looking!"

Even so, Su Mo did not dawdle. He grabbed Xiao Wu and hurried onward.

Without Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest, it was nothing less than a treasure vault with its doors thrown wide open.

The two traveled day and night, entering Sunset Forest three days later.

Sunset Forest had completely changed.

Not a single Soul Beast remained of those that had once lurked beneath towering ancient trees or hidden amid the poisonous miasma of the swamps.

Only ordinary plants and animals were left, none of which posed any threat to Su Mo.

Xiao Wu walked behind Su Mo, looking around as she went.

A faint mist clouded her eyes, and her steps were far heavier than usual.

Su Mo did not rush her.

He silently slowed his pace, giving her enough time to process the desolation of seeing everything changed.

Having lost her kin and family, returning to what had once been a Soul Beast habitat was no different for Xiao Wu than tearing open an old wound.

The two wandered through Sunset Forest for a full three days before finding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

It lay deep within Sunset Forest, in a place shrouded by poisonous miasma.

The moment Su Mo saw that sign, he knew they had found it.

"Be careful," Su Mo said in a low voice. "This is the poison formation Poison Douluo set up."

"After we put on the protective suits, we'll use the Soul Skill Teleportation to get inside!"

As he spoke, Su Mo took out two sets of protective suits he had prepared beforehand. They covered the entire body and had been specially commissioned.

The poisonous miasma set up by Poison Douluo only existed around the outer perimeter. Once they got inside, they would be fine.

"Okay!"

Although Xiao Wu did not know why Su Mo was so familiar with this place yet had spent so long searching for it, she obediently accepted the protective suit and put it on.

Swish, swish, swish~~

Once they were suited up, Su Mo and Xiao Wu began using their Teleportation Soul Skills, blinking continuously deeper inside.

Very soon, after passing through the poisonous miasma—

An extraordinary valley, one that could be called a paradise on earth, appeared before Su Mo.

The valley was irregularly oval in shape, spanning several hundred zhang.

At its center was a spring. Its waters were crystal clear, yet they displayed an unusual pair of colors: one half blazing red, the other icy blue.

The two colors met in the middle of the spring, yet remained distinctly separate, never invading each other. Only at their boundary did wisps of multicolored mist rise and swirl.

What truly made Su Mo's heart race, however, was the land around the spring.

Every plant growing there was an immortal-grade medicinal herb rarely seen in the world.

The fiery-red Infernal Delicate Apricot spread its flame-like, dazzling petals along the side of the hot spring.

The ice-blue Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass quietly bloomed beside the cold spring, its entire body radiating biting chill.

There was also the completely golden Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, its leaves shaped like swords and its layered petals gleaming with a metallic luster.

Su Mo's gaze slowly swept across those Immortal Herbs, and his heartbeat involuntarily quickened.

Su Mo stood where he was, looking at the Immortal Herbs filling the valley as a smile slowly spread across his face.

Dugu Bo, Dugu Bo. While you're in Spirit City talking grandly with those Titled Douluo, you probably never dreamed that someone would be paying a visit to your home, did you?

"System, can I absorb all of these Immortal Herbs?"

Su Mo then questioned the system in his heart.

During the first era of Douluo, there had been limits on absorbing Immortal Herbs, which was why Su Mo wanted to ask the system first.

If the system said it did not matter, then he was prepared to consume all of them.

After all, he did not have a Wishful Treasure Pouch to preserve the vitality of the Immortal Herbs. He did not even have a storage Soul Tool, so he might as well absorb them all.

This time, however, the system gave Su Mo no response.

It seemed he would have to rely on himself for everything.

Since that was the case, he would naturally choose the same ones Tang San had absorbed.

The two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs, along with a Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew!

It was certain that absorbing those three Immortal Herbs together would not cause any conflict between their medicinal effects.

"Xiao Wu, drip a drop of blood onto this flower and see whether you can make it acknowledge you as its master."

However, Su Mo did not rush to absorb anything. Instead, he led Xiao Wu over to the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

He knew that he definitely could not make the Lovesick Heartbreak Red acknowledge him as its master, so he did not even want to try and waste his blood.

Besides, failing to make it acknowledge him as master seemed to result in a certain degree of backlash, so it was better not to try.

"Okay!"

Although Xiao Wu did not know why, she still did as he said. She bit her finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the petals of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Hum—

The Lovesick Heartbreak Red immediately released a halo of light.

Xiao Wu's expression changed as well. She seemed to have fallen into some sort of trial, staring blankly into space.

In the end, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red flew out of the Black Absolute Stone and landed in Xiao Wu's hand.

"Su Mo, I think I succeeded!"

Xiao Wu looked at Su Mo happily.

If one looked carefully, one would notice that the way Xiao Wu looked at Su Mo had clearly changed somewhat.

"Mm."

"Good. Keep it on you and let it take root in your body. That way, the aura of a Soul Beast around you will be completely concealed!"

"Even a Titled Douluo won't be able to discover your true identity!"

Su Mo said with a smile.

Seeing the look in Xiao Wu's eyes, he understood. The process of making it acknowledge her as master must have made Xiao Wu understand her own feelings.

Su Mo had suspected it to some extent, but only now was he certain.

Xiao Wu truly had fallen in love with him!