Sweeping the Treasure Land, Ice and Fire Tempering the Body

With Dugu Bo no longer blocking their path, the four of them followed the trail and soon arrived at the bottom of a valley.

The sight before them brought everyone to a halt.

A massive pool sat in the center of the valley floor, split perfectly in two: one half surged with scorching red spring water, while the other was filled with bone-chilling white spring water. The red and white colors met at the center of the pool, neither encroaching upon the other.

Surrounding the pool grew a vast number of exotic medicinal herbs.

Seeing this, a smile finally touched the corners of Su Ming's mouth.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well—one of the greatest opportunities in the Douluo world!

"This... this is the Heavenly Chrysanthemum! It's actually the real Heavenly Chrysanthemum!" At this moment, Elder Chrysanthemum beside him suddenly let out an exclamation!

He rushed over to a giant, golden flower that resembled a chrysanthemum, his voice trembling. "It really is the Heavenly Chrysanthemum, my own martial soul. I thought I would never see one in my lifetime. Sob... it's so beautiful, just like me..."

Before he could finish his excitement and admiration, his gaze suddenly fell upon a small, blood-red flower growing on a rock not far away.

In an instant, his entire body swayed violently. "Love-Sickness Heartbroken Red! The noble King of Flowers!??"

Elder Chrysanthemum was stunned. How could such a legendary immortal herb appear here?

He couldn't help but kneel, his face filled with shock and reverence.

Su Ming walked over to Yue Guan and, looking at the pious Elder Chrysanthemum, said indifferently, "If you like it, you can take it."

Yue Guan's body stiffened. He turned his head to look at Su Ming in disbelief, then hurriedly waved his hands. "No, no, that wouldn't be right! You discovered all of these; how could I take them all?"

Su Ming's mouth twitched. He's overthinking it; at most, I'd give him one.

"That Heavenly Chrysanthemum is a perfect match for your martial soul; only you can unleash its full potential. However, one can only consume one such immortal herb; any more and your body will explode."

Yue Guan felt a moment of awkwardness.

He had thought he was getting them all, hehe.

But one was good enough. He immediately and carefully plucked the Heavenly Chrysanthemum.

Afterward, Su Ming did not waste any time.

Relying on the memories in his mind, he used specific methods to dig up all the mature immortal herbs by the roots and placed them into his own storage ring.

In a few moments, the once lush edge of the valley became completely bare.

Hidden in the distance, Dugu Bo watched this scene, grinding his teeth. "Damn brat, he's taken all of my medicinal herbs!"

But immediately after, a spark of curiosity arose. "How does this kid know the methods to harvest these herbs? Every time I try to pick one, it dies; there's no way to store them."

After collecting most of the immortal herbs, Su Ming arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Only two herbs remained: one radiating extreme cold, the other extreme heat—the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate.

Su Ming would naturally not leave behind such an opportunity for rebirth.

"Elder Chrysanthemum, Elder Ghost, please stand guard for me. Do not let anyone disturb me," Su Ming instructed.

"Understood," the two replied.

Hu Liena asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Refine my golden body!"

As soon as Su Ming finished speaking, he used an object to quickly harvest the two highly toxic immortal herbs and, without hesitation, shoved them both into his mouth and swallowed.

The two extreme energies of ice and fire clashed instantly within his body, and Su Ming's face turned half-red and half-white.

Seeing this, Hu Liena tensed up, but Su Ming quickly stopped her from approaching.

Then, he gritted his teeth and, without a moment's hesitation, leaped directly into the convergence point of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

The ice and fire spring water instantly submerged him, and the extreme cold and heat energies surged madly into his body, as if trying to tear him apart!

Seeing this, Dugu Bo, hiding in the distance, was so shocked his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

He then snorted coldly, "Even I wouldn't dare touch that pool lightly. This brat from Spirit Hall is simply courting death!"

Hu Liena and the others were also startled, but remembering Su Ming's instructions, they suppressed their urge to intervene and stood guard for him.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Hu Liena, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei had waited anxiously on the shore for three days.

If not for the bubbles still rising from the water, they would have assumed Su Ming had died inside.

Just then, ripples suddenly spread across the center of the pool.

BOOM!

Water splashed everywhere as a figure leaped out from the spring and landed steadily on the open ground of the shore.

It was Su Ming!

The group was overjoyed and rushed over!

After three days of refinement by the ice and fire, his body was now even more powerful. Not only was his frame well-proportioned, but his muscle definition was also lean and perfect, and his skin even shimmered with a faint, jade-like luster.

However, just as Hu Liena took a step forward, she instantly stopped in her tracks and abruptly turned her body around!

Her pretty face flushed crimson as she spat, "Pah, shameless!"

It turned out that due to the tempering of the Ice and Fire, all of Su Ming's clothes had been completely eroded away.

At this moment, he was stark naked, without a shred of covering!

However, although Hu Liena had turned around, the corner of her eye couldn't help but sneakily observe Su Ming.

After one glance, she immediately looked away, her heart racing as she gasped, "So big..."

Su Ming remained composed, taking a set of clothes from his soul storage ring and quickly putting them on.

Only then did Yue Guan ask with concern, "How is it? Is your body alright?"

"I'm fine," Su Ming replied.

He clenched his fist; after the tempering of the ice and fire, his physical fitness had clearly improved significantly.

However, that final trace of fire attribute within his martial soul still remained.

But this was perfectly normal; the Ice and Fire tempered the flesh, not the martial soul.

To purify the martial soul, he would still need to rely on immortal herbs.

Su Ming did not intend to consume the immortal herbs here; after all, this was Dugu Bo's territory, and it wasn't one hundred percent safe.

"The trip is over, let's head back," Su Ming said.

But before leaving, he called out to the surroundings, "Come out. I know you've been nearby for these past three days."

The sound of rustling footsteps echoed.

Dugu Bo stepped out from the shadows with an extremely complex expression on his face.

He looked at the unscathed and even more powerful Su Ming, his eyes filled with shock.

Su Ming had soaked for three days and three nights in a spring that would injure even him with a mere touch!

Not only was he unharmed after coming out, but he had actually become even stronger!

He suddenly felt a sensation worse than having eaten excrement; it was as if the treasures had clearly been his, but now, they belonged to someone else.

Su Ming glanced at him and said bluntly, "Your granddaughter's poison is simple to resolve. Find a spirit bone and force the toxins into it; the poison will no longer erode her after that."

"It's that simple?" Dugu Bo found it hard to believe.

"Simple or not, you'll know once you try," Su Ming said. "Besides, you were going to prepare a spirit bone for your granddaughter anyway, weren't you?"

With that, Su Ming turned and left. "Oh, a word of advice: you are too deeply poisoned for this method to work."