Ice and Fire Refine the Golden Body

For so many years, these heaven-defying immortal herbs had been growing right under his nose; it was truly a case of a pearl covered in dust. If not for Wang Dong'er, he feared he would have gone to his grave without ever knowing he held such treasures.

"Senior, if I can successfully help you detoxify, could I..."

Before Wang Dong'er could finish her sentence, Dugu Bo waved his hand dismissively.

"Take whatever you want. Just make sure to leave an immortal herb for my Yan-Yan, and another for that girl Ye Lingling, to improve their talent."

"Are you serious?"

"Could a dignified Title Douluo possibly lie to a little girl like you? Without you, how many more years of life would Yan-Yan and I have left?"

Wang Dong'er smiled slightly. She had only asked casually; although Dugu Bo was cold-natured and known in the spirit master world as the "Blood-Handed Butcher," he was a man of great integrity.

In the original story, Tang San had only used the spirit bone detoxification method and the hidden weapon "Yama's Invitation" to earn Dugu Bo's sincere trust.

What a pity... Dugu Bo was still too young.

"Senior, do you know how to refine medicinal pills?"

Wang Dong'er's question made Dugu Bo burst into laughter.

"Do I know how? Hahahaha!" Dugu Bo waved his large hand, and a two-meter-tall, gourd-shaped brown pill furnace appeared out of thin air.

"In the entire Douluo Continent, aside from Ye Renxin and a detestable fellow in Spirit Hall, no one is better at alchemy than I am."

"I see. This junior was blind; I truly underestimated you, Senior."

At this stage of the Douluo Continent, those who could refine medicinal pills were few and far between.

The main reason was that resources at this stage were limited, unlike ten thousand years later, when all kinds of medicinal pills were readily available.

Wang Dong'er asked again, "What is the quality of your furnace, Senior?"

"If the quality is mediocre, most of the medicinal power of the immortal herbs will be lost, and the detoxification pills won't meet expectations..."

"You don't need to worry about that." Dugu Bo reached out and gently stroked the furnace. "This furnace is an heirloom of the Dugu family. I often use it to refine pills with the help of the fire-attribute spiritual energy from the Yin-Yang Well. Could the medicinal power of these immortal herbs be more overbearing than the fire-attribute spiritual energy of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?"

"In that case, I am relieved."

Wang Dong'er said.

She truly hadn't expected the quality of Dugu Bo's furnace to be so high that even the spiritual energy of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well couldn't erode it. Could it have been forged from some ancient treasure?

Dugu Bo used his spirit power to guide the furnace to the side of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

The furnace hovered above the Yang Spring of the Yin-Yang Well, greedily absorbing the scorching energy and fire-attribute spiritual power.

Wang Dong'er did not remain idle; she used a special method to pluck the immortal herbs one by one.

Snake venom was yin in nature and feared yang fire most of all, so the first ingredient had to be the "Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower."

In the original story, this immortal herb was absorbed by Ma Hongjun.

It not only raised his talent ceiling but also freed him from the torment of his evil fire.

Wang Dong'er had nothing to say about that man; he was a typical piece of trash. Without this Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Ma Hongjun would have only two endings.

Either he would fall into becoming an evil spirit master and be killed, or he would die in some brothel when he could no longer control his evil fire.

However, the medicinal properties of the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower were too violent. Even with Dugu Bo being a Title Douluo, he would be unable to withstand the excruciating pain of the yang fire calcining the snake venom.

Therefore, it was necessary to use herbs that strengthened the foundation and cultivated the primordial spirit, as well as the ice spring energy of the Yin-Yang Well, to neutralize the medicinal power of the immortal herb.

There were many herbs in the Yin-Yang Well that strengthened the foundation.

The most famous was the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.

In the original story, it was consumed by Yu Xiaogang, allowing this master who hadn't broken through to the fiftieth level before turning fifty to successfully advance to a Spirit Elder.

Although the Fragrant Silk Immortal Herb could not detoxify, it was the nemesis of all poisons. It could be used to neutralize the toxicity in Dugu Bo's body and protect his fragile meridians from being backlashed by the snake venom.

Finally, if Dugu Bo wanted to improve his talent, he would need the Earth Dragon Golden Melon.

This immortal herb contained a trace of pure Earth Dragon bloodline.

Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor spirit might be able to evolve into a flood dragon with the help of this Earth Dragon bloodline.

The Earth Dragon Golden Melon was also the only immortal herb suitable for both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to absorb.

"It's done, the pill has formed!"

Three days later, as a medicinal fragrance wafted from the furnace, Dugu Bo shouted in excitement.

Inside the furnace, two reddish-brown pills were suspended.

Dugu Bo stared fixedly at the pills, his eyes turning slightly red before he realized it.

How many years had it been... he was finally going to be rid of this snake venom that had plagued him.

It didn't matter what happened to him; the most important thing was that his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, would no longer have to suffer from the torment of the snake venom.

He could finally get some proper rest.

"Senior, do you not intend to absorb them now?"

Seeing Dugu Bo tuck the pills into a small porcelain bottle, Wang Dong'er asked in confusion.

"I must protect Yanyan while she absorbs hers first; I will absorb mine only after she has finished."

After seeing Dugu Bo off, Wang Dong'er was the only one left within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

She had long since chosen the immortal herbs she intended to absorb: the same three-piece set that Tang San had absorbed in the original story.

"Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass."

"Blazing Apricot Delicate Herb."

"Looking Through Autumn Water Dew."

Wang Dong'er approached the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. From a distance of less than half a meter, the dense spiritual energy of ice and fire felt like two roaring beasts, pressing down on her until she could barely breathe.

Every pore on her body opened wide, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy against her will. Within mere seconds, Wang Dong'er's consciousness began to blur.

Biting the tip of her tongue to force herself to stay conscious, Wang Dong'er cast a determined gaze at the lethal poisonous herbs growing beside the well's spring.

After using the tools she had prepared in advance to harvest the two poisonous herbs, Wang Dong'er did not hesitate. Opening her heart-stoppingly beautiful mouth, she immediately swallowed the herbs.

As she chewed gently, a bitter taste spread through her mouth. The medicinal liquid of the herbs was both scorching hot and bone-chillingly cold, the two energies clashing violently within her body.

The agony of being caught between ice and fire, her meridians being seared while her internal organs were frozen, caused her consciousness to fade. Losing control, she fell forward and plunged into the waters of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with a loud splash.

The sun rose and the moon set.

When Wang Dong'er regained consciousness, two days had already passed.

The first thing she did upon regaining sensation in her body was to hold her breath and swim toward the surface.

After climbing back onto the bank, Wang Dong'er's first sensation was... cold.

Fortunately, she had prepared for this and immediately took out her clothes to put them on.

"Immune to all poisons, immune to both ice and fire." Wang Dong'er clenched her fists, feeling the strength of her physical body, and was immensely satisfied.

"Under the tempering of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, my physical strength can now withstand the violent energy of a ten-thousand-year spirit ring."

"It's just this spiritual power..."

"Sigh!"

Wang Dong'er let out a sigh. Douluo Continent lacked cultivation techniques to enhance spiritual power; to increase it, one could only absorb a head spirit bone.

As for the Looking Through Autumn Water Dew, the function of this immortal herb was to assist in the cultivation of eye techniques and increase the recovery speed of spiritual power, but it could not increase the base level of spiritual power itself.

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