Before he could finish speaking, the seven-colored miasma ahead suddenly thickened, as if stirred by some invisible force. It churned and parted, receding to either side.
"Sect Master, the miasma is slowly clearing!"
Yu Yuanzhen had noticed the change as well. He raised a hand to signal everyone to stop, his sharp eyes fixed intently on what lay ahead.
Before long, the seven-colored miasma had completely dispersed, and the scene Yu Tianjue had described appeared before their eyes.
The first things Yu Tianjue noticed were the icy-blue Extreme Yin Spring and the fiery-red Blazing Yang Spring. The twin springs held two extreme energies in check while blending with each other, forming the shape of a taiji symbol.
All around the springs grew Immortal Herbs of every kind.
This was none other than the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, one of the three great treasure basins of the mortal world recorded in Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record of the Tang Sect!
Yu Tianjue couldn't quite understand why a low-martial world like the Tang Sect's would record the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well of the Douluo World. But then he remembered that the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record also mentioned the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, formed by the God of Love who had fallen on the Douluo Continent, and he felt at peace with it.
Guess he just wrote whatever he dreamed about.
But never mind whether it made sense for these two treasure basins to appear in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Either way, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was about to fall into his hands.
"This... The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well really exists! The energy here is so rich that even without consuming the Immortal Herbs growing here, simply cultivating in this place would surely double our results!"
"I never imagined a treasure land like this would be ownerless. Sect Master, should we find a way to claim it for ourselves?"
At that, Yu Tianjue glanced instinctively at the elder who had spoken.
Looks like wanting to turn the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well into your own backyard is only natural. So I was wrong to blame Tang San!
"We'll discuss that later. Let's go down and take a look at the Immortal Herbs Tianjue mentioned first."
Yu Yuanzhen was just as stirred. He grabbed Yu Tianjue and Yu Tianheng, one in each hand, and leaped straight down into the valley, landing beside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
The other elders followed Yu Yuanzhen, flashing down after him.
Seeing one of the elders try to approach the spring, Yu Tianjue hurriedly warned him, "Elder, be careful! Touch that water and you'll die!"
The elder instinctively pulled his foot back, a look of fear appearing on his face.
Could the spring water really be that terrifying?
"All of you, be careful. Don't touch the water, and don't try to pick any of the Immortal Herbs."
Yu Yuanzhen furrowed his brows and cautioned them. He remembered Tianjue saying that the Immortal Herbs here required special methods and tools to harvest. If picked carelessly, they might lose their original effects.
Every Immortal Herb here was a treasure. Even losing just one would be enough to make Yu Yuanzhen's heart ache.
"Who are you!?"
A sudden voice rang out from behind them, off to one side. Yu Yuanzhen spun around, his body tensing at once, wariness flashing across his face.
Yu Tianjue, however, wasn't nervous.
The newcomer was none other than Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, hailed as the weakest Titled Douluo!
Of course, "weakest" was only relative.
Although Poison Douluo's strength was nothing impressive among Titled Douluo, if they truly fought, he could make sure that only Titled Douluo remained on the battlefield!
Yu Yuanzhen's brows furrowed instinctively. He had clearly recognized Dugu Bo, and his expression eased somewhat. "I was wondering who it was. So it's Poison Douluo!"
While Yu Yuanzhen relaxed, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo remained grim. His emerald-green, serpentine pupils swept over them one by one, and he asked in a cold voice, "Thunder Douluo, you've brought so many people into my home. What is the meaning of this?"
Your home?
Wasn't the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well ownerless?
Surprise flickered in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes, then he quickly understood.
Dugu Bo must have stumbled upon the rich energy here by chance and settled in.
"We wandered in by mistake. But you've certainly kept this place well hidden, Poison Douluo! I never expected you to have claimed such a treasure land."
Dugu Bo sneered. "So you wandered in by mistake! With all these people, anyone who didn't know better would think Thunder Douluo had come to surround and kill me!"
As he spoke, Dugu Bo glanced instinctively at Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianjue, whom Yu Yuanzhen was shielding behind him, and began to speculate.
Surround and kill him? That was unlikely.
More likely, Yu Yuanzhen had brought the two children behind him to hunt Soul Beasts for their Soul Rings. And judging by this lineup, Yu Yuanzhen clearly valued the two boys greatly. They must be his grandsons, right?
But... if Yu Yuanzhen was taking his grandsons to hunt Soul Beasts, why hadn't he gone to the Star Dou Forest? What was he doing in the Sunset Forest?
Were there any thunder-elemental dragon Soul Beasts in the Sunset Forest that Dugu Bo didn't know about?
Besides, judging by their looks, the two children were about the same age as his granddaughter, Dugu Yan. Yet they had already broken through to ten levels of Soul Power and were hunting their First Soul Ring, while Yan Yan was only at level nine...
Dugu Bo took a deep breath, keeping his face cold. "Since you wandered in by mistake, Thunder Douluo, you should leave as soon as possible."
"No rush, no rush."
Yu Yuanzhen studied the surroundings briefly. Once he confirmed there was no one else around and Dugu Bo was alone, he finally relaxed a little, a faint smile appearing on his face.
If Dugu Bo was alone, Yu Yuanzhen wasn't afraid of him at all.
The only concern was that if they fought, Dugu Bo's poison arts would make it difficult for him to protect Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianjue. Even the elders he had brought might not be able to withstand the poison.
That was a serious problem...
"What? Does Thunder Douluo expect me to invite you in for tea?"
Dugu Bo couldn't figure out what Yu Yuanzhen was up to, and his heart sank a little.
Just then, Yu Tianjue suddenly stepped forward and called out, "Senior Poison Douluo, whenever it rains, do you first feel numbness and itching around both sides of your ribs, followed by a stabbing pain that lasts for at least an hour?"
"Every noon and midnight, does your Soul Power become chaotic, forcing you to use your own Soul Power to suppress the poison? And in the middle of the night, do the top of your head and the soles of your feet feel as if countless needles are stabbing you, while your muscles spasm and twitch uncontrollably and cold sweat pours down your body, the pain so unbearable that you'd rather be dead?"