Ice and Fire Body Tempering! Invulnerable to a Hundred Poisons

Deep within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Qian Renyuan's body kept sinking downward.

Milky-white cold currents and fiery-red heat surged in from both sides. The moment they touched his body, they erupted with an impact several times stronger than on the shore.

The medicinal power of the two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs circulated at the same time, forming a thin layer of red-and-white light over his skin.

It was precisely this layer of light that blocked the spring water's initial force for him.

But as his body continued to sink, the light quickly began to warp.

Bone-piercing cold drilled into his flesh, and the scorching power from the other side followed close behind, burning his body awake again just after it had been frozen.

Qian Renyuan felt as if his body were being repeatedly torn between ice and a furnace.

His flesh and blood were frozen stiff, then forcibly awakened by searing heat.

Under the assault of the two forces, his meridians kept contracting and expanding, and tiny cracks appeared along with it.

Qian Renyuan floated cross-legged where the two kinds of spring water met, guiding the Immortal Herbs' medicinal power inside him to resonate with the spring water outside.

The Black Lotus appeared beneath him, slowly unfurling like a black lotus platform, holding Qian Renyuan up in the depths of the spring.

Strands of runaway ice and fire power were drawn into the lotus heart by the Black Lotus.

After being refined, those powers transformed into gentler red-and-white light and returned to Qian Renyuan's body.

This time, the ice and fire powers no longer merely destroyed. They began to seep into Qian Renyuan's bones, flesh, and meridians.

A faint sheen surfaced over his bones, and the fine impurities originally hidden in his body were forced out bit by bit, turning into nothingness in the spring water the moment they left his skin.

The foundations of the two great god-level martial souls within him trembled at the same time. The Black Lotus continuously devoured the ice and fire power, while the Angel suppressed Qian Renyuan's Soul Power and meridians, preventing the two medicinal powers from destroying his foundation.

With the two great god-level martial souls working together, the two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs and the power of the spring gradually lost their initial savagery.

Qian Renyuan's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

On the shore.

Jiangmo Douluo stood at the edge of the spring, the Coiling Dragon Staff in his hand already smashed into the ground.

From the moment Qian Renyuan jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he had kept his eyes fixed on the red-and-white spring water.

At first, he could still see some surging black light.

But after half an hour passed, the black light vanished completely, and even Qian Renyuan's aura could no longer be sensed.

"Old Poison."

Jiangmo Douluo turned to look at Dugu Bo.

"If anything happens to His Highness, this old man will tear down this herb garden first, then bury you and the entire Dugu Clan with him."

Dugu Bo's expression looked rather ugly.

"His Highness chose the herbs himself, and he jumped into the spring himself. What use is there in threatening this old man?"

"Because this is your place." Jiangmo Douluo tightened his grip on the Coiling Dragon Staff. "Someone has to be buried with him."

The corner of Dugu Bo's mouth twitched, but he did not continue arguing.

He had already pledged allegiance to Qian Renyuan, so naturally, he did not want anything to happen to him either.

Moreover, although the backlash inside Dugu Yan's body had already been completely cured, the future hope of the entire Dugu Clan was tied to Qian Renyuan.

Dugu Yan stood beside them, her gaze never leaving the spring.

"Grandpa, he won't really die in there, will he?"

"Shut your crow's mouth."

Dugu Bo glared at her.

"That kid... since His Highness dared to jump down, he should have a backup plan."

Although he said that, there was not much confidence in his tone.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well had existed for who knew how many years. Dugu Bo had guarded this place for so long, yet he had only dared to use the nearby aura to suppress the toxins in his body. He had never truly touched the spring water.

Time continued to pass.

One hour.

Two hours.

The spring water remained utterly still. The Soul Power around Jiangmo Douluo grew more and more unstable, and the aura of a rank ninety-six Super Douluo continuously spread through the valley, pressing the surrounding medicinal herbs down low.

Just as he was about to force his way into the spring, a ring of ripples suddenly spread across the water's surface.

Jiangmo Douluo's movements halted.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan immediately looked over as well.

At the center of the spring, the milky-white and fiery-red waters began to spin. At first, it was only a small whirlpool, but then its range grew wider and wider, driving the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well into motion.

A wisp of black light shone out from the depths of the spring. The black light grew denser and denser, finally condensing into the enormous shadow of a black lotus.

Twelve lotus petals slowly unfurled beneath the water.

The surrounding cold air and hot currents were drawn in, continuously gathering toward the center of the lotus shadow.

"This Black Lotus can even devour the power of the spring water?"

Dugu Bo's gaze tightened slightly.

The power of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was immense, yet Qian Renyuan's Black Lotus was like a bottomless abyss. No matter how much cold air and heat poured into it, they could not fill it.

However, the Black Lotus did not draw on the spring water's power without restraint.

Once the surrounding ice-and-fire aura reached a certain balance, the devouring power gradually weakened, and the vortex calmed with it.

A figure slowly rose from the depths of the spring. Qian Renyuan still had his eyes closed, sitting cross-legged atop the Black Lotus.

Ice-white and fiery-red light circled around his body, but they no longer clashed with each other as they had before.

They flowed ceaselessly along his meridians, and each time they completed a cycle, the light faded a little.

Only when the last trace of medicinal power entered his body did Qian Renyuan finally open his eyes.

A wisp of ice-white light flashed deep in his left eye, while a streak of crimson swept through his right. The two lights quickly vanished.

Qian Renyuan stood up from the Black Lotus. Beneath his feet, the Black Lotus carried him out of the spring and landed on the shore.

Jiangmo Douluo strode forward. "Your Highness, are you all right?"

"I'm fine."

Qian Renyuan clenched his hand. His Soul Power had not undergone any exaggerated increase, but it was far more condensed than before.

What had truly improved the most was his body.

His meridians had been scoured again and again by the power of ice and fire, making them far tougher than before. Two streams of medicinal power from the Immortal Herbs also remained in his bones, flesh, and blood, slowly nourishing his body.

Even without using Soul Power, he could clearly sense the strength contained within him.

The system's voice sounded immediately after.

[ Ding! Host has successfully refined the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot! ]

[ Ice and Fire Body Tempering complete! ]

[ Host's physical strength has greatly increased! ]

[ Host's resistance to extreme cold, raging fire, and deadly poison has greatly increased! ]

[ Detected that the core Immortal Herb opportunity of the child of destiny has been intercepted! ]

[ Immortal Herb interception main storyline progress has greatly increased! ]

The corners of Qian Renyuan's mouth slowly lifted. This trip to Sunset Forest had indeed not been in vain.

The benefits brought by Ice and Fire Body Tempering would not stop at the present.

As his cultivation rose, the Immortal Herb medicinal power hidden inside his body would continue to release, constantly strengthening his foundation.

"Your Highness really refined those two medicinal herbs?"

Dugu Bo still found it somewhat hard to believe.

Qian Renyuan looked at him. "Won't we know if we test it?"

Dugu Bo froze for a moment. "How?"

"Use poison."

Jiangmo Douluo's gaze darkened, and he immediately looked at Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo also hesitated. "Your Highness, this old man's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison is no ordinary toxin. Even just a trace of it would be enough to poison an ordinary soul master to death."

"That's why I'm telling you to test it." Qian Renyuan extended his right hand. "Don't make me say it twice."

Seeing that his mind was made up, Dugu Bo could only raise a finger.

A wisp of green poison gas, even thinner than a strand of hair, flew out from his fingertip and slowly landed in Qian Renyuan's palm.

He deliberately suppressed the toxicity to the lowest level, but even so, that wisp of poison gas was still enough to make an ordinary Soul Grandmaster lose the ability to resist.

After the green poison gas touched his skin, it swiftly burrowed into Qian Renyuan's body.

The moment the poison gas entered his skin, the residual ice-and-fire medicinal power within his body began to circulate on its own.

A wisp of cold froze the toxin.

Immediately after, scorching power surged out from his flesh and blood.

Sss!

That wisp of green poison gas turned into a faint puff of white smoke and completely dissipated.

Not a single mark was left on Qian Renyuan's palm.

Dugu Bo stared at his hand, his expression gradually turning grave. As the one who had used the poison, he knew better than anyone how strong that wisp of poison gas had been.

Qian Renyuan had not used Soul Power to resist it. He had dissolved the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison entirely with his body.

"Impervious to a hundred poisons..."

Dugu Bo said in a low voice.

Qian Renyuan withdrew his hand. "Now you should believe that I can solve your problem."

Dugu Bo raised his head. After the treatment of Dugu Yan and the Ice and Fire Body Tempering before his eyes, he would no longer doubt Qian Renyuan's ability.

But when he thought of the deadly poison that had accumulated in his body for decades, Dugu Bo's heart still felt heavy.

"How does Your Highness intend to proceed?"