When the three of them stepped into the basin, an unparalleled wonder came into view.
At the very center of the basin, a pool of spring water naturally formed the shape of Taiji—one half clear ice-blue, the other half blazing crimson. The auras of ice and fire intertwined and clashed, while all around grew rare heavenly treasures and immortal herbs seldom seen in a thousand years, their energy so dense it was almost liquefied.
But Dugu Bo, who was expected to be guarding this place, was not there. Only his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, stood alone by the spring.
At first, sensing outsiders intruding into her family's medicinal garden, Dugu Yan's brows shot up, and she had already prepared to shout a warning and drive the intruders out.
But when she clearly saw Ye Yun, Gu Yuena, and Zi Ji's appearances and auras, her body instantly froze in place. She trembled uncontrollably, and the phone in her palm slipped from her hand and fell to the ground with a crisp sound, yet she did not even have the courage to bend down and pick it up.
Zi Ji merely glanced at her indifferently, then withdrew her gaze, not taking this little girl seriously at all.
Gu Yuena, meanwhile, had not so much as looked sideways from beginning to end. Without stopping, she walked straight to the edge of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
"Wait! Don't touch the spring water! If you get any of that water on you, you'll die!"
Dugu Yan gritted her teeth and mustered all her courage to warn them. As soon as the words left her mouth, she immediately hurried behind a huge crystal, only poking out half her head as she stared timidly at the three of them.
Seeing her frightened, jumpy appearance, Ye