Devouring Immortal Herbs, Strength Surges!

Dugu Bo looked at Jiang Yu's excited expression and could not help but say, "Alright, you can cultivate here now!"

Immediately afterward, Dugu Bo took out an emerald-green pill from his robes and casually tossed it to Jiang Yu.

"This pill is for you. With it, you can ignore the poisonous mist outside and enter or leave this place whenever you wish!"

Jiang Yu caught the pill, but his gaze remained fixed on the strange flowers and exotic grasses surrounding the Ice and Fire Spring.

"Senior Dugu Bo, these plants growing here... are also extremely useful for cultivating my Blue Silver Grass martial soul!" Jiang Yu could not help pointing at those Immortal Herbs as he spoke.

Hearing this, Dugu Bo said indifferently, "Suit yourself! Take whatever you want!"

"However, I must warn you—many things here are highly poisonous. Even this old man would not dare approach them carelessly..."

"Don't go and die here by accident. If His Highness the Crown Prince holds me accountable, I won't be able to bear the responsibility!"

In Dugu Bo's eyes, these were merely oddly grown poisonous plants.

Dugu Bo's mind was now filled with the toxicology knowledge Jiang Yu had given him. All he wanted was to obtain the later portions as soon as possible and completely cure the chronic ailments afflicting both himself and his granddaughter.

As for everything in this valley, he did not care in the slightest.

Or rather, given Dugu Bo's knowledge, he had no idea of the true value of these Immortal Herbs, much less how to use them.

"Then I'll thank you first, Senior Dugu."

Jiang Yu was ecstatic inside, but his expression remained calm.

Right after that, Jiang Yu took out a book he had prepared long ago and handed it to Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo snatched it away and impatiently began flipping through it.

"Haha! Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Seeing the contents of the book, Dugu Bo laughed excitedly.

"Little Friend Jiang Yu, I'll leave this place to you for the time being!"

Before his words had even faded, Dugu Bo's figure vanished from the area.

Dugu Bo did not want to remain for even a second longer.

He needed to return immediately and enter seclusion, studying this brand-new toxicology knowledge to find a way to resolve the backlash of his martial soul.

Watching the direction in which Dugu Bo had disappeared, Jiang Yu could not help smiling.

It could be said that in this transaction, both Jiang Yu and Dugu Bo had obtained what they wanted most. Both sides were extremely satisfied.

Now that the Immortal Herbs were in hand, Jiang Yu did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately sprang into action.

Jiang Yu first set his sights on Fiery Apricot Delicate and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Yu used both hands at once to pluck the two Immortal Herbs of completely opposing attributes. Without even looking at them, he stuffed them directly into his mouth.

The moment Fiery Apricot Delicate entered his mouth, a scorching energy surged through his throat and instantly flooded into his body!

Immediately afterward, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass went down his throat, followed closely by a bone-piercing chill!

Ice and fire, the two most extreme energies, erupted within Jiang Yu's body.

Jiang Yu's body seemed to become a battlefield. His skin alternated between blazing red and frosty white.

Pain! Heart-rending, soul-tearing pain!

Jiang Yu let out a muffled groan. Relying on his powerful will, he leaped into the clearly divided Ice Fire Yin Yang Well!

Splash!

The instant Jiang Yu's body fell into the spring water, something strange happened.

Within the Ice and Fire Spring, the two terrifying energies in Jiang Yu's body that had originally been utterly incompatible actually began to slowly merge and neutralize each other within him, until they were completely absorbed by Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu felt as though his body were being cleansed to the marrow and reforged.

Tempered by ice and fire, every impurity was removed. Every cell in his body was elevated through destruction and reconstruction.

No one knew how long passed before the tearing pain in his body gradually faded, replaced by an unprecedented sense of clarity and toughness.

Jiang Yu opened his eyes and felt the cold and hot energies of the spring water flowing across his skin. Yet he no longer felt the slightest discomfort; instead, it was as pleasant as soaking in a hot spring.

"A physique immune to both ice and fire, invulnerable to all poisons—it worked!..."

Excited, Jiang Yu leaped out of the spring.

Without pausing for even a moment, Jiang Yu turned his gaze toward the next Immortal Herb—Yearning Heartbroken Dew.

Jiang Yu carefully plucked this immortal-grade treasure and swallowed the crystalline dewdrop resting upon its petals.

Jiang Yu immediately closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and fully circulated the Purple Demon Eye cultivation method from the Tang Sect's supreme arts, guiding this strange medicinal power.

Jiang Yu immediately felt a numbing, stinging pain in his eye sockets, while his spiritual power rapidly increased.

When Jiang Yu opened his eyes again, the entire world had changed.

The floating dust in the air, the fine patterns on the distant rock walls, even the paths along which energy flowed within the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well—all of it appeared in his vision with incomparable clarity.

Jiang Yu's eyes seemed capable of piercing through appearances and reaching the essence of all things.

"Purple Demon Eye, Mustard Seed Realm!... I did it!"

It could be said that, in terms of the Purple Demon Eye alone, Jiang Yu had already surpassed Tang San at this point in time.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Jiang Yu turned to the next Immortal Herb.

The next one was the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.

This Immortal Herb had mild medicinal properties and melted as soon as it entered his mouth. A rich medicinal force nourished Jiang Yu's extraordinary meridians and eight channels.

The soul power within Jiang Yu's body suddenly trembled and began rising rapidly!

Level twenty-four, level twenty-five... level twenty-eight, level twenty-nine...

In the end, his soul power barely came to a stop before the bottleneck at level thirty!

It could be said that just three Immortal Herbs had caused Jiang Yu's soul power to soar directly from level twenty-three to level thirty!

"The enhancement from Immortal Herbs really is terrifying!"

Feeling the surging soul power within him, along with his reborn physical constitution and spiritual power, Jiang Yu was thrilled beyond measure.

However, Jiang Yu could also sense that his body had reached a certain level of saturation.

Immortal Herbs were good, but one could not be greedy for too many!

Jiang Yu understood the principle that excess was as bad as deficiency.

Still, Jiang Yu had no intention of letting the other Immortal Herbs go.

Jiang Yu immediately took out more than a dozen jade boxes he had prepared beforehand and began carefully digging up the Immortal Herbs one by one, sealing them away together with the soil around their roots.

Singular Velvet Sky-Reaching Chrysanthemum, Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower...

Not eating them now did not mean he could not eat them later.

These were all capital for increasing his strength in the future!

Just as Jiang Yu placed the final Immortal Herb into a jade box and prepared to leave in satisfaction, a strange sensation surged into his heart without warning.

It was neither a sound nor a smell, but a call originating from the depths of his soul.

An ancient, weathered, yet incomparably intimate summons gently trembled within Jiang Yu's bloodline.

"What exactly is going on?"

Jiang Yu frowned.

This call carried no hostility. Instead, it seemed to contain a sense of submission and anticipation.

"Hmph! Let's see what's calling me!"

Curious, Jiang Yu did not think much of it. He left the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well and hurried in the direction of the call.