Forging a Golden Body with the Power of Ice and Fire

"Senior, with the power of this Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, I am fully confident I can cure your poison. You said before that you could grant me three requests. My first request is this: may I freely choose the herbs here, whether to take them away or consume them?" Tianlin said.

"That is possible, but the medicinal properties of the herbs here are far too potent. Remember not to consume them carelessly. If something happens to you here, I will have a hard time explaining myself to that old fellow Chen Xin." Dugu Bo cautioned him. He did not want to come here one day and find Tianlin's corpse. Chen Xin, that old madman, would surely butcher him.

Dugu Bo was known as a peculiar Titled Douluo: he had never won a one-on-one fight, but he had never feared a group battle. If he encountered Chen Xin alone, he truly was no match for him.

"Rest assured, my understanding of the herbs here is no less than yours."

"Oh, right, Senior, could I trouble you with something? Could you help me buy three Alchemy Furnaces, along with some ordinary medicinal ingredients?" Tianlin planned to begin refining pills while helping Dugu Bo detoxify himself, maximizing the time he saved.

"That is a small matter. Wait here." Dugu Bo turned to leave, then suddenly remembered something. "Oh, right. I have filled the surrounding area with Poison Arrays. Outsiders and Soul Beasts cannot enter, so it is very safe. But remember, do not wander around. The Soul Beasts outside the Poison Arrays are all very powerful, at least ten-thousand-year-level."

Tianlin agreed, "Rest assured, Senior."

"Little Monster, stop calling me Senior. I have no interest in that sort of respectful title. If you can cure the poison in my granddaughter and me, then you will be Dugu Bo's friend," Dugu Bo said.

"If I do not call you Senior, then what should I call you? Don't tell me I should call you Old Monster, just as you call me Little Monster?" Tianlin said half-jokingly.

To his surprise, Dugu Bo actually nodded. "That is a good idea. I am Old Monster, you are Little Monster. One old and one young—it suits us perfectly! Hahaha..."

Laughing heartily, Dugu Bo vanished beneath the moonlight.

No wonder Tang San had always called him that in the original story. It turned out that Dugu Bo was so informal with those he acknowledged.

"Alright, before Old Monster returns, I need to make preparations for detoxification first. Let me see." Tianlin searched around and soon found a white herb near the ice spring.

The top of the white herb looked like a large white flower with eight corners, its center glittering with specks of stamens like ice crystals. It gave off no scent whatsoever, and it grew precisely at the central point on the side of the frigid yin spring.

Without the slightest hesitation, Tianlin swung the Demon Suppressing Sword while using the Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Step to swiftly retreat, withdrawing over ten meters.

Where the Demon Suppressing Sword swept, the large white eight-cornered flower fell at once, landing amid the surrounding herbs. In an instant, a wave of icy air spread out, coating the nearby herbs with a faint layer of white frost.

This herb was the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass that Tang San had consumed in the original story. It was also an Immortal Herb, but it contained peerless deadly poison. If consumed directly, its icy poison would attack the heart and kill its victim.

However, when this herb was consumed together with another herb, it could produce an astonishing effect.

Tianlin turned to the other side. At the center of the fire spring stood a completely fiery-red plant. It was the Infernal Delicate Apricot, the exact opposite of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, an Immortal Herb with deadly fire poison.

This time, Tianlin did not use the Demon Suppressing Sword, because according to the Jade Balance Herbal Record, a jade weapon had to be used to harvest this herb.

Tianlin swiftly took out a jade dagger from the Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch. Since he had long anticipated coming to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, he had naturally completed every relevant preparation in advance.

He flung the dagger out, severing the Infernal Delicate Apricot in one stroke. At the same time, Tianlin circulated his Soul Power and drew both herbs toward himself. However, he did not touch them with his hands, as he could not yet withstand the fire poison and ice poison.

The two herbs landed on the ground in front of Tianlin. At that moment, the extreme cold and scorching heat they had been emitting suddenly vanished.

This was because the two plants counteracted each other. This was the only chance to consume them, and Tianlin did not hesitate. He picked up both herbs and stuffed them into his mouth at the same time.

The two Immortal Herbs melted as soon as they entered his mouth. They tasted remarkably sweet, their fragrance rich and refreshing.

Afterward, red and blue light flashed across Tianlin's body at the same time. Tianlin immediately tore off his clothes, sat cross-legged at the very center of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, and circulated his Meditation Method with all his strength, beginning to absorb the medicinal effects.

These two immortal herbs enhanced Tianlin far more than they had Tang San, because their attributes matched his perfectly. The Demon Suppressing Sword Tianlin currently possessed happened to hold the attributes of water and fire.

The medicinal power of the immortal herbs was not only absorbed by Tianlin's body, but was also continuously drawn in by the Demon Suppressing Sword. The impact on Tianlin's body was nowhere near as great as it had been on Tang San. Not only did he feel no discomfort, he instead felt exceptionally comfortable.

At the final moment, Tianlin leaped into the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, using the spring water to refine the last portion of the medicinal power.

Not long afterward, Dugu Bo returned. He also carried a Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch, which contained the ordinary medicinal ingredients and Alchemy Furnaces Tianlin had requested.

Yet when Dugu Bo returned, he could not find Tianlin anywhere. He immediately grew anxious. "Little Monster! Little Monster! Where are you?"

"Damn it, did that Little Monster run off? A child is still a child, with no sense of restraint. What if something happened? No, this old man must hurry and find him."

Just then, the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well began to boil. A figure shot into the sky from the spring water. "Old Monster, you do not need to look for me. I am here!"

"You... How were you in the spring water? And you are still perfectly alive? You must know that even I would not dare touch that spring water lightly," Dugu Bo said in shock.

"It is nothing. I merely ate two of your herbs and forged a Water and Fire Impervious Golden Body. Not only that, my sword seems to have gained quite a bit as well." Tianlin smiled in satisfaction.

"Calling you Little Monster truly was not wrong. Before I left, I had just told you not to consume the herbs here carelessly, yet you ate two at once. Luckily, you are fine." Dugu Bo had truly been frightened by him this time, and his tone was harsh.

"Old Monster, once you see what I have gained, you will understand why I ate those two herbs. Come forth, Demon Suppressing Sword!" Tianlin summoned his Martial Soul.

At this moment, the Demon Suppressing Sword had yet to fully recover from the herbs' effects. Its blade still radiated red and blue light, but the surging Soul Power throughout Tianlin's body left Dugu Bo utterly astonished.

"Level 29? How is that possible?"

As mentioned before, Tianlin had absorbed these two herbs better than Tang San. Thus, not only had he absorbed the power of water and fire to forge his golden body, he had also used the remaining medicinal power to rise three levels in a row. Tang San had not received this sort of advancement in the original story, because for him, the effects of these two herbs had essentially all gone toward tempering his body.

Of course, his greatest gain was not these two.