Ice Fire Tempering the Golden Body!

Having made up his mind, Ning Chen no longer hesitated.

He then walked over to a flat rock, sat cross-legged, adjusted his breathing, and calmed his mind.

Next, he reached out and held the crystal-clear Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in his hand, preparing to absorb it.

This Immortal Herb looked very peculiar. It had no leaves, only a slender stalk.

At the top of the stalk rested a drop of transparent liquid.

The liquid looked like ordinary dew, yet it gave off an extremely cool aura.

However, Ning Chen knew that this drop of liquid was the essence of the entire Immortal Herb.

He opened his mouth, aimed the tip of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew at it, and tilted it slightly.

The transparent drop slid down the stalk and fell directly into Ning Chen's mouth.

The instant the liquid entered his mouth, Ning Chen felt an intensely icy aura explode across his tongue.

This chill was not the biting cold that froze one's body, but a refreshing coolness that penetrated straight into his mind.

Ning Chen quickly closed his mouth and swallowed the drop.

"Ah!"

Immediately afterward, an unimaginably vast cool energy rushed straight into his sea of consciousness.

Ning Chen quickly closed his eyes and began guiding the energy with all his strength.

That cool energy continuously washed over his spiritual power.

His spiritual power, originally like a cloud of mist, gradually became denser and more solid under the washing of that energy.

The feeling was incredibly marvelous. Ning Chen felt that his mind had become clearer than ever before.

Time passed second by second. Beside the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eyes, everything was quiet save for the sound of the spring water churning.

Ning Chen sat motionlessly on the rock, his breathing becoming long and steady.

At the center of his forehead, a faint layer of white light began to emerge.

The white light flickered in rhythm with his breathing, steady and regular.

Two hours later.

The white light on Ning Chen's forehead suddenly contracted, all of it withdrawing back into his mind.

Then Ning Chen slowly opened his eyes.

The moment his eyes opened, his gaze became exceptionally clear.

"Phew..." Ning Chen let out a long breath.

He did not immediately stand up. Instead, he remained seated and released his spiritual power directly.

"Buzz!"

An invisible wave burst outward from Ning Chen, spreading rapidly in every direction.

Ten meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters, three hundred meters...

His spiritual power spread at an astonishing speed, covering a vast surrounding area in the blink of an eye.

Ning Chen closed his eyes and sensed the area covered by his spiritual power, utterly shocked.

His current spiritual detection range had actually reached nearly eight hundred meters!

Within that range, everything lay within his perception.

He could clearly see an ant climbing along the grain of the bark on a tree several hundred meters away;

he could also see an unknown insect in the grass two hundred meters away gnawing on a leaf.

He could even detect the situation at the edge of the poison formation eight hundred meters away.

At that moment, Dugu Bo was sitting cross-legged on a large rock outside the poison formation, resting with his eyes closed.

Meanwhile, in the hot spring pool not far from Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan was bathing.

Ning Chen quickly withdrew the sliver of spiritual power probing the hot spring and cursed inwardly:

This detection range is way too ridiculous. I can even see someone bathing perfectly clearly.

He then opened his eyes, clenched his fists, and felt the abundant spiritual power in his mind.

"As expected of an Immortal Herb that enhances spiritual power. It truly lives up to its reputation!" Ning Chen could not help exclaiming in praise.

Although his Soul Power was only at level forty-four, his spiritual power was definitely already comparable to that of a Soul Sage in the seventies.

Powerful spiritual power brought enormous benefits.

In future battles, he would be able to predict his enemies' movements more accurately, control his soul skills with greater precision, and greatly reduce his Soul Power consumption.

Most importantly, with spiritual power comparable to a Soul Sage as his foundation, he had much greater confidence in absorbing the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass next.

Ning Chen stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff body, his bones letting out several crisp cracks.

He turned his head and fixed his gaze on the two Immortal Herbs on the ground that radiated extreme auras.

One red and one blue, one cold and one hot.

The Infernal Delicate Apricot was fiery red all over, and the high temperature it emitted distorted the air around it.

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass was snow-white all over, covered in a thick layer of frost. The cold air it gave off had even coated the surrounding ground with a thin layer of ice.

Either of these Immortal Herbs, taken alone, was a deadly poison that would kill at the sight of blood.

An ordinary person would not even need to eat them. Just touching one would instantly burn them to ash or freeze them into an ice sculpture.

Only by consuming them at the same time and using their mutually restraining properties could one form a brief balance within the body.

Then, by using the spring water of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eyes to undergo Ice Fire Body Tempering, one could completely absorb their medicinal effects.

Ning Chen took a deep breath, then walked before the two Immortal Herbs.

He did not pick them up with his hands. Instead, with a thought, he summoned the Emperor-Slaying Sword.

Using the tip of the Emperor-Slaying Sword, he lightly hooked up both the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass at once.

The two Immortal Herbs collided in midair, immediately producing a series of sizzling sounds as red and blue light intertwined and canceled each other out.

Ning Chen opened his mouth and sent them both into it at the same time.

The moment the Immortal Herbs entered his mouth, only one second passed.

Ning Chen's expression changed drastically. Extreme heat and extreme cold exploded violently inside his stomach.

He did not dare delay in the slightest. He quickly untied his clothes and stripped himself completely bare in a few swift motions.

He removed the storage Soul Tool holding his belongings and casually tossed it onto the ground beside him.

Then, naked, Ning Chen leaped forward.

"Splash!"

His entire body drew an arc through the air before he jumped unerringly into the very center of the spring where the red and blue waters of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eyes met.

Water splashed everywhere as his body was instantly swallowed by the red and blue spring water.

At the same moment Ning Chen jumped into the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eyes, beside the hot spring pool outside the poison formation.

Dugu Yan had already washed herself clean. She stepped out of the hot spring and stood on the shore.

During her Martial Soul Evolution earlier, she had sweated profusely. Her body had been covered in black grime, and her clothes had been ruined as well.

Now that she had taken a bath, she felt completely refreshed, and her skin was even fairer and more delicate than before.

Dugu Yan picked up the oversized robe her grandfather had thrown to her earlier and draped it over herself.

The robe was too large. It hung loosely from her body, with the hem dragging directly along the ground.

But the fabric clung closely to her body. Soaked by droplets of water, it adhered tightly to her skin, outlining her proud figure.

Dugu Yan gathered her wet hair with one hand and tucked it behind her ear.

Right now, her mind was filled with Ning Chen's image.

That young man, who looked several years younger than her, had not only saved her life but also helped her resolve the hereditary terminal illness that plagued her family. He had even evolved her Martial Soul into a flood dragon.

It all felt like a dream.

What kind of person is he, really?

Dugu Yan muttered inwardly.

Sometimes, the things he said were infuriating. He was overbearing and did not understand how to show any tenderness toward women.

But when real danger arose, he was so reliable, standing before her without even blinking an eye.