Take Everything

Yang Xiong had prepared an extremely long Steel Cable for this operation, several hundred meters in length.

Using Soul Power to pull on the Steel Cable, he gradually descended. Only after dropping a full hundred meters did he finally reach the ground.

At this moment, Yang Xiong could not care about anything else. He directly took off his armor, and an extraordinarily magnificent sight unfolded before him.

The entire Ice Fire Yin Yang Well was covered in all sorts of medicinal herbs. Many were things Yang Xiong had seen in books, while even more were unknown Medicinal Herbs.

In particular, there were two springs within the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well—one red and one blue. All the ice and fire energy in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well originated from these two springs.

Yang Xiong could not help but burst into wild laughter. After so long plotting and preparing, he had finally arrived at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. From now on, he would no longer need to worry about the sect's safety or his own development. With these priceless Immortal Herbs, his future possibilities would be limitless. He might even stand above the pinnacle of the Soul Master world.

After laughing wildly for a while, Yang Xiong immediately began moving.

He did not possess Tang San's Mystic Jade Hand, which was specially suited for harvesting Immortal Herbs, but Yang Xiong had long prepared a pair of custom gloves. They were made from Celestial Silkworm Silk from a Ten Thousand Year Celestial Silkworm and were intended for Poison Refiners, capable of shielding the wearer from the harm of certain Poisonous Herbs.

The first thing Yang Xiong found was a huge pale-pink flower. It had no leaves, its stalk was three feet long, and its blossom was enormous, with a diameter of nearly a foot. Every petal looked as crystal-clear as a gemstone, while its pale-purple stamens resembled purple diamonds set within it.

This was the Aromatic Silk Beauty that Yang Xiong recognized, the nemesis of all poisons under heaven. As long as he held the Aromatic Silk Beauty and was not pierced by poisonous flowers or herbs, he would be absolutely safe.

Yang Xiong dug up the entire Aromatic Silk Beauty, soil and all, then began excavating the treasures of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.

Whether he recognized them or not, he uprooted everything first. He stuffed them all into Jade Boxes. Even if some medicinal potency was lost, that was still better than leaving them for someone else. After all, the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well was Dugu Bo's usual residence, and it was not easy for Yang Xiong to come here even once.

There were countless Immortal Herbs within the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. Yang Xiong only recognized a small portion of them, while he did not recognize most of the rest. Even so, he had no intention of letting any of them go.

First, he dug up a massive tulip. It looked extremely similar to an illustration in Ancient Records on the seventh floor of the Library, so it should be the legendary Beautiful Silk Tulip.

Yang Xiong did not bother thinking further and directly uprooted it, placing it in a Jade Box.

After that, he dug up quite a few Immortal Herbs that he recognized, including the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and others. He even found several Ten Thousand Year Ginsengs and Ten Thousand Year Ganodermas, as well as some exceptionally rare Medicinal Herbs.

But at this point, Yang Xiong uprooted everything and put it into Jade Boxes whether he recognized it or not. He even found Immortal Herbs that had not appeared in the Original Work but were recorded in the Library.

One particular Immortal Herb left Yang Xiong deeply amazed. The Library contained only a few vague lines about it, but it was extremely easy to identify.

This Immortal Herb was around one foot tall and had only nine leaves. Each leaf looked remarkably distinctive, like a sword. When he drew close, he could even sense an exceptionally sharp aura from it. This was the Nine Leaf Sword Grass, undoubtedly one of the most unique and precious Immortal Herbs.

However, the Nine Leaf Sword Grass did not seem to have appeared in the Original Work. If Sword Douluo were to consume it, perhaps his Seven Kill Sword could reach an unprecedentedly higher realm.

In particular, the Nine Leaf Sword Grass was highly suitable for both his father's and elder brother's Martial Souls. It was absolutely a rare supreme treasure.

A full two hours passed. The dozens of Jade Boxes Yang Xiong had prepared were already completely filled, and even the Hundred Herb Pouch with a capacity of twenty cubic meters was stuffed full of all kinds of Spirit Grasses. Many Spirit Grasses had been placed directly in wooden boxes or simply wrapped in cloth.

Once everything had been dug up, the entire Ice Fire Yin Yang Well looked like a plowed field. Not a trace of green remained; it was utterly barren.

Yang Xiong then fixed his gaze on the two Immortal Herbs beside the springs of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. These were also his greatest purpose in coming here.

The two Immortal Herbs were the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, among the most valuable Immortal Herbs in the entire Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.

Yang Xiong's Martial Soul was a Full-Body Body Martial Soul, one of the most unique existences among all Martial Souls. To truly bring out its power, he had to undergo endless training, and the most crucial part was body tempering.

No matter how many books Yang Xiong had read, knowledge concerning Body Martial Souls was exceedingly scarce. There were simply no cultivation methods at all.

That was even less true for the method of Second Awakening, which was vitally important for a Body Martial Soul. Before undergoing a Second Awakening, a Body Martial Soul was merely an ordinary Martial Soul. Whether in Martial Soul strength, attributes, or any other aspect, it could only be considered average.

But after a Body Martial Soul underwent a Second Awakening, it could basically rival those top-tier Martial Souls. If it achieved a Gold Grade Second Awakening, it might even be comparable to those so-called God-level Martial Souls.

Beside the blue spring stood a white herb whose top resembled a large white flower. It was octagonal in shape, with glimmering crystal-like stamens at its center. It gave off no fragrance whatsoever, and it grew precisely at the central point of the Extreme Cold Yin Spring. This was the legendary Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass was a flower of extreme cold. It could chill one's heart, numb and freeze the central nervous system, and radiate biting cold within a ten-meter radius. If exposed for too long, cold poison would invade the heart, leaving no cure.

The Infernal Delicate Apricot beside the fiery-red spring resembled a cabbage in shape, but its entire body was fiery red.

The Infernal Delicate Apricot was a Deadly Poison Immortal Herb with supreme fire poison. It grew only in scorching places and could survive even within lava. Every one of its effects was precisely the opposite of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

Within the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot were the true core, as well as the Immortal Herbs that grew closest to the spring waters.

By Yang Xiong's estimation, as long as he could undergo Ice Fire Body Tempering, then under the conditions of such extreme heat and cold, his Body Martial Soul would definitely be able to achieve a Second Awakening. It might even reach a Gold Grade Second Awakening.

However, harvesting these two Immortal Herbs would be extremely difficult. Moreover, he was only a Soul Grandmaster right now and did not possess Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill. The pain involved would likely be unimaginable.

Yang Xiong did not dwell on it any longer. He had already come this far. If he could not consume these two Immortal Herbs this time, he feared he would never see them again.

After setting down the several Soul Tools on his body, Yang Xiong held an iron knife and a Jade Knife, one in each hand. In addition to his Celestial Silkworm Silk gloves, he also put on a pair of iron gloves.

No matter what level the Second Awakening reached, Ice Fire Body Tempering seemed unable to increase Soul Power; it would only improve physical constitution.