Chapter 34: Icefire Body Tempering-Easily Refined, Level 47? Dugu Bo Is Stunned

The moment the system notification sounded, Yin Changqing opened his eyes and looked at the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in the jade boxes.

"Changqing, are you really going to take them with nothing but your body to withstand their power?"

Concern showed on Yin Yu's face as he warned him gravely:

"Those two Immortal Herbs—one gives off bone-chilling cold, while the other burns with raging heat.

Even a Titled Douluo like me feels his blood surge from touching them with bare skin. Don't be careless."

Dugu Bo hurried forward, his expression solemn.

"Young Master, I've lived here in seclusion for decades. I know how terrifying these two 'poisonous herbs' are.

That one in particular would burn anyone who came near it to ash.

Without special tools and methods, it can't even be picked, let alone swallowed!"

"Rest assured, Elder Dugu. Things of the utmost yin and yang may seem deadly, but they counterbalance each other."

Yin Changqing smiled calmly.

"Taking either alone would be fatal. But if I swallow them both within ten breaths, their opposing powers will neutralize their medicinal properties.

Then, with the waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cleanse my marrow, I can forge a body impervious to fire and water."

Dugu Bo drew a sharp breath and exclaimed,

"Fighting poison with poison, balancing yin against yang!

Your understanding of medicinal principles is far beyond mine, Young Master!"

"Father, Elder Dugu, just keep watch for a moment."

Before Yin Changqing finished speaking, he turned into a streak of light.

With a slight movement of his fingers, he wrapped the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in Soul Power and pulled them up by the roots.

Brilliant rays of extreme cold and heat met in midair, releasing a devastating pulse of energy.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yin Changqing drew both top-grade Immortal Herbs into his mouth and swallowed them together.

Then he leaped lightly into the spring and landed squarely where its hot and cold waters met!

"Young Master!"

Dugu Yan cried out despite herself, clutching the hem of her clothes.

"He swallowed such violent medicinal power outright?!"

Dugu Bo's eyelids twitched. He silently raised his Soul Power to its peak, ready to intervene at any moment.

Yin Yu appeared composed, but tension flashed through his eyes.

Yet the expected agony and bodily rupture never came.

Under the system's protection, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass's extreme cold and the Infernal Delicate Apricot's fiery poison entered Yin Changqing's throat.

A mysterious power instantly brought them into balance, turning them into two warm yet forceful currents, one red and one blue, that surged through his extraordinary meridians.

Radiance blazed around Yin Changqing. The left half of his body gleamed blue like ice from the deepest abyss, while the right burned crimson like the flames of the sun.

Bmmm—

A muffled boom erupted from within Yin Changqing's body.

His meridians, bones, muscles, and skin rapidly transformed under the tempering of those two extreme forces. Every inch of flesh shone with glasslike golden light.

His Soul Power, previously stuck at level 43, surged like a river bursting its banks!

Level 44!

Level 45!

Level 46!

Level 47!

In less than half an incense stick's time, the red and blue light around Yin Changqing abruptly withdrew into his body.

His skin was luminous as jade, and he radiated a faint dragon's might and golden glow. The twin springs' energies could no longer affect him in the slightest.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully refined [Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass] and [Infernal Delicate Apricot] and achieved [Ultimate Ice and Fire Golden Body]!"

"Traits acquired: Ice Immunity 100%, Fire Immunity 100%, Immunity to All Poisons 100%, Vitality and Meridian Resilience Increase 100%!"

"Exclusive skills acquired: [Ice Dragon Soul Fiend], [Heaven-Burning Dragon Flame Explosion]!"

"Current Soul Power Level: 47!"

Yin Changqing floated out of the spring and landed, not a drop of water clinging to his robes. He looked full of vigor.

Beside the spring, Yin Yu, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan stood frozen, their eyes nearly popping out of their heads.

"He's... finished refining them already?!"

Dugu Bo rubbed his eyes hard, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Even Titled Douluo wouldn't dare touch those poisonous herbs lightly!

I've guarded this place for decades, and just looking at them made my heart race.

Young Master, you... you absorbed them in half an incense stick's time as easily as drinking a mouthful of warm water?!"

Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes widened as she stared blankly at Yin Changqing.

"Heavens... the Young Master's Soul Power jumped straight from level 43 to level 47?!

Four levels at once?!"

Yin Yu strode up to Yin Changqing and placed a broad hand on his son's shoulder. After examining him closely, he burst into deafening laughter.

"Hahahaha!

Excellent!

That's my boy!

Your vitality is as concentrated as a dragon's, and your Meridians haven't suffered the slightest damage. They're several times tougher than before!

Now that you've forged this Ice-Fire Golden Body, won't ice- and fire-type Soul Masters be like toothless tigers before you? They won't even be able to hurt you!"

"Exactly, Father."

Yin Changqing smiled and opened his hands. A piercingly cold, deep-blue dragon fiend gathered at the fingertips of his left hand, while a fiercely burning mass of red-gold dragon flame rose from his right.

"Not even a Titled Douluo's innate ice or fire can harm me now.

Besides, I'm immune to all poisons. Every toxin in the world is nourishment to me."

Dugu Bo gave a rueful smile and sighed with genuine admiration.

"I've called myself the 'Poison Douluo' and spent my life mastering poisons. Yet before you, Young Master, every trick I have is useless.

Your fortune and insight are simply divine!"

"You flatter me, Elder Dugu."

Yin Changqing dispersed the icy fiend and dragon flame in his hands. Rather than stopping, he turned his gaze toward a nearby patch of flowers.

"But that was only an appetizer.

Since I'm here today, I might as well temper this body to its utmost limit."

Yin Yu paused.

"Changqing, you're going to continue?!"

Dugu Bo was even more alarmed and hurried to dissuade him.

"You absolutely mustn't, Young Master!

Those herbs contain immense medicinal power. You've just taken two Immortal Herbs of extreme nature, gained four Soul Power levels, and filled your Meridians to capacity.

If you force down more Immortal Herbs so soon, even your powerful body may not prevent your Meridians from rupturing!"

Dugu Yan stepped forward as well, her eyes full of worry.

"Young Master, Grandpa is right. Haste makes waste. If you damage your foundation, the gains won't be worth it."

"It's all right. I know what I'm doing."

Yin Changqing smiled confidently and said,

"My Light Saint Dragon and Dark Sacred Dragon are divine-level martial souls. Their reserves far surpass those of ordinary people.

The ice and fire merely widened the vessel of my Meridians. Now it's time to fill it with the power of Divine Bone Vajra."

With that, Yin Changqing took out the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Aromatic Silk Beauty.

"The Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum sends energy through the limbs and blood through all eight meridians. Eating it can forge an indestructible body."

"The Aromatic Silk Beauty draws in the essence of heaven and earth and absorbs the radiance of the sun and moon. It can elevate a Martial Soul's spiritual energy to its peak and expand one's ocean of Soul Power."