Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

The sky was azure, dotted with wisps of white clouds, with flying soul beasts occasionally gliding leisurely past.

At last, the setting sun sank into the forest, its pale red light painting the entire sky into a breathtaking canvas.

Suddenly.

Xu Xiaonian and the two women flew through the air, their figures tall and striking, their bearing relaxed, blending seamlessly into the beautiful scenery.

"Is that the soul bone the Clear Sky Douluo dropped?"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Xu Xiaonian's glowing right leg bone, curiosity flickering in her alluring, foxlike eyes with their slightly upturned corners.

"Yes."

Xu Xiaonian nodded, studying the terrain ahead and judging that they should be nearing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Just then.

A basin shrouded in purple mist appeared in his field of vision, its interior hidden from view.

Some avian soul beasts blundered into the mist. Any with less than a thousand years of cultivation dissolved into puddles of blood in under three seconds.

Even thousand-year soul beasts were doomed if they failed to notice the poison in time and lingered a little too long.

Only ten-thousand-year soul beasts could hold out briefly in the poisonous mist, but if they fought within it, they would retain less than a tenth of their fighting strength.

Zhu Zhuqing and Xu Xiaotang shuddered at the flying soul beasts' gruesome fate. Looking down at her own ethereal body, the latter turned to him as though she were looking at a monster and said:

"I have no idea how you do it. You can actually turn people into an immaterial state of nothingness, completely immune to the ravages of poison."

Xu Xiaonian gave her a sidelong glance. "How could mortals comprehend a god's abilities? There's plenty you haven't seen yet."

"You!" Xu Xiaotang ground her teeth in anger, itching to sink them into him. "Just don't let me get a handle on you. When I do, I'll make sure you can't act so smug!"

"Heh! You're dreaming." Xu Xiaonian was entirely unafraid. He had no handle she could get her hands on.

Except for the one down below...

With that thought, Xu Xiaonian discreetly glanced at Xu Xiaotang's small, rosy lips and her soft hands, their slender fingers pale as scallion stalks. His mind began imagining his "handle" sliding in and out between those two...

Hiss! My mind's gone into the gutter. Into the gutter!

Ever since losing his virginity last night, his thoughts had felt rather unhealthy. Especially with two gorgeous young women beside him, his imagination kept running wild.

"Ahem!"

Xu Xiaonian withdrew his furtive gaze and said solemnly, "All right, we should be almost there."

Before long.

The three passed through the dense poisonous mist, and the view suddenly opened up before them.

The air held the sweet freshness of the world after rain. Lush green grass carpeted the ground, with rare immortal herbs growing throughout it, radiating dense fluctuations of vital essence.

Most striking of all were the two springs at the center.

One spring was icy blue, radiating an aura of extreme cold; the other was fiery red, radiating an aura of extreme heat.

At the center where the two met, extreme cold and extreme heat mingled, forming a mysterious force within their fusion that made even space warp and ripple.

"Wow! It's so beautiful here!"

"These... these are the legendary immortal herbs! So many!"

Xu Xiaotang and Zhu Zhuqing were both dumbstruck, staring foolishly at the immortal herbs covering the ground. They had never imagined that the good stuff Xu Xiaonian had mentioned would be this good!

"The Lovesick Heartbreak Red, aromatic silk beauty, octagonal mysterious ice grass, infernal delicate apricot, aromatic silk beauty, singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, eight-petal immortal orchid, cockscomb phoenix sunflower, narcissus jade muscle bone, the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, the Blood Swan Kiss, the Nine-Rank Immortal Ganoderma, ink jade divine bamboo..."

"Holy Spirit Purcell's fourth soul ring—Elements!"

Xu Xiaonian harvested them using the purest elemental power corresponding to each immortal herb, perfectly preserving their medicinal potency and successfully gathering every mature immortal herb.

Beside him, Zhu Zhuqing and Xu Xiaotang watched eagerly, a trace of longing appearing in their eyes.

Since Xu Xiaonian brought us along to see this good stuff, does that mean we get a share too?

Xu Xiaonian saw through their thoughts at a glance and said with a smile:

"What are you staring at? I only said I'd show you something good. I never said I'd give you any, did I?"

"Don't get your hopes up about these immortal herbs. I'm using them to recruit retainers."

"Without these immortal herbs, how could exceptionally gifted geniuses possibly come knocking on my door, volunteering to become my retainers?"

Zhu Zhuqing and Xu Xiaotang looked disappointed at his words, but they understood and felt no resentment toward Xu Xiaonian.

Sensing their emotions through the Retainer Mark, Xu Xiaonian could not help laughing.

"You actually believed that? You're already my retainers. There's no way I'd treat you poorly."

"Huh?"

Excitement returned to Xu Xiaotang's and Zhu Zhuqing's faces as they wondered what kind of immortal herbs they would receive.

"There's no rush about the immortal herbs. I'll definitely give you some, but there's something else to do right now."

Xu Xiaonian looked toward Heaven Dou Imperial City, narrowing his eyes slightly.

"A grand show is about to begin. Let's go join the fun."

"Next destination: the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace."