Chen Zhuo swallowed the essence potion refined from infernal delicate apricot and octagonal mysterious ice grass.
"Yan'er, you might need to look away."
Chen Zhuo tugged at his waistband.
Dugu Yan froze for a moment before realizing what Chen Zhuo intended to do.
She giggled. "You mean I need to avert my eyes from the mighty weapon of an eight-year-old brat?"
"Uh..."
Chen Zhuo now regretted helping Dugu Yan complete her Martial Soul Evolution.
She had turned rebellious before she had even revolted.
When Chen Zhuo actually began undoing his belt, Dugu Yan covered her face and ran away.
Chen Zhuo leaped naked into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
He entered the Yin Spring.
The cold stabbed like ten thousand needles, nearly freezing his marrow.
He entered the Yang Spring.
Scorching waves scraped his bones like a thousand blades, nearly charring his flesh.
Agony pierced every opening in his body like hundreds of millions of red-hot steel needles.
It hurt! It hurt so much!
Chen Zhuo tensed every muscle, and countless streams of blood energy burst from his pores.
He gritted his teeth and endured the pain of being sliced apart alive.
He knew all too well that to shine before others, he had to suffer out of their sight.
With the divine spring waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well tempering his body as a buffer,
he dared to take a tier three potion directly.
This Water-Fire Body Tempering took three days and three nights.
In the end, he successfully absorbed the essence of the two immortal herbs, infernal delicate apricot and octagonal mysterious ice grass, forging a constitution impervious to all poisons, water, and fire.
Of course, the water and fire mentioned here did not include ultimate water or ultimate fire.
The will of the Main God Space had asked Chen Zhuo whether he wanted the attributes of ultimate fire and ultimate ice.
Chen Zhuo had refused.
As good as those two ultimate attributes were, they did not complement his Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
Biting off more than he could chew was entirely unnecessary.
He could, however, give Dugu Yan a bottle of the Genetic Bloodline Potion made from infernal delicate apricot.
Once the genetic seed was planted,
whether she could eventually awaken the Jade-Phosphorus Poison Jiao's ultimate fire poison attribute would depend on her own fortune.
As for Dugu Bo, that was out of the question.
Primordial immortal herb had one drawback. Once someone consumed it, they could no longer consume any other immortal herb.
Chen Zhuo emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and put on the clothes Dugu Bo handed him.
He found another utterly unremarkable-looking immortal herb in the medicinal garden.
It resembled an orchid, with three snow-white leaves.
At the center of the leaves, several crystalline droplets hung without falling, like morning dew.
Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew!
Consuming it could grant fiery eyes and golden pupils, capable of seeing through all manner of wondrous things.
It greatly enhanced eyesight and mental power.
The Main God Space refined it into seven doses, each stored in a thumb-sized little gourd carved from jade.
Chen Zhuo took one dose, dripped the liquid from the gourd into both eyes, then took a strip of gauze from his storage ring and blindfolded himself.
The blindfold was actually unnecessary.
Chen Zhuo simply did not want to see Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan naked while his newly acquired "X-ray vision" was still beyond his full control.
He had no such peculiar interests.
Boom!
His Sea of Consciousness surged, as though its pounding waves had broken through some invisible barrier.
Chen Zhuo felt that the world had never been so clear.
He did not need to open his eyes.
His mental power automatically spread outward to survey his surroundings.
By the classification of mental realms used ten thousand years later, Chen Zhuo's mental power had now entered the third-tier Spirit Sea Realm.
His mental power was now no different from that of a Five-Ring Soul King.
"Take these two bottles orally. This one is for external use."
"Remember, don't use them at the same time."
Chen Zhuo gave Dugu Yan a tier-one Serpent Transformation Potion so she could unlock her gene lock as well.
The other two bottles were both tier-three potions.
The Infernal Delicate Apricot Ultimate Fire Potion and a Mental Potion made from Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
Since he had taken Dugu Bo under his wing, he would look after the man's granddaughter along the way.
"Thank you, Young Master." Dugu Yan's heart brimmed with joy.
To prevent Dugu Bo, her grandfather, from feeling slighted,
Chen Zhuo still mentioned that, given his current cultivation, these potions no longer offered much benefit to a Super Douluo.
"Dugu Bo, I remember you have a special storage pouch Soul Tool."
"Give it to me."
"I'll use it to store a few things."
Dugu Bo took out the Wishful Hundred-Treasure Pouch, a family heirloom of the Dugu Family.
Unlike other common Storage Soul Tools, the Wishful Hundred-Treasure Pouch could even hold living creatures.
The moment Chen Zhuo opened the pouch, a snake's head poked out, its jaws opening to bite him.
"Quite protective of your master, aren't you?"
Chen Zhuo seized the Nine-Section Jade snake.
This little creature was Dugu Bo's bonded venomous beast. Its small body was as tough as steel, and striking its scales produced a metallic clang.
Being impervious to blades and spears was nothing remarkable.
Many Soul Beasts could do that.
But this little creature's venom was among the most terrifying in the world. Even a Titled Douluo would succumb to a single bite.
Chen Zhuo rather liked this pet snake, so he took it for himself as well.
Dugu Bo naturally had no objection.
Whatever Chen Zhuo wanted, he would give him.
He was more afraid that Chen Zhuo would not want anything.
Looking at the garden full of immortal blooms, Chen Zhuo felt a stir of emotion.
Sea God Tang San and all the Shrek Seven Devils had become gods by relying on these immortal herbs, which seized the bounty of heaven and earth, to establish unsurpassed foundations.
Without these immortal herbs, without Tang San's help,
all that talk of being monsters even among geniuses
amounted to nothing but ordinary strays by the roadside.
Aside from Xiao Wu and Oscar, who possessed innate full soul power, the other four would face a life-or-death gamble trying to reach Titled Douluo in their lifetimes.
That was why the road to success was so difficult to replicate.
Effort, talent, and luck were all indispensable.
A chrysanthemum.
Every petal was fluffy, and its stamens rose more than half a foot above them, shimmering with a faint golden glow.
Purple and gold intertwined in perfect harmony.
Chen Zhuo walked over and picked the extraordinary flower.
"Singular velvet sky chrysanthemum!"
Dugu Bo recognized it.
That old chrysanthemum from Spirit Hall, the effeminate Chrysanthemum Douluo, had singular velvet sky chrysanthemum as his Martial Soul.
Dugu Bo knew its name, but not that it was also an immortal-grade medicinal herb.
This immortal herb suited Power Attack System Soul Masters. It could continuously strengthen the user's physique, granting recovery and self-healing abilities far beyond those of ordinary people.
Its central effect was even more heaven-defying.
After consuming singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, one had a strong chance of cultivating an indestructible diamond body.
He had already decided whom to give this extraordinary immortal-grade flower to.
Next, Chen Zhuo picked an orchid that was crystalline and snow-white all over, with eight petals.
It was eight-petal immortal orchid, which had the miraculous effect of strengthening one's foundation and nourishing one's vital essence.
Chen Zhuo picked more than a dozen varieties of immortal herbs in total.
He pocketed every opportunity that had originally belonged to the Shrek Seven Devils.
He also picked several immortal herbs and supreme medicinal herbs he recognized, including ink jade divine bamboo, dragon immortal ganoderma, snow-colored swan kiss, and nine-grade purple ganoderma.
It was a bountiful harvest.
Chen Zhuo knew that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well contained at least forty-odd varieties of immortal-grade medicinal herbs.
But neither he nor Tang San could identify them all.
He would have to see whether he could obtain the ancestral Flower and Herb Illustrated Guide from Chrysanthemum Douluo's family someday.
Perhaps it would lead to new discoveries.
"Let's go. I'll take you two out to stretch your muscles."
Chen Zhuo's gaze was deep. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was not the only opportunity in Sunset Forest.
Dugu Yan happened to need a new Soul Ring, too.
He might as well collect all these benefits together.
Before they left, Dugu Bo put considerable thought and effort into reinforcing the defenses around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
With his current Super Douluo cultivation, the power of the formations he built using the natural terrain was in a league of its own.
To him, this treasured land was no longer merely a place for secluded cultivation and healing.
It was the cradle of the Dugu Family's rise.
Dugu Bo was very satisfied with his new arrangements.
Now, even a Titled Douluo who approached would have to take a detour.
That essentially eliminated the risk of anyone raiding their home.
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