Yang Wudi held out two black pills and explained, "These are antidote pills specially made by the Yang Family. They can neutralize most poisons."
"I already took one just now, and the poison I inhaled has been neutralized. Fourth Prince, Miss Zhu, you can take them without worry."
Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing each swallowed a pill, then followed Yang Wudi farther inland.
After passing through the poison miasma, Dai Jinge finally saw the sight he had dreamed of.
The Ice Spring and Fire Spring lay in the same pool, as sharply divided as the Jing and Wei rivers, surrounded by all manner of rare flowers and exotic plants.
While traveling from the Star Luo Empire to the Heaven Dou Empire, Dai Jinge had already asked Yang Wudi to teach him a great deal about immortal herbs and poisons.
With the knowledge Yang Wudi had imparted, Dai Jinge recognized many immortal herbs and poisonous plants that had never been mentioned in the original novel.
The sight of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well left Yang Wudi utterly stunned. He muttered to himself, "What on earth is this place... how can so many immortal herbs and spirit medicines grow here at once? Didn't the books say immortal herbs could only grow in places with exceptionally abundant energy...?"
Dai Jinge smiled. "Patriarch Yang, could it be that this place itself has exceptionally abundant energy? Why not move closer and feel it for yourself?"
Yang Wudi came back to his senses. Hearing Dai Jinge's words, he instinctively took a few steps forward.
When he truly felt the abundant energy permeating the air, he froze once more.
"What powerful energy. I fear even a Titled Douluo couldn't stay here for long."
"No wonder... no wonder so many immortal herbs and spirit medicines can grow here."
Yang Wudi thought to himself, If we could claim this place, the Breaking Clan would have a chance to grow into a force equal to the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall!
Yang Wudi remembered the immortal herb he coveted most-the aromatic silk beauty-and began searching. His gaze swept over herb after herb before finally settling on a large pinkish-white flower.
A pink dome of light roughly ten meters in diameter radiated from the large pinkish-white flower.
"The aromatic silk beauty!?"
Overjoyed, Yang Wudi forgot where he was. He completely ignored Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing and reached straight out to pick it.
Dai Jinge keenly noticed the intense greed in Yang Wudi's eyes.
To anyone well acquainted with these herbs, every plant here was a treasure of heaven and earth, a priceless treasure that anyone would want to claim for themselves.
Dai Jinge could not help wondering whether Yang Wudi would kill him and Zhu Zhuqing afterward.
The laws of this world did little to restrain Soul Masters.
For the first time in his life, he had placed this much trust in someone other than Zhu Zhuqing. Dai Jinge could only hope Yang Wudi would not betray that trust.
Dai Jinge asked quietly, "Zhu Zhuqing, do you remember what I told you last night?"
Zhu Zhuqing nodded, her expression serious.
Just the previous night, Dai Jinge had told her about the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot. He had also explained that their main purpose on this trip was to refine and absorb these two immortal herbs together.
Whoosh!
Zhu Zhuqing flung out a Black Iron Chain. Once it wrapped around the octagonal mysterious ice grass, she gave it a fierce tug, wrenching the herb out of the ground.
Almost at the same moment, Dai Jinge went for the infernal delicate apricot, thrusting his bare hand into the soil and digging it out.
Smack!
The two picked their immortal herbs almost simultaneously, then pressed them together in perfect unison.
When the powers of the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot met, they began canceling each other out, releasing a rich medicinal fragrance.
Taking either immortal herb alone was no different from courting death, but once the two merged, they became a nourishing medicine unlike any other in the world.
Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing each took half, gulping it down in large mouthfuls and chewing hard.
"Aah!"
Agonizing pain swept through their bodies. Even their clothes began tearing under the force of that power.
"Patriarch Yang, once you've collected the herbs you need, you can leave first. You don't have to wait for us."
Even at a time like this, Dai Jinge did not forget to remind Yang Wudi of the danger here.
After saying that, he jumped into the icy and fiery spring waters with Zhu Zhuqing.
Yang Wudi turned at his words, but saw only their backs.
When he witnessed the two actually leap into the pool whose waters could freeze or melt anything, Yang Wudi's eyes widened, his heart filled with shock.
"They actually dared to jump in! They're courting death!"
"But..."
"That means all the treasures of heaven and earth here belong to me alone!"
"With these immortal herbs, I might be able to become a Titled Douluo within twenty years!"
"With these immortal herbs to help us, the family can quickly regain its strength!"
By then, greed had completely filled Yang Wudi's heart, and he began digging up the various herbs growing there.
Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing knew nothing of this. They had already lost consciousness from pain that pierced deep into their souls and were slowly sinking, locked in each other's embrace.
By this point, Yang Wudi had long since cast Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing out of his mind.
All his attention was on the spirit medicines and poisonous herbs before him.
After a long while, Yang Wudi had stripped the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well nearly bare.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was left in complete disarray, utterly bereft of its former flourishing vitality.
Satisfied, Yang Wudi glanced toward the spring waters, then resolutely turned to leave.
He admitted that it was thanks to Dai Jinge that he had found this place and obtained so many treasures of heaven and earth.
But-
By now, Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing probably did not even have a scrap left of them, while he still had an entire large family waiting for his return. He could not stay here and wait to die!
However-
As the saying went, what you feared most was bound to come!
Just as Yang Wudi turned to leave, an icy, thunderous voice echoed through the valley:
"You stripped my herb garden bare, and now you think you can simply walk away?"
An oppressive aura far beyond Yang Wudi's suddenly descended.
Yang Wudi's heart sank, and his expression changed drastically. Under that pressure, even moving his feet was a vain hope.
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
A green-haired old man wearing a Dark Green Robe appeared in the forest directly ahead of Yang Wudi and slowly walked toward him.
The old man was slightly pale, his face withered. His dark green eyes were fixed unwaveringly on Yang Wudi, his gaze as chilling as a venomous snake's.
"Hand everything over!"
Cold sweat seeped from Yang Wudi's forehead. He slowly took out the Storage Soul Tool containing the herbs, while also holding a snow-white herb in his hand.
The herb looked exceedingly peculiar. Each leaf was so tender that it seemed water might drip from it, long and curved like a swan's neck.
Holding his breath and focusing his mind, he respectfully offered the Soul Tool and the snow-white herb in his hand.
A layer of soul power gathered over his hands, and his body trembled slightly.
Whether he was frightened by the pressure the old man radiated or trembling for some other reason was unclear.
"Hmph!"
The green-haired old man snorted coldly and snatched away Yang Wudi's Storage Soul Tool and the snow-white herb.
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