Dugu Bo stretched out his nose and sniffed in Lu Yuan's direction, sending a chill through him.
Could Dugu Bo have picked up my scent and followed me here?
Lu Yuan's mind stormed with possibilities as he frantically searched for an answer.
"Boy." Dugu Bo fixed Lu Yuan with an unrelenting stare.
"You carry the scent of that ice-and-fire spring. Don't even think about denying it!" Dugu Bo said ominously.
What?!
Lu Yuan shuddered. Dugu Bo could actually detect the heat and cold of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well on him.
He slapped his forehead, finally coming to his senses, while Old Tom watched beside him in utter confusion.
Dugu Bo had already spent several years at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Lu Yuan's group broke in.
Although he might not have been able to distinguish the scents of the hundreds upon thousands of immortal herbs and spiritual medicines there, he had always relied on the heat and cold rising from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to suppress the jade phosphorous serpent poison within his body.
To refine the octagonal mysterious ice grass and blazing apricot tender vegetable growing beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lu Yuan had jumped into the spring alone to temper his body. Both he and his martial soul had gained ice and fire immunity, but the well's aura had inevitably seeped deep into his bones.
No wonder Dugu Bo had sensed that aura when Lu Yuan approached him at the exhibition and followed him all the way here.
"Let me think. Aren't you the child who was with Ci Xue and She Long? Is this appearance of yours a disguise?"
"You're from Spirit Hall. Are you working undercover beside the crown prince, or has Xue Qinghe