The party of five set off on their treasure hunt in grand fashion.
Since their party included the two youngsters, Lu Xuan and Qian Renxue,
a carriage had been specially arranged to spare them the exhaustion of a long trek.
The wheels rolled on, and after two days, they finally reached a town on the edge of Sunset Forest, a hundred kilometers east of Heaven Dou City.
After leaving the carriage safely at an inn in town, the five officially entered the deep, primeval forest.
The moment they entered, Azure Luan and Guang Ling unleashed the full pressure of their Super Douluo cultivation without holding anything back.
The auras of raging winds and bitter winter intertwined, becoming an invisible storm that swept through their surroundings.
Faced with that terrifying aura, the nearby Soul Beasts whimpered in terror and scattered in every direction.
Those with fewer years of cultivation even fainted on the spot.
As the group ventured deeper, a sickly green poisonous mist began filling the air before they knew it.
Carrying a nauseating stench, it completely blocked the path ahead.
"Oh, this revolting smell is certainly familiar. It looks very much like that old poisoner's handiwork!"
Yue Guan stopped and pinched his nose, a trace of disdain flashing through his eyes.
He had dealt with Poison Douluo plenty of times before and could not have been more familiar with this Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison.
"You know him?" Azure Luan Douluo, dressed in blue with a composed expression, glanced sideways and asked calmly.
"Yes. I hunted that old fellow down a few times before, but he got away. He's also wanted by our Spirit Hall!"
Yue Guan concealed nothing.
"This poison can only frighten Soul Masters below the rank of Titled Douluo!" Light Feather Douluo chuckled, his face full of indifference.
He slowly extended a pale finger and lightly touched the poisonous mist.
In an instant, freezing power erupted. When the otherwise all-pervasive poisonous mist touched the Soul Power he released, it actually gave off crisp cracking sounds.
It froze directly into green ice crystals that filled the air.
"Who is it?! Who dares trespass on my territory and break my Poison Formation?!"
A deafening roar of fury rang out.
A dark green figure darted like a phantom from the depths of the poisonous mist, his hair and beard entirely green.
A vicious gleam flashed in his dark green eyes. He was none other than Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
The moment he landed, his gaze locked onto Yue Guan, the most conspicuous member of the group, and his expression immediately darkened.
"So it's you, Chrysanthemum Guan. Instead of staying at Spirit Hall, what business brings you to my territory?"
Dugu Bo's tone was cautious, even carrying a hint of bluster masking weakness.
He knew perfectly well that he was absolutely no match for Yue Guan in single combat.
"Oh, old poisoner, don't get so worked up." Yue Guan walked forward with a smile, extending his slender fingers in a coquettish orchid-finger gesture before his face.
He said unhurriedly, "Our Spirit Hall has taken a fancy to this auspicious treasure land of yours. If you know what's good for you, be good and hand it over!"
"What shameless boasting! Just you... lot..."
Dugu Bo laughed in furious disbelief and was about to unleash a torrent of abuse, but his words cut off halfway through.
His pupils suddenly contracted as he stared fixedly at Azure Luan and Guang Ling behind Yue Guan.
Nine brilliantly shining Soul Rings slowly rose behind each of them.
They were accompanied by the terrifying phantoms of the Azure Luan Divine Bird and the Light Feather Divine Bow.
The mountain-toppling, sea-churning pressure of Super Douluo instantly bore down on Dugu Bo until he could barely breathe.
Gulp! Dugu Bo swallowed with difficulty.
Cold sweat instantly covered his forehead, and he immediately yielded to his fear.
He forced a smile uglier than crying onto his face. "Your Excellencies, we can-we can talk this over. If you like this place..."
"The Great Enshrined has ordered that anyone who obstructs us be killed without mercy!" Azure Luan Douluo gave him no chance to waste more words.
His gaze turned icy.
The phantom of the Azure Luan Divine Bird behind him let out a piercing cry that split the clouds.
His entire body became a bolt of blue lightning that tore through space.
Carrying a devastating storm, he charged straight at Dugu Bo to kill him.
"Go on, Third Brother! Beat him flat!"
Not only did Light Feather Douluo have no intention of helping, but he folded his arms across his chest and loudly cheered from the sidelines, watching the spectacle without caring how much bigger the commotion grew.
Watching this sudden change in the scene, the corner of Lu Xuan's mouth twitched slightly. He turned toward Qian Renxue beside him and asked quietly.
"Is the Fifth Enshrined always like this?"
Seeing Light Feather Douluo behaving like a mischievous child, Qian Renxue could not help chuckling as she explained on his behalf:
"Grandpa Five is just like that. He's like a child who never grows up."
"But that's also why he gets along best with the children in the Enshrined Hall. He doesn't put on any airs at all."
"Exactly, Little Xuan. You're Eldest Brother's personal disciple. Don't call me Fifth Enshrined-that's so distant. Just call me Uncle Five."
Light Feather Douluo's ears were sharp. Even amid the howling winds, he heard their conversation and turned to wink at Lu Xuan.
"All right, Uncle Five!" Lu Xuan replied with a smile.
The battle ahead ended even faster than expected.
A rank-97 Super Douluo against an ordinary rank-91 Titled Douluo.
This was not a battle at all, but a crushing strike from a higher dimension with no suspense whatsoever.
With a shrill scream, the raging winds dispersed.
Azure Luan Douluo drifted down from the air, his expression indifferent.
In his hand, he held a head whose eyes remained open in death, blood still dripping from it. It was Dugu Bo's.
Thus fell the Poison Douluo of his generation.
Azure Luan Douluo casually tossed the head aside, as though he had merely crushed an ant.
He entered the woods and picked up the Soul Bone Dugu Bo had dropped upon his death.
That was what happened when "keep inventory on death" was not enabled: someone else could simply pick up your Soul Bone.
"Let's go!" Seeing this, Guang Ling placed Soul Power barriers around Lu Xuan and Qian Renxue to protect them from the surrounding poisonous mist.
After they passed through the last poisonous barrier, the view suddenly opened up.
Everyone was deeply awed by the magnificent spectacle before them.
What greeted their eyes was a valley like a fairyland.
Rare medicinal herbs exuding rich auras grew everywhere around its outskirts. Any single one of them would have fans fighting tooth and nail over it in the outside world.
At the very center of the valley lay a strange spring.
The spring was divided into two halves. One half was crimson like magma, radiating terrifying heat that could melt the heavens and boil the seas.
The other half was an extreme icy blue, emanating a soul-freezing chill.
Red and blue intertwined, forming a perfect yin-yang diagram.
Neither encroached upon the other, yet both flourished without end.
This was none other than one of the legendary Enlarged Treasure Basins-the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!
Around the spring where red met blue grew peerless Immortal Herbs of all different shapes, each shining brilliantly.
"My heavens, this... this is..."
At the sight of these Immortal Herbs, Yue Guan's eyes went perfectly round.
His bewitching face was filled with wild joy.
Even his voice took on a shrill, tearful edge.
As the Titled Douluo in Spirit Hall who knew the most about flowers and plants,
how could he fail to recognize them?
Yue Guan could no longer care about maintaining the bearing of a Titled Douluo.
Like a man possessed, he threw himself into their midst.
"Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum! My heavens, it really is Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!"
"Aromatic Silk Beauty! An Immortal Herb like this really exists!"
"And... Lovesick Heartbreak Red! The king of flowers!"
Yue Guan lingered among the Immortal Herbs, unwilling to leave, as though he had received his most beloved toy.
To him, nothing was more exciting than seeing the Immortal Herbs recorded in the booklet passed down through generations of his family.
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