Only after Li Ye reminded him did Dugu Bo realize that discussing something like this with Li Ye now was indeed a little premature.
"Uh, haha, I was only joking with you just now. Haha, just joking. Let's leave this matter for later." Dugu Bo gave everyone a few dry laughs.
"Boy, didn't you want to go to that place? Come on, I'll take you there."
With that, Dugu Bo grabbed Li Ye, lifted him up, and took him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
"Well, boy? Is this the place you were looking for?"
Seeing Li Ye's excitement, Dugu Bo couldn't help laughing.
"This truly is a rare treasure land blessed with excellent feng shui. Plants living here would surely cultivate hundreds or even thousands of times faster." Li Ye nodded and spoke earnestly.
"And I never expected there to be so many top-grade medicinal herbs here. Senior Dugu, did you plant all of these?" Li Ye looked at Dugu Bo questioningly.
"I didn't plant all these herbs. Most of them were already growing here. What's this? From that look on your face, could it be that you recognize the herbs here?"
"I do recognize some of them, but..." Li Ye hesitated.
"Haha, boy, you want the herbs here?" Dugu Bo asked with a broad smile.
"I'd like to trade you for a few herbs, Senior Dugu. I wonder if you..." Li Ye looked at Dugu Bo expectantly, hoping he would agree to trade him a few for Dugu Yan's sake.
"Trade? What could a brat like you possibly offer me?" Dugu Bo asked disdainfully.
He didn't believe Li Ye could produce anything that would catch his eye.
"I could trade this Head Soul Bone for some herbs. I obtained it while hunting for my third Soul Ring. I wonder if it's to your liking." As he spoke, Li Ye took out the Soul Bone that had dropped earlier.
"Hmph, a Soul Bone like that doesn't interest me." Naturally, the Soul Bone Li Ye produced greatly tempted Dugu Bo, but for Dugu Yan's sake, he had to restrain himself.
"Huh? All right, then." Seeing Dugu Bo reject him so quickly, Li Ye almost began to suspect that the Soul Bone in his hand was fake.
"However, although that Soul Bone doesn't interest me, as long as you agree to be with my Yan Yan, you can take whatever herbs you want from here!" Dugu Bo declared generously.
"I can really take whatever herbs I want, Grandpa Dugu?" Hearing Dugu Bo's words, Li Ye nearly burst out laughing.
Not only was he being given a wife, but even her dowry had been bundled up for him. He would be a fool if he still refused.
"Of course. Once you and Yan Yan are together, the herbs here will naturally belong to you two. You can take as many as you like."
"Grandpa Dugu, once I'm with Yan Yan, can I still be with other girls?"
Hearing Li Ye's words, Dugu Bo nearly died of anger. After everything he had said, this brat was still thinking about other women. Did he think nothing of him as a Titled Douluo?
"You can, provided you can defeat me." After thinking for a while, Dugu Bo didn't forbid it outright, instead setting this condition for Li Ye.
"Well, give me a few years, then," Li Ye answered after a moment's thought.
"A few years! You certainly are confident, boy. Still, with your talent, you might actually manage it."
At first, Li Ye's words angered Dugu Bo, but then he thought it through.
Judging by the strength Li Ye had displayed earlier, he could already defeat an ordinary Soul Ancestor. Now that he had obtained his third Soul Ring, he could presumably hold his own against a Soul King to some extent.
Following that reasoning, by the time Li Ye became a Soul Saint, he should be able to beat him into the dirt.
But this brat just said a few years. Could he have a way to reach the Soul Saint level within a few years?
Although Dugu Bo had many questions, he was too embarrassed to ask. It was simply too humiliating.
A Titled Douluo actually thought he would lose to a Soul Saint. If word got out, he would want to smash his head against something and die.
"All right, since you've agreed, take this. Consider it a first-meeting gift from your grandpa." As he spoke, Dugu Bo handed Li Ye a Soul Tool that resembled a snakeskin bag.
"Thank you, Grandpa Dugu!" Li Ye happily accepted the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse from Dugu Bo.
"Oh, right, Grandpa Dugu, give this Soul Bone to Yan Yan. It might not interest you, but I think it should interest her." With that, Li Ye took out the Head Soul Bone again and handed it to Dugu Bo.
"Ahem, all right, then." Looking at the Soul Bone in his hand, Dugu Bo suppressed his delight and put it into his Soul Tool with a show of composure.
Heh, I knew this old man was putting on an act. Who could see such a complete Soul Bone and not get excited? Li Ye grumbled inwardly as he watched Dugu Bo accept it.
After planting the Blue Silver Emperor, Li Ye also remembered to ask Dugu Bo to fetch the two Immortal-Grade Medicinal Herbs growing at the spring sources at either end of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well: the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
"Boy, are you sure these two herbs are edible?" After forcibly severing the two Immortal-Grade Medicinal Herbs with his Soul Power, Dugu Bo couldn't help asking Li Ye.
"I can't say for anyone else, but I definitely won't have any problems," Li Ye said confidently.
His confidence wasn't merely because he knew how to consume these two herbs.
It was more because of his two Martial Souls, the Demonic Flame Spear and the Ghost-Cold Sword. One of these Martial Souls symbolized extreme heat, while the other represented extreme cold, making them a perfect match for these two Immortal-Grade Medicinal Herbs.
After consuming the two Immortal-Grade Medicinal Herbs, Li Ye immediately circulated the two forces within his two Martial Souls and began refining the herbs' medicinal power.
Damn, don't I have both extreme heat and extreme cold? Why does this still feel so awful?
Even Li Ye could barely endure the sensation of burning one moment and freezing the next.
It wasn't that it was particularly painful, but the alternating cold and heat were simply too tormenting.
Fortunately, Li Ye had already endured the torment of backlash from two souls, so facing this torment now was naturally nothing he couldn't handle.
This boy's will is actually so firm. Just sensing these two forces already makes me a little uncomfortable, yet he can endure them and even refine them.
Seeing Li Ye's condition, even Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo who had weathered countless storms, couldn't help admiring him.
Perhaps these two herbs really did suit Li Ye, as he finished refining their medicinal powers before long.
After refining their medicinal power, Li Ye also remembered to water the Blue Silver Emperor with a little of his blood, which contained both medicinal powers.
"Boy, Ye Li, why are you dripping your blood onto this Blue Silver Grass? Don't tell me it can speed up his growth?" Watching Li Ye's actions, Dugu Bo looked utterly puzzled.
"Grandpa Dugu, watch closely."
No sooner had Li Ye finished speaking than the Blue Silver Emperor, who had been wilted and listless just moments before, suddenly began growing rapidly.
"What? It really works!" At this sight, even the knowledgeable Dugu Bo was startled.
Seeing the Blue Silver Emperor reach an age of seven or eight hundred years in an instant, Li Ye couldn't help giving a happy smile.
Hehe, Tang San, before long, you'll have to change how you address me.
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