Early the next morning, Chen Mo went to find Dugu Yan.
"Yanyan, come here. I'll help you completely eradicate the toxins in your body," Chen Mo said.
Dugu Yan froze for a moment, then blushed faintly.
"Who... who said you could call me Yanyan?" Dugu Yan turned her head away haughtily. "Are we that close?"
Chen Mo smiled, not getting angry.
"If the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison in your body isn't completely eradicated, it'll affect your cultivation in the future and even shorten your lifespan."
"I'll help detoxify you. Just call me big brother from now on," Chen Mo said seriously.
"Call you big brother?" Dugu Yan's eyes widened. "You're two or three years younger than me! Why should I call you big brother?"
Chen Mo said nothing and simply released his Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
Purple, purple, purple. Three Soul Rings slowly rose beneath his feet.
The presence of a rank-forty Quasi-Soul Ancestor washed over her.
Dugu Yan instantly froze.
She remembered what she had read in the diary the night before.
The diary said that this boy, two or three years younger than her, was already a rank-forty Soul Ancestor. The oldest of his three Soul Rings was 9,500 years old, and today he was going to hunt for a 15,000-year-old Fourth Soul Ring.
And what about her?
She was two or three years older than him, yet she was only in the teens in rank, not even a Soul Grandmaster.
Comparing yourself to others really could anger you to death.
Dugu Yan's haughtiness instantly lost its footing.
She lowered her head and whispered, "B-big brother."
Her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz, but Chen Mo still heard it.
"Good girl." Chen Mo smiled and ruffled Dugu Yan's hair.
Dugu Yan's face instantly flushed red, but she did not pull away.
[Dugu Yan's affection: 40 → 50]
Watching from the side, Dugu Bo gave a gratified smile.
This granddaughter of his had been terribly haughty since childhood and had never yielded to anyone.
He had never expected her to obediently call Chen Mo big brother today.
It seemed this brat Chen Mo really did have a way with her.
Chen Mo had Dugu Yan sit cross-legged, then infused the life force of the Divine Tree of Creation into her body.
Gentle green light enveloped Dugu Yan's entire body and began dissolving the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison inside her bit by bit.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison was extremely stubborn and had already penetrated deep into her marrow and meridians.
But the life force of Chen Mo's Divine Tree of Creation happened to be the bane of all toxins.
Coupled with his immunity to all poisons, his understanding of toxins far surpassed that of ordinary people.
Two hours later, the toxins inside Dugu Yan had been completely eradicated.
"All done."
Chen Mo withdrew his hand and said, "You'll never have to suffer from poison backlash again."
"But I can't remove the poison from your Martial Soul, or your Jade Spirit Serpent will be completely ruined."
"But don't worry. I'll regularly help remove the toxins. After some time, I'll find a way to completely remove the poison from your Martial Soul."
Dugu Yan opened her eyes. Feeling an unprecedented lightness within her body, her eyes filled with gratitude.
"This is already wonderful. Thank you, Big Brother Chen Mo."
Dugu Yan spoke earnestly.
This time, she called him that willingly.
[Dugu Yan's affection: 50 → 60]
Chen Mo nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze toward Dugu Bo, who was wearing a doting smile, and said:
"Senior, I can remove the poison in your body now too. How about it? Shall I remove your poison first, then we can go Soul Ring hunting?"
Seeing that the quarter of Dugu Yan's hair that had been dark green had turned black again, Dugu Bo laughed heartily.
"Hahaha, I'm in no hurry. I see you used up most of your Soul Power detoxifying Yanyan. Why don't you recover first?"
"How about you help me after I take you to hunt for your Fourth Soul Ring?"
"All right, Senior. I'll recover first, then."
Next, Chen Mo took two immortal herbs out of the system space.
He had previously harvested all these immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and had kept them in the system space ever since.
Octagonal mysterious ice grass, a flower of extreme cold whose chilling Qi assailed anyone within ten meters.
Infernal delicate apricot, a top-grade immortal herb of fire poison that grew in scorching places.
Taken separately, these two immortal herbs were deadly poisons, but taken together, they were supreme sacred medicines for tempering the body.
"Chen Mo, lad, are you sure you want to take these two herbs?"
Dugu Bo frowned at the herbs Chen Mo had taken out and said:
"These two herbs are far too potent. Even a Titled Douluo wouldn't dare take them lightly."
"Don't worry, Senior." Chen Mo smiled. "I'm confident."
Chen Mo took a deep breath, picked up the octagonal mysterious ice grass with his left hand and the infernal delicate apricot with his right, and put them into his mouth simultaneously.
The two immortal herbs melted as soon as they entered his mouth, and a surge of extreme cold and a surge of extreme heat erupted inside him at the same time.
"Hiss-"
Chen Mo sucked in a sharp breath.
The frigid power nearly froze his blood, while the scorching power made his meridians feel as though they were being burned to a crisp.
The two forces, one cold and one hot, collided wildly inside him. One moment, Chen Mo's body froze over; the next, it burst into flames.
Dugu Bo watched anxiously from the side, ready to intervene at any moment.
But Chen Mo's Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul released itself automatically, enveloping his entire body in gentle green light.
The Divine Tree of Creation's life force began dissolving the two violent forces, integrating them into his body bit by bit.
Two hours later, Chen Mo opened his eyes. A faint layer of red and blue light shimmered across the surface of his panel before slowly receding.
His dual ice and fire immunity physique had grown stronger.
At the same time, Chen Mo also sensed that his Martial Soul seemed to have undergone some changes, but because the amount of power his Martial Soul needed to evolve was too great, those changes lay dormant!
"Did it work?" Dugu Bo asked excitedly.
"It worked, Senior."
Chen Mo smiled. "Now that I've cultivated the dual ice and fire immunity physique, any ice- or fire-attribute attack is ineffective against me."
Dugu Bo drew a deep breath, his eyes filled with shock.
This brat had once again overturned his understanding.
Then Chen Mo took out the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew rewarded by the system from the system space and drank it in one gulp.
A cool force poured into his eyes. Chen Mo felt an aching pressure in them, and then the world became incomparably clear.
He could even see the veins on leaves a hundred meters away and the Soul Power flowing through the air.
"Good stuff." Chen Mo nodded in satisfaction.
As for the other immortal herbs-Lovesick Heartbreak Red, aromatic silk beauty, Forgotten River Autumn Water Road, narcissus jade muscle bone, eight-petal immortal orchid, cockscomb phoenix sunflower, Snow-Colored Swan Kiss, singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, crystal blood dragon ginseng, and aromatic silk beauty-Chen Mo left them all in the system space.
They were all reserved for his future women. Another reason was that he felt that even if he consumed every immortal herb, it still would not be enough for his Martial Soul to evolve.
So he might as well save them for his future women.
Next, while waiting for his Soul Power to recover, Chen Mo began sorting through Tang Hao's Storage Soul Tool.
After Tang Hao had been crippled, the Storage Soul Tool on him had naturally fallen into Chen Mo's hands.
Chen Mo infused Soul Power into the Storage Soul Tool and began inspecting its contents.
Inside were some Gold Soul Coins, a few bottles of wine, some Clear Sky Sect texts, and...
Chen Mo's gaze stopped on a box encased in mysterious iron.