After thinking for a moment, the two gradually began searching in the direction the poisonous miasma came from.
After searching for a while, they did find an area where the poison grew denser, but Yang Podi was only at level 22 and could not withstand it at all. Moreover, the deeper they went, the denser it became. No wonder no one had discovered it; there were not even any Soul Beasts nearby.
At that moment, Yang Zhentian took out two Poison Pills, swallowed one himself, and gave the other to Yang Podi. "These Poison Pills work quite well. They're a secret medicine of our Breaking Clan and can ward off ordinary poisons."
After taking the Poison Pill from his father, Yang Podi swallowed it straightaway. Once he had taken it, he felt his whole body clear up, and the surrounding poison seemed to have no effect on him anymore. His entire body seemed to have lost contact with the outside world.
"This Poison Pill seems really effective!"
"Of course, son. This is the best Poison Pill passed down in our Breaking Clan. Want me to teach you how to make it when we get back?"
Without waiting for Yang Podi to speak, Yang Zhentian enveloped his son in Soul Power, then quickly headed deeper into the poisonous mist.
Deep within the poisonous mist was actually a hill around five hundred meters tall in the forest. At its summit was an inverted cone-shaped hollow, from which thick heat rose, accompanied by wafts of sulfur.
In the middle of the hollow was actually a very steep cliff. With the poisonous mist here so dense and visibility so low, it was impossible to find without searching carefully. Moreover, the extremely dense poisonous mist greatly weakened a Soul Master's perception. No wonder no one had discovered it in all these years.
"Be careful, son. I'm taking you down now."
After saying that, Yang Zhentian took his son's hand and leaped off the cliff.
When the two reached the bottom of the valley, a peculiar hot spring came into view. It was not very large, but it was divided into two sections. Within the oval pool, the spring water was milky white on one side and vermilion on the other. Stranger still, although they occupied the same pool, the two were as distinctly separated as the Jing and Wei Rivers, neither encroaching on the other, each remaining on its own side. The billowing steam rose precisely from the boundary between the two kinds of spring water, forming the poisonous mist that shrouded the outside.
Throughout the valley, all sorts of plants grew around the spring, in a thousand shapes and forms, like a paradise of vegetation.
Many familiar plants came into Yang Podi's view. They were precisely the plants recorded in the Complete Compendium of Douluo Continent Immortal Herb and the Complete Compendium of Douluo Continent Poisonous Herbs passed down in the Breaking Clan, including Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Vajra Arhat Fruit, Earth Dragon Golden Melon, Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower...
By Yang Podi's estimate, there were twenty or thirty immortal herbs visible alone. With many more growing underground, the total would be even greater, far more than Tang San had distributed to everyone at Shrek in the original story.
His father, Yang Zhentian, was also stunned. He had never imagined that he would see the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in his lifetime, much less so many immortal-grade medicinal herbs.
Yang Zhentian gently picked the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then carefully examined and studied it, as though he had encountered a peerless beauty. Then, every so often, he let out all sorts of strange laughter, as though crazed and mad.
Seeing this, Yang Podi could not help shaking his head, inwardly muttering: Why was Dad acting just like Grandpa in the original story? A single immortal herb had nearly driven him mad.
Yang Podi could not concern himself with all that for now. While his father was not paying attention, he began digging up immortal herbs on his own.
When Yang Podi first became a Soul Master, his grandfather Yang Wudi had given him a storage bracelet. Although it could not store living things, the space inside was quite large, a full fifty cubic meters. In preparation for this day, Yang Podi himself had also prepared plenty of jade boxes, over a hundred in all.
Yang Podi's plan was to dig up all the immortal-grade medicinal herbs and all medicinal herbs over ten thousand years old in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first, leaving everything else for later. He could hardly leave them here for someone else to reap the benefits.
Following the proper methods for digging up medicinal herbs, Yang Podi began harvesting them. Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, dig it up. Lovesick Heartbreak Red, dig it up. Aromatic Silk Beauty, dig it up. Vajra Arhat Fruit, dig it up. Earth Dragon Golden Melon, dig it up. Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, dig it up. Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, dig it up. Such a huge Snow Silkworm, dig it up. Cinnabar Lotus, dig it up. Dragon Ganoderma Leaf, dig it up. Primordial Immortal Herb, dig it up. Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, dig it up. Star Luo Spirit Pearl, dig it up...
After a full two hours, nearly all the spiritual medicines over ten thousand years old and immortal-grade medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been dug up, with only a few plants remaining. Of course, as someone familiar with medicinal principles, he had naturally left their roots behind.
At that moment, his father, Yang Zhentian, also emerged from his intoxication with the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
When Yang Zhentian looked at the state of the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the ground looked as though a dog had gnawed through it, riddled with pits everywhere. Although quite a few plants remained, they were all at the thousand-year level, without any particularly valuable immortal-grade herbs.
"Son, why have you dug up all these immortal-grade medicinal herbs? You know these things are worth a fortune."
Yang Podi was still diligently digging. After digging up each plant, he placed it straight into a jade box and immediately stored it in his Soul Tool.
"Dad, if we leave these immortal herbs here without digging them up, wouldn't we just be letting someone else reap the benefits if they discovered them?"
"But son, you've stripped the place far too clean."
"This is already pretty restrained. I haven't dug up any of the thousand-year medicinal herbs. They're staying here for the clan to use in the future. Besides, I left all the roots behind. Consider it leaving a legacy for the clan."
Hearing this, Yang Zhentian was speechless. His son had actually dug up all the immortal-grade herbs, then left some less valuable ones for the clan to use. Wasn't that a bit of a rip-off?
Only after Yang Podi had finished digging up all the immortal-grade medicinal herbs did he return to his father's side.
Yang Zhentian looked somewhat stern now. "Son, why are you digging up so many immortal-grade medicinal herbs? What exactly are you planning?"
"Dad, you should know the value of these immortal-grade medicinal herbs. If any word of this leaks out, our Breaking Clan will face utter destruction."
"What does that have to do with digging them all up?"
"Dad, we're the ones who are family. As for everyone else, we still need to be a little wary. After all, people's hearts are hidden behind their bellies."
Yang Zhentian seemed a little angry at those words. "Son, I won't allow you to speak that way about our Breaking Clan's members. They've all risked their heads and spilled their blood for the clan. Many have even devoted their entire lives to it."
"I know they've contributed to the clan, but aren't there still plenty of old medicinal herbs here?"
Yang Zhentian glanced at the remaining medicinal herbs around them and was instantly speechless. Why was his son like a pixiu?