"Other than studying poisons, I don't usually have any other hobbies. If there are any herbs in this garden that catch your eye, help yourself. Consider them a gift in return. In the future, the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well will be Yan Yan's dowry."
Hearing this, Yu Tianheng hurriedly thanked him.
"Thank you, Grandpa Dugu."
At first, he had still been wondering what excuse he should use to ask Dugu Bo for herbs.
He had never expected Dugu Bo to offer them of his own accord.
Dugu Bo nodded, then rose and left.
Seeing her grandfather leave, Dugu Yan excitedly took Yu Tianheng's hand and said,
"Come on, Tian Heng, I'll show you around. I know where Grandpa keeps all his good things. I'll give them all to you."
Dugu Yan's attitude made Yu Tianheng smile, and he couldn't resist brushing a finger along the bridge of her nose.
"Silly girl, who gives away everything their family owns like that?"
Dugu Yan pouted.
"What's wrong with that? They'll all be mine someday anyway, and what's mine is yours!"
The two wandered through the herb garden hand in hand.
Suddenly, Yu Tianheng's gaze fell upon a pale pink flower.
The flower gave off a faint glow.
Without a doubt, this had to be the nemesis of poisons, the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
Dugu Yan also noticed the change in Yu Tianheng's gaze.
She immediately moved forward to pick it and place it in his hand.
"Yan Yan, wait! You can't touch these herbs directly!"
Noticing Dugu Yan's movement, Yu Tianheng hurriedly reached out and pulled him back.
"Why not? Don't you want this one?"
"Quite a few herbs like this contain deadly poison, and the Aromatic Silk Beauty is the nemesis of a hundred poisons. You cultivate a poison art yourself, so it could cause irreversible harm to your body."
Yu Tianheng gave a brief explanation, then took a jade blade out of Heaven-Containing Myriad Forms.
Having long since read the original novel thoroughly, Yu Tianheng had made ample preparations before setting out.
Different herbs required different methods of harvesting.
Otherwise, not only could he get hurt, but the herbs' medicinal properties could also be affected.
The jade blade flashed, digging out the Aromatic Silk Beauty along with its roots and the soil around them.
He then stored it in Heaven-Containing Myriad Forms.
Seeing this, Dugu Yan also began gathering herbs under Yu Tianheng's guidance.
Dugu Yan didn't miss a single one that Yu Tianheng so much as glanced at.
But she also remembered Yu Tianheng's words and acted with utmost caution. Whenever she came across something difficult to handle, she let Yu Tianheng harvest it using a special method.
Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Aromatic Silk Beauty...
They gathered practically every herb Yu Tianheng knew the name of, and even those he didn't.
But Yu Tianheng couldn't bring himself to do what a certain someone had done: take everything from the buffet and walk away.
Whenever Yu Tianheng took an herb, he would remove its seeds and plant them.
That way, as time passed,
These herbs would appear again in the near future.
It wasn't quite draining the pond to catch all the fish.
Dugu Yan didn't understand the purpose of Yu Tianheng's actions and kept urging him on.
"Tian Heng, hurry up! There are still plenty of other herbs."
"Yan Yan, these herbs are enough. Even if I took the rest, I wouldn't have much use for them. We might as well come back for them when we need them."
After taking stock of the herbs in his ring, Yu Tianheng stopped Dugu Yan from gathering more.
"Huh? This little is enough? I was thinking of packing all of it up for you."
Dugu Yan was still young, and all she could think about was giving everything good to the person she liked.
"I have a more important task for you."
Seeing that Dugu Yan's enthusiasm had waned, Yu Tianheng immediately put on a solemn expression.
Seeing him act so mysterious, Dugu Yan's eyes lit up.
"What task? I can definitely handle it!"
"These two herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, can help me temper my body. After I take them, I'll need to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Guard me from outside, or if someone disturbs me, I might suffer Qi deviation."
Hearing how serious the consequences Yu Tianheng described were, Dugu Yan's little face grew solemn too.
"Okay! I understand."
The two came to the edge of the spring. To keep Dugu Yan from being hurt by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well,
Yu Tianheng specifically told her to stay farther away.
Then he took the two Immortal Herbs in hand.
Because the two herbs, whose attributes were completely different, were so close together,
They restrained each other, suppressing their medicinal properties.
The two originally extreme presences also receded considerably.
Seeing that the moment was right, Yu Tianheng put both herbs straight into his mouth.
Immediately afterward, he also consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
This opportunity had once belonged to Tang San, but now it was his.
As soon as the Immortal Herbs entered his mouth, Yu Tianheng felt the two extreme attributes of heat and cold inside him.
They were constantly clashing, treating his body like a battlefield.
His Martial Soul even manifested beyond his control, using the power of lightning to suppress the energy of the two herbs.
Yu Tianheng stood up and leaped straight into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
As she watched Yu Tianheng's figure disappear into the spring, Dugu Yan's heart clenched.
She had clearly seen how much pain Yu Tianheng was in just now.
"Tian Heng, you have to be all right."
Dugu Yan clasped her hands and began praying silently for Yu Tianheng in her heart.
After falling into the spring, Yu Tianheng felt that his entire body, both inside and out,
Was constantly experiencing alternating heat and cold.
His skin turned red one moment and white the next.
Thanks to his earlier physical training, Yu Tianheng's constitution was beyond that of ordinary people.
Otherwise, he might not have been able to withstand the combined effects of the medicinal power and the spring water.
As time passed, Dugu Yan went from praying silently on the bank to pacing back and forth in great anxiety.
An hour has already passed. Why hasn't there been any sign of Tian Heng?
If he still didn't come out, she really suspected something might have happened to Yu Tianheng.
No, she had to go find Grandpa.
Otherwise, with her strength, she had no way to enter the spring.
Not long after Dugu Yan left, Yu Tianheng, who was meditating in the spring, suddenly opened his eyes.
Wisps of interwoven red and white currents swirled over the surface of his skin.
"I did it."
With the help of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yu Tianheng had completely absorbed the medicinal power of both herbs.
His bones and meridians had now undergone a transformation compared to before, almost as if he had shed his mortal body and been reborn.
Now, Yu Tianheng was confident that, without using his Martial Soul or Soul Power,
He could rely solely on his body to execute the first three of the Nine Thunder Dragon Moves and crush anyone below level forty.
Yu Tianheng was in no hurry to leave. Instead, he continued toward the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
In this world, apart from him, practically no one knew how the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had formed.
Nor did they know that the true treasure was not the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but the thing tens of thousands of feet below that had created this land of gathered treasures.
In a cave not far from the residence, Dugu Bo was joyfully examining the changes in his body.
"It really is just as Tian Heng said. All I have to do is force the toxins into the Soul Bone."
But before he could enjoy his happiness for even a moment, a shout suddenly came from outside.
"Grandpa, come out quickly! Something terrible has happened!"
Hearing his granddaughter's urgent voice, Dugu Bo couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Yan Yan, what's wrong? Where's Tian Heng?"
Seeing that Dugu Yan had come alone, Dugu Bo couldn't help feeling puzzled.
Could something have happened to Tian Heng?
"Grandpa, Tian Heng said he wanted to use the herbs to temper his body. He went into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and hasn't come out since."