Tang San glanced at the smug Dugu Bo beside him and thought, "As expected of a Titled Douluo. Every Soul Master who reaches this level is truly blessed by fortune—how else could he have discovered this place?"
"Wait, no. Perhaps it's precisely because Dugu Bo found this place that he was able to become a Titled Douluo in the first place."
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well didn't just nurture plants—it also had an extraordinary effect on the human body. Tang San speculated that Dugu Bo must have relied on this treasure trove to cultivate his way to the Titled Douluo rank within a limited time.
Dugu Bo said, "This is my Herb Garden. If you can't find the herbs you need here, I'll do my best to procure them elsewhere for you."
Tang San observed Dugu Bo and guessed that the man merely regarded this place as a fertile land capable of growing abundant medicinal herbs, completely oblivious to its other mysteries.
Narrowing his eyes slightly, Tang San chose not to enlighten him and simply nodded. "Indeed, this place is quite remarkable. There are 'some' decent herbs here. Though the Immortal Grade ones aren't 'plentiful,' they should be enough to help me detoxify you."
Hearing this, Dugu Bo's smile widened. "That's good enough. Tell me what you need me to do, and I'll cooperate as much as possible. By the way, those Immortal Grade herbs you mentioned—Glazed Water Dew Profound Ice, Blazing Fire Luo Autumn Grass, Eight Beauties Golden Thread, Piercing Apricot Fragrance Horn—they should be here, right?"
Tang San replied indifferently, "Oh, those? I made those names up on the spot. After all, I couldn't just casually reveal the exact ingredients needed for the antidote. What if you decided to ditch me afterward?"
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Dugu Bo's jaw dropped in shock, his expression gradually twisting in disbelief. Damn it! They were fake names?!
During the week Tang San had spent at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Dugu Bo had scoured through all the medicinal texts in the Heaven Dou Imperial Collection. He had barely slept the entire week, desperate to learn what these Immortal Grade herbs looked like, whether his Herb Garden had them, and if not, whether there were substitutes. He had been worrying nonstop for seven days!
And it turned out the names were fake!
Dugu Bo was utterly devastated. His face flushed red, as fiery as the Blazing Fire Luo Autumn Grass nearby.
In the face of this cunning Young Sect Master, the Titled Douluo Dugu Bo seemed like a green recruit.
"You—you little brat! You really got me. Fine, as long as you can detoxify me." Dugu Bo knew how to swallow his pride. He also understood he couldn't lay a finger on Tang San, so he had no choice but to endure it.
With his hands clasped behind his back, Tang San strolled around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, looking every bit the precocious child surveying his domain.
Dugu Bo pointed around the area and said, "I won't bother introducing all the herbs here to you. Also, if any poisonous Spirit Beasts break through my Poison Array, don't act recklessly—leave them to me."
Dugu Bo was genuinely afraid Tang San would get himself killed by provoking a Spirit Beast.
"Oh? There are Spirit Beasts here? Any that are just over ten thousand years old?" Tang San was currently at the 40th rank. If he could find a suitable Soul Ring here, he could break through to the next level.
"Don't even think about it, you little troublemaker! You're only at the 40th rank—you want to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring? If your body explodes, I'll be buried with you! After you detoxify me, I won't care what you do, but not now!" Dugu Bo immediately vetoed Tang San's idea.
Tang San shrugged his shoulders. It seemed he had been a bit too hasty—he should have enchanted his Soul Rings first before detoxifying Dugu Bo. The mention of Immortal Grade Herbs had made him overly eager.
Halfway through, Dugu Bo's voice clearly rang out again: "Tang San, with the pharmacological knowledge passed down from the Breaking Clan, you should already know this, but I'll remind you anyway—don't touch those two hot springs. The extreme heat and cold there are unbearable even for me for long. If you come into contact with them, it'll mean certain death."
"Mm, I know," Tang San replied. He glanced around briefly and noticed that Dugu Bo hadn't touched many of the herbs. Tang San guessed it wasn't that he didn't want to harvest them, but rather that he didn't know the proper methods for picking these premium herbs.
"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is even more formidable than I imagined. There isn't a single weed here—even Blue Silver Grass placed here could transform into medicinal herbs or spiritual plants. This place... could even evolve Martial Souls."
Tang San had once learned from his father that Dugu Bo's Martial Soul, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, was a divine beast-level Beast Spirit on par with those like the White Tiger and Phoenix. Later, when Tang San met Dugu Yan, he had assumed she hadn't fully inherited Dugu Bo's Martial Soul, and that it had mutated and degraded into a Jade Phosphor Serpent.
But now, after arriving at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang San could confirm—it wasn't that Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had degraded, but that Dugu Bo's had evolved!
"Hmm? Tsk tsk, an Immortal Grade herb—Secluded Fragrance Kirin Gauze," Tang San murmured as he spotted a large flower emitting a pinkish light barrier not far away.
The closer they got to the spring's eye, the higher the grade of herbs and spiritual plants became, with more and more Immortal Grade varieties appearing.
"Eight-Horned Profound Ice Herb, Blazing Heart Absorbing Silk, Exotic Velvet Heaven Reaching Chrysanthemum, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Narcissus Jade Bone, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Lovesick Heartbreak Red... Good heavens," Tang San muttered, growing somewhat numb. These were all Immortal Grade herbs, and every single one had reached full maturity—there were so many of them.
"Blood Essence Demon Fruit... Even this rare Immortal Grade herb can grow here?" Tang San stared at an oval-shaped crimson fruit, its aura of vitality pulsing amidst the swirling blood qi.
Just as Tang San noticed the Blood Essence Demon Fruit, a familiar red light suddenly materialized out of thin air. The moment the red light screen appeared, Tang San's footsteps instinctively paused for a split second.
Dugu Bo noticed this subtle movement and asked, "What's wrong?"
Tang San shook his head slowly. "Nothing. I just saw some unfamiliar herbs and got lost in thought for a moment. Let's keep going."
He remained composed, not even glancing at the content of the God Trial Light Screen, as if nothing had appeared before him.
Tang San followed Dugu Bo as they walked, taking a full thirty minutes to traverse the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Dugu Bo finally asked, "Well? Can you cure the poison in my body?"
Tang San pretended to ponder before replying, "Yes. But I'll need your cooperation—prepare some tools for the concoction, draw some of your poisoned blood for me, and I'll also need information about your Martial Soul, Soul Skills, and which Spirit Beasts your Soul Rings came from, including their ages."
Hearing this, Dugu Bo frowned. A Soul Master's Martial Soul and Soul Skills were closely guarded secrets—if others knew about them, they could exploit weaknesses in his techniques, which would be extremely dangerous.
Tang San noticed Dugu Bo's frown and explained, "As far as I know, your Martial Soul, Poison Douluo, is the top-tier Beast Spirit - Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. If I'm not mistaken, your original Martial Soul should have been the same as Dugu Yan's - the Jade Phosphor Serpent. This means your Martial Soul underwent evolution, and what's more, it was post-natal evolution."
"You likely relied on this place and some poisonous herbs to evolve your Martial Soul. But because you didn't know the exact method of evolution - you might not even have recognized all the herbs and just consumed them randomly - the final result was that although you were lucky enough not to be poisoned to death and your Martial Soul did evolve, the evolution was incomplete. As your cultivation progressed, the toxins accumulated in your body through your Martial Soul, leading to your current condition."
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