"Thank you for your help this time, Clan Head Yang," Lin Rong said, returning the rare illustrated manual to Yang Wudi and cupping his fists in thanks.
"I'll see you in Heaven Dou City in four months!"
Yang Wudi was quite surprised upon hearing this, then he said with sudden understanding, "I never expected that old White Bird would tell you about this!"
"Four months from now is the bi-annual gathering of our Single Attribute Four Great Clans, and this time it's the Strength Clan's turn to host."
"Oh, right, the Strength Clan is in Heaven Dou City, and you're also in Heaven Dou City. It's possible that old Ape told you!"
"Neither is correct," Lin Rong replied calmly. "This is hardly a secret. Since I have a request for Clan Head Yang, I naturally had to investigate thoroughly beforehand. Otherwise, what if we traveled all this way only to find you not at your residence?"
After speaking, Lin Rong hesitated, wondering whether he should tell Yang Wudi about Tang San.
However, he thought about it carefully and decided against it.
When conversing with others, it's most important to avoid speaking too deeply about personal matters, especially when the other party's strength far surpasses your own.
Yang Wudi had a volatile temper, and telling him about this matter face-to-face might lead to unexpectedly severe consequences.
Therefore, instead of telling him now, it would be better to let him discover it himself.
Besides.
Four months from now, Tang San would only be eight years and three months old, with less than level twenty Soul Power.
He wouldn't be able to "win against Yang Wudi head-on" as in the original story, nor win over the heart of this martial arts fanatic in terms of strength.
Without the Aromatic Silk Beauty and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, two immortal grade medicinal herbs, Tang San would also be unable to win over Yang Wudi, a medicinal herb fanatic, in terms of herbs.
Therefore, it was impossible for Tang San to subdue the Breaking Clan in four months, no matter what.
If the Breaking Clan couldn't be subdued, even if Bai He was willing to submit to Tang San.
The Agility Clan, as a gift from the Breaking Clan, would not submit to Tang San.
Perhaps the Control Clan would join out of respect for Titan, but it wouldn't make much difference.
This was because the Control Clan's expertise in construction was the least valuable among the Single Attribute Four Great Clans.
Since that was the case, Lin Rong didn't need to interfere, lest he be caught in the crossfire by an enraged Yang Wudi.
Thus, Lin Rong stood up to bid farewell to Yang Wudi.
"Clan Head Yang, we've disturbed you greatly this time. We'll take our leave."
...
On the way back to Heaven Dou City.
Lin Rong's mind was preoccupied with the matter of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
Now that he had the antidote in hand and had memorized the methods for harvesting and preserving various rare medicinal herbs.
With these assurances, he could traverse Dugu Bo's poison formations at any time to harvest the rare medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
Everything was ready; all that was needed was the opportune moment.
He just needed to wait for a day when Dugu Bo was not at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye to collect all those herbs.
However, Dugu Bo, due to the backlash from his Martial Soul, was afflicted with severe poison.
Furthermore, the extreme cold and heat environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye could suppress the poison in Dugu Bo's body.
Therefore, this old fellow would spend at least seven to eight days out of every ten at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, using the special environment there to alleviate the extreme pain caused by the poison's erosion of his body.
Thus, the time he went to harvest medicinal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye had to be carefully chosen.
It had to be a day when Dugu Bo absolutely would not go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for it to be foolproof.
In fact, there was such a day, which was the birthday of Dugu Bo's granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
Dugu Bo had lost his father in his early years, his wife in middle age, and his son in his old age. He doted on this only granddaughter immensely.
Therefore, on Dugu Yan's birthday, Dugu Bo would definitely spend the entire day with his granddaughter and wouldn't go anywhere else.
It had taken quite some effort to find out the specific time of Dugu Yan's birthday.
Currently, Dugu Yan, who was fourteen years old, was still about three months away from turning fifteen.
And Lin Rong only needed at most one month to return to Heaven Dou City from the Star Luo Empire, so time was ample.
As one of the three great treasure troves in the world, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye contained eleven immortal grade medicinal herbs:
Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, Beautiful Silk Tulip, Lovesick Heartbroken Red, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Water Lily Jade Bone, Autumn Water Dew, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Snow Swan Kiss, and Aromatic Silk Beauty.
Among them.
The Autumn Water Dew, when consumed, could cultivate Fiery Eyes of Truth, allowing one to see through all wonders.
The second level of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, "Perfected Wisdom and Universal Observation," when cultivated to this realm, allowed one to see through anyone or anything in the world, similar in effect to absorbing the Autumn Water Dew.
He surmised that after consuming the Autumn Water Dew, it should greatly accelerate his progress in cultivating to the second level of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.
The Beautiful Silk Tulip, feeding on the essence of heaven and earth and the radiance of the sun and moon.
The essence of heaven and earth aside, the sun and moon themselves are considered celestial bodies and are compatible with Grandpa Yu's Star Disc, so they should naturally be absorbed by him.
As for the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, there's no need to elaborate; it's for Ma Hongjun to absorb and refine his Phoenix flame, allowing his Martial Soul to evolve into the true Fire Phoenix.
The Aromatic Silk Beauty, an unparalleled anti-poison immortal herb, renders one immune to all poisons within a ten-meter radius. Its emitted fragrance also possesses the miraculous property of neutralizing poisons. Such an immortal herb naturally wouldn't be given to outsiders.
The Snow Swan Kiss is not inherently poisonous, but if even a trace of it is touched, any virus on the contact area will multiply a thousandfold.
This kind of trump card must remain under his own control.
As for the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, these two highly poisonous immortal herbs cannot be taken away and must be absorbed on the spot.
However, he was unwilling to absorb these two highly poisonous immortal herbs, which would cause his Nine Bend Vine Dragon Martial Soul to develop both ice and fire poison attributes.
The opposite attribute of life is death, followed by destruction.
If the Nine Bend Vine Dragon were to develop attributes, it should be these two, not have its bloodline contaminated by ice and fire poison.
Similarly, if Grandpa Yu absorbed them, it would contaminate the purity of his Star Power.
Since they couldn't be taken away and there was no suitable person to absorb them, he had no choice but to destroy these two highly poisonous immortal herbs.
He threw the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass into the extremely hot spring and the Infernal Delicate Apricot into the extremely cold spring, letting their ice and fire properties counteract each other until they dissolved.
As for the remaining four immortal herbs, he would keep them for now and see how things developed later.
In addition, besides the rare medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, the soil nourished by the extremely cold and extremely hot springs also needed to be taken away entirely.
The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng he held was only a little over five thousand years old.
With that soil, within three years, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng could grow to ten thousand years old.
The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, naturally an eighth-grade herb, evolves after ten thousand years.
Only then, when it reached ten thousand years of age, could the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng be considered on par with a ten-thousand-year-old ninth-grade Ginseng King, making it qualified to be one of the two core components for his seventh Spirit Ring.
Although doing so was akin to draining the pond to catch the fish for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, harming its long-term development.
But given that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye was currently occupied by Dugu Bo, unless he could be eliminated, this was the only course of action.
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