Chapter 26: Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well
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Dugu Yan and the others walked over.
"Grandpa, what are you two talking about? You've been chatting for so long."
Dugu Bo chuckled.
"Nothing, just exchanging tips on detoxification."
Dragon Chen walked over to Ye Lingling.
"Lingling, you've finished absorbing your spirit ring. How do you feel?"
"Very good, my spirit power has increased by one level."
"With a thousand-year spirit ring, your healing ability should receive a significant boost."
Ye Lingling smiled and nodded.
Dragon Chen continued, "Lingling, I'll be spending some time with Senior Dugu. You must take good care of yourself when I'm not around."
Upon hearing this, Ye Lingling was stunned for a moment.
"Brother Chen, are you going to research detoxification pills with Senior Dugu?"
"Hmm, something like that."
Dragon Chen couldn't explain too much to Ye Lingling.
Qin Ming and the team members all heard Dragon Chen's words, and everyone was a little surprised.
Just now, while they were waiting, they heard Dugu Yan say that the terrifying dark green figure emitting a powerful aura was her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
None of them dared to look Dugu Bo directly in the eye.
Qin Ming asked, "Dragon Chen, have you thought it through? There's only a little over two years until the Soul Master Competition."
Dragon Chen understood Qin Ming's meaning.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy placed great importance on the next Soul Master Competition.
The current Royal Fight Team indeed possessed excellent overall strength, significantly stronger than the teams of the previous three competitions.
As a powerful control-type Spirit Master, Dragon Chen's role in the team was self-evident.
Qin Ming naturally hoped that he could focus more energy on cultivation.
However, in front of Dugu Bo, Qin Ming dared not speak plainly.
Dragon Chen's gaze swept over everyone, and he said calmly, "Don't worry, I'll be back to rejoin everyone as soon as possible."
Seeing that Dragon Chen's mind was made up, everyone found it difficult to say anything more.
"Brother Chen, then you take good care of yourself too."
"Hmm, don't worry, nothing will happen."
Dugu Yan came to Dugu Bo's side and whispered, "Grandpa, don't make things difficult for Long Chen."
"You're overthinking it. I'm even planning to take him as a disciple. Why would I make things difficult for him?"
"Then don't keep him for too long. He's the most powerful member of our team, and we still need to prepare for the Soul Master Competition."
"Understood."
"That puts my mind at ease."
After Dugu Yan finished speaking, she left with a smile.
Afterward, Ye Lingling reluctantly bid farewell to Dragon Chen.
Seeing the group disappear from sight, Dugu Bo said, "Kid, my medicinal garden is in this forest. Follow me."
After Dugu Bo finished speaking, his figure moved, heading deeper into the forest.
Dragon Chen followed closely behind.
A moment later, Dugu Bo stopped and pulled out a pill.
"Ahead is the Bi磷 Snake Venom Array I set up. Without my specially made antidote, any Spirit Master or Spirit Beast who intrudes without permission will surely die."
After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he threw the antidote in his hand to Dragon Chen.
"Eat it."
Dragon Chen took the antidote and swallowed it directly without any hesitation.
"Kid, keep up."
Dugu Bo continued forward, climbing up the mountain path as if walking on flat ground.
Dragon Chen quickly activated his spirit power and followed behind Dugu Bo.
Ye Tianming had previously subjected him to long-term physical training, giving him good stamina and endurance, allowing him to move freely through the forest, and climbing cliffs was not difficult.
"Kid, your speed isn't bad; you can actually keep up with me. Keep going."
Under Dugu Bo's lead, Dragon Chen arrived at a mountaintop.
This was an inverted conical mountain hollow, and the mountaintop they were on was the edge of this hollow.
A burst of hot air emerged from the mountain hollow.
The hot air was humid and carried a distinct scent of sulfur.
Dragon Chen felt a surge of pleasant surprise.
He knew that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was at the bottom of this mountain hollow.
"Is there a hot spring at the bottom of this mountain hollow?"
"Kid, did you smell it?"
"Of course. If I can't even smell such a pungent odor like sulfur, how can I research medicinal herbs?"
"True. My medicinal garden is at the bottom of this valley. If you're brave enough, come down with me."
After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he spread his figure and directly jumped off the seemingly bottomless mountain edge in front of him.
In the blink of an eye, his figure had already disappeared into the mist.
Dragon Chen knew this was Dugu Bo testing him.
However, this wouldn't stump him.
He directly released his Spirit and spirit rings.
As the third spirit ring suddenly lit up, his fingers lightly plucked the strings of the lyre. With the sound of the notes, a massive Black Tortoise Shadow completely enveloped him.
He leaped, and the Black Tortoise Shadow enveloped him as he plunged straight into the bottom of the valley.
As soon as Dugu Bo reached the bottom of the valley, he looked up and saw a huge green shadow descending from the sky, landing steadily in front of him.
The Black Tortoise Shadow, which was a combination of a turtle and a snake, completely protected Dragon Chen within it. At the moment of landing, there wasn't even a slight tremor.
Dragon Chen put away the Dark Night Magic Lyre, and the Black Tortoise Shadow also disappeared.
Dugu Bo was greatly astonished at the sight.
Having lived for seventy or eighty years, he had never seen such a bizarre Spirit Ability.
"Kid, your Spirit can be used like this?"
Dragon Chen smiled.
"My Spirit Ability is indeed a bit unusual; you'll know more about it later."
"You truly are a strange kid. This is my medicinal garden."
Dragon Chen had already noticed the situation in the valley before him, suppressing his inner excitement.
This was indeed the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The hot spring was not large but was divided into two sections.
It was overall oval-shaped, with the spring water being half vermilion and half milky white, distinctly separated, each remaining on its own side.
At the confluence of the two extreme springs, a stream of alternating hot and cold steam slowly emerged and rose upward.
Around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were various plants, in diverse forms, each a rare treasure.
Looking at the scene before him, Dragon Chen deliberately exclaimed, "This is actually the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
"Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well? Kid, what are you talking about?"
"This is a blessed spring eye, a dual birth, two opposing forces, a true treasure land."
"So it's called the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. You know quite a lot, kid."
Dugu Bo pointed to the rare and exotic herbs and said, "Kid, all my medicinal plants are grown here—poisons, tonics, various herbs. You can use them, but don't damage them."
"Understood."
"Come with me for a moment and see if the narcissus jade muscle bone you mentioned is this one."
After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he led Dragon Chen to the side of the cold spring, pointing to a white, crystalline plant among them:
"Is this it?"
Dragon Chen's eyes lit up, and he nodded with a smile.
"It really is the narcissus jade muscle bone. Now, your granddaughter is saved. However, it hasn't fully grown yet, so let's wait a while longer."
Dragon Chen deliberately said this.
He knew that he hadn't fully gained Dugu Bo's trust yet, and to Dugu Bo, he was merely useful. Therefore, it would be better to delay the timing of detoxifying Dugu Yan.
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