Chapter 106: Suppressing the Meat Pig Alliance
When Lin Yun and the Ice Emperor descended upon the Eyes of Ice and Fire, the countless immortal herbs within instantly awoke under the pressure of their overwhelming auras.
The aura of Ultimate Ice was secondary. Having long grown within the alternating heat and cold of the Eyes of Ice and Fire, these herbs were used to the frigid essence of the icy spring. Even if they felt fear, their reactions were not excessive.
However, the terrifying aura belonging to a four-hundred-thousand-year-old fierce beast made the so-called "meat pigs" among them tremble and sweat profusely.
Having been confined within the Eyes of Ice and Fire for so long, when had they ever encountered such a scene?
"Who are you?" asked the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb, positioned at the center, its tone filled with vigilance.
While speaking, it simultaneously used the unique communication method of immortal herbs to link its spirit with the others, urgently discussing a plan.
Faced with a crisis that could spell their doom, none of the herbs dared remain silent. Though they usually preferred to stay uninvolved, in such a situation where death could strike at random, each secretly hoped that if someone had to perish—it wouldn't be them.
Lin Yun, completely unconcerned with the cowardly scheming of these so-called meat pigs, walked directly toward the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb with the Ice Emperor at his side.
As the two drew closer, cold sweat poured down the immortal herb's stem. It even had the impulse to uproot itself and flee. The three-meter-tall flower shrank instantly like a timid mimosa.
"What do you want? I'm warning you, don't come any closer!" the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb stammered, trying to sound threatening, but even as Lin Yun stopped before it, it dared not move an inch.
What kind of fool would it be to provoke that dense, terrifying soul power surrounding the Ice Emperor's hand?
If it dared even the slightest trick, that pale, elegant palm would slap it into paste. With its plant-type body, even with a hundred thousand years of cultivation, it would not withstand a single strike.
"Hand it over," Lin Yun said coldly, extending his hand.
"W-what?" the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb trembled.
"The book—and your Qiluo Pellet." Lin Yun's hand remained outstretched, his gaze sharp as a blade, carrying an unspoken threat that refusal would send it straight to hell.
The Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb wanted to argue, but one glance at the Ice Emperor's raised hand made it instantly obedient. With visible distress, it produced a jade-bound book and a crimson-violet pill.
"H-here, take it! Just don't hurt us, alright? We… we have someone backing us!" it whispered weakly.
Lin Yun snorted. "You think that matters?"
Under the immortal herb's pained gaze, Lin Yun tucked the Qiluo Pellet directly into his storage soul device. This pill, condensed from the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb's hundred thousand years of essence, could grant complete immunity to poison simply by holding it in the mouth. If refined and absorbed, there would likely be no toxin on the entire Douluo Continent capable of harming Lin Yun.
"You're in no position to bargain with me," Lin Yun said indifferently, glancing at the trembling herb before sitting cross-legged on the ground and opening the book.
He skipped past the first few pages.
They contained nothing but Tang San's self-righteous nonsense—words so sanctimonious they made him nauseous.
What was that line—"accidentally discovered, unwilling to monopolize"?
And "one may only harvest up to seven plants"?
Pure hypocrisy.
If Tang San truly didn't monopolize it, then what about the Bi Lin Flowers outside? He didn't utter a single word about the fall of the Sunset Forest.
And as for "no more than seven herbs," he clearly had no such restraint when he plundered the Eyes of Ice and Fire while in Dugu Bo's hands.
Double standards weren't rare—everyone had them, more or less.
But to be as shameless as Tang San, acting holy and selfless while playing the hypocrite… that was truly unmatched.
Lin Yun muttered complaints as he flipped through and finished reading the medicinal section of the Xuan Tian Treasure Record.
If he were an ordinary human, consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot Essence, then adding the Autumn Dew of Longing or another immortal herb would already be more than sufficient. But Lin Yun possessed the Dragon Devourer innate ability—his digestion was unmatched. Given enough time, he could swallow the entire Eyes of Ice and Fire.
Therefore, understanding the properties of every other immortal herb here was absolutely necessary.
What was this called?
No weapons of our own? The enemy will forge them for us!
Using Tang San's own knowledge against him—the boomerang of fate had elegantly circled back to strike Tang San between the eyes.
Lin Yun felt no guilt whatsoever about this. If not for the divine thought Tang San had left in Wang Dong's spiritual sea, he would have already given that poor puppet a chance—to stab her "father" in the back.
Only, the target of that betrayal would have been Tang San himself.
After finishing the medicinal section, Lin Yun's attention shifted toward the group of "meat pigs." Facing his golden eyes filled with naked greed, the entire alliance of immortal herbs shuddered in fear.
His gaze first fell upon the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. In the original account, this herb was one of the more sensible ones. Surely, it would make the correct choice now as well.
"Little thing, hand it over," Lin Yun said with a lazy smile.
As he expected, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass was quick to comply. Without needing further explanation, a multifaceted, ice-blue crystal detached from its body and floated into Lin Yun's hand.
"I suppose only my Frozen Dew will interest you. Take it," came a cool and feminine voice from within the herb's main body. Only then did Lin Yun realize that this particular plant was female.
The original record had never mentioned its gender, and even after one hundred thousand years, it had yet to attain a human form like other fierce beasts such as those bonded to Huo Yuhao.
Such a clever being—killing her would be wasteful. Once she took human form, she would make a fine golden dragon attendant.
Lin Yun nodded in satisfaction and strode toward the opposite side.
"Hand it over!" he ordered again.
The Fiery Apricot Essence bristled instantly, and the surrounding air heated dramatically.
"You still dare to show defiance? Bing'er!" Lin Yun's brows furrowed as his tone turned cold.
"Understood!" the Ice Emperor replied, her crimson lips curling slightly. A murderous chill flickered in her turquoise eyes as a spectral pincer appeared over her right hand and descended sharply.
"No!!" the Fiery Apricot Essence screamed in terror. Its last attempt at resistance shattered instantly, and the Ice Emperor's claw snapped it clean in two.
A resonant hum echoed.
A scarlet soul ring rose from the Fiery Apricot Essence's corpse, and at its center floated a piece of soul bone shaped like a gauntlet.
In the Ice Emperor's retracted hand rested a half-solid, gelatinous mass that glowed like warm jade.
The Fiery Apricot Essence—perished.
The Eyes of Ice and Fire fell utterly silent. That single strike from the Ice Emperor served as both warning and lesson. With the Fiery Apricot Essence's death, all thoughts of resistance among the immortal herbs were extinguished.
After all, surrender your essence, and you might survive. But resist—and death was certain.
(End of Chapter)
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