"Hey, kid, you're chickening out!"
Dugu Bo was not scared by Lu Feng's words. Instead, he slapped his thigh and burst out laughing.
Lu Feng looked at Dugu Bo's cheerful appearance, shrugged his shoulders, and said seriously, "Senior Dugu, to be honest, I'm very curious how you've survived all these years."
"Your poison has already penetrated deep into your marrow and contaminated your bloodline. Every time the poison flares up, your whole body convulses for at least half an hour. That agonizing process is simply not something that can be suppressed by soul power."
"You kid really have some skills," Dugu Bo's smile faded, and he returned to his indifferent appearance.
The scene Lu Feng described was as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
Simply miraculous!
And his rather brilliant pulse-taking technique.
As well as the light attribute contained in his soul power...
This kid says he can cure the poison. It's probably not just empty talk. I've lived long enough, but Yan Yan is only fifteen this year...
Could he be a disciple of some hidden sect? His surname is Tang? There's no one with the surname Tang among the seven great families behind the Spirit Arena.
Thinking of this, Dugu Bo scanned Lu Feng up and down, then turned and walked towards the outside of the cave. "You, come with me."
Dugu Bo climbed up the mountain path and soon arrived at the summit.
Lu Feng looked down and saw an inverted conical mountain basin. A thick, hot steam was rising from the basin. The steam was very humid, and the air carried a hint of the unique smell of sulfur.
"Is that a hot spring below?" Lu Feng asked, feigning surprise.
Dugu Bo glanced at him. "Kid, you sure know a lot."
Lu Feng chuckled lightly. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, an old friend. In the fanfiction of his previous life, nine out of ten stories couldn't do without this greatest opportunity in Douluo.
Lu Feng had long coveted this opportunity, but when he actually arrived here, his heart returned to a state of calm.
That feeling was as if everything was under his control.
"Hold on tight," Dugu Bo grabbed Lu Feng's right hand, and with a leap, he jumped directly from the dark mountainside. In just the blink of an eye, they had descended hundreds of meters.
Lu Feng felt his center of gravity dropping rapidly, watching the scenery change in an instant before his eyes. This feeling was much more exciting than any roller coaster he had ridden in his previous life.
In a few breaths, the two had arrived in the valley.
Dugu Bo couldn't help but purse his lips when he saw Lu Feng's unfazed expression. He had thought that Lu Feng would be scared pale, and he could take the opportunity to mock him a bit and get even.
"This is my medicine garden. What do you think, not bad, right?" Dugu Bo pointed at the hot spring not far away and said proudly.
The hot spring was not large, but it was divided into two parts. The colors of the spring water were milky white and vermilion red. The magical thing was that although they were in the same pool, they were clearly demarcated and did not encroach on each other, always remaining on their own side.
The billowing steam was produced from the position between the two hot springs. It continuously rose upwards, only slowly dissipating when it reached the mouth of the valley.
"Over the years, in order to suppress the snake poison in my body, this old man has done a lot of research."
As he spoke, Dugu Bo shook his head helplessly. "I do have some clues about the poison in Yan Yan's body. As for the one in my body..."
Dugu Bo pointed to the spring water not far away and said, "The spiritual energy near this hot spring is very extreme, one is extremely cold, and the other is extremely hot. A soul master below level forty who approaches rashly will explode and die in a short time. However, this spiritual energy has a strong suppressive effect on my snake poison. And it is precisely because of this that I have been able to cultivate to this day."
"This... this is!!!" Lu Feng's body trembled involuntarily with excitement as he looked at the scene before him.
"Hmph!" Dugu Bo snorted lightly as he looked at Lu Feng's excited appearance.
He remembered that when he first came here, he had also had the same dumbfounded look.
However, he had only taken half a minute to come back to his senses back then.
Seeing that Lu Feng was unable to calm down for a long time, Dugu Bo finally felt that he had won a round.
"Hey, kid, wake up. Are you listening to me? This is my medicine garden. Don't you dare drool on it," Dugu Bo poked Lu Feng's arm and said with a frown.
Lu Feng did not look at Dugu Bo, but walked directly towards the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
In his eyes, the clusters of light near the hot spring had almost condensed into a solid form.
[Picked up a purple attribute point [Defense] fragment *1 (1/10)]
[Picked up a purple attribute point [Speed] fragment *1 (1/10)]
[Picked up a black attribute point [Vitality] fragment *1 (1/10)]
[Picked up a black attribute point [Spiritual Power] fragment *1 (1/10)]
[Purple Attribute Point: Defense (10/10) (Synthesizable)]
[Purple Attribute Point: Speed (10/10) (Synthesizable)]
[Black Attribute Point: Vitality (10/10) (Synthesizable)]
[Black Attribute Point: Spiritual Power (10/10) (Synthesizable)]
A series of light clusters flashed, and Lu Feng immediately felt dizzy, for a moment unable to even see clearly.
His face was flushed, his breathing was rapid, and his body was trembling continuously, as if he had just been through a major battle.
"Be careful!"
As Lu Feng was about to approach the range of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Bo flashed over and grabbed his hand.
"Kid, do you not want to live?" Dugu Bo said, a little annoyed.
"It's alright. This temperature is nothing to me," Lu Feng waved his hand and said casually.
After being tempered by the Thousand-Year Frozen Spirit Liquid and the Five Poisons medicinal wine, Lu Feng's physical fitness had long since far surpassed that of an ordinary Soul Grandmaster.
Under the crushing pressure of this extremely cold and extremely hot spiritual energy, Lu Feng only felt his breathing was slightly rapid. Not only was there no harm to him, but it could further temper his physique.
Lu Feng took a deep breath and said excitedly, "A great place, a great place."
His face still held that excited expression.
Lu Feng had originally thought that by treating Dugu Bo's snake poison in exchange for one or two immortal herbs, this trip would end perfectly.
He never expected...
His perspective was too small.
This Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was simply a hen that laid golden eggs!
The immortal herbs themselves were the ultimate great tonics. After consuming an immortal herb, one could upgrade the quality of their martial soul and strengthen their own attributes.
He had never expected that he could directly pick up the attributes of the immortal herbs in the form of [Fragments].
Just based on the pile of fragments he had just picked up, Lu Feng felt that his physical fitness had at least doubled.
Compared to an ordinary Soul Elder, he was not weak in the slightest.
If he stayed here for two or three years, Lu Feng felt that his gains would definitely be no less than consuming three or five immortal herbs.
Consuming the immortal herbs directly would be like killing the chicken to get the eggs. It would be better to just stay here and cultivate.
No, I can't just leave the immortal herbs unpicked. What if I'm not home one day and my brother-in-arms discovers them? What then?
This old fellow, Dugu Bo, is too young. He can't handle it.
How about I help him take care of them? Lu Feng stroked his chin and thought to himself.
"Kid, you're not planning to make a move on my medicine garden, are you?" Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes, a vigilant look flashing in them.
Looking at Lu Feng's enthusiastic appearance, Dugu Bo thought to himself, "Could it be that this kid knows the effects of these herbs?"
He remembered that when he had first come here, he had accidentally touched a 'poisonous herb', and his own snake poison had instantly flared up, almost killing him.
From then on, Dugu Bo had never dared to easily touch these herbs again.
However, there was always a way.
After Dugu Bo became a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, he had taken many prisoners from the prison to conduct experiments.
After several years of research, although Dugu Bo had not figured out the specific effects of these herbs, he also knew that the herbs in this medicine garden were all treasures.
"I do know a little about the effects of these herbs," Lu Feng crossed his arms and said casually.
He pointed at a large, eight-cornered white flower next to the cold spring. "This is a wonder of extreme cold. If an ice-attribute soul master were to eat it, they might be able to evolve into the ultimate ice attribute."
"What is the ultimate ice attribute?" Dugu Bo asked curiously.
"Anyway, it's just really awesome."
"Now look over there," Lu Feng pointed to a cabbage-like herb near the scorching hot spring, which was fiery red all over. "This is a top-grade fire-attribute herb. It's a great tonic for fire-attribute soul masters."
"If one were to consume both of these herbs at the same time, Senior Dugu, what do you think would happen?" Lu Feng said with a faint smile.
"Hmph!" The corner of Dugu Bo's mouth curled into a sneer, and he said proudly, "The attributes would clash, and you would explode and die."
At this moment, Dugu Bo said in a deep voice, "Kid, I've also studied the two herbs you just mentioned. I know this medicine garden is very precious, and there might be life-saving herbs among them, but Yan Yan might not be able to wait for me to slowly research them."
"Kid, since you know these herbs, this medicine garden is yours to use. As long as you can cure Yan Yan's snake poison, this old man will owe you a favor."