Chapter 82: Sacred Heart Immortal Begonia, Dragon Bones at the Bottom of the Pool
Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley, time flowed quietly amidst the dense energy tides.
Yu Yuanchen sat quietly by the spring, his aura rounded and restrained, as if he had merged with this heaven and earth.
While acting as Protector for Ye Zhilan, he was also carefully comprehending the sense of perfect coordination his body presented after achieving immunity to ice and fire.
About half a day later, the bright golden and milky white halo enveloping Ye Zhilan in the center of the valley suddenly burst forth with intense radiance!
A majestic aura of Life surged like a spring tide, interspersed with a trace of indescribable, noble status pressure that seemed capable of commanding all plants in the world.
The halo slowly converged, eventually sinking entirely into Ye Zhilan's body.
Her already peerlessly beautiful face now added a touch of ethereal immortal charm, her skin glowing and moist as if it could be pinched to extract water, and her whole body exuded a refreshing fragrance of vegetation.
She exhaled a long breath of turbid air and slowly opened her beautiful eyes.
In that instant, deep within her pupils, phantom images of ten thousand plants seemed to exist endlessly, filled with indescribable vitality and spiritual agility.
"Rank 70!" Ye Zhilan felt the vast Soul Power surging within her, far exceeding the past, and an unbelievable joy appeared on her pretty face.
The medicinal effects of the two Immortal Herbs complemented each other, actually pushing her Soul Power from Rank 65 to the Rank 70 Bottleneck, just one Soul Ring away from officially stepping into the Soul Saint Realm!
This was not just a surge in Soul Power Rank, but also a slight leap in the level of Life.
However, the greater change came from her Martial Soul.
With a slight movement of her mind, she subconsciously summoned her Martial Soul.
It was no longer the single pure white Nine Heart Begonia of the past, but a more miraculous flower.
The main body of the flower was still in the shape of a begonia, but more complex and magnificent; the petals presented a noble white-gold color, and the stamens were surrounded by milky white immortal Martial Soul Qi.
The entire begonia flower seemed to come alive, producing a wonderful resonance with all the Immortal Herbs and strange flowers around it.
Even more peculiar was that around the flower, countless tiny green light spots hovered and danced; looking closely, those light spots were actually miniature phantom images of ten thousand plants!
The entire Martial Soul exuded vast vitality and a strange majesty that ruled over all plants.
"Brother Yuanchen, my Martial Soul..." Ye Zhilan looked at Yu Yuanchen excitedly, her voice trembling slightly, "It has evolved! I can feel that the shackles of the Nine Heart Begonia have been broken!"
She eagerly shared her feelings: "Not only has the original healing effect been greatly enhanced, but... my body seems to have been fed back by the Martial Soul!"
She stretched out her slender hand and lightly scratched a shallow bloodstain on her other arm with her fingernail.
A strange scene occurred; that shallow bloodstain healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in just a few seconds, it recovered as before, leaving not even a trace!
"I feel full of infinite vitality, and some minor injuries can almost heal instantly! My physical strength has also improved a lot."
After speaking, Ye Zhilan jumped lightly, as light as a swallow, and punched out casually, actually bringing up a sharp whistling sound, hitting a blue stone nearby; the blue stone shattered, leaving a deep punch mark on the spot.
Yu Yuanchen saw clearly that Ye Zhilan had not used half a point of Soul Power just now.
A look of surprise flashed in Yu Yuanchen's eyes. He pulled Ye Zhilan's hand and probed with his Soul Power, musing: "According to my observation, your current physical strength alone is not inferior to some weaker Tool Spirit Masters or agility-attack system Beast Soul Masters of the same Rank!"
After speaking, Yu Yuanchen paused and continued to analyze: "The Silk Velvet Lotus is the King of Immortal Herbs, and the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid has a mild and mellow medicinal property. The combination of the two likely completely stimulated the majestic Life Origin contained deep within your Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul."
"This Life Origin may have been used more for external healing in the past, but now it has begun to truly feed back to yourself, giving you the prototype of being undying and indestructible. This kind of Opportunity can be called Heaven-Defying."
Ye Zhilan's beautiful eyes became brighter. She activated her Martial Soul again, moved her mind, and tried to point to a common herb not far away.
The herb seemed to be summoned by something, its leaves moved without wind, and it actually slowly bent towards her, as if worshipping a king.
She moved her mind again, and there was a rustling sound on the ground; several tough vines broke through the soil and danced around her like Martial Soul snakes.
"Also, I seem to... be able to control plants!" Ye Zhilan was both surprised and delighted, "Although it is still very weak now, I can feel their emotions and can guide their growth and movement!"
Yu Yuanchen was even more surprised, but he still "slightly" nodded and analyzed: "The Silk Velvet Lotus has the status of 'King of Immortal Herbs' and can command the flowers."
"This status power, combined with your Martial Soul, plus your past practice on the nature changes of wood-attribute Soul Power, and the superposition and sublimation of the two, is able to derive the ability to control plants, which is barely reasonable."
"This is not strong control, but more like the natural guidance and blessing of a higher Life form towards a lower Life form. In time, it may develop into a unique control system ability. This ability has infinite wonderful uses; it can be used for both attack and defense, enough to give you the means of a control system Soul Master."
After listening to Yu Yuanchen's analysis, Ye Zhilan nodded in agreement and continued to perceive the changes in her Martial Soul.
Suddenly, the joy in her eyes was replaced by a deeper emotion.
She closed her eyes and carefully perceived the change deep in her Bloodline.
For a long time, she suddenly opened her eyes, and tears fell uncontrollably; those were tears of extreme excitement and relief.
"Brother Yuanchen... it's broken... it's really broken!" Her voice was choked with sobs, carrying a crying tone, but also filled with indescribable ecstasy, "I can feel it... that curse, that fateful curse that only two Nine Heart Begonia Soul Masters can exist in one lifetime... has disappeared!"
"From now on, the descendants of the Ye Family will never be bound by this again!"
This nightmare that had plagued the Ye Family for countless generations was finally ended in her generation!
For the whole Family, this was a great gift!
Huge joy and gratitude instantly overwhelmed Ye Zhilan's reason.
She could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart, rushed forward, stretched out her arms to hug Yu Yuanchen tightly, and stood on tiptoe, printing her soft and moist lips on Yu Yuanchen's lips without hesitation.
This kiss was sudden, but it was also natural.
It seemed to pour all the risks, all the gratitude, and all the affection into it.
Yu Yuanchen was slightly stunned, and then felt the slight trembling of the delicate body in his arms and the warmth between his lips; the softest part of his heart was touched.
He was not hard-hearted; with a beautiful woman's deep affection and her company all the way, how could he be unmoved?
He slowly raised his hand, gently wrapped around Ye Zhilan's slender waist, and responded to this kiss full of joy and determination.
In the valley, the dense colorful mist flowed slowly, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well gurgled, and the strange flowers and plants bloomed quietly, as if blessing this pair of lovers.
For a long time, their lips parted.
Ye Zhilan's cheeks were flushed, like a ripe apple, beautiful and indescribable.
She buried her head deep in Yu Yuanchen's chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, her heart filled with peace and happiness.
"Brother Yuanchen, thank you... thank you for everything you have done for me."
Her voice was like a mosquito, but sincere.
Yu Yuanchen gently stroked her hair and whispered: "Between you and me, why thank you. Besides, apart from the Opportunity, this is also a Breakthrough that can only be achieved by your own efforts."
Yu Yuanchen pondered for a moment, looking at the brand-new begonia flower, "The name Nine Heart Begonia is no longer enough to describe its current wonder."
"It integrates the essence of the King of Immortal Herbs, leaps in the level of Life, contains infinite vitality and possibilities, and may be called — Sacred Heart Immortal Begonia."
"Sacred Heart Immortal Begonia..." Ye Zhilan murmured this name, the more she read it, the more she liked it.
She raised her head, her eyes full of brilliance, "Good! From now on, my Martial Soul will be called Sacred Heart Immortal Begonia!"
After the excited mood calmed down, Ye Zhilan noticed the change in Yu Yuanchen's aura; it was a feeling of being rounded, flawless, and unfathomable.
She was very intelligent and immediately associated it with Yu Yuanchen's act of taking the Immortal Herb and jumping into the spring, and asked with concern: "Brother Yuanchen, your Body Refining of ice and fire..."
"It is already successful." Yu Yuanchen smiled indifferently, "Now this ice and fire spring water is like a hot spring bath to me."
"I want to take this Opportunity to go deep into the bottom of the spring to explore."
Ye Zhilan heard this, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes, but seeing Yu Yuanchen's confident and calm gaze, and thinking of the unfathomable strength he had just shown, she swallowed the words of dissuasion.
She knew that the man in front of her had high aspirations and was by no means a thing in the pool.
She squeezed his hand tightly and said softly: "Be careful, I'll wait for you here."
Yu Yuanchen nodded: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
He walked to the intersection of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, took a deep breath, jumped, and dived into the spring water again.
Unlike the energy impact during the previous Body Refining, the spring water was extremely docile to him at this moment.
The two energies of extreme cold and extreme heat flowed through his body, not only without any discomfort, but with a feeling of comfort like a fish in water.
His whole body exuded a faint golden-red halo, which was the manifestation of the ability of ice and fire immunity, completely isolating the terrifying power of the spring water.
Yu Yuanchen dived towards the deepest part of the spring like a fish.
The further down, the dimmer the light, the surroundings were pitch black, and the water pressure increased sharply, enough to crush fine iron.
But for Yu Yuanchen's current physique, which could be called abnormal, although the water pressure was strong, it was far from reaching the limit.
His Spiritual Power spread to the surroundings like a tide, perceiving the underwater environment.
After diving about a hundred meters, faint light came from below.
The light was not the color of the spring water, but originated from deeper places.
Yu Yuanchen accelerated his dive, and after another tens of meters, the scene suddenly opened up!
Seeing that the bottom of the spring was not silt, but a huge, smooth jade platform like a mirror.
On the platform, two giant beast skeletons that were shocking to the mind and Soul were lying!
One skeleton was deep ice blue all over, the bones were crystal clear, as if carved from ten-thousand-year mysterious ice, even though it had been silent for ages, it still exuded extreme coldness enough to freeze the Soul and an indescribable ancient Dragon majesty.
The other skeleton was fiery red, the bones were like cooled lava, and dark red flame patterns flowed slowly on the surface, exuding the terrifying heat of burning the wilderness and the same majestic Dragon majesty!
The two Dragon skeletons were entangled with each other, and the Dragon bones were covered with shocking scars, as if they had experienced a tragic Divine Rank battle, and finally died together here.
Their size far exceeded any Soul Beast Yu Yuanchen had ever seen; just the skeletons exuded a supreme majesty belonging to the Divine Rank, which was above the mortal world!
The remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon King!
The place where two real God Kings, two of the nine great Dragon Kings under the Dragon God, fell!
Although he had guessed it, seeing this scene like a miracle with his own eyes, Yu Yuanchen's heart still set off a stormy sea.
He could clearly feel that these two Dragon bones still contained unimaginable vast divine force and incomplete fragments of Law!
This was the true root of the formation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and also the biggest Treasure Trove here!
He approached slowly, and the closer he got, the stronger the invisible pressure from the level of Life became.
However, just as his palm was about to touch the ice-blue Dragon skeleton—
"Buzz—!"
The two silent Dragon skeletons suddenly erupted with dazzling ice blue and fiery red divine light!
Two Dragon Soul phantoms, which were countless times more solid and exuded monstrous anger and endless sorrow, rose from the skeletons!
The Dragon Soul was solid, burning with angry flames in the Dragon eyes, making a silent roar, carrying the divine force of the Ice and Fire Origin, and slammed into Yu Yuanchen like two torrents of destruction!
This impact was far from comparable to the scattered energy in the spring water before!
This was the lingering obsession and instinctive counterattack of the Divine Rank Dragon Soul!
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