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--- Chapter 57 ---
"So, what is this amazing place you've been excited over for a whole day now?"
"Isn't it just a medicine garden?"
Liu Erlong suddenly asked Han Yuan as they walked in the seven-colored miasma. She obviously noticed a hint of excitement from every step this handsome boy made, as if she had been watching him all the time.
Han Yuan humphed, "What do you know?"
"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is stated to be one of the three great treasure bowls, an 'exceptionally' rare and valuable natural environment. It is one of the places in the world where destiny congregates."
"Even in the legendary Divine Realm, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is also known as the divine spring. It is one of the three divine springs. The hot spring and the ice spring are integrated and are at peace with each other."
"The most valuable is not the two springs themselves because they each contain the ultimate aura, and a single spring is harmful to any natural treasure. But the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is good because the polar essence of chaos produced by the two extreme springs could boost the growth of Heaven and Earth Treasure!"
"Since Senior Bo's Garden contained the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, I'm sure many herbs grown around the two springs have turned into Heaven and Treasures, making it priceless treasure land."
Dugu Bo listened to Han Yuan's explanation and nodded, "Young Master is knowledgeable. My garden indeed has a variety of unknown herbs that I can't recognize, each with unique characteristics and appearances."
"I've tried consuming some herbs and received a significant boost in my cultivation."
"However, I didn't dare try too many because my toxins might backfire any second."
"Some herbs even possessed terrifying toxins, one that could kill me instantly."
"There is such a herb?" Liu Erlong was speechless.
"How could a plant that wasn't even a spirit beast kill Title Douluo?"
Han Yuan rolled his eyes, "Because they are not ordinary plants. They are most likely Immortal Herbs that contain the essence of Heaven and Earth."
Han Yue listened to this slowly and asked, "Since a 'wrong' herb could kill, what happens if one eats the right one?"
"According to my analysis of Heaven and Earth's essence. Anyone who successfully consumed them could increase their qualification, talents, and attributes by a leap. On top of that, it's possible for the martial soul's evolution because Heaven and Earth's essence could replace and amplify one's origin!" Han Yuan replied solemnly.
"Just like your Demonic Pill?" Han Yue tilted her head.
Han Yuan shook his head bitterly, "My Demonic Pill is currently nothing but second hand goods compared to Immortal Herbs."
"Eating a Demonic Pill is like gambling."
"On the other hand, eating Immortal Herb is like a sure victory."
"Of course, you have to choose the right one."
After walking for a while, they finally arrived at the other side of the seven-colored miasma.
Upon stepping out of the miasma, Han Yuan and others could see a vast land full of vitality facing a tall mountain peak. Tall rocks and trees mostly covered the land, but the center area revealed a mysterious hot spring surrounded by countless herbs.
Ordinary plants don't seem able to grow around that circle. Looking at the hot spring, Han Yuan's breath couldn't help but grow heavier than ever.
"It really is the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!"
The hot spring Han Yuan looked at wasn't that big. In fact, it could only fit a few people inside. However, the thing that draws everyone's attention to the hot spring is the water.
The hot spring's water has two colors, meaning it's two hot springs in one location. One is milky-white, and the other is vermillion with an ice-cold and burning sensation that attacked them despite standing far away from it.
The odd thing is.
Even though the two hot springs are in the same pool, they are separated, not encroaching on each other and constantly keeping to their sides.
This weird balance created a polarized aura, which kept everything in tune with Heaven and Earth.
And that's just Heaven and Earth's energy.
The quality of spirit energy within the circle of the hot spring is several times higher than outside. Yes, we are talking ten, if not a hundred times purer.
Han Yue closed her eyes and ran her cultivation technique, "This place is so magical. My cultivation speed increased by three times here."
"I can't imagine how fast I can cultivate close to that hot spring."
"Unfortunately, you can't, Young Miss." Dugu Bo sighed helplessly as he learned from personal experience. "It's too dangerous."
"The ice and fire attributes from the hot spring are too overbearing."
"Let alone cultivating there, breathing alone is hard..."
"If you stay longer than five seconds, your skin will burn, and your lungs will freeze because of the cold and fire poison in the air..."
Liu Erlong paled, "S-So dangerous?"
Dugu Bo nodded, "Yes, the hot spring is the most dangerous thing in my garden. However, it's also the one who saved me from my poison based on Young Master's analysis."
"You three stay here." Han Yuan hurriedly walked closer to the hot spring, leaving Dugu Bo and others in disbelief. "I want to look closer."
"Oy, haven't you heard Senior Dugu's words!" Liu Erlong tried to pull Han Yuan back but only caught air instead.
Dugu Bo shook his head gently, "Young Master would be fine. Unlike me, he could recognize the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well..."
"It actually made me feel ashamed because I owned this place for years but didn't even know anything about the herbs inside."
"I felt like I was wasting natural resources."
Meanwhile, Han Yuan was entering a craze.
"Oh, my god. OH MY FUCKING GOD!"
"THEY ARE HERE! THE IMMORTAL HERBS ARE HERE!"
Han Yuan snooped to the nearest Immortal Herbs his Eyes of Truth could see and mumbled, "Nine Treasure Purple Zoysia."
"Eating it will strengthen foundations by promoting Heaven and Earth's energy and providing many benefits to the human body. It even allowed someone stuck in level 29 for decades to break through."
"What a waste to use Heaven and Earth Treasure like that..."
"This one is the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower." Han Yuan looked at another herb. "This herb possessed a strong yet nourishing yang property, capable of purifying the bloodline of bird-like creatures and started their nirvana as a phoenix..."
"Next is Aromatic Silk Beauty, Beautiful Silk Tulip, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Daffodil Jade Flash Bone, Snow Swan Kiss, Ginseng King, Black Jade Divine Bamboo, Earth Dragon Golden Melon, Star Luo Holy Pearl, Origin Energy Immortal Grass, Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, Sacred Soul Grass, Cinnabar Lotus, and finally..."
"The King of Amongs Immortal Herbs, Yearning Heartbroken Red." Han Yuan stopped at the last Immortal Herb that wasn't really near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
It's a seemingly 'ordinary' white flower, palm-sized, a bit like a tree peony, without leaves, the stalk connecting to a big rock.
Han Yuan was 'naturally' tempted to take this Immortal Herb but doubted he was qualified for its test yet. The concept of love is vague to him as he is 'fully' driven by revenge on Asura.
Of course, Han Yuan adored Han Yue. He really is.
However, that doesn't seem to be the case now.
Maybe they will cross that boundary in the future.
"Next time..." Han Yuan sighed before walking to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, looking at the two herbs that contained extreme cold and fire poisons.
These herbs are Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
Tang San consumed these herbs in the original timeline and evolved his Blue Silver Grass to acquire perfect immunity to ice and fire. His journey became easier after that, to the point of bullying spirit masters with ice and fire elements.
However, Han Yuan didn't feel Tang San's raw method of absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot was the best approach.
He used the Eyes of Truth to identify the herbs and smiled, "As expected, they aren't suitable for Purple Silver Grass."
"Consuming them without preparations would dirty Purple Silver Grass's origins, meaning my Ultimate Life and Ultimate Lightning might weaken instead."
"And it's not like my Purple Silver Grass would gain the ability to control ice and fire. Only immunity. So, it's not worth it."
"Well, if it's just immunity to ice and fire..."
"I can use Sky Poison Pearl to extract their traits and let my Purple Silver Grass absorb it to gain them." Han Yuan rubbed his chin. "Well, why stop there? Why not refine my body into The Ice and Fire Alchemy Body like Tang San did, but better?"
"Fuck, I have too many ideas I wanted to try!"
Han Yuan reluctantly looked away from the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and focused on the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
"The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. After they died, they fell here and formed the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, which means their remains are still beneath the hot spring..."
"If I could get and refine them with Sky Poison Pearl. I can cultivate so many god-level figures in my faction."
"There is also a possibility of my third martial soul formed with their essences..."
"Should I do it?" Han Yuan fell into deep thoughts.