Douluo Continent: Cultivating Qi and Immortals, Insidious to the Extreme

"We've arrived. This is the place. I laid this poisonous fog here. This is the antidote; take it and you'll be safe."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo took out a porcelain bottle from his storage soul tool and poured out a few pills to distribute to everyone.

Without further ado, everyone took the antidote and passed through the poisonous fog.

Upon entering, a hill about 500 meters high came into view.

Dugu Bo carried Dugu Xin and led the way, with Jiang Xia and Dugu Yan following behind.

Soon, the group reached the summit, where an inverted cone-shaped valley lay ahead.

The valley is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with an extremely deep bottom, as if it were created by a meteorite impact, but it is much steeper than a meteorite crater.

If I had to describe it, it would be more like an inverted cone-shaped volcano.

Thick steam rose from the bottom of the pit, carrying a distinctive sulfurous smell.

Upon arriving here, Dugu Bo's previously anxious heart calmed down. He gazed calmly at the bottom of the pit and began to introduce the place to Jiang Xia.

"This is it. Below is the mystical place I discovered years ago, where many strange flowers and herbs grow, some poisonous and some not. I don't recognize many of them, and I dare not touch them." I think you can find the highly poisonous substance you need here.

"However, be careful because there is a strange hot spring below, half of which is scorching hot and half of which is extremely cold. The surrounding environment is even more extreme. Even I don't dare to stay there for too long."

"After we go down, you and Yanyan must stay by my side at all times, otherwise it may cause irreparable damage to you."

Jiang Xia nodded: "No problem, I understand."

Dugu Bo turned to Jiang Xia: "Alright, do you need me to take you down?"

"Need not."

With a wave of his right hand, Jiang Xia unleashed a flash of purple light, and a bolt of purple lightning shot out, growing longer as it faced the wind. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a three-foot-long green sword, drawing a graceful arc in the air before hovering silently above it.

Jiang Xia leaped up and landed firmly on the spine of the Purple Lightning Sword.

"Let's go."

Dugu Bo was stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect that Jiang Xia could fly.

It should be noted that on the Douluo Continent, unless a Soul Master is born with wings, they can only briefly remain airborne once they reach the Seven-Ring Soul Saint level, and only upon reaching the Title Douluo level do they possess the ability to fly.

In contrast, Jiang Xia is currently only a one-ring Soul Master.

But recalling the wonders of Jiangxia in the past, Dugu Bo felt that this was quite reasonable.

"Okay, then Yan Yan, hold on tight to Grandpa, let's go downstairs."

"Okay!" Dugu Yan stared at Jiang Xia with wide eyes, her hands tightly holding Dugu Bo's arm.

With Dugu Bo holding Dugu Xin in one arm and Dugu Yan hanging from the other, he leaped down from the mountainside.

Due to the dense fog and the night, coupled with the steep cliffs, Dugu Bo's figure disappeared into the mist in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Xia stepped onto the flying sword and, with a thought, flew down.

After descending several hundred meters to the bottom, a bright light came into view.

Jiang Xia was startled, unable to resist being drawn to the scenery in the valley.

The first is the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire.

It was an oval-shaped hot spring, not large in area, but clearly divided into two parts, one half milky white and the other vermilion.

A faint glow emanates from the spring, illuminating patches of exotic flowers and plants rooted around the pool.

Snow silkworms, ginseng, and cinnabar lotus grow in clusters, like leeks.

Lingzhi, Huangjing, and He Shou Wu are everywhere, multiplying wildly like weeds.

Dragon Scale Flower, Bloodthorn Fruit, Blazing Flame Vine, Frost Grass... and other first and second-tier spiritual herbs are everywhere.

A medicine with the properties of a hundred years is considered an ordinary medicine, one with the properties of a thousand years is considered first-tier, one with the properties of ten thousand years is second-tier, and only a spiritual medicine that has the effects of 100,000 times that of an ordinary medicine can be called third-tier.

According to the classification in Douluo Continent, that is a 100,000-year-old immortal-grade medicinal herb, which is as precious as a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

There are quite a few third-tier spiritual herbs here, but unfortunately, due to the difference in worlds, Jiang Xia does not recognize them, let alone know their uses.

The only recognizable ones were the two extremely conspicuous immortal plants at the two ends of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

A snow-white, eight-pointed star-shaped plant that constantly exudes a deep chill.

A fiery red apricot tree, shaped like a cabbage, constantly emitting scorching steam.

Saying he recognized her isn't quite accurate; it's more accurate to say that Jiang Xia guessed based on the original plot.

What terrified Jiang Xia even more was that he could actually sense an aura above the Golden Core level here.

It has to be said that he really underestimated Douluo Continent back then.

I originally thought that the titled Douluo in the Douluo Continent were equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage in the cultivation world, and the level 100 gods were equivalent to the Golden Core stage.

But now he sensed the aura above the Golden Core stage here.

This means that while the hierarchy in Douluo Continent is indeed not high, the higher realm of the Gods is not as low as one might imagine.

Perhaps a level three god is indeed equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator in the cultivation world.

However, the level 2 gods, level 1 gods, god kings, and supreme gods are probably comparable to the Nascent Soul stage, the Deity Transformation stage, the Void Refining stage, and the Dao Integration stage of the cultivation world.

The original novel mentioned that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes were formed from the remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon King after his death. Both of them were powerful cultivators at the God King level, which is equivalent to a Grand Cultivator in the Void Refinement stage.

With such power, it's no wonder that even after ten thousand years of decline, it can still unleash such terrifying might and create this strange place, the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire.

good very good.

The stronger the Ice and Fire Dragon King is, the better, because this place represents a treasure trove and the foundation for him to climb to a higher realm.

Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Dao Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcending and Ascension – the nine realms of immortal cultivation. In this life, he will certainly not stop at the Foundation Establishment stage.

As his thoughts raced, Jiang Xia's heart gradually warmed.

"Xiao Jiang, Xiao Jiang, what's wrong?"

Dugu Bo's shouts rang in his ears, and Jiang Xia regained his composure.

The road ahead is long, and now is not the time for wishful thinking.

"I'm fine, I was just a little shocked to see so many rare and exotic plants."

"It's alright, it's alright." Dugu Bo's anxious heart calmed down a little.

Jiang Xia was his son, or rather, the hope of their whole family. He didn't want anything to happen to Jiang Xia, no matter who else in the world was in trouble.

"How about it? Do you have the medicinal herbs you need here?"

Jiang Xia nodded, then shook his head, making Dugu Bo's heart skip a beat.

"What do you mean? Nodding and shaking your head, do you have a solution or not?"

Jiang Xia patted Dugu Bo's arm and reassured him, "Don't worry, there's definitely a way, even better and safer than fighting poison with poison."

"You have a complete range of medicinal herbs here, but there are some I don't recognize. However, they should be able to help your son hold on for another three to five months."

"Use this extra time to go to the Star Dou Empire and find Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan. Whether you use coercion, bribery, or force, you must get his most treasured medicinal plant catalog from him."

"Remember, these are his most prized possessions, not the common stuff. If you're unsure, memorize all the appearances of the herbs here. Whenever you see a similar picture, copy it down exactly and bring it back."