Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 144 The Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire!

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan finally emerged from the clump of green scale flowers.

"Nannan, I need to recover my soul power. Will you protect me?" Zhu Ziyang said to Jiang Nannan with a look of joy on his face. He immediately put away his martial soul.

"Okay, go ahead and recover, brother." Jiang Nannan nodded and said earnestly.

Zhu Ziyang immediately sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing to recover his soul power. After passing through the grove of Azure Scale Flowers, his second soul ring reached a maturity of five thousand years, and his third soul ring reached a maturity of seven thousand years.

About half an hour later, Zhu Ziyang recovered, stood up, and said, "Nannan, let's go!"

Jiang Nannan immediately hugged Zhu Ziyang's waist with joy. Zhu Ziyang wrapped one arm around Jiang Nannan's waist and held the Jing Shi Xiu Ming Scythe in the other, then slowly rose up along the steep rock wall.

When they reached the vicinity of the rock wall, they discovered that there was only a gap of less than half a meter between the rock wall and the miasma clouds. If they wanted to cross the rock wall and enter the valley, they could only pass through that gap of less than half a meter to avoid contact with the miasma clouds and thus disturbing the divine consciousness within the clouds.

Therefore, they chose to move forward close to the rock face. Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan kept their bodies as low as possible, narrowly navigating the gap between the clouds and the rock face to reach the inner side of the rock face. After sliding down the inner side of the rock face for several meters, and making sure that their bodies wouldn't touch the clouds above when they stood up, they finally stood up from the rock face.

However, just as they stood up, a thick, dark blue vine with colorful patterns suddenly emerged from below and lashed out at them. The vine was a full twenty centimeters in diameter, and the terrifying force even produced a whooshing sound.

Without hesitation, Zhu Ziyang swung his Life-Saving Scythe, the blade firmly blocking the vines and halting their attack. Seizing this opportunity, Jiang Nannan immediately grabbed Zhu Ziyang's arm, unleashing her Martial Soul and activating her first Soul Skill, running at full speed down the rock wall. As the scythe that had blocked the blue vines lashed out, the vines slammed into the rock wall, leaving a deep mark on the smooth, hard surface!

Looking back, Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but gasp, thankful for his alertness. If he hadn't intervened in time, they would have been badly injured if they had been struck by the vine.

"Nannan, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well has an extremely strong effect on cultivating plants. This place has been sealed for thousands of years, and the plants inside are very likely to evolve into soul beasts, just like the vines that attacked us just now. We must be careful at all times!" Zhu Ziyang said.

"I understand!" Jiang Nannan replied without slowing down, her eyes fixed on the front.

The vine, having failed in its first attack, attacked them again. Zhu Ziyang sneered, deciding to teach this reckless vine a lesson. The blade of the Jing Shi Xiu Ming Scythe glowed with a faint gray light, instantly unleashing a gray blade of light. He released his first soul skill, Xiu Ming Sheng Dao Jie, instantly cleaving the attacking vine in two. The power of death flowed through one half, rushing straight towards the vine's main body!

Whether the vines themselves would be devoured by the power of death was no longer of any concern to Zhu Ziyang. At this moment, he was astonished by the scene before his eyes.

It turned out that just as Zhu Ziyang was wielding his knife to retaliate against the vine, Jiang Nannan leaped into the air, taking the two of them down to the bottom of the valley.

Upon reaching the valley floor, the entire landscape was finally revealed to the two. Above, a thick, multicolored poisonous cloud, though extremely toxic, couldn't hide its dazzling beauty. In the middle, the sheer cliffs were covered with deep blue vines—the very plants that had attacked them earlier. Under the faint glow of the multicolored poisonous cloud, they shimmered with a sapphire-like luster, leaving Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan marveling. As for the valley floor, that was the truly astonishing place.

The valley floor wasn't large, but it was teeming with plants. These plants were incredibly diverse, their flowers displaying a myriad of colors, their fruits displaying a myriad of unusual shapes, and at a glance, they were all radiating a vibrant medicinal aura. Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan were both experts in medicinal herbs; these complex plants before them were almost entirely spiritual herbs, and all of them were extremely rare and precious!

These spiritual herbs grow in a very special arrangement from the outside in, forming a circle when viewed as a whole. Countless spiritual herbs guard the lake like sentinels.

Upon seeing the lake, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan immediately understood the origin of the name "Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye." The lake wasn't large, but it contained two distinct bodies of water: one side was crimson red, shrouded in swirling, pulsating heat; the other was pure white, radiating a lingering, faint chill. Crimson and white, scorching heat and frigid cold—these two opposing energies intertwined on the lake, filling the entire valley with a rich life force and the essence of heaven and earth.

Feeling the intense energy, they were filled with melancholy. If they could cultivate here, they would surely achieve twice the results with half the effort! Such a treasure land truly deserves the name of a blessed land. In terms of the concentration of vital energy, Zhu Ziyang and the other person could not think of any place in their memory that could compare with this place.

"Is this the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire?" Jiang Nannan's mouth gaped slightly, her face filled with shock, and her voice trembled as she said, "So beautiful!"

"There's no mistake, this is the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire!" Zhu Ziyang's voice trembled slightly, a mixture of excitement, exhilaration, and joy.

"Brother, let's go quickly!" Jiang Nannan said impatiently, her eyes revealing her greedy nature. "My talent tells me that there are many immortal-grade spiritual herbs by that lake!"

The girl was about to pull Zhu Ziyang toward the lake when she spoke. However, Zhu Ziyang did not lose his composure despite the treasure trove before him; he keenly sensed something amiss with the spiritual herbs. Therefore, he stopped Jiang Nannan.

Seeing the girl's puzzled expression, Zhu Ziyang patiently explained, "Nannan, didn't you notice that there are quite a few soul beasts hidden among these spiritual herbs?"

"What?" The girl exclaimed in surprise, turning back to look at the spiritual herbs. She noticed that many of the plants were indeed emitting increasingly bright light, their leaves and flowers swaying strangely without wind. Jiang Nannan immediately realized that Zhu Ziyang was right, but she was still somewhat surprised and asked, "What's going on?"

"I think it's probably due to the environment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well," Zhu Ziyang pondered, explaining, "The life energy and spiritual energy of heaven and earth here are too abundant, and with top-tier feng shui like the Ice Eye and the Fire Eye, coupled with the fact that it hasn't been disturbed for a long time, it's quite normal for these spiritual herbs, which already contain special energy and medicinal properties, to evolve intelligence and become soul beasts!"

"Indeed!" The girl wasn't stupid. After calming down and listening to Zhu Ziyang's explanation, she immediately understood. Then, she asked with some worry, "What should we do? We don't know how many of these spiritual herbs have evolved into soul beasts, nor do we know the strength of these spiritual herb soul beasts. We can't just rush in."

Zhu Ziyang nodded, a thoughtful expression on his face. Plant-based spirit beasts are very different from animal-based spirit beasts. They cannot move, at least those with a cultivation level of 100,000 years or less cannot move, which means their attack range is limited. They only need to carefully distinguish which spiritual herbs are spirit beasts and which are not to avoid these herb-spirit beasts.

However, identifying soul beasts from such a vast quantity of spiritual herbs is simply a pipe dream; they don't have that much time. Therefore, there's only one way: plant soul beasts are ultimately still plants, and as plants, they will fear the power of death. Zhu Ziyang has already devised a solution.

"Come on, Nan Nan, I've got an idea." Zhu Ziyang smiled, then hugged Jiang Nan Nan and said, "Hold me tight."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nannan immediately hugged Zhu Ziyang tightly. Zhu Ziyang immediately summoned the World-Cleansing Scythe, unleashing its full power of death to surround him and Jiang Nannan. After doing this, Zhu Ziyang boldly headed towards the Yin-Yang Twin Springs, the core of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Things were developing exactly as Zhu Ziyang had predicted. The spirit herbs were terrified of the power of death and quickly folded up their leaves, flowers, and other body parts, not daring to touch Zhu Ziyang.

Zhu Ziyang was also very careful. He had no intention of destroying these spiritual herbs; he only wanted to gain benefits, not to harm this precious land.

And so, with one side determined to protect and the other to protect themselves, Zhu Ziyang and his companion approached the Yin-Yang Twin Springs with ease and entered the core area of ​​the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

"Hey, you human, put your martial spirit away right now. Can't you see everyone's scared?" A female voice suddenly entered their ears.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan were startled and immediately looked around warily, shouting sharply, "Who's there? Show yourself!"

"Oh dear! Aren't I standing right in front of you?" the woman said, her voice tinged with a mixture of mockery and excitement.

(End of this chapter)