Douluo Continent: Lin Dong transmigrates into Huo Yuhao

Chapter 171 The Secret of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well

Sunset Forest.

The Snow Empress, dressed in a white dress, landed slowly, and then Lin Dong and his companion quietly appeared.

With Lin Dong's simulated soul skill concealing his aura, the scenario from the original story where he was discovered by the people of the Heaven Dou Empire naturally did not play out.

The three exchanged a glance and simultaneously turned their gaze to the vast forest before them.

Lin Dong took out the map from his storage soul tool. He had already determined the direction while he was in the air. At this location, there was a jagged terrain at the edge of the forest.

It's easy to spot from above; once you find this prominent feature, it becomes much easier to follow the map.

"Snow Empress, exactly where is that fluctuation coming from?"

Lin Dong slightly raised his eyes, looked at Xue Di, and asked softly.

Upon hearing this, Xue Di's eyes flickered slightly. After a moment's thought, she pointed ahead and said softly:

"I don't know the specifics either. That aura flashed by and disappeared, and I can't sense it at all now. As for the general location, let's head inwards from here."

After hearing her words, Lin Dong was not in a hurry. After all, the so-called Sunset Forest was not very big. It would just take some time to find it.

Lin Dong's heart stirred, and he instantly activated his mental detection soul skill. After the group had walked a few steps into the Sunset Forest, soul beasts began to appear within his mental detection range.

However, these soul beasts were pitifully weak. They didn't even need Lin Dong and the others to release their auras before they fled in panic, let alone take the initiative to attack.

"They're all just ten-year-old soul beasts. This place is really barren!" The auspicious beast couldn't help but frown upon seeing this.

"You can't compare this place to the Star Dou Great Forest. After all, the Star Dou Great Forest is the premier gathering place for soul beasts on the entire continent."

Upon hearing Lin Dong speak, the auspicious beast chuckled:

"That's true, shall we hurry up then?"

"Okay, let's speed up. Let's go."

Having not sensed any threatening presence within the Sunset Forest, Lin Dong naturally did not want to waste any time. He and Xue Di set off, venturing deeper into the Sunset Forest.

Since the vegetation here is not as lush as in the Starry Sky Forest, we need to move faster.

In just half an hour, they had penetrated deep into the Sunset Forest, and as they went deeper, the vegetation became increasingly lush.

However, to Lin Dong's surprise, even though they had already entered a relatively deep part of the Sunset Forest, the soul beasts that appeared in his mental detection were still not any powerful ones.

Let alone ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, even thousand-year-old soul beasts are rare to see. It's not easy to encounter a thousand-year-old soul beast that dares to approach them, intending to do something wicked.

Lin Dong only released a little bit of his aura, which frightened the thousand-year-old soul beast so much that it immediately tucked its tail between its legs and ran away.

Lin Dong, who had never experienced a battle, couldn't help but frown. This godforsaken place was so barren; it really didn't seem like a place that the Ancestral Symbol would want to stay.

But he knew that Xue Di wouldn't lie to him about something like this. Even if there were similar auras or clues, it would be worth checking out.

Thinking of this, Lin Dong suppressed his displeasure and continued to delve deeper inside.

Not long after they left, the auspicious beast suddenly frowned and said:

"Lin Dong, Xue Di, I don't know why, but I feel like something's not right."

Upon hearing this, the two frowned, paused, and stopped, gazing at the auspicious beast as they awaited her next words.

After all, the perceptions of auspicious beasts are mostly related to that elusive fate, and they even have some ability to foresee the future.

"What's wrong? When did this start?" Lin Dong asked softly, looking at the auspicious beast.

"I can't say what's wrong, but I just feel uneasy. It's only just started to happen. Maybe there really is something unusual in this Sunset Forest."

Xue Di frowned slightly and said in a cold tone:

"Can you pinpoint the direction that makes you feel uneasy?"

The auspicious beast gazed deeply into the depths of Sunset Forest, its tone tinged with solemnity:

"This is the direction we are heading, and this level of unease is gradually increasing as we get further away. I have a very ominous feeling."

Seeing her serious expression, Xue Di looked at Lin Dong, seemingly waiting for him to make a decision. The latter replied almost without hesitation:

"Let's keep going in. If there's real danger, then we'll know we came to the right place. I was a little worried just now, but now it seems that the matter of the Ancestral Symbol is probably settled."

Seeing that he showed no fear, the two women said no more. They had come with Lin Dong, naturally prepared to face danger.

Without further hesitation, the three headed deeper into the Sunset Forest, and just a quarter of an hour later...

Lin Dong looked around and said in a deep voice, "Have you noticed that the light around us has become weaker?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Di glanced at the surrounding light, her tone tinged with surprise:

"Yes, could it be because it's getting late?"

The auspicious beast, having more experience living in the outside world than the Snow Empress, shook its head and explained:

"It's only afternoon now. Even if it's further north, it's impossible for the light to be this dim. Besides, it was quite bright just now. How could it be dark now that only a few minutes have passed?"

The only possible reason for this change is the air.

Lin Dong nodded and replied calmly:

"Yes, that's right. I guess the air here is a bit strange. It seems that Sunset Forest is indeed not as simple as I imagined."

The Snow Empress did not comment on this. Having lived in the far north for many years, she was not sensitive to changes in light and did not object to the two people's words.

Without needing the auspicious beast's reminder, Lin Dong used his mental detection soul skill to observe the surrounding air.

With just a slight concentration, Lin Dong noticed that some extremely fine dust particles were floating in the air, appearing as a pale white color. They were not dense, but they floated very steadily.

The air in the forest should be much better than outside, so this dust obviously shouldn't be here.

With a thought, Lin Dong summoned his flying soul tool and soared into the sky. As his altitude increased, he noticed something strange.

Although the forest appeared peaceful, a thin mist was clearly floating in it. More importantly, the mist gradually faded and disappeared in the distance where they had come from, while it became thicker as they continued forward.

Deeper into the Sunset Forest, it was as if a cloud had fallen into the woods, obscuring even the vegetation. Judging from this, it was clear that someone was planning to hide something.

Lin Dong pondered for a moment. This godforsaken place clearly didn't even have a decent soul beast. What could possibly be worth hiding here like this?

He believed that the existence of the Ancestral Symbol must not have been leaked, otherwise his own phantom would have already been triggered.

Despite some doubts, he had already come this far, and no matter what lay ahead, he had to go on without hesitation.

With the help of Lin Dong's spirit-sharing soul skill, the auspicious beast and the Snow Empress also noticed the strange sight.

As soon as Lin Dong landed, he saw the auspicious beast with a furrowed brow, seemingly lost in thought. Suddenly, the beast realized what was happening and exclaimed in surprise:

"Miasma, it must be miasma!"

Lin Dong was taken aback after hearing this: "Miasma? What's that?"

The Snow Empress was clearly not very familiar with this either, and she and Lin Dong looked at the auspicious beast, which patiently explained:

"Miasma is a poisonous gas that gradually forms after the corpses of plants and animals decompose. I have seen it in the Starry Sky Forest, but I have never seen anything like what we just saw, with such a large coverage area, and even some colors."

The concentration of these poisonous miasmas is beyond our ability to withstand with our own soul power. What should we do?

Xue Di glanced at Lin Dong, her tone carrying a hint of inquiry:

"Then shall I go in alone?"

"No, if you go in alone, even if the Ancestral Symbol is inside, you won't be able to bring it out. Besides, the appearance of this poisonous gas is so strange, how can we let you go in alone?"

Hearing his words, which sounded like words of concern, Xue Di felt a warmth in her heart, but then, as if remembering something, she patted her head in annoyance:

"I forgot for a moment that we are both extremely cold, practically immune to all poisons. Leave this poison gas to me."

Hearing her words, Lin Dong smiled with some delight:

"That sounds great! Shall we set off now?"

A hint of apprehension flashed in the auspicious beast's eyes, but it still nodded as it looked at Lin Dong and the other person.

"Okay! Let's go!"

Seeing her resolute expression, Lin Dong chuckled and patted her head.

"Don't worry, I won't take you to your death."

Seeing that his slight fear had been pointed out, the auspicious beast blushed and stubbornly said:

"I'm not scared at all. With my extreme attributes, I'm not that afraid of toxins! I'm just worried about whether there will be anything else besides poison gas."

Lin Dong chuckled lightly: "Why think so much? We'll only know if there are other methods after we've seen them."

Xue Di nodded in agreement: "That's right, let's go."

The three of them took to the air. With a thought, the Snow Emperor activated her soul power in mid-air, and an icy passageway formed in the dense poisonous fog.

"Hurry in. Although these poisonous fogs are countered by the ultimate ice, their concentration is too high. Although it won't gather quickly, it's still possible for them to accumulate."

Without hesitation, Lin Dong and his companion plunged into the icy tunnel. As they plummeted downwards, they could already see the ground below.

The vegetation on the ground was also noticeably different from that on the outskirts of Sunset Forest. Many of the plants were brightly colored, and Lin Dong knew without the mythical beast's explanation that their vibrant colors represented deadly poisons.

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As the auspicious beast summoned the Golden Dragon Spear, Lin Dong also summoned the Silent Dragon Thunder Spear. Accompanied by a deep dragon roar, golden light flashed, and the powerful force squeezed the air, creating a piercing sonic boom.

With a tremendous roar, they blasted a deep crater into the ground, and the colorful plants on the ground were naturally scattered in all directions, with some even splattering sap.

"Your weapon may not be as good as my Golden Dragon Spear, but it still makes a dragon's roar, how amazing!"

Seeing the Silent Dragon Thunder Spear in Lin's hand, the auspicious beast couldn't help but ask curiously.

Lin Dong was already familiar with the auspicious beast's golden dragon spear, and he looked at her with a light smile:

"Knowing that I am inferior to you, why are you asking so many questions? Let's hurry on our way."

"Alright." The auspicious beast nodded obediently.

Watching the Snow Emperor fall from the sky.

The moment she landed, a surge of icy white soul power instantly enveloped their bodies. With the Snow Empress's formidable cultivation and the restraint of the ultimate ice, the poisonous miasma clearly posed little threat to them.

"Strange, the poisonous miasma on the ground is not as dense as that in the air."

Hearing the auspicious beast's surprised cry, Lin Dong and his companion nodded slightly.

"That's right. With this level of toxicity, we won't be greatly affected. The only thing we need to worry about is other dangers."

"Snap!"

Just as Lin Dong finished speaking, a strange noise suddenly came from not far away. Lin Dong looked in the direction from which the sound came.

A huge skeleton was seen tilting and collapsing to one side, its lower part clearly corroded and disintegrated.

With a loud crash, the massive skeleton collapsed to the ground, shattering into pieces, and the iridescent colors on it became even more intense.

The auspicious beast's expression changed; the poison here was so potent that it could corrode even the bones of a soul beast to this extent!

It is important to know that the bones of soul beasts are the hardest parts of their bodies, and some can even be used as special materials for humans. The most representative example is undoubtedly the golden dragon spear of the auspicious beast.

But in this world full of poison, it seems that everything will be corroded; the poison in this miasma is too potent.

Lin Dong merely glanced at the corpses before withdrawing his gaze. His third eye on his forehead quickly opened, and a beam of strangely colored light shot out from the vertical eye, flying rapidly forward.

"Let's go. The poisonous miasma ahead seems even more toxic, but beyond that miasma, the thick cloud of poison has sunk, so it should be just ahead."

With Lin Dong's current strength, the range of his mental detection has expanded to almost a dozen kilometers, while the place where the poisonous fog changed is only about seven kilometers away from here.

Seven kilometers was only a few minutes' journey for the three people who walked through the toxic fog as if it were flat ground.

Soon, a completely different world gradually appeared before the three of them.

The earth was lush and green, with rows of bright green plants scattered haphazardly and densely across the land, and a green mist constantly rising and spreading outwards.

These plants extend to both sides, reaching a height of about half a meter, and have oddly shaped leaves that resemble human hands, but with seven fingers; some of the larger ones even have nine fingers.

At its top, large, emerald-green petals bloom, and from the stamen, emerald-green mist continuously spreads outward, merging into the seven-colored poisonous miasma.

This is why green makes up a large portion of the colorful poisonous miasma.

Lin Dong looked further into the distance, and with his outstanding mental strength, he was able to sense that large swaths of miasma and poisonous clouds were slowly settling downwards behind these plants.

No wonder we didn't see it from the air before; it turns out that all the poisonous clouds here have accumulated in the lower layer. There is no doubt that where they sink must be a valley.

The auspicious beast stared intently at the plants, seemingly trying to identify something. Lin Dong, with practiced ease, took out a metal block from his storage soul tool and tossed it toward the emerald green plants.

The moment it came into contact with the turquoise poisonous mist, a plume of smoke emerged from the metal block, and its size shrank at an astonishing rate. By the time it landed on the ground, it was only half its original size.

In just three breaths, the extremely hard metal vanished into the poisonous fog.

Lin Dong frowned as he watched this bizarre scene, then activated his flying soul tool and took to the air.

Lin Dong glanced at it and immediately abandoned the idea of ​​flying over it. The poisonous mist seemed to have a life of its own, forming a huge light shield that enveloped the valley.

Just as Lin Dong was filled with doubt, the voice of the auspicious beast came through the spirit-sharing soul skill:

"I know what these plants are, Lin Dong!"

Lin Dong put aside his thoughts and flew downwards.

Looking at the somewhat excited auspicious beast, Lin Dong asked with a smile:

"What kind of plants? These things should be plant-type spirit beasts, right? They seem to be alive."

"That's right, but not entirely. They are a plant called the Seven Deadly Flowers of Phosphorus, which is one of the most poisonous plants in the world. Its toxicity is not only highly corrosive, but also extremely potent neurotoxic."

Once contaminated, not only will the body be corroded, but one will also suffer immense pain. However, this Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flower is extremely rare and precious, and is the dream of almost all plant-type soul masters.

If they could find a Jade Phosphorous Seven-Fold Flower that had become a plant-type soul beast and turn it into their soul ring, then they would be able to possess the Jade Phosphorous Seven-Fold Flower's deadly poison.

After hearing this, Xue Di couldn't help but ask with some doubt:

"You mean, those creatures that looked at least a kilometer wide and possibly encircled the entire canyon were all Azure Phosphorous Seven-Flaw Flower Soul Beasts? Since there were so many, how can you call them rare species?"

"That's why I wasn't sure at first. In my memory, although the Seven Wonders of the Blue Phosphorus Flower is mainly gregarious, its reproductive ability is very poor."

Although not all of those Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers were plant-type soul beasts, a large portion of them had already completed their evolution.

As you can see, some of their leaves have nine fingers, and these are called Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flowers, which means they have become plant-type soul beasts.

Moreover, because the Jade Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers are at an extremely high level in the plant world, once they evolve into plant-type soul beasts, their cultivation level will be at the ten-thousand-year level.

This means that among the seven rare and precious blue phosphorus flowers we just faced, there were at least hundreds or thousands of ancient nine rare and precious blue phosphorus flowers.

Even a group of Title Douluos would avoid this place like the plague; the Azure Phosphorous Poison Clouds they simultaneously unleash are practically invincible!

Upon hearing her words, Lin Dong's expression changed. This thing did indeed sound extremely troublesome. With his current cultivation level, he would probably have to put in a lot of effort to get past it.

Thinking of this, Lin Dong's expression became somewhat solemn. Just as he was about to speak, Xue Di suddenly chuckled and spoke:

"Let me see what makes this Jade Phosphorous Seven Wonders Flower so remarkable."

(End of this chapter)