Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

"That old poisoner, I think he's about to go mad. Let's not delay, let's go to Tiandou City."

Yan could imagine Dugu Bo's current state. The old man only had one son, and although he also had a granddaughter, she was suffering from the backlash of the Jade Phosphorus Snake venom. Although no problems had appeared yet, they might arise in the future, so it was no wonder he was going crazy.

"Yes."

Ghost and Moon Pass nodded. The former came to his side, grabbed him, and put him on his back. Although the two of them could not match Lordiara in terms of pure speed, the Title Douluo's aura was long and their endurance was incomparable to that of a Soul Saint.

This journey to Heaven Dou City is long and potentially dangerous, so for safety reasons, it's necessary to have a Title Douluo accompany him. It's not that he's cowardly; he's simply being extremely cautious. He's not even at the fourth ring yet, so what else could he do but be cautious, or just reckless?

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The Spirit Temple in Heaven Dou City is the highest authority within the Heaven Dou Empire, led by the Platinum Bishop Sades, a Soul Emperor-level figure.

After the Light Ritual, the Spirit Hall's faith spread rapidly throughout the continent, especially after a large number of nobles within the two great empires became devout believers, further weakening the influence of the royal court. Within the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Spirit Hall even stationed a thousand-strong Guardian Knights.

The Heavenly Dou City Martial Soul Temple was already filled with powerful figures, and with the addition of a thousand temple guards, it should have been impregnable. However, the scene inside the temple was quite different.

Beneath the angel statue in the Spirit Temple, countless support-type spirit masters cast spells one after another, continuously unleashing healing spirit skills similar to healing light. However, the one enveloped by the light of spirit power was a man and a woman, whose faces were tinged with a greenish hue.

Beside the couple, an elderly man with a girl of about ten years old, his eyes filled with anxiety, suddenly turned to another person and said, "Has that kid surnamed Yan still not responded?"

The Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall, Sadis, said respectfully, "Your Majesty, please don't be impatient. His Highness the Holy Son is devoted to cultivation and spends most of his time in seclusion. It also takes some time to travel from Spirit City to Heaven Dou City, so please be patient."

Platinum Bishop Sadis, a bishop with extremely strong abilities in the Spirit Hall, could even easily contend with Emperor Xue Ye of the Heaven Dou Empire, but he was quite helpless against this old man.

This old man was none other than Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo who lived in the Spirit Hall with his entire family. Although this old poison master could not fully exert his strength due to the backlash of the poison, and was thus ridiculed as the weakest of the titled "Shame of the Titled Poison Master," this did not affect his status.

At least within the Spirit Temple of Heaven Dou City, there is no one who can deal with this old man. The main reason is that his poison is truly terrifying. If it were to be released within Heaven Dou City, it would be a huge tragedy. Sadis dares not gamble on it.

"Is Senior Poison Douluo looking for me?"

Just as Dugu Bo was about to ask another question, a voice suddenly came from behind him. He quickly turned around and saw Yan, Yueguan, and Guimei, who looked travel-worn, appear in his line of sight.

"Kid, you..."

Dugu Bo was anxious to get Yan to treat his son and daughter-in-law, but before he could even get a step closer to Yan, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan blocked his way. There was a four-level difference in soul power between them, and even though Yue Guan was exhausted, he was still no match for Dugu Bo.

"Old poisoner, with your body full of poison, you'd better stay away from His Highness the Holy Son."

Ghostly figures also appeared beside Yue Guan. Both of them watched Dugu Bo warily, fearing that the old poisoner might use some underhanded tricks to harm Yan.

"Your Excellency Poison Douluo, please step aside."

Yan looked at Dugu Bo and spoke. Although he had come to rescue people, he did not dare to get too close to Dugu Bo. This old guy was both righteous and evil. In the original story, Tang San was lucky to escape with his life from his hands. He did not want to gamble with luck.

"Okay, but you must cure them."

Dugu Bo finally chose to make way, and Yan, with the help of Yue Guan and Gui Mei, arrived at the side of the couple who had been unconscious for many days.

"The venom of the Jade Phosphorus Snake is so potent. Judging from their condition, they are already quite unconscious. We need to find a way to wake them up first."

Yan came to the two men and examined them, finding that they had fallen into a deep coma. The domineering toxins had eroded their internal organs, turning them into poisonous people. These two men did not have the profound cultivation of Dugu Bo and could not withstand such toxins at all.

The reason they are still alive is entirely due to the continuous healing soul skills cast by the numerous healing soul masters in the Spirit Temple. However, this is only a temporary solution and can only prevent the situation from worsening.

"It's troublesome."

Yan frowned and withdrew his hand. Even he found the current situation troublesome. It could only be said that this old poisoner was courting death. Last year, Yan said he could help, but he wouldn't listen and dragged it out until he was on his last breath before bringing him to the Martial Soul Temple for rescue. This was simply...

"Can they still be saved...?"

Dugu Bo spoke hesitantly, his expectant gaze fixed on Yan.

Yan spoke frankly, "It's very troublesome. If it were a year ago when he was still conscious, it wouldn't be a big deal, but in his current state, I can't say I'm completely confident."

Upon hearing this, a trace of regret flashed across Dugu Bo's eyes. Back in Wuhun City, his son's condition wasn't this serious, and because of past conflicts with the Wuhun Hall, he was unwilling to back down.

Later, during the Light Ritual, a miracle occurred, and he regretted speaking so definitively, but he still stubbornly refused to back down. But who could have imagined that in less than a year, his son and daughter-in-law's condition would deteriorate so drastically, and they are now barely clinging to life.

"I'll give it a try."

Yan glanced at Dugu Bo and then spoke. Then, when they reached the couple, in front of the middle-aged man, a ball of flame suddenly appeared on his palm. This ball of flame was very strange, as its temperature was extremely low, seemingly about the same as a normal person's body temperature.

Yan placed the ball of flame on the head of Dugu Bo's son. The flame traveled up the head and into the body, then quickly spread throughout the entire body.

"Chichi..."

Wisps of green poisonous mist were quickly forced out. Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, who was standing nearby, hurriedly circulated his soul power to gather all the poisonous mist together, turning it into a ball of emerald green light.

"call……"

Yan watched as the green on the middle-aged man's face faded and a little color returned. He took a deep breath, thinking that he had succeeded in taking the first step.

He then went to the woman's side and used the same method to force out the poison from her body. Fortunately, she herself did not have the source of the poison; she had only been exposed to it too much and suffered the consequences. Her condition was not as serious as that of Dugu Bo's son, and she was easier to save.

"You succeeded, right?"

When Yan withdrew the flames, his forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat. As he took out a towel from his storage soul tool to wipe his sweat, Dugu Bo carefully walked to his son and daughter-in-law's side. Hearing their steady breathing, he felt a little relieved, and then looked at Yan with anticipation.

"What are you thinking? Don't you know how potent your Jade Phosphorus Serpent Venom is? How could you possibly solve the problem so easily?"

Yan rolled his eyes at Dugu Bo, annoyed. The operation just now had exhausted him. "I have only used secret methods to temporarily force out most of the poison from their bodies and save them from death, but it will not be so easy to completely cure them."

Hearing the old poisoner's outlandish ideas, he really wanted to beat the old man up. This old man had dragged things out for a year because he couldn't save face, almost harming his own son and daughter-in-law. If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad, but he even took the Martial Soul Temple hostage to threaten them! Really…

Given the situation of Dugu Bo's son and daughter-in-law, only he could manage to control the temperature of the flames so low and precisely control his soul power, thus successfully refining most of the toxins from their bodies.

Even a titled Douluo might not be able to do this.

Upon hearing that his son and daughter-in-law were only temporarily out of danger, Dugu Bo hurriedly asked, "What should we do now? Is there any way to completely save them?"

"I heard you have a herb garden in Sunset Forest. To save those two, you'll need quite a few rare medicinal herbs. Take us there."

Yan spoke casually, as if it were unintentional, his tone very calm, as if he had really found out by accident.

"Ok."

Dugu Bo hesitated for a moment, but when he thought of his son and daughter-in-law's lives hanging by a thread, he had no mind to think about anything else. He nodded to Yan, instructed the soul masters in the temple to take care of the two unconscious people, and then took the initiative to lead the way towards the outside of Wuhun City.

Yan took a deep breath and then looked at Yue Guan beside her. "Teacher Yue Guan, you should have brought everything I asked you to bring, right?"

After thinking for a moment, Yue Guan said, "Yang Wudi's notes? I always carry them with me. He is indeed an expert in poison making and medicine refining."

"That's good."

Yan nodded without saying much, and then led Gui Mei and Yue Guan to chase after Dugu Bo outside the temple. He had been thinking about the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye for a long time.

Chapter 142 The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire

Sunset Forest is located a hundred miles east of Tiandou City. It is one of the major wild soul beast habitats in the Tiandou Empire. Although its area is not as large as Star Dou Forest, it is home to many high-level soul beasts.

Deep within the Sunset Forest, a territory where high-level soul beasts divide their lands, many ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts used to be active there. However, today, not one or two of them dare to show their faces at all.

Three figures swept across the sky, one green, one gold, and one black, each carrying a unique, restrained aura. Sensitive high-level soul beasts had long since sensed their presence and hid, not daring to come out at all.

In the center of the forest lies a small valley, within which a small ravine is contained. Strangely, a misty fog rises from the ravine, and the air is somewhat hot.

Looking down from the mountainside, you can see a hot spring in this valley. The hot spring is not large, but it is divided into two oval pools. The colors of the hot spring water are milky white and vermilion respectively.

What's even more peculiar is that, although they are in the same pool, they are clearly separated, never encroaching on each other, and always staying on their own side.

The billowing steam originates from the area between the two hot springs, rising continuously until it slowly dissipates at the mountain pass.

A closer look at this hot spring reveals that the hill it sits on is not very high, rising less than a kilometer in height. The mountain walls are steep and rugged, and the vegetation is actually quite lush, making it impossible to tell that it is a volcano.

Led by the ghost, Yan followed Dugu Bo down the cliff and into the valley. As soon as they landed, they felt a thick, murky air with a suffocating, unpleasant smell. Various colors of mist floated around them, making visibility extremely low.

Looking further ahead, one can see that the area closer to the hot spring is shrouded in a thick mist. From a distance, it appears invisible and colorless, but upon closer inspection, it reflects a vibrant, eerie green hue under the sunlight.

This is a poisonous miasma array left here by Dugu Bo to protect the medicine garden. As a titled Douluo powerhouse, he couldn't stay here all the time to release his aura and startle the wandering soul beasts, so he came up with this solution.

If any spirit beasts or other creatures enter, they will be devoured by the domineering Azure Phosphorus Serpent's venom, suffering a painful death and leaving no trace of their remains.

Yan had previously sent powerful individuals into Sunset Forest to search for it, but perhaps because the treasure land was hiding itself, he had not been able to find the place. He was also worried about provoking Dugu Bo, so he did not send anyone to follow him.

Although Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo, is jokingly called the weakest titled Douluo, it is only relative. In a one-on-one fight, he is not as strong as the titled powerhouses of the Spirit Hall, but it is extremely difficult for one or two titled Douluos to kill him. And it is even more impossible for a large number of titled Douluos to be mobilized together, like when they besieged the Clear Sky Sect last time.

On the one hand, Dugu Bo is not from the Haotian Sect, so if he can't beat him, he can run away. In addition, he now has the status of a royal retainer. Unless he completely breaks ties with the Tiandou royal family, he cannot be dealt with openly.

Of course, the most crucial point is that this old guy is a vicious person. Once you push him too far, his ability to do bad things is quite terrifying.

In the original story, the key to Tian Dou's victory in the Battle of Jiayuguan was this old guy. If the toxins accumulated in his body were to erupt, they would be enough to wipe out an entire city. Moreover, he had also condensed a poison pill, which would cause a deadly poison to erupt once he died. Therefore, no one dared to kill him.

If you can't kill him, what's the use of stealing the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well? He's been operating here for years, relying on it to keep himself alive. If you steal it, you'll take his life. If he really feels he can't hold on any longer, can't he just destroy it?

"Be careful."

Dugu Bo was clearly very familiar with this place. He led Guimei and Yueguan into a small cave halfway up the mountain. Following the passageway at the cave entrance, they made their way to the bottom of the valley and finally saw the whole view.

Upon arriving at the valley, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan suddenly stepped forward excitedly, looked around, and exclaimed, "This is... the legendary Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well! Old Poison Master, I never imagined you had such a secret hidden away. No wonder you haven't been poisoned to death all these years."

What appeared before Yan and his companions was a magnificent valley, with a hot spring in the middle of it, surrounded by red and white mist.

This hot spring is not large, but it is divided into two parts. In the oval-shaped pools, the colors of the hot spring water are milky white and vermilion respectively.

What's even more peculiar is that, although they are in the same pool, they are clearly separated, never encroaching on each other, and always staying on their own side.

The billowing steam they had seen outside the valley was generated between the two hot springs, rising continuously until it slowly dissipated at the mountain pass.

This is the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, one of the legendary Three Treasure Basins. The Three Treasure Basins refer to three special natural environments. Ordinary plants cannot grow in these environments, but they are suitable for the propagation of spiritual herbs and precious medicines.

Most medicinal herbs and rare herbs require harsh growing conditions, but in these three environments, these precious plants can not only grow, but their growth time is shortened by a factor of ten.

Just like the hundred-year-old purple Ganoderma that Yan obtained in the Star Dou Great Forest, if it had grown in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye during the same period of time, it would have had the medicinal effects of a thousand years.

"The Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire is a pair of eyes, with the two elements mutually restraining each other. Normally, it might not be possible to form such a place even in tens of millions of years. However, this particular Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire is a burial ground."

Yan silently recited information about the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and suddenly a raging flame erupted from his body. The extremely high temperature of his protective True Essence blocked the various poisonous gases from invading his body, allowing him to successfully reach the edge of the Ice and Fire Spring.

He gazed at the two distinct springs, trying to discern their depth. "Within these Yin-Yang Springs of Ice and Fire lie the remains of two divine-level powerhouses, the Water and Fire Dragon Kings. Their power leaked out after their deaths, and together with the creation of heaven and earth, this treasure land was formed."

Trying to delve into the spring to retrieve their bodies would likely destroy the terrain, and the power of this place is already unified; moving one part would affect the whole. Without god-level strength, there's no point in even trying; it would inevitably lead to death.

Yan thought for a moment and then shook his head. He had initially intended to retrieve the Fire Dragon King's remains. Those dragon bones were genuinely divine, far more precious than the so-called million-year soul bones. Unfortunately, the price was too high, and it might destroy this treasure land.

"Kid, don't mess around. Even I wouldn't dare touch the spring water here."

Seeing Yan getting closer and closer to the spring, Dugu Bo hurriedly reminded him. It wasn't that he was worried about Yan's safety, but that the boy hadn't rescued his son and daughter-in-law yet, and he couldn't let anything happen to him now.

"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid."

Yan turned his head and said something to Dugu Bo, then looked at the seemingly calm spring water and slowly retreated.

“Vermilion Lotus, Snow Silkworm, Ice Spirit Ginseng… This Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire is indeed a wondrous place.”

While Yan was still observing, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was extremely excited. He was a flower lover and had a particular fondness for all kinds of rare and exotic plants. Moreover, there were so many rare and exotic flowers and plants here, including many immortal herbs and rare flowers.