“Grandpa!” Dugu Yan couldn’t help but speak up, her voice carrying a hint of pleading.
“I believe in Lingling. She would never deceive me. Besides, her Spirit Power has indeed improved so much. Why not just let her give it a try?”
Dugu Bo fell silent for a moment.
Finally, he let out a long breath, his gaze settling on Ye Lingling once more.
“Fine. This old man will trust you this once. I will also trust the reputation of the Ye family.”
“However, this matter is of great importance. Does your mother, Ye Qingxian, know about this? If she could come along, this old man would feel more at ease.”
Although he was somewhat uneasy about Ye Lingling being just a child, if Ye Qingxian, the top-tier healing-type Spirit Saint, were present to assist and witness, it would be much safer regardless of success or failure.
Ye Lingling’s heart stirred.
This was precisely the step Ling Ye had suggested earlier.
Having her mother present would not only provide professional assistance but also further enhance credibility and dispel Dugu Bo’s doubts.
“Mother knows part of my thoughts and supports me in helping Dugu Yan and you. If Grandpa Dugu agrees, I can send a message immediately to ask Mother to come over.” Ye Lingling answered.
“That would be best.” Dugu Bo nodded.
Ye Lingling, through a special communication method, briefly explained the situation to her mother, Ye Qingxian.
Upon learning that her daughter actually had a way to resolve the Jade Phosphor Snake venom—something even she had been helpless against—and that it involved Dugu Bo and that legendary treasured land, Ye Qingxian was shocked but also recognized the gravity of the matter.
She agreed without hesitation, stating she would set out immediately.
Roughly an hour later, Ye Qingxian, dressed in an elegant long dress, her aura gentle and carrying a faint medicinal fragrance, appeared at the Dugu residence.
After brief pleasantries, the conversation turned to business.
She exchanged some professional opinions with Dugu Bo regarding the characteristics of the Jade Phosphor Snake venom and admitted that she had indeed been unable to find a fundamental cure in the past.
However, she expressed cautious optimism and support for her daughter’s proposed idea of “utilizing extreme environments and special Spirit items for reconciliation.”
Seeing that Ye Qingxian had arrived and her stance was clear, Dugu Bo’s final doubts were largely dispelled.
“Time is of the essence. Since everyone is here, let us depart.” Dugu Bo stood up.
Though there was no wind, his deep green robe billowed.
“That place is located deep within the Sunset Forest.”
The four of them quietly left Heaven Dou City without attracting much attention.
They transformed into four streaks of light of different colors and sped towards the Sunset Forest.
Just how astonishing was Dugu Bo’s speed?
Even carrying three people, he was not moving at full velocity.
Yet, in less than half a day, the vast, ancient contours of the Sunset Forest came into view.
After entering the forest, Dugu Bo’s speed noticeably slowed, and his path became winding and serpentine, clearly navigating through the various poison arrays and barriers he had set up.
These arrangements were both hidden and lethal.
Had he not personally led the way, even a Spirit Douluo-level expert trespassing would very likely perish on the spot.
Held by her mother, Ye Lingling sensed the increasingly dense Spirit Power fluctuations in the surroundings, mixed with the scents of various strange toxins.
An inexplicable awe arose in her heart.
The lair of Poison Douluo truly lives up to its reputation.
After passing through an area filled with seven-colored poisonous mist and extremely low visibility, their view suddenly opened up.
As if piercing through an invisible barrier, a valley completely incongruous with the overall environment of the Sunset Forest appeared before them.
Though not vast, the valley evoked a breathtaking sense of awe.
Inside the valley, it was as warm as spring.
Countless exotic flowers and rare herbs grew everywhere.
Many plants had forms and colors vastly different from those outside, radiating dense spiritual energy and vigorous vitality.
And in the very center of the valley lay a spectacle that could only be called a wonder—
A peculiar spring well, clearly divided into two parts.
The spring water on one side was milky white, radiating a faint warmth, as if mist were rising from it.
The spring water on the opposite side was vermilion red.
Even from a distance, one could feel its scorching high temperature.
Within this spring well, the milky white and vermilion red waters lay adjacent to each other yet did not encroach upon one another.
They even slowly rotated at the center, forming a strange Taiji-like water surface.
Even more peculiar was that at the intersection of these two extreme spring waters grew some plants with even stranger shapes, possessing immensely powerful Spirit Power fluctuations.
The Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire!
Although they had mentally prepared themselves, upon witnessing this legendary treasure basin with their own eyes, Ye Lingling and Ye Qingxian couldn’t help but reveal expressions of shock.
The density of the primordial energy of heaven and earth here, and the extreme purity of its attributes, far surpassed any so-called sacred cultivation ground outside.
Although Dugu Yan had been here more than once, she still felt a sense of wonder every time she beheld this marvelous sight.
“This is the place.” Dugu Bo stopped.
His hoarse voice echoed in the valley.
He looked at Ye Lingling, his eerie green eyes filled with scrutiny and anticipation.
“Girl, we have arrived. Now, can you tell this old man your specific method? Which medicinal herbs will you require?”
Everyone’s gaze focused on Ye Lingling.
Ye Lingling took a deep breath, feeling the surging yet contradictory primordial energies of heaven and earth within the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
Deep within her mental world, Ling Ye’s soul projection seemed to ripple slightly.
She steadied her heart.
Her emerald green eyes swept over the peculiar plants swaying at the intersection of ice and fire nearby—one looked entirely like cast gold, its leaves shaped like dragon claws: Earth Dragon Golden Melon.
The ancient records of her family documented these immortal herbs; both Ling Ye and Ye Lingling had read them more than once.
Ye Lingling turned to Dugu Bo.
Her voice was clear and steady as she began to explain the plan Ling Ye had told her:
“Grandpa Dugu, although the Jade Phosphor Snake venom within Dugu Yan originates from her Spirit, she is still young. The entanglement between the toxin and her Spirit is far less deep than yours. It has not yet fully fused. Therefore, the first step of treatment is ‘separation’ and ‘purification.'”
She raised her right hand, palm facing upwards, as if contemplating something.
An exquisite projection of a Begonia flower slowly materialized in her palm.
The flower was entirely carved from emerald, its petal edges ringed with a faint platinum halo.
Unlike the pure white Nine Heart Begonia of the past, the moment this Begonia projection appeared, a pure, vast, and vibrant Life aura spread outward, even causing the Spirit Power of the surrounding Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire to ripple slightly.
“This is the evolved form of my Spirit—the Life Begonia Emperor.”
Ye Lingling introduced it while controlling the aura of the Spirit projection.
“It possesses far more powerful life-giving and healing abilities than before. At the same time, it has awakened a special ability I call ‘Life Purification.'”
She looked at Dugu Yan and continued to explain: “This ‘Life Purification’ power, guided by the purest Life essence, infiltrates Dugu Yan’s meridians and Spirit essence, slowly ‘washing’ and ‘stripping away’ those ‘impurity toxins.'”