Under the incredibly precise control of “Ye Lingling,” wisps of deep green toxic gas emerged.
They began to be “squeezed out” from Dugu Yan’s pores, but they did not dissipate into the air.
Instead, they were enveloped by the emerald light and slowly guided towards the nearby Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
When these stripped toxins came into contact with the strange “tempering” zone where the ice and fire spring waters met, they immediately emitted a faint hiss.
The milky white and vermilion red energies rippled slightly, rapidly neutralizing and transforming these rootless toxins, ultimately converting them into a wisp of pure primordial energy of heaven and earth, merging into the Spirit Power circulation of the valley.
As the toxins were continuously purged, the pained expression on Dugu Yan’s face gradually eased, replaced by pale exhaustion and relief.
That cold, sluggish sensation within her body was rapidly fading.
About half an hour later, the last stubborn wisp of deep green toxic gas was drawn out from Dugu Yan’s Baihui acupoint and dissipated into the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
Ye Lingling slowly withdrew her Life Begonia Emperor Spirit.
The emerald light gradually receded.
Beads of sweat appeared on her forehead; clearly, this delicate operation had consumed a great deal of her energy.
Dugu Yan’s body went limp, nearly collapsing backwards, but Ye Qingxian, who had been prepared, gently caught her.
She tiredly opened her eyes.
Although weak, her emerald eyes were brighter and clearer than ever before, showing no trace of the shadow cast by the toxin infection.
“I feel… so light…” Dugu Yan’s voice was somewhat hoarse but filled with astonishment.
“It feels like… a block of ice that had been pressing inside me suddenly melted.”
Dugu Bo’s figure flashed.
His withered fingers landed on his granddaughter’s wrist as he carefully probed with his divine power.
Moments later, an irrepressible excitement appeared on his face.
Even his voice trembled slightly: “Good! Good! Good! The accumulated toxins… have truly been completely purged! Although her Spirit Power is slightly depleted, it is incomparably pure! Girl, how do you feel? Is there anything unusual with your Spirit Power?”
“My Spirit Power… seems to flow faster, and… it’s very obedient.” Dugu Yan tried to mobilize her Spirit Power.
Although the amount was not large due to her physical weakness, the sensation of the Spirit Power flowing as naturally and smoothly as her own limbs, without any sense of sluggishness, filled her with joy.
“The toxins have been purged. Now is the time when the Spirit source is purest and most urgently in need of nourishment and guidance.” Ye Lingling’s voice sounded again.
She turned and walked towards the Earth Dragon Golden Melon at the intersection of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
This time, her gait and posture were even more distinctly different from Ye Lingling’s usual demeanor; it was a composure born of profound understanding of the world’s spiritual treasures.
She reached the Earth Dragon Golden Melon but did not immediately pick it.
Instead of reaching out, she extended her right hand.
An extremely faint emerald light, imbued with pure Life aura, emanated from her palm and gently brushed over the leaves that seemed cast from gold.
The Earth Dragon Golden Melon quivered slightly, as if in response.
Then, “she,” using her fingers like blades, precisely severed the main connection points between the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, the subterranean dragon vein, and the ice-fire energy.
She then gently plucked it, taking the complete immortal herb.
The immortal herb radiated a dense virtue of earth energy and a faint draconic might.
The entire process was fluid and natural.
Her timing, understanding of the immortal herb’s medicinal properties, and harvesting technique were all practically perfect.
The two experienced and knowledgeable elders, Ye Qingxian and Dugu Bo, watched from the side and nodded inwardly.
“Dugu Yan, take this. Chew it directly and swallow. I will help guide the medicinal power.” Ye Lingling handed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to Dugu Yan, who was being supported by her mother.
Dugu Yan received the dreamlike immortal herb, feeling it warm and heavy in her hand.
She no longer hesitated.
Following the instruction, she placed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon into her mouth.
The immortal herb melted the moment it touched her tongue, nothing like the earthy taste she had imagined.
Instead, an indescribable, mellow, and gentle warm current instantly surged into her limbs and bones.
That potent medicinal power began to spread.
Dugu Yan immediately sat cross-legged, fully circulating her family’s cultivation technique to absorb it.
“Ye Lingling” extended a finger and gently touched an acupoint on her back, injecting a wisp of pure, balanced Spirit Power into her.
She helped Dugu Yan regulate the surging medicinal power, guiding it to settle and permeate into the Spirit source and the meridians of her body, rather than allowing it to erupt blindly.
Watching his granddaughter’s breathing gradually stabilize, her complexion shift from pale to rosy, and a faint light golden halo resembling dragon scales begin to appear around her, Dugu Bo knew that the most critical step was proceeding smoothly.
The heavy burden pressing on his heart was finally lifted.
The look he gave “Ye Lingling” was filled with complex gratitude.
She did not return to Ye Qingxian’s side but walked alone to the other side of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
That was the place where the energies of the ice spring and fire spring collided most intensely, the core point of the valley where the balance of Yin and Yang was most delicate and the Spirit Power most concentrated.
Her gaze fell upon the center of the churning milky white and vermilion red spring waters.
Within the mental world, Ling Ye spoke to Ye Lingling: “Lingling, I will temporarily borrow your body to do something that may be very important for my future.”
“Brother Ling Ye, please go ahead.” Ye Lingling trusted him unreservedly.
Thus, under the somewhat puzzled gazes of Ye Qingxian and Dugu Bo, “Ye Lingling” opened her left palm.
A small mass of profound darkness, as if capable of devouring all light, slowly condensed in her palm.
It was neither Spirit Power nor any elemental energy, but a… seed.
A strange seed the size of a fingernail.
It was entirely pitch black, its surface covered with extremely fine patterns that resembled natural engravings of the laws of Destruction.
It lay quietly in “Ye Lingling’s” palm, yet seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
It exuded an aura of Destruction that caused the surrounding space to subtly warp and the light to dim.
Had “Ye Lingling” not firmly enveloped and isolated it with her own Life aura, this aura would likely have immediately alarmed the entire valley.
This was precisely what Ling Ye had quietly concentrated and preserved after his sacrifice, using his purest origin of Destruction and a wisp of immortal spirit.
Combined with the Life Begonia Emperor’s ability to reverse life and death, it was the seed source of the Destruction Begonia Emperor.
Plant-type 100,000-year Spirit Beasts, such as the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, could leave behind seeds of rebirth even after sacrificing themselves.
Ling Ye’s understanding of Life and Destruction had already reached an extremely high level.
In that desperate situation, it was not entirely impossible for him to have left himself an incredible “backup plan.”
This seed had slumbered deep within his soul until he arrived at this Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
Sensing the vast creative vitality and the extreme tempering power of ice and fire here, it finally truly awakened.
“This place was formed after the fall of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings. It contains the most primal forces of Creation and Destruction. Where Yin and Yang meet, creativity is boundless. It is the optimal location to nurture the seed of Destruction, and even to condense a ‘clone of Destruction’ in the future.”
Ling Ye’s gaze was unusually focused.
As he busied himself, he spoke to Ye Lingling.
“Ye Lingling” gently planted the seed of Destruction at the very intersection of the two spring waters of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.