Chapter 98

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Sunset Forest, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After several months, Nan Feng had returned here once again.

The incorporation of the four single-attribute clans was considered a success; under Ning Fengzhi's maneuvering, the Strength Clan, Defense Clan, Agility Clan, and Broken Clan had all been settled, and the Spirit Hall had also lifted its targeting of these four clans.

With this wave of cooperation, added to previous events, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was now almost tacitly assumed by the Spirit Master world to be in cahoots with the Spirit Hall.

Or rather, in cahoots with him.

"What's the situation with my medicine?" Nan Feng asked.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei had been responsible for guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well during this period, Dugu Bo had also returned here after coming back from Star Luo, and the Broken Clan's patriarch, Yang Wudi, was here working with Yue Guan and the others on the blending of these medicinal herbs.

"It can be refined, but it will take a lot of time," Yang Wudi said.

"How long will it take?" Nan Feng asked.

"To maximize the success rate, I estimate... it will take at least three years," Yang Wudi said.

Nan Feng was stunned. "Three years? Are you refining Nezha?"

The corner of Yang Wudi's eye twitched. "My cultivation isn't high enough; I could refine it in three months, but I can't guarantee the success rate."

These immortal herbs were of extremely high age—a pile of immortal herbs comparable to hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts, and they were nurtured in the special environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; their internal energy was extremely unstable. At the very least, one would need to be a Titled Douluo above level 95 to refine these immortal herbs simultaneously.

He only had level 82 cultivation; being able to stabilize these things with the help of Yue Guan and the others, relying on his family's medicinal refining techniques, was already impressive enough!

"Fine, fine, fine, three years it is. Let's be safe," Nan Feng shook his head.

He remembered that the Universe Creation Pill relied on a level 9 soul tool, plus that cheater Huo Yuhao, and it still took three months to refine successfully.

Yang Wudi was just a level 82 Spirit Douluo with nothing else; being able to refine it at all with this "millet plus rifle" equipment was already not bad.

"However, in three years, you can't go and ruin my medicine, can you?" Nan Feng said faintly.

"Old Goat, these top-tier treasures of mine are rare and hard to come by~"

"Four years!" Yang Wudi said.

"In four years, I have a ninety percent certainty!"

"What if I want ten percent?" Nan Feng asked.

"Then just kill me now," Yang Wudi said.

"This level of divine medicine is something I'm refining for the first time. With such a long refining cycle, I don't even know if I can hold out. Ninety percent is already the limit I can guarantee."

"And I can say that there isn't a single person in this world who dares to claim they have ten percent certainty of refining these things well!"

"……"

"Then four years it is." Nan Feng turned and walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Four years. If you succeed, you get a share of the medicine. If you fail, I will kill your entire family."

The corner of Yang Wudi's eye twitched. "Didn't you say before that it didn't matter whether it succeeded or not?"

"I said that regardless of success or failure, I could release your brother Yang Wushuang, and the grievances between the Spirit Hall and the Broken Clan would be wiped clean. But, if you ruin my treasures..." Nan Feng paused his steps.

"Buddy, this isn't your grievance with the Spirit Hall anymore; this is your grievance with me!"

……

By the pool of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Unlike before, the medicinal herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been replaced. During this time, Yang Wudi and the others had dug up everything that could be used in the refining process.

Additionally, Yue Guan had moved over the precious flowers and plants he had collected. Although they were not as good as the immortal herbs born here naturally, they were still quite precious items.

"Are you really planning to go into seclusion here?" Bibi Dong asked.

"It's quite nice here," Nan Feng said.

The energy conflict of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was not suitable for low-level Spirit Masters to survive in for long periods; even Titled Douluo could not stay too close to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for too long.

Because the energy conflict here was too intense, alternating between cold and hot, even objects couldn't withstand the constant shifting, let alone people.

But because of the terrifying energy contained here, it was actually very suitable for Spirit Masters to conduct short-term special training. Of course, the time couldn't be too long, or they would die.

And he didn't need to worry about these problems; when he couldn't take it, he could just kick away the negative effects. "How many years do you plan to be in seclusion this time?" Bibi Dong asked.

"Not sure. Maybe two years, maybe three, maybe five or six," Nan Feng said.

His cultivation here was mainly for the Ice and Fire Dragon Souls below. If he could absorb these two dragon souls, then his subsequent affairs would be much more secure.

"Then what about Qian Renxue's situation?" Bibi Dong asked.

"Handle it as it should be handled. I've said enough to her already; if she still can't understand, then that's up to her," Nan Feng said.

"And what about Star Luo?" Bibi Dong asked.

"Don't you have any thoughts about those two young girls?"

"I do, but not many," Nan Feng said.

"Besides, aren't you there?"

Zhu Zhuqing was young and had basically been fooled by Hu Liena. Zhu Zhuyun had been scolded by him before, and combined with this trip back to Star Luo to check on Dai Weisi's situation, there wasn't much of a problem. Subsequent issues just required Bibi Dong to put in a little effort.

The problem in Star Luo was actually very easy to solve. As long as the Dai family and the Zhu family were at odds, Star Luo's military power wouldn't be able to reach a unified opinion, and then they wouldn't be able to fight.

It was far easier than the Heaven Dou Empire.

"Then what about the matter with Xiao Wu?" Bibi Dong asked.

"The people from the Spirit Hall can't go to meet her, or rather, only you can go."

Tang Hao was guarding Notting City. Even if Xiao Wu obtained the things Nan Feng needed, she wouldn't be able to pass them out. The Spirit Hall couldn't possibly send people to meet her; once discovered, Tang Hao might just go crazy, smash everything, and run away.

Nan Feng looked strange. "I say, are you stupid?"

"Xiao Wu goes to the Notting City Spirit Hall every month to collect her Spirit Master subsidy. Can't you just arrange for someone inside the Spirit Hall to meet her?"

"Don't tell me you didn't think of that."

"……"

"Are you really... reluctant to let me go?" Nan Feng asked.

Bibi Dong nodded. "Now that most things are on the right track, as long as we take it slow, everything can be changed. You can be a bit more stable."

"You've already done enough."

"But I can't stop." Nan Feng leaned back and lay on the grass.

"My brain is like a boiling pressure cooker; it must constantly release steam, rotate, and operate, or it will explode."

"You can turn the heat down a little," Bibi Dong leaned against Nan Feng's side.

"It doesn't have to be boiling all the time."

"I've thought about it, but when I look at these things, my heat won't go down," Nan Feng said.

"This world disgusts me, humans disgust me, everything I see disgusts me. If I don't keep boiling and try to change things, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but burn it all down."

"In that world before, I could only live while enduring the disgust, but now I don't want to endure it anymore. I've endured it for a lifetime; I really can't endure it anymore."

"What kind of bullshit ideal world? It doesn't exist at all."

"The human heart is dark, beyond saving..."

"……"

"You don't have to care," Bibi Dong turned Nan Feng's head over.

"You know clearly that what you are chasing can never succeed. Why not change direction?"

"This is the principle you told me. You spent so many years changing me; why have you fallen into it yourself?"

"Fallen into it?" Nan Feng laughed inexplicably.

"What fallen into it..."

"I never came out in the first place."

(End of chapter)