Chapter 65: Ice and Fire Peerless, Fangtian Halberd

Not long after, Dugu Bo returned. In his hand was a Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch, containing all the ordinary medicinal herbs and other equipment Nan Feihuang needed for refining medicine.

But upon returning, Dugu Bo could not see Nan Feihuang's figure and immediately grew anxious, "Xiaofeijiang, where are you?"

"Damn it, this brat didn't run off, did he? A child is just a child, acting without discretion. What if something happens? No, I must go find him immediately."

Just then, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well surged, and a figure shot up from the spring water, "Old Poison, you don't need to look anymore, I'm right here."

"You, how are you in the spring water? And still alive and well? You should know that even I dare not touch this spring water lightly," Dugu Bo exclaimed in surprise.

"It's nothing, I just ate the two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs from the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and refined a Golden Body that is impervious to water and fire. Not only that, my Fangtian Halberd seems to have gained significant growth," Nan Feihuang smiled with satisfaction.

"Saying you could become a little poison master really wasn't false. I told you before I left that the herbs here couldn't be taken casually, yet you ate two at once, and the two most poisonous ones at that. The toxicity of those two herbs is something even I fear; how are you fine after consuming them?" Dugu Bo was truly frightened by him this time. His tone was sharp, but the concern in his eyes could not be faked. "Quick, let me examine you. It would be best if there is no residual toxin."

"Old Poison, thank you for caring about me so much. I'm fine. Once you see my harvest, you'll know why I had to eat those two herbs. Fangtian Halberd!" Nan Feihuang summoned his martial soul.

He held the Fangtian Halberd in his hand. His halberd belonged to the double-bladed type, with small branches on each side of the blade.

Originally, Nan Feihuang's martial soul was a pure attack-type martial soul and contained no elemental power. But at this moment, the left and right blades of the Fangtian Halberd were each emitting a dense Ice and Fire Power—fire on the left, ice on the right. Nan Feihuang slashed casually, and wherever the long halberd passed, fire lines coiled on the ground to the left, and frost covered the ground to the right.

This was actually not a mutation of Nan Feihuang's martial soul; it was more like his latent genes had awakened under the stimulation of the medicinal power.

Nan Feihuang himself could not possibly have been without attributes.

Because his mother possessed Extreme Ice, and his father Nan Tianchen's Gu Lei Book contained many fire-attribute formations, representing his own rich fire attribute.

Perhaps it was precisely because ice and fire are incompatible that Nan Feihuang previously appeared in a state of having no attributes and being a pure attack martial soul.

That this situation occurred, speaking of it, one must blame Lan Xue. Who told her to develop her martial soul incorrectly?

If she had fully developed Extreme Ice, then when the bloodline was passed down, Nan Tianchen's fire attribute would have been completely suppressed by her ice attribute, and Nan Feihuang would only have had the ice attribute.

But now, her Extreme Ice was hidden within her body like a recessive gene and could not be used at all, while Nan Tianchen was fully developing his fire attribute.

The undeveloped Extreme Ice and the fully cultivated ordinary fire attribute—this rise and fall just happened to cancel each other out.

Fortunately, now that the strongest Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs had entered his body, these two forces were revealed. Nan Feihuang even felt that both of his elemental powers had the potential to become Extreme Attributes.

He only needed to work hard afterward to fully develop the medicinal power of the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs within his body.

Overall, he had been held back by his father Nan Tianchen. Who told this guy's fire attribute to be ordinary fire? No matter how unusable Lan Xue's Extreme Ice was, it was still in her body and could be passed down through the bloodline, so there was still a certain possibility of directly awakening Extreme Ice for Nan Feihuang.

But now, the god-level martial soul had autonomously adjusted the Ice and Fire Power for the sake of balance, resulting in Nan Feihuang only having ordinary ice and fire attributes.

But all things cannot be judged by their surface. For Nan Feihuang, this was actually a good thing.

Awakening extreme power too early can indeed increase combat effectiveness significantly in a short time, but it also has a drawback: the turtle-speed cultivation period after a martial soul reaches level 30.

If Lan Xue hadn't been dragged down by an extreme martial soul, the title of the second youngest Soul Emperor on the continent would never have been Qin Ming's turn.

Nan Feihuang thought it would be better to wait until his level approached level 70 before refining all the medicinal power to achieve extreme power. At that time, he could avoid the turtle-speed cultivation period and enter a high-speed cultivation period, reaching the Title Douluo rank as quickly as possible.

The price paid for this was merely a slight lack of strength in the early stages, but it would have no impact on the later stages and would even greatly accelerate cultivation efficiency.

This was what is called "exploiting a bug."

For Nan Feihuang, who majored in computer programming in university, he was very skilled at this kind of thing.

"Such dense Ice and Fire Power. Xiaofeijiang, your martial soul was already a top-tier Tool Spirit, but now I fear it has already surpassed the Clear Sky Hammer, which is known as the number one Tool Spirit in the world." It wasn't that Dugu Bo hadn't seen the Clear Sky Hammer, and he had also seen the Seven Kill Sword, but these two top-tier Tool Spirits did not give him the same feeling as Nan Feihuang's halberd.

One has to sigh, the genes of the Profound Ice Douluo are truly outstanding.

No wonder that year, Nan Tianchen would rather shamelessly leverage a favor to win the beauty's heart.

With this harvest, he had absolutely made a huge profit. This mother and son would definitely be able to lead the Gu Lei Kingdom to rise.

"Thank you for your praise. By the way, Old Poison, I can start detoxifying you now. Let me first tell you the detoxification process..." Nan Feihuang informed Dugu Bo of the method used by Tang San in the original work.

Taking this as the first step, he would first use a symptomatic method to suppress the severe poison in his body.

Then, he would use the root-cause method, practicing the Daoist Golden Body Art that grants immunity to all poisons, to completely and thoroughly solve Dugu Bo's problem.

"Using a soul bone as a carrier to first transfer the toxins, and then changing the physique? Haha, good idea!" Dugu Bo laughed loudly, because he realized this method was truly feasible. As long as it succeeded, not only could it resolve his current severe poison, but it could also greatly increase his strength, allowing him to practice his Poison Technique without any worries in the future.

He seemed to see the hope of advancing to Super Douluo in his future.

"Old Poison, good things don't come easily, let's start the detoxification tomorrow," Nan Feihuang said.

"Good!" Dugu Bo nodded. He had long been impatient. He had been troubled by this severe poison for too long, living a life worse than death. If it weren't for his granddaughter Dugu Yan, whom he couldn't bear to leave behind, living like this would be better off dead.

"Then I will first teach you the incantation of the Daoist Golden Body Art. Once you have cleared a certain amount of toxins, you can start practicing from the first level simultaneously."

Nan Feihuang sat on the ground. Seeing this, Dugu Bo also sat down, placing his palms against Nan Feihuang's.

"The spirit does not leave the Qi, the Qi does not leave the spirit; breathing contains each other, harmony is held within, the spirit guards the Kun palace, heat steams and rises, circulating endlessly..."

As Nan Feihuang recited the incantation, he let Dugu Bo feel the operation of his soul power, teaching him how to practice.

Time passed second by second. Everything was going very smoothly, when suddenly, cold sweat broke out on Dugu Bo's face, and his whole body began to twitch inexplicably.

At first, Nan Feihuang thought something had gone wrong with the practice, but he suddenly came to his senses and realized it was already late. It wasn't a problem with the practice, but that they had forgotten the time while practicing. It was now the Hour of the Rat, which was the time Dugu Bo's severe poison flared up every day.

Nan Feihuang hurriedly supported Dugu Bo's trembling body and asked, "Old Poison, how are you?"

"Don't worry, Xiaofeijiang, I'm fine. You go rest. I'll just endure for an hour," Dugu Bo said grimly. It was clear he was in extreme pain, but he just didn't want to show it in front of Nan Feihuang, a junior.

"By the way, Old Poison, try this!" Nan Feihuang bit his finger and dripped two drops of blood into Dugu Bo's mouth. Having just consumed the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs, his blood now had a great suppressive power against the severe poison and even the ability to resolve the Poison Technique. However, to resolve Dugu Bo's severe poison, a mere two drops of blood were of course not enough.

For now, suppression was all that was needed.

Dugu Bo swallowed the two drops of blood. Then, Nan Feihuang walked behind Dugu Bo and circulated all his soul power to help him suppress the severe poison. Unfortunately, the gap in their soul power was simply too large. In less than ten minutes, Nan Feihuang's soul power was completely exhausted. Fortunately, Dugu Bo's complexion looked much better.

"Old Poison, how do you feel now?" Nan Feihuang asked with concern.

Dugu Bo closed his eyes and nodded, "Much better. Thank you! You go rest quickly. Your soul power consumption is simply too great. Hurry and meditate to recover."

(End of chapter)