Chapter 102

You little brat, your luck isn't bad; you actually managed to find the burial place of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings.

This is the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, right? Those immortal herbs Tang San snatched from that guy Dugu Bo ten thousand years ago must have come from here.

Bibi Dong's voice was faint, as if it had crossed ten thousand years; listening closely, one could detect a hint of resentment.

Shu Yan and the Snow Emperor exchanged a glance, not knowing why Bibi Dong had suddenly run out.

Senior, this is precisely beneath the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well; we looted… no, we harvested many immortal herbs and treasures here, and quite a few of them were originally the immortal herbs that Tang San and his companions absorbed ten thousand years ago.

Shu Yan hesitated a moment, then spoke.

Bibi Dong is now considered on his side; although they aren't very familiar, they are, after all, bound to the same bed, so it's not a big deal.

I know, everything here is up to you. The Asura God's position is still merging with that world; I can't stay out too long, otherwise the unshielded aura of the Asura God's position will leak out, and I fear attracting unwanted attention…

Time is pressing, so I won't beat around the bush. This guy should still have a trace of dragon soul left, though it's existed for too long to say whether its divine sense remains intact. Next I'll go negotiate with it. I see your cultivation speed is astonishing; in this short time you're already near breaking through to Soul Saint, so I'll give you a hand and grant you an opportunity…

Having said that, Bibi Dong headed toward the Water Dragon King's corpse; when she came within about ten meters of the huge dragon carcass, the space before her twisted, and then she suddenly vanished from the two's sight.

The Snow Emperor narrowed his eyes, then softly told Shu Yan: 'Don't worry about her for now; first start absorbing the ultimate ice energy around here. I'll try to draw some of the pure energy leaking from that dragon carcass—its quality exceeds mine by more than one grade. Even if I can only absorb a little, once I fully analyze and comprehend it, it will still be a considerable gain.'

Shu Yan nodded, sat down cross-legged where he stood, and began to absorb the rich ice-attribute heavenly earth energy from outside through that transparent membrane nearby, storing it in his hundred-thousand-year space-origin right leg bone.

Energy was continuously drawn at high speed from the surrounding spring water until it reached the capacity limit of his hundred-thousand-year right leg bone, at which point Shu Yan gradually stopped.

Opening his eyes, the Snow Emperor remained seated cross-legged beside him, without moving closer to the Water Dragon King's skeleton.

Around the Water Dragon King's bones there is a unique spatial barrier; forcibly contacting and breaking through would trigger an internal energy explosion. The bottom of this spring is almost entirely pure ice-attribute energy; if all of it were stirred up, it would be no joke. For safety's sake, she did not do that.

Bibi Dong's time inside was neither long nor short; when she emerged, her exquisite face clearly bore a trace of fatigue.

She came to Shu Yan's side and then spoke softly:

'I have persuaded that Water Dragon remnant soul to gather energy for you to condense your seventh soul ring; therefore, before breaking through to Soul Saint, if it's not necessary, you'd best stay nearby.'

'That wisp of remnant soul has existed for far too long; its consciousness is extremely vague, often merely reacting on instinct to me. Moreover, unless it sacrifices itself, it cannot leave this place. Do you understand what I mean?'

Shu Yan nodded; almost everything Bibi Dong said was within his expectations.

Bibi Dong's face showed a faint smile, mixed with a hint of hope; she reached out and patted Shu Yan's shoulder, encouraging him softly: 'This era is more splendid than ten thousand years ago; in this age we can again shine brilliantly, perhaps even change what has already happened.'

'Before the Asura God's position fully merges with the netherworld plane, I can't stay out too long; it greatly affects my condition. All right, I'm going back. As a final reminder, your cultivation is rising too fast, and your understanding of the realm isn't complete enough—this isn't entirely a good thing; figure it out yourself…'

Having spoken, a spatial doorway appeared once more before Bibi Dong; she paused slightly, then her figure was swallowed and vanished completely from Shu Yan's sight.

Shu Yan hadn't even relaxed when the Snow Emperor's faint voice sounded again from behind:

'How should we proceed next—stay here at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, or head to Tian Dou City? If you want to break through to Soul Saint, even with the aid of the Eight-Cornered Profound Ice Crystal, you'll probably need some time.'

Shu Yan turned his head and then nodded.

'Indeed, my cultivation speed is too fast, but thanks to the aid of Living Spirit Gold and the residual essence of the snow lotus, my foundation is not insubstantial; on the contrary, it's extremely solid. I merely lack cultivation insight, which is easy to make up for—just spend a little time in deep meditation.'

'As for where to go…' Shu Yan began to hesitate.

By common sense, they shouldn't linger long in this place of right and wrong that is the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, even though it is undoubtedly very suitable for his cultivation.

With the Snow Emperor's help, he could even try to absorb those special heavenly and earthly energies that ordinary soul masters cannot take in, but thinking back, Bibi Dong's appearance and the agitated Water Dragon King remnant soul…

Tang San left a backup plan here, which Shu Yan can be certain of; every immortal herb here was personally planted by him, and he later altered the terrain, constructing a Crimson Phosphorus Poison Array outside to guard this place, turning it into a mortal forbidden zone in outsiders' eyes—even an ordinary Titled Douluo could not easily enter, and a slight mistake would bring poisoning, let alone the ten-thousand-year immortal herbs within.

But Shu Yan is also fairly certain that there is nothing here that can directly serve as an anchor linking the plane and the divine realm; Tang San's gaze is certainly a major trouble, and from Bibi Dong's words earlier we already learned that he also possesses some plane fortune on his person; to a certain extent, he and Huo Yuhao are the same kind of existence, though their essences differ.

Dual fortune-bearing signifies that in this lifetime there are one bright and one dark son of fortune; Huo Yuhao was the original son of fortune, but his fate was already tainted by Tang San before he was born, so it is no longer pure.

As for him… Shu Yan himself isn't sure where his position lies.

But Shu Yan can be certain that he has not yet fully entered Tang San's sight; otherwise Tang San would have taken some action by now. Regardless of the reason, this proves he is the one lurking in the dark.

Tang San's parents are currently eroding the plane's consciousness and scheming to seize its authority; the plane's consciousness is undoubtedly angry and resistant to this, and his transmigration is undoubtedly a turning point. Shu Yan can roughly analyze some of the twists and turns, but the actual truth likely won't be known until his strength grows further.

After thorough consideration, Shu Yan then said:

'After we fully absorb the soul rings and soul bones, we'll go to Tian Dou City; no matter how good this place is, it's ultimately not a safe haven. Once I obtain my seventh soul ring, I'll leave this place, and only after we have completely figured out the situation will we consider other arrangements…'

(End of chapter)