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Yu Xiaogang and Fulande stood stunned in place.

Bai Yuan sighed, "Love‑brains die miserably!"

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang, with blood‑red eyes, glared hatefully at Bai Yuan and said, "Bai Yuan, you will come to a bad end; Xiao San will avenge us!"

Bai Yuan sneered, "You curse me to a bad end? Clearly it was you who first tried to kill me; I am merely here to take revenge."

Yu Xiaogang stared at Bai Yuan without any change, as if trying to engrave his likeness into his soul, never to forget even in the next life.

Bai Yuan laughed indifferently, "Yu Xiaogang, I'll tell you the truth without fear: the auction of Xiao Wu in Tian Dou City was my doing, meant to wipe you out. Now Tang San and Tang Hao are dead—who will avenge you?"

Yu Xiaogang's pupils contracted, and a look of disbelief appeared on his aged face as he said, "They're dead?"

"Pfft!" Yu Xiaogang spat another mouthful of blood, nearly fainting.

Bai Yuan's expression remained flat, as if muttering to himself, "No, no, Bi Bi Dong should avenge you, after all that woman is also a love‑brain."

Yu Xiaogang stared blankly, then, like a dying man's final flare, lifted his head and fixed Bai Yuan with a stare, asking, "What do you mean? How could Bi Bi Dong possibly avenge me?"

Bai Yuan laughed, "How impossible? I was originally moved by Liu Erlong's affection and wanted to let you die easily, but since you dare curse me, I'll tell you the truth."

"In fact, Bi Bi Dong has loved you all along; she ruthlessly drove you away because Qian Qianji thought you were worthless and unworthy of her, so she threatened your life."

Yu Xiaogang was completely stunned.

After a long while, he seemed possessed, muttering continuously, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it, you're lying, you're lying!"

Bai Yuan's voice drifted into his ears again, saying, "Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention earlier: Bi Bi Dong left the Spirit Hall for you, but Qian Qianji disagreed and defiled her by force."

"This left Bi Bi Dong unable to face you, and to protect your life she chose to drive you away; she endured so much for you, yet you turned around and got together with your cousin right after she forced you to leave—quite impressive."

"Pfft!"

Another mouthful of blood spilled out, and Yu Xiaogang finally collapsed, breathless, onto Liu Erlong's body, staring at Bai Yuan with unwilling eyes.

In a daze, Yu Xiaogang seemed to see the young Bi Bi Dong, waving at him, beckoning him over…

"Sorry, Dong'er…"

Yu Xiaogang died, his eyes not at peace.

Bai Yuan turned his gaze to Fulande beside him, whose eyes had become dead silent, and said, "Dean, tell me: will you go with me, or will you live on, grow strong, and later seek revenge against me?"

That's how this world is: martial souls determine the future; with Fulande's martial soul, lacking great opportunity, he could never become a Title Douluo in this lifetime.

Therefore, whether it's him or Liu Erlong, Bai Yuan doesn't care much; if those two could avenge themselves, he'd think he deserved to die.

Fulande gave no answer; he slowly walked to the corpses of Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, then flung Yu Xiaogang's body aside, saying, "You don't deserve to be near her!"

Fulande lifted Liu Erlong's corpse, raised his head to Bai Yuan, his eyes vacant, and said, "I hope you'll give me a chance to bury her properly."

Bai Yuan nodded and said, "What about Yu Xiaogang?"

Fulande recalled Yu Xiaogang's last words and said, "Let his corpse lie in the wilderness, to be devoured by wild beasts!"

Bai Yuan said nothing, turned, and flew away on his sword.

Fulande carried Liu Erlong's body down the mountain step by step, eventually disappearing into the woods; the mountaintop held only a corpse, several bloodstains, and the traces left by the Xuanbing Formation, proving what had happened.

Having avenged his old grudge, Bai Yuan flew away on his sword, and Gu Yue Na appeared with the others in his field of view.

Gu Yue Na looked at Bai Yuan calmly and asked, "Shall we return to the Star Dou Great Forest?"

Bai Yuan shook his head with a smile and said, "We're going to the Sunset Forest, but this time I need you to act, using your mental power to seek the Ice‑Fire Yin‑Yang Well."

"The Ice‑Fire Yin‑Yang Well?" Gu Yue Na murmured, slightly doubtful.

Bai Yuan explained, "It's the burial ground of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King; there, plants grow at ten to a hundred times the normal speed."

"The Ice‑Fire Dragon Kings?" Gu Yue Na muttered to herself.

She was born after the Dragon God was split in half, then suffered heavy wounds at the hands of the Asura God, the God of Kindness, and the God of Evil, after which she came to the Star Dou Great Forest to seclude herself, naturally unaware of the burial places of the Nine Great Dragon Kings.

The six of them went to a nearby town to buy a map, then headed for the Sunset Forest.

On the way, Bai Yu sat on Bai Yuan's hand and asked, "Master, what exactly is the relationship between Yu Xiaogang, Bi Bi Dong, and Liu Erlong?"

Bai Yuan pondered and replied, "A scumbag and two love‑brains."

Bai Yu nodded lightly, then asked, "Master, what does 'scumbag' mean? And what is a 'love‑brain'?"

Bai Yuan didn't know how to explain for a moment.

Seeing that, Bai Yu didn't press further; the group quickly arrived at the Sunset Forest, and under Gu Yue Na's immense mental power and the sensitivity of the dragon bloodline, they found the Ice‑Fire Yin‑Yang Well in just three days.

It was a hill about five hundred meters high; the crowd stood on its summit, before them lay an inverted‑cone‑shaped valley, and this summit was the edge of the valley.

Thick heat rose from the valley, though the heat carried a hint of sulfur's distinctive smell.

"Is this a hot spring?" Ning Rongrong asked in surprise.

Bai Yu looked at Bai Yuan, her delicate little face full of curiosity, and said, "Master, what is a hot spring?"

Bai Yuan gave a wicked smile and said, "Wait till we go down, and I'll take you to soak in a hot spring."

Bai Yu's little face lit up with joy.

"Good, good."

Bai Yuan looked at Ditiant beside him and said, "Ditiant, you're not needed here; go back to the Star Dou Great Forest first, lest someone get the wrong idea and try to raid our home."

"Okay." Ditiant departed decisively.

The remaining four leapt down the mountain.

Upon landing, the scene inside the valley was fully revealed to everyone's eyes.

There was indeed a hot spring in the valley—a small one—but it was completely unlike a normal hot spring.

Because it overall forms an ellipse, with strange vermilion and milky white each occupying half, clearly separated, neither infringing on the other—like two incompatible liquids.

The rolling vapor rising upward comes from the zone between the two springs, continually ascending until it dissipates at the mountain mouth.

Bai Yu gazed at the red‑and‑white "hot spring" and involuntarily asked, "Master, are you trying to harm your own disciple? Can someone like me, a little demon, even go in there?"

Bai Yuan could clearly feel that the vermilion side was extremely hot, enough to instantly burn her to ash, while the milky white side was bitterly cold, likely freezing her into an ice sculpture the moment she entered.

(End of chapter)