"So this is the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well? It certainly lives up to its name."
Gazing down at the massive dual-spring formation beneath her feet, Gu Yuena's eyes sparkled with curiosity.
Ice and fire were inherently opposing elements, yet the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before them achieved a perfect balance between these two extremes. Never had she imagined such a miraculous place could exist on the Douluo Continent.
Then, she sensed two familiar auras emanating from deep within the springs.
"Wait. The auras of the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King are coming from those springs. Could it be...?"
"You're absolutely right."
Victor raised his hand, and two ethereal souls drifted up from the ice and fire springs.
They were the remnant souls of the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King!
"Their souls are under my control now. You can choose to revive them or send them to reincarnation. As for their physical bodies, I'll need to keep them here."
The deaths of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King in this location had given birth to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Their corpses nourished the land, creating an environment where countless rare spiritual herbs could flourish.
The Silver Dragon King carefully drew the two souls into her spiritual sea. "Thank you."
If she had attempted to extract these souls herself, she likely would have failed. After so many years, their soul power had weakened considerably. Any forceful extraction would have resulted in their complete destruction.
Victor extended his spiritual sense, meticulously scanning every corner of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. His perception quickly located a small wooden cabin several kilometers away from the springs.
Inside, lying on a simple wooden bed, was a middle-aged man with distinctive green hair.
His face was deathly pale, his breathing labored and irregular, and toxic mist coiled around his body like living serpents.
This had to be Dugu Bo.
"Let's go meet the owner of this place."
Victor and Gu Yuena vanished in a flash, reappearing instantly beside the wooden cabin.
"His poison cultivation has reached its peak, but now the poison is consuming him from within. What miserable irony. At this rate, he'll die from his own toxins within a few years."
Gu Yuena assessed Dugu Bo's condition with a single glance.
Victor nodded. "Poison is a double-edged sword. Wield it well, and you can devastate entire armies. Wield it poorly, and it devours its master."
He approached Dugu Bo's bedside. As he drew near, the toxic fog surrounding the Poison Douluo scattered as if encountering its natural predator.
Raising one hand, Victor channeled a stream of spiritual energy into Dugu Bo's body, dispersing the poison accumulating in his meridians.
The agonized expression gradually faded from Dugu Bo's face. His tightly shut eyes slowly opened, revealing those distinctive emerald-green irises.
"Thank you both for your assistance."
Dugu Bo immediately rolled off the bed and bowed slightly to Victor and Gu Yuena.
He hadn't actually been unconscious, the poison had simply paralyzed his body, rendering him immobile.
Though he didn't understand why these two strangers had appeared here, the fact that they'd helped suppress his poison instead of attacking him while he was vulnerable proved they weren't enemies.
More importantly, he couldn't sense the depth of their cultivation at all.
Victor waved dismissively. "Suppressing the toxin is only temporary. If the poison in your body isn't completely removed, you'll be dead within three years."
Dugu Bo sighed heavily. "How could I not know this truth? Since you can see my condition at a glance, you must also understand that for a poison cultivator, completely removing the toxins in the body is harder than ascending to heaven!"
Poison cultivators were exactly what their name implied, they cultivated through poison.
Removing the poison would be equivalent to destroying his cultivation!
Worse still, if the process went wrong, even his martial soul could be destroyed!
As a Titled Douluo, he refused to become an ordinary mortal!
Victor said calmly, "I do have a method to completely free you from your poison problems without damaging your cultivation base."
Dugu Bo's eyes lit up instantly, excitement flooding his features before he forced himself to calm down.
"What do you want from me? Or what do you want me to do?"
There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
These two had clearly come prepared!
"I'll be direct. I want your medicine garden. I'll solve your health problems, and you give me this medicine garden."
With Victor's strength, he could easily take it by force.
Though he sometimes acted without scruples, he wasn't a common thief.
Besides, curing Dugu Bo was a simple matter for him.
"Agreed! But I need you to save one more person, my granddaughter!"
Dugu Bo agreed without hesitation.
He'd only been maintaining this medicine garden in hopes of finding a cure for his condition.
Now that a solution had presented itself, keeping the garden served no purpose.
"No problem."
Victor retrieved two pristine white jade pills from his system space.
"This is the Pure Spirit Poison Pill. Taking this will make you immune to all poisons!"
Immune to all poisons?!
Dugu Bo was stunned.
Could such a miraculous medicine truly exist in this world?
With trembling hands, he accepted the pill.
He didn't consume it immediately. Instead, he brought it to his nose and inhaled deeply.
The pill exuded a peculiar fragrance.
Just one whiff instantly calmed the restless toxins in his body.
It really works!
Dugu Bo hesitated no longer and swallowed one pill.
The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, transforming into medicinal energy that flowed through his meridians.
Joy flooded Dugu Bo's features. "It's truly effective!"
He could feel that the toxins in his body were no longer causing him harm!
After his initial elation subsided, Dugu Bo immediately dropped to one knee before Victor. "I am deeply grateful for your life-saving grace!"
Victor waved his hand. "This is just a fair transaction."
"Even so, how can a mere medicine garden compare to the pill you gave me?"
"If you need my assistance in the future, you need only ask. I will never refuse!"
Victor nodded without saying more.
Regardless of how sincere Dugu Bo's words were, in Victor's eyes, this was indeed just an ordinary transaction.
The two would likely have little interaction in the future.
Eager to save his granddaughter, Dugu Bo bid farewell and departed with the remaining pill to find her.
"You're truly sitting on a mountain of treasure without knowing its worth."
Looking at the herb-filled valley, even Gu Yuena couldn't help but comment.
Victor had used just two ordinary pills to acquire this precious land. The profit from this transaction was astronomical.
Victor chuckled. "I should also be grateful that Dugu Bo doesn't recognize the treasures before him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have obtained this precious land so easily."
Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well grew numerous immortal herbs that could resolve Dugu Bo's physical problems. Moreover, some of these herbs could not only cure his condition but also evolve his martial soul!
If Dugu Bo knew this, he'd probably cry himself to sleep in frustration.
"From now on, this place belongs to me."
Victor soared into the air, forming hand seals as he softly chanted, "Formless Thunder Array!"
A formation expanded outward in all directions with Victor at its center.
In moments, the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was enveloped!
The poison barrier Dugu Bo had previously established also dispersed instantly under the array's influence.
Victor descended beside Gu Yuena and tossed her a token.
"I've set up a Formless Thunder Array here. Any enemy who approaches will be killed by thunder. This token allows you to enter and exit freely."
"You'll be responsible for watching over this medicine garden for me from now on."
Gu Yuena nodded. "Understood."