Immediately, Wang Teng put away the immortal herbs and found a place free from the pervasive power of ice and fire to begin preparing for the evolution of his martial soul.
As soon as Wang Teng took out the Cosmic Soul from his inventory, he felt his two martial souls within him begin to stir, as if eager to absorb them.
Clearly, this stuff was like fine wine to a drunkard—irresistible.
Sensing the restless energy of his two martial souls, Wang Teng didn't keep them waiting and immediately began absorbing the Cosmic Soul.
With the refinement of the Cosmic Soul, Wang Teng could feel his first martial soul, the Profound Light Cross, strengthening its essence.
Time passed, and after Wang Teng refined two Cosmic Souls, the Profound Light Cross martial soul automatically flew out of his body, bursting forth with dazzling golden light.
Suddenly, the aura of the Mystic Light Cross martial soul surged, its quality directly advancing from a high-level martial soul to a top-level martial soul.
"Hmm, my martial soul has indeed evolved, but I need to change its name. From now on, I can't call it the Mystic Light Cross anymore; let's call it the Holy Light Cross."
With the evolution of his first martial soul, Wang Teng felt he was becoming more and more suited to being a priest.
Holding the Holy Light Cross martial soul in front of his chest and saying, "Ah! Praise the Holy Light!" —it felt a little embarrassing.
With his first martial soul settled, it was time for his second: the Flash Spirit Gloves. Not long after, the Flash Spirit Gloves also successfully advanced to a top-tier martial soul, and Wang Teng gave it a new name—the Nether Sun Gloves.
Nodding in satisfaction, Wang Teng got up and headed towards the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Now that his martial soul had advanced, it was time to consume the immortal herbs.
Although Wang Teng was still only a level 23 Great Soul Master, his physical attributes, enhanced by the experience gained from dungeons and the amplification from the Inheritance Set, were in no way weaker than Tang San's when he was still at the Soul Venerable level in the original story.
Since Tang San was able to consume two Ice-Fire Immortal Herbs and then jump into the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well to temper his golden body, Wang Teng could naturally do the same. After telling Natya not to worry, Wang Teng went to the edge of the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well, picked the Fiery Apricot and the Eight-Cornered Profound Ice Grass, and then put them directly into his mouth.
The two immortal herbs melted instantly in his mouth, and the taste was acceptable. Although each of the two immortal herbs was highly poisonous, after being consumed together, they no longer produced any poison due to their mutually restraining properties.
Soon, Wang Teng felt a massive surge of ice and fire energy flowing into his body. Without hesitation, he stripped off his clothes and put them into his inventory. When the medicinal effects of the two immortal herbs began to take hold, his body would alternate between ice blue and fiery red, appearing somewhat eerie. Wang Teng then jumped directly into the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.
As soon as Wang Teng entered the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well, the medicinal power of the two immortal herbs within his body immediately and completely erupted, blocking the powerful ice and fire energy within the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.
If Wang Teng hadn't consumed the two immortal herbs and had jumped directly into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he would probably have been reduced to ashes in no time. Even a Title Douluo who accidentally fell into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well would likely have met the same fate.
Fortunately, the Blazing Apricot and the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass could withstand the erosion of water and fire power, and with the help of this water and fire power, the medicinal effects of the two immortal herbs took hold, and Wang Teng's physical attributes began to improve rapidly.
Clearly, the two immortal herbs were tempering Wang Teng's golden body. Previously, when consuming the two immortal herbs, the massive soul power surging into his body made him feel very uncomfortable, but when Wang Teng was tempering his golden body in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, it wasn't so painful.
Although Wang Teng wanted to stay conscious, he soon lost consciousness and slowly sank into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. At this, Natya, who was guarding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, immediately became anxious.
At first, Wang Teng only entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, with his head still above the surface. Now, however, he was completely submerged, leaving Natya anxious.
Remembering Wang Teng's earlier instructions, Natya had no good solution. She couldn't possibly enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to retrieve Wang Teng, so she could only wait anxiously. But then, an unexpected event occurred. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo was in a bad mood. Although he had recently advanced to the Title Douluo level and owed Prince Xue Xing a favor, he had conveniently become a retainer of the Heaven Dou Empire. Dugu
Bo didn't feel much about it, as he was a Title Douluo-level expert, high and mighty wherever he went. However, his old problem had flared up again. Because his martial soul, the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, carried powerful toxins, he was inevitably suffering from them. The toxins in his body were starting to take effect, and he needed to go to the herb garden in the center of Sunset Forest to suppress them.
In his herb garden, there was a magical spring permeated with the power of ice and fire, capable of suppressing toxins within the body. Just as Dugu Bo entered his herb garden, he immediately sensed a figure appear within.
Dugu Bo instantly flew into a rage; someone had dared to sneak into his herb garden while he was away?
"Damn it, I hope those obviously extraordinary herbs haven't been stolen!"
Although Dugu Bo didn't recognize most of the immortal herbs in his garden, he did recognize the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, after all, the martial soul of the Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, with whom he had a conflict, was the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, though he didn't know the specific harvesting method or its effects.
On the other side, Natya, anxiously waiting for Wang Teng, also sensed someone entering the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and it was a Title Douluo at that, though his aura didn't seem very strong?
It must be Dugu Bo, the one Wang Teng had mentioned earlier. Soon, the two saw each other.
Dugu Bo glanced around and, to his dismay, all the special, high-grade herbs in his herb garden were gone.
A surge of anger welled up within him, and he glared fiercely at Natya.
"Little girl, hand over all the herbs you stole from my herb garden. If I'm in a good mood, I might even leave you a whole corpse!"
Seeing Dugu Bo's utterly impolite words, Natya calmed down.
"Is this Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well yours?"
"That's right! It belongs to me."
"Who admits it? Do you have any clear proof issued by the Heaven Dou Empire? It doesn't say it's yours outside!"
Natya cut to the chase.
"..."
Dugu Bo was speechless. He couldn't actually produce proof that the herb garden was his. But who was Dugu Bo? He was the infamous Poison Douluo! Did he need proof?