"Is this the Invulnerable Vajra Body forged by the marvelous-thick heaven-reaching chrysanthemum?"
Xiao Wu, who was watching from the spectator stands, asked Yu Yan as the outcome of the battle between Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing was decided.
"The effect of the marvelous-thick heaven-reaching chrysanthemum alone isn't this strong. It should be that the water fairy jade bone enhanced its effects; the two complemented each other to create this result."
When Xiao Wu asked, Yu Yan thought carefully. In the original timeline, the effect after Dai Mubai consumed the marvelous-thick heaven-reaching chrysanthemum wasn't this powerful. Excluding the effect of a single Immortal Herb, the only remaining answer was the combined effect of the two Immortal Herbs.
"I see."
After getting the answer from Yu Yan, Xiao Wu turned her gaze back to the battlefield, continuing to stroke her cat while observing the fight that was about to conclude.
Five minutes later, Blood Jade Chains sealed off this private Soul Fighting Arena. Zhu Zhuqing, covered in wounds, was forced into a corner. Taking advantage of the situation, Dugu Yan swung her Jade Dragon Claws and successfully claimed victory in this battle.
Seeing the battle end, Ye Lingling raised her hand to summon the Nine Heart Begonia Spirit to treat the severely injured Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing. Within the white light of the Nine Heart Begonia, their non-fatal wounds were instantly healed.
"You're a good opponent. After you obtain your third spirit ring, I'll fight you again using the strength of three rings."
Dugu Yan, who had enjoyed the evenly matched fight, looked at Zhu Zhuqing with a smile and challenged her to a future duel.
"No problem."
Zhu Zhuqing, who had also gained much from this battle, immediately accepted Dugu Yan's challenge and began thinking in her mind about how to defeat Dugu Yan in their next fight.
Watching the two get along better and better, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance, said their goodbyes, and chose to go request leave from Vice Dean Jiang Jing.
Hearing that Zhu Zhuqing had reached Level 30 and needed to go to the Sunset Forest to hunt for a third spirit ring, Jiang Jing agreed to Yu Yan and Xiao Wu's request for leave without a second thought.
To be honest, this was the most reasonable and acceptable reason for leave Jiang Jing had heard all year.
The day after getting Jiang Jing's approval, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu set out for the Sunset Forest with Zhu Zhuqing. On the way, Yu Yan tested and determined the appropriate age range for Zhu Zhuqing's third spirit ring.
Having consumed the two Immortal Herbs, the marvelous-thick heaven-reaching chrysanthemum and the water fairy jade bone, Zhu Zhuqing's third spirit ring age should be under ten thousand years, but the closer to ten thousand years, the better.
In terms of Physique and Spirit alone, Zhu Zhuqing could definitely absorb a spirit ring over ten thousand years old. Unfortunately, her Soul strength could not withstand the Soul shock of a Ten Thousand Year spirit ring.
Therefore, if Zhu Zhuqing wanted to absorb a Ten Thousand Year spirit ring, she could only wait for her future fourth spirit ring.
After confirming the age of the Spirit Beast, Zhu Zhuqing chose the Void-Splitting Shadow Leopard from several feline Spirit Beasts suggested by Yu Yan as her third spirit ring. The Spirit Abilities it produced would be of great help to her.
The Void-Splitting Shadow Leopard was an extremely rare space-attribute Spirit Beast that lived in the inner-middle layers of the Sunset Forest. They were primarily Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts, supplemented by a few thousand-year ones. As long as one searched patiently, finding a Void-Splitting Shadow Leopard of the right age wasn't too difficult... Inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well of the Sunset Forest, Yu Yan held up the fragrant silk immortal product, which could form an anti-toxin Domain, and led Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing inside.
The Spirit Cat Wu Xue was arranged by Yu Yan to search for the Void-Splitting Shadow Leopard.
Firstly, Wu Xue was idle every day, so it was good to give it something to do.
Secondly, the black mist Wu Xue used to conceal itself allowed it to move freely in the middle layers of the Sunset Forest. As long as it didn't enter the core area, almost no Spirit Beast could discover it.
Thirdly, Wu Xue seemed to possess some mysterious Luck. When things were left to Wu Xue, it could always find exactly what Yu Yan needed through various coincidences and Opportunities.
"Zhu Zhuqing, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here is dense. Find a spot on the outskirts to Cultivate. Once the Void-Splitting Shadow Leopard is found, we will come and notify you."
After entering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and giving Zhu Zhuqing her instructions, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu walked toward the depths.
It wasn't that Yu Yan didn't want Zhu Zhuqing to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; the main reason was that she was too weak to adapt to the special environment created by the collision of ice and fire.
"Mm, okay."
Having already decided to follow Yu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing didn't ask why and simply nodded in acceptance.
After watching Yu Yan and Xiao Wu enter the core area, Zhu Zhuqing found a suitable spot and sat cross-legged to Cultivate seriously.
Once she began to Cultivate, Zhu Zhuqing was pleasantly surprised to find that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi here was three to four times denser than outside. Cultivating here indeed yielded twice the result with half the effort.
Because she was already Level 30 and her spirit power could no longer increase, Zhu Zhuqing attempted the liquid spirit power compression method taught by Yu Yan.
After entering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiao Wu happily ran to her own corner to gather ripe, precious radishes, bananas, oranges, and other fruits and vegetables.
These fruits and vegetables had been specially cultivated; many of them could already be considered Spirit Beasts, they just hadn't developed intelligence in the special environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
While Xiao Wu gathered her planted produce, Yu Yan was also harvesting what he had planted. Mature herbs for refining ointments, Medicinal Pills, and pills were picked and placed in the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse, while some newly collected precious seeds were replanted.
Mature poisons like fire poison and cold poison planted near the Ice and Fire springs were also picked and set aside. Next, Yu Yan would plant these poisons, which could coexist with the Jade Phosphor Seven Peerless Flowers, into the poisonous mist surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to increase its external defenses.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was his place of enlightenment and his greatest Opportunity in the Douluo Continent. He could not allow others to enter this place, especially Tang San, who knew the value of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, possessed knowledge of poisons, and owned this place in the original timeline; he was someone Yu Yan needed to be wary of.
The defensive power of the Jade Phosphor Seven Peerless Flowers was indeed strong, but Yu Yan, who cared immensely about this place, was still uneasy. Thus, the plan to enhance the defensive poison barrier around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was put on the agenda.
To this day, the poison barrier around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could easily deal with a Spirit Douluo. Aside from Dugu Bo, any low-level Titled Douluo who entered would suffer greatly.
After two days of busy work, planting all the poisons according to their positions and seeing the poison barrier grow stronger, Yu Yan was very satisfied with the results of his labor.
In just two more years, once the Soul-Severing Flower, God-Hard-to-Save, Spirit-Extinguishing Grass, and other poisons he planted in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well matured, no Spirit Master would be able to break through the inescapable net he had laid, even if Tang San, a master of poisons, came.
Three days after completing the arrangements for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Spirit Cat Wu Xue, who had been out for five days, stood outside the upgraded poison barrier and released its Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast aura to tell Yu Yan and Xiao Wu that it had returned.