After leaving the Pope's Palace, Gu Yue Na looked at Gu Chen and asked, "Brother Chen, a place with a 98% death rate must be extremely dangerous. Why do you want to go?"
Gu Chen replied, "Not only do our newly established team members have to participate, but opportunities often come with risks. What about you, why do you want to go?"
Gu Yue Na smiled sweetly at him, "Because you're going, so I'm going too."
Is this... a confession?
Gu Chen was momentarily stunned, but by the time he regained his composure, Gu Yue Na had already walked ahead.
He hurriedly caught up and said, "Before we go to the death training camp, there's something we need to retrieve."
"Hmm?" Gu Yue Na looked at him in confusion.
"In the Sunset Forest, there's a place called the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes. Beneath it lie the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King." Gu Chen explained.
"Ding!"
"Detected the host's current situation, activating plot choice:
A. Go to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes to retrieve more than 80% of the medicinal herbs from the area. Assistance: Xuantian Baolu (Herb Chapter), Xuan Yu Hand Proficiency Card (instantly bringing the host's Xuan Yu Hand to mastery), Sunset Forest Map, 1000 system points.
B. Abandon the mission to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes and leave it to the Tang San team. Assistance: Secret Technique: Purple Extreme Demon Eyes, Purple Extreme Demon Eyes Proficiency Card (instantly bringing the host's Purple Extreme Demon Eyes to mastery), 1000 system points."
"I choose A." After a brief moment of thought, Gu Chen knew the system's assistance would be useful.
First, the Xuantian Baolu (Herb Chapter) would help him understand herbs and how to use them. The Xuan Yu Hand Proficiency Card would help him master the Xuan Yu Hand, which would be useful for harvesting the medicinal herbs. The Sunset Forest Map would guide him directly to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes without detours.
"Prepare the carriage, we're heading to the Sunset Forest." Upon returning to the Spirit Hall, Gu Chen used his status as the Son of God to summon a hundred Soul Ancestors and several carriages for the journey to the Sunset Forest.
Gu Chen also invited the Thousand-Jin Douluo and Demon Suppressing Douluo to accompany them.
"My Lords, there is a treasure within the Sunset Forest. My sister and I wish to go there to cultivate. However, there is a titled Douluo guarding it. I request that you help draw him away," Gu Chen said diplomatically. Naturally, he didn't want to tell Thousand-Jin Douluo about the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, merely describing it as a valuable location.
Thousand-Jin Douluo smiled, thinking Gu Chen was just caught up in a whim after hearing some rumors. He didn't believe that there was anything special in the Sunset Forest.
As for the abundant celestial herbs, he didn't even consider them.
After two days of travel, the carriages finally arrived at the outskirts of the Sunset Forest. The remaining journey had to be completed on foot.
Gu Chen left the hundred Soul Ancestors outside the forest and, under the protection of Thousand-Jin Douluo and Demon Suppressing Douluo, entered the Sunset Forest with Gu Yue Na.
The system-provided map wasn't an ordinary map; it clearly marked the locations of all soul beasts and how many were in each area.
After another day of travel, they arrived at a valley, which was the old lair of Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.
"System, can you check if Dugu Bo is inside?" Gu Chen asked.
"Ding!"
"Yes, please pay 400 system points."
"Damn, the system is really a shrewd merchant!" Gu Chen cursed.
"Ding!"
"This system needs to expend energy to conduct the search, 400 system points is quite reasonable," the system responded.
"Fine, deduct it." Gu Chen grumbled.
"Ding!"
"Search complete, Dugu Bo is currently at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, suppressing his poison injuries."
Gu Chen nodded and told Thousand-Jin Douluo and Demon Suppressing Douluo, "There is a titled Douluo in this treasure land, titled Poison. Please help draw him away."
"Dugu Bo? Don't worry, with us here, he won't be able to return for at least seven days!" Demon Suppressing Douluo patted his chest confidently.
Afterward, Thousand-Jin Douluo and Demon Suppressing Douluo released their soul power and flew into the air.
"Who!"
Sensing the two titled Douluo-level auras outside his lair, Dugu Bo assumed it was an enemy coming to seek revenge. He quickly rose into the air and summoned his Green Scale Serpent King spirit, with nine soul rings floating behind him.
"Thousand-Jin Douluo, Demon Suppressing Douluo, what brings you to my humble abode?" Dugu Bo asked, his cold sweat pouring down.
Thousand-Jin Douluo merely smiled and said, "No particular reason, just thought we'd come by and catch up!"
Dugu Bo had no intention of resisting, as he knew that any one of them could easily kill him. He could only hope that they were indeed just there to chat.
Watching Thousand-Jin Douluo and Demon Suppressing Douluo take Dugu Bo away, Gu Chen smiled at Gu Yue Na, "The opportunity has arrived!"
"First, tell me how you knew the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's remains are here, and how did you know there was a titled Douluo here?" Gu Yue Na looked at him with confusion in her eyes.
Gu Chen couldn't exactly say that he was from another world and knew the plot, or that he had a system assisting him. So he whispered, "I heard the news in Wuhun City."
Gu Yue Na didn't suspect anything and simply followed Gu Chen toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes.
However, a thick poisonous mist blocked their path.
"This is the poison array set by Dugu Bo. We're in trouble now," Gu Chen sighed as he rubbed his forehead.
"Hold on to me," Gu Yue Na said.
"Huh?" Gu Chen looked at her in surprise.
Seeing that Gu Chen didn't move, Gu Yue Na took the initiative to grab his hand, and with a wave of spatial elements, the two of them disappeared from their location.
On the other side of the poison array, Gu Chen regretted his hesitation, even wishing he could slap himself. He could have held her while coming through, but he hesitated and only held her hand. Now, he couldn't help but miss the earlier moment when they were in the Star Dou Forest, wishing he had seized the opportunity.
But now, he had no choice but to look at the valley, where there was a small hot spring divided into two parts.
The oval-shaped pools contained waters of two distinct colors: milky white and crimson red. Surprisingly, despite being in the same pool, they never mixed, maintaining their separation.
The rising steam only dispersed once it reached the top of the mountain.
This was the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, one of the three great treasure pools described in the Xuantian Baolu's Herb Chapter. It was also the burial site of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King!
(End of Chapter)