Hu Liena remained undefeated in the one-on-one battles at the Soto Great Spirit Arena. Thanks to her outstanding performance, she obtained a Gold Spirit Fighting Badge.
When she learned that Yan had only earned a Bronze Spirit Fighting Badge, she couldn't help but feel a bit superior. However, she didn't expect that Yan's spirit power had also increased by one level, still surpassing both her and Xie Yue.
That trace of pride in her heart instantly vanished.
Xie Yue seemed to have already anticipated this outcome.
"Brother Yan, you're still the best. Just like Teacher Lin said, as long as you get serious, none of us can keep up with you."
"We're all about the same. My spirit power is only one level higher than the two of you. The gap isn't that big."
After speaking, Yan looked at the others.
"During this period, you guys must have made some good progress too, right?"
Sun Chuantao responded.
"Brother Yan, I just obtained my fourth spirit ring last month. I'm now at level forty-one. Li Kai and Zhang Ping are both about to break through level forty, and Xu Yu just reached level thirty-nine."
"Mm, very good. We're a team. Every individual's improvement is the team's improvement. Let's all keep working hard."
Standing to the side, Xie Yue nodded in agreement:
"Brother Yan is right. We need to help and support each other, and grow together."
"Mm."
After that, Yan joined everyone in training.
Time flew by, and the months slipped away quietly.
At this moment, there was only one year left until the Spirit Master Tournament.
Over the past eleven months, Yan's spirit power had increased by four levels. He was now at level forty-nine, just a step away from breaking through to level fifty.
Hu Liena's spirit power had reached level forty-seven.
Xie Yue had broken through level forty-seven earlier than Hu Liena and was now charging toward the threshold of level forty-eight.
The distance between the two of them and Yan kept widening.
No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't catch up to Yan.
Yan's talent surpassed both of theirs. When he got serious, he truly became formidable. The two had fully come to accept this fact.
Within the Spirit Hall Academy battle team, the other members had also made significant progress in their spirit power.
Sun Chuantao had reached level forty-four, while Li Kai and Zhang Ping both reached level forty-three.
Even the team member with the lowest spirit power, Xu Yu, had reached level forty-two.
Meanwhile, elsewhere—
Sunset Forest.
Dugu Bo encountered Tang San in the Sunset Forest. Persuaded by Tang San's words, he brought Tang San to his secret medicinal garden to detoxify him.
Looking at the scene before him, Tang San was stunned.
"This… this is actually the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!"
Dugu Bo looked slightly confused.
"Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well? Kid, what are you talking about?"
"It's nothing. This is truly a great place. With the existence of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, I'm even more confident in detoxifying your body."
Dugu Bo let out a sinister chuckle.
"Kid, don't you dare try to trick me. If you pull any funny business, I'll throw you into this spring and dissolve your body until not even bones are left."
Tang San, of course, knew how terrifying the spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was. If a living creature fell in, it would be broken down by the extreme heat and cold in an instant.
"Why would I lie to you? You're too deeply poisoned, so the treatment needs to be a gradual process. But your granddaughter is still young I'm completely confident that I can cure her."
Hearing that, Dugu Bo's expression softened slightly.
He pointed to the area around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and said:
"All of my herbs are planted here. Some originally grew here, others I transplanted. All kinds of poisons and tonics you may use them. But before using any herb, you must inform me first before picking it."
Tang San frowned slightly.
"What? You still don't trust me?"
Dugu Bo grinned.
"Trust? That word never existed in this old man's dictionary. I'm merely giving you a chance. If you can't pass my test, I'll kill you all the same. Don't blame me for being cautious I have my reasons."
"What reasons?"
"Besides the two of us, someone else has been here before and they've stolen herbs from this place."
"What?! Such a hard-to-find location, and yet someone else has actually been here?"
Tang San furrowed his brows, his expression drastically changing.
A treasure trove like this was best known by as few people as possible.
Dugu Bo suddenly let out a cold laugh.
"You don't have to worry. That herb thief might already be dead."
"Might? You're not sure?"
"I'm not sure. However, if he fell into this spring, do you think he could've survived?"
Tang San looked at the clearly separated two-pole spring and slightly nodded, seemingly understanding Dugu Bo's meaning, and the weight in his heart was finally lifted.
He knew this was Dugu Bo's secret garden, and of course, Dugu Bo wouldn't want a third person to know of this paradise.
From this perspective, Dugu Bo's wariness of him was indeed reasonable.
That day, after hearing Yue Guan's threat, Dugu Bo had been somewhat worried.
He hoped that the person who fell into the spring was that young Spirit Master accompanying Yue Guan, but he was also afraid that it truly was him.
He knew that the youth was none other than the fire-attribute Spirit Master among the three prodigies of Spirit Hall.
Later, he secretly had someone inquire for news and learned that the fire-attribute Spirit Master had already returned to Spirit City with Yue Guan, which eased his mind a bit.
He speculated inwardly that the young Spirit Master probably hadn't found this place, and the one who fell into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's spring must've been someone else.
Tang San surveyed the surroundings and suddenly furrowed his brows tightly.
He noticed that at the very center of the extreme-cold and extreme-hot springs, there seemed to be a branch growing, but no flowers or herbs could be seen.
"Senior, were there originally herbs growing over there? They've been taken."
Dugu Bo followed the direction of Tang San's finger and then nodded slightly.
"You're not wrong. A highly poisonous herb used to grow there. Its top looked like a large white flower, octagonal in shape, with frost-like stamens in the center, and no fragrance whatsoever."
Hearing Dugu Bo's description, Tang San couldn't help but be startled.
In his mind, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record contained a secret entry that matched Dugu Bo's description exactly.
"It was actually the extremely poisonous immortal-grade herb, the Eight Petal Mysterious Ice Grass!"
"Eight Petal Mysterious Ice Grass?"
Tang San didn't answer Dugu Bo's question but instead pointed to the opposite spring and asked.
"If I'm not mistaken, there should've also been a highly poisonous herb growing over there?"
Dugu Bo nodded slightly and sighed.
"You're right. That was also a highly poisonous herb. It looked a bit like a cabbage but was entirely crimson red."
Upon hearing that, Tang San was shocked again.
"It's that one! No mistake!"
"You brat, acting so mysterious what is it, really?"
"It's a top-tier fire poison immortal-grade herb, the Blazing Apricot Delicate Leaf!"
Dugu Bo's expression changed, and he couldn't help but feel intrigued.
There were hundreds upon hundreds of rare herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Even though he had studied herbs for years, he couldn't name most of them.
Unexpectedly, this teenage boy, on his first visit here, seemed to know them like the back of his hand.
Tang San's heart was thumping wildly, and he had a bad premonition.
Those two were extremely poisonous immortal herbs. A mere touch from an ordinary person would result in death by poisoning.
Moreover, the harvesting methods were extremely particular the Eight Mysterious Ice Grass had to be picked with a tool of metal and iron, while the Blazing Apricot Delicate Leaf required a jade-crafted tool.
Even if successfully picked, they couldn't be preserved easily, as their medicinal properties would dissipate completely in a very short time.
Only by ingesting them together could one absorb their medicinal effects.
"Who took those two immortal herbs? If that person picked them both and ingested them at the same time, then jumped into this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well…"
At this thought, Tang San felt like he had been struck by a heavy blow his heart suddenly ached.
"This is bad! That Herb thief might still be alive!"
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