Gu Yuena's voice sounded somewhat playful:
"Oh? And why is that?"
Lin Feng shook his head at Qian Renxue, who was gritting her teeth, signaling her not to act rashly.
"Senior, you just gave me a tremendous opportunity. How could you harm us? Not to mention the help you've provided before."
Zi Ji chuckled:
"Lin Feng, you are indeed clever. But when someone's home is robbed, it's only natural for the owner to be a little upset."
Although she didn't know why Gu Yuena claimed this place belonged to the dragon clan, Zi Ji played along, taking over the somewhat embarrassing task of conveying the message.
"My body is difficult to interfere with, except by my own power. But just now, a crucial point in my cultivation that hadn't yet formed was stabilized by your intervention. If I'm not mistaken, that must have taken a lot of your energy, right?"
Gu Yuena remained silent, glancing at her slightly dimmed form:
"Lin Feng, consider this a gift for our first meeting. Next time, I hope you can bring me a pleasant surprise and a gift."
"Leave this place. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well will soon become history."
A gift? What could he possibly give her, the ruler of the soul beasts, that would interest her?
Would packaging himself up count as a gift? Lin Feng was speechless. A god-level being asking him for a gift?
Qian Renxue glared:
"Senior, are you planning to destroy this treasure land?
A place like this, capable of producing immortal herbs, cannot simply be allowed to vanish!"
Gu Yuena snorted coldly:
"I'm only taking back what belongs to me.
The spring should still have a thousand years of use left. It's not complete destruction.
You should leave now. Don't make me repeat myself!"
Lin Feng took Ling Yuan, who was still pale, by the hand and shook his head at Qian Renxue.
"Senior, may we take some of the herbs here?"
Gu Yuena casually glanced over, plucking two glowing herbs and keeping them for herself.
The rest were left for Lin Feng and the others.
Damn!
Lin Feng felt a pang of regret but quickly took out the appropriate storage containers to preserve the herbs' potency.
After storing the herbs in his soul tool, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
After all the fuss, they had still managed to loot the place. Although Gu Yuena had left the lower-grade herbs behind.
As if reading Lin Feng's thoughts, Gu Yuena's voice rang out:
"What's left on the ground is trash, useless."
Lin Feng's mouth twitched. Only someone as extravagant as her would say that.
He silently mourned for Dugu Bo. Old friend, your herb garden is gone!
Although it would take a thousand years for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to completely disappear, its effects would gradually weaken.
Lin Feng guessed that Gu Yuena must have sensed the remains of the two Dragon Kings beneath the spring and was here to reclaim them.
Lin Feng took Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan's hands, nodded, and began to walk away.
Without looking back, Lin Feng called out:
"How long until we can meet again and discuss things in detail?"
Gu Yuena's purple eyes gleamed with an unusual light.
In her eyes, Lin Feng's internal structure was astonishing...
"Soon. But by then, I expect you to bring me a decent gift as a token of appreciation."
With a casual wave of her hand, Gu Yuena made Lin Feng and the others disappear.
Zi Ji's cold face showed a hint of a smile:
"Master, Lin Feng is quite bold. Even when that human Title Douluo couldn't summon her martial soul, he remained so calm."
"Hmm, he is indeed different."
Who knew how shocked Gu Yuena had been when she saw the state of Lin Feng's body?
His soul rings had all been absorbed into his body, forming unique soul veins.
The vast energy within him continuously nourished his body, while the soul veins themselves were constantly improving.
This was completely different from the paths he had publicly revealed. The kid had been hiding quite a few tricks.
Gu Yuena had many thoughts about Lin Feng's internal structure.
Perhaps he could experience the self-condensed soul rings of soul beasts and maybe even research something new.
The soul veins in his body were forming a large cycle, each supporting the other, with only the final link missing.
And after that final link, he would need something to balance it and an extreme energy source.
This was why Gu Yuena had infused the essence of the cold spring into Lin Feng's body.
In her view, since Lin Feng wanted to achieve complete self-sufficiency within his body, the water-attributed kidney soul vein needed to have a包容的能力.
To connect the beginning and the end.
Gu Yuena looked at Zi Ji:
"Let's go. We need to retrieve something."
Zi Ji was puzzled:
"Master, what exactly are we retrieving?"
Gu Yuena frowned:
"Have you been spending too much time with Bear Lord and the others? Has your brain turned to mush too?
I just said that an ordinary Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well couldn't produce so many immortal herbs. This place is unique.
It must have two sources of energy here. I said we are the owners of this place, and you still couldn't figure it out?"
Zi Ji covered her mouth, her eyes widening:
"So, this is where the two Dragon Kings fell?"
Gu Yuena's expression remained neutral:
"Hmm."
"I sensed their slumbering souls and their remaining divine bones beneath the spring."
The physical bodies of the two Dragon Kings had long since decayed over time, but their skeletal remains and soul bones had been preserved.
Million-year soul bones—just one of them could plunge the entire Douluo Continent into a war of struggle and contention.
Gu Yuena's hands glowed with a silvery light as she lifted the waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into the air.
"Stay here. I'll be back soon."
Zi Ji nodded, her expression slightly odd.
Gu Yuena's figure flashed, appearing at the bottom of the spring.
Brilliant red and blue lights intertwined, forming two energy spheres of corresponding colors.
Gu Yuena's chest heaved, unable to remain calm.
In a sense, the two Dragon Kings before her were her elders.
As a part of the Dragon God, her status could be considered both high and low.
These two Dragon Kings were originally subordinates of the Dragon God, holding extraordinary status. Even at her peak, Gu Yuena only had the power of a first-level god, far below the two Dragon Kings.
She reached out and grasped the remnants of the two Dragon Kings' souls, sighing softly in her heart.
As expected, there was no divine sense. Their souls had fallen into a deep slumber, and it was unknown when they would awaken.
She gently stored them away.
Gu Yuena then looked at the two sets of divine bones glowing with treasure light.
Her eyes flickered, already deciding their fate, and she stored them as well.
As the divine bones and souls of the two Dragon Kings were taken away, the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well felt as if it had been suddenly emptied, losing its fullness and rich essence.
The extreme ice and fire spiritual springs filled the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well once more.
But this time, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had lost the energy source that nourished it, its essence gone.
Gu Yuena closed her eyes and sensed for a moment before speaking to Zi Ji:
"This body is still a bit strained. Let's return to the Life Lake quickly."
"Yes, Master."