...
The next morning.
Bibi Dong summoned several cardinals in the Papal Palace and solemnly announced that she had recently gained many insights and needed to go into seclusion for cultivation.
Unless a catastrophic disaster struck, no one was allowed to disturb her during this period.
After leaving all the affairs to the bishops, Bibi Dong changed into a low-key casual outfit, and together with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, who were disguised, and Hu Liena, who was equally excited, she quietly left Wuhun City under Xuan Hao's guidance.
As the Pope of the Spirit Hall, her identity is far too sensitive.
If she were to make a grand entrance into the heart of the Heaven Dou Empire, it would inevitably cause panic and alarm within the Heaven Dou royal family and even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, leading to a host of troubles.
Moreover, if the so-called "Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye" is truly a strategic treasure land capable of mass-producing high-grade medicinal herbs, as Xuan Hao claims, then it is Bibi Dong's personal property and her trump card against the Hall of Offerings.
The fewer people who know this secret, the better.
...
They remained silent the entire way.
Compared to the two Title Douluos who rushed around with Xuan Hao without sparing their soul power, Bibi Dong and her group, although also traveling, were clearly much more relaxed.
Two days later, in Sunset Forest.
Under Xuan Hao's expert guidance, the group avoided the surrounding spirit beasts, passed through the Azure Phosphorus Poison Barrier that even Title Douluo would fear, and finally arrived at the mountaintop located on the inverted cone-shaped mountain valley.
"It's down here!"
Xuan Hao stood on the edge of the cliff, pointing to the valley below shrouded in mist:
"Teacher, this is what they call—a hidden paradise!"
After saying that, he leaped down without hesitation.
Bibi Dong and the others exchanged glances and followed closely behind.
The wind howled in my ears, and as I passed through the thick clouds, the view suddenly opened up before me.
"ah--!!!"
Before everyone could even stand still, a scream even sharper and higher-pitched than the last time they saw the Acacia Heartbreak Red peony rang out again in the silent valley, shaking the surrounding rocks and causing them to crumble and crumble.
"Yue Guan! Can you shut up?!"
The ghost shuddered in fright and snapped, "Are you trying to summon all the spirit beasts in this forest for a meeting?!"
"You don't know anything!!"
At this moment, Yue Guan completely disregarded his image.
His peach blossom eyes were wide open like copper bells, staring intently at the pool of water before him, a mixture of red and blue that exuded an extreme aura of ice and fire.
His whole body was trembling.
"This...this is..."
"This is one of the three legendary treasure basins—the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire!!"
"My God! I always thought this was just a fabricated legend in ancient books, but I never imagined... I never imagined that such a miraculously beautiful place actually exists in this world!!"
Yue Guan was so excited that he became incoherent, and he pulled Hu Liena aside to start explaining the incredible aspects of this place, which made Bibi Dong's eyes light up with admiration.
The rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth in this place was so intense that even just standing here and taking a deep breath made her feel that the speed of her soul power circulation had increased several times over!
If one could remain in seclusion here for an extended period...
Bibi Dong was filled with excitement and was about to look around.
However, at that moment...
"Huh? That's..."
While Yue Guan was frantically examining the flowers and plants around him, his gaze suddenly fixed on a flat area not far from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Spring.
There, a peculiar plant grows all alone.
Its entire body is a crystalline blue-gold color, with long, slender leaves whose veins seem to flow with golden blood.
Although it looks less than a foot tall and appears quite frail, the aura it exudes...
That regal aura, that of a ruler who reigns over all things and governs all plants, is something that cannot be concealed!
"Blue Silver Emperor?!"
Yue Guan exclaimed in surprise, his expression instantly changing from excitement to astonishment and bewilderment.
He strode over, squatted down in front of the plant, his brow furrowed, as if he had seen some incredible monster:
"Something's not right... this isn't happening..."
"The Blue Silver Emperor, a plant-type soul beast, is passed down through a single lineage.
If the previous Blue Silver Emperor does not die, the next generation will never appear."
"Back then, Tang Hao's wife... that 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor had clearly been sacrificed and died.
Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any Blue Silver Emperors left in this world now."
"Even if a new Blue Silver Grass begins to evolve, it would have to be a Blue Silver King.
How could a seedling with royal bloodline appear directly?"
Yue Guan reached out and sensed the cultivation level of the herb, his brows furrowing even more deeply:
"And... this is way too weak, isn't it?"
"Judging from this cultivation level, it's at most a few hundred years, not even a thousand years."
"How could the bloodline of a noble emperor be so weak?"
"Ahem! Um..."
Just as Yue Guan was racking his brains trying to figure it out, a slightly flustered figure suddenly rushed over and stood directly between Yue Guan and the grass.
Xuan Hao spread his arms wide, his face full of protectiveness, and explained with a laugh:
"Elder Ju, aren't you making a fuss over nothing?"
"I found this herb on the outskirts of Sunset Forest!
I thought it looked beautiful, different from other Blue Silver Grasses, and I could even vaguely sense a noble aura about it, so I thought it must be extraordinary.
That's why I dug it up and planted it next to this Treasure Basin."
"Found...found it?"
Yue Guan looked at him suspiciously, "Is something like the Blue Silver Emperor something you can just pick up anywhere?"
"Wow, the world is full of wonders!"
Xuanhao was talking nonsense with a straight face:
"How many years has our understanding of spirit beasts been around?
There must be some mutated species that we don't know about, or some special beings that are naturally born and raised."
"Perhaps there are such naturally born Blue Silver Emperor seedlings in this world, born as emperors, but weak because they are young?"
"Besides, this place is the eye of both ice and fire; what miracle can't happen here?"
"this..."
Upon hearing this, Yue Guan still felt something was off, but Xuan Hao's words did not make no mistake.
After all, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well itself is a non-logical existence, so it seems... plausible that a strange Blue Silver Emperor would be born here?
"Perhaps..." Yue Guan shook her head, no longer dwelling on it, and turned to study other flowers and plants.
call...
Seeing this, Xuan Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.
That was close!
I almost got caught!
However.
As he turned around, preparing to walk away as if nothing had happened.
But he found a pair of deep, cold, pale purple eyes staring at him with a half-smile.
Bibi Dong stood not far away, arms crossed, her gaze sweeping back and forth between the weak Blue Silver Emperor and Xuan Hao's slightly stiff face.
As a teacher who watched Xuan Hao grow up, she knew this boy all too well.
He rushed over too fast.
The explanation was given too hastily.
Behind that seemingly confident nonsense, there was clearly a hint of unease and panic that could not be concealed!
"Found it?"
Bibi Dong sneered inwardly.
"What a coincidence! You just lost two 100,000-year-old rabbits, and then you find a Blue Silver Emperor plant?"
"This plant... there's definitely something wrong with it!"
"It seems this brat has been hiding more secrets from me than I thought..."
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