Chapter 84 – Bibi Dong's Spy, Transplanting the Immortal Herbs
As a Rank 95 Title Douluo, Bone Douluo rarely encountered anyone capable of escaping from his grasp.
But today, his duty was to protect Ning Rongrong. So when that shadowy figure vanished, he didn't dare recklessly give chase.
If it was a ploy to lure him away, Rongrong—an auxiliary-type soul master with no combat ability—could easily be caught in danger.
"Rongrong, we're already at the deepest part of Sunset Forest. If there's nothing else, should we head back?"
Bone Douluo felt uneasy. He believed it was best to escort Ning Rongrong back to the sect as soon as possible.
"Grandpa Bone, it's still early. Let's wait a little longer! Just a moment!"
"Can you take me to the valley up ahead? I need to take a look over there!" Qi Tian said.
Bone Douluo finally relaxed. This little ancestor was finally done tossing him around.
"All right, leave it to me." Gu Rong agreed readily and brought Qi Tian to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the valley above.
Inside the valley, heat-poison and cold-poison mist still filled the air.
Qi Tian let out a breath of relief when he saw the freshly grown batch of herbs in the valley.
The herbs hadn't been completely picked clean. The immortal herbs he wanted should still be here.
But Bone Douluo frowned. "Rongrong, the miasma here is toxic. Stay back!"
He was about to take Qi Tian away when Qi Tian calmly took out a pill and swallowed it.
"Grandpa Bone, I've taken a detoxification pill. I'm not afraid of the miasma here. Please wait for me outside—I'll be back soon!"
Gu Rong finally understood. Ning Rongrong's real destination was this place, and she had even prepared an antidote in advance.
Seeing that she had come prepared, Gu Rong finally allowed Qi Tian to enter the valley.
He himself stood guard outside in case anything unexpected happened.
Any fluctuation of soul power here would be within his perception. He could guarantee Ning Rongrong's safety.
"You little girl, if you said earlier you wanted to come here, I wouldn't have been on edge for so long!"
"Go on then, but be careful," Gu Rong said.
Qi Tian stepped into the valley, entering the poisonous miasma. When Gu Rong saw that she wasn't poisoned, he finally relaxed completely.
The pill Qi Tian took had been made from his own blood.
Because his main body contained a miniature Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the miasma here posed no threat to him at all.
"So many spirit herbs…" Ning Rongrong gasped in shock.
Born into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, her knowledge wasn't shallow. Naturally, she recognized the herbs growing here.
Patch after patch of herbs—thousand-year spirit herbs, and even several ten-thousand-year herb kings.
These herbs were unimaginably precious. Even her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect couldn't gather so many at once.
Her previous disappointment was instantly swept away when she saw the abundance of spirit herbs.
Qi Tian scanned the area and quickly located several stalks of immortal herbs. He finally relaxed.
'So Bibi Dong didn't occupy this place after all. Otherwise, these immortal herbs would never have been left behind,' Qi Tian thought.
'Now then… all these spirit herbs belong to me!'
Rather than letting Tang San strip the place bare, it was better for Qi Tian to enjoy the benefits himself.
'My divine artifact, the Sea Calming Pearl, can hold living beings. I wonder if it can house these spirit herbs as well?' Qi Tian suddenly wondered.
But the interior of the pearl was murky and chaotic. These spirit herbs might have nowhere to take root.
"Let's give it a try first."
Qi Tian walked to the pool of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and attempted to collect some of the extremely cold and extremely hot spring water into the Sea Calming Pearl.
He could use this water in battle if he encountered danger later.
But the moment he collected some spring water, five-colored light burst forth—the Sea Calming Pearl actually began actively devouring the pool water.
"What…?"
Qi Tian stared in shock at the scene before him. This was the first time he had ever seen the Sea Calming Pearl change in such a way.
Sensing the interior of the pearl, he discovered that the previously murky, chaotic space had undergone an earth-shaking transformation after absorbing the spring water.
Ice and fire merged, like an undersea volcanic eruption birthing new land.
His Sea Calming Pearl… was actually evolving into a miniature world with land of its own.
The milky-white and crimson spring waters dropped noticeably in level before the pearl finally stopped devouring the pool.
Perhaps because Qi Tian had not completely refined the Sea Calming Pearl yet, the world inside was still quite small.
At the center of the pearl, a piece of land had formed. And at the center of that land… another Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had appeared—another sacred site.
'Could it be that absorbing a treasure land like this helps the Sea Calming Pearl evolve? Maybe in the future, it can even develop into countless worlds…' Qi Tian guessed.
'But this small world comes at the perfect time!'
He attempted to transplant a stalk of spirit herb inside, and to his delight, it survived.
Only then did Qi Tian truly let loose, relocating all the herbs in the valley into the Sea Calming Pearl. He then scattered seeds across the ground.
Perhaps in a few years, new spirit herbs would grow here again—but that would have nothing to do with Tang San anymore.
After toiling for half a day, Qi Tian finally left Sunset Forest with Gu Rong.
...
Spirit Hall, inside the Pope's Palace.
Bibi Dong was dressed in a resplendent golden gown, her head adorned with a nine-turn purple-gold crown, a letter held delicately in her hand.
"Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect… Gu Rong… Ning Rongrong… Good, very good. So you're currently in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"
Her typically gentle voice now carried a chilling edge.
Her body trembled slightly—whether from excitement or fear, she herself couldn't tell.
The confidential letter had been sent from Heaven Dou City.
And the sender was an agility-attack type Battle Soul Douluo stationed near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—someone she had personally arranged.
She had instructed this Soul Douluo to monitor the area and report anything unusual to her immediately.
If someone accidentally wandered in, he would drive them out.
But if someone headed straight for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he would investigate their identity and report it in detail.
And now, she had finally received news of the person she had been searching for.
"Qi Tian… you should be possessing Ning Rongrong right now, shouldn't you? This little trick of yours—I've already seen through it." Bibi Dong declared confidently.
If Qi Tian had been captured and forced to reveal the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's location, Ning Rongrong wouldn't need to visit it in person.
Thus, Bibi Dong concluded that the ghost-like intruder she was searching for was currently attached to Ning Rongrong.
"Erlong, oh Erlong… The person we've been searching for is right in Heaven Dou City, yet you never realized it. Truly disappointing."
"But since that's the case, don't blame me for capturing him first." Bibi Dong smiled coldly.
After arranging Spirit Hall affairs, she immediately set off for Heaven Dou City.
...
Qi Tian had no idea that he had already fallen under Bibi Dong's scrutiny.
By now, he had already returned to his own body from Ning Rongrong's.
As for the immortal herbs, they were still planted inside his Sea Calming Pearl. He hadn't given any to Ning Rongrong.
Qi Tian wanted the soul power boost from consuming the immortal herbs himself, so he naturally would not hand them over so easily.
He planned to wait until the next time he possessed Ning Rongrong, using her body to consume the herbs…
Then, relying on the system's power, he would further elevate his cultivation.
End of Chapter