Peerless Douluo: Blood of the Black King Nidhogg!

Chapter 179 Orange Departs, the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire (4K)

The next morning, on the deck of the Sunny Journey, the sunlight in the deep icy sea was just as bright as in other sea areas, but it still couldn't block the omnipresent cold wind.

Orange was wearing a thick white fur coat over her previous orange-red dress and the same straw hat. When she arrived in a warmer place, she took off the white fur coat. It seemed like nothing had changed, yet everything had changed.

Goodbye, Bone Robe.

"Goodbye."

Looking at her companion, with whom she had spent six months together and was now about to part ways, Ye Guyi suddenly felt a strange feeling. But the thought that she would be able to be alone with Mo Yuan after Ju Zi left filled her heart with joy.

Knowing what Ye Guyi was thinking, Ju Zi was both amused and exasperated. She shook her head helplessly, then turned to Mo Yuan and said softly, "Goodbye. You said before that we would meet again soon, and that I would know your true identity then. If that is true, I will look forward to that day."

"I don't like lying." Mo Yuan's answer was simple, but it was also what Ju Zi most wanted to hear.

"Okay, I understand. I look forward to our next reunion." Orange said with a smile and turned to look at the sea behind her. At the same time, Apophis emerged from the sea, revealing its ferocious dragon horns and jet-black scales.

This time, she was no longer afraid. With a light leap, she landed on top of Apophis's head. Apophis did not react to the arrival of the orange. After letting out a low growl containing respect to Mo Yuan, she turned around and sped eastward, heading straight for Dongyang City, a major town on the northern border.

With Apophis's terrifying speed, the Sunny Horizon quickly disappeared into the vast sea. Orange adjusted her straw hat, her gaze fixed on the way she had come with unwavering determination.

In her conversation with Mo Yuan last night, she really liked his understanding of what it meant to like someone, but she hated the extremely bitter regret that followed. She hated it so much that just hearing about it made her heart race and feel short of breath, and she found it hard to accept.

Therefore, she absolutely could not allow such a regret to happen to her, she would never allow it!

"There is no such thing as a permanent separation, only a prequel to the reunion."

……

"Yuan, I didn't expect you to have such a profound understanding of feelings and regrets. I didn't realize that. Do you often use these kinds of words to stir up young girls' hearts and make them fall for you?" Ye Guyi's tone was a little sour.

She overheard Mo Yuan and Ju Zi's conversation last night. Knowing that Ju Zi had feelings for Mo Yuan, she naturally couldn't get truly drunk.

If she lost consciousness due to drunkenness, allowing Ju Zi to take advantage of her, and she could only play the role of a 'sleeping husband,' then she would have nowhere to turn for help.

"Gu Yi, you're underestimating me. It's not that complicated. I can just stand there and that's it, right?" Mo Yuan said with a faint smile.

Ye Guyi's expression froze, realizing that Mo Yuan was teasing her. She rolled her eyes in annoyance and changed the subject.

"What do we do next? Go back to the Nibelungen, or continue our travels on the high seas?"

“None of those,” Mo Yuan turned around and looked up at the calm, mirror-like sea in the east. His gaze was distant, as if he could see a scene thousands of miles away, transcending all distances.

"Let's go to Sunset Forest; it's time to add some things to our collection."

“Okay.” Ye Guyi had no questions.

The Sunny Journey turned around and headed towards the outer edge of the icy sea, the roar of its engines sounding like war drums, intense and high-pitched.

Mo Yuan stood on the deck at the bow of the ship, the biting wind hitting his face like a knife, making his black trench coat flutter like a battle flag.

The white mist on the horizon dissipated, and the dark blue sky and the sea reflected each other across the distance, with candlelight blocking the view. It was dusk, the loneliest time of day.

"The final peace has come to a perfect end, and the twilight of the gods has quietly arrived..." Mo Yuan's tone was leisurely and ethereal. This was not a prophecy, but a statement of fact.

……

Sunset Forest was the second largest soul beast forest on the Douluo Continent before the Sun Moon Empire descended. It was densely vegetated and filled with miasma that could kill people invisibly. Although the quality of its soul beasts was far inferior to that of Star Dou Great Forest, it was not much different in terms of danger.

Moreover, after the war of the gods ten thousand years ago, Sunset Forest became increasingly dangerous, and there were even rumors that several extremely terrifying beings were hiding in an unknown place deep within Sunset Forest.

This rumor initially attracted many powerful Soul Masters to explore it, but in the end, they were either buried there forever or returned empty-handed, finding nothing.

Gradually, no one mentioned the rumor anymore. Even when someone brought it up again after drinking and didn't know what to say, everyone was uninterested and thought it was just a deceptive lie, like the Misty Forest story.

But rumors are rarely baseless; this is true of the Misty Forest, and it is also true of the Sunset Forest.

Deep within the Sunset Forest, in an unknown place, lies a small valley. Above the valley, the sky displays an extremely strange array of seven colors, beautiful and dazzling, yet also carrying a chilling sense of impending doom.

A rich sense of life permeates every narrow crevice of the valley, giving rise to countless plants of various shapes and colors, some of which are found in the outside world, and many of which have never been recorded in ancient books by humankind.

Regardless of their appearance, they all share the same characteristic: they all radiate a divine and precious light, clearly indicating that they are extremely rare natural treasures.

Even so, these plants can only grow on the edge of the valley, while the one that truly occupies the center is a lake with a clear distinction between the two.

One side of the lake is icy white, with icy snowflakes and ice crystals drifting overhead, while the other side is fiery red, with scorching white mist constantly evaporating and churning.

The two blend together perfectly, with a flowing halo and extraordinary beauty; this is the legendary treasure land.

—The Eye of Ice and Fire.

A golden tulip near the spring suddenly unfurled its vine-covered stems and leaves, and a golden halo spread outwards, eventually encompassing all the plants.

As the light spread, in the center of the red lake, a plant that was entirely fiery red, nearly ten feet long, and shaped like a cabbage began to stretch its branches and leaves, emitting an extremely scorching aura.

It is the delicate beauty of apricot blossoms after ten thousand years of raging fire.

As Liehuo Xing awoke from her slumber, her spirited voice carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Xiangxiang, why did you suddenly wake us up? There are no outsiders here."

“There were no intruders, but I have something else to say,” the anthropomorphic tulip stretched towards the valley above and said in a deep voice, “Just now I suddenly had a bad feeling, as if some terrible crisis was about to come, or even a matter of life and death.”

"Huh? No way, not to mention that they can threaten us, there aren't many beings that can even find this place, right? Xiangxiang, could it be that you're mistaken?" said the 100,000-year-old octagonal ice grass that grows in the center of the icy white lake, opposite the Fiery Apricot Delicate Vegetable.

The remaining 100,000-year-old immortal herb, the fragrant Qiluo Immortal Herb, also chimed in. Upon hearing this, the Qiluo Tulip fell silent, beginning to doubt whether she was really overthinking things.

"Forget it, whether Xiangxiang's feelings are real or not, let's not fall asleep for a while. This place is certainly secluded and safe, but it's not foolproof. For everyone's safety, it's better to be vigilant," suggested the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass. A comfortable life can easily lead to decadence and depravity, which is not a good thing.

“Okay, let’s take Bing’s suggestion. It’s not too late for everyone to go to sleep after this period is over,” Liehuo Xingjiaoshu agreed.

With the two strongest fighters reaching a consensus, the other immortal herbs naturally had no objections. Thus, the long-standing silence at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was finally broken.

……

The area surrounding Sunset Forest.

Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi strolled through the dense forest, relaxed and calm, showing no sign of tension whatsoever, as if this were not the perilous Sunset Forest, but their own private garden.

Those soul beasts that were hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to ambush, had already fled this place before Mo Yuan arrived, driven by the instinct of wild beasts to seek good fortune and avoid danger, and dared not have the slightest thought.

And so the two of them made their way unimpeded into the depths of the Sunset Forest, arriving at the forest on the outskirts of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well Valley at dusk. As for the omnipresent miasma along the way, Mo Yuan easily dispelled it with his wind element, without causing them any trouble.

"Yuan, is this the poisonous mist produced by the Seven Absolute Flowers of Azure Phosphorus?" Ye Guyi suddenly asked, looking at the strange forest ahead.

“That’s right. Compared to the previous poisonous miasma, these are the truly deadly poisons,” Mo Yuan replied.

All I could see at a glance was a vast expanse of emerald green, an incomprehensible emerald green.

A rich, emerald-green sheen covered the entire land as far as the eye could see. The emerald-green plants, though seemingly disordered, were laid out completely on the ground without leaving any gaps.

These emerald green plants all look similar and are not very tall, only about half a meter in height.

Each emerald green plant has nine oddly shaped leaves, which are somewhat like human hands, but with seven fingers. Some of the larger leaves even have nine fingers.

At their tops bloom large, emerald-green flowers, from which a faint emerald-green mist emanates, rising and spreading outwards until it covers the entire forest, merging with the colorful poisonous miasma in the sky.

"Let's go."

After saying that, Mo Yuan strode directly toward the emerald green poisonous fog in front of him. Ye Guyi followed without the slightest hesitation, acting as if the poisonous fog was just ordinary mist.

The moment Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi stepped into the poisonous fog, a barrier composed of rapidly spinning winds spread out, completely isolating them from the spreading poisonous fog and shredding the Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers in their path.

The Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers that covered the earth shattered, revealing the soil beneath that had not seen the sun for who knows how long. This soil was black like blood and emitted a nauseating stench.

Moreover, there were many scattered skeletons in the soil. These skeletons were mostly from various kinds of soul beasts, and their surfaces were covered with a seven-colored luster. Without the impact and destruction of a dust-free place, a gentle breeze would cause these skeletons to weather into a pile of fragments.

Before long, Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi arrived above the valley shrouded in the seven-colored poisonous miasma. Behind them, as far as the eye could see, there was no other Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers except for the black soil.

Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi exchanged a glance, and then the two of them jumped directly down from the top of the valley. The seven-colored poisonous miasma was dispelled by the dustless land, forming a large hole, allowing the black and gold streams of light to freely pass through and descend.

The two descended rapidly, covering a distance of over two hundred meters in the blink of an eye. During this time, they were attacked by plant spirit beasts, but they couldn't even break through the barrier of the Dustless Land. Instead, they were shattered by the rapidly flowing wind.

After passing through the last layer of dense, seven-colored poisonous miasma, the breathtaking scenery of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, arguably the most beautiful in the world, came into view of Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi through the dust-free land.

"So beautiful..." Ye Guyi exclaimed softly.

Mo Yuan remained silent, merely gazing indifferently at the several anthropomorphized, stunned immortal herbs below, a cold smile playing on his lips.

The fully awakened immortal herbs naturally noticed Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi the moment they entered.

Before they could even be surprised that Qiluo Tulip had guessed correctly, all the immortal herbs immediately went on high alert, warily watching Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi, who stood in the void above everyone's heads.

"Human, this is not a place for you. We'll give you one chance: leave now! We won't hold you accountable for your offense!"

The fiery apricot and delicate vegetables warned in a deep voice, remembering what the beautiful tulip had said, they dared not act rashly, lest the situation become irreparable.

Moreover, although they are 100,000-year-old plant soul beasts, only it and the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass truly possess combat power. In addition, plant soul beasts are naturally unable to move their bodies and have limited attack range. Therefore, once they face a strong opponent of the same level, they are very likely to be at a disadvantage and passively be beaten.

"Heh, rare and precious herbs should be reserved for the virtuous. Besides, you are nothing but parasites who depend on others for survival here. What gives you the audacity to say such things?" Mo Yuan said indifferently, treating all the immortal herbs as nothing.

"Arrogant!" The fiery Xingjiao, whose temper was as volatile as her personality, couldn't take it anymore and immediately tried to attack. "Since you're not leaving, then be prepared to be buried here forever!!"

"Ah Jiao! Calm down," the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass stopped the impulsive Fiery Apricot, and humanized itself by stretching out its body to look down at Mo Yuan and Ye Guyi, who were floating in mid-air.

Although they are plant-based soul beasts, which are far removed from beast-based soul beasts, they are essentially soul beasts in essence. The oppressive power of the Dragon King still exists, only it has been greatly weakened.

Even before Mo Yuan had ignited his golden eyes, it could already sense the faint, kingly majesty that Mo Yuan possessed.

This person is not simple. He may be capable of destroying us, just as Xiangxiang said. If possible, we should avoid taking action, since there are still those two underground... The Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass thought to itself.

After calming down the raging Fiery Apricot, the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass secretly consulted with the remaining two immortal herbs, the Qiluo Tulip and the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Herb, and finally came up with the best solution in a very short time.

“You’re right, we are indeed not the true owners of this place, but there is indeed an owner here, which means this place belongs to someone,” the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass said, then abruptly changed the subject, completely oblivious to Mo Yuan’s mocking gaze.

"However, the master is not here now, and that person has set a rule: as long as you can take any seven immortal herbs from here without any harm after consuming any one of these herbs, how about it?"

"It has an owner?" Mo Yuan's smile was meaningful, his eyes filled with mockery as he looked at the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass, which thought its idea was very clever.
"I'm very curious, who exactly is the master you're talking about? Is it Dugu Bo, the first Poison Douluo to discover this place ten thousand years ago, or... that self-proclaimed aloof Sea God Tang San?"

"You! You! You! How do you know all this?! Who are you?!" The Eight-Cornered Ice Grass was so frightened by Mo Yuan's words that it stammered. If it had eyes, its eyeballs would probably have popped out of its sockets.

The other three immortal herbs reacted similarly, only regretting that they didn't have legs and couldn't turn around and run away.

Ye Guyi glanced at Mo Yuan with slight surprise, but said nothing. She was already completely used to these things, and even if Mo Yuan told her that there were gods here, she probably wouldn't have much of a reaction.

“I have no interest in playing these puzzle games with you. Right now, you’d better do nothing, and maybe you’ll be lucky enough to save your lives.”

Mo Yuan said coldly, "Otherwise, I wouldn't mind erasing you from the world forever. After all, you're all like leeks; you'll grow back after you're cut, won't you?"

(End of this chapter)