Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 53 Digging a Tunnel

Two hours later, Yang Ping'an had already arrived at the hills surrounding the poisonous miasma he had explored last time, filled with an endless longing for the core of the miasma.

Judging from the aura just now, this place should be Dugu Bo's secret medicine garden, which is also the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Only here can the real method to change one's destiny be found.

This is a hill about 500 meters high. The air is filled with a kind of heat wave, and the entire mountain seems to be shrouded in green gas, making it look very mysterious and unpredictable, as well as extremely dangerous.

Yang Ping'an was well aware that with his current strength, it was impossible for him to force his way into the poisonous miasma. There was a poison array set up by Dugu Bo himself, which would be difficult for even a Soul Douluo-level expert to break through.

But Yang Ping'an was prepared. The entire poisonous miasma was only shrouded in the air, but there was no poisonous gas underground. Surely the poisonous gas couldn't penetrate into the stone, right? Especially in some deeper places, the ground can often isolate the poisonous gas.

This is the only solution Yang Ping'an can think of at this stage: dig a tunnel from the outside to get in.

The entire hill is only 500 meters high, and even the range of the poisonous miasma is only 1,000 meters. In other words, as long as you dig a tunnel 1,000 meters long, you can almost enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye. If that doesn't work, you can just dig through the entire mountain.

If an ordinary soul master wanted to dig a tunnel in such a rocky mountain, it would be completely impossible. However, Yang Ping'an's Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear external soul bone was extremely sharp and could easily tear even stone.

Without further ado, Yang Ping'an found a relatively secluded spot and began digging a tunnel.

The dark gold bear claws were incredibly sharp; cutting through soil and stone was as easy as cutting tofu. Immediately, a pit one meter wide and two meters high appeared in the ground.

As for the cut soil and rocks, he directly used his soul power to collect them into his soul tool. For this operation, Yang Ping'an specially prepared a soul tool with a large space, a full sixty cubic meters, which was enough for him to dig a certain distance.

Each time the soul tool is about to be filled, the soil and sand inside are discarded somewhere.

Even during this process, Yang Ping'an summoned the Purple Gold Mastiff to guard the entrance of the tunnel, ready to take immediate action if it detected anything unusual.

Thanks to the unparalleled sharpness of the Dark Gold Bear Claw, the tunnel can be dug very quickly, filling the soul tool about six times per hour. That means it can dig about 180 meters per hour, and at most, it can dig through the entire tunnel in one night.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear truly lives up to its name as the Earth Ripper; its external spirit bone is extremely powerful, making it perfect for digging. If others knew that I used my Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's external spirit bone for digging tunnels, I wonder if they'd think it was a waste of a treasure?

As for the direction of the tunnel excavation, just dig along the core of this hill. Given the sheer size of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, it will definitely not be missed.

As the tunnel was dug deeper, the temperature inside rose higher and higher, which further convinced Yang Ping'an that the direction of the excavation was correct. After all, there were also Yang Springs and Yin Springs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, so the temperature would indeed be relatively higher.

Yang Ping'an worked almost non-stop for seven hours, until he finally reached the last stone after digging about 1,200 meters, which was the most difficult section to dig in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

But Yang Ping'an's spirits soared. He knew this was the final push, and as long as he didn't dig directly into the spring, there wouldn't be any major problems. However, given the spring's temperature, his current strength was simply insufficient to get close.

As the last stone was removed, a burst of light suddenly appeared in the tunnel, indicating that the entire tunnel had been completely excavated.

Emerging from the tunnel, a small hill, or rather an inverted cone-shaped valley, came into view. Waves of heat emanated from the area, along with a strong smell of sulfur.

Moreover, the entire valley is a hidden paradise. At the very edge of the valley are two springs, one red and one blue. The two springs are actually together. Although they exist alternately, they do not interfere with each other, as if they have formed a kind of balance, like the Tai Chi symbol in the past, where yin and yang are mutually generating and restraining.

Especially on the ground, although it is night now, under the moonlight, it shows all kinds of twinkling stars, as if it has infinite magic.

Although the light was dim, Yang Ping'an was more excited than ever before, because the twinkling stars were the light emitted by the immortal herbs, and this was the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye he had been dreaming of.

Thinking of this, Yang Ping'an's fatigue vanished instantly, replaced by boundless excitement.

Yang Ping'an has always been constrained by his innate soul power level. No matter how hard he cultivates, he is still much slower than those true geniuses. The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is the only place that can change his fate, and it is also the only place in the entire original work that can change his martial soul and innate soul power.

Thinking of this, Yang Ping'an forcibly suppressed his excitement and began to move on to the next step of the plan. Time was very short, and he had to make the most of every second.

Yang Ping'an was currently on the mountainside in the valley. He took out a rope from his soul tool and quickly descended to the ground.

Looking at the various herbs scattered on the ground, Yang Ping'an's eyes revealed a fierce glint, even boundless malevolence. He had been thinking about revenge and how to become stronger, and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was the key to everything.

Although Yang Ping'an had tried his best to study various books on herbs, his understanding of the immortal herbs in Douluo Continent was still very limited. The only ones he was truly familiar with were the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid and the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, which he had found in books before. But Yang Ping'an didn't think that much about it. Since he had come all this way, he absolutely could not leave empty-handed.

The entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye seemed to be filled with all sorts of medicinal herbs, many of which Yang Ping'an had seen in books, but many more were completely unfamiliar. Moreover, judging from the situation, the proportion of poisonous herbs here was probably extremely high, and it could be very dangerous if one was not careful.

However, Yang Ping'an was prepared and took out a set of armor directly from his soul tool. It was a full-body suit of armor that could cover all parts of the body. However, since it was made of sheet metal, it would make him more agile. Although it could not prevent the invasion of poisonous gas, it could prevent him from accidentally touching a certain poisonous herb during the process of collecting herbs.

In particular, this suit of armor even includes iron boots and gloves, making it completely unafraid to walk among various poisonous plants.

Once everything was ready, Yang Ping'an began digging up various medicinal herbs. In particular, Yang Ping'an prepared over a thousand jade boxes for this operation. It didn't matter if he didn't recognize the herbs; he would just dig them up first, so that no one else could benefit from them.

(End of this chapter)