Douluo Continent: The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda? A Soul Beast Pagoda!

Chapter 53 Sunset Forest

The three flew out of the cold spring and returned to the desolate, rocky outskirts of Dragon City.

Snow Empress removed her soul power shield, allowing Jiang Bai and Ice Empress to land.

She looked down at Jiang Bai, her icy blue eyes calm and unwavering, her voice still cold: "Where to next?"

Now that he has made the vow, Jiang Bai, as the one being protected, naturally has the right to decide the next steps of the journey.

For Xue Di, this was simply what was to be expected.

However, if the other spirit beasts in the far north were to hear her so "politely" asking a human boy for his opinion, they would probably be astonished.

Hyotei naturally understood what Yuki-tei meant.

She tilted her little face up, her golden eyes darting around. "If you ask me, why not just take him back to the core of the far north and keep him there for ten years! Anyway, Xue'er, your palace is big enough; another human brat won't take up much space. Besides, it's absolutely safe there; even human titled Douluo wouldn't dare set foot there!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Bai suddenly shivered.

Bringing it back to the core of the far north, how is that any different from going to jail?

"Well... let's forget about it." Jiang Bai quickly waved his hand, forcing a smile.

"The world is so big, I want to see it. Besides, you've been in the far north for hundreds of thousands of years, don't you want to see the other landscapes on the continent?"

He paused, then continued, "Ten years is nothing more than a period of seclusion or a nap for you two seniors. How about you accompany me on a tour of the continent, to see the different customs and cultures?"

Hyotei blinked and looked at Yuki-tei.

Xue Di remained silent for a moment.

She has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, spending most of her time sleeping or cultivating in the far north, and thus knows very little about the outside world.

If one has ten years to both fulfill their vow and observe the human world, it doesn't seem like a bad thing.

Moreover, with the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, both she and the Ice Emperor have hope of breaking through their cultivation bottlenecks, so there is indeed no need to rush into seclusion immediately.

"Okay." Xue Di nodded slightly, which was considered as agreeing to Jiang Bai's suggestion.

"Let's move on to Sunset Forest next."

"Sunset Forest?" Ice Emperor tilted her head. "Isn't that another gathering place for spirit beasts? What are you going there for? Didn't you just acquire your fourth spirit ring?"

"Find a place," Jiang Bai said without going into details, "a very special place."

Xue Di didn't ask any further questions.

She reached out and grabbed Jiang Bai's shoulder very gently, and then her whole body slowly floated up.

"Give directions."

Jiang Bai quickly pointed southeast: "It's roughly over there. I'll describe the features in more detail when we get closer."

Xue Di nodded, her soul power surging, ready to take Jiang Bai into the air.

"Wait! Xue'er, wait for me!"

Hyotei was jumping up and down in a panic. Yuki-tei had actually forgotten to bring her along!

Snow Empress paused, as if she had just remembered Ice Empress.

She glanced back, then gently beckoned with her other hand, and a surge of gentle soul power lifted Hyotei up and pulled her to her side.

Hyotei was finally satisfied. She hugged Yuki-tei's arm tightly and raised her chin at Jiang Bai in a show of defiance.

Jiang Bai: "————"

The next moment, Xue Di transformed into a pale blue streak of light, soaring into the sky and flying swiftly towards the southeast.

One day later, at the edge of Sunset Forest.

A pale blue streak of light swept across the northern horizon and slowly descended on a gentle hillside on the outskirts of the forest.

The light subsided, revealing the figures of Xue Di, Jiang Bai, and Bing Di.

The Sunset Forest is completely different from the far north and the frozen forest.

The climate here is mild, the trees are lush, and the air is filled with the mixed scents of soil, decaying leaves, and flowers.

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Hyotei looked around curiously.

Sunset Forest is much smaller than Star Dou Great Forest, and the overall strength of its soul beasts is also a level weaker. But precisely because of this, there are more traces of human activity here, and many mid- to low-level soul masters choose to come here to hunt for soul rings.

"Jiang Bai, what exactly are you looking for?" Hyotei couldn't help but ask again, "What special place could there be in Sunset Forest?"

Jiang Bai did not answer directly, but looked at Xue Di: "Xue Di, use your spiritual power to investigate whether there is any area in this forest that is mountainous and filled with strong poisonous gas."

"Poison gas?" Xue Di frowned slightly. She wasn't familiar with poison, but with her cultivation level and mental strength, it wasn't difficult for her to probe areas with such obvious characteristics.

She closed her eyes, and a vast spiritual power, like invisible ripples, spread outwards from her.

A moment later, Xue Di opened her eyes.

"Found it."

She pointed deep into the forest, "About eighty miles to the southeast, there is a valley surrounded by mountains. The valley is shrouded in a thick, dark green poisonous miasma."

Jiang Bai was overjoyed.

"Let's go over there!"

Snow Empress nodded and took flight again with the two of them.

Soon, a range of mountains came into view.

The mountain is not high, but the vegetation is lush.

Surrounded by mountains, one can vaguely see an area shrouded in dark green mist.

The fog condensed and did not dissipate, like an inverted bowl, completely enveloping the valley and obscuring the view inside.

Xue Di landed at a relatively flat spot on the mountaintop.

This place is located just above the edge of the poisonous miasma area, offering a panoramic view of the entire valley.

Jiang Bai walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down.

The sight before him made him gasp for breath.

It was a bottomless, inverted cone-shaped ravine.

The mountaintop they were on was just the edge of a ravine, hundreds of meters below.

White, hot steam with a sulfurous smell rose from the bottom of the valley.

Through the misty vapor, one can vaguely see an oval-shaped pool at the bottom of the valley.

The pool is not large, about fifty meters in diameter, but strangely, the water displays two completely different colors.

Half of it is milky white, and the other half is vermilion.

The two colors of spring water are in the same pool, yet they are clearly distinct, as if there is an invisible boundary between them, neither infringing on the other, and always maintaining their own territory.

At the dividing line, milky white and vermilion collide and blend, evaporating a richer, strange vapor that is a mixture of the two colors.

The Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire!

A place where the essence of heaven and earth gathers, one of the three great treasure basins!

Jiang Bai's heart pounded violently. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still deeply shocked to see this amazing sight in person.

"This is—" Hyotei was also stunned.

She had lived so long and seen countless wonders, but this was the first time she had ever witnessed such a scene of ice and fire coexisting, extreme opposition yet harmonious unity.

She could clearly sense how pure and terrifying the ice and fire power contained in that pool of water was!

A hint of surprise flashed in Xue Di's icy blue eyes.

"The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire," Jiang Bai took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement, "is one of the three great treasure basins of heaven and earth. It gathers the ultimate power of ice and fire, with yin and yang in balance, making it an excellent place to nurture rare and precious materials."

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