On the road toward Sunset Forest, Wu Ling thought back to what Rose had said.
"Main Body, you can rely on Ember and the others to share the burden and absorb a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring the way you did before, but absorbing a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring will also cause a qualitative transformation like absorbing a ten-thousand-year ring did. With my ability, I can make that little influence almost negligible. But just in case, it is better for you to do it yourself."
"Of course, we definitely have to go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There are so many good things there. Taking them costs nothing. Even wasting them would be better than leaving them for Tang San, right?"
After Wu Ling arrived at Sunset Forest, he discovered that Sunset Forest was not small. It only seemed much smaller when compared with Star Soul Forest.
Wu Ling did not know the exact location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Its location was never described precisely in the original work. But with the environmental information Rose provided, plus a carpet search by Wu Ling and two Titled Sages, they finally found that treasure land surrounded by mountains on the morning of the third day.
"Grandpa Ghost, Grandpa Yue, this is the antidote."
Before entering, Wu Ling handed Rose's antidote to Ghost Sage and Chrysanthemum Sage. As Titled Sages, the two of them were not afraid of an ordinary poison like this, but caution was always better.
They understood that as well, so after taking the pills, they swallowed them without another word.
After taking the antidote, the three passed through the poison array and officially entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
The moment they entered, Yue Guan's body trembled. Then his Martial Soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, manifested on its own under his shocked gaze.
"Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. There is actually a wild Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum here! And my Spirit Power is circulating twice as fast as outside!"
Yue Guan pressed down his shock, withdrew his Martial Soul, and looked around. Spirit herbs filled his vision. "This place really is the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. If I had found this place earlier, breaking through level ninety-five would have been easy."
"I truly do not know how that fellow Erasmus Graves discovered this place. He has such a treasure land and is still only level ninety-one. Letting him use it is such a waste!"
Wu Ling turned his head and smiled in reassurance. "All right, Grandpa Yue. It is not too late now, is it? But I will need help from both grandpas."
Yue Guan and Ghost exchanged a look, then nodded with perfect tacit understanding. In the next second, the pressure of two Titled Sages erupted from them. Countless birds and beasts fled in terror.
Wu Ling sensed a powerful aura appear from deep inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It was rapidly approaching. He smiled and called out, "Erasmus Graves, Spirit Hall has come to bring warmth!"
In less than a minute, a green figure appeared before the three of them.
Erasmus Graves looked solemnly at the three uninvited guests. "Chrysanthemum, Ghost, and... the Supreme Pontiff's disciple?"
Wu Ling was not surprised that Erasmus Graves recognized him. After all, he kept a low profile, but he was not deliberately hiding himself. On top of that, he had previously been invited by Aurelia in her Xue Qinghe disguise. If his identity could still remain hidden after all that, Wu Ling would have to reevaluate the average brain capacity of people on Soul Land.
"What are Spirit Hall's people doing here?"
At Erasmus Graves's question, Yue Guan and Ghost looked toward Wu Ling at the same time. Their movement clearly showed that Wu Ling was the one in charge, and this made Erasmus Graves slightly surprised. Yue Guan and Ghost had moved too smoothly, as if looking toward Wu Ling had become instinct. That was not something the status of Supreme Pontiff's disciple alone could make two Titled Sages do.
Thinking of that, Erasmus Graves gave Wu Ling a few more points of weight in his mind. Only then did he truly look at this younger generation member who seemed easy enough for him to kill.
"Senior Erasmus Graves, as I said just now, we have only come to bring warmth."
Erasmus Graves laughed disdainfully. "Hmph. If you wanted to bring warmth, you could have gone to Polaris to find me. Did you really have to come here? And with two Titled Sages?"
As he spoke, Erasmus Graves watched the two people behind Wu Ling with alert eyes.
He and Chrysanthemum Sage Yue Guan were old enemies. Whenever they fought in the past, Yue Guan always beat him into a miserable state. If not for his lethal poison, Yue Guan might have killed him long ago. And now there was also Ghost Sage, whose strength was no weaker than Chrysanthemum Sage's.
"Oh, that? Mainly because we have come to take over this place. We need people here to hold the field, do we not?" Wu Ling shrugged, casually saying words that could make Erasmus Graves explode in rage.
After all, Erasmus Graves had survived until now by relying on the medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. For Wu Ling to say he wanted to take over this place was practically the same as telling Erasmus Graves to die.
"You brat, do not think those two Titled Sages can protect you. It is true that I cannot beat them, but if I gamble with my life, I can still poison you to death before I die!"
Facing Erasmus Graves, who looked ready to charge at any moment, Wu Ling waved casually. "Relax, Erasmus Graves. I already said we came to bring warmth, so of course we will not take it for free."
Hearing that there was still room in Wu Ling's words, Erasmus Graves gradually calmed down. But to guard against a sneak attack from the two Titled Sages behind Wu Ling, he did not fully relax.
"Hmph. Although I hate to admit it, Chrysanthemum knows more spirit herbs than I do. You can ask him how much it would cost to exchange fairly for this place. Can your Spirit Hall afford it?"
Wu Ling smiled easily. "No, no, no. It seems Senior Erasmus Graves still does not understand what a win-win deal means."
Then Wu Ling's expression gradually turned serious. In a faintly cold voice, he explained, "Erasmus Graves, calling you senior is already giving you face. I cannot be bothered to dance around the subject, so I will say it directly. I will cure the poison inside your body. In exchange, this place belongs to us."
Erasmus Graves froze in shock. No one in the world besides himself should have known about the poison in his body. How did this person, someone he had only met once, know?
Although the fact that Wu Ling knew about his poisoning made him believe three-tenths of it, he still pretended to scoff. "Ridiculous. I, Poison Sage, have roamed the Spirit Master world for over seventy years. Only I poison others. What poison could possibly poison me?"
"Your ribs go numb on rainy days, do they not?" As Wu Ling spoke, Erasmus Graves's expression stiffened slightly.
"And it flares up once at noon and once at midnight. Every midnight, your whole body feels as if needles are stabbing into it. The agony lasts at least half an hour. Erasmus Graves, am I right?"
Erasmus Graves did not admit it, but Ghost and Yue Guan still read the answer from his expression.
Yue Guan immediately mocked him. "No way, Little Poison. You are the Poison Sage, and you actually poisoned yourself?"