55: Chapter 55 What is this now?

"Grandfather!" Dugu Yan immediately turned back, shouting with an unconvinced face, "They have already broken into our home, how can you just let it go? We clearly could rely on the power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well..."

"I said put it away!"

Dugu Bo's tone grew heavier, a trace of unquestionable majesty flashing in his vertical pupils. At the same time, he pinched her wrist unobtrusively, interrupting her.

He knew better than anyone that the Origin power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was indeed his trump card, but this power was too overbearing. Every time he used it, he had to pay a great price. Unless it was a life-or-death situation, it must never be used lightly.

Furthermore, even if he could block them for a while relying on this power, he could not stop the subsequent retaliation from Spirit Hall. If they really tore off the mask completely, it would only harm himself, Yanzi, and the child he was protecting in the end.

He turned his head to look at the group of Gui Mengguan, his tone still arrogant, but he relaxed his stance: "I agree to the conditions just now. You may choose five Immortal Plants, not one more, and leave my herb garden immediately after choosing. As for this favor that Spirit Hall owes me, I will naturally go to Spirit Hall to collect it if I have need in the future."

As soon as these words came out, Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo both breathed a sigh of relief, their tense bodies relaxing slightly.

As long as they didn't have to fight, could safely obtain the Immortal Plants, and didn't have to completely burn bridges with Dugu Bo, this was already the best result.

Anyway, the immortal treasures were right here and wouldn't run away.

Just consider it Dugu Bo watching over them.

But Dugu Yan was still full of reluctance, pouting and glaring fiercely at the crowd. Although she had retracted her snake-shaped sword Spirit, she still stood beside Dugu Bo with her arms crossed, looking furious, and muttered in a low voice: "It's clearly our stuff, why give it to them for free..."

Just then, a soft, milky voice suddenly came from the direction of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, breaking the stalemate: "Sister Yan, don't be angry, Grandfather has his own plans."

Hearing the sound, everyone looked towards the direction of the well.

They saw a small child walking over from the edge of the well where the hot and cold water met. He looked to be about six years old, a bit shorter than Alternative and the others, dressed in a loose white, blue, and red robe that made his small face look even more exquisite.

Most striking was his appearance, which was different from ordinary people.

On his forehead grew a pair of delicate little Dragon horns, the left one a translucent icy blue, and the right one a scorching crimson. Gradient patterns spread from the tips of the horns to the roots of his hair. His hair was also a gradient of red and blue, the two colors naturally blending together, hanging softly on his shoulders.

A pair of large round eyes had pupils that were also blue on the left and red on the right, like two gems embedded in his face. Despite his soft and cute appearance, there was a calmness hidden in his eyes that did not match his age, as if he were born with an inseparable connection to this World of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

He walked barefoot on the ground by the well, and wherever he stepped, a trail of intertwined ice and fire marks was left behind him, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

"Stop! Who are you?!"

Demon Subduing Douluo stepped forward instantly, shielding the four children behind him. He held his Coiling Dragon Rod horizontally in front of him, his Soul Power instantly pushed to the max, and nine spirit rings lit up simultaneously. His eyes were filled with unprecedented vigilance and shock.

Not just him, even the usually calm Thousand Jun Douluo had his expression change drastically. His Soul Power instantly formed a shield, staring fixedly at that small child.

They had lived for over a hundred years, and as ninety-seventh-level Titled Douluo, what kind of Genius or powerhouse hadn't they seen?

Yet this child before them made them feel a tremor from the marrow of their bones.

The Soul Power fluctuation on this child was minimal, not even reaching the Spirit Scholar Realm, but the Origin aura on him was terrifying to the extreme.

Half was extreme cold, half was extreme heat; two completely opposite powers that should have annihilated each other were perfectly fused on him, even resonating with the power of the heavens and earth of the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The Coiling Dragon Rod Spirit they inherited from the Dragon Clan was trembling slightly in front of this aura. That was the absolute suppression from the depths of the Bloodline Origin!

This was definitely not an ordinary person!

Alternative stood in place, not activating his Blue Silver Grass, just staring intently at the small child, his brows slightly furrowed.

He could clearly perceive that the child's aura was completely integrated with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, as if he were the Incarnation of this well. That extreme ice and fire Origin, even from dozens of meters away, caused his Soul to feel a strange palpitation.

As for Gui Mengguan, Qiangu Jue, and Oupai, looking at the red and blue child before them, their brains went blank, and the internal barrage in their minds was already densely packed.

【Gui Mengguan: I'm stunned, what is this again... There is no such person in the original work at all! Since when did Dugu Bo adopt such a child?】

【Qiangu Jue: Familiar yet strange, truly familiar yet strange! Except for the names of people and places, this World is completely different from the Douluo we know!】

【Oupai: First Dugu Bo's poison was cured, then Dugu Yan's Spirit mutated, and now a child who can manipulate the power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well has popped up... We really have no idea what this World will become in the future, or what kind of people we will encounter!】

【Gui Mengguan: This World is truly too crazy. I don't even dare to imagine those even more outrageous existences.】

The child, however, didn't care about the vigilant gazes of the crowd at all. He continued to walk slowly to Dugu Bo's side with his short legs, reached out to gently tug at his robe, and raised his head to call out softly: "Grandfather."

Dugu Bo's originally tense face softened instantly the moment he saw the child. He even bent down slightly, reached out to rub his head, and his tone carried a gentleness rarely shown even to Dugu Yan: "Dugu Long, didn't I tell you to stay in the cave? Why did you run out?"

Dugu Long—that is, Dugu Long, was the child he had picked up by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well three years ago.

When he found him, the child had just turned one year old, sitting barefoot by the hot and cold intersection of the well, not crying or making a fuss. Not only was he not hurt by the extreme power of ice and fire, but he was actually absorbing the power of the well.

Dugu Bo saw the extraordinary nature of this child at a glance, thinking he might be a creature conceived within this well, born of heaven and earth, so he adopted him and named him Dugu Long, treating him like his own grandson.

Dugu Long hugged Dugu Bo's arm, blinked those red and blue eyes, and said softly: "I heard movement outside and was worried about Grandfather and Sister Yan."

Dugu Yan also instantly put away the hostility on her face, squatted down to rub Dugu Long's head, her tone full of doting: "Dugu Long, be good. Sister is fine, just angry with this group of outsiders."

The intimate appearance of the three grandparents and grandchildren left everyone present looking at each other in dismay.

No one expected that the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, known on the continent for being aloof and ruthless, would have such a gentle side. Even less did they expect that he would have adopted such a child with a mysterious background and terrifying aura.

Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo looked at each other, seeing the gravity in each other's eyes.

They originally thought it was just a simple Immortal Plant transaction, but now that Dugu Long had appeared, the direction of things had completely exceeded their control.

Their gazes remained firmly locked on Dugu Long, and the more they looked, the tighter their brows furrowed.

Those Dragon horns, that Origin aura that resonated perfectly with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and those distinct heterochromatic pupils—none of it looked like something a normal Spirit Master should have.

Even with an extreme attribute Beast Spirit, it was absolutely impossible to merge with a treasure of heaven and earth at the age of six, let alone make their Coiling Dragon Rod Spirit, inherited from the Dragon Clan, produce a tremor from the depths of its Bloodline.

Could it be that he awakened a Divine-Grade Spirit just like the Seraphim?