Old Poison's Garden

Xue Long returned to his training in the morning after being questioned/snuggled by Qian Renxue the whole day and late into the evening.

While the core construction he already knew, the hard part was that these cores have to be with elements themselves.

This means that he needs to be in an area where these elements are extremely potent.

So it should be extremely easy to get the elemental core of air right?

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"Yeah…no…guess I will go with Earth then…" As he thought with a sigh. He decided to make an elemental core of the most boring element first.

Sure enough, he took the standing meditation stance first and started to gather the energy between his arms.

Though the process was far longer than he originally did with the regular core.

If not for the Heaven and Earth meditation technique he could most likely only do this when he is much stronger, the Heaven and Earth energies make such core construction possible since the energy itself is 'heavier' in a sense.

And so… around a couple of days later. He was finally done.

*Sigh*

With a sigh escaping from his lips Xue Long looked at his hand. 

Then he looked around. And took a step. He nearly instantaneously crossed a much longer distance than usual.

'Earth Shrinking… convenient… I don't need to use the stance to do it… or is it because I know, the stance, and with earth attribute, I can cross it much faster?'

Thinking about this he then walked in front of the mannequin and punched it with a casual dragon-style clawed palm strike.

There was a thud sound as his hand just went through the mannequin like it was butter.

'Heaviness as well… fascinating… I am going to need to re-work and adjust to this.

Though for other cores… I am going need to visit Old Poisons garden.' Xue Long thought about it as he looked around. 

He noticed Qian Renxue sleeping under a tree while hugging The Golden Lion. 

It appears she was waiting for him, though she was the one who has fallen asleep…

A small smile appeared on his face as he saw this. He walked over to her.

The lioness already noticed him. Xue Long motioned for her to be quiet. As he picked his fiance up and started to take her inside. 

While the whole time Tang Wutong looked with a forced smile. She wanted this kind of stuff to happen to her as well!

~~~~~~Later~~~~~~

"Little Monster, I STILL can't form those cores! How on Earth do you do them? I know the general idea of compressing the energy into a single point but I simply can't hold it." Dugu Bo said that with an annoyed sigh. He has been wasting time like this for weeks now.

He thought that he has reached Rank 93 and he should be able to do it… but… the core always dissolves for him.

"One's cultivation pressure is what holds it together, one should be able to do it around Rank 95. Though the way I am doing this is Heaven and Earth energies convergence around my hands." As Xue Long said that he took the stance and showed his hands.

"The energies converge in my hands and I simply start compress it. The way convergence work is that it doesn't allow the dissolution of the energies." He explained to the Old Poison.

"...I see… so it wasn't just random stance you are doing."

For a second he looked at the old man as if he is an idiot.

"Of course not. Its symbolism, the Spirit Energy reacts to people's intention and the symbolism behind it. The more prominent it is, the more people believe it, and the stronger it is. 

You forget that person can become a God from many people believing in a single person." Xue Long explained to the Poison Douluo who had a slightly raised eyebrow.

"They do? You can become God if people believe in you?" This was the most shocking discovery for this old man.

"Yes. The Sea God is the best example of it." 

"How do you even know that?"

"I read books." 

This made Dugu Bo deadpan for a bit. Though he didn't pick up any sort of lie from this kid. He said the truth… though maybe his lie-detecting skills need some work. Because it's hard for him to believe that.

"Yes, anyway. Let me help you with that core." 

And so, Xue Long instructed the Old Poison how to activate and hold the energy convergence between his hands.

To help him even further he activated his Cultivation domain and made sure the energies descend on him instead of the Crown Prince.

This was another trick he has picked up.

Though he wanted to test another thing…

Now that he had Earth Core he sensed… more of Earth Attribute energies in the domain…

'If I can finish the cores… I most likely advance to the next stage of the Heaven and Earth Meditation. Earth and Air, Fire and Water, Light and Darkness… all these… there is certain synergy…' 

Sure enough, he continued to guide the old man in the convergence and how to compress…

~~~

A couple of days later Dugu Bo was done with it. His power took a significant leap forward. With the Snake style, he is working on he should be a proper powerhouse in a few years.

"Old Poison. You have seen the continent quite a bit. Do you know places where elements are quite prominent? Like an extremely windy place or some sort of fiery place?" 

"...Hmm… I could take you to my garden there is a well which emits fire and ice. The pressure there is tremendous. It could help you with what you want.

'The well… of course! Fuck! How did I forget about those two dragon corpses!'

Xue Long wanted to slap himself hard for forgetting that place!

"Good. Then take me to that garden it's about time I see it. It has been some time since you mentioned it."

"Yes, I suppose it's about time. You might find something of interest there." Dugu Bo said that while standing up. He was feeling more powerful than ever.

'You have no idea, old man.' 

Xue Long snorted internally if only this old man knew about those immortal herbs. He would have never spoken about them to anyone. Or even needed anyone's help to fix his poison.

~~~

After telling to Qian Renxue that he is leaving for a few days… of course, he needed to persuade her that he is leaving for a short amount of time.

Thankfully she caved in quite fast. Otherwise, he would have used a trump card he was withholding. The one where she left him for two weeks. Though he didn't need to…

The flight to Sunset Forest was a short one. Both of them were quite fast and the journey only lasted a few hours. 

"It's down there." Dugu Bo pointed at a crater. 

"Old man… doesn't it look strange to you? This is a crater… do you think someone slammed into this place long ago?"  Xue Long said that as he looked around. 

That's one big crater… those dragons had quite a bit of size to them…

"...Now that you mentioned it… this does look like a crater. A very big one too." The poison Douluo said that as he looked around from different kind of angles at his place.

"Well, doesn't matter now. Follow me." 

Sure enough, the pair dropped in. The first thing Xue Long felt was humidity was on a completely different level. The vegetation was tropical. It was like those places where the biome was completely different because of how closed up it was from other places.

Though he quickly found those immortal herbs…

"Old man… do you even know what these plants are?" The Crown Prince said that as he walked over and inspected them.

"No idea. Only I know that they are fancy." 

Hearing that he looked at him with disbelief.

"These are Immortal Herbs. Any one of them would make Spirit Master into top-class expert. The difference at this point is which one should be consumed to get the best benefits."

"Y-You serious?"

"I am, Xue'er got me a copy of Chrysanthemum Douluo's book on Immortal Herbs. This place has quite a bit of them."

"...This…"

"If we are to use my Heaven and Earth Meditation…and then take seed from these plants… we could have a farm of Immortal Herbs. With such a Garden, my Academy could become a true Powerhouse of this Continent."

"...Though I can see that you are conflicted. Let me explain how this works."

And so Xue Long explained how one should only consume one, sometimes two tops of these Herbs otherwise if they consume more it count damage their talent and foundation.

So, it has quite relaxed the old man…

"Hmm… I suppose I can agree with this. Though only if you find the best herbs for me and Yanyan the rest you can turn them into the garden you wanted to." 

Dugu Bo agreed to him quite easily. The old man trusts the Crown Prince quite a bit by this point.

"The best part old man is that while Immortal Herbs are only a one-time thing. The rest can be specifically prepared and used more often. Like specifically prepared nutrition meals." Xue Long said that as he remembered special nutrition shakes from his previous life.

"The issue with that is that the herbs need to be taken care of and raised in a proper garden."

He explained the downside.

"I suppose I could build a manor not far from this place." He said with a thoughtful look as he looked around. Already imagining a summer home in this place.

"...Sigh… we going to do as you say. Now lets me show you where that well is." The Poison Douluo could only sigh how the Prince quickly found out the way the best way to milk everything out of this place.

~~~

As Xue Long was following Dugu Bo he could feel a slowly growing hum in the back of his mind. It reminds him of dragon echoes. 

Similar to his Golden Dragon King one.

'The Water and Fire Dragon Kings… there is a resonance… between me and them… I wonder…' 

A few moments later the Old Poison pointed at the well some distance away.

"Even at my current stage, the pressure it emits is difficult for me to get close to it."

"Hmm… it has polarising effect. Two effects to be exact one from ice and another one from fire…" 

The prince said that from what he has felt. The old poison nodded to him. He already knew that himself.

"Let me saturate this place with heaven and earth energies for you before I start the core creation."

"!?"

"Not singular? Little monster! How many cores you are making!?" 

"A core for each element. Already have one for earth."

The prince's explanation made the Poison Douluo out of words… he had issues with one creation now this kid has already two… and he is not even twelve… most of children his age only prepare to attend academies but he is already considered one of the continents strongest experts…

"Where do you even store that many of them? From my understanding, one could only have three…"

"The Symbol of Heaven and Earth. The Yin and Yang. It allows me to store cores for the elements. Like collections needed to be collected before I can advance to the next realm of this meditation."

As Xue Long said that he activated the domain of cultivation.

And his new affinity towards earth has sensed something deep below…

'Those are…'

The Crown Prince just sensed something deep in the well. In what sense were… sources of these two energies. And something much more…

'I see… this is a great opportunity… if I do this right… I would gain huge benefits!!!'

With a new goal in mind Xue Long started to empower the place with the Heaven and Earth energies.

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