Bibi Dong was indeed good at seizing opportunities. Yang Yunhai thought to himself, then asked knowingly, "Teacher, do you have a grudge against Senior Dugu?"
"It's not exactly a deep grudge," Chrysanthemum Douluo thought for a moment before replying. "Back in the day, his son was gravely ill and near death. To save him, he scoured the entire continent for medical prescriptions and rare herbs, reaching the point of desperately trying anything."
"At that time, I had already become a Titled Douluo, famous in the soul master world. I loved flowers, enjoyed collecting rare plants, and understood pharmacology. These personal hobbies gradually became known to others."
"Then somehow, that guy found out."
"To be fair, he was pitiful. He spent everything he had to save his son, ending up penniless. Back then, he hadn't yet broken through to the Titled Douluo rank,only a Contra. He had nothing of value on him, and his strength was a level lower. Naturally, he knew he couldn't afford to hire me. Moreover, his obsession with medical prescriptions and rare herbs had reached a crazed level, and he would do anything to obtain them."
"So, I guess he eventually felt there was no other way and decided to break in and steal from me."
"And of course, I caught him."
"You should have seen it,my medicine garden looked like it had been dug up by a pack of dogs, my home was a complete mess, and I was almost so furious I passed out on the spot. After doing something like that, there was no way I was going to let him go, so I chased him down and gave him a good beating. Of course, I didn't go for the kill,otherwise, how could a Contra have possibly escaped from a Titled Douluo like me?"
"The only reason I let him go was because I had heard his story. Seeing his pitiful state, and knowing everything he did was for his son, I found it somewhat understandable."
"But from then on, the grudge was set."
"That guy is petty to the extreme, narrow-minded, and has a filthy mouth. Every time he sees me, he starts spewing insults, so whenever we meet, we fight."
"But I must say, after becoming a Titled Douluo, his ability to escape has really improved. Every time he realizes he can't win, he runs away, only to come back later to bother me again,like a persistent piece of dogskin plaster."
"In short, that old man is extremely annoying. Just seeing him puts me in a bad mood!"
Your story really is melodramatic. If one of you were the opposite gender, in our previous life, it could definitely have been turned into a love-hate idol drama. Yang Yunhai nodded slightly and said, "Since it's not a deep grudge, I think turning hostility into friendship wouldn't be a bad thing."
"A Titled Douluo with poison-based area attacks on a battlefield is worth an entire army."
"The reason I initially approached Dugu Yan and worked hard to find a cure for her wasn't only to get close to Dugu Bo and seek his protection. I also wanted to draw him over to the Spirit Hall." He put on a look of utter devotion to the cause.
"And after spending some time with him, I think Senior Dugu is actually a decent person," Yang Yunhai continued. "Though petty, he's fair in matters of gratitude and resentment, and he values loyalty. Today, when he invited me as a guest, his granddaughter mentioned traveling with the team to other main city Great Spirit Arenas for the tournament. He even offered to secretly accompany us to ensure my safety."
"Teacher, you also know that because of the Yu Tianheng incident, I've essentially offended the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"Otherwise, do you think I'd be here trying to reconcile with him on the Pope's orders?" Chrysanthemum Douluo curled his lip.
"If it weren't for the fact that I can't conveniently stay by your side to protect you, and that he at least knows how to repay kindness, I wouldn't have bothered coming to deal with him."
"Thank you for your effort, Teacher," Yang Yunhai said immediately.
Chrysanthemum Douluo waved a hand. "Alright, alright. Annoying as it is, it's better than having him stick to me like glue all the time."
"With this matter settled, I can avoid seeing him altogether."
"You're right, Teacher." Yang Yunhai smiled, then changed the subject. "But you don't have to feel like you lost out. In curing him this time, I've already gotten something valuable back for you. You don't know this, but Dugu Bo has several immortal-grade plants, though he doesn't recognize them."
"What?!" Chrysanthemum Douluo's eyes widened in shock, his voice trembling slightly.
"So, did you bring all of them back?"
"Not all. Dugu Bo specializes in poison, so most of the immortal plants he found are highly toxic,useless to me. Maybe he came across some non-toxic ones during his search, but unfortunately, not knowing what they were, he probably ignored them. Otherwise, I couldn't have used the excuse of needing medicine to get them from him this time." Yang Yunhai shook his head, then smiled.
"But there's one that's perfect for you."
As he spoke, he reached for the sachet at his waist, and a purple flower appeared in his palm, glowing with a mystical aura.
Chrysanthemum Douluo's eyes went wide, and he blurted out instinctively, "The Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum!"
A second later, he snapped his mouth shut and glanced around cautiously, like a thief guarding treasure.
"I'm guessing Dugu Bo recognized this immortal plant because he's seen your martial soul before. Unfortunately, he didn't know its properties or how to use it, so he kept it with him all this time," Yang Yunhai said with a smile. "Teacher, you'd better put it away."
"Yes, yes." Chrysanthemum Douluo quickly suppressed his excitement, carefully took the flower, and with a wave of his hand, stored it in his soul tool.
As a flower lover who collected rare plants, he naturally carried a soul tool capable of storing living things.
The next moment, Yang Yunhai pulled out another plant,a purple-black immortal herb.
"Teacher, can this one be used by Uncle-Master?"
"This is… the immortal-grade Resentful Bell Grass?!" Chrysanthemum Douluo was once again stunned, his face full of disbelief.
The Resentful Bell Grass was named for its bell-shaped fruits and usually grew in graveyards or mass burial sites. It absorbed deathly energy and resentment to grow faster, and contained corpse poison. Technically speaking, it was a poisonous herb,not particularly rare, and still findable in remote burial grounds.
But an immortal-grade Resentful Bell Grass? He had never even heard of such a thing.
Just how many corpses would it take for this plant to grow to such a level? The thought alone gave him chills.
Where on earth had Dugu Bo found it? Could it have been an ancient battlefield?
"Teacher," Yang Yunhai called softly when he saw Chrysanthemum Douluo lost in thought.
Chrysanthemum Douluo snapped out of it and nodded repeatedly. "It can be used,of course it can! No one in this world is more suited to it than your Uncle-Master. If he uses a special secret method to consume the fruit and absorb its unique medicinal power, his martial soul's quality will definitely rise another level."
Yang Yunhai finally smiled.
"That's good. I thought it would suit his Ghostly martial soul, which relates to death and resentment, so I took it from Dugu Bo under the pretext of medical treatment. Teacher, here,take it back to him."
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