Chapter 54: The Lovely Dugu Yan and the Socially Anxious Ye Lingling!
If it weren't for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Hu Bai's help, he wouldn't know how long he could survive. Yan Yan had only awakened her Martial Soul less than a year ago.
Her hair hadn't turned green like his, but as her strength increased, if she couldn't control it, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison within her body would backfire.
This was a very contradictory point.
His father told him that perhaps after cultivating to the Titled Douluo level, there would be a way to solve this problem.
However, the higher the cultivation, the stronger the toxins in the body, making it impossible to live to the Titled Douluo level.
Furthermore, there was one point: if one engaged in intimacy with someone who possessed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, the other person, regardless of gender, would also contract this toxin.
If the other party were powerful, that would be fine; they would be able to suppress it.
But if the other party's strength was only similar to Yan Yan's, then they would die young.
At the same level, without special means, anyone poisoned by the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Origin toxin would sooner or later die, not to mention in such proximity.
Dugu Bo stroked Yan Yan's head and picked up the pouting little girl. "Yan Yan, have you been happy at the Academy recently? Have you made any friends?"
Dugu Yan pouted and said, "Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore. Why are you still holding me like you're coaxing a child? I did meet some people at the Academy, but if I had to say who I'm close to, it's only one person. You've met that person too."
"Oh? Who is it?"
Dugu Yan said, "It's Grandpa Ye Renxin of Renxin Medical Clinic's granddaughter, Ye Lingling."
Dugu Bo thought for a moment and confirmed there was such a person. "That little girl, I have met her, but she has a cold face. How did you manage to play with her?"
The Ye family, where Ye Lingling belonged, could barely be considered a prestigious medical family.
Why barely? This was because the Nine Heart Flowering Apple Martial Soul, due to the rules of heaven and earth, was extremely rare, with at most two people in this world possessing this Martial Soul.
And the two people in the Ye family who currently possessed these two Martial Souls were Ye Renxin, the head of Renxin Medical Clinic, and his granddaughter, Ye Lingling.
Dugu Yan retorted, "I originally thought so too, but after spending some time with her at the Academy, I realized that she appears a bit colder in front of outsiders, but after getting familiar with her, her smiles increase. She's just a little socially anxious, hehe."
Dugu Bo hadn't expected that Ye Renxin's granddaughter would be socially anxious.
She saw so many people every day while staying by Ye Renxin's side.
"Then, Yan Yan, if Grandpa wants you to withdraw from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, would you be willing?" Dugu Bo also got to the point.
Dugu Yan, however, was greatly surprised. "Grandpa, why? I finally made friends here, and didn't you say before that unless something unexpected happened, we would settle down in Heaven Dou City in the future?"
To be honest, Dugu Yan didn't have much affection for Heaven Dou City, as they had only moved there a few years ago. She was reluctant to part with her friend Ye Lingling.
Seeing Dugu Yan on the verge of tears, Dugu Bo was also a bit distressed. "Yan Yan, when I went out this time, I met some people who have a way to solve the problem of the Martial Soul's residual poison backfiring. You don't want Grandpa to leave in a few years, do you?"
Dugu Yan froze, then hastily said, "Grandpa, didn't you say that your Martial Soul problem would be solved after you breakthrough to Titled Douluo? Are you going to leave me like Dad did too?"
Dugu Yan couldn't accept this fact, her voice tinged with a slight sob, which reminded her of her father's death from illness.
Dugu Bo sighed. "Silly child, that was Grandpa lying to you, just wanting you to live a happier life in the future. Now I'll tell you the truth: I suffer from the backlash every day. If I hadn't met them, perhaps I would only have a few years left to live."
"Also, Yan Yan, even if it's not for myself, I have to do it for you. You're still young now, and the Martial Soul's poison shouldn't affect you much, but once your strength reaches Soul Elder or even Soul Ancestor level, it might become like Grandpa's, and Grandpa is very worried."
"Then, then, Grandpa, can you tell me where we're going to go?" Dugu Yan accepted the fact.
"Spirit City. The two people who helped me solve our Martial Soul problem this time are from Spirit Hall. One of them is even a child, a bit younger than you, but their strength is much greater than yours, oh."
Dugu Yan immediately asked curiously. "A bit younger than me? And stronger than me? He can't possibly have Innate full soul power, can he? Also, Grandpa, you're going to join Spirit Hall?"
Facing Dugu Yan's string of questions, Dugu Bo could only patiently explain: "He indeed has Innate full soul power, and he's even been taken as a disciple by the Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall."
Dugu Yan pouted, clearly very displeased. "That person has Innate full soul power, so of course they're better than me, who only has Innate level-eight soul power. I've worked hard for several months and just barely breakthrough to level ten, and I haven't even obtained a soul ring yet."
Dugu Bo smiled. "Alright, once we go to Spirit Hall, I'll have them advise you on what kind of first soul ring would be best to obtain. And then, Grandpa has another surprise for you. But, since you're so reluctant to leave Ye Lingling, how about I go with you to Renxin Medical Clinic later and see if we can persuade them to come with us?"
Dugu Yan's eyes immediately lit up. "Can we, Grandpa?!"
Dugu Bo: "Don't expect too much. I can only say I'll try my best. Since Spirit Hall can help me resolve the Martial Soul backlash problem, maybe they also have a way for the Nine-hearted Flowering Apple Martial Soul's curse?"
"Yay! Grandpa, don't wait any longer, let's go now!" Dugu Yan said, pulling Dugu Bo out.
And as soon as they left the door, they saw someone from Prince Xue Xing's mansion hurrying over.
"Poison Douluo, Prince Xue Xing asked me to tell you that people from Spirit Hall will be coming tomorrow, and he hopes you can go to the Imperial Palace then."
Dugu Bo pretended not to know anything and asked, "Did they say why I need to go to the Imperial Palace tomorrow?"
"This humble one does not know. His Royal Highness said you would know once you go to the Imperial Palace tomorrow. Sect Master Ning of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Sword Douluo are also there."
"Understood, you may go. I will be there." Dugu Bo waved his hand.
After the person had walked away, Dugu Yan quietly said, "Grandpa, aren't you going to—"
Dugu Bo smiled and nodded. "Yes, I'm going tomorrow, but where I'm going is hard to say."
The next day.
Yue Guan brought Hu Bai and the other two to the Heaven Dou Royal Palace. Ling Yuan was still watching from the Void, and Dugu Bo hadn't arrived, presumably having entered the palace earlier.
End of Chapter