"Kid, be honest. What did you do to Yan Yan?" In the stone chamber, Dugu Bo closed the main door and interrogated Lu Feng.
Lu Feng sat on the stone stool and spread his hands. "Senior, Miss Dugu's poison suddenly flared up. My hands were tied."
"Besides, as the saying goes: a healer's heart is like a parent's. In our eyes, every patient is like our own child. Some physical contact is unavoidable," Lu Feng said seriously.
"Besides treating her illness, did you do anything else?" A glint flashed in Dugu Bo's eyes as he questioned.
Lu Feng looked at the gossipy expression on Dugu Bo's face and immediately understood what was going on.
This old geezer was definitely up to no good again.
"Absolutely nothing else!" Lu Feng said righteously.
"My name is Tang Si, and I am a gentleman!"
"Hmph, you kid!" Dugu Bo snorted lightly and did not trouble him further.
"To be honest, it would have been better if you were a few years older. I would have married Yan Yan to you, and then you would have to call me grandfather," Dugu Bo shook his head and said with feigned regret.
Just as Lu Feng was about to say something, Dugu Bo continued, "But then again, a wife three years older holds a golden brick. You, kid, have got yourself two golden bricks at once. You got a good deal."
"Ahem!"
Lu Feng coughed lightly and said, "Senior, let's discuss the matter of detoxification first. As for this matter, we can talk about it later, later."
"Hmph, you kid are actually unwilling," Dugu Bo snorted coldly. "Back then, that kid with the surname Yu from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan came to my door with gifts, and I kicked him out with one foot."
Lu Feng smiled politely and did not reply.
He did like Dugu Yan a little. He found that Dugu Yan was just a bit proud, not as aggressive as in the original work.
However, for Lu Feng, it was still too early to talk about relationships.
After all, he was still a child under the age of ten.
"Ahem!" Lu Feng cleared his throat and took out a jade box from his soul tool.
As the jade box was opened, a rich orchid fragrance immediately filled the entire room, refreshing one's mind upon smelling it.
Inside the jade box, an eight-petaled orchid lay quietly. The petals trembled slightly, and its entire body was snow-white and translucent, giving a sense of noble detachment.
"Kid, is this the herb you prepared for Yan Yan?" Dugu Bo pointed at the orchid and asked with confusion.
Lu Feng said, "This is called the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid. Its medicinal properties are gentle, but it is also one of the most potent herbs in that medicine garden."
"Senior, if I'm not mistaken, Miss Dugu's innate soul power should be around level seven, right?" Lu Feng said confidently.
"Correct. Yan Yan's innate soul power is exactly level seven," Dugu Bo said in a loud voice.
Level seven innate soul power was not common. As long as the resources were abundant and the cultivation was diligent, becoming a Soul Douluo was a sure thing.
There was even a slight chance of aiming for the Titled Douluo realm.
"What, could it be that this herb can also increase a soul master's innate soul power?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled.
"Not exactly," Lu Feng kept him in suspense and continued, "This item is mainly for strengthening the foundation and cultivating the origin. It can expel impurities from the body and is enough to make up for the problem of Miss Dugu's slow cultivation speed."
"What's more, there is also this!"
With that, Lu Feng took out another strange herb.
The rhizome and leaves of this herb were like a canopy of vines, fine and neatly combed. At the top was a golden tulip.
A rich tulip scent filled the room, giving a sense of magnificence.
Lu Feng said, "This is called the Exquisite Silk Tulip, graceful and luxurious. Consuming it allows one to absorb the essence of the heavens and the earth, the brilliance of the sun and the moon."
"Hiss~!" Hearing this, Dugu Bo immediately took a sharp breath. "And then? What's its use?"
Lu Feng rolled his eyes speechlessly. This old man doesn't understand anything.
What's with all the hissing?
"These two herbs are a pair of Mandarin Duck Immortal Herbs and have a complementary effect. The 'Nine Revolutions Transformation Dragon Pill' refined from them can not only reshape Miss Dugu's body but might also allow her martial soul to completely evolve."
"Martial soul evolution? The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor?" Dugu Bo exclaimed.
He remembered how he had been hunted, fallen off a cliff, mistakenly eaten an immortal herb, and his martial soul had evolved.
In the end, he had cultivated to become the fearsome Poison Douluo.
Lu Feng shook his head. "I don't know either."
In the original work, there were two pairs of Mandarin Duck Immortal Herbs explicitly recorded.
The first pair was the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
The second pair was the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and the Exquisite Silk Tulip, which were consumed by Oscar and Ning Rongrong respectively.
The first pair of immortal herbs could undoubtedly solve the poison in Dugu Yan's body. In the original work, after Tang San had absorbed the immortal herbs, he could help Dugu Bo detoxify with just his own blood, which showed the potency of the herbs.
Unfortunately, that pair of immortal herbs had already been eaten by Luo Wupao.
And this second pair of immortal herbs was what Lu Feng had finally chosen after much thought.
The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record naturally had records of pill refining methods.
However, in the original work, Tang San had been wary of Dugu Bo in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and had naturally not dared to openly refine pills.
According to the records of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, refining the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and the Exquisite Silk Tulip into a golden pill could allow a person to be completely transformed, even to ascend.
Lu Feng naturally did not believe in the matter of ascension.
However, the pill's effects were extraordinary. Lu Feng had casually given it the name 'Nine Revolutions Transformation Dragon Pill'.
This pill was mainly to improve Dugu Yan's aptitude and strengthen her physical strength and resilience. After consuming the pill, her body should be tempered into something like a 'Glazed Dharma Body'.
As long as her own constitution was strong enough, the poison would not affect her in the slightest.
As for the poison in her body?
Lu Feng had never thought of removing the poison.
What was the difference between a non-poisonous Jade Phosphor Serpent and a salted fish?
For a full eighty-one days, Lu Feng spent his time in the pill refining room.
This did not even include the time spent searching for other supplementary herbs.
It took Lu Feng more than half a month to get a clear idea of the herbs needed for pill refining around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Some of them were even bought from other places by Dugu Bo.
In the world of martial arts and the Douluo Continent, some herbs had different names. Lu Feng had only dared to start refining the pills after confirming them again and again.
As for the antidote concocted for Dugu Bo?
Lu Feng was much more casual.
He just used some of the muscle-relaxing and blood-circulating herbs from the medicine garden and casually wrote two prescriptions for Dugu Bo to slightly alleviate his symptoms when the poison flared up.
Of course, if Lu Feng's blood were added, just like with Tang San in the original work, the poison in Dugu Bo's body should be cured very quickly.
However, Lu Feng had kept a card up his sleeve.
What if Dugu Bo's beastly nature flared up and he caught him to drink his blood?
Lu Feng did not have a Titled Douluo for a father.
Although Dugu Bo seemed a bit improper and didn't look like a cunning person, and had even been trying to matchmake Lu Feng and Dugu Yan,
but a Titled Douluo, even if he just blew a breath, Lu Feng wouldn't be able to withstand it.
The knowledge of herbs that Lu Feng taught Dugu Bo also withheld the part about the immortal herbs. He only taught Dugu Bo how to identify and use some high-grade herbs and poisonous herbs.
Taking people's money to solve their disasters. After doing all this, Lu Feng felt he had a clear conscience.
As for whether to pursue Dugu Yan or be pursued?
That could be discussed later.
In the pill refining room.
Dugu Bo stared intently at the pill furnace before him, not daring to blink.
"Senior, slow down the soul power input and open the furnace!" Lu Feng shouted.
Dugu Bo's eyes sharpened. He sent out a stream of soul power, and the pill furnace was instantly sent flying into the air. With the circulation of his soul power, Dugu Bo controlled the pill furnace to rotate slowly, allowing it to be heated evenly.
The furnace fire gradually extinguished. The next moment, with a boom, the pill furnace landed steadily on the ground.
As the lid of the furnace was lifted, a faint white mist filled the room, swirling with auspicious fluctuations and a precious glow. The air was filled with a rich pill fragrance, which was extremely comfortable.
Just by taking a sniff of this fragrance, Dugu Bo felt his body seem to lighten a bit.
"Senior Dugu, it's a success!"
Lu Feng pointed at the few pills in the furnace and said excitedly.
A layer of white jade light covered his hands. Lu Feng carefully placed the pills into a porcelain bottle.
"Senior, according to our prior agreement, these seven pills belong to Miss Dugu. The remaining three belong to me." Lu Feng presented the seven small porcelain bottles to Dugu Bo.
"Remember, take one every three months. If you take too much at once, it will be harmful to the body."
Dugu Bo put the porcelain bottles into his soul tool. His eyes darted around, and he said, "Kid, this old man has been busy for the past three months. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard, right?"
Dugu Bo smiled, "Hehe, this old man doesn't care about what agreement or not. If there's no reward at all, don't blame this old man for being unreasonable."
Lu Feng looked at Dugu Bo speechlessly and tossed him a small porcelain bottle.
Lu Feng had long expected Dugu Bo to 'go back on his word'. After getting to know him for these few months, Lu Feng had discovered that this one was not one to suffer a loss.
"Senior, then we must agree. This one pill is for you, not as a reward. You have to trade something for it," Lu Feng said in a loud voice.
"Oh? What do you want, kid? As long as this old man can do it, even if it's climbing a mountain of blades or going through a sea of fire, I will not hesitate!"
Lu Feng glanced at him and said, "Cultivation technique manuals, secret martial arts techniques."
"What do you want those things for? This old man does have a few meditation methods, but as for those miscellaneous secret techniques, what are you going to practice them for? Don't be thinking about creating your own soul skills and delaying your soul power cultivation."
Lu Feng said casually, "You don't need to worry about that. Anyway, this is what I want."
Dugu Bo stroked his chin and thought for a moment. "This old man does know of a place that has a large collection of secret techniques."
"What place?"
"The Heaven Dou Royal Academy."