"Grandfather!"
Hearing Dugu Bo's exclamation, Dugu Yan hurriedly ran out again.
Seeing the two purple spirit rings in Ye Tian's hands, her eyes widened in astonishment.
She stood frozen at the doorway.
"A Soul Grandmaster with two... two thousand-year spirit rings!"
As Dugu Yan's voice fell, the spirit rings in Ye Tian's hands began to flicker continuously.
With a single move, his energy was completely drained.
Over twenty Bright Soul Nourishing Pills and more than twenty Marrow Cleansing Pills materialized in Ye Tian's palms respectively.
The Flawless Primordial Core Martial Soul retracted inward, and the two astonishing purple spirit rings dissipated, leaving only a faint mist of pill fragrance surrounding Ye Tian.
Under Jin Yue'er's reluctant and greedy gaze, he stepped forward with a smile and offered the pills.
"Senior Dugu, feed both these pills to your son simultaneously. I believe they will have miraculous effects. Once we see results, we'll set off for the depths of Sunset Forest."
The corners of Ye Tian's mouth lifted slightly, his tone growing more meaningful as he spoke.
He even directly pointed out that the medicine garden was located deep within Sunset Forest!
"!!!"
Dugu Bo, who had just regained his composure, froze again momentarily before quickly understanding the deeper meaning in Ye Tian's words—this was a warning not to play any tricks. Otherwise, even without their Dugu Family, they could still easily locate that medicine garden!
Dugu Bo didn't doubt this in the slightest.
Although the medicine garden was situated at the center of Sunset Forest and protected by his Serpentine Venom Array, for someone of His Excellency's caliber before him, these were trivial matters.
If Golden Crocodile Douluo merely stamped his foot, the Serpentine Venom Array he had set up would likely crumble to dust.
"Senior, the serpent venom backlash cannot be delayed."
Ye Tian spoke again.
"!"
Dugu Bo's heart trembled, finally coming to his senses as he reached out to receive the pills.
"Thank you, young friend. I'll go try them immediately!"
In the face of absolute power, schemes and tricks had become completely unnecessary.
Without any suspicion, Dugu Bo immediately took the two types of pills given by Ye Tian and headed into the room.
He didn't forget to call out to the stunned Dugu Yan.
"Yan Yan, come in quickly..."
"Ah, Grandfather, coming."
Dugu Yan's eyes reflected Ye Tian's image as she turned back repeatedly with astonishment, taking three glances for every step.
She couldn't understand how the person before her had accomplished this!
Soon, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan temporarily disappeared from Ye Tian's sight.
When Ye Tian mentioned the depths of Sunset Forest, it wasn't just Dugu Bo who was surprised—Qian Renxue was equally astonished.
She moved closer to Ye Tian and tugged at his sleeve.
Ye Tian immediately turned to look at her.
Qian Renxue took the opportunity to ask, "Ye Tian, did you already know where the immortal herbs were?"
"Exactly."
Ye Tian smiled and nodded.
Jin Yue'er, holding Ye Tian's arm while wiping drool from the corner of her mouth, tilted her head and asked, "Then why did we still..."
"Why did we still come to the Dugu Family, right?"
Ye Tian smiled, giving a sidelong glance at the drooling Jin Yue'er as he took out a ten-pill container of Marrow Cleansing Pills from his Soul Guidance Device and handed it over, explaining:
"Did you forget what I said?"
"What force wouldn't want an additional Titled Douluo? Coming here was just incidental."
If others didn't understand, how could Ye Tian not understand?
After Dugu Bo broke through to become a Titled Douluo, he could completely be described as a nuclear-level strategic deterrent weapon!
Ye Tian even suspected that...
In the current era of the Douluo Continent,
After Dugu Bo truly revealed himself and committed the crime of massacring a city,
it once again sounded the death knell for the Dugu Family!
If it were just cold, unfeeling weapons, that would be one thing—they could be completely controlled.
But Soul Masters are living, breathing people!
They cannot be fully controlled.
When a Soul Master possesses the power to annihilate everyone within a territory except for a limited few individuals in an instant,
it is destined that this Soul Master and their family will become targets of public criticism!
Regardless of friend or foe,
no one knows whose head this sharp sword will fall upon first.
The only way to ensure the safety of both sides
is to completely eradicate the person with such ability and their family!
Dugu Bo did render great service to the Sea God,
but the descendants of the Dugu Family, especially those who awaken the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Spirit,
will likely face endless suppression and even pursuit for a long time to come.
This will continue until
the era arrives when the power to massacre a city is no longer rare.
Although this is just personal speculation,
Ye Tian felt that if he were in a position of power,
in this era, existences like Dugu Bo naturally could not be allowed to remain!
Of course,
the current Dugu Bo is an exception,
since despite his eccentric personality, he is still someone who repays kindness.
Before he actually attempts anything,
the massacre is merely a rumor.
Ye Tian believed that he would never let Dugu Bo use that move one day.
He was no ruthless executioner.
"So it was just incidental!"
Jin Yue'er nodded in sudden understanding,
but then, thinking about how Dugu Bo seemed to look down on her, she became sulky again.
Qian Renxue nodded slightly and asked again:
"Then how did you know that Dugu Xin was poisoned?"
"Hair color, eye color... understanding of poison."
Ye Tian replied calmly.
He directly copied Tang San's method of judgment.
According to Tang San, green-haired, green-eyed individuals did not exist on the continent.
Except for the Dugu Family...
Although this claim was outrageous, Ye Tian truly hadn't seen any other green-haired people.
It could barely serve as a perfunctory excuse.
"Hair color and eye color?"
Qian Renxue didn't quite understand but was impressed.
Meanwhile, Golden Crocodile Douluo frowned suddenly upon hearing Ye Tian's words.
"But kid..."
"According to your judgment method, doesn't that mean Dugu Bo is also poisoned?"
Hearing this,
Qian Renxue's eyes lit up, and she immediately looked at Ye Tian again.
Unexpectedly, Ye Tian actually nodded.
"Your Excellency is correct."
"What?!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo's brows furrowed tightly.
Ye Tian continued:
"Not only are they poisoned, but even that little girl is poisoned! They've been poisoned since they were in the womb! During their cultivation, they could be backfired by the serpent venom in their bodies at any time and die suddenly!"
"How could this be?"
Qian Renxue was shocked, while Jin Yue'er's slight gloom instantly dissipated.
"No wonder!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo suddenly understood at this moment.
"No wonder the Soul Masters of the Dugu Family always suddenly disappear, followed by news of their deaths. In that case, it's already a miracle that they were born smoothly."
"Ye Tian, why is this happening?"
At this moment,
Jin Yue'er couldn't help but feel deep sympathy and pity in her heart.
Especially for that well-behaved Dugu Yan...
She seemed to see another version of herself in this world.
"Martial Soul defect..."
Ye Tian merely uttered these four simple words.
"It seems Dugu Bo's cultivation to this level truly came with its own opportunities."
Golden Crocodile Douluo sighed with emotion.
Special Martial Soul defects like this were actually quite common in the Soul Master Realm.
The most famous example was the world's number one support-type Martial Soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda! Due to its Martial Soul limitations, its cultivation limit was only the seventy-ninth rank Soul Saint.
Another example was the Nine Heart Begonia, another support-type Martial Soul that could only have two Soul Masters possessing it in the same generation. Then there was the Soul Piercing Spear, born with a black Spirit Ring, but whose cultivation ceiling was stuck at the eighty-ninth rank!
But even Golden Crocodile hadn't expected...
The Azure Phosphorous Serpent Spirit would also have such a rare 'defect disease'.
The Dugu Family truly knew how to hide their weaknesses!
Jin Yue'er, displaying rare intelligence, hugged Ye Tian's arm and asked, "So Ye Tian, are you going to cure them and then recruit them?"
"Of course."
Ye Tian smiled and tugged at Jin Yue'er's little braid.
What a kind-hearted demon pill she was.
"..."
Qian Renxue finally understood something that had been puzzling her.
A look of realization appeared on her face.
"So you mean, Ye Tian, you determined they didn't know about the Immortal Herb's effects because you saw the Dugu Family's eye color hadn't changed?"
"Exactly!"
Ye Tian nodded approvingly. This was the excuse he had initially come up with.
Having Qian Renxue say it made it even more convincing.
——
While Ye Tian and the others were talking, the screams had gradually faded away unnoticed.
In the room,
A green-eyed, green-haired man with spiky hair was half-lying on the bed, his eyes rolling back and forth, his entire body trembling and shaking uncontrollably.
"Ah~ So good~ Really good!"
"Father?"
Dugu Yan held the Pill given by Ye Tian, looking strangely at her own father
while also feeling curious about the Pill's taste.
How could it make her thirty-year-old father act like this?
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