The Poison Cured, Dugu Bo Condensed a Soul Core

"It's fine. I trust you."

Dugu Bo waved a hand. "In that case, I'm also willing to serve you. Once I come out of seclusion, I'll be sure to reward you generously."

"As for the danger to my life? I didn't have many years left to live anyway. Losing another year or two won't make much difference."

"Then let's go. I'll take you to the cultivation room." Lin Chen waved to Dugu Bo and led him there.

Inside the cultivation room.

Xue Qinghe had specifically made this cultivation room available after hearing that Lin Chen was going to cure Dugu Bo's poison. It was the finest cultivation room in the entire Crown Prince's Residence.

"Are you ready?" Lin Chen looked at Dugu Bo, who sat cross-legged on the floor beside him, a serious look flashing in his eyes.

After all, witnessing a Titled Douluo condense a Soul Core in person would be enormously beneficial to his own future cultivation.

"I'm ready." Dugu Bo steadied his mind, then abruptly opened his eyes.

When he opened them, green light flickered in his emerald eyes. He slowly raised his right hand, and dark green Soul Power began to flow out, forming a pool of green poisonous liquid.

Because Dugu Bo had been stuck at the Titled Douluo realm for more than ten years, his control over Soul Power was exceptionally strong.

Under the firm control of his spiritual power, the Soul Power in Dugu Bo's hand gradually increased, rising to float above his palm as it slowly began to spin.

Under his control, the Soul Power began to spin faster while slowly compressing.

As it compressed, Dugu Bo gradually increased the amount of Soul Power he fed into it and, following Lin Chen's instructions, infused the toxins accumulated in his body into the Soul Power.

As more Soul Power flowed in, the liquid poisonous Soul Power in Dugu Bo's hand gradually grew viscous, spinning faster and faster.

As its rotation accelerated, the liquid Soul Power gradually turned solid, and Dugu Bo's expression grew increasingly grave.

Is the Soul Power going to turn from liquid to solid? We've finally reached the hardest step. Lin Chen marveled inwardly, concentrating even harder.

Compress, spin, compress again...

As the solid Soul Power fully took shape, a solid emerald vortex appeared before Dugu Bo.

Around the solid Soul Power, distorted patterns of light became increasingly distinct.

The tremendous suction drew in not only the Soul Power of heaven and earth, but also Dugu Bo's own Soul Power and toxins.

Time passed, second by second. Nearly half of Dugu Bo's Soul Power had fused into the solid Soul Power.

The terrifying fluctuations of Soul Power continued to intensify, and even Dugu Bo couldn't help feeling the strain. But he had spent a long time consolidating his strength at rank 91, and the Soul Power in his body could easily withstand the solid Soul Power's consumption.

Once the solid Soul Power had absorbed more than eighty percent of the Soul Power in Dugu Bo's body, its originally deep green color changed once again, turning a darker green.

Seeing this, Lin Chen knew Dugu Bo was probably all but certain to succeed. After all, the solid Soul Power had already begun to take on an attribute. Only a few final steps remained before he could condense a Soul Core.

Just as the solid Soul Power compressed to a certain point, cracks around it turned green, and a few spatial rifts flickered in and out of sight among them.

Finally, through Dugu Bo's continuous efforts, the spatial cracks on the surface of the solid Soul Power became as fine and dense as a net.

Black cracks appeared one after another, only to be devoured and absorbed by the solid Soul Power.

The solid Soul Power was spinning almost as fast as it could, and even the space around it began to warp.

It's over! Dugu Bo gave a low shout in his heart, injecting the last trace of poison and Soul Power in his body into the solid Soul Power at once.

As Dugu Bo's last Soul Power entered it, the solid Soul Power trembled slightly.

In an instant, all the space around him abruptly collapsed, centered on his body. The terrifying force of space seemed to tear him completely to pieces in an instant.

But in the very next moment, his body reassembled, and he returned to consciousness.

Dugu Bo saw that the solid Soul Power a short distance in front of him had completely collapsed into a black hole vortex.

Around the black hole, fine green ripples spread continuously, forming little green snakes.

The Soul Core had now taken shape and no longer absorbed Dugu Bo's Soul Power, instead frantically drawing in Soul Power from the air.

"Is this a Soul Core?" Dugu Bo stared at it in a daze, only for Lin Chen to abruptly interrupt him. "Hurry and absorb it! Once the Soul Core becomes unstable, all your efforts could come to nothing!"

"Got it." Dugu Bo shook his head and summoned every ounce of concentration, drawing the emerald black hole Soul Core into his dantian and merging it with his body.

The green light settled against him, and the Soul Core merged into him. Dugu Bo felt his body shudder violently.

In an instant, Dugu Bo gave off a terrifying Soul Power presence. As the vortex rushed into his dantian, he felt as if his dantian were about to be torn apart.

But Dugu Bo was no child. Enduring the agony of the deadly poison's backlash every day had long since accustomed him to so-called pain.

Just a few minutes later, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor suddenly appeared behind Dugu Bo. The giant serpent flicked its tongue and absorbed all the surrounding Soul Power into its body.

Time passed, second by second. Dugu Bo's body gradually stabilized, the green light around him slowly faded, and a black hole vortex appeared at his dantian.

"Phew... good thing it worked." Lin Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. In truth, he hadn't been completely certain he could help Dugu Bo condense a Soul Core. As long as things had turned out well, that was enough.

"All done, all done. Now I just have to wait for Dugu Bo to come out of meditation. I just don't know how long he'll be in there..." Lin Chen stretched lazily and walked out of the cultivation room.

"Is the poison-cleansing process finished?" Xue Qinghe smiled as he watched Lin Chen enter his study.

"Mm, it's done." Lin Chen nodded. "And Dugu Bo promised me he'd serve me for ten years after I cured his poison. I suppose that counts as recruiting a Titled Douluo bodyguard for the Crown Prince's Residence."

Xue Qinghe smiled and shook his head. "If Dugu Bo really does take up residence at my Crown Prince's Residence, I'm afraid I'll have to report it to Father Emperor."

Lin Chen smiled and shook his head. "In any case, I've brought him here. I'll leave the rest of the follow-up work to you, Brother Xue."

Though Xue Qinghe complained, his heart was blooming with joy. After all, he had no Titled Douluo protecting him on the surface. Now that he had Poison Douluo, some things would be much easier to handle.

With that thought, Xue Qinghe looked at Lin Chen and asked with a smile, "Are there any cultivation resources you'd like?"

"Hmm..." Lin Chen thought for a moment, then said quietly, "If possible, give me some money so I can go out and buy a few pieces of ten-thousand-year whale glue. You can absorb a piece too while we're at it, Brother Xue."