With a top-tier beast of burden or top-tier tool person arriving, Su Yu was especially delighted.
As soon as Dugu Bo showed his face, Su Yu seized his hand and held on tight, leaving Dugu Yan entirely to one side.
He could not have been more welcoming.
"Old man, we're family from now on."
"There's no need to stand on ceremony with each other."
The moment Su Yu opened his mouth, he was laying the groundwork to strip the place bare of Immortal Herbs later.
Dugu Bo was a little bewildered.
"This... this welcoming?"
To be honest, it wasn't as though Dugu Bo had never imagined how their meeting would go.
In his imagination, even if things didn't turn awkward when he and Su Yu met, they certainly wouldn't be this warm.
He knew what kind of person Su Yu was.
Su Yu acted every bit the capitalist in his daily life.
If you could bring him a corresponding benefit,
then Su Yu welcomed you.
He was willing to give you a tattoo.
But if you couldn't pay a price that satisfied Su Yu, he would roll his eyes at you and tell you to get as far away as possible.
It could be said that Su Yu was a self-interested man.
And Dugu Bo was a man with a cantankerous temperament.
When these two kinds of people met, they ought to have been as incompatible as fire and water, no matter how one looked at it.
Yet the actual outcome was far beyond Dugu Bo's expectations.
Could it be because of Yanyan?
That's why this kid is putting on such an obedient act.
Dugu Bo couldn't help letting his imagination run wild.
If that really was the case, then Dugu Bo couldn't keep putting on airs either.
"Kid Su, from now on, you're one of the Dugu Family."
"No matter what it is, as long as you ask, these old bones of mine will never refuse."
Dugu Bo patted Su Yu on the shoulder and spoke earnestly.
"Good!"
"That's exactly what I wanted to hear!"
Su Yu was secretly delighted.
Now that Dugu Bo had said as much,
he couldn't blame Su Yu if he later occupied the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well like a cuckoo taking over a magpie's nest.
After all, Dugu Bo himself had said that no matter what it was, he wouldn't refuse.
For a moment!
Su Yu and Dugu Bo got along wonderfully, like friends despite their difference in age.
Dugu Yan stared dumbfounded.
"Have they already become one family so quickly?"
Dugu Yan had been wondering how she should act as a go-between to bring the two closer.
After all, Dugu Bo's temperament was truly unpredictable, sunny one moment and overcast the next.
Whenever Dugu Bo had seen Yu Tianheng before, he had never given him a pleasant look.
She hadn't expected Su Yu and Dugu Bo to break the ice so quickly and become one family.
"It seems Brother Yu and I are a match made in heaven, destined to become one family."
Dugu Yan was delighted.
She watched Su Yu and Dugu Bo with a grin, one a loving father and the other a dutiful son.
Well... a father-in-law was a father too.
So there was nothing wrong with that description.
After chatting for a while, Dugu Bo discovered that he and Su Yu got along splendidly, and he felt they had met too late in life.
This was simply the perfect son-in-law sent by heaven.
Not only could he resolve the Dugu Family's hidden danger,
he also got along exceptionally well with Dugu Bo.
This was simply wonderful.
At last, the two got down to business.
Su Yu gave Dugu Bo a wide selection of tattoos.
There were the five poisons, as well as all kinds of venomous snakes that even he didn't recognize.
Dugu Bo's eyes watered with longing at the sight.
As the Poison Douluo,
Dugu Bo wished Su Yu could tattoo every single one of them on his body.
If that were possible, Dugu Bo couldn't imagine how much his combat power would increase.
He feared he could immediately go from the weakest Titled Douluo to someone no weaker than Bibi Dong.
Just thinking about it was a wonderful thing.
Su Yu rolled his eyes in annoyance.
Dugu Bo really dared to indulge in wild fantasies.
Even Tang San, that child of destiny, couldn't bear so many tattoos.
With so many tattoos gathered on one person, even a child of the Heavenly Dao wouldn't live through the day.
Without the fate to support it, he still wanted to defy the heavens.
That was simply courting death.
However...
Su Yu estimated that Dugu Bo's fate should be able to bear the Five Poisons Tattoo.
The five poisons were the venomous snake, scorpion, toad, centipede, and gecko.
Five tattoos were the absolute limit of what Dugu Bo could bear in this lifetime.
Su Yu told Dugu Bo this so he would know where he stood.
When Dugu Bo heard that, he was delighted again.
Five tattoos were enough.
With the five poisons empowering him, Dugu Bo's combat power could come close to a Super Douluo's.
"Brother Yu, nothing will go wrong, will it?"
Dugu Yan was a little worried.
Su Yu had told her about many of the taboos surrounding tattoos.
If one's fate wasn't strong enough and one forcibly received too many tattoos, they would suffer a backlash.
The Dugu Family had finally managed to escape the backlash of poison fire.
They didn't want to suffer a backlash from something else.
"Nothing will go wrong."
"A Titled Douluo's fate can bear the Five Poisons Tattoo without any problem."
"Besides, the old man is the Poison Douluo."
"You can put your heart back in your belly."
Su Yu wouldn't do anything to harm Dugu Bo.
After all, this was his future top-tier beast of burden.
Su Yu couldn't cherish Dugu Bo enough, so how could he possibly let anything happen to him?
When all was said and done, the Five Poisons Tattoo wasn't particularly weighty.
The truly taboo tattoos were the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, Guan Gong Open Eyes, and mythical figures...
Any single tattoo of that type could make a Soul Master advance by leaps and bounds.
Even if one could bring out just one ten-thousandth of the original figure's power, they would be an immensely terrifying existence on the Douluo Continent.
Dugu Yan saw how confidently Su Yu spoke.
The worry in her heart vanished in an instant.
Naturally, she trusted Su Yu.
Professional matters should be left to professionals.
Since Su Yu had said so, there certainly wouldn't be a problem.
"Brother Yu, thank you!"
"You've done so much for the Dugu Family. I'll definitely give you lots of children in return."
Dugu Yan gazed at him with a lingering look.
She knew Brother Su's rule: an equivalent exchange.
If anyone else wanted Su Yu to give them a tattoo, they had to offer a benefit of sufficient value.
And all she could give Su Yu was herself!
"Ahem..."
"We can talk about children later."
"For now, let's start the tattoo."
Dugu Yan's words sent a surge of heat through Su Yu.
It was a good thing Dugu Bo was still there, or Dugu Yan would have been in for a rough time.
Su Yu brought Dugu Bo to the workbench.
With his current Soul Power, he could complete one tattoo at most.
So Su Yu chose the bamboo viper as Dugu Bo's first.
Dugu Bo's Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor to begin with.
Choosing a snake for the first tattoo would make it a better match.
Dugu Bo had no objection.
He trusted that Su Yu wouldn't cheat him.
Soon, the tattooing began...
Su Yu summoned his Martial Soul and pierced Dugu Bo's right arm with it.
Five life-attribute Soul Rings resonated, erupting with tremendous power.
Dugu Bo frowned slightly.
He was shocked by Su Yu's Soul Ring Configuration, while at the same time he could feel a living little snake gradually coming to life on his right arm.
In a word, the feeling was marvelous.
"It really is wondrous!"
Dugu Bo sighed inwardly.
He looked at Su Yu with growing satisfaction.
It was a good thing Su Yu knew Dugu Bo was a thoroughly straight man.
Otherwise, the lingering look in Dugu Bo's eyes could easily have caused a misunderstanding.