Douluo: Reviewing Bibi Dong, The Worst Pope in History
Chapter 35

Detox Method, Beast Tang San Plucks All Immortal Herbs

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As the days passed, I drew ever closer to becoming a Title Douluo, and my child had also reached the age to venture across the continent alone.

Father and son parted, spending little time together. In pursuit of becoming a Title Douluo, I devoted nearly all my time to cultivation.

My son, too, achieved something of his own while traveling the continent. Unlike me, he was not so withdrawn. Not only did he have companions of his own, but he also found love.

When we met again, I learned to my surprise that I had a granddaughter. Her name was Dugu Yan, a bright and clever child.

Sadly, her mother had also died in childbirth.

But I would not let such a thing happen again. I resolved to find a detox method, and I would surely break through to become a Title Douluo.

At seventy, my Soul Power cultivation reached level 89, just one step away from becoming a Title Douluo.

I had been waiting for the opportunity to break through, but disaster arrived before my breakthrough did. My son suffered a backlash from the poison. I wanted to save him, but at that very moment, I sensed my breakthrough approaching.

I never expected fate to toy with me so cruelly. When my family needed me most, I was unable to get away.

At last, I completed my advancement and successfully stepped into the ranks of Title Douluo, reaching the pinnacle of poison.

I had achieved the goal I had pursued all my life, yet I felt no joy at all, because my son had died.

I lost my father in childhood, my wife in middle age, and my son in old age. Now, Dugu Yan was my only family. I swore that I would never let anyone harm her.

"I never expected Dugu Bo's life to have been so tragic."

"No wonder he is so withdrawn and temperamental."

Xue Ye let out a long sigh and spoke with emotion.

Dugu Bo was currently a guest official of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Xue Ye sympathized with him!

But for Dugu Bo to be judged the greatest sucker, these tragic experiences surely could not be all there was to it.

Xue Ye had a feeling that the upcoming video would likely make Dugu Bo's already wounded heart suffer even more.

News of my breakthrough to Title Douluo spread without prompting, and Spirit Hall soon came to recruit me.

I had lived my life free and unrestrained, never liking to be bound by others, so I did not hesitate to refuse Spirit Hall's offer.

I never expected that my refusal would bring about a fatal disaster.

Bibi Dong dispatched Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to hunt me down. Any Soul Master unwilling to submit to her, even a Title Douluo, had only one path: death.

I was once driven into a desperate situation and nearly lost my life. Fortunately, Prince Xue Xing appeared in time and resolved the crisis for me. From then on, I remained in Heaven Dou City to repay the imperial family for saving my life.

Later, I met a youth named Tang San. He claimed to have a way to completely resolve the threat posed by the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's Poison.

As long as all the poison within the body was forced into a Soul Bone for storage, it could prevent the poison from spreading through a Soul Master's body and causing a backlash.

As the Poison Douluo, I did not entirely believe him, but deep down, I knew this was indeed a feasible method.

After trying it, I discovered that Tang San's method truly worked.

As long as all the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's Poison was forced into a Soul Bone, a Soul Master's strength would not be affected, and the danger of backlash would be completely eliminated.

I expressed my gratitude to Tang San. His method dispelled the pain of suppressing the poison, while also ensuring that Dugu Yan would never need to live in fear again.

This was a major discovery that changed the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

Tang San and I became Cross-generational Friends. I affectionately called him Little Monster to show our bond. We spoke of everything and trusted each other completely.

"What?!"

"Tang San and I became Cross-generational Friends?!"

Dugu Bo stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Even he found it hard to imagine that one day, he would be able to talk about anything with someone and become close friends.

From the previous videos evaluating others, Dugu Bo had already sensed that Tang San was no good.

If his future self became friends with him...

That was probably not a good thing!

Still, Dugu Bo was delighted to learn from the Heavenly Curtain how to resolve the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's Poison.

"Yan Yan, the poison in your body will no longer be a threat."

Dugu Bo laughed excitedly.

He had just tried transferring a trace of Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's Poison into a Soul Bone, and it was indeed feasible.

Next, as long as he found a suitable Soul Bone for Dugu Yan and had her gradually transfer all her poison into it during her daily cultivation, the problem that had plagued their family for so long would be completely solved.

Dugu Yan was equally delighted.

"That's wonderful, Grandpa!"

"Our family's curse has been broken!"

In Dugu Yan's eyes, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's Poison was both power and a curse.

While they possessed this tremendous power, they were also cursed by it.

"Dugu Bo really is a temperamental old monster. He actually became friends with Tang San."

"It seemed this fellow would become an enemy of Spirit Hall in the future as well. He had to be strangled in the cradle beforehand."

A cold killing intent flickered in Qian Daoliu's eyes as he muttered to himself.

He would show no mercy to anyone connected to Tang San.

This concerned Spirit Hall's very foundation. Better to kill by mistake than let a single dangerous factor slip through.

Qian Daoliu would rather bear every curse and accusation.

But he would never allow Spirit Hall's millennia-long legacy to be buried for nothing.

While Tang San was detoxifying me, he took a liking to the herbs in my back garden. I had stumbled upon this blessed land by chance. The entire valley was filled with herbs possessing extraordinary effects, and the spring within held two forces—searing heat and frigid cold—intertwined together.

At first, I did not know what this blessed land was called. It was only later that I learned from Tang San that it was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which could accelerate plant growth tenfold.

Tang San wanted to take some herbs, and I did not stop him. I had never been a stingy person. There were plenty of medicinal plants in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so I generously told him to take whatever caught his eye.

I never imagined that, before leaving, Tang San would pack up and take away every single plant from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving behind only roots and stems that would not bloom again for ten thousand years.

Only many years later did I learn that the plants Tang San took from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were all immortal herbs with miraculous effects.

Tang San distributed these immortal herbs among the Shrek Seven Devils, raising all of their talents and allowing them to receive divine inheritances and ascend to the God Realm.

Among these immortal herbs were the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, known as the king of flowers, capable of reviving the dead and regenerating flesh from bone...

I had thought that, given my friendship with Tang San, he would take care of my only granddaughter, Dugu Yan, and give her an immortal herb.

But things did not go as I wished. Tang San even gave immortal herbs to that useless Yu Xiaogang, yet he did not leave a single one for Dugu Yan.

I felt rather bitter. I had regarded Tang San as a brother and allowed him to freely take the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, yet he had been unwilling to leave even one for my descendant.

Throughout the latter half of my life, whenever I thought of this, I would often feel the sorrow of having my sincerity betrayed.

Perhaps, in his eyes, our relationship had never been as wonderful as I imagined.

The friendship I had fancied between people of different generations was nothing more than my own wishful thinking!

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