Contentment Brings Happiness

Dugu Bo was somewhat curious about what Zhu Zhuqing intended to use to repay the favor.

Zhu Zhuqing did not beat around the bush.

"I can help you resolve the deadly poison in your body!"

The moment Zhu Zhuqing said this, Dugu Bo's expression changed. There was shock, fear, and a faint hint of killing intent.

However, Zhu Zhuqing paid it no mind and continued, "I saw what you looked like during an episode. Your miserable screams nearly spread throughout the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

I have a way to deal with your poison, but back then, I wasn't strong enough to make you speak calmly with me as you are now. So, I chose to take the herbs and leave first!"

Seeing that Dugu Bo's expression was ugly but that he had forcibly restrained himself from attacking her, Zhu Zhuqing nodded inwardly in satisfaction.

This was exactly the effect she wanted.

Once she had strength, others would properly listen to what she had to say, rather than beat her up first and force her to tell them the answer in humiliation.

As a great man had once said, the reason we study literature is to reason properly with others, while the reason we study martial arts is to make others properly listen to our reasoning.

Zhu Zhuqing felt that this saying was extremely correct. If she had not possessed sufficient strength today, this reasoning truly would not have been easy to explain.

Though Dugu Bo was somewhat enraged, he knew he likely could not take down Zhu Zhuqing.

Moreover, since Zhu Zhuqing had not acted while he was at his weakest, it proved that they were not enemies.

More importantly, Zhu Zhuqing had said she had a way to resolve his poison!?

"Little friend, are you telling the truth!?"

Dugu Bo rose directly to his feet.

At this point, how could he care about Zhu Zhuqing stealing herbs or discovering his secret?

All he knew was that Zhu Zhuqing had a way to resolve the deadly poison in his body.

Since his secret had already been exposed, there was no need to stubbornly insist that he was fine. Only someone with something wrong with their head would do that!

"It can be resolved. There's more than one way!"

Zhu Zhuqing nodded lightly.

She had deduced quite a few ways to resolve Dugu Bo's poison, though some of those methods would cost extra.

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing did not seem to be joking, Dugu Bo's expression turned extremely solemn.

"Please save me, little friend!"

Dugu Bo seriously moved to perform a disciple's bow toward Zhu Zhuqing.

It was the sort of bow an ordinary student would give a teacher, but it also showed that, at this moment, Dugu Bo had lowered his status considerably.

"There's no need. If not for those herbs of yours, Senior, it would have taken me a great deal of time to reach my current level!"

Zhu Zhuqing gently shook her head and reached out to stop Dugu Bo's next movement.

"Senior, there are several methods to treat the deadly poison in your body. Sit down first, and we can discuss them slowly!"

Zhu Zhuqing gestured for Dugu Bo to sit down first.

"Good, good!"

Dugu Bo nodded repeatedly and sat down.

Then, after thinking for a moment, he began making tea for Zhu Zhuqing. He was so attentive that he was practically more attentive than he was toward Dugu Yan.

Zhu Zhuqing did not care what Dugu Bo was doing. Once he sat down, she began explaining her treatment plans.

The first was to have Dugu Bo consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Don't spout that nonsense about the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot dissolving all of Dugu Bo's poison after he ate them.

Didn't Tang San eat them too?

But had anyone seen the poison on his Blue Silver Grass disappear?

After consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, a soul master would merely forge a body immune to ice, fire, and all poisons.

But one had to understand that a soul master with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul relied on their Martial Soul. The poison in their body was instead a hidden danger.

Therefore, consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot would not weaken Dugu Bo's strength.

Tang San had only said that because he wanted to eat them himself but was afraid Dugu Bo would fight him for them.

"This is good, this is good!"

Dugu Bo's eyes practically shone as he heard this method. Not only would he become immune to water and fire, but he would no longer need to worry about poison threatening him. Wasn't this exactly what the Jade Phosphor Family needed most?

Moreover, he did not doubt Zhu Zhuqing's claims about the Immortal Grade Herbs in the slightest.

Though he did not know exactly how many herbs were in his Medicine Garden, he knew every especially distinctive one perfectly well.

For example, that octagonal one and that cabbage!

Ice and fire Soul Power indeed had a restraining effect on the deadly poison within his body, and those two plants growing in the spring's eye could indeed possibly combine into a divine medicine capable of restraining all poisons under heaven.

Dugu Bo worked it out for himself, and his eyes lit up!

"Don't celebrate too soon. The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot are extremely rare. Only one of each can exist at a time, and for a second one to grow, it would take at least ten thousand years!

And that is only in the special environment of your Medicine Garden!"

Zhu Zhuqing directly poured a bucket of cold water over Dugu Bo's head.

Immortal Grade Herbs were precious, but scarce, and they also took an exceptionally long time to grow.

Dugu Bo's lips trembled slightly.

What was he supposed to do? There was only one set of Immortal Grade Herbs. Could only one of Yanyan and himself survive in the end?

Yet even so, he was happy. At least Yanyan could survive, and the Dugu Clan would have an heir.

"Don't be too dejected. There's a second method!"

Zhu Zhuqing continued explaining the second method.

Hearing that there was another one, Dugu Bo's eyes instantly brightened. One method could save Yanyan, and the other could save himself. Perfect!

The second method Zhu Zhuqing offered was Tang San's method from the original story: one person would consume the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, while the other would find a Soul Bone and force the poison into it.

However, she also explained that the amount of poison a Soul Bone could store was ultimately limited.

"That's enough. Being able to live comfortably for a while longer is already a pleasure for me!"

Though there was the final danger of a poison outbreak, Dugu Bo still stroked his beard and spoke with a smile.

He would be satisfied if he could live freely for a while before dying!

"I'm not finished. Although a Soul Bone has a storage limit, that does not mean there is no solution!"

Dugu Bo's hand froze as he stroked his beard.

"Can't you stop pausing so dramatically, little girl!"

Dugu Bo looked at Zhu Zhuqing with a resentful expression. He had already adjusted his mindset to calmly face death, only for her to suddenly tell him that he did not have to die after all. Wasn't she toying with his emotions?

Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dugu Bo's resentful gaze and continued explaining her method.

In her deductions, Soul Bones did indeed have a storage limit, but sometimes, if the external environment did not allow it, then even if a Soul Bone reached its limit, the poison could not erupt.

"There is an Immortal Grade Herb in your Medicine Garden called Aromatic Silk Beauty. It has no detoxifying effects whatsoever, but it can restrain any poison. After you or Dugu Yan force the poison into a Soul Bone, consume the Aromatic Silk Beauty.

At that point, your body will gain the ability to suppress all poisons. Under the suppression of that ability, no matter how much deadly poison is stored in the Soul Bone, there will be no possibility of it erupting!"

"Good method, good method!"

Dugu Bo's eyes were already bright as daylight. With these two methods, both he and Yanyan could survive.

"However, both methods require Immortal Grade Herbs, and Immortal Grade Herbs take far too long to mature. This means these methods can only be used by the two of you, grandfather and granddaughter!"

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head. The two methods were good, but the cost was simply too great.

"Sigh, there's nothing to be done about that. This is likely the fate of our Jade Phosphor Family!"

Dugu Bo sighed.

But as long as Yanyan and he could break free from that fate, he would be content.