"No, no need for that!" Dugu Yan instinctively took several steps back, her body trembling. "Rongrong, if you bring up condensing a poison core to Grandpa, I might get hung up and beaten."
Dugu Yan forced herself forward, tightly wrapping both hands around Ning Rongrong's arm and gently shaking it as she said in an extremely timid voice:
"Rongrong, scared... save me..."
"Where did you learn so many strange poses?" Ning Rongrong's forehead was covered in black lines.
You're not exactly young anymore, and you're acting cute with me.
What am I, a mentor? Carry me, then?
Ning Rongrong shook off Dugu Yan's hands and said seriously:
"Yan Yan Jie, unless your martial soul can evolve into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor like Senior Dugu's, condensing a poison core will cause the balance between your martial soul and body to become unstable after Level 70 because the toxins will be too strong. You'll explode and die."
"Didn't Senior Dugu discuss this matter before?" Ning Rongrong covered her forehead, looking rather helpless.
More than a year ago, Dugu Bo had wanted Dugu Yan to condense a poison core. However, after repeated calculations and a deeper understanding of the Jade Phosphor Serpent martial soul, he had ultimately abandoned the idea.
At the time, Dugu Yan had been sitting beside Dugu Bo. She had even held the notebook in which Dugu Bo recorded his insights on condensing poison and read through it slowly. It was impossible for her not to understand the danger involved.
"There's still a way, isn't there?" Dugu Yan retorted.
"Shatter the Inner Core, then force the toxins in your body back into your martial soul and take antidotes. Your poison core isn't very potent yet, so it should work if you do that—but there may be aftereffects."
"Ah, what