Xiao Yan Awakens

"Kid, didn't you say you could handle it yourself?"

Dugu Bo glared at Li Tianlan.

Li Tianlan immediately turned his head away awkwardly and muttered under his breath, "Maybe the aftereffects are kicking in now!"

Dugu Bo curled his lip. Old and shrewd as he was, how could he not see through Li Tianlan's little thoughts?

He was merely surprised that a seven- or eight-year-old child like Li Tianlan would already be interested in pretty girls!

Or perhaps... he was simply too ugly himself?

At that thought, Dugu Bo's face darkened. "Grandpa, let me take care of Xiao Lan, okay?"

At that moment, Dugu Yan also came over, unleashing a full barrage of coquettish pleading. Dugu Bo doted on his granddaughter more than anyone.

He was defeated at once.

"Fine, fine, fine! I won't interfere with this!"

Waving his hand, Dugu Bo continued, "Come to think of it, in some ways, you did save Yan Yan! Let Yan Yan take care of you, then!"

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

Dugu Yan jumped down from the bed, brimming with energy. She patted Li Tianlan on the shoulder and said, "I'll take care of you for the next few days!"

Li Tianlan's shoulder was already injured, and he immediately bared his teeth in pain, sucking in a sharp breath. "Hiss!"

"Ah!"

Dugu Yan covered her mouth with her little hand and cried out. Somewhat embarrassed, she said, "Um... I didn't mean to!"

"I know."

Li Tianlan curled his lip, glanced at the Detoxification Pill in Dugu Bo's hand, then took out another bottle and placed it on the table.

He then said, "Grandpa Dugu, this bottle of Detoxification Pills was specially made for you!

Although both you and Yan Yan have Innate Poison in your bodies, your poison is far stronger and more abundant. It needs to be suppressed gradually, and it will take much longer as well!"

"I didn't expect there to be some for me too!"

Dugu Bo was surprised once again. He picked up the bottle of Detoxification Pills from the table, looked at Li Tianlan, and sighed. "What a little monster!"

Li Tianlan was speechless. How many times had he been called a monster already?

He was an ordinary person too, all right?

Click!

With a soft sound, Dugu Bo opened the stopper of the medicine bottle and swallowed a Detoxification Pill in one gulp.

He slowly closed his eyes!

The Detoxification Pills had been specially prepared by Xiao Yan, so their effects were naturally immediate!

The instant the pill entered his stomach, Dugu Bo could clearly feel the originally violent Innate Poison within his body suddenly becoming docile.

It no longer wreaked havoc on his body and instead fell completely dormant.

At an almost imperceptible pace, it slowly began gathering toward his dantian!

During this process, Dugu Bo could distinctly feel a long-lost sense of ease wash over him. The bottleneck that had trapped him at Rank 91 for so long was gradually loosening as well.

In two or three months at most, he would be able to take another step forward and advance to Rank 92.

Perhaps he might even go further and reach an even higher level!

In an instant, Dugu Bo's dead heart came alive once more.

He looked at Li Tianlan and said solemnly, "Kid, this time, you've truly done me a huge favor!

From now on, if anyone dares bully you, tell me, and I'll teach them a lesson!

On this continent, there are very few people I can't afford to provoke!"

"No problem, Grandpa Dugu!"

Li Tianlan was in an equally good mood!

From the original novel, Poison Douluo was someone who valued his promises greatly.

Now, he could be considered to have a backer on the entire Douluo Continent!

Even forces like the Upper Three Sects were not beyond provoking, so long as it was nothing too excessive!

...Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three days had passed!

Over these three days, Li Tianlan had been waited on hand and foot, living quite comfortably!

Because his arm was injured, he could not move it for several days!

Dugu Yan was responsible for taking care of him. It had to be said that Dugu Yan was quite skilled in the kitchen, and the food she made was delicious.

She was also very gentle when feeding Li Tianlan.

But there was one flaw: unlike the beautiful serpent from the original novel, Dugu Yan was still young after all!

Carelessness was inevitable!

From time to time, she would brush against Li Tianlan's shoulder or suddenly tug on his arm.

What should have been an injury that healed in two days took an extra day because of it!

For no reason at all, he had to suffer a bit more!

However, after spending the past few days together, Dugu Yan's fondness for Li Tianlan had risen rapidly!

Li Tianlan felt much the same. Overall, it was pain mixed with happiness!

When night came, Li Tianlan sat atop a boulder, meditating as he practiced controlling Heavenly Flames and Soul Power!

This had been his daily training these past few days!

After witnessing Xiao Yan's control over Soul Power and Heavenly Flames, Li Tianlan had begun practicing with Xiao Yan as his goal!

This was far from pointless!

It was not only necessary for pill refinement. Buddha's Fury Lotus Flame, fusing Heavenly Flames, and many other things in the future all required extraordinarily precise control over Heavenly Flames!

After several days of diligent practice, Li Tianlan had improved considerably.

Before him floated a cluster of Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

Inside the Bone Spirit Cold Flame was a sphere of water on the verge of boiling. Several tea leaves drifted within the crystal-clear water.

As the saying went, water and fire were incompatible!

The moment an ordinary water sphere encountered Bone Spirit Cold Flame, it would be evaporated dry.

Yet under Li Tianlan's control, the water sphere had merely begun to boil—and it had already been boiling for three minutes!

"Slurp!"

Li Tianlan inhaled the fragrance of tea in the air, nodded in satisfaction, and muttered, "That's right, this is the taste!"

As he spoke, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame vanished. Guided by Li Tianlan's spiritual power, the tea suspended in midair flowed into a teacup!

"Kid, if my master, the Medicine Venerable, found out you were using Bone Spirit Cold Flame to boil tea, he'd be furious to death!"

Xiao Yan's voice suddenly sounded in Li Tianlan's mind. Li Tianlan, holding the teacup with delight written all over his face, froze briefly before saying in pleasant surprise, "Teacher, you're awake?"

"Mm, I gained quite a bit this time!"

His tone brimmed with excitement as he continued, "My spiritual sense has undergone a qualitative strengthening. Even in my current soul state, I possess strength close to that of a Soul Saint!"

"A Soul Saint?"

Li Tianlan paused, then a smile appeared on his face.

One Autumn Water Pill had raised Xiao Yan's combat strength to the level of a Soul Saint. That was quite an unexpected delight.

Judging from the original work, there were roughly twenty-some Titled Douluo across the Douluo Continent.

There might have been somewhat more Soul Douluo, but probably only a few hundred, certainly fewer than a thousand!

Spread across the two great empires of Star Luo and Heaven Dou, along with countless small kingdoms, they were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

A Soul Saint might not be able to swagger across the entire Douluo Continent.

But as long as he did not court death, protecting himself would be more than easy!

Besides, if there was something a Soul Saint could not handle, there was still Poison Douluo, a Titled Douluo! Now, across the entire Douluo Continent—

Aside from the three great sects, Spirit Hall, and Sea God Island, which they could not afford to provoke—

They could swagger anywhere else!