Rescued

Inside a gloomy cave, a young man with dark green hair was adding firewood to a campfire.

The dark green-haired man looked to be around twenty years old. He was quite handsome, but what was remarkable was his pair of emerald-green eyes. A trace of sorrow always lingered between his brows, and he wore fitted black-green clothes.

Two people lay beside the dark green-haired youth, both of them wrapped in numerous bandages.

"Sigh, why aren't they awake yet? I wonder where Father went. He said he was going to find out what happened, but he's been gone for two days."

The dark green-haired youth sighed.

"Mmm..."

"Oh? Are you waking up?" The dark green-haired youth looked at the rather young boy.

"I didn't expect someone several years younger than me to have already reached Spirit Emperor. I thought my talent was pretty good, and even after cultivating so diligently, I'm only a Soul Ancestor.

"But as a Spirit Emperor, he killed a Spirit Douluo, carried another severely injured person on his back, then killed three Soul Saints and severely wounded four more.

"If Father and I hadn't happened to pass by, the continent would probably have lost another freakish genius."

The dark green-haired youth muttered to himself.

"Where is this?" Chen Xilin slowly opened his eyes and spoke.

The moment he regained consciousness, he felt agonizing pain throughout his body.

"You're awake? Here, take this medicine. With injuries like yours, surviving at all is already a miracle." The dark green-haired youth helped Chen Xilin sit up and fed him a healing pill.

"Thank you. Thank you for saving us, brother. Otherwise, Seventh Uncle and I might have died by the roadside." Chen Xilin thanked the dark green-haired youth.

"No need to thank me. You were lucky. Father and I were gathering herbs when we happened to find you being pursued.

"You can't move yet. Your injuries are extremely serious. Without several years of recuperation, your future path of cultivation will be affected." The dark green-haired youth spoke to Chen Xilin.

"Thank you once again, brother," Chen Xilin said gratefully.

"You don't have to be so polite. My name is Dugu Xin, and my father is Dugu Bo. My father is somewhat well-known in the Spirit Master world."

The young man calling himself Dugu Xin had barely finished his introduction when his expression changed. He clutched his head with both hands.

"Ahhhhhh—"

A foul stench emanated from Dugu Xin's body, along with clouds of green gas. As though enduring unbearable agony, he rolled across the ground.

"Is it... midnight already? Ahhhhhh! It hurts!"

Dugu Xin's entire body spasmed as he convulsed violently.

"Xin'er!"

A figure rushed to Dugu Xin's side and helped him up.

The newcomer was lean and tall, as straight as a spear. His beard and hair were both dark green, while his eyes gleamed like emeralds.

He had the same green hair as Dugu Xin, though his was disheveled, and he wore only a plain gray robe.

This middle-aged man was using his Soul Power to ease Dugu Xin's suffering.

Yet Chen Xilin could see the veins bulging on the middle-aged man's forehead, and his body was twitching faintly as well. Clearly, he too was struggling to suppress his own pain.

In his eyes, his son's safety might have mattered more than his own suffering.

Chen Xilin already knew this middle-aged man's identity: that old monster, the future Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.

Chen Xilin could sense that the Soul Power Dugu Bo was injecting into Dugu Xin also carried poison, using poison to fight poison.

Green Phosphor Snake Poison was among the deadliest poisons in the world. Poison could attack the heart, but it could also save lives. Dugu Bo was using this method to save Dugu Xin.

About a quarter of an hour later, Dugu Xin's pain faded, and he stopped convulsing.

"Father, you're here." Dugu Xin was extraordinarily weak.

"Father came too late. Does it still hurt?" Dugu Bo asked gently.

"It doesn't hurt anymore. The onset has passed. But what about you, Father? The time my poison acts up is also the time yours does." Dugu Xin had noticed that Dugu Bo was forcing himself to endure it.

"Haha, your father is used to it. Don't worry. I got lucky this time and found a very good antidote herb. I refined it into Elixir.

"The two of us can take it easy for a while." Dugu Bo smiled, changing the subject.

"Really? That's wonderful." Dugu Xin struggled to rise.

"Little brother, I'm sorry you had to see that. Since I did save both of your lives, please help me keep this secret." Dugu Xin smiled at Chen Xilin.

"Xin'er, no one else can know our secret, or it will be very dangerous for us. Your father has many enemies outside, and we can't afford to expose another weakness.

"These two should be killed directly. Your father's poison can ensure not even their bones remain!" Dugu Bo said coldly.

"Hey! Father, we saved them, and now you want to kill them? Then why did we save them in the first place? For fun?" Dugu Xin said unhappily.

"Hmph! Seeing that disgusting chrysanthemum around naturally made me want to make things difficult for him. That fellow has broken through to become a Titled Douluo. That's truly bad news.

"Xin'er, we need to cultivate twice as hard. Once Father breaks through to Titled Douluo, we can solve the problem with our bodies." Dugu Bo patted Dugu Xin on the shoulder.

"Sigh, all right. Father, let's take these two back to the estate. Staying out here like this isn't a solution." Dugu Xin said.

"That can be done, but Heaven Dou City is some distance away. Taking along two people wanted by Spirit Hall will inevitably bring trouble. How about this? We'll buy a house in a nearby small city and stay there temporarily."

Dugu Bo made up his mind.

Afterward, Dugu Bo and his son carried Chen Xilin and Feng Qingyu away.

"Old Ghost, did you find that kid?" Chrysanthemum Douluo said gloomily.

"No. That kid took your Gathering of Cold Brilliance and still managed to run, even while injured. He only had that Gale Falcon Spirit Saint beside him.

"Yet they killed one Spirit Douluo and seven Soul Saints. Unbelievable." Ghost Douluo exclaimed.

"He is a genius, after all. But if he cannot be controlled by Spirit Hall, then his ending is destined to be ugly.

"Old Ghost, since when did the Holy Land of Spirit Masters start doing this sort of thing? We didn't have such practices when I was young.

"How should I put it? It's far too overbearing." Chrysanthemum Douluo complained.

"Old Chrysanthemum! Watch your words. We're only acting according to the rules. If we can't find that kid, then so be it.

"He must have been badly injured, and his future path as a Spirit Master has already been affected. Let him live out the rest of his life in peace.

"The Seven Beasts of the Strange Beasts and the Dark Holy Dragon no longer exist as of today. Let's go back." Ghost Douluo said indifferently.

Because Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had not exterminated them completely, they had created an incomparably powerful enemy for Spirit Hall in the future.

Perhaps it was because of the mercy they showed today that Spirit Hall would ultimately head toward ruin.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo did not know that the one they had let go today was not a genius, but an evil ghost!