Transmigrating to Douluo, I Split into Five People

"And Jiang Mo and Qian Jun. It seems their martial spirits have a Spirit Beast sealed within them, and they used that Spirit Beast to make up for their martial spirits' flaws, breaking through to above rank ninety-five! If the Glazed Pagoda could develop a similar method..."

"Hey! Are you really that unwilling to accompany me to hunt a Spirit Ring?"

Dugu Yan's voice interrupted Ning Yulin's thoughts. He was not annoyed. He already had a general idea and could think it through later. Turning around, he smiled.

"Of course not. I was just wondering why Senior Dugu hasn't arrived yet."

"Brat! Can't you at least think better of this old man?"

Speak of the devil. Dugu Bo appeared silently, two people dangling from his hands. After landing, he set them down. Ning Yulin raised an eyebrow.

"How are their conditions?"

Dugu Bo wore a sour expression, clearly not very satisfied.

"They'll barely do. Couldn't find anyone more suitable."

Dugu Yan looked from her grandfather to Ning Yulin, completely unable to understand what cryptic game they were playing. Why did she have to wait for these two people before hunting her Spirit Ring?

She crossed her arms in displeasure, waiting for the two of them to explain.

Unexpectedly, Dugu Bo simply took the lead and headed into the forest.

"Hey! You two!"

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Dugu Yan shouted angrily.

"What is it, Yanyan?"

Dugu Bo turned back with a smile.

Was this shameless old man really a Title Douluo?

Everyone was stunned. Dugu Bo finally realized what he had done and coughed awkwardly twice.

"What are those two here for?"

She pointed at the two strangers Dugu Bo had brought. Ning Yulin beckoned her over.

Dugu Yan was practically another version of Ning Rongrong. Dugu Bo had poured all his love into her and spoiled her rotten. Although Ning Yuxuan had plans for her—she was the anchor that would tie down Dugu Bo, and he intended to gain access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well through her—he had no intention of discarding her once he was done.

With the intention of cultivating her into a virtuous wife, he had been working to adjust her values through little stories and small gestures. The results had been decent, though she still occasionally became arrogant or short-tempered.

Chapter 54: Experiment

He gave her a brief explanation.

These two had been found by people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under Ning Yulin's orders. Their conditions were similar to those of Dugu Bo and his granddaughter: Beast Spirit masters who had absorbed poison-attributed Spirit Rings and poisoned themselves in the process.

They had truly been difficult to find. It had taken more than half a year to locate just these two.

He had an idea and intended to use them as test subjects first. If it worked, Dugu Yan's condition could improve greatly.

Having gotten her answer, Dugu Yan immediately brightened up.

Ning Yulin was utterly baffled. So what exactly had she been angry about just now?

He looked to Dugu Bo for an answer. Dugu Bo merely snorted and turned his head away, his posture exactly like Dugu Yan's.

"If you don't know, how would this old man know!"

Tsk. This tsundere grandfather-granddaughter pair was truly troublesome.

The group entered the forest.

The two people Dugu Bo had captured were trembling with fear. After hearing Ning Yulin's explanation, they looked utterly incredulous. They had never imagined such an overwhelmingly fortunate "opportunity" would fall upon them.

The mighty Poison Douluo, along with people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, would help them hunt Spirit Rings?

An experiment? What experiment?

These were their great benefactors!

One of their martial spirits was a lizard, while the other was an Earth Spider. Neither possessed poison naturally, but they had absorbed Spirit Rings from poisonous Spirit Beasts. After investigation by a Seven Treasures Sect steward and confirmation from Dugu Bo, it was determined that they had already been poisoned, though they themselves were unaware of it.

If Ning Yulin had not found them, the poison would likely have seeped into their bones around the fourth ring, and one day they would have suffered a sudden flare-up and died.

They were both currently rank thirty. One was twenty-three years old, and the other was twenty-six.

A few hours later.

"Sixth Young Master, the Spirit Beasts have been captured."

"Good." Ning Yulin nodded. "Bring them over."

The guard immediately left and returned with the squad responsible for capturing Spirit Beasts. Two thousand-year Spirit Beasts were tossed before the pair.

"Absorb them quickly."

At Dugu Bo's flat command, the two shuddered and hurriedly acted, summoning their martial spirits to absorb the Spirit Rings. Rumors said the Poison Douluo had an eccentric temperament and was exceedingly difficult to deal with. They did not want to die.

The two entered their absorption states. Dugu Bo stood off to the side with his hands behind his back, his expression tense and expectant.

The Spirit Beasts they were absorbing were a Poison Devouring Lizard and a Poison Swallowing Stone Frog.

Neither of these Spirit Beasts possessed poison themselves, but they could devour, absorb, and digest toxins, using poison as nourishment to promote their own growth.

Ning Yulin's idea was to give Dugu Yan a Spirit Ring with similar abilities, allowing her to digest the poison within her body. It could either convert it into pure energy to nourish her body or expel it directly. The Dugu Bo of the original work probably had a similar idea, but Dugu Yan's condition had been too dangerous, leaving him no choice but to first stabilize his granddaughter's condition with poison-attributed Spirit Rings.

Once most of the poison had been eliminated, they could directly give her several Sub-Dragon Species Spirit Rings, pair them with Immortal Herbs, and her future potential would be limitless. She certainly would not end up as she had in the original work.

He had heard that after this grandfather-granddaughter pair died, their corpses were buried by Buddha Tang outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Later, a ring of highly poisonous Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flowers had grown there.

It was merely hearsay. Who knew whether it was true?

Judging by that man's usual conduct, it was probably...

As they waited for the absorption to finish, Dugu Yan showed no impatience at all. It seemed she understood what the results for these two would represent.

An hour later, the two opened their eyes one after another, before they could even celebrate. Dugu Bo's gloomy old face thrust itself right in front of them.

"What effect? What did it feel like? Tell me immediately! If you leave out even the slightest detail, you two can forget about..."

"Senior."

Ning Yulin quickly called out and took over the conversation himself. He pushed the old man over to Dugu Yan's side and gently questioned the two.

"You two..."

Whether it was Dugu Bo or Ning Yulin, they had no room to resist either of them. Still, a young master of such noble status treating them so humbly truly made them feel good. They felt respected.

They each described their experiences.

"Young master, I do feel much better physically. But the effect of my soul skill is to increase negative effects by twenty-five percent. It doesn't seem to have the effect you were hoping for."

The Earth Spider Spirit Master looked nervous, his heart pounding wildly. He did not know whether this result met the requirements of this Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect young master and that Poison Douluo.

If it did not, would they kill them to keep them quiet?

Ning Yulin sighed, somewhat disappointed, and looked at the other man, the Lizard Spirit Master. If this one did not work either, they would need another option for Dugu Yan's Spirit Ring.

Dugu Bo clenched his fists behind his back. He did not want this to fail. Without knowledge of Immortal Herbs, the method Ning Yulin had proposed might have been the one with the fewest long-term consequences. It worked quickly, had no hidden drawbacks, and could still offer a bright future.

He began recalling whether there were other Beast Spirit masters who had absorbed poison-attributed Spirit Rings. Perhaps he could capture a few more.

The Lizard Spirit Master seemed to sense that something was wrong with the atmosphere. He barely dared to breathe as he stammered out the effects of his soul skill.

"I-I-I-I... c-can..."

Ning Yulin patiently listened until he finished, and his eyes lit up. This idea was correct!

This man's soul skill absorbed and converted the poison in his body, then sprayed it from the mouth of his lizard martial spirit. It carried both partial physical impact damage and intensely poisonous corrosion.

"Ha ha ha! Good!"

The old man trembled with excitement and shouted aloud.

"Grandpa!"

Dugu Yan felt a little embarrassed and called out to him. Ning Yulin was also extremely excited. Not only might they have solved Dugu Yan's problem, but they had also verified another development path for martial spirits. It was worth recording.

In high spirits, he had the guards escort the two out of the forest.

Dugu Bo happily held Dugu Yan as he watched the two departing figures, his eyes flickering. Should he eliminate them?

Kill them to keep them quiet.

After thinking for a moment, he abandoned the idea. Those two random nobodies did not know the actual truth anyway. They had merely absorbed two Spirit Rings. It did not matter.

Ning Yulin gave the order, and the squad began advancing toward their predetermined Spirit Beast target. In anticipation of success, they had already investigated several corresponding Spirit Beasts. The one chosen for Dugu Yan also possessed the ability to absorb and digest poison, but it was a Plant-type Spirit Beast.

Choosing an animal-type one might stimulate the poison inside Dugu Yan to multiply.

Plant-type was safer.

It was a Poison Vine more than seven hundred years old. It usually lived in marshes shrouded in poisonous fog. Though it had poison in its name, it was not poisonous itself. It normally grew by absorbing toxic substances from the soil through its roots. After absorbing the poison, it transformed it into a sweet, numbing but highly nutritious alluring sap, which it secreted through its branches and leaves to attract animals. It would numb them, then strangle and consume them.

Its ability to digest and absorb poison could convert the toxins in Dugu Yan's body, while the vine-like form could also strengthen the shape of her Jade Phosphorous Serpent.

Every aspect of it would be put to use.

Chapter 55: Perfect

"Wait!"

After finding the Spirit Beast and seeing that it was only around seven hundred years old, Dugu Bo was surprised and immediately objected.

"Brat, what exactly are you doing?! Don't tell me you're treating Yanyan as an experiment too?"

His expression darkened as he eyed Ning Yulin suspiciously. The surrounding guards secretly went on alert against Dugu Bo.

"Why would Senior think that? Yanyan is the person who will spend her life with me. How could I ever harm her!"

A tiny voice came from beside him. "Who wants to spend their life with you? Aren't you ashamed?"

"Senior, don't worry. I already gave Yanyan a secret medicine. Have you forgotten that my second Spirit Ring was a thousand-year one? With her current physical condition, absorbing a seven-hundred-year Spirit Ring will be no problem at all. You can examine her if you don't believe me."

Whale Rubber was the sort of thing best kept quiet for personal gain. Although Ning Fengzhi knew about it, he had not publicized it widely. Even the people secretly selected for experiments were not told the truth.

As the great contributor who had "discovered" Whale Rubber's effects, Ning Yulin had considerable authority over its allocation. The Whale Rubber used by Zhou Xuefeng and Tian Rui had all come from his share. If Ning Fengzhi asked? He could simply dismiss it by saying it was for experiments.

Since this concerned Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo naturally did not believe him. He raised a hand and placed it on Dugu Yan's shoulder, sending out Soul Power to examine her. After checking several times, he began to doubt his own senses.

After a long while, he silently sighed. As expected of one of the Upper Three Sects. Their inheritance ran deep, and they even had such good things. Still, for this brat to take out such a secret treasure for Yanyan's use, he really did treat her well!

Though Ning Yulin did not understand why Dugu Bo had suddenly become so gratified, he cooperatively revealed a smile.

"Ahem. This old man has finished examining her. Not bad. With Yanyan's current physique, absorbing a seven-hundred-year Spirit Ring truly won't be a problem. You're not bad, brat!"

What was that supposed to mean?

Dugu Yan was utterly confused.

With the verification complete, Dugu Bo acted personally. He uprooted the vine and placed it before Dugu Yan.

"Yanyan, do it."

Looking at the vine covered in "pus-filled lumps," Dugu Yan felt a little nauseated. It was far too ugly. But since both that guy and her grandfather had recommended this Spirit Beast, there should not be any problem.

She gripped an axe in both hands. While the others restrained the Poison Vine's branches, she swung at its roots.

After several minutes of work, a bright yellow Spirit Ring floated out. She took a breath, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and was about to absorb it directly when Ning Yulin suddenly thought of something and shouted.

"Wait!"

Dugu Yan jolted and choked on her saliva, coughing repeatedly.

"What?!"

Had he thought of another, more suitable Spirit Beast? Dugu Bo looked at Ning Yulin in confusion. Ning Yulin had not thought of a more suitable Spirit Beast. He had simply had a strange idea the moment he saw the Spirit Ring emerge.

What would happen if he infused this Spirit Ring with vitality?

Would the resulting skill better match the effect he had envisioned? Or would it revive into a Spirit Beast? Or turn into something else?

Just as he was about to act, Ning Yulin paused. He looked at the guards around them.

"You all spread out a little. Don't let unrelated people approach, and don't let any other Spirit Beasts come near."

They were loyal, but it was still best to guard against certain things.

He summoned his martial spirit, and his second Spirit Ring flashed. Though this was not the first time Dugu Bo had seen this Thousand-Year Second Ring, he could not help but marvel at it. He could not imagine what mindset this brat had possessed when he absorbed it. As a young master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he did not believe the brat had been unaware of the consequences of failing to absorb a Spirit Ring beyond his level.