Using the Same Trick Again

The atmosphere gradually froze.

Dugu Bo could no longer maintain his composure. Seemingly giving up the struggle, he said expressionlessly, "Are you trying to use this to threaten me into joining Spirit Hall? I can tell you clearly: impossible! I have no interest in joining Spirit Hall!"

Ji Wushuang chuckled. "Senior Dugu, you are overthinking it. I never intended to recruit you into Spirit Hall."

The corner of Dugu Bo's eye twitched.

This feeling... it was like he was being looked down on...

"Whenever it rains or the weather turns overcast, Senior Dugu experiences numb, itchy sensations beneath both ribs, and they gradually intensify. The attacks occur once at noon and once at midnight. Given your current condition, each episode should last well over two hours."

"Every night, around the third watch, you feel needle-like pain at the crown of your head and the soles of your feet. Your entire body convulses for at least an hour."

"Am I right?"

Ji Wushuang spoke calmly.

Dugu Bo said in a low voice, "That is correct. You described it in great detail, so detailed that it is as though you witnessed it yourself."

Ji Wushuang said, "I have a way to cure the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison in both you and your granddaughter. I can even ensure that Dugu Yan no longer passes this poison down through her bloodline, allowing her to have a perfectly healthy child someday."

"Y-you have a way? Tell me, what is it?" Dugu Bo became incomparably excited.

"A method alone is useless. We also need the right medicinal herbs. Elder Ju regards his flower garden as his life. Even I cannot pick from it as I please." Ji Wushuang spread his hands.

The moment Dugu Bo heard the words "Elder Ju," his face darkened. He spat out three words through gritted teeth.

"Ju Hua Guan..."

"I can solve the problem of medicinal herbs for you, but why should I believe you have the ability to cure my granddaughter and me?"

"You need to show me some real skill."

Dugu Bo said coldly, "You may be a once-in-a-millennium super genius, but what you excel at is swordsmanship, not poison arts."

"I truly doubt whether you have any way to cure my poison."

Even now,

he had not lost his reason and blindly believed Ji Wushuang.

Ji Wushuang sneered. "Does Senior Dugu truly believe that his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison is invincible beneath the heavens?"

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes and said disdainfully, "Is there anyone in this world whose poison is stronger than my Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison?"

Ji Wushuang said calmly, "Not only is there, but she is far stronger than you. The person I know could kill you in one move, leaving you without any ability to resist."

Dugu Bo raised his brows and sneered. "Do you take me for a three-year-old child? I have roamed the continent for decades. I may not know every Titled Douluo, but I have at least heard of most of them."

"I admit that my strength is not among the best of the Titled Douluo. But someone who could kill me in one move, leave me completely unable to resist, and also be an expert in poison..."

"Heh... I truly cannot think of anyone with that ability."

Ji Wushuang smiled. "If Senior Dugu does not believe me, then just take it as nonsense."

Dugu Bo frowned deeply and began racking his brain.

Who was it?

Who exactly was it?

Spirit Hall did not have many poison users!

That old Pufferfish?

He was not much stronger!

Who else could it be?

Ji Wushuang said, "Senior Dugu, I think we should return to the matter at hand."

"To prove that I can cure poison, why not poison me? Then see whether I can neutralize the poison you give me through my own ability."

After hearing this, Dugu Bo pondered for a moment before saying, "Fine. You have guts!"

"Since you want to gamble, this old man will indulge you!"

"If you win, this old man will agree to three of your conditions!"

"Other than joining Spirit Hall or making Yan Yan your girlfriend, anything within my power is acceptable!"

"If you lose, the price will be your life!"

Ji Wushuang said, "Fine! It is a deal!"

"It is a deal!" Dugu Bo turned and walked outside. He glanced sideways at Ji Wushuang. "Follow me!"

The next instant, Dugu Bo soared into the air and flew toward the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.

Ji Wushuang turned into a streak of sword light and followed closely behind.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes slightly. What a technique!

Only a Soul King, yet he can fly freely without relying on any external object. He truly is Spirit Hall's most outstanding genius!

If nothing unexpected happens, the next several hundred years will belong to him!

Spirit Hall really has damn good luck!

Outside Dugu Manor,

Prince Xue Xing, who had been waiting for Ji Wushuang to emerge, stared blankly at Dugu Bo and Ji Wushuang as they flew into the sky one after the other.

"Th-this... what method did that damned fellow use to come out of Dugu Bo's hands completely unharmed?!"

"Where are they going?!"

Sunset Forest.

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Misty vapor curled through the air. Directly below, the red-and-white hot spring was extraordinarily peculiar. The two halves touched, yet remained distinctly separate.

One side was frigid beyond measure, while the other was scorching hot, making the energy in this space exceptionally violent.

All kinds of strange flowers and grasses grew around the spring.

Ji Wushuang had seen quite a few of them in Yue Guan's medicinal flower fields, but those had all carried weak auras and remained immature. They could not compare to the ones here at all.

"Whenever the poison in my body acts up, I come here and use this place's peculiar energy field to suppress it."

"The rare plants here are exceedingly scarce in the outside world. You cannot buy them even with money, so use whatever you want."

"But there are two things I must warn you about."

"The spring over there is extremely dangerous. Even I cannot remain there for long. And as for those rare plants growing beside it, do not touch them carelessly if you do not recognize them. Otherwise, you might be poisoned to death before you even begin curing yourself."

"Hehehe—"

The corners of Ji Wushuang's lips could not help but rise, excitement flashing through his eyes.

After thinking about it for so many years, finally...

Ji Wushuang said, "Hurry up and poison me."

"Are you insane?!" Dugu Bo frowned.

He had never seen anyone so eager to die.

Ji Wushuang said, "My time is tight, and I still have many things to do. Senior, please hurry and do not waste my time."

Dugu Bo's mouth twitched violently.

Too arrogant!

He was a Titled Douluo!

So what if he was the Pope's Disciple!

He was not the Pope herself!

"Since you are the Pope's Disciple, this old man will forgive your insolence!"

Dugu Bo snorted.

With a wave of his hand, he released a mass of glossy black poisonous mist.

It surged toward Ji Wushuang.

"This old man wants to see how you deal with this Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison!"

"You have only one day!"

"If you have not neutralized the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison after one day, prepare to become fertilizer for these flowers and grasses!"

Ji Wushuang said calmly, "Then I ask Senior Dugu to leave me some private space and not disturb me."

"Hmph!"

Dugu Bo turned and left.

Bastard!

Do not die!

Dugu Bo clenched his teeth.

Spirit Hall was filled with experts.

He could not even defeat Yue Guan, much less the others.

He did not know whether Ji Wushuang had a guardian protecting him.

Although he had not sensed one,

it was possible that the other party was stronger than him.

If Ji Wushuang died here...

Dugu Bo took a deep breath and pulled a pitch-black pill from his pocket.

"Bastard!"

"Why did it have to be someone from Spirit Hall?!"

Within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well,

Ji Wushuang felt the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison beginning to spread through his body. Calm and composed, he took out a purple pill and swallowed it.

The next moment, the black poison on his meridians silently vanished without a trace.

"Hah~"

Ji Wushuang exhaled a stream of black mist, and his complexion returned to normal.

"I did not expect the Detoxification Pill I made myself to be so effective."

"It seems the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison is far inferior to the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Poison and Death Spider Emperor Poison. Its range of attack is merely larger."

"Or perhaps it has not fully taken effect yet."

"Forget it. No need to dwell on it. Handling these Immortal Grade Herbs is more important now."

After neutralizing the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison, Ji Wushuang strolled toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

At some point, a jade box and a metal box had appeared in his hands.

"Cloud Shuttle!"

"Jade Ruyi!"

Ji Wushuang controlled the two flying swords as they shot toward the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

At the same time,

a force of suction descended upon the two Immortal Grade Herbs.

A small mass of crimson gelatinous substance and a small chunk of icy crystal flew out from the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot simultaneously.

They fell into the jade box and the metal box.

"Click—"

Ji Wushuang carefully put away the two boxes.

At that moment,

Cloud Shuttle and Jade Ruyi returned carrying the two Immortal Grade Herbs.

Ji Wushuang released the left and right Palm Bones of the Titan Giant Ape, which had undergone a second evolution, and seized the two Immortal Grade Herbs.

Ignoring their extreme cold and scorching heat, he kneaded them together and began swallowing them in huge mouthfuls without hesitation.

Once the medicinal effects of the two Immortal Grade Herbs began to take effect, Ji Wushuang leaped down into the spring of extreme cold and extreme heat.

"Come at me even harder!"