Bloodletting Therapy

"Thump thump thump~"

Yu Cheng continuously knocked on the large door.

"Senior, are you alright?"

Inside the room.

Dugu Bo felt his body alternating between hot and cold, as if he were thrown into lava one moment and frozen in an ice cave the next.

His head felt like it was being pricked by needles, and every inch of his meridians was spasming.

Yu Cheng's voice came from outside the door, and he felt his consciousness clearing up a bit.

"Kid, get lost!"

Dugu Bo shouted with all his might.

The backlash from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's potent poison was a nightmare he had been unable to escape for years.

"Crash!"

Yu Cheng kicked the door open.

"Senior, are you okay?"

He quickly went to the bedside and saw Dugu Bo curled up on the bed, his eyes tightly shut.

His body was covered in sweat, and his hair was a mess.

At this moment, he didn't resemble a Titled Douluo at all, but rather an ordinary old man.

"Senior, what's wrong? Did you suffer internal injuries from today's battle?"

Yu Cheng asked with concern.

Dugu Bo forced his eyes open. In his blurry vision, he saw Yu Cheng looking at him with a worried expression.

"You should leave. I'm not injured; this is an old problem."

Dugu Bo said weakly.

"Senior, let me take a look."

Yu Cheng grabbed Dugu Bo's wrist and pressed two fingers against his pulse.

At this moment, Youth Yu Cheng was online.

"Heh."

Dugu Bo looked at Yu Cheng's focused expression and couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle.

This old ailment, which had plagued him for decades, was something even he, a Titled Douluo, couldn't do anything about. What could an eleven-year-old Soul Master like Yu Cheng do?

At the same time, a strange emotion arose within him.

Apart from Dugu Yan, no junior had ever dared to be so close to him.

"Ugh... Ah..."

The next moment, Dugu Bo felt another wave of intense pain.

"Senior, this old problem of yours is somewhat similar to Sister Yan's serpent poison. Perhaps I have a way to alleviate your suffering."

Yu Cheng spoke.

"You? What can you possibly do?"

Dugu Bo gritted his teeth, his consciousness hovering on the brink of collapse.

"Go ahead, how do you want to treat me?"

Dugu Bo was out of options.

Letting Yu Cheng treat him was like trying to revive a dead horse.

"Senior, please bear with it; it might hurt a little."

With that said, Yu Cheng took out a short knife from his Soul Tool.

Dugu Bo glanced at it. It wasn't a scalpel, nor was it a silver needle, just an ordinary short knife that looked like it was used for cutting ropes or meat.

"Kid, what are you doing?"

Dugu Bo couldn't help but ask.

"Cutting your wrist to let out blood."

Yu Cheng said it very casually.

Letting out blood?

That drastic?

Dugu Bo immediately felt a bit more awake.

Bloodletting therapy usually involved puncturing blood vessels with a needle; who ever heard of directly cutting a wrist?

However, Yu Cheng had already made his move.

A short blade sliced across Dugu Bo's wrist, the movement swift and steady.

Dark red blood, faintly gleaming with a bluish-black luster, poured out and flowed into the jade bottle Yu Cheng had prepared.

To Dugu Bo's surprise, the moment the blood flowed out, the pain in his body seemed to lessen just a tiny bit.

"Senior, your blood is full of toxins."

Yu Cheng explained as he carefully collected the blood.

"It's like being overstuffed and having indigestion; you have to expel a portion through drastic measures for your body to resume functioning."

Dugu Bo's consciousness cleared up a bit more.

He could feel that as the toxic blood was expelled, the sluggishness in his meridians, blocked by toxins, was easing.

Although the pain remained, it was at least bearable.

"Huh? What are you grinning about, kid?"

Dugu Bo glanced at the smile on Yu Cheng's face and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Yu Cheng's expression right now was like he'd just found money.

"Hehehe."

Yu Cheng stared at the bottle gradually filling with toxic blood, his eyes shining.

He didn't explain much further.

If Dugu Bo knew he intended to use this blood for alchemy, he'd probably jump up and slap him away.

Before long, the jade bottle was full.

Yu Cheng capped it, then took out a new jade bottle.

He skillfully stopped the bleeding, applied medicine, bandaged Dugu Bo, and continued drawing blood from the other arm.

Then came his feet.

Only when the fourth bottle was full did Yu Cheng finally stop.

"Senior, how are you feeling now?"

Yu Cheng asked.

Dugu Bo circulated his Soul Power, carefully sensing his condition.

At this moment, the severe pain had largely subsided.

Although the root cause of the toxins remained, at least for the time being, it wouldn't flare up to an uncontrollable degree again.

He slowly sat up, looking at the audacious young man before him.

"Kid..."

Dugu Bo's voice was hoarse.

"If you keep drawing blood like this, I'll die from blood loss before the poison kills me."

"Hehe, Senior, just tell me if my method was effective or not?"

Yu Cheng put the blood back into his Soul Tool, saying with a smile.

Dugu Bo nodded.

He had to admit that this simple and crude bloodletting therapy, while not addressing the root cause, at least freed him from a state worse than death.

"Kid, you can go now."

Dugu Bo waved his hand.

He had a feeling Yu Cheng's gaze towards him was strange, like he was looking at a mountain of gold.

The next day.

After a night of recuperation, Dugu Bo had regained his Titled Douluo's spirit.

"Kid, Yan Yan will be going out of town for training in a while. I'm going to see her. Are you staying here, or returning to the academy?"

Yu Cheng didn't move, fiddling with the medicinal herbs in his hand.

"Please go ahead, Senior. I see you have quite a lot of medicinal herbs here. I'd like to stay a bit longer and study them."

"Heh."

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes. This kid was truly unceremonious.

"Kid, you can stay here, but don't wander around randomly."

Dugu Bo warned.

"Outside the valley is my poison array, be sure not to trespass. In the center of the valley, there's a miraculous spring where ice and fire coexist. Soul Masters below level forty must absolutely not approach it."

"Got it."

Yu Cheng waved his hand. "Safe travels, Senior."

Dugu Bo's mouth twitched.

This kid really treats this place like his own home?

"Hmph."

Dugu Bo snorted coldly and didn't bother with him.

After all, Yu Cheng had saved his life last night.

His figure flickered, turning into a green light and disappearing from his spot.

"Dugu Bo's poisonous blood, I've been craving this blood for a long time! Although it can't compare to the hundred-thousand-year Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, the poisonous properties it contains are unique!"

"Refine medicine!"

"I must refine medicine quickly!"

Youth Yu Cheng's excited voice rang out.

"Buddy, I finally understand why Dugu Bo doesn't like you."

Yu Cheng said teasingly.

On the Douluo Continent, no one could probably stand the look in Youth Yu Cheng's eyes, which regarded people as medicinal ingredients.

"Dugu Bo is gone, shall we go check out the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first?"

Yu Cheng's gaze shifted towards the center of the valley.

There, two halos of red and blue light converged, steaming up hazy mist.

"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is no simple place. Dugu Bo wasn't wrong; with your current Soul Power, you probably can't stay there for half a minute, let alone absorb the immortal herbs."

Youth Yu Cheng's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over him.

"Ah, this..."

"Then what should I do?"

Yu Cheng asked anxiously.

The immortal herbs were right before his eyes, yet he could only look?

What was the difference between this and a eunuch visiting a brothel?

"I've waited eleven years, what's wrong with waiting another year or so?"

Youth Yu Cheng comforted him.

"With your current physical condition, you should be able to get close to the spring once you reach level thirty."

Yu Cheng fell silent for a moment.

"Starting today, I'm going into seclusion!"

With that, he took out a bottle of poisonous blood and began refining pills.

Martial Soul City.

Bibi Dong looked at the documents on the table and slammed her hand down.

"That old geezer Golden Crocodile is truly detestable!"

The document on the table was an impeachment against her by the Second Elder, Golden Crocodile Douluo.

The Elder's Council expressed strong dissatisfaction that such a talented theoretician had not stayed in Martial Soul Hall but was instead poached by Heaven Dou Academy.

"That old geezer, he clearly knows Xue'er's identity, yet he's using this opportunity to impeach me!"

"Yu Cheng was recruited by Xue'er, what's the difference from him staying in Martial Soul Hall?"

"The Qian family, including their affiliated families, truly deserve to die!"

Bibi Dong suppressed her anger.

If she weren't in the Pope's Palace, she would have flipped the table right then and there.

At this moment, a maidservant quickly stepped forward.

"Your Holiness the Pope, there is someone named Yu Xiaogang seeking an audience outside."