Angry Rebuke, Dugu Bo's Good Intentions?

Lin Yuan seemed to transform into a dawn light that tore through the night, charging straight into the blue poison mist!

That terrifying Jade Phosphor Blue Poison was forcibly split open down the middle by Lin Yuan!

Wherever the spear tip passed, the poison mist scattered!

A point of cold light rapidly enlarged in Dugu Yan's eyes!

"Not good!"

Chen Xin and Dugu Bo, standing nearby, both narrowed their eyes, inwardly realizing something was wrong.

This kid was too fast!

Just as Dugu Bo was about to stop him, Lin Yuan in the arena deftly flicked his wrist.

The God-Slaying Spear let out a low hum and stopped steadily less than three inches in front of Dugu Yan.

The entire venue fell deathly silent.

After a moment, he looked at the stunned Dugu Yan and said evenly, "Miss Dugu, I concede."

Only then did Dugu Yan come back to her senses.

"I... I lost? I actually lost?"

She lowered her head, feeling somewhat unwilling, but even more confused.

"Why?"

"Why was my poison completely useless against you?"

Lin Yuan looked at her and suddenly said something that stunned everyone present:

"There's no denying that your Jade Phosphor Snake Poison is highly toxic, but you've gone down the wrong path. Or rather, you've developed your Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul in the wrong direction."

Dugu Yan abruptly raised her head. "What do you mean?"

Even Dugu Bo beside her pricked up his ears. A child at Level eleven or twelve was actually teaching a Titled Douluo's granddaughter how to cultivate?

Lin Yuan did not beat around the bush and said bluntly:

"Your poison mist attacks are too scattered and too slow."

"Once you encounter an opponent with strong explosive power, or someone who counters you with Wind Attribute or Fire Attribute, your poison becomes nothing but decoration."

"Once someone breaks through your poison mist defense, your True Form is as fragile as paper."

At this point, Lin Yuan fixed his blazing gaze on Dugu Yan, his tone carrying a trace of hate iron for not becoming steel. "The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor is a top-tier Beast Martial Soul!"

"Since it is a Beast Martial Soul, that means it possesses a powerful physique and great strength!"

"Why insist on turning yourself into a Control Type Soul Master who only knows how to release poison?"

"Why not take the Assault Type path?"

"Assault Type?!" Dugu Yan asked in confusion. "But my grandfather told me to follow the Control Type path."

Dugu Bo: ...

Lin Yuan glanced at Dugu Bo before continuing, "That's right! Your path should be centered on a powerful physical body and attack methods, with deadly poison serving as a restrictive auxiliary means."

"Imagine it yourself. If you had been an Assault Type Beast Martial Soul Master when fighting me just now, you could have engaged me in close combat."

"And if I had carelessly been struck by one of your Soul Skills, your poison would have had a chance to enter my body through my skin. My condition would only have worsened over time."

"Instead of like just now, where you only knew how to release poison mist. Once I broke through it, wouldn't you have had no means of self-preservation?"

Lin Yuan's words were like a bolt of lightning, instantly splitting apart the fog in Dugu Yan's mind!

At this moment, Dugu Yan's expression as she looked at Lin Yuan was rather complicated.

Dugu Yan suddenly turned to Dugu Bo, who had remained silent, her eyes filled with hope and excitement.

"Grandfather, I think Lin Yuan is right! I want to switch cultivation to the Assault Type path!"

"Nonsense!"

Dugu Bo's face darkened as he coldly stopped Dugu Yan.

"Yanyan, what do you know?"

"The path of cultivation emphasizes proceeding step by step, and even more so teaching according to aptitude."

"Although you possess the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, your constitution leans toward softness and yin. You are not suited for the grand and open Assault Type path."

"The Control Type path is what suits you best."

"This is for your own good."

Though Dugu Bo's voice was stern, his tone held an unquestionable resolve.

Dugu Yan froze.

She had always listened to her grandfather since childhood, but this time, faced with Lin Yuan's flawless reasoning, she questioned her grandfather's arrangement for the first time.

"But Grandfather..."

"Let's talk about it later!"

Dugu Bo waved his hand to cut her off, clearly unwilling to dwell on the subject.

He turned around and looked deeply at Lin Yuan, his tone complicated.

"Kid, although your theory is novel, it does not apply to everyone."

"There are some things you do not understand."

Watching this unfold, Lin Yuan was not surprised. Instead, he became even more certain of his guess.

He calmly put away the God-Slaying Spear and gave Dugu Bo a slight smile.

"Perhaps."

"This junior merely mentioned it casually. Poison Douluo, there is no need to take it to heart."

After saying that, his consciousness summoned the diary.

Since you, old arrogant and spoiled man, refuse to tell the truth, don't blame me for stripping you bare in the diary!

[Heh, just as I expected.]

[Dugu Bo, that old stubborn fool, directly rejected Dugu Yan's proposal to switch cultivation to the Assault Type path.]

[As a Titled Douluo who had spent his entire life using the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, how could he possibly not know that this Martial Soul was better suited for the Assault Type path?]

[After all, even he himself was not a Control Type Titled Douluo, but an Assault Type more inclined toward group attacks.]

[But why did he insist on forcing his own granddaughter down the Control Type path, training those meticulous poison-control techniques?]

[He even went so far as to suppress her offensive nature?]

[Hehe, I'm probably the only one who knows this old man's good intentions.]

As Lin Yuan wrote this, a playful curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

At that moment, the Diary Copies in the minds of the three women trembled simultaneously. The three of them exchanged an imperceptible glance and immediately focused their attention to secretly read on.

[The reason is actually simple, and rather heartbreaking.]

[Compared with great strength, Dugu Bo hoped even more that his granddaughter could live well!]

[The backlash of the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison was a curse etched into their family's bloodline.]

[The faster they cultivated, the more poison accumulated, and the faster they died!]

[If she followed the Assault Type path, she would inevitably have to frequently draw upon the Martial Soul's violent power, accelerating the circulation and accumulation of poison within her meridians.]

[But the Control Type path pursued meticulous control over poison.]

[That way, Dugu Yan could spend more time learning how to suppress the poison in her body rather than stimulating it.]

[Dugu Bo was sacrificing his granddaughter's potential to prolong her life!]

[Unfortunately, this was ultimately only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.]

[Only because Dugu Bo himself had cultivated to the level of Titled Douluo and possessed such a formidable physique could he barely suppress the poison and avoid death.]

[But what about Dugu Yan?]

[At her current rate of cultivation, let alone becoming a Titled Douluo, she might not even be able to cross the threshold of Soul Sage.]

[She might not even live past thirty!]

Boom!

Those final words were like a thunderclap, viciously striking Dugu Yan's heart.

She stood rooted to the spot, her delicate body trembling violently as she bit down hard on her lips.

This was the second time Lin Yuan had said that she would not live past thirty!

PS: Brothers, this book has no more additional recommendations. I can only request follow-up reading now~~