Lan Minghua: Become Stronger by Taking Disciples

Dugu Bo's eyes widened, "My life is over!"

Just then, Lan Minghua finally moved. He wouldn't let Wu Song kill Dugu Bo.

"Oi, seriously, didn't I tell you not to go for the kill?"

Lan Minghua blocked in front of Dugu Bo, grabbing the Precept Knife Wu Song swung with one hand.

With a boom, endless Blade Aura swept past Lan Minghua's sides, making whistling sounds.

Dugu Bo struggled to open his eyes, staring at the scene before him with a look of horror.

A strike he couldn't block was so easily caught by this person who looked like a Vagrant.

What confused him even more was why this person in front of him would save him.

Lan Minghua gently pushed the blade, saying helplessly, "Erlang, you got carried away again?"

As expected, only Wu Dalang could control Wu Song. Even he couldn't completely restrain him.

The red light in Wu Song's eyes faded, and he sullenly retracted his Precept Knife.

"Sorry, Sect Master, I haven't fought in a while and got a bit too excited."

Lan Minghua rolled his eyes, feeling that having him around might not be a good thing.

After all, if Wu Song got into a killing mood, he couldn't stop him every time.

Now he had used another Experience Card, and the Experience Cards were almost gone.

He waved his hands repeatedly and said to Wu Song, "Erlang, go do what you want to do and spread the fame of our Heavenly Dragon Gang."

"Yes, Sect Master. I will let those people know that our Heavenly Dragon Gang is the Continent's Number One Gang!" Wu Song said seriously.

Before he left, Lan Minghua continued, "Don't let me hear you ruin the reputation of the Heavenly Dragon Gang, or I'll spank you!"

"Cough, cough, I know, Sect Master."

Wu Song responded guiltily and quickly flew away, afraid Lan Minghua would change his mind.

Dugu Bo, who was still on him, was so shocked his mouth couldn't close. He seemed to have heard something incredible.

The Continent's Number One Gang, the Heavenly Dragon Gang?!

How had he never heard of it?

Could it be that the Heavenly Dragon Gang, like the Clear Sky Sect, was a Hidden Sect?!

Dugu Bo inwardly cried out in bitterness. Even if what they said was false, it didn't concern him much.

After all, he was now a lamb to the slaughter.

Lan Minghua turned his head and sized up Dugu Bo, who had lost all his strength.

Dugu Bo was quite tough, "The winner is king, the loser is bandit. Kill me or flay me as you please!"

"When did I ever say I was going to kill you? Don't get me wrong. Am I the kind of person who likes to slaughter the innocent?!"

Hearing Lan Minghua's words, Dugu Bo sighed, "If you take away the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, it's the same as killing me."

"Tch, it's just that you're poisoned and need to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to suppress the toxins in your body. Even if it's gone, you won't die immediately, right?"

Lan Minghua's words exposed Dugu Bo's poisoning and the reason why he was unwilling to let go of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Bo gave a wry smile, "I won't die immediately, but that will only be a few years of painful lingering on."

He wasn't afraid of death itself, but he was afraid that his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, would also have to endure such suffering.

"You're poisoned, can't you get someone to help you detoxify? Such a simple matter, and you don't understand?" Lan Minghua picked his nose and said casually.

"Detoxify?" Dugu Bo scoffed, "My title is 'Poison Master'. I am arguably the strongest poison user on the continent. If even I can't detoxify it, who else can?"

"Me. And for the poison in your body, I have more than one way to detoxify it."

"What? You have a way to detoxify it!"

Dugu Bo couldn't believe it, but he didn't think Lan Minghua would deceive him.

After all, the other party's strength was far greater than his, so there was no need to deceive him.

Dugu Bo was very shrewd and quickly said, "Senior, if you can detoxify me, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well will be yours."

"If I kill you, won't it be mine too?"

As soon as Lan Minghua said this, Dugu Bo's face stiffened, unable to refute.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you. Let's go. When we get to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, I'll tell you how to detoxify."

Dugu Bo didn't know if Lan Minghua was lying to him, but he had no other choice.

Soon, the two arrived at the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well resembled a Tai Chi diagram.

Lan Minghua kept his word and told Dugu Bo the method of detoxification.

"Do you see the two Immortal Herbs by the spring eye? One is called Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and the other is called Infernal Delicate Apricot."

"If you consume them together and endure the neutralization of the two Immortal Herbs' toxicity, allowing them to form a small Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within your body, you will be detoxified."

Dugu Bo's eyes burned with desire, wishing he could consume the two Immortal Herbs right away.

However, Lan Minghua struck back, "It's nothing special. This detoxification method has a drawback: it will dissolve all your poisonous skills."

Dugu Bo hesitated. He was already the weakest Titled Douluo.

If even his poisonous skills were scattered, he would truly have no distinguishing features.

So, he gritted his teeth and asked Lan Minghua, "Then, senior, are there any other detoxification methods?"

"Of course, there is. The second method is even simpler: just force all the toxins in your body into your soul bone."

Lan Minghua remembered that Tang San had detoxified Dugu Bo in this manner in the original story.

Upon hearing the second method, Dugu Bo slapped his forehead. He couldn't believe such a simple method had escaped him.

Based on his years of experience with poisons, this method was feasible.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior. This Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye now belongs to you."

Lan Minghua nodded and accepted it without politeness.

He only took the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well whose names he could recall, not stripping it bare.

He took the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Eight-petaled Immortal Orchid, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.

As for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lan Minghua chose not to take it away, allowing it to continue existing here and nourish the growth of other Immortal Herbs.

Dugu Bo prepared to force the toxins into his soul bone, intending to test it on himself.

If it truly worked, then his granddaughter would not have to suffer the torment of poisoning.

Lan Minghua sighed as he witnessed this scene.

In reality, he had a better detoxification method: the Pill Toxin Method, which he had drawn with Wu Song not long ago.

The Pill Toxin Method came from the neighboring Cang Qiong. It involved gathering all the poisonous gas (toxins) in the body into a single poison pill.

This way, not only could it detoxify, but the poison pill could also enhance the application of poison.

However, Dugu Bo and he were merely in a transactional relationship. Lan Minghua had no obligation to teach him the Pill Toxin Method.

Forcing the toxins into the soul bone also had obvious drawbacks.

The capacity of a soul bone was limited, and as long as Dugu Bo was alive, his body would continue to produce toxins.

The lifespan of a Titled Douluo was much longer than that of ordinary people.

If the injected toxins exceeded the soul bone's limit, once they erupted, it could lead to amputation at best, or direct death at worst.

The only soul bone Dugu Bo possessed was a Head Soul Bone.

Once the poison erupts, it's certain death.

"Sigh, who made Wretched Fate Hua such a warm-hearted person? Then I, Lan Minghua, will also be warm-hearted."

Lan Minghua walked over and interrupted Dugu Bo's preparations, who looked confused.

"The second method also has drawbacks. If the poison exceeds the capacity of the Soul Bone, you don't need me to tell you the consequences."

"This old man knows, but isn't there no other choice?" Dugu Bo mocked himself.

Seeing this, Lan Minghua said softly, "I have another Detoxification method, which is better than the previous two and has no side effects. It's just..."

Before he could finish, Dugu Bo knelt before him.

"Having drifted for half a lifetime, I only regret not meeting a wise lord. If you do not abandon me, Bo is willing to become your Adoptive Father!"

"Huh?!"

"Huh? Become my Adoptive Father?"

Lan Minghua glanced at Dugu Bo with disdain, noticing that he was even older than Wretched Fate Hua.