Congratulations, Then

"Not so fast. Before we discuss the other matter, perhaps we should deal with what is right in front of us first."

Tang Ling did not continue their original topic. The matter between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire did not concern Dugu Bo alone. Even if he did not believe it, she would not gamble on it.

However, the matter between the Yu Clan and Spirit Hall had little to do with the Dugu family.

Dugu Bo could simply have his granddaughter separate from Yu Tianheng. So, Tang Ling intended to wait until both of them arrived before discussing the Yu Clan.

As it happened, Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng had arrived.

"What matter is right in front of us?" Dugu Bo looked at her in confusion, then his attention was drawn by the sounds from downstairs.

Outside the wooden house, a man and woman who had hurried over were confronting Tang San and the others.

"Who are you? How did you get in?" Dugu Yan looked vigilantly at the people standing outside her home.

"We're from the Great Tang Merchant Guild. Didn't your grandfather tell you?" Tang San turned to look at her, equally puzzled.

They had come to visit the Poison Douluo today, and Tang Wushang, the Great Tang Merchant Guild's steward, had delivered a calling card.

Hearing this, Dugu Yan relaxed slightly before asking, "Grandfather did mention it, but why are you outside? Where did my grandfather go?"

Tang San instantly sighed and said helplessly, "Has it occurred to you that Senior Dugu and Senior Sister might already be discussing business?

They're upstairs. Just call out to them. If they aren't busy, your grandfather should answer right away."

Dugu Yan relaxed a little further. She tightly held Yu Tianheng's hand and called toward the wooden house, "Grandfather, are you inside?"

After hearing their conversation, Dugu Bo endured Tang Ling's amused smile and answered loudly, "Grandfather's here."

Then he glared at Tang Ling in embarrassment and anger. "You old fool, you already knew Yan'er was here. Why didn't you say so?"

Before she said she had something to discuss, he had not sensed Yan'er's arrival at all. What kind of martial soul did she have, to possess divine awareness?

Tang Ling raised her brows and smiled, unconcerned by his sarcastic form of address. "Little one, I told you not to be so impatient."

"You have no respect for your elders!" Dugu Bo immediately bristled and slapped the table as he rose.

"You started it, Senior." Tang Ling shrugged helplessly, then pointed out the window. "Go check on my patient first."

Dugu Bo suppressed his anger, flicked his sleeve, and rose to head for the balcony. Tang Ling followed him, and under the gazes of everyone below, the two leaped down.

"Grandfather!" Seeing him, Dugu Yan released Yu Tianheng's hand and hurried over. Yu Tianheng also stepped forward swiftly and bowed. "Senior Dugu."

Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan's hand, smiling as he patted her head. Then he snorted coldly at Yu Tianheng.

Tang San, meanwhile, quickly went to Tang Ling's side and looked her over from head to toe. Though he knew his senior sister was powerful, he could not help worrying.

"I'm fine." Tang Ling took his hand and comforted him softly. Then she looked at Dugu Bo. "Shall I take her pulse first?"

"Alright." Dugu Bo nodded and led the bewildered Dugu Yan over to Tang Ling.

Tang Ling reached out and took Dugu Yan's pulse. Ignoring the somewhat doubtful look in her eyes, she said, "The poison has already spread throughout your body, but you can still be saved."

Then she released her hand and called to Tang SiQue, "SiQue, bring me the golden needles."

Tang SiQue took a cloth pouch from the medicine chest and handed it to her.

With a wave of Tang Ling's delicate hand, the pouch floated into the air and slowly opened.

With a whoosh, a golden needle shot through the air and pierced Dugu Yan.

"First, seal the meridians. Then gather the poison in the dantian. After that, medicine and gu will work together to neutralize the poison throughout her body." Tang Ling explained to the tense Dugu Bo as she manipulated the golden needles.

Golden needles streaked through the air one after another, sealing Dugu Yan's major acupoints.

Tang Ling circulated her Soul Power and poured it into Dugu Yan's body from above. Her domineering, icy Soul Power swept through her, drawing the poison from her blood and meridians before gradually forcing it toward her dantian.

"Medicine, gu!"

Tang Ling observed the poison gathered into a clump within Dugu Yan's body and called out to Tang SiQue and Tang Baku.

Receiving the signal, the two each threw out a small box. Tang Ling opened them, used her Soul Power to knead their contents together, and flicked them into Dugu Yan's mouth, which had opened wide from the pain.

The pill dissolved as soon as it entered her mouth, then rushed toward the poison in her dantian with lightning speed.

In an instant, Dugu Yan bent over and vomited a mouthful of dark red blood before her limbs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

"Yan'er? How are you?" Seeing her fall, Yu Tianheng hurried forward to support her.

Tang Ling looked at the blood on the ground and withdrew her Soul Power with satisfaction. "It's done. The poison has been neutralized."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo swiftly grabbed Dugu Yan's hand and injected his own Soul Power into her body, his face soon revealing astonishment.

"How is it? I never lie." Tang Ling rested her hand on Tang San's beside her and sat down leisurely.

Dugu Bo did not refute her. Instead, he rose and bowed deeply to her. "Thank you, Boss Tang! From now on, I, Dugu Bo, am a Titled Douluo of the Tang Clan!"

"You're too polite." Tang Ling rose and supported his arm, her smile gentle. "Rest assured, Senior. I guarantee you will never regret your choice.

Besides, the Tang Clan lacks everything except money."

"Then how much of a discount will you give me when I buy things from the Great Tang Merchant Guild in the future?" Dugu Bo looked at her with a cheerful grin.

"Forty percent off. Any more, and I'm afraid you'll empty out the merchant guild." Tang Ling smiled and handed him a card. Dugu Bo accepted it without ceremony, then turned and handed it to Dugu Yan. "Yan'er, keep this!"

Supporting herself with one hand on Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan studied Dugu Bo carefully. Finding nothing mixed into his smile, she accepted the card.

"Ling'er, now that the person you were waiting for has arrived, shall we continue our earlier conversation?" Dugu Bo shot Yu Tianheng a glare, took Dugu Yan from him, and sat down unceremoniously on a chair beneath the tree.

Then he pointed at Yu Tianheng and looked at Tang Ling with a cheerful smile.

"Sure!" Tang Ling sat back down, turned to Yu Tianheng, who seemed somewhat stunned, and pointed to a stool nearby. "Have a seat."

Yu Tianheng paused, then put on a proper smile and sat before her. "May I ask what Boss Tang wishes to discuss with me?"

Countless thoughts ran through Yu Tianheng's mind. Though he was grateful that she had saved Yan'er, he could not help remaining wary. There was no conflict between the Yu Clan and the Great Tang Merchant Guild. Why had she specifically requested to see him? What did she want?

"Student Yu, there's no need to be nervous. I simply wish to ask an idle question." Tang Ling waved her hand, and Tang San and the others sat down as well.

Under the gazes of several pairs of eyes opposite him, Yu Tianheng tried to maintain his smile. "Please ask. So long as it is not too private, I will tell you everything I know."

"I just want to ask: what is the relationship between Yu Xiaogang and Yu Luomian? And what is your relationship with them?" Tang Ling watched him with a gentle smile.

The question was not sharp at all. On the contrary, it was unexpectedly ordinary.

Yu Tianheng froze for a moment. Then he met her gaze and replied, "Their relationship is quite good. Although Great-Uncle Yu does not want Aunt Erlong to be with Uncle Xiaogang,

he strongly supports Uncle Xiaogang's views. As for me, we're merely acquaintances who nod when we meet.

Uncle Xiaogang's views are too extreme. I don't like them much."

As he spoke, he scratched his head and glanced at Dugu Yan somewhat awkwardly, embarrassed to be speaking about others behind their backs.

"Then congratulations." Tang Ling withdrew her hypnosis and looked at him with a cheerful smile.

When she met Yu Tianheng's puzzled gaze, she calmly dropped a bombshell. "Yu Luomian and Yu Xiaogang have defected to Spirit Hall. They have also offended me. Since you do not have much to do with them, that is good news for both of us."