The Use of the Diary

The atmosphere in the Blue Tyrant Academy dean's office was somewhat stagnant.

"Aunt, I really have the ability to protect myself."

Yu Tiancheng looked at Liu Erlong's furrowed brows before him and tried to explain again.

"Even if you have the ability to protect yourself, it's still not allowed!" Liu Erlong interrupted decisively, her voice rising a few decibels.

"Do you know what kind of place the depths of Sunset Forest are? Not only is it a nesting ground for thousand-year and ten thousand-year spirit beasts, but it's also perpetually filled with bone-corroding soul-rotting poisonous miasma! Even I, a Soul Saint, have to be extremely vigilant when I go in there. A single mistake could lead to capsizing in a ditch!"

She walked up to Yu Tiancheng and looked him straight in the eye: "I promised your father, and I also guaranteed the family that I would take good care of you. If anything were to happen to you in that place, how would I explain it to them? How would I explain it to myself?"

Yu Tiancheng's heart warmed, but his plan couldn't change.

"Aunt, I will be careful. And this training is very important to me."

"What training is more important than your life?"

"You need practical combat experience? Fine, starting this afternoon, you will come to my courtyard every day, and I will personally be your sparring partner. I guarantee it will be more thorough than you blindly stumbling around the forest alone!"

She clasped her hands into fists and issued an ultimatum:

"In short, I do not approve of you leaving the academy. During this period, you will stay honestly in the academy and are not allowed to go anywhere."

Yu Tiancheng opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but seeing Liu Erlong's unquestionable expression, he swallowed his words in the end.

"I understand, Aunt."

"That's more like it. Go back and cultivate. Remember to come over this afternoon." Liu Erlong's tone softened slightly upon seeing this, and she waved her hand.

Yu Tiancheng silently withdrew from the dean's office and closed the door.

Standing in the corridor, he let out a soft sigh.

Trying to force his way would definitely not work. He knew his aunt's temper well; if he truly angered her, she might even lock him up.

Sneaking out directly? Given how worried Liu Erlong was about him, she would probably mobilize the entire academy, or even the forces of Heaven Dou City, to search for him inch by inch. That would be too big a commotion.

Just as he was contemplating how to persuade Liu Erlong, his mind suddenly moved.

The diary automatically appeared, its cover shimmering with flowing light.

[This week's theme has been determined: Huo Wu]

[Please write a diary entry based on this theme]

Yu Tiancheng raised an eyebrow.

Huo Wu? That girl from Blazing Fire Academy?

In the original work, Huo Wu's role wasn't extensive. While her personality was distinct, she felt too much like a plot device.

However, this hint from the diary came at just the right time! His eyes lit up, and a plan quickly formed in his mind.

"Aunt can see the diary. If, in the diary, I 'accidentally' reveal my true purpose and confidence in going to Sunset Forest, even pointing out the urgency..."

"Given Aunt's personality, no matter how worried she is, she probably won't be able to stop me by force anymore, right?"

With that thought, he immediately focused his mind, sinking his consciousness into the diary, and began to write.

[This morning, I flipped through the Myriad Poisons True Scripture. The various strange poisons and their antidotes recorded within are truly eye-opening. As I read, I couldn't help but think of Dugu Yan, and her grandfather, the renowned Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.]

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yan, who was cultivating, suddenly felt the diary copy she carried grow slightly warm.

Her heart stirred, and she quickly took it out to check. Seeing her name mentioned, she felt a slight joy.

[Dugu Yan probably doesn't know yet that when their martial soul is cultivated, the toxins will accumulate in their bodies with their increasing cultivation, but they cannot be smoothly expelled. Over time, they will seep into the marrow and internal organs, eventually... leading to a backlash and death from poisoning.]

[Dugu Yan's father died this way. Senior Dugu Bo has a higher cultivation, so the accumulated poison in his body must be even deeper. If a cure isn't found soon, it's likely only a matter of years.]

"What?" Dugu Yan's face instantly turned pale as she read this, almost dropping the diary. A chilling coldness shot from the soles of her feet to the top of her head!

No wonder! No wonder Grandpa sometimes went into seclusion alone, his face occasionally showing a dark, greenish hue!

No wonder I've been feeling occasional joint pain recently, and a bone-chilling coldness at night, like ants gnawing at me!

She had always thought it was due to over-cultivation or the characteristics of her martial soul, never daring to delve deeper into this possibility!

The shadow of her father's early death had always loomed over her and her grandfather. Could the truth be this cruel?

Panic and immense sorrow instantly overwhelmed her. Her eyes immediately reddened, and her body trembled slightly.

"Yanzi, don't panic! Look, Yu Tiancheng specifically mentioned this in the diary. He also obtained a Myriad Poisons True Scripture this morning. Since he can see the problem, perhaps he also has a solution?"

Ye Lingling, who was sitting beside her quietly reading the diary, noticed Dugu Yan's abnormality immediately and quickly held her cold hand.

As if to confirm Ye Lingling's words, the handwriting in the diary continued to flow:

[Fortunately, there is always a way out. The Myriad Poisons True Scripture happens to record a method to resolve this martial soul's accumulated poison. The principle is to use poison to fight poison, combined with specific spiritual materials of heaven and earth, to guide and transform the deposited toxins, and even turn harm into benefit, feeding back into oneself.]

[I have the method, but several core medicinal ingredients required are quite rare. Some of them, according to records, only grow in the depths of Sunset Forest, in extremely yin and cold, or extremely yang and hot, desolate places nourished by special miasma. For ordinary people, let alone collecting them, even finding them would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.]

[If these herbs can be obtained, Senior Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan's problems might truly have a turning point.]

"He can cure it! He can really cure it!"

Dugu Yan seemed to grasp a lifeline, her head snapping up. Tears streamed down her face, but her eyes were now burning with intense hope.

"Lingling! I need to go find him! Go to Blue Tyrant Academy right now to find Yu Tiancheng! No matter what herbs he needs, no matter the cost, as long as it can save Grandpa, save me..."

She spoke and was about to rush out.

"Yanzi, calm down!" Ye Lingling pulled her hard. "You're too emotional right now, and this concerns Poison Douluo. You can't be reckless. Yu Tiancheng revealing this in his diary might have his own intentions. We need to make a long-term plan, at least, find a more reliable way to contact him."

Her mind was delicate, and she vaguely felt that Yu Tiancheng suddenly revealing this matter in his diary was not without reason.

Blue Tyrant Academy, Dean's Office.

Liu Erlong naturally "saw" the diary update.

At first, when she saw Yu Tiancheng mention Sunset Forest again, she frowned, thinking the kid hadn't given up.

But as the content unfolded, her expression gradually changed from dissatisfaction to solemnity, and finally to deep worry and a hint of understanding.

"So that's how it is... This kid isn't just trying to gain experience, his target is Dugu Bo?"

"Or rather, it's the rare herbs in Sunset Forest that Dugu Bo knows about?" Liu Erlong muttered to herself, pacing in the office.

"Helping Dugu Bo and his granddaughter detoxify? That's a good deed."

"Although that old monster Dugu Bo has a strange temper, if we can truly save his life, this favor will be immense."

As a Soul Saint and from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, she knew how valuable the favor of a Titled Douluo was.

"But... it's too dangerous!"

"Not to mention the dangers deep within Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo himself is an extremely unstable factor! That old poisoner is moody and acts entirely on impulse. If Tiancheng rashly approaches him claiming he can cure his poison, he might be mistaken for someone with ulterior motives and be poisoned to death!"

In her opinion, Yu Tiancheng's plan was like dancing on the tip of a knife. Gambling with his life for a possible opportunity and favor was not worth it!

"No, I still can't let him go."

Liu Erlong made up her mind. Even if it was to save Dugu Bo, she couldn't let Yu Tiancheng take this risk.

She would rather go find Dugu Bo herself to talk, or think of another way.