Do You Admit That Your Poison Is Unmatched Under Heaven?

Do You Admit That Your Poison Is Unmatched Under Heaven?

"Kid, was it you who used a pot of wine to break Yan Yan's poison?"

After taking his seat, Dugu Bo slightly turned his eyes toward Tang San and asked without revealing a trace of emotion.

Hearing this, Tang San's thoughts raced as his mind rapidly sifted through Dugu Bo's words for key details.

Wine, Yan Yan, poison!

A moment later, his eyes lit up in sudden realization!

Back when the Shrek Team had fought the Emperor Team in Suotuo City, the Emperor Team's vice-captain had been Dugu Yan!

That girl whose Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent!

Wasn't she Dugu Bo's granddaughter?

Having figured that out, Tang San glanced at Dugu Bo, feeling somewhat surprised.

Dugu Yan's Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, and she looked deeply poisoned. Her jade-green hair and pupils were the clearest proof.

Those clearly were not the hair and eye colors a normal person should possess. Moreover, the faint scent of snake venom emanating from her was unbearably foul to Tang San's senses.

That further confirmed Tang San's conclusion: Dugu Yan was poisoned!

By the poison of her own Martial Soul!

The strange thing was that, as Dugu Yan's biological grandfather, Dugu Bo, whose Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, did not appear to be poisoned at all.

Tang San simply could not make sense of it!

Could Dugu Yan have been adopted?

But her condition was clearly more likely hereditary. The odds of her being adopted were low.

Seeing Tang San fall into thought, Dugu Bo was instead taken aback. What was going on?

He had put it so plainly, yet this Tang San still could not remember?

Young people should be more disciplined!

Dugu Bo shook his head and gave Tang San another pitying look.

Fortunately, Tang San promptly came back to his senses and, having failed to notice Dugu Bo's expression, said, "In reply to Your Excellency, back in Suotuo City, I did indeed mix wine with realgar and use it to neutralize Miss Dugu Yan's Martial Soul poison."

"Because Miss Dugu Yan's cultivation was still shallow, as long as there was a suitable counteragent, breaking her poison was not difficult."

Tang San spoke neither arrogantly nor humbly. He had his own pride, especially when it came to poison.

What sort of place was the Tang Sect?

They were specialists in poison. Calling them the ancestral masters of this world would not be an exaggeration.

Mere snake venom required no other methods at all.

"What arrogance!"

Dugu Bo slammed the table and roared.

Had he not held back his strength, the table likely would not have survived.

He was angry not because Tang San had broken Dugu Yan's poison!

He was angry because Tang San had grasped a method that even ordinary people could use to counter Soul Masters of their lineage while their Soul Power was still low.

If this matter were exposed, what would happen to the low-level Soul Masters of the Jade Phosphorous Lineage?

Even if there were none now, what about in the future?

Their lineage had always been renowned for snake venom, and it was precisely because of that venom that outsiders dared not provoke them.

Wine and realgar?

Wonderful. Truly wonderful!

If word of this spread, their lineage might as well go extinct.

Facing Dugu Bo's fury, Tang San remained unmoved.

Since this Your Excellency had not acted from the start, he was basically unlikely to act now.

"Tang San, very good. Very good indeed!"

For a brief moment, Dugu Bo felt a flicker of killing intent. As long as he raised his hand and brought it down, no one should ever learn this secret.

At worst, he could kill everyone who knew, or might know!

No one who could grow into a Titled Douluo was soft-hearted, especially a lone wolf like Dugu Bo.

He had suffered far more setbacks than those born into great powers!

Other than killing, there was no other way!

That was the cruelty of this fantasy world.

Seeing Dugu Bo's killing intent, Tang San's lips curled into a faint, disdainful smile.

He was betting that Dugu Bo would not dare kill him!

"Your Excellency, do you admit that your poison is unmatched under heaven?"

"This old man is famed throughout the world for his poison. Naturally, it is unmatched under heaven!"

Dugu Bo answered without even thinking.

"Hahaha..."

Tang San laughed, laughing in contempt.

Compared to the poisons of the Tang Sect, Dugu Bo's pathetic poison was nothing, yet he claimed it was unmatched under heaven!

Pah!

Shameless!

"Kid, what are you laughing at?!"

In almost an instant, Dugu Bo appeared before Tang San, clamped his right hand around Tang San's throat, and demanded an answer.

Though his breathing was restricted, Tang San continued laughing wildly.

"Cough, cough..."

"Heh. I don't know why you have not succumbed to poison, but your granddaughter, Dugu Yan, is already terminally ill. At most, she has ten years left. Even immortals will be unable to save her!"

"You cannot even cure your own granddaughter's poison. How can you call yourself unmatched under heaven!"

The moment those words were spoken, Dugu Bo's hand froze. His gaze toward Tang San held a trace of astonishment.

The last person to say that Dugu Bo was poisoned had been that man!

Of course he knew he had been poisoned, but before outsiders—even strangers—how could he possibly admit that he had been poisoned by his own Martial Soul?

At first, Dugu Bo had been unwilling to believe Zhongli's words. But Zhongli had grabbed him by the throat, leaving him no choice but to believe...

Fortunately, Zhongli had not deceived him. Zhongli truly could cure both his and Dugu Yan's poison, and had even turned their misfortune into a blessing by granting them Martial Soul Evolution!

As long as their descendants' Martial Souls did not devolve into Jade Phosphorous Serpents, they would no longer suffer backlash from their Martial Souls.

That was also why Dugu Bo had willingly given the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Zhongli.

As for property in Heaven Dou City, such trifles were not worth mentioning at all.

If Zhongli were willing to serve as a guest elder of Heaven Dou, then Xue Ye would surely be willing to give him even a main city.

After thinking for a moment, Dugu Bo released his right hand. Without looking at Tang San, he walked to the window, clasped his hands behind his back, and gazed into the night sky outside.

"Kid, you are right. What am I, compared to the best under heaven..."

"I never expected you to possess such profound insight into poison as well."

"Unfortunately, you and that man arrived ten years too late!"

Dugu Bo sighed. If Zhongli and Tang San had appeared ten years earlier and helped his family resolve the poison of their Martial Souls, he would have been willing to give up everything, even his status as a Titled Douluo!

He had watched with his own eyes as his son and daughter-in-law died before him...

Dugu Bo did not question whether Tang San could truly cure the poison. The previous person who had said so had been able to cure it!

That was enough.

Tang San froze, casting Dugu Bo a puzzled glance.

"That man?"

Tang San was no fool. Judging from Dugu Bo's various reactions, he must have been poisoned before.

It was simply that someone had cured him first!

Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo. The poison cultivation throughout his body had already eroded his entire being. Even Tang San had little confidence in saving someone in such a condition.

Who was it?

Someone even more formidable than Tang San?

In such circumstances, only the legendary Immortal Herbs might possibly have been able to cure him...

Thinking of Immortal Herbs, Tang San shook his head. That was probably just the fantasy of the sect ancestors. How could such miraculous things as Immortal Herbs possibly exist in this world?

Zhongli: Yes, yes, exactly!

Uh... Happy 520!