The Great Stage of Douluo, My Name is Qian Xunji

Take Yao and Cai Wenji, for example; if they were to seek help from their hidden guardians, they would be taken back to Martial Soul Hall.

"Speaking of which, where did those two support units go?" As the conversation turned to this, Kai suddenly remembered Yao and Cai Wenji, whom he had forgotten. He felt a bit puzzled, as he hadn't seen any messages from these two supports lately.

In reality, he didn't mind having two supports with him, but the distance was too great. They were in Heaven Dou City, and he was in Nuoding City, separated by a vast distance.

"They went to Shrek," Qian Xunji said, glancing at the mini-map.

"Hmm... they didn't stay long before leaving. I asked, and they said Ma Hongjun and Oscar were too disgusting—both of them are lechers."

"They've gone to the jungle now."

"The jungle?" Kai asked, confused.

"They went to hunt Soul Beasts. I asked them, but they aren't responding anymore. The guardians say the two are safe, just acting a bit strange." Qian Xunji wandered through the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, listening to Chrysanthemum Douluo's enthusiastic introduction while responding internally through the system.

Kai understood something and stopped speaking.

At the same time, the carriage came to a halt. The Dean straightened his clothes, ensuring he looked clean and tidy so as not to appear disrespectful, before leading Kai off the carriage. They had arrived at Fasinuo Intermediate Soul Master Academy.

Chapter 44: Immortal Herbs

It is actually quite simple to manipulate the Poison Douluo: just seize his only granddaughter, Dugu Yan.

Qian Xunji held the hand of a little girl with short, deep purple hair, greeting Dugu Bo opposite him with a look of profound wisdom.

By holding the granddaughter hostage, one can command the Poison Douluo!

With a little girl in his arms, the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo would willingly lead you to his vegetable garden to dig up immortal herbs and soak in the hot springs.

Just ignore the fact that an old man will be staring at you the entire time.

"I have already brought you in as you instructed. Now, you can release my granddaughter!" Dugu Bo said, suppressing his rage.

"I only said I needed you to bring us here; I never said I would release your granddaughter. Old man, don't get things mixed up." The golden-haired man shook his head, his divine face wearing an expression of wisdom and punchable arrogance that didn't quite match his aura.

"You scoundrel! You clearly promised me you wouldn't harm my granddaughter."

"I haven't harmed her, have I?" Qian Xunji said sagely.

"Despicable! I never expected the dignified Pope of Martial Soul Hall to resort to such schemes and tricks." Dugu Bo glared at Qian Xunji, his voice filled with anger.

"Alright, I don't have time to play with you old man. Make your choice now!" Qian Xunji held the little girl in his arms. "Will you join Martial Soul Hall, join Martial Soul Hall, or join Martial Soul Hall?"

"..." Dugu Bo gritted his teeth, looking at the golden-haired youth opposite him and the teary-eyed little girl in his arms.

"I... agree to join Martial Soul Hall," Dugu Bo said through gritted teeth.

To the side, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo watched with calm expressions as their Pope had another episode.

Yue Guan, the Chrysanthemum Douluo, had his mind entirely on the immortal herbs in the garden, especially the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that shared the same origin as his own martial soul.

If he could consume it, he would surely be able to advance further.

Ghost Douluo, having heard Chrysanthemum Douluo's introduction earlier, couldn't help but feel tempted. He knew Yue Guan extremely well; Yue Guan had studied herbal knowledge and seen many top-tier medicinal herbs, yet he had never seen him this excited.

Anything that could be called an immortal herb by Yue Guan was definitely extraordinary!

Suddenly, Yue Guan watched as the child brought by the Pope ran over and touched a crystal-clear, snow-white herb. Each leaf had a moist, watery sheen, and its curved, extended form highly resembled the slender neck of a swan. The leaves were crystalline and snow-white.

"Wait, don't touch that!" Yue Guan hurriedly warned. It was the Snowy Swan Kiss—touch it, and you die!

Chapter 45: Schizophrenia

To Chrysanthemum Douluo's surprise.

The child's hand touched this beautiful yet dangerous immortal herb, and nothing happened.

Yue Guan even began to doubt if he had misremembered the effects of this herb.

He doubted his own memory, but he never doubted that there was something wrong with the child.

The child wore a golden robe, and their hair was covered by a hood, revealing only a hint of short, golden hair.

The attire was simple, with a medicine chest slung diagonally across their waist. A faint scent of medicinal herbs lingered around them, and their aura was mysterious and peculiar.

It was the Alchemist King—Bian Que!

However, unlike other heroes who were focused on cultivation and leveling up, Bian Que only wanted to learn the pharmacological knowledge of this world.

Of course, if possible, he also wanted to cure this mentally challenged host along the way; this was the collective wish of all the heroes, including the system.

Bian Que could be considered the hope of the entire village.

In order to cure the mentally challenged host, Qian Xunji, the system had automatically upgraded, iterated, and updated several versions, yet it still returned in defeat whenever it faced him.

The system's requirement for Bian Que was also to cure this even more severely ill host at any cost.

That's right!

The condition had become even more severe!

The lightning strike treatment hadn't cured Qian Xunji; instead, it had worsened his condition, adding yet another entry to his extensive medical record.

Schizophrenia, combined with delusions and intellectual disability...

The host being sick is not an adjective here, but a noun.

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[With all these immortal herbs added together, Qian Xunji should be cured, right!]

The system was wandering around the mall, looking to purchase some new medicine for treating mental illness.

[Brother, your host still isn't cured? Why don't you just swap for a new one!] The mall's service system looked at the regular customer, greeting him while offering advice.

[How could I do that? I've been with my host for so long that we've developed a bond. I won't abandon him. Alright, just give me the latest medicine!] The system sternly refused.

Swapping hosts is absolutely out of the question; he has already caused 9,999 hosts to die.

Every single one of them died on the very first day of binding.

Qian Xunji is the only host who has managed to hold on and live a perfectly fine life.

If Qian Xunji dies again, it will hit the warning threshold, and he will be sent to the Lord God for a virus scan and a factory reset.

It doesn't matter if the host is a bit mentally challenged, as long as he stays alive. As a system, it can afford to support him.

Can Bian Que actually cure the host or not!

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Meanwhile, in Dugu Bo's herb garden.

Watching the golden-haired child successfully pluck the Snowy Swan Kiss and store it in the medicine box.

While Yue Guan was still in shock, Qian Xunji had already taken the lead to ask a wise question, "Can't you leave a seed?"

Bian Que didn't even glance at Qian Xunji, "I have already kept a portion of the seeds for this immortal herb, but it will take several hundred years for the seeds to mature into immortal herbs. After all, they are top-tier immortal herbs."

"Can I touch it? It's quite pretty." Qian Xunji's hands were uncontrollably itching to move.

"..." Bian Que ignored him and continued to harvest the immortal herbs that were mature enough to be picked, placing them one by one into the medicine box.

Watching from the side, Chrysanthemum Douluo also felt a great itch in his heart.

However, he now understood why the Pope had brought this child here.

Connecting this to the sudden move against the Poison Douluo's granddaughter and coming to this herb garden, the Pope must have had a plan for a long time.

No matter how much he itched, he could only hold back.

However, he had made great contributions to Martial Soul Hall over these years and was loyal to the Pope; surely, requesting one immortal herb wouldn't be a problem.

On the side, the Poison Douluo, having just heard Chrysanthemum Douluo's introduction and learning that the herbs in his garden were actually immortal herbs, felt his heart twitch with pain as he watched a child digging them up one by one.

With so many immortal herbs, there must be one that could cure the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison in his body.

But for now, the most important thing was how to save his own life.

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Chapter 46: No Choice

Having successfully subdued a grandfather and granddaughter, one of whom was an SSR-level Title Douluo, Qian Xunji felt refreshed.

"How is it? Can these immortal herbs be used to refine medicine?" Qian Xunji looked uncharacteristically clear-headed, like a normal person; one could never tell that he had just been using a little girl to bully her grandfather.

"Yes, but I need time." Bian Que did not intend to explain professional knowledge to this layman, simply providing an answer.

"One immortal herb, supplemented by other herbs to enhance the medicinal effect, can refine about three to four pills. The effect might be slightly weaker than consuming the immortal herb directly, but it can be administered to multiple people."

In fact, giving such an immortal herb to only one person was a waste; the excess energy and medicinal power could not be digested and would eventually only convert into soul power.

At most, one person could only absorb one-third of an immortal herb's medicinal effect, and the rest would be wasted.

However...

Bian Que glanced at Chrysanthemum Douluo, who was staring longingly at the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

This Title Douluo, whose martial soul was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, shared the same origin as the immortal herb. Consuming it would not only be a perfect fit and make up for the flaws in his martial soul, but he could also fully absorb the herb's medicinal power.

However, if an immortal herb were used as a martial soul, in terms of its effects, it was actually more suitable for the path of a support-system soul master.

But many soul masters, despite knowing this truth, still insisted on forcing their way down the path of control-system or Power Attack System soul masters, only to end up mediocre.

However, changing one's perspective, if these people had truly chosen the path of a support-system soul master, it was questionable whether they would even be alive today.

Some things might seem like the wrong choice, but in reality, they had no choice at all.

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Kai also underwent testing under the recommendation of the Nuoding Academy Dean and successfully enrolled.

The Dean also received sufficient benefits; once his term ended next year, he would be able to come to the Fasinuo Intermediate Soul Master Academy to teach.

Going from a principal to a teacher might seem like a demotion, but it was actually a promotion.

As a provincial-level intermediate soul master academy, the teaching staff at Fasinuo were all at least Soul Elders, and the Dean was even a Soul King.