Douluo: Neighbor San Comes to My House to Use the Wi-Fi

Hearing this, Nan Xuan knew in his heart that his goal was close to being achieved.

"I presume that ever since you awakened your martial soul, you have been cultivating poison arts. Now, at nearly eighty years old, although your poison arts have reached a pinnacle, you have also been burdened by them. Every time it rains, you feel a numbness and itchiness in your ribs, which gradually intensifies, lasting about an hour, occurring at both the hour of the Rat and the hour of the Horse. Every night at the third watch, you experience needle-like stinging pains in your head and the soles of your feet."

"I wonder if what I have said is accurate?" Nan Xuan narrowed his eyes, smiling as he spoke to Dugu Bo inside the poison formation.

Dugu Bo found it hard to believe what this kid was saying, but every point the boy mentioned hit him exactly where it hurt. He couldn't help but ask: "How do you know this?"

"Naturally, I have my methods, and as I said at the beginning, I have a way to treat all the symptoms you are currently experiencing," Nan Xuan replied with an air of composure.

"Oh, is that so?" Dugu Bo sneered, and then a gust of poisonous wind blew, sending him directly to Nan Xuan's side.

"Now, this detoxification method belongs to me," Dugu Bo said with a sinister grin.

Seeing this, Bibi Dong immediately summoned her martial soul, with eight soul rings circling the Death Spider Emperor.

Dugu Bo looked at her, surprised that someone so young was already a Soul Douluo, and thought to himself that she must have been cultivated by some major family.

"I advise you not to do this, otherwise things will be difficult for everyone," Bibi Dong warned, watching Dugu Bo vigilantly.

"That's right, senior. Sometimes, strength alone cannot decide everything. I am the only one who knows the method, and that information isn't recorded in any books. You should think it over carefully. If you really want to force us to use violence to solve this, then we won't continue to be polite," Nan Xuan said, meeting the other man's panic-inducing green eyes with a hint of indignation.

Nan Xuan was usually easy to talk to and didn't want to violate his own principles, but that didn't mean he liked having a blade held to his throat.

Dugu Bo pondered for a moment, struggling with his thoughts for a few seconds, before dispersing the poisonous mist surrounding Nan Xuan.

He didn't dare to gamble, nor did he want to. If this guy could really handle his physical condition, he could just owe him a favor later, or satisfy whatever the other party needed.

Seeing Dugu Bo disperse the poison mist, Bibi Dong also deactivated her Martial Soul Avatar, though her vigilance remained high.

"Very good, a wise choice. You will be glad for the decision you made."

"Oh, right, I forgot to mention just now: your poison is hereditary. I believe you have already discovered this yourself. If it isn't treated early, I don't think I need to elaborate on the consequences," Nan Xuan said to Dugu Bo with a mischievous grin.

When Dugu Bo heard this, he truly wanted to fight the other party to the death. The boy wasn't old, but his stomach was full of wicked schemes. If he hadn't chosen not to attack earlier, his Dugu Yan would have been doomed.

"Hmm, then may I ask what you require me to pay?" As a level 91 Title Douluo, Dugu Bo could still see the situation clearly; otherwise, he wouldn't have lived this long.

"Senior, you haven't chosen to join any faction yet, have you? I wonder if you have considered Martial Soul Hall?" Nan Xuan smiled calmly, as if he had been prepared for this all along.

Nan Xuan knew that at this point in time, Dugu Bo had not yet joined the Heaven Dou Empire royal family, so the events between Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo from the original story didn't exist. The two had no direct grievances; ultimately, it was just a struggle between factions.

"I have indeed not joined any faction, but I have never considered Martial Soul Hall, especially with the current Pope. From information leaked by some insiders, the Pope's character is not very good," Dugu Bo said this to refuse, as he was used to being free and found it hard to accept joining a faction suddenly.

"Then what if we changed the Pope?" Nan Xuan asked with a squinted smile.

Things had reached this point; if he couldn't close the deal, Dugu Bo figured the kid in front of him would probably just walk away.

"Fine. If I know that a good Pope can be installed, I don't mind joining Martial Soul Hall." Dugu Bo now understood the identities of the two people before him—at the very least, they were ruthless characters within Martial Soul Hall who opposed the current Pope.

"Since that's the case, I have no other requests, except that I need the medicinal herbs in your garden. I hope you will agree." Nan Xuan stated his ultimate goal.

"That is acceptable, as long as you can cure the poison in me and my granddaughter, there is no problem with that." Dugu Bo didn't mind this at all; in any case, he had no other choice now.

After speaking, Dugu Bo opened an entrance to the poison formation, and the three of them walked inside.

"The soul power here is so dense," Bibi Dong exclaimed, feeling the aura inside the poison formation.

Looking at the red and blue landscape before him, Nan Xuan knew this was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The plants nearby, looking like chrysanthemums and sweet potatoes, were undoubtedly the immortal herbs.

Nan Xuan didn't plan to use these immortal herbs immediately. Instead, he turned to Dugu Bo and said: "Senior, given your current situation, there are two ways to cure your poison. The first is to consume both the red and blue herbs over there simultaneously; the second is to use a soul bone as a host for the toxins, forcing the poison into it."

Nan Xuan pointed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, indicating those two herbs.

"Is there any difference between these two methods?" Dugu Bo didn't rush to make a decision; since the other party mentioned two methods, there must be a difference.

"You are right, there is indeed a difference between the two," Nan Xuan said in a flat tone.

Dugu Bo: "Can't you just say everything at once, kid? You keep making me choose. What if I choose wrong and it's all over?"

Dugu Bo felt a bit of a mental breakdown.

"But you haven't chosen wrong yet, haven't you? Doesn't that prove you're lucky?" Bibi Dong, sitting to the side out of boredom, chimed in.

Dugu Bo didn't respond, instead looking at Nan Xuan.

"The first method requires consuming the herbs, but the medicinal properties of those two will dissipate your entire poison cultivation. As the Poison Douluo who has used poison for so long, without your poison, you might just be a name without the substance," Nan Xuan explained the drawbacks of the first method, not forgetting to mock him.

After hearing Nan Xuan's analysis, Dugu Bo knew he had to choose the second one. It just so happened that he had a ten-thousand-year Medusa Empress soul bone.

"Are there any requirements for the soul bone?" Dugu Bo asked to prevent any accidents.

"There are no hard requirements; any soul bone will do. If it were an external soul bone, that would be best, as it's more convenient for attacking. However, I don't think you need to worry, Senior. Your ten-thousand-year Medusa Empress soul bone is a perfect match for your poison," Nan Xuan answered Dugu Bo's questions very patiently.

Dugu Bo wanted to know how the other party knew he possessed a ten-thousand-year Medusa Empress soul bone, but he decided to let it go. He wasn't the type to dig for answers; with that time, he'd rather ask how to cure his granddaughter's poison.

"My granddaughter is about one or two years old now. Should we also use the second method?" Dugu Bo asked his final question.

"Yes, that's correct," Nan Xuan thought to himself that since Dugu Yan was only one or two years old, her toxins definitely weren't as severe as they were in the original story, so he answered affirmatively.

"My questions are finished. Do as you please, but please do not damage the root systems of these herbs. Although I don't know the effects of these herbs, just looking at their appearance, they are definitely not ordinary items, so please cherish them," Dugu Bo reminded Nan Xuan with a pained expression as he looked at the herbs behind him.

"Don't worry, Senior, I have a sense of proportion," Nan Xuan replied with a smile, understanding Dugu Bo's mood.

After hearing this, Dugu Bo ignored them and walked to the other side of the poison formation to deal with his own toxins.

Nan Xuan let out a breath; he had finally gotten his hands on these treasures.

"It's a good thing my martial soul happened to observe Chrysanthemum Douluo looking at his ancestral herb manual last time, otherwise I wouldn't have recognized them even if I saw them today," Nan Xuan said with relief.

"I thought you really knew everything; turns out you were just peeking at someone else's notes," Bibi Dong sat to the side, teasing Nan Xuan.

"A cultivator's affairs, how can you call it peeking? It's clearly a result of my own ability," Nan Xuan vehemently refuted the word "peeking." How could he ever do such a thing? Otherwise, he would have long since used his soul skills to... cough.

"Tch, then how do you plan to handle these treasures?" Bibi Dong asked curiously.

"Eat them, of course. How else would you handle them?" Nan Xuan looked at Bibi Dong's curious-baby face and joked.

Bibi Dong: "..."

The sunset glow illuminated the Sunset Forest. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Nan Xuan held two immortal herbs in his hands.

They were the red Infernal Delicate Apricot and the blue Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

He then handed these two immortal herbs to Bibi Dong.

"Why are you giving them to me? I saw you staring at these two herbs the moment you stepped into the poison formation. They must have some special effect, so you should use them yourself," Bibi Dong refused the herbs Nan Xuan offered.

"Silly, do you think I don't know the importance of these two herbs? Although their effects are indeed tempting, they would be much more useful on you than on me," Nan Xuan smiled and forcibly shoved the immortal herbs into Bibi Dong's hands.

"What exactly are their effects?" Bibi Dong looked at the two herbs in her hands, one cold and one hot, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Ice immunity and fire immunity. Your martial soul is of the arthropod type, which fears these things the most, while my martial soul is just an iron box. So, who do you think needs them more?" Nan Xuan explained.

Hearing this, Bibi Dong didn't decline any further. Instead, she followed the method Nan Xuan instructed, walked to the center of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and began to consume the immortal herbs.

Nan Xuan also began to harvest other immortal herbs. Growing on the bank where the waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well met was a large, pale pink flower. The flower was enormous, with pale purple stamens that looked like purple diamonds embedded within. It had no leaves, a stem three feet long, and a diameter of over a foot. Each petal looked as crystal-clear as jade and emitted a faint, pleasant fragrance.

The Aromatic Silk Beauty is the nemesis of all poisons, capable of neutralizing all toxins. It cannot cure poison itself, but it can suppress it. Within the range of its fragrance, no poison has any effect. Its scent neutralizes all toxins, making it the best anti-poison immortal herb.

Not far away was a golden chrysanthemum. Nan Xuan knew at a glance that it was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, a neutral-natured immortal herb. Consuming it circulates energy through the four limbs and clears the eight meridians, allowing one to forge a body as indestructible as diamond. It has no fragrance.

Next was the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, a mild-natured immortal herb. It must be "harvested with gold and stored in jade." As long as it is kept in a jade container, it will not wither for a thousand years or fade for a hundred generations. Its rich orchid fragrance clears the mind and invigorates the spirit.

The rich fragrance of the Tulip of the Silk gives one a sense of grandeur. Consuming it allows one to absorb the essence of heaven and earth and the radiance of the sun and moon. This flower cannot be swallowed; one must gently inhale the essence from the stamen, slowly absorbing it, and then circulate one's soul power to let the medicinal effect permeate the entire body.

"..."

Nan Xuan recalled the effects of each immortal herb as he picked them, placing them into the storage bag he had obtained from Taobao. This storage bag might not be as large as Dugu Bo's, but it had the advantage of being able to hold living things, which was perfect for these immortal herbs.

"Golden Dragon Sweet Potato." Nan Xuan discovered a vine in a crevice of the rocks at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Following the vine, he found the Golden Dragon Sweet Potato mentioned in Chrysanthemum Douluo's ancestral manual.

The Golden Dragon Sweet Potato, when cooked, is sweet and fragrant. It is a specialty herb that can only be consumed by those with metal-type martial souls. Its effect is to strengthen the metallic nature of the martial soul and stabilize one's foundation.

Thinking of the effects of the Golden Dragon Sweet Potato, Nan Xuan knew this was the most suitable immortal herb for him. Other herbs either evolved martial souls or increased soul rank, neither of which he needed right now; what he needed was this effect of strengthening his martial soul's material.

"I wonder what kind of material my iron Wireless Router will turn into." As Nan Xuan thought about this, he started a fire on the ground and began his first roasted sweet potato in the 22 years he had been on the Douluo Continent—and a rare one at that.

Before long, a fragrant scent drifted out; the sweet potato was cooked.

After finishing the sweet potato, Nan Xuan sat cross-legged and began to absorb the energy brought by the Golden Dragon Sweet Potato.

About an hour later.

Nan Xuan opened his eyes and summoned his martial soul.

A streak of dark blue soul power flowed from his hand, and then a dark blue Wireless Router appeared in the air.

"It upgraded from ordinary iron to cold iron. This actually gave my martial soul a bit of ice immunity as well. That's a surprise. It's even waterproof now, hahaha." Nan Xuan couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the changes in his martial soul.

After learning about the changes to his martial soul, Nan Xuan felt a bit bored. He turned to look at Bibi Dong, who was still inside, soaking and absorbing the energy from the immortal herbs.

He decided to study his seventh soul skill.

Martial Soul Avatar: Individual Digitization. It grants the ability of intangibility. Whenever he activates his Martial Soul Avatar, he can turn into a stream of data, making him impossible to hit no matter how others attack.

Not only that, but the effects of all his soul skills could be increased by two times their original base.

Most importantly, he had awakened a domain skill: Domain of the Network.