"Who's there!"
Dugu Yan immediately circulated her soul power, firing a poison dart into the bushes.
Ye Yuan dodged to the side, evading the attack.
He turned to look at the bushes behind him, where all the plants surrounding the poison dart instantly melted into thick liquid.
Ye Yuan marveled; she was truly the granddaughter of Dugu Bo, her mastery of poison was beyond reproach.
However, this also indicated that the poison she was suffering from was already quite severe.
"Who are you, and what are you doing in my grandfather's herb garden?" Dugu Yan demanded sharply.
Ye Yuan stepped forward and cupped his hands, saying, "I, Ye Yuan, have come specifically to see the senior Dugu Bo. I hid just now because I didn't recognize that you were his granddaughter."
Dugu Yan couldn't help but feel suspicious; very few people knew about her grandfather's herb garden, so how could this kid know about it?
He must be up to no good!
"I have some business with senior Dugu Bo..." Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Dugu Yan.
"Enough talk. If you want to see my grandfather, you'll have to beat me first!"
"Third Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison!" In an instant, purple poisonous mist began to radiate outward with Dugu Yan at the center.
Wherever the mist passed, not a blade of grass remained; the moment anything touched it, it turned to ash.
"What a vicious poison!" Ye Yuan couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
Ye Yuan immediately summoned his Bloodthirsty Sword, "Second Soul Skill, Demon Suppressor!"
"Since Miss Dugu Yan has put it that way, it would seem cowardly of me to refuse!"
"Then I shall fight until you are convinced."
In the blink of an eye, the two of them entered a strange blue space.
"This is a domain!" Dugu Yan, worthy of being Dugu Bo's granddaughter, immediately realized this was a domain-type skill.
The spread of Dugu Yan's poison slowed down.
Her eyes widened in disbelief.
She hadn't expected that this kid, who hadn't even reached level forty, would possess a domain-type skill.
Becoming a soul master filters out a group of people, and the geniuses among soul masters filter out another; only the geniuses among geniuses have a chance to awaken a domain skill.
Yet, the person before her actually possessed a domain skill, and at this age!
It was simply unheard of!
Ye Yuan didn't have many defensive measures against this kind of poisonous mist.
After all, his Sword Martial Soul specialized in offense.
Ye Yuan continuously used his soul power to drive his domain skill to resist the poisonous mist.
The closer he got to Dugu Yan, the stronger the mist became.
"It seems coming here was the right choice."
This battle made Ye Yuan realize his own shortcomings; as long as he obtained the Aromatic Silk Beauty near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well of Dugu Bo.
Swallowing it would allow him to resist most poisons; although it couldn't directly cure them, it would be enough.
Ye Yuan knew he couldn't keep dragging this out.
Dugu Yan's level was higher than his, and her soul power reserves were significantly greater.
Therefore, he couldn't afford a war of attrition with Dugu Yan.
He had to find a way to get close!
"Can't keep it up, kid? So what if you used a domain skill."
"Even a Title Douluo would find my poison a headache, so be careful not to get any on you."
Dugu Yan increased the speed at which the poisonous mist spread once again.
What shocked her was that Ye Yuan's soul power was so dense, it was almost catching up to her own.
Ye Yuan deactivated his domain skill.
"What's wrong? Planning to give up?"
"Don't think I'll let you go just because you give up. You didn't come at any other time, but chose to come on the very day my grandfather is feeling unwell."
"You clearly have ulterior motives!" Dugu Yan shouted.
No wonder Dugu Yan was so hostile toward him.
So, Dugu Bo's poison had been acting up these past few days, and he had come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to regulate his breathing.
In an instant, a Black Giant Dragon appeared behind Ye Yuan.
Dugu Yan's pupils shrank abruptly, "A Twin Martial Souls!"
It was one thing to know a domain skill, but she hadn't expected him to have Twin Martial Souls as well!
She couldn't help but wonder, which family's genius was this? Could he be some young master from a hidden sect?
However, she couldn't think of any prominent family with the surname Ye.
"So what if you have Twin Martial Souls? My poison will still turn you into ashes!"
Ye Yuan laughed out loud, "Then Miss Dugu Yan, please feel free to try."
That Black Giant Dragon circled continuously around Ye Yuan.
A blue barrier slowly manifested around him.
The surrounding poisonous mist was blocked outside the barrier, unable to advance even an inch.
"How is this possible?!" Dugu Yan exclaimed in shock.
Under the protection of the Candle Dragon's barrier, Ye Yuan no longer feared the poisonous mist.
Ye Yuan gripped his long sword tightly, "First Soul Skill, River Severing!"
"Miss Dugu Yan, watch out!" Ye Yuan said.
He lunged toward Dugu Yan, and wherever he passed, the poisonous mist was directly dispersed.
Dugu Yan was unwilling to give up; she didn't dodge and quickly prepared to unleash her second soul skill.
"Second Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus..." Although she had already begun to cast her second soul skill, Ye Yuan was faster than her.
The sword was already coming straight at her face!
Ye Yuan didn't stop, because he had already held back; he hadn't used his full speed for this strike.
Therefore, as long as Dugu Yan wanted to dodge, she could have avoided it.
But what shocked him was that this woman was actually standing foolishly in place, not moving an inch.
She was still stubbornly casting her second soul skill.
"Damn it!" Ye Yuan immediately shifted the tip of his sword, changing its direction.
But he still managed to shave off a bit of Dugu Yan's right eyebrow.
Ye Yuan felt a sense of relief, as if he had narrowly escaped disaster; this was the granddaughter of the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
If something happened to her, ten of Ye Yuan's lives wouldn't be enough to pay the price.
"Are you out of your mind?! Have you gone crazy just to win?!"
"Didn't you see that there wasn't enough time for you to cast your soul skill?!"
"If you want to die, I still..." Ye Yuan wanted to keep scolding her, but he suddenly stopped.
He saw Dugu Yan before him looking at him with teary eyes, her right hand touching the spot where her eyebrow had been grazed by the sword tip.
She looked at him with a pitiful expression.
Finally, she gritted her teeth, and tears began to stream down.
"Wuwuwu... I'm going to tell Grandpa, you bullied me... wuwuwu..."
Ye Yuan: "No, sister, you are like two completely different people compared to how you looked just a moment ago!"
"Don't make it seem like I'm the one bullying you!"
He just couldn't understand it; clearly, this woman was the one who started it, so what was with this sudden grievance?
"Grandpa, your granddaughter is being bullied!" Dugu Yan shouted loudly.
Ye Yuan immediately flashed over, ran to Dugu Yan's side, and covered her mouth.
"Shh, shh, shh! It's all a misunderstanding, how did I bully you?" Ye Yuan had come to ask Dugu Bo for something, not to make an enemy.
If Dugu Yan looked like this when Dugu Bo saw her, wouldn't he skin him alive?
"Oh, my dear lady!"
"Wuwuwu, let me go..." Dugu Yan said, muffled.
"If you stop shouting and crying, I'll let you go." Dugu Yan suddenly stopped crying.
Ye Yuan was a bit surprised; she was actually quite obedient.
So, he took his hand off Dugu Yan's mouth.
"Grandpa!"
"Damn it! You woman!" Ye Yuan covered Dugu Yan's mouth again.
"No, it was just a bit of your eyebrow, was it really necessary?"
Ye Yuan immediately pulled an eyebrow pencil from his robes and drew on Dugu Yan's eyebrow, even drawing over the left eyebrow that hadn't been touched.
"Look, isn't it fine now? It looks even better than it did before."
"In a few days, your eyebrow will grow back."
Dugu Yan, who had been crying just a moment ago, instantly stopped and looked at Ye Yuan in bewilderment.
Ye Yuan slowly let go of her hand: "It's a deal, no more crying."
Dugu Yan stared straight at Ye Yuan and said: "Who gave you permission to draw my eyebrows without asking?"
"How could you help me draw... draw my eyebrows?"
Ye Yuan was a bit confused. No, it was just drawing eyebrows, was there any need to make such a big fuss about it?
Just as he was about to ask for the reason, a voice came from behind him.
"Kid, you have a lot of nerve!"
"Daring to bully my granddaughter! Has it been so long since I, Dugu Bo, stepped out of my house?"
"Even some unknown brat dares to bully my granddaughter now!"
Ye Yuan's hunched back instantly straightened.
He turned around slowly and stiffly, looking toward the source of the voice.
"It... it's all a misunderstanding, Senior... please listen to my sophistry... no, that's not right, I mean explanation!"
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