"So that was the origin of my Candle Dragon Emperor." Ye Yuan, the observer, murmured.
"Teacher, are you leaving?" Ye Xue asked worriedly.
Ye Yuan patted her head. "There are things I must do."
"You are my disciple. In the future, you will bear the great responsibility of becoming the master of the Heavenly Court. With your talent and strength, I can rest assured."
"Is there anyone on this continent who can stand against you?"
Ye Xue saw the resolve to die in her teacher's eyes, the look of someone prepared to stake everything on a single throw.
Yet she did not know who could possibly threaten her teacher.
Unless... unless it was a god!
She could not help recalling the time when she had still been the Angel God. But even her former self would absolutely have been no match for Ye Yuan as he was now.
"Teacher, with your strength, even an ordinary god descending to the mortal world would be no match for you."
"Do you not like Little Xue? Is Little Xue not good enough?" she asked through tearful eyes.
Ye Yuan pinched her cheek and finally decided to tell her the truth.
"Do you know Dai Mubai?"
Ye Xue nodded. "Mm. I heard that he went to the God Realm with Tang San and the others."
"Dai Mubai and I have a blood feud. I, Ye Yuan, once swore that I would not rest until one of us was dead!"
Ye Xue had never seen such an expression on her teacher's face. His features were twisted with fury.
"You've seen enough. Go back now."
"Hm? Teacher, who are you talking to?" Ye Xue asked.
Ye Yuan looked directly at him.
The world spun around him.
When he opened his eyes again, he was in Dugu Bo's medicinal garden.
"That... wasn't a dream. It really was my previous life..." Ye Yuan murmured.
"Little fellow, you're finally awake."
"You slept for a whole month. If this old man hadn't kept you alive with Soul Power, you would've died long ago."
Ye Yuan focused his gaze. It was Dugu Bo.
He had clearly only spent a short while in that dream. How had a whole month passed?
"Kid, how are the preparations coming along?"
Ye Yuan nodded.
"The reason your body was able to resist for so long was all thanks to this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
"The two opposing ultimate attributes happened to suppress the poison within your body."
"The two Immortal Herbs I consumed before had this effect. I still have some left. As long as you consume them, the poison in your body can be dispersed."
"But... your entire poison cultivation will be ruined as well."
Dugu Bo angrily said, "How is your treatment method any different from killing me?"
"For a Title Douluo like me, dispersing all my poison cultivation would be the same as becoming crippled!"
Dugu Bo's fury surged. He had never expected such a method.
If he dispersed all his poison cultivation, his former enemies would immediately swarm him. Then he and his granddaughter would be doomed beyond redemption.
"Are you toying with me?!"
Ye Yuan paused before speaking again. "Senior, don't be hasty. I haven't finished."
"There is another method. Senior can find a Spirit Bone and transfer all the poison cultivation in your body into it, separating it from your body."
"Then this junior can use the medicinal power within my body to remove all the poison from Senior's body."
Only then did Dugu Bo lower the hand he had been about to use to grab Ye Yuan by the throat.
"You should've said so earlier!"
"What about Yanyan?" Dugu Bo asked.
"Since Senior's granddaughter has not cultivated poison arts very deeply, this junior only needs to slowly cleanse it away each day with the ice and fire attribute power within my body."
"In her future cultivation, she will only need to force her poison cultivation into a Spirit Bone."
After speaking, Ye Yuan activated his storage Soul Tool and began continuously harvesting the various rare treasures in the medicinal garden.
Clang! Dugu Bo blocked Ye Yuan's sword as it kept harvesting the herbs.
"Senior, are you going back on your word?"
"Though this old man is no good person, I keep my word. Harvesting these herbs like this is simply a waste of heaven's gifts."
"This old man will use my Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch to store them. Once it's full, I'll give you the pouch as well."
Ye Yuan nodded. After all, professional matters should be left to professionals.
Most of the herbs here had been cultivated by Dugu Bo. In this regard, Ye Yuan still trusted him.
"Oh, right. In the next few days, this old man will be searching for a Spirit Bone for Yanyan."
"Help me take care of her. Oh, she only left a short while ago."
"Her companions called her away. They said they ran into a troublesome fat man."
"Go take a look. As for Spirit Hall... we'll discuss that later."
"What this old man can promise you is that I will not stand with the two great empires. If you need anything, you can also tell this old man."
After saying that, Dugu Bo drove Ye Yuan out.
"Ran into a fat man..."
After Dugu Yan left the medicinal garden, she followed her teammate Shi Mo without stopping and hurried to where her companions were.
"What happened to you all?!" Dugu Yan arrived at the scene.
She saw Osler, Yu Feng, and the others injured and unconscious on the ground. Only Yu Tianheng and Ye Lingling remained standing.
Neither of them looked well. Their faces were pale, and their lips had turned slightly black.
As a poison Soul Master, Dugu Yan immediately saw that the two of them had been poisoned.
"Captain, Lingling, you..."
"Hehe, Boss Dai, another one has come. Now there's enough for the two of us."
The speaker was a fat man in red leather clothing named Ma Hongjun.
At that moment, he was staring at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling with a lecherous gaze.
Dugu Yan immediately stepped forward and used Soul Power to purge the poison from them.
"What a vicious poison! These people were trying to kill you!"
"Lingling, what happened?" Dugu Yan demanded angrily.
"Captain and the others were still shopping on the street when that dead fatso suddenly came up behind me and tried to lift my skirt."
"The captain noticed and fought him."
"Later, the fat man was defeated by the captain, so he called over that guy named Dai Mubai."
"That man was no match for the captain either."
"So they pretended to surrender. Once we had all lowered our guard, the two of them took out weapons like crossbows."
"They had been coated in poison. All of us were poisoned."
"They even threatened to kill us unless I slept with them."
"Waaah... Yanyan!" After saying that, Ye Lingling threw herself into Dugu Yan's arms.
Dugu Yan shouted, "You have a lot of nerve!"
"Heaven Dou Imperial City is nearby, yet you dare commit murder in broad daylight!"
Ma Hongjun grinned lewdly as he looked at Dugu Yan. "Hehe, once the two of us have had our fun, we'll just kill you."
"Besides, Third Brother gave us something else. I remember... it was called Corpse Melting Powder, wasn't it?"
"Just one drop on a corpse, and it'll immediately dissolve into thick liquid."
Dai Mubai patted Ma Hongjun on the shoulder. "All right, Fatty. It wasn't easy finding two such exquisite beauties. We should savor them properly and make the most of our time."
"After all, it wasn't easy getting Little San to lure those women away. We have to enjoy ourselves."
"Which one do you want?"
Ma Hongjun licked his lips and laughed. "Give Ye Lingling to me. She's so delicate and weak. Just how I like them."
"Fine. Then the one who just arrived is mine."
Dugu Yan shouted, "You've gone too far!"
"First Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison!" She immediately unleashed her Soul Skill. Since her companions were nearby, she could not use her wide-range third Soul Skill.
Purple poisonous mist instantly rushed toward the two men.
"Spicy indeed. I like fiery girls like you."
"Here, Fatty!" Dai Mubai pulled out a bottle of wine from his robes.
Ma Hongjun took it. "Got it, Boss!"
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