Jealous Tang San

"Cough, cough." Tang San struggled to stand up, looking at the incredibly furious Dugu Bo with some confusion. What kind of situation could possibly make a powerhouse at the level of a Title Douluo this angry?

He curiously stepped forward and looked toward the herb garden ahead, his pupils shrinking violently in an instant.

"This... is this...?!" A shock originating from the depths of his soul instantly washed away the pain in his body and the fear brought on by Dugu Bo.

The records from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record of his past life exploded in his mind like a thunderclap: "Of the Three Great Treasure Basins, one is the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well! A symbiosis of freezing cold and scorching hot springs, red and blue in color, where yin and yang converge—it is a miraculous sight of heaven and earth! A place of spiritual beauty, gathering immortal herbs, seizing the creation of heaven and earth, and invading the mysteries of the sun and moon!"

Was the peculiar water pool before his eyes not the very Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well from those records? He never expected it to appear in this world.

Tang San's heart hammered wildly, his blood almost bursting through his veins.

Excitement, disbelief, and ecstasy flooded him instantly. He never imagined that here on the Douluo Continent, deep within the Poison Miasma of the Sunset Forest, such a peerless treasure land—only ever recorded in legends—would truly exist!

This was a holy land that every master of medicine and poison dreamed of! If he could cultivate here and nurture herbs... the bottlenecks of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, the materials for various peerless hidden weapons...

However, this excitement lasted only for a moment.

When his gaze shifted from the edge of the hollow and he saw the entire scene of the valley clearly, that ecstasy was like being doused with a basin of ice water; it instantly froze, shattered, and turned into endless regret and unspeakable distress!

There were traces of harvesting everywhere. Although seeds had been left behind, it would take countless years for them to mature. It could be said that without those mature herbs, the name of this Treasure Basin was already half-ruined.

"Who, who on earth took those herbs?" Tang San felt immense jealousy and anger in his heart. This was a treasure land recorded in the treasure record of his past life, and the immortal herbs mentioned within were countless, each possessing the power to seize the creation of heaven.

Although Dugu Bo had forcibly brought him here, he had initially viewed it as a stroke of fortune, because this was the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well—what a profitable trade it would be to exchange mere poison treatment for divine herbs.

But now, to be told he had arrived too late and that those divine herbs had already been plucked—how could one not feel jealous, how could one not feel miserable?

Dugu Bo, standing to the side, was so consumed by his own rage that he did not notice Tang San's strange behavior. Had he noticed, he might have wondered why Tang San was so angry about his own herb garden.

Looking at the mess of the herb garden before him, Dugu Bo's anger was like a pricked balloon; though still bloated and stifled, it lost the momentum of an instant explosion.

Those herbs that had been taken, while aged and quite rare, were some that even he could not name.

But in his eyes, their greatest value was merely assisting in cultivation, suppressing the increasingly severe backlash of pain in his body, and concocting antidotes for his granddaughter Yan Yan.

"Damned thief!" Dugu Bo growled through gritted teeth, his withered face twisted with rage. Dark green soul power leaked uncontrollably from his skin, causing the already sparse vegetation nearby to hiss as it corroded.

"To dare steal from me! Don't let me find out who you are!" His cold, sinister gaze swept over every trace of digging, branding this hatred deep into his heart.

Having his home robbed was a supreme humiliation for the vengeful Poison Douluo; this grudge would be repaid!

However, his rage was ultimately suppressed by more realistic anxieties.

He suddenly recalled the key purpose of this trip: the bone-deep pain that eroded him day and night, and the earth-shattering assertion made by this boy he had kidnapped.

He forcibly suppressed his churning murderous intent and the anger over the theft, slowly turning around. His gaze, cold as a venomous snake, locked onto Tang San, who had just climbed up from the ground and was still dazed from witnessing the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

"Boy!" Dugu Bo's voice was hoarse and low, carrying an unquestionable pressure. The aura of a Title Douluo enveloped Tang San like a physical force once more, causing him to wake instantly from his chaotic mix of ecstasy and regret, feeling a suffocating pressure.

"My herb garden has been destroyed, and I am in a very bad mood. You had better pray that what you said about being 'able to cure' wasn't just playing with me!"

He approached Tang San step by step, each step feeling as if it were landing on Tang San's heartbeat. His withered fingers almost touched the tip of Tang San's nose, and a dangerous light flickered in his dark green pupils.

"Now, explain yourself clearly! You said my poison is deep, originating from my martial soul, invading my heart meridians and marrow... what is your basis? And how can it be cured? If there is even half a lie, I have plenty of ways to make you regret coming into this world! I might as well use you, a boy who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, to test the new poison I've been working on!"

Tang San felt his hair stand on end from the terrifying pressure and the naked threat, his back instantly soaked in cold sweat.

He knew that any hesitation or flaw at this moment could lead to a catastrophe.

He forcibly suppressed his endless regret and heartache over the missing immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, focusing all his attention on the life-and-death crisis before him.

He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. He activated the Purple Demon Eye to its full extent, carefully "observing" the tangled, deeply entrenched, and terrifying toxins within Dugu Bo's body once more, while recalling the methods for neutralizing severe poisons and harmonizing yin and yang from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

"Your Excellency, please calm your anger." Tang San's voice remained as steady as possible, carrying a hint of the reverence a youth should have, but his eyes were exceptionally firm. "This junior is not speaking empty words."

"This junior has studied the way of poison since childhood, and there are records of similar symptoms in my family's heritage. The poison in your body is not an external evil invasion; it is the very poison contained within your martial soul, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor."

"As your cultivation deepens, the toxicity backlashes against you. Over time, it has penetrated your marrow and internal organs, especially the liver and kidney meridians, which have suffered the most damage. Now, the toxicity has begun to disturb your heart meridians, and there are even faint signs of it surging toward your marrow!"

"Do you often feel, around midnight, as if your entire skeleton is being bitten by ten thousand ants, with unbearable stabbing pain in your liver area, and occasional stagnation or stinging pain when your soul power circulates to your heart meridians? And in recent years, has your control over your own soul power become less smooth and fluid than it once was?"

With every word Tang San spoke, Dugu Bo's expression shifted.

From the initial cold suspicion to subsequent doubt and uncertainty, and finally to a look of utter horror!

Because every symptom Tang San described matched his own condition perfectly!

He had buried these pains deep in his heart, never mentioning them to anyone, including his most beloved granddaughter Dugu Yan! How could this boy... possibly know so clearly?!

Seeing Dugu Bo's drastically changed expression and the shock he could not hide in his eyes, Tang San knew he had hit the mark, and his heart settled slightly.