The unkempt old man reeking of fishy stench was none other than Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo looked at his granddaughter and revealed a kindly smile.
Though paired with that wrinkled, blue-black face, the smile was still exceedingly ugly.
"Yan Yan, why did you have time to come back here?" Dugu Bo asked. His voice was hoarse, yet it carried a trace of cautious tenderness.
Dugu Yan looked at the old man before her, with his dark green pupils, dark green hair, and fishy stench. Her eyes instantly reddened, and tears welled in them.
Seeing his granddaughter like this, Dugu Bo's expression immediately darkened.
He took two steps forward. His cloudy yet sharp eyes narrowed, and suppressed fury filled his voice. "Yan Yan, what exactly happened? Did someone bully you? Tell Grandpa. Grandpa will stand up for you."
Dugu Yan shook her head, bit her lip, and said in a trembling voice, "Grandpa... are you poisoned?"
Dugu Bo's body suddenly stiffened.
The anger on his face froze in an instant, replaced by a flicker of panic.
His dark green eyes blinked rapidly twice, as if trying to conceal something. His lips parted and closed again, and he stood there in a daze.
He had never told Dugu Yan about being poisoned.
Because this matter involved not only her, but also her parents. Back then, his son and daughter-in-law had died from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's venom.
Those who possessed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul would continuously accumulate toxins as they cultivated.
And those who remained in close contact with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul would gradually become infected by the toxin as well, eventually dying when the poison erupted.
He did not want Dugu Yan to know any of this. He did not want her to know