Soul Core Method, Dugu Bo Can Be Saved?

"Father, Mother, Grandpa Dugu."

Gu Ci spoke calmly.

With a thought, he withdrew the Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger Martial Soul, and the oppressive pressure in the room vanished instantly.

Dugu Bo stared at Gu Ci for a long while before finally asking, "Ci'er, your Martial Soul..."

"My Mystic Thunder Tiger King evolved."

Gu Ci answered frankly, "It's now called the Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger. It should be a Super Martial Soul."

"Besides that, I awakened a Second Martial Soul called the Heavenly Eye. It's a Body Martial Soul."

As he spoke, the vertical mark between his brows opened once more, revealing the golden Heavenly Eye before the three of them.

Looking at that golden eye, Li Wanyue felt as though everything about her had been seen through. Even the circulation path of her Martial Soul was laid utterly bare before that eye.

"What a powerful spiritual-type Martial Soul..."

she murmured.

Dugu Bo nodded and took out a Soul Power Test Crystal from his robes, handing it to Gu Ci.

"Test your current Innate Soul Power."

Gu Ci accepted it and injected a thread of Soul Power into it.

The next second, the Soul Power Test Crystal erupted with an incomparably brilliant radiance. The entire sphere lit up completely, without a trace of shadow.

Innate Full Soul Power!

The room fell silent for a moment.

Gu Xiao was the first to react, bursting into laughter.

"Good, good, good! My son, Gu Ci—Innate Full Soul Power, a Super Martial Soul, Twin Martial Souls! Hahahaha!"

Li Wanyue's eyes brimmed with tears as well. She stepped forward and hugged Gu Ci. "Good child, good child..."

Dugu Bo stood to the side, watching the scene with a faint smile on his lips.

He walked up to Gu Ci and said solemnly, "Ci'er, your talent is something I have never seen in my life."

"With your current foundation, so long as you do not die prematurely, you will at least become a level 95 Titled Douluo in the future, perhaps even... higher."

"But you must remember this."

Dugu Bo's voice turned stern. "Talent is only talent. True powerhouses have never achieved greatness through talent alone."

"You still have a long road ahead. Do not be arrogant, and do not slack off."

Gu Ci nodded solemnly. "Rest assured, Grandpa Dugu. I'll remember."

Dugu Yan poked her little head out from behind Li Wanyue, her large eyes filled with admiration.

"Brother Gu Ci, you're amazing! Yanyan will be counting on you to protect me from now on!"

Gu Ci smiled and rubbed her head. "All right. I'll protect you from now on."

Looking at the family before him, warmth surged through his heart.

After transmigrating for six years, he had finally gained a firm foothold in this world.

The Super Martial Soul, Thunder Prison Heaven-Slaying Tiger; the Twin Martial Soul, Heavenly Eye; Innate Full Soul Power.

And the three books personally written by Huo Yuhao.

"Grandpa Dugu, there are some things I need to ask you. Please be sure to answer me."

"Just now, while in the Martial Soul Possession state of the Heavenly Eye, I discovered that both you and Yanyan have a great deal of accumulated poison in your bodies."

"Logically speaking, toxins should not remain in a Soul Master's body when their Martial Soul is not possessed."

Gu Ci's tone was more serious than ever. Taking advantage of the second awakening of his Martial Soul was the best opportunity for him to expose Dugu Bo's poisoning.

"Grandpa Dugu, the toxins in both you and Yanyan have already seeped into your bones. Please tell me, where exactly did these toxins come from?"

Dugu Bo's expression grew complicated, and then he let out a long sigh.

"Ah, I never expected your Martial Soul to be so extraordinary that you could even see this."

"Since we're speaking of it, I'll tell you everything today. The Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul is born with a poisonous backlash against its wielder. If one fails to break through to the Titled Douluo realm before the snake venom erupts completely, there is only one outcome: death."

"Xiao'er, Xin'er did not die fighting someone back then. He died from the backlash of his own snake venom. And Yanyan's mother was also poisoned to death by Jade Phosphor Snake Venom."

Gu Xiao's eyes widened. Dugu Xin, the elder brother who had been about the same age as him, had always seemed frail and sickly in his memories.

Back then, Dugu Bo had claimed that Dugu Xin died while fighting someone. No wonder Dugu Bo had not gone out to seek revenge.

Otherwise, with Dugu Bo's temperament, he would surely have stirred up a sea of blood across the continent.

"This is the fate of the Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul. I was merely fortunate enough to break through to the Titled Douluo realm."

"If Yanyan cannot reach the Titled Douluo realm, then..."

Dugu Bo did not continue, because everyone understood.

Dugu Yan lowered her head, lost in thought.

So that was what happened. Am I going to die too?

At once, the atmosphere in the room dropped to freezing point.

"Grandpa Dugu, it's not as though there is no cure."

"After my Martial Soul's second awakening, I seem to have received an inheritance from a deity. He left behind three books for me."

"In theory, two of those books contain methods to solve the Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul's problem."

Dugu Bo's eyes instantly shone with a sharp light!

"Yanyan, quickly! Swear upon your Martial Soul that you will not reveal anything you hear next."

Anything left behind by a deity—if word got out, the Titled Douluos of the continent would surely swarm him. At that point, even he would find it difficult to protect Gu Ci.

Just as Dugu Bo was about to have Dugu Yan swear upon her Martial Soul, Gu Ci interrupted him.

"Grandpa Dugu, why go that far?"

"Given our relationship, there's no need for that."

"However, I cannot read those books until my strength reaches a certain realm. At present, I can only read part of them."

"I'll write down what I can for you."

Gu Ci was not lying. He truly could not freely read those books just now. It seemed to be a measure to prevent him from aiming too high.

However, what he could currently read included the theory and initial practice of condensing Soul Cores through the Soul Core Method.

Dugu Bo already possessed a Poison Core, a prototype Soul Core. With this knowledge, his chance of condensing a Soul Core was over seventy percent.

As for Dugu Yan, Gu Ci had an even better solution.

He could further amplify the toxins in Dugu Yan's body, then use the Soul Spirit Art to contract a Soul Spirit and transfer the toxins onto it.

This was feasible. It was a hypothesis Huo Yuhao had proposed while compiling the book, and there had even been successful cases.

Gu Ci found paper and a brush, then wrote down everything he could currently see regarding the Soul Core Method for Dugu Bo.

Before long, Dugu Bo trembled as he accepted the bamboo scroll densely covered in writing from Gu Ci.

He opened it and, after reading only a few lines, was utterly stunned.

"Gasp... divine means. If this theory is viable, it could raise a Soul Douluo's chance of advancing to Titled Douluo by at least thirty percent."

"And if a Titled Douluo condenses one, their strength would improve significantly as well."

"If this secret method were to leak out, even I could not protect you."

Dugu Bo muttered to himself. This secret method had absolutely surpassed the closely guarded secrets of every force on the continent.

"How is it? Grandpa Dugu, are you confident?"

"The theory is flawless. In a few days, I'll enter seclusion."

Gu Ci opened his Heavenly Eye again.

"Grandpa Dugu, my Second Martial Soul has detected that your toxins have already run too deep. Simply mobilizing them would be far too slow."

"If there are suitable herbs to regulate them, not only will it be faster, but the success rate can also increase somewhat."

Both openly and subtly, Gu Ci was setting his sights on Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Dual Pools.

After all, its effects were simply too heaven-defying. Moreover, beneath the ground lay the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, two of the nine Dragon Kings of the God Realm.

"That's simple. I have an Immortal Herb Garden. We can go there when I help you hunt for a soul ring."