Jiang Ming: One Fish, Four Meals; Dugu Yan Is So Damn Fine

Dugu Bo's expression changed instantly.

The madness within his fury intertwined with killing intent that nearly spilled from his eyes.

Kill them.

Kill every one of these blind fools.

The thought spread wildly through his mind.

"Senior Dugu!"

"Please calm down, Senior! The urgent matter is finding Yanzi."

"If you keep wasting time with them here, Yanzi will be in even greater danger!"

Seeing things were going badly, Yu Tianheng rushed forward in a single stride.

Yanzi.

Those two words were like a basin of cold water poured over Dugu Bo's reason just as it was about to ignite.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and remained silent for three seconds.

When he opened them again, a trace of clarity had finally returned to those Emerald Green eyes.

"Tianheng, you're right."

"Go assist Prince Xue Xing. Turn Heaven Dou City upside down for me. She may still be in the city."

"I have a feeling this matter isn't as simple as it looks."

"But whoever it is, if they dared touch Yan Yan, I'll make sure they die without a burial place."

Dugu Bo's voice was hoarse.

"Rest assured, Senior. Tianheng will do everything in his power."

Yu Tianheng nodded heavily before turning and leaving at a brisk pace.

Dugu Bo turned as well, preparing to leave this place that disgusted him.

However.

A voice with a death wish rang out behind him.

"Poison Douluo, you killed someone from our Shrek Academy. You think you can just leave?"

It was Qin Ming.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy instructor stood before Flender, glaring at Dugu Bo with bloodshot eyes.

Dugu Bo stopped.

He slowly turned around, his expression as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.

Then...

He raised his hand and slapped again.

Smack!

Qin Ming was sent flying, crashing heavily into the courtyard wall and leaving behind a web of cracks.

"Idiot."

Dugu Bo squeezed out the two words through clenched teeth, not even willing to waste time giving Qin Ming another glance.

"Dugu Bo! Don't get too arrogant!"

"I'm telling you, one of our Shrek Academy graduates is an elder of Spirit Hall!"

"That person's authority is second only to the Pope. You killed our people today, and someday that lord—"

Qin Ming slid down the wall, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, yet the fury in his eyes burned even more fiercely.

"Heh."

Dugu Bo laughed.

He had truly been amused, his smile filled with pity for an idiot.

"You lot?"

"Your trash academy could produce a Titled Douluo?"

Dugu Bo pointed at the corpse on the ground.

Then at Zhao Wuji and Flender, beaten into the state of dead dogs, before finally pointing at Qin Ming.

Then...

"Hahahaha..."

His laughter grew louder and more unrestrained.

Then, Dugu Bo vanished from where he stood.

He appeared beside Li Yusong's corpse...

Or rather, in front of another instructor, Lu Qibin.

He was also a Soul Emperor.

He had served as a teacher at Shrek Academy for several years.

Dugu Bo grabbed him by the throat and lifted him like a chick.

Lu Qibin's face instantly turned purple, his legs kicking wildly in the air.

"I'm killing him..."

"What can you do about it?"

Dugu Bo's voice was so gentle it sent chills down their spines.

"Come on, have that Titled Douluo graduate of yours kill me!"

"Come on!"

As his words fell, his five fingers tightened.

Crack.

The sound of a neck being forcibly twisted apart rang clearly in everyone's ears.

Lu Qibin's body twitched once before going completely limp. Like a dead snake, he was casually tossed onto the ground by Dugu Bo.

Another one.

Another Soul Emperor-level instructor had died.

Qin Ming's lips trembled as he tried to say something else, but Flender seized him tightly.

Flender's face was swollen beyond recognition, and blood still seeped from the corner of his mouth.

But he could no longer care about any of that. He simply gripped Qin Ming's arm tightly, his eyes telling him...

Stop talking. Stop talking. If you keep going, we'll all die.

"Not talking anymore?"

"Why aren't you barking like dogs now?"

"Weren't you so good at talking just now? A Spirit Hall elder... what a powerful backer. Why aren't you bringing him up now?"

Dugu Bo looked at their terrified silence, a deep sneer appearing on his face.

Every member of Shrek Academy lowered their heads. Not one dared make a sound.

Dugu Bo snorted, his Emerald Green eyes filled with undisguised contempt.

"A bunch of trash."

"I'll give you one day."

"Within one day, think carefully about exactly who you offended, and who might have taken my granddaughter."

"If you can't figure it out..."

His gaze slowly swept across every person present, and a cruel curve rose at the corners of his mouth.

"I'll kill one of you every day, until you remember."

Time became hazy within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

No one knew how much time had passed. Perhaps the time it took an incense stick to burn, perhaps an hour, perhaps an entire day.

When the clash of ice and fire finally subsided completely, Jiang Ming slowly opened his eyes.

He looked down at his hands.

His skin was pale and smooth as jade, without the slightest scar. It was even more delicate than before.

But it felt entirely different.

The Soul Power within his body had become purer. Though his level had not risen, the quality of his Soul Power had undergone a qualitative leap.

Most importantly, an indescribable sensation had appeared within his body.

Extreme cold and extreme heat, ice and fire—these two incompatible forces now coexisted peacefully within him.

The Ice-Fire Body Tempering was complete.

Jiang Ming rose from the spring, quickly walked to the shore, and took a clean outer robe from his Soul Tool before putting it on.

"My Soul Power is at level 30, and the Ice-Fire Body Tempering is complete, but absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring right now would still be somewhat strenuous."

Jiang Ming raised his head to look at the bright moon overhead.

He had yet to absorb the Blue Silver Emperor's Spirit Bone.

If he absorbed it now, his physique could be improved further, and a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring would be no problem at all.

But...

The Soul Power gained from absorbing the Spirit Bone would be wasted.

So absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor's Spirit Bone now was not the wisest choice!

Whale Rubber!

That stuff could improve his physique as well!

As long as he got some higher-quality Whale Rubber, he could obtain a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring!

As for the spiritual shock from absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring?

Wasn't this exactly where the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew came into play?

"I wonder whether Dugu Yan has been found yet."

"If not, I can also take the chance to sell Qian Renxue a favor."

"One fish, four meals! Making the most of everything is the whole point!"

Jiang Ming stretched his body and walked out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Moonlight spilled across the valley, interweaving with the glow of the herbs in a dreamlike sight.

There were still many immortal herbs here, each one priceless, but Jiang Ming did not continue picking them.

It was not that he did not want them, but that the time had not yet come.

These immortal herbs were safest left inside Dugu Bo's Poison Array. He could come take them whenever he needed them.

After all, there were still three and a half years before Tang San fooled Dugu Bo!

Three and a half years was enough for him to cultivate to the Soul Ancestor realm!