Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower, Xiao Feng is Saved

"I never expected my luck to be this good, to actually find a Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower in a place like this! This is a rare and precious medicinal herb!"

"Following the methods in the notes, I can completely replicate the Jade Phosphorus Throat-Sealing Poison!"

Looking at the nearly mature Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower, Xiao Qing's eyes were filled with excitement.

The notes stated that the Jade Phosphorus Throat-Sealing Poison was colorless and odorless; an ordinary person would bleed from their seven orifices and die within a day of even the slightest contact.

This was the perfect life-saving artifact for Xiao Qing! If he had possessed this poison when he encountered the Datura Snake, how could Xiao Feng have been injured? Xiao Qing would have sent that Datura Snake to meet the King of Hell long ago!

However, unsure if there were any soul beasts guarding the area, Xiao Qing prepared to scan his surroundings to see if there were any useful clues.

Just as Xiao Qing raised his eyes to survey the area, he suddenly felt a trace of a metallic, fishy taste surge up his throat. Having studied toxicology extensively, how could Xiao Qing not realize he had been poisoned?

Almost as a muscle reflex, Xiao Qing grabbed the Antidote Powder from his cloth bag, poured the entire contents into his mouth in one go, and then retreated frantically to get away from the spot.

But before Xiao Qing could take more than a few steps, a powerful wave of dizziness caused him to stumble and collapse to the ground.

His strength gradually faded, and his consciousness began to blur. Just before his eyes closed, Xiao Qing saw a blurry figure appear before him.

The newcomer stood in front of Xiao Qing, coldly watching the dying boy.

"Something that I, this old man, have taken a fancy to is not something a mere one-ring soul elder like you can touch! I hope your luck is better in your next life!"

Dugu Bo took out some Bone-Melting Water and was just about to pour it over Xiao Qing when Xiao Feng, who had been slowing the spread of the poison inside the Prism Ball, jumped out.

The poisoned Xiao Feng stood unsteadily in front of Xiao Qing, blocking Dugu Bo's path, and let out a continuous low growl at him.

"How interesting. I didn't expect a brat like you to have a century-old Wind Shadow Wolf protecting you, though it looks like this beast has been poisoned too!"

"No wonder you were gathering Moon Shadow Mushrooms. Let me guess, this beast was poisoned by a Datura Snake, right?"

The reason Dugu Bo was wasting his breath here was that he had discovered the poison within Xiao Qing's body had actually been suppressed.

Although he hadn't used any particularly potent toxins for the poison array surrounding the Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower, it was not something a wet-behind-the-ears child like Xiao Qing should have been able to resolve.

Precisely because of this, Dugu Bo was rambling, eyeing Xiao Qing with a scrutinizing gaze.

Suddenly, Dugu Bo noticed the cloth bag at Xiao Qing's waist. During his time in the Star Dou Forest, the coarse fabric on the outside of the bag had become tattered, revealing the bag's original appearance.

"Is this the storage soul tool I gave to Xin'er?!"

Dugu Bo doted on his son immensely and recognized at a glance that the bag at Xiao Qing's waist was the small gift he had given Dugu Xin when he broke through to become a soul elder.

Later, after Dugu Xin had traveled alone through the two great empires, returning without success in finding a way to resolve the accumulation of toxins in his body, he had once told Dugu Bo a story.

Once, while in the Star Dou Forest, he had been ambushed by a thousand-year Poison Thorn Porcupine, and the venomous thorns had pierced his body, causing the toxins to erupt.

Just as Dugu Xin lay on the ground, completely powerless and thinking he was about to die, a two-ring soul elder had disregarded his own life and rushed over to save him.

Later, to thank that soul elder for saving his life, Dugu Xin had given his pharmaceutical knowledge and the "cloth bag" to that soul elder.

Dugu Bo stared at the bag at Xiao Qing's waist, momentarily at a loss for words.

After a long while, Dugu Bo finally regained his composure and sighed, "Fate is truly mysterious!"

Following this, Dugu Bo took out two Antidote Pills and, relying on his strength as a titled douluo, forcibly shoved them into the mouths of Xiao Feng and Xiao Qing.

With the Antidote Pills, the snake venom in Xiao Feng's body quickly vanished. As for Xiao Qing, because he had been poisoned too deeply, he would not be waking up for a while.

"Hey, can you understand me? If you can, then tell your master that I have repaid the favor for the soul tool at his waist. As for those Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flowers, I will leave one for him as compensation for accidentally poisoning him!"

After giving these instructions, Dugu Bo walked over to the Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flowers, left the one with the highest maturity, and dug up all the others, placing them into his Wishful Treasure Pouch before taking them away.

Having done all this, Dugu Bo took one last look at the unconscious Xiao Qing and then at the bag at his waist, a complex look flashing through his eyes.

Then, his figure flickered and vanished like a ghost into the depths of the dense forest, as if he had never appeared at all.

The setting sun slanted, its rays piercing through the gaps in the forest and spilling onto Xiao Qing's face.

Xiao Feng sat crouched beside its master, vigilantly observing the surroundings, its ears twitching from time to time to catch every sound in the forest.

The toxins in its body were completely gone, and it had even gained a boost in strength from the experience points absorbed from the Datura Snake.

The sky grew darker and darker, yet Xiao Qing still showed no signs of waking up.

The nights in the Star Dou Forest were exceptionally dangerous; various nocturnal soul beasts began to stir, and the sounds of beast howls and rustling could be heard from afar.

Xiao Feng stood up and circled around Xiao Qing and the Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower, leaving its own scent marks to warn other soul beasts not to approach.

When the bright moon hung high, Xiao Qing finally showed some movement.

"Ugh..."

A painful groan spilled from his throat.

Hearing the sound, Xiao Feng immediately leaned in and licked its master's face with its warm tongue.

The first thing to return to Xiao Qing was his sense of pain—his head felt like it was splitting open—followed by his sense of taste, his mouth filled with the bitter flavor of medicine mixed with the metallic tang of blood.

His blurred vision gradually cleared, and he saw Xiao Feng's concerned face and the Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower under the moonlight.

"Hiss! My head hurts so much..."

Xiao Qing propped up his upper body, rubbing his temples, his mind in complete chaos.

From the ecstasy of discovering the Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower, the metallic taste surging in his throat, to taking the Antidote Powder, retreating frantically, collapsing, and seeing a blurry figure...

"No, there was someone here!"

Xiao Qing sat up abruptly, his vision blacking out from the sudden movement, but he forced himself to endure the discomfort and scanned his surroundings.

There was no one else—only Xiao Feng, the forest, the night, and that single Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower.

No, that wasn't right.

Xiao Qing's gaze fixed upon the Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower.

He remembered clearly that there had been four of them before, yet now only one remained. Furthermore, the surrounding ground showed signs of having been disturbed; the soil was fresh, clearly indicating that they had been dug up not long ago.

"Xiao Feng, what happened?"

Xiao Qing looked at Xiao Feng, who let out a low whimper, nudged Xiao Qing's hand with its head, looked back at the Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flower, mimicked a swallowing motion, and finally bared its teeth toward the depths of the forest.

Relying on the translation function provided by the Prism Ball, Xiao Qing roughly understood what Xiao Feng was trying to convey.

"Dark green hair, a presence even more powerful than a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast—could it be Dugu Bo?"

Xiao Qing sat on the ground, muttering to himself; if that were truly the case, then everything made sense.

Only a poison master at the Title Douluo level could set up a poison array that would incapacitate him without his knowledge, casually produce medicinal pills capable of instantly neutralizing Green Phosphorus Poison and Datura Snake Poison, and so easily harvest the Green Phosphorus Seven-Leaf Flowers while leaving behind the most mature one.

"But why would Dugu Bo save me? I have absolutely no connection to him!"

Just then, Xiao Qing's hand accidentally brushed against the cloth bag at his waist.

"That's right, this bag! The origin of this Soul Tool is the most mysterious thing I possess; Dugu Bo must have seen the 'bag' and chosen to save me and Xiao Feng because of it!"