Chrysanthemum Douluo Chrysanthemum Pass

After they sparred for a while, Su Ming saw that Ning Rongrong had nearly finished absorbing the drop of Golden Dragon Blood she had taken.

"Rongrong, you've nearly finished absorbing that drop of Golden Dragon Blood I refined for you."

"You took it internally just now. This time, we'll combine internal and external treatment."

"For the internal treatment, it's the same as before. For the external treatment, we'll prepare a medicinal bath and add some Golden Dragon Blood. Let your body absorb it through your skin first. Soaking for about half an hour should do."

"Then we'll do the internal treatment: take another ten drops of Golden Dragon Blood."

"Don't worry. If you can't withstand the medicinal power, I'm right here, aren't I?"

Su Ming finished with a smile and raised his eyebrows at Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong's little face flushed slightly. She naturally understood what Su Ming meant. After all, dragons were notoriously lustful, and Golden Dragon Blood was no different.

Su Ming was about to prepare the medicine when he heard someone call out.

"Little Monster."

At the sound, Su Ming looked over and saw a streak of green light hurtling toward him.

Su Ming knew exactly who it was. The only person who called him Little Monster was Dugu Bo.

As soon as Dugu Bo landed, Su Ming didn't hurry over to greet him. Instead, he turned to Ning Rongrong beside him and said,

"Rongrong, Old Poison and I have some things to discuss. Why don't you go find Zhuqing and play for a while?"

Seeing this, Ning Rongrong didn't interrupt them.

"Okay!"

Only after Ning Rongrong had left the courtyard did Su Ming turn to receive Dugu Bo.

They walked over to the table in the courtyard, and Su Ming poured Dugu Bo a cup of tea.

"Old Monster, what brings you here?"

Dugu Bo took the tea and downed it in one gulp.

"After Yanyan's Martial Soul evolved, word spread that you had a method for Martial Soul Evolution. With me looking out for you, and with you becoming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's son-in-law just two days after returning, none of those forces dared to make a move against you."

"Now Spirit Hall has sent a Titled Douluo. They're probably planning to negotiate with you for the Martial Soul Evolution method."

"By sheer coincidence, the person Spirit Hall sent was Chrysanthemum Douluo, Chrysanthemum Pass. We have a bit of history—let's just say we're both friends and rivals."

"When I was only at Soul Power rank ninety-one, I couldn't beat Chrysanthemum Pass. Now that I'm at rank ninety-four and have my poison completely under control, I went and fought him outside Heaven Dou City."

"Sure enough, just as you said, the moment we met, he asked if I'd mastered my poison arts and could control my poison freely, instead of looking neither human nor ghost."

At the time, Dugu Bo had been so exasperated that he'd laughed.

"Just as you said, anyone who knows even a little about medicine can tell I'm poisoned. But I'm the only Titled Douluo with a poison attribute."

"Everyone thinks they have no standing to comment. And since I'm a Titled Douluo, nobody dares to provoke me. They all assume this is normal."

At this point, Dugu Bo began to falter.

"I fought Chrysanthemum Douluo, Chrysanthemum Pass, but I couldn't beat him from the start."

"The problem was, he could tell that my poison had made me look neither human nor ghost. So he started mocking me, saying that the mighty Poison Douluo Dugu Bo was going to die from his own poison."

"Then he asked me whether Su Ming had cured me. Right after that, he mocked me again, saying that without Su Ming, Dugu Bo, I'd probably have died without an heir."

"He hit a nerve, and I got so mad that my Soul Power broke through from rank ninety-four to ninety-five. I became a Super Douluo, and with the help of my Poison Pill..."

"I soon had Chrysanthemum Pass on the back foot. But then his whole body started glowing gold. My poison couldn't get into him, and I couldn't budge him. Since he wasn't trying to kill me either, I realized he must have been holding back when I was only rank ninety-one."

"So we stopped fighting. Little Monster, he's at my Dugu Manor now and wants to meet you."

Dugu Bo finished haltingly, looking at Su Ming with an embarrassed expression.

"Old Monster, you can't be blamed for that. This was simply a case of one Martial Soul countering another."

As he spoke, Su Ming took a document from his Storage Soul Tool. It contained a detailed description of the Immortal Herb known as "Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum," and he handed it to Dugu Bo.

After reading it, Dugu Bo let out a sigh.

"Alas, I was simply outmatched. I never expected Chrysanthemum Douluo, Chrysanthemum Pass, to have developed his Immortal Herb Martial Soul, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, so thoroughly. It's firm and pure yang, as hard as diamond, and immune to all poisons. I lost fair and square."

"Come on, Old Monster. Didn't you say Chrysanthemum Douluo was at your place?"

Before Su Ming could summon his Martial Soul, Dugu Bo grabbed his hand and flew straight toward Dugu Manor.

Chrysanthemum Douluo was sitting in the courtyard at Dugu Manor, drinking tea.

Dugu Bo pushed the door open with a dark expression. Su Ming followed him inside, where he saw a person with a feminine air, dressed in a bright red gown trimmed in gold and styled like a woman's formalwear. That had to be Chrysanthemum Douluo.

"Well, well. Why the long face, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo?" Chrysanthemum Douluo held his teacup, gently swirling it as he taunted Dugu Bo's scowl.

After mocking Dugu Bo, Chrysanthemum Douluo turned his gaze to Su Ming behind him.

"You must be Su Ming."

Su Ming immediately stepped forward, clasped his hands, and bowed.

"This junior is Su Ming. Greetings, Chrysanthemum Douluo."

"Good. Get up and have a seat." Chrysanthemum Douluo spoke as if he were the master of Dugu Manor, inviting Su Ming to sit.

Once Su Ming sat down, Chrysanthemum Douluo ignored Dugu Bo and began chatting with him.

"Su Ming, when I arrived in Heaven Dou City, I heard that Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had evolved from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent into the Jade Phosphorus Ice Dragon. Is your Martial Soul Evolution method really that powerful?"

After speaking, Chrysanthemum Douluo glanced at Dugu Bo, who had sat down beside them.

"Senior Chrysanthemum, this Martial Soul Evolution method of mine had actually existed long before I discovered it. People simply hadn't realized it."

"Besides, Sister Yan's Martial Soul could evolve to the level of a true dragon because Senior Dugu Bo discovered an Immortal Herb that did the trick. My method only played a supporting role."

At the mention of an Immortal Herb, Chrysanthemum Douluo immediately perked up and looked at Dugu Bo.

"I wondered how you managed to suppress your poison before it was cured. So you'd found a treasure trove."

Then he turned to Su Ming.

"What Immortal Herb did Dugu Yan eat?"

"Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid."

Chrysanthemum Douluo murmured,

"Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. So it really was the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid."

Chrysanthemum Douluo knew there couldn't be only one Immortal Herb. He also knew that Ning Fengzhi's daughter, Ning Rongrong, had a Martial Soul that evolved from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and that she had appeared at the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou. He'd heard about it.

"Chrysanthemum Pass, I'm warning you. Su Ming is now the son-in-law of Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. His daughter, Ning Rongrong, was raised by Sword and Bone Douluo. Don't even think about trying anything underhanded."

"And that treasure trove belongs to me."

Chrysanthemum Douluo snorted and didn't press the matter further. After all, there was no point wanting what he couldn't have.

"Su Ming, I know you can't possibly join Spirit Hall. But would you be willing to tell us about this Martial Soul Evolution method?"