Resolving the Toxin

"It is possible to change it, but Grandfather, do you remember when I used to go around stealing other people's pets to hunt?"

"That's right, I do remember that; I was quite puzzled by it for a time back then."

"Mm, I asked back then if I could change the assessment."

"The Spirit of the Snake God said it was possible, but it would be changed to hunting twenty Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts."

"Uh..."

Dugu Bo froze on the spot, his eyes widening the moment the realization hit him.

"Ten... Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?"

"That's right. I reckon that if I change the assessment content this time, it will be similar to the last. Grandfather, are you sure you still want me to change it?"

"Cough... cough..."

"Yan-Yan, let's talk about which poisons we should drink first."

Dugu Yan shot her grandfather a look of disdain, then immediately began pulling various bottles and jars from her Soul Tool.

"Let's see if my poisons are enough first."

"I have the Leg-Stretching Eye-Rolling Pill, the Smiling Half-Step Stagger, the Seven-Day Life-Ending Powder, the I Love A Stick of Firewood..."

Dugu Bo watched as his granddaughter introduced her collection like she was showing off treasures, then he shifted his feet and silently picked up the I Love A Stick of Firewood, tossing it toward the back mountain.

That kind of medicine was definitely not something his granddaughter should be taking.

Finally, seeing that Dugu Yan had brought everything out but was still missing a few, Dugu Bo immediately supplemented them.

"Grandfather has the Three-Corpse Brain-Spirit Pill, the Leopard Fetus Tendon-Changing Pill, the Lust... no, not this one, throw it away!"

Looking at the twenty types of poison neatly arranged on the stone table in the small courtyard.

Dugu Yan swallowed hard, trying not to show it.

"Grandfather... I'll be fine, right?"

"Mm, with Grandfather here, rest assured!"

With her grandfather's guarantee, Dugu Yan let out a sigh of relief.

A look of grim determination flashed in her eyes, and she opened the seals on all the medicines at once, swallowing all twenty types of poison in one go.

The speed was so fast that it left Dugu Bo stunned.

"Uh, Yan-Yan, couldn't we have done them one by one? Grandfather isn't confident if you take them all together!"

Having just swallowed the poisons, Dugu Yan clutched her throat, her entire face turning a deep, congested purple. Her terrified eyes seemed to be questioning why the old man hadn't said so sooner.

Fortunately, the faint smile at the corner of Dugu Bo's mouth betrayed him.

After silently cursing her grandfather for his lack of dignity, Dugu Yan quickly sat cross-legged and began to resist the medicinal properties of the twenty poisons with all her might.

As the medicinal effects spread, Dugu Yan's complexion turned as colorful as a rainbow.

It shifted between flushed red and a bruised, cyan-purple.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo opened his mouth and spat out the Poison Core he had condensed within his body, placing it beside Dugu Yan.

As the Poison Core emitted a dark green toxic mist, Dugu Yan's complexion immediately shifted to the same color as the core.

Dugu Bo's Poison Core possessed extreme devouring properties; as long as the other toxins were not more potent than the core itself, they could be slowly assimilated.

At the same time, his Poison Core was refined based on the Jade Phosphor Snake venom, and since Dugu Yan also possessed the Jade Phosphor Snake martial soul, she was naturally highly resistant to this type of toxin.

This was the source of Dugu Bo's confidence in letting his granddaughter consume so many poisons at once.

Time ticked away, and Dugu Yan's expression shifted from agony to calm.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo finally let out a quiet sigh of relief.

[Wish Rank E, Executor Dugu Yan completion rate 100%.]

[Reward: 300 days of cultivation, Soul Ring age increased by 100 years.]

[Reward: Spirit Snake Sense, Poison Gland.]

Inside a hotel in Heaven Dou City, Lu Xian received the notification that Dugu Yan had completed the major assessment.

Lu Xian immediately checked the rewards with excitement.

Setting aside the cultivation and Soul Ring age, the Spirit Snake Sense was what particularly caught his interest.

The sense of smell and thermal sensing capabilities of creatures like snakes were extremely acute.

When Lu Xian accepted and activated the Spirit Snake Sense, the items within a hundred-meter radius of the hotel actually appeared in his field of vision in the form of thermal imaging.

In other words, he could clearly see where everyone was within a hundred meters.

For him, this was an incredibly practical ability.

Assuming he were currently at Notting Academy, his spiritual power would still be unable to sense the presence of Tang Hao.

But with the Spirit Snake Sense, as long as Tang Hao appeared outside Notting Academy, he would be able to detect the man through thermal imaging.

As for the other reward, the "Poison Gland," it was easy to understand: it was the organ snakes used to store their toxins.

One had to know that a venomous snake would certainly never be poisoned by its own venom.

The reason for this was the existence of the poison gland, and the Dugu family, who utilized toxins through Martial Soul Possession, were slowly being eroded by their own Jade Phosphor Snake venom precisely because they lacked these glands.

For Lu Xian, who possessed Immunity to All Poisons, this ability was truly a chicken rib—tasteless to eat but a pity to discard—but for Dugu Yan, it was a different story entirely.

It would be no exaggeration to call it a life-saving ability.

"Forget it, I won't exploit this poison gland; it's useless to me anyway."

"It's better to save a worker's life."

Splitting the difference, Lu Xian distributed Dugu Yan's portion after deducting the majority of the rewards.

Inside the Sunset Forest, Dugu Yan, who was slowly purging the toxins from her abdomen, nearly sprang to her feet when she suddenly heard the notification in her mind that the trial was complete.

"Snake God's Tenth Trial, 'Either be silent in the poison or erupt within it,' has been completed."

"Reward: 100 days of cultivation, all spirit ring ages increased by 15 years."

"Reward: Poison Gland!"

Having an extreme understanding of snakes, Dugu Yan naturally knew what a poison gland was. With this thing, she would no longer have to rely entirely on her Martial Soul to release toxins in the future.

This meant that the problem of bodily toxins that had plagued the Dugu family for years had been solved once and for all.

Still sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, Dugu Yan even shed tears of excitement.

But to Dugu Bo, who was watching from the outside, it was terrifying; he thought his granddaughter was crying because she couldn't endure the pain brought on by the toxins!

"Yanyan, what's wrong?"

Having cleared all the toxins from her body, Dugu Yan stood up and wiped away her tears.

"I'm fine, Grandfather. The problem of the toxins in my body has been solved."

"What?"

"Quick, tell Grandfather, how was it solved?"

Dugu Yan explained the function of the poison gland while extending her finger.

A venomous snake's poison glands were generally located on both sides of its head, but Dugu Yan's poison gland existed within her finger, making it even more convenient to use.

"Jade Phosphor Snake Venom."

As the venom danced around her fingertip, Dugu Bo's jaw dropped in shock.

One had to realize that Dugu Yan had not even performed Martial Soul Possession.

This meant that his granddaughter would no longer face the risk of toxins invading her body in the future.

"Good... this is good!"

"As expected of the Snake God, a single trial has solved the hereditary toxin problem of our Dugu family."

After the excitement passed, Dugu Bo slowly calmed himself down, then pressed his hands onto Dugu Yan's shoulders and said:

"Yanyan, since you have such an opportunity, you must grasp it firmly."

"The glory of our Dugu family depends on you."

"I will, Grandfather!"

The grandfather and granddaughter no longer had any doubts about the Snake God; they were now single-mindedly focused on completing the trials, and nothing else mattered.

"Snake God's Eleventh Trial, Snake-Skin Movement."

"As a successor to the Snake God, your movement must be exquisite."

"Please return to the academy using the movement style of a snake."

"Time limit: one week."

Dugu Yan, still caught up in her excitement, froze instantly.

She looked up at Dugu Bo with great difficulty.

"Grandfather, can we stop taking these trials? The toxin problem is already solved, anyway."