The Azure Scale Lineage

"Known each other for a long time?" Dugu Bo frowned slightly; he truly had no idea what kind of scheme Su Yun Tao was cooking up.

"Actually, Old Poison, I know you quite well. It feels as if you are a very familiar stranger."

Dugu Bo said slowly, "Su Yun Tao, you are speaking in riddles. I don't care about anything else right now; is it really you who can cure the poison, as Tang Hao claimed?"

"Tang Hao!" A look of displeasure appeared on Yang Wudi's face. It was clear that the Breaking Clan had been betrayed far too ruthlessly by the Clear Sky Sect, so Yang Wudi's mood fluctuated whenever he heard news related to the Tang surname.

Su Yun Tao replied, "You could say that, but you could also say otherwise."

Dugu Bo said unhappily, "What do you mean by 'could say that, but also otherwise'!"

"Old Poison, the truth is that I personally cannot cure the poison."

"Su Yun Tao, are you playing with me?"

"But I do know who has the ability to cure it."

"Little Friend Su, I wonder who that might be?"

Su Yun Tao slowly stood up, poured himself a cup of tea, and began to sip it bit by bit.

Watching the veins on Dugu Bo's forehead bulge, he finally spoke: "Naturally, it is the Patriarch of the Breaking Clan beside me, Yang Wudi."

"Him?" Dugu Bo scrutinized Yang Wudi, his eyes filled with suspicion.

"Yun Tao, Dugu Bo is indeed as you said; the poison has gone deep," Yang Wudi said with a grave expression.

"Old Yang, with your abilities, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"It's a bit tricky, but it should be possible."

Hearing this, Dugu Bo's expression began to turn solemn. Looking at Su Yun Tao and Yang Wudi, whose demeanor did not seem feigned, a glimmer of hope began to ignite in his heart.

Yang Wudi spoke up: "There are two treatment plans at the moment. The first is for you to drink my blood directly."

"Drink your blood?" Dugu Bo looked astonished.

Unlike the bewildered Dugu Bo, Su Yun Tao knew that Yang Wudi had consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, an immortal herb that granted immunity to all poisons, so he naturally understood that his blood could neutralize any toxin.

"Old Yang, you should try the second plan first. Curing one person is easy, but the Jade Phosphor Snake Family needs a prescription that can resolve their generational suffering."

Yang Wudi nodded. Formulating a specialized antidote to suppress the Jade Phosphor Snake poison would require an extensive process, but since he had voluntarily agreed to it, he would naturally give it his all.

Listening to Su Yun Tao's words, Dugu Bo's hope grew even stronger. He hurriedly asked, "You two, can this Jade Phosphor Snake poison of mine really be cured?"

Before Su Yun Tao could act, the impatient Yang Wudi, unwilling to drag things out, grabbed a large bowl and filled it with a generous amount of fresh blood.

Looking at the steaming bowl of blood before him, Dugu Bo noticed that Yang Wudi's blood did not seem like ordinary blood; there was a faint purple light shimmering within the crimson liquid.

"What? Afraid to drink it?" Yang Wudi said sharply.

Hearing this, Dugu Bo's mouth curled into a grimace, but he chose to drink it nonetheless.

As the blood slid down his throat, a wave of relief spread throughout Dugu Bo's entire body. To his astonishment, he discovered that the vast amount of toxins accumulated within him had been strangely and significantly neutralized.

Dugu Bo was filled with deep emotion. The snake poison that had plagued him for decades now seemed solvable. The future for himself and Dugu Yan could be changed, and there was even hope of completely resolving the curse that had haunted his family for hundreds of years!

Dugu Bo bowed low, offering a grand salute to Su Yun Tao and Yang Wudi with the status of a Titled Douluo.

"Little Friend Su, Patriarch Yang, if you can completely resolve the century-old affliction of my Dugu family, I, Dugu Bo, will certainly do everything in my power to repay you both."

Yang Wudi replied, "Poison Douluo, in truth, I am only doing what is within my duty. It is Yun Tao whom you should truly thank."

"Little Friend Su..."

"Old Poison, you might as well keep calling me Little Monster. In fact, you should also understand that I have owed you favors as well."

Dugu Bo laughed heartily. He actually knew that the flowers and plants in his herb garden had something to do with Su Yun Tao, but so what?

In Dugu Bo's heart, as long as the curse that had plagued the Jade Phosphor Snake lineage for hundreds of years could be lifted, he could accept anything.

The Jade Phosphor Snake lineage had a history spanning hundreds of years, but every generation of successors met a miserable end.

The reason was that the longer a Jade Phosphor Snake soul master cultivated, the more toxins accumulated in their body from their martial soul. The Jade Phosphor Snake poison was not only toxic to others but also to oneself.

Every generation of heirs in the Jade Phosphor Snake family struggled forward on the path of cultivation, living in agony under the backlash of the snake poison while trying their best to break through to higher levels, hoping that the resources brought by increased cultivation, enlightenment, and status would finally end the family curse.

Dugu Bo's father, grandfather, and even his own son had died from the snake poison! In fact, many Jade Phosphor Snake soul masters chose their own end.

If Dugu Bo had not broken through to become a Titled Douluo before the age of seventy, he would have chosen to commit suicide once Dugu Yan grew up and had the ability to protect herself.

Jade Phosphor Snake soul masters were, in fact, flesh-and-blood people who displayed immense courage in every aspect, but after decades of endless, daily suffering, death was a form of liberation.

Every generation of Jade Phosphor Snake soul masters wished for nothing more than to live a simple, peaceful life, but reality would not allow it. The men and women of the Dugu family had to sacrifice everything for cultivation throughout their lives.

Douluo Continent was a very cruel world. It wasn't that members of the Dugu family hadn't considered giving up cultivation to become ordinary commoners, but the cruelty of reality forced them to abandon all such fantasies.

The family ancestral teachings recorded the darkness of Douluo Continent. Hundreds of years ago, the ancestor of the Dugu family, Dugu Yan, was actually a slave to a noble. Without strength, the Jade Phosphor Snake lineage would only ever be a plaything for others on this continent!

If Dugu Bo's father had allowed him to give up cultivation, perhaps Dugu Bo could have lived a happy life under his father's protection, but once his father passed away, the nightmare would have descended.

The Heaven Dou Auction House already had cat-girls and leopard-girls; if not for the persistence of the Jade Phosphor Snake soul masters through the generations, snake-girls would have appeared in the Heaven Dou Auction House as well!

Every generation of the Dugu family had no choice. From the moment they inherited the family martial soul and received the family's training, it was destined that they would walk to the end of a path of cultivation filled with pain!

Furthermore, every Jade Phosphor Snake soul master would personally send their children onto this incredibly cruel path of cultivation. They did not do so out of cold-heartedness, but because they had no choice. This was a man-eating world, and for the Jade Phosphor lineage, having no strength meant a tragic fate!