The Jade Scale Serpent Lineage

"An old acquaintance?" Dugu Bo furrowed his brow. He really had no idea what Su Yuntao was scheming.

"Actually, Old Poison, I know you very well. You feel like a very familiar stranger to me."

Dugu Bo said slowly, "Su Yuntao, you're speaking in riddles. I don't care about anything else right now. Is the person Tang Hao mentioned—the one who can cure poison—you or not?"

"Tang Hao!" Yang Wudi's face darkened. The Clear Sky Sect had sold out the Breaking Clan far too ruthlessly, so whenever Yang Wudi heard news of someone surnamed Tang, his mood was thrown into turmoil.

Su Yuntao replied, "You could say I am, and you could also say I'm not."

Dugu Bo said in displeasure, "What do you mean, you are and you aren't?"

"Old Poison, the truth is, I can't cure poison myself."

"Su Yuntao, are you messing with me?"

"But I know someone who can."

"Little Friend Su, who might that be?"

Su Yuntao rose slowly, poured himself a cup of tea, and began sipping it one mouthful at a time.

Only when the veins on Dugu Bo's face had all begun to bulge did he speak. "Naturally, it's the leader of the Breaking Clan, Yang Wudi, standing here beside me."

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

"Yuntao, Dugu Bo is indeed as you said—deeply poisoned." Yang Wudi's expression was solemn.

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

"It'll be a little tricky, but it should be possible."

At that, Dugu Bo's expression grew solemn. Seeing that Su Yuntao and Yang Wudi seemed sincere, a glimmer of hope began to kindle in his heart.

Yang Wudi said, "There are two treatment options for now. The first is to drink my blood directly."

"Drink your blood?" Dugu Bo looked astonished.

Unlike Dugu Bo, who had no idea what was going on, Su Yuntao knew that Yang Wudi had consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, an Immortal Herb that made him immune to all poisons. Naturally, he understood that Yang Wudi's blood could neutralize any poison.

"Old Yang, you should try the second option first. Curing one person's poison is easy, but the Jade Scale Serpent Family needs even more a prescription that can end the suffering they've endured for generations."

Yang Wudi nodded. Creating an antidote specifically designed to counter Jade Scale Serpent poison would require extensive work, but he had willingly agreed to do it, so he would naturally give it his all.

Hearing Su Yuntao's words, Dugu Bo's hopes rose further. He hurriedly asked, "You two, can this Jade Scale Serpent poison really be cured?"

Before Su Yuntao could do anything, the impatient Yang Wudi, unwilling to waste time talking in circles, fetched a large bowl and filled it with blood.

Looking at the steaming bowl of blood before him, Dugu Bo noticed that Yang Wudi's blood seemed unlike ordinary blood. A faint purple glow shimmered within its crimson color.

"What? Don't dare to drink it?" Yang Wudi said crossly.

Dugu Bo's expression turned grave, but he still chose to drink it.

As the blood slid down his throat, a wave of comfort spread throughout Dugu Bo's body. To his astonishment, the vast amount of poison that had accumulated inside him seemed to have been strangely neutralized to some extent.

Dugu Bo was overcome with emotion. The serpent poison that had tormented him for decades could apparently be cured. The futures of him and Yan Yan could change, and there might even be hope of finally ending the curse that had plagued his family for hundreds of years!

Dugu Bo bent forward and gave Su Yuntao and Yang Wudi a deep bow, despite being a Titled Douluo.

"Little Friend Su, Clan Leader Yang, if you can completely cure the chronic illness that has plagued the Dugu Family for a hundred years, I, Dugu Bo, will do everything in my power to repay you both."

Yang Wudi spoke up. "Poison Douluo, I'm only doing what's within my duty. The one you should really thank is Yuntao."

"Little Friend Su..."

"Old Poison, just call me Little Monster. You should know that I owe you a favor, too."

Dugu Bo burst into laughter. He actually knew that Su Yuntao had something to do with the flowers and plants in his garden, but so what?

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

The Jade Scale Serpent lineage had been passed down for hundreds of years, yet the heirs of every generation met untimely deaths.

The reason was that the longer Jade Scale Serpent Soul Masters cultivated, the more poison from their Martial Souls accumulated in their bodies. Jade Scale Serpent poison harmed others, but it also poisoned its wielder.

Every generation of the Jade Scale Serpent Family's heirs struggled forward on the path of cultivation. They endured the agony of poison turning against them while doing everything they could to reach a higher level, hoping that the resources gained through greater cultivation, insight, and status would finally put an end to the family's curse.

Dugu Bo's father, grandfather, and even his own son had all died from the serpent poison! In truth, many Jade Scale Serpent Soul Masters chose the moment their lives would end themselves.

If Dugu Bo had not reached the Titled Douluo rank before the age of seventy, then once Dugu Yan had grown up and could protect herself, he would have chosen to take his own life.

The Jade Scale Serpent Soul Masters were all people of flesh and blood. They showed tremendous courage in every respect, but amid decades of unrelenting pain, death was a kind of release.

The greatest wish of every generation of Jade Scale Serpent Soul Masters was to live a peaceful, ordinary life. But reality would not let them. The men and even the women of the Dugu Family devoted everything they had to cultivation throughout their lives.

Douluo Continent was an exceptionally cruel world. The Dugu Family's members had considered giving up cultivation and becoming ordinary commoners, but the harshness of reality forced them to abandon every illusion.

Their family's ancestral teachings recorded the darkness of Douluo Continent. Hundreds of years ago, the Dugu Family's ancestor, Dugu Yan, had been a noble's slave. Without strength, the Jade Scale Serpent lineage would only become playthings for others on this continent!

If Dugu Bo's father had let him give up cultivation, perhaps Dugu Bo could have lived happily under his father's protection. But the moment his father passed away, the nightmare would have descended.

The Heaven Dou Auction House already had cat girls and leopard girls. If generations of Jade Scale Serpent Soul Masters had not persevered, snake girls would have appeared there as well!

Every generation of the Dugu Family had no choice. From the moment they inherited the family's Martial Soul and received the family's training, they were destined to walk the painful path of cultivation to its end.

And that was not all. Every Jade Scale Serpent Soul Master would personally send their children down this unbearably cruel path. They did this not because they were cold-hearted, but because they had no choice. This was a world that devoured people, and for the Jade Scale Serpent lineage, lacking strength meant being condemned to misery!