Harming Heaven's Harmony, Not Wenhe

Lin Nuo keenly caught the fleeting shock and hesitation in the eyes of the green-haired, green-bearded old man before him.

With a slight turn of thought, he guessed that this Poison Douluo had most likely recognized his face, which bore a striking resemblance to the Pope of Spirit Hall,

and had wildly imagined some terrifying background for him.

With that invisible tiger skin serving as a deterrent, Lin Nuo's previously suspended heart instantly settled back into place,

and with no danger to his life, his confidence naturally grew.

Lin Nuo straightened his collar, then cupped his hands and bowed with neither servility nor arrogance.

"May I ask if you are Poison Douluo, Your Excellency?

May I know what business brings you here to visit this junior so late at night?"

Hearing Lin Nuo's composed greeting, Dugu Bo immediately reined in his loss of composure.

He had spent most of his life struggling through the Soul Master world and had weathered every kind of storm. Naturally, an eight- or nine-year-old child would not completely throw him off balance.

Dugu Bo clasped his hands behind his back and resumed the inscrutable bearing of a senior expert.

"You little brat are quite sharp. You recognized me at a glance.

I came tonight entirely at the request of my precious granddaughter, and also to see how you were doing.

Yanyan told me all about what happened at the Soul Fighting Arena. That bastard from the Yu Family acted recklessly and got you dragged into undeserved trouble.

In the end, this old man owes you a favor as her grandfather."

A look of timely realization appeared in Lin Nuo's eyes, and he hurriedly waved his hands.

"Senior Poison Douluo, you overstate it.

What happened before was simply a matter of drawing my blade when I saw injustice.

Even if another classmate had been the one in trouble, this junior would have helped as long as it was within my ability. I cannot accept a favor from you, Senior."

Seeing that Lin Nuo's words and actions were flawless, and that his expression was open and natural, Dugu Bo's evaluation of the boy rose several more levels.

Setting aside whether this brat was truly a descendant of Pope Bibi Dong by blood, his temperament and bearing alone far surpassed those of his peers by an unknown margin.

Dugu Bo pondered for a moment, a glint flashing through his dark green eyes.

"Young friend, forgive this old man's presumptuousness.

Yanyan said that your Martial Soul is a spider carrying a highly poisonous attribute?

By coincidence, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent inherited through my line is likewise a beast Martial Soul founded upon poison.

To repay you for standing up for Yanyan, this old man would not mind giving you a few pointers on the control and application of poison-attributed Soul Power."

Dugu Bo's proposal actually concealed his own selfish motives.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul passed down through the Dugu Family, even after reaching his realm and successfully evolving into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, still could not escape the nightmare of poison backlash.

Yet just now, he had carefully examined Lin Nuo with the spiritual power of a Title Douluo. The boy's blood and vitality were abundant and vigorous, and there was not the slightest sign of poison backlash in his body!

When he thought of Pope Bibi Dong of Spirit Hall, who possessed an equally top-tier poisonous Spider Martial Soul and yet had reached such a terrifying level of strength,

Dugu Bo's thoughts instantly became active.

If he could use the excuse of offering guidance and exchanging insights to discover a way to resist poison backlash from Lin Nuo,

then the Dugu Family's short-lived curse, passed down generation after generation, might be saved.

Even if, in the worst-case scenario, he could not find a method to cure the poison, taking this opportunity to build a good relationship and forge a favorable bond with such a terrifying genius of limitless potential

would bring Yanyan nothing but benefits for her future security.

How could Dugu Bo's little schemes possibly escape Lin Nuo, who had lived two lives?

As it happened, Lin Nuo also needed a flawless reason to naturally gain access to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest.

Thus, the two men, each harboring his own ulterior motives, sat in the room and seriously discussed the use and control of poison-attributed Soul Power.

Thanks to the foresight of having lived two lives and his modern scientific way of thinking,

several concepts of toxicology and practical applications that Lin Nuo casually brought up

actually left Dugu Bo, the Title Douluo who dominated the world through poison, repeatedly marveling and exclaiming that his horizons had been broadened.

However, Dugu Bo could not help feeling that this brat's way of thinking was a little too dark.

Why did some of these methods sound nothing like the methods of the righteous path?

As their conversation grew more animated, Lin Nuo put forth a "strategic concept" that could allow Dugu Bo to stand completely invincible,

making the Old Poison, whose name shook the continent, feel a chill run down his spine as he cried that it was terrifying beyond measure.

"Senior Poison Douluo, this junior actually has a method that would make every hero and champion in the world dare not look down on you,

to the point that they would not even dare entertain the slightest thought of provoking you."

Lin Nuo smiled as he deliberately left him in suspense.

"Oh? Brat, tell me in detail."

Dugu Bo's interest was immediately piqued.

"Senior Dugu Bo, with cultivation at the level of a Title Douluo, as long as you do not encounter those ultimate experts standing at the pinnacle of the human world,

then even if others can defeat you head-on, it would still be exceedingly difficult for them to forcibly keep you behind, wouldn't it?"

In response, Dugu Bo stroked his long beard and proudly stated that this was only natural.

Even if Dugu Bo was mocked as the weakest Title Douluo, his Level 91 cultivation was no fake.

If he truly chose to flee, relying on his poison-based abilities, it would not be easy for anyone else to keep him.

"Then it's simple."

Lin Nuo spread his hands.

"From now on, if any major power dares become your enemy, and you truly cannot defeat their strongest fighter, you can simply avoid their edge for the time being.

Once the heat dies down, infiltrate their sect grounds,

and use your all-pervasive Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison to slaughter every low- and mid-level disciple under their command.

Keep killing until only one person remains."

"If you carry out such a despair-inducing sect-destruction massacre once or twice, who on the entire continent would still dare provoke you?

You would be born standing in an invincible position."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo was completely dumbfounded.

He stared at the eight- or nine-year-old brat before him, who was speaking with such confidence, his face full of astonishment.

If you could not beat someone, poison their entire sect to death?

What kind of hellish joke was that?!

Did Poison Douluo's reputation mean nothing anymore?

How was this brat's mind a hundred times more ruthless and evil than his own, despite him being called the Old Poison?

Dugu Bo subconsciously swallowed and hurriedly interrupted Lin Nuo's suggestion.

"Young friend, stop right there! This method would slaughter entire families at the slightest turn. It truly harms Heaven's harmony!"

Lin Nuo merely shrugged indifferently and casually followed up with a dark joke from his previous life.

"Senior Poison Douluo, it's fine as long as it harms Heaven's harmony, not Wenhe."

"Wenhe?"

Dugu Bo froze completely, his mind unable to process it for a moment.

"Who is Wenhe?"

Lin Nuo smiled faintly and declared shamelessly, "Wenhe will be the alias this junior uses when traveling the continent."

Dugu Bo: "..."