Reminder to Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo's Astonishment (Seeking Collection, Seeking Subscription)

Arrogant! Simply too arrogant!

Hearing Ling Yun's words, this was the collective thought of everyone present.

But how is this kid actually kind of handsome? Huo Wu thought to herself.

Meanwhile, Dugu Yan bowed slightly, thanking him with a sincere tone: "Thank you for holding back earlier; otherwise, I fear I would have been severely injured by now."

As she spoke, Dugu Yan inadvertently glanced at Yu Tianheng, who looked disheveled and scorched, his upper garments burned to rags.

If Ling Yun hadn't held back against her, she likely would have ended up in the same miserable state as Yu Tianheng—and that would be if it were only a matter of physical pain.

If she had been burned to the point of having her clothes reduced to ash in front of a large crowd, she would have no face left to show anyone for the rest of her life.

Ling Yun shrugged at her words, saying with an indifferent expression: "You're welcome. After all, this was just a friendly spar; there was no need to cause any fatalities."

"I heard you mention the Spirit Master Tournament earlier. Are you all planning to participate in the tournament two years from now?"

Yu Tianheng looked at Huo Wu as he asked, then raised a hand to point at Ling Yun, continuing: "Including this brat."

"That's right, we all intend to participate in the tournament two years from now."

As soon as these words were spoken, the corners of Yu Tianheng's mouth curled up. A fanatical fighting spirit surged in his eyes as he laughed excitedly: "Heh, that's perfect. When the finals arrive, I will definitely wash away my shame and crush your Blazing Academy."

Watching Yu Tianheng's arrogant and conceited display, Huo Wushuang's temper flared up instantly. He snorted coldly: "That's a big talk. Bring it on, then. The final victory will surely belong to us. You'd better work hard, lest you get eliminated during the preliminary rounds."

"Heh, you don't need to worry about that." Yu Tianheng smirked. "We are the seeded team from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and can enter the finals directly. As for you lot, watch out that you don't get eliminated by some other team during the preliminaries, hahaha!"

"This guy is so annoying..."

Seeing the two hotheads, Huo Wushuang and Yu Tianheng, bickering, the others from both sides shook their heads helplessly.

Seeing that the timing was right, Ling Yun suddenly looked at Dugu Yan and asked with feigned curiosity: "Come to think of it, Miss Dugu, I've been wanting to ask since earlier—are your eyes... naturally green?"

"Not at all. When I was a child, my eyes were brown just like yours, but after I awakened my martial soul, my pupils gradually turned a cyan-green."

Dugu Yan answered with a hint of dejection, unable to help but recall her childhood. She remembered being quite popular back then, with many good friends.

Unfortunately, ever since she awakened her martial soul and gained eyes like a Viper, those friends had slowly distanced themselves out of fear.

To this day, only her teammates from the Imperial Fighting Team could truly be called her friends.

Ling Yun, unaware of Dugu Yan's inner thoughts, offered a subtle reminder: "Miss Dugu, have you ever considered... that you might be poisoned? That is why your eyes are slowly turning green."

"Poisoned? That's impossible, isn't it?"

Dugu Yan said with an amused laugh, "My martial soul is the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, a leader among poison-attribute martial souls. My grandfather is the renowned Poison Douluo; in this world, I am the only one who poisons others. It is impossible for anyone to poison me."

As she spoke, Dugu Yan pointed to her own eyes and smiled: "As for these eyes, I asked my grandfather about them when I was young. He told me it was the result of a martial soul mutation."

"During the awakening, due to some accidental circumstances, my eyes turned green. Our whole family is like this—my father, my mother, and my grandfather, our eyes are all green."

"..."

After Dugu Yan finished speaking, not to mention Ling Yun, even Huo Wu and Ye Lingling sensed that something was off.

Huo Wu couldn't help but mutter: "Martial soul mutation is an extremely rare occurrence. It's impossible for all four members of a family to have their martial souls mutate, right? And for all of them to have their eyes turn green..."

Ye Lingling also rested her chin on her hand, analyzing: "Generally speaking, martial soul mutations are innate; acquired mutations are extremely rare.

"Yan, you just said your eyes turned green bit by bit after your awakening. It looks as if the martial soul is eroding your body, and since your martial soul is the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, it's hard to guarantee that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison isn't affecting you."

"Hey, hey, don't scare me!" Dugu Yan said with a bitter expression: "It's just that my eyes turned green, isn't your imagination a bit too wild?"

"Regardless, Miss Dugu, it would be better for you to get it checked out. It wouldn't be good if it ends up affecting your health."

Ling Yun offered the reminder at the right moment, then looked at the setting sun and slowly bid the three of them farewell.

"Alright, it's getting late, so we should be heading back. I hope we can meet again at the Spirit Master Tournament, and then we shall fight until the end!"

"No problem!" Yu Tianheng's fighting spirit soared as he pointed at Ling Yun provocatively: "When that time comes, I will definitely defeat you."

"Then do your best."

With that, Ling Yun left with the Huo siblings, boarding a carriage to return to Blazing Academy.

On the way back, Ling Yun looked at the sunset in the sky and thought to himself: I've already warned Dugu Yan. Whether she encounters Dugu Bo next is up to fate.

After Ling Yun left, the three from the Imperial Fighting Team bid each other farewell and went their separate ways.

Dugu Yan returned to her residence immediately. As soon as she entered, she saw an elderly man with white hair sitting in the main hall, happily sipping tea and looking quite content.

This old man was none other than her grandfather, the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.

Seeing Dugu Yan return, Dugu Bo couldn't help but smile: "Yan is back? Go wash your hands, dinner will be ready soon."

"I know, Grandfather."

Dugu Yan walked into the hall. Thinking of what Ling Yun had said, along with the analysis from Huo Wu and Ye Lingling, she couldn't help but ask with trepidation.

"Grandfather, you say my eyes turned green—could it be because I'm poisoned?"

Pfft!!!

As soon as these words were out, Dugu Bo, who had been drinking tea, sprayed it out violently. The sudden reaction startled Dugu Yan, who quickly asked:

"W-what's wrong, Grandfather? Why such a huge reaction?"

At this very moment, a bold idea couldn't help but sprout in Dugu Yan's heart. Could she have been right?

"Ahem, nothing, nothing at all. I'm just a bit curious, why do you ask?"

"I had a match today against a soul master named Ling Yun. After it was over, he suddenly asked why my eyes were green, and then he said I might be poisoned..."

Dugu Yan recounted the ins and outs of the matter to Dugu Bo. Upon learning that Ling Yun's second soul ring had already reached the thousand-year level, Dugu Bo was also taken aback.

What surprised him most, however, was that Ling Yun had managed to guess she might be poisoned based solely on her green eyes.

Although Dugu Bo felt that Ling Yun had likely just been a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse and guessed correctly by pure luck, even so, such powers of observation and insight were worthy of the title of genius.