"Jiang kid, you and your disciple's Soul Power..."
Dugu Bo admitted that, for a moment, he didn't know what words to use to describe how he felt.
Good grief, how long had he been gone? That blue-haired kid had changed so much, and his Soul Power had increased by so much, too. He had no idea why.
He could still accept the changes in Tang San.
If a low-level Soul Master consumed some rare treasure of heaven and earth, it really was possible for their strength to improve so much in a short time.
Though he didn't know exactly what effects the herbs in his peculiar medicinal garden had, he did know that every single one of them must have its own unique uses.
But what about Jiang Li?
Before he'd left to look for Dugu Yan, Jiang Li had only been a Soul Saint. Now he'd gone straight up to Soul Douluo?
Back in his own day, the time it had taken him to advance from Soul Saint to Soul Douluo had been measured in decades.
"There's no need to be puzzled, Old Poison. The herbs here are even more effective than I predicted."
"Once your granddaughter takes the corresponding herbs, the changes in her may be even greater."
Hearing Jiang Li say this, Dugu Bo temporarily suppressed his curiosity.
As for the fact that Jiang Li and his disciple had made his medicinal garden look like a dog had chewed it up, he couldn't have cared less!
Just as he'd said before, as long as he could save his granddaughter's life, he was willing to do anything—even the Poison Douluo, whose name struck fear into the hearts of the world!
Dugu Yan stood to the side, curiously eyeing the young man who was chatting so congenially with her grandfather.
As the granddaughter of Poison Douluo, even after living for so long in Heaven Dou City, where nobles gathered in droves, she had never seen anyone get along so well with her grandfather.
And what astonished her even more was that he was actually a Soul Douluo!?
Well, that alone wasn't so strange. As the granddaughter of a Titled Douluo, she knew that powerful experts could use their formidable Soul Power to keep their appearances young.
But the little brat standing beside him, who looked only six or seven years old, was a Soul Grandmaster too??
Dugu Yan looked down at her toes, then looked up at Jiang Li and Tang San, who stood obediently beside him...
A sense of absurdity welled up inside her.
Had all her years of cultivation gone to the dogs?
"Yan Yan, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and greet Uncle Li."
Dugu Bo's words instantly put an end to Dugu Yan's wild thoughts.
Though she knew she should, the senior in front of her was simply far too young. Her lips moved a few times, but she couldn't bring herself to speak.
"Ha ha ha ha—"
"All right, Old Poison. Don't make things difficult for our niece. Let's deal with the problem in her Martial Soul first."
Jiang Li immediately seized the opportunity and ran with it.
Dugu Yan heard Jiang Li shamelessly say that, then outright establish himself as her uncle. She lifted her head and glared fiercely at him.
How infuriating. What's wrong with this guy?!
Soon, with guidance from Jiang Li and Tang San, Dugu Yan slowly swallowed the two Earth Dragon Golden Melons whole.
In an instant, the ambient energy near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well surged wildly into her body.
Behind Dugu Yan, the phantom of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent began its own evolution.
The serpent's scales, originally a rich emerald green, grew glossier and gradually began transforming into dragon scales.
Her hands involuntarily changed into dragon claws, much like those of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan after Dragon Transformation. When Dugu Yan gave a light squeeze, it was as if her hands held the strength to lift a thousand jin.
Yet Dugu Yan's transformation wasn't over.
As her body continued absorbing the ambient energy around her, some of the two energies given off by the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings also entered her body.
A pair of dragon horns, shaded red and blue, appeared on her forehead.
Mm...
A tiny pair, and quite cute.
As the absorption neared its end, an unfamiliar dragon's might emerged from Dugu Yan's body!
Hum—
Under the influence of the two Immortal Herbs and the special environment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Dugu Yan's Martial Soul finally evolved into a giant dragon, primarily yellow-green with touches of red and blue.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison that had accumulated in her body also vanished completely as her Martial Soul evolved.
Thanks to the medicinal power of the Immortal Herbs and the changes brought about by her evolving Martial Soul, Dugu Yan's Soul Power reached the threshold of level thirty. She only needed to absorb a suitable Soul Ring for the rest of the growth in her Soul Power to fully manifest.
"Huh? Grandpa, that uncomfortable feeling inside me is completely gone!"
"And now I feel like I'm terrifyingly strong!"
Like a child who'd just gotten her favorite toy, Dugu Yan happily shared her new Martial Soul with Dugu Bo!
Seeing his precious granddaughter like this, Dugu Bo could barely contain his excitement!
The curse that had plagued their Jade Phosphorous Serpent line had finally been completely overturned in this generation!
"Jiang kid, thank you."
"Old Poison, all I can say is that your granddaughter's good fortune has arrived."
Jiang Li shook his head with a light laugh and said jokingly, "But now that your granddaughter's Martial Soul has completed its transformation into a dragon, she'll probably have to take the Power Attack System path from now on."
"I'm afraid your poisonous arts are going to be lost."
Dugu Bo didn't mind Jiang Li's teasing in the least.
He pictured his precious granddaughter with her dragon-transformed Martial Soul, cutting a dashing figure as she became a powerful expert...
Then he imagined her playing around with poison just like him...
Dugu Bo reached into his Storage Soul Tool and pulled out a small booklet, which he tossed into Tang San's hands.
"Kid, I can see you have some talent in the art of poison. This booklet contains the insights I've gathered over my lifetime of using poison. I'll pass them on to you today."
Tang San: Who am I? Where am I?
But in his previous life, he had been a disciple of the Tang Sect. Naturally, he had no reason to turn down the insights Dugu Bo had offered him.
With Jiang Li's approval, he excitedly ran off to the side with the booklet and began studying it.
"Old Poison, start absorbing the herbs in your hands, too. I'll watch Dugu Yan as she absorbs the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, so it can make up for the damage her body has suffered from years of being corroded by poison."
"Good."
Dugu Bo began consuming and refining the herbs, using the same method Dugu Yan had used to absorb the Earth Dragon Golden Melons...
Time passed second by second. Once Dugu Bo's body had absorbed all the medicinal power of the Immortal Herbs, an extremely powerful pressure from a Titled Douluo began erupting outward.
When he opened his eyes once more, excitement was plainly visible in them!
At last! The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison that had plagued him for most of his life had finally been completely dealt with!
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