Glazed Pavilion, it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Gu Tian lay quietly on the enormous snow fox fur couch, his face still as pale as paper. Bi Ji sat beside the couch, her hands folded, and a gentle, life-giving stream of emerald divine light continuously flowed into Gu Tian's chest. Deep within his sea of consciousness, Ao Linxi was also mobilizing the last trace of the Dragon God Origin, transforming it into Sisi of warm coolness to soothe his nearly depleted meridians.
With the combined help of these internal and external forces, Gu Tian's tightly closed eyes finally trembled slightly.
"Hmm..."
Gu Tian let out a low groan and slowly opened his eyes. What came into view was Ning Rongrong's red eyes and the anxious faces of Xiao Wu and the other girls.
"Brother Gu Tian, you're finally awake!" Ning Rongrong could no longer contain herself and rushed to the bedside, tightly grasping his hand.
Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong quickly stepped forward. Ning Fengzhi looked at Gu Tian with a solemn expression, his tone revealing unprecedented caution. " Gu Tian, who exactly are those two people just now? That kind of power has surpassed my understanding."
With Bi Ji's help, Gu Tian sat up. Although he was still a little weak, his nine-colored eyes had regained their brilliance. He glanced at the somewhat flustered and disheveled green figure outside the door, then looked at Ning Fengzhi, calmly crafting the words he had prepared beforehand:
" Uncle Ning, there's no need to panic. Chiyan and Tide are elders from my Gu Sect who came to protect me personally. Due to their special cultivation techniques, they usually remain hidden in the shadows, only appearing when my life is threatened. If Your Majesty Dugu hadn't been so aggressive just now, they wouldn't have shown themselves so easily."
Upon hearing this, Ning Fengzhi and the other two felt a sudden chill in their hearts. The Gu Sect ... this sect, which they had previously considered just an ordinary small sect, had now become a bottomless, terrifying abyss. If even the attendant elder possessed such world-destroying power, just how astonishing must the foundation behind this Gu Sect be?
Ignoring the shock of the three, Gu Tian turned his head and looked at Dugu Bo, who was behind the door, who was hesitant to enter the house but also reluctant to leave.
" Senior Dugu, since you're here, please come in and speak with us."
Dugu Bo froze, then hesitantly shuffled into the room. The hideous mask was nowhere to be seen. The Poison Douluo, his face ashen, his emerald eyes filled with bitterness and shock, bowed deeply to Gu Tian, his voice hoarse and sincere:
"This old man... was blind and did not recognize your greatness. I was previously delirious from the poison and offended Sect Master Gu. I beg Sect Master Gu to forgive me."
Gu Tian chuckled and winked at Bi Ji.
Bi Ji understood immediately, took out a white porcelain bottle that was entirely emerald green and emitted a faint fragrance from her bosom, and handed it to Dugu Bo.
"This is a pill that I commissioned Elder Bi Ji to specially develop some time ago," Gu Tian said calmly. "The reason your Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison is causing a backlash is because the venom is too potent, and your physical body cannot withstand it due to a lack of specialized tempering. This medicine is called the Emerald Soul-Stabilizing Pill. After you return, take it according to the instructions on this package, and guide your Soul Power to your Head Soul Bone. Within three months, the pain of your backlash will be completely resolved."
Dugu Bo took the porcelain bottle with trembling hands, feeling as if he had been struck by lightning. He never expected that the nightmare that had plagued him for decades, the deadly predicament that even he had given up hope of, would be solved by the porcelain bottle that this young man had casually tossed aside.
"Sect Master Gu... this..." Dugu Bo choked up, his originally ruthless personality softening completely at this moment.
Gu Tian's eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp. He looked at Dugu Bo and said in a deep voice, "But this medicine can only save an old monster like you with profound cultivation. Your granddaughter, Dugu Yan, is still young and her meridians are fragile. She can't withstand such a strong medicine. If you want her to completely get rid of the aftereffects, you'd better bring her to see me in person after some time."
Dugu Bo's expression hardened. He certainly knew the meaning behind Gu Tian's words—this was an attempt to recruit him, and also to find a way out for his only weakness.
"I understand." Dugu Bo sighed deeply and bowed deeply again. "I will never forget your life-saving grace. I will not thank you enough. If Sect Master Gu ever needs my help in the future, just send a message and I, Dugu Bo, will never refuse!"
Having said that, the renowned Poison Douluo, no longer arrogant, left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with a sliver of hope for survival, feeling both dejected and relieved.
" Uncle Ning, Uncle Gu, Uncle Jian, I haven't fully recovered yet and would like to rest alone for a while." Gu Tian weakly cupped his hands in greeting to Ning Fengzhi and the others.
Ning Fengzhi and his companions were sensible people, especially since they had witnessed such a great miracle today. They needed time to go back and digest it. After exchanging a few polite words, they left with the sect disciples, leaving only Xiao Wu and the other girls gathered around the Gu Tian couch.
As the outsiders left, the space distorted, and the two exquisite figures of Chiyan and Tide reappeared. They then transformed into streams of light and entered Gu Tian's brow, returning to his Sea of Consciousness.
"Phew... finally some peace and quiet." Gu Tian collapsed onto the fur couch, panting heavily.
Within the Sea of Consciousness, Ao Linxi's illusory figure appeared on the villa's terrace. She looked at the exhausted Gu Tian with annoyance and muttered:
" Xiao Tian, you're just being stubborn and suffering for it. Do you really think that dragon form is so useful?"
"Sister Lin Xi, what exactly happened just now?" Gu Tian asked with a wry smile. "I feel like my Soul Power has been completely drained, as if a dam has burst."
"Nonsense." Ao Linxi rolled her eyes. "The current spirit forms of Chiyan and Tide consume your spiritual power. I have forcibly expanded your Sea of Consciousness, making it almost inexhaustible. So when they help you fight, you basically don't feel anything."
Ao Linxi's tone became serious:
"But the True Dragon form is different. It forcibly summons a projection of another higher-dimensional world to the Douluo Continent. Maintaining that Spatial Teleportation and the True Dragon's afterimage consumes real Soul Power! You're only level 30 now, and you haven't even attached your Soul Ring yet. Your pitiful Soul Power simply can't withstand the two of them going all out together. Today, it's only because Dugu Bo was scared out of his wits that he didn't dare to fight back. If he had held on for another thirty seconds, you would have been drained into a dried-up corpse before he even fell!"
Gu Tian broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this, thinking to himself: It seems that we should use these weapons of mass destruction sparingly.
"However," Ao Linxi's lips curled into a sly smile, "This battle was fought well. Dugu Bo's mind is already in turmoil, and that little girl named Dugu Yan will probably be obediently coming to your door in the next few days. You have already succeeded two-thirds of your third divine test."
The first divine test requires conquering one harem member, the second requires conquering two, and as the name suggests, the third divine test requires conquering three. Now that he has Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan, Gu Tian is still considering the third candidate.
Or should he choose Bi Ji? Gu Tian hesitated, but he decided to put that matter aside for now and get Dugu Yan first.