Divine Physician?

For a moment, the air around them fell utterly silent.

Dugu Bo's expression alternated between green and white.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?!

It seemed he had heard back then that Yu Luomian had an illegitimate daughter. Apparently, there really was such a thing!

He had also heard that she seemed to be involved with that old dragon's son!

If that was true, then the nature of this matter was completely different!

Though Dugu Bo was not afraid of trouble, was he really going to directly confront the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects, over a promising youngster?

What a joke!

"Hmph!"

Dugu Bo snorted heavily, his voice carrying the anger of having been toyed with, along with the frustration of his plans falling through.

He cast Xiao Yin a cold glance, his gaze sharp as a blade. Then, he stopped looking at Liu Erlong, as though she were nothing more than an eyesore by the roadside.

"Fine! Very fine! Yu Luomian... Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan... you hid yourselves deeply enough!"

Dugu Bo's voice was hoarse, every word seeming to squeeze out through clenched teeth. "Boy, I'll remember what happened today!"

Before his words had faded, dark green Soul Power flashed around him. Carried by a fierce gust of wind, he was about to soar into the sky.

Liu Erlong's taut body relaxed slightly, yet the vigilance in her phoenix-like eyes did not lessen in the slightest. The name of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan might temporarily drive back this Old Poisoner, but the sinister look in his eyes showed that he would never let this go.

However, at the instant Dugu Bo's figure was about to vanish completely beyond the horizon—

[ Ding! Detected an intense obsession with survival and a profound bond! Corresponding mission "Poison Removal to Save Yan" triggered! ]

[ Mission source: Otherworldly designation [8965], the Medicine King Sect Master, desperate to save his daughter. ]

[ Wish core: "Why?! As the Medicine King Sect Master, why can't I cure my own daughter?! Why?!" ]

[ Mission correspondence: Remove the backlash poison of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul, escape generations of torment, and protect one's beloved family! Requirement: Guide Dugu Bo to recognize the lethality and curability of the poison within himself and his granddaughter Dugu Yan, then detoxify Dugu Yan. ]

[ Mission time limit: 24 hours. ]

[ Mission reward: Wish Value +1000; Medicine Poison Comprehensive Solution; Dugu Yan's "Snake Maiden Entanglement." ]

[ Failure penalty: The host will suffer the "Ten Thousand Poisons Devouring Heart" curse for three days. Pain amplified by 300%; Soul Power circulation impeded. ]

Xiao Yin's mind felt as though it had been struck by a heavy hammer!

Poison Removal to Save Yan? Snake Maiden Entanglement?

In a flash, all the information linked together!

Xiao Yin suddenly recalled that in the original story, Dugu Bo and his granddaughter had suffered deeply from the backlash of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, and Tang San seemed to have been the one to solve it!

If I cure this poison, not only can I repay his life-saving favor from earlier, but I can also use it as an excuse to go to that place... This is simply a heaven-sent opportunity!

Seeing Dugu Bo's figure already dozens of meters in the air, a sharp gleam burst from Xiao Yin's eyes. He hesitated no longer!

"Senior Dugu! Wait!"

His clear shout exploded like thunder, carrying an unquestionable penetrating force as it instantly caught up to the dark green streak of light flying away!

Dugu Bo's body abruptly halted. He hovered in midair and spun around sharply!

His emerald eyes locked tightly onto Xiao Yin below as he said grimly:

"Boy, what other tricks do you have? Do you think that just because you brought up the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, I truly won't dare touch you?"

The terrifying pressure of a Title Douluo descended like a tangible mountain!

Liu Erlong let out a muffled grunt. Her already injured body swayed precariously beneath that pressure.

Yet Xiao Yin seemed unable to feel the overwhelming force at all. He gently patted Liu Erlong's tense arm, signaling for her to relax, then stepped forward and calmly met those green eyes in the sky.

"Please calm your anger, Senior."

Xiao Yin's voice was exceptionally steady. "I stopped you not because I am relying on my background, but because... I wish to ask you about something. Or rather... I wish to save your life, as repayment for your assistance earlier!"

"Save me?"

As if he had heard the greatest joke in the world, Dugu Bo's lips curled into a chilling arc. Soul Power flickered at his fingertips, condensing into the phantom of a venomous serpent.

"Just you? A Soul Elder? Boy, my patience is limited! If you dare keep spouting nonsense and fooling with me, then even if Yu Yuanzhen himself comes, I will still make you taste Ten Thousand Poisons Devouring Heart!"

The phantom serpent hissed, carrying a fatal threat.

Xiao Yin's expression did not change, as though he had not seen the poisonous glow that could kill him at any moment.

He took a deep breath, recalling the words from the original story, and spoke each word with absolute clarity:

"Senior, whenever the weather is rainy and damp, around midnight, do your flanks develop a numb, itching sensation that gradually intensifies?

"And whenever it is late at night, do your crown and the center of your chest suffer needle-like stabbing pains, as though countless ants are gnawing at you, the agony piercing straight into your heart?

"Moreover, does this pain reach deep into your bones, impossible to suppress with Soul Power? Only by forcibly stimulating it with highly toxic substances can you gain slight relief, but afterward, your body grows increasingly weaker, like drinking poison to quench thirst?"

The cold smile on Dugu Bo's face instantly froze!

The phantom serpent writhing at his fingertips shuddered violently!

The shock in his eyes was almost tangible!

"When you circulate your Soul Power to the Jiuwei Acupoint, do you always feel an indescribable obstruction?

"As though an invisible mass of coldness lies coiled there, blocking the flow of Soul Power? If you force your way through it, your blood and qi churn, poison surges upward, and a faint fishy sweetness rises in your mouth and nose?"

Dugu Bo's hovering body swayed almost imperceptibly. His emerald pupils abruptly shrank to needlepoints!

This was his greatest secret!

He had never even told his closest granddaughter about it in detail!

How could this boy... possibly know?!

"And there is more." Xiao Yin's voice suddenly rose, carrying a trace of gravity.

"Senior, have you noticed that in recent years, whenever there is a full moon, a faint dark green pattern appears between your granddaughter Dugu Yan's brows?

"When she cultivates, the aura of her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul is indeed powerful, but has that cold, sinister aura not grown increasingly severe?

"Is her body temperature lower than that of ordinary people, especially when she becomes emotional or after using Soul Power?"

"Shut up!!!"

Dugu Bo suddenly unleashed an earth-shaking roar!

His figure instantly dove down from the sky, landing with a boom less than three meters in front of Xiao Yin!

The powerful impact shattered the ground into spiderweb-like cracks!

He stared fixedly at Xiao Yin. Not a trace of composure remained on his face, only shock, rage, and a sliver of fear... fear that even he himself had not noticed!

"You... how do you know?! Who exactly are you?!"

Dugu Bo's voice was terrifyingly hoarse. Dark green poisonous mist surged around him, completely engulfing Xiao Yin and Liu Erlong!

His terrifying killing intent nearly solidified!

His one and only reverse scale—Dugu Yan!

This boy had listed her symptoms as though they were the most familiar things in the world!

That frightened him far more than learning that he himself had been poisoned!

Could someone have been secretly watching the Dugu Family all along?!

Liu Erlong's face turned deathly pale as she looked uncertainly at Xiao Yin in front of her. She had no idea why he had suddenly spoken such shocking words, much less how he knew secrets so deeply hidden!

Facing Dugu Bo, who looked ready to devour someone whole, Xiao Yin remained remarkably calm.

"Senior, there is no need to be nervous. I bear no ill intent. I am merely a Soul Master... with some slight knowledge of medicine and poisons.

"What I said just now was simply deduced by observing your complexion and aura, combined with the characteristics of your appearance and Martial Soul."

Xiao Yin: When traveling outside, you make your own identity.

Medicine? I don't understand it, but that was fine. I knew how to bluff!