Dugu Bo submits, the omnipotent Dean!

Xu Qing looked at Dugu Bo's stubborn, unyielding expression and suddenly smiled.

"If you want to die, I won't stop you."

"But you broke into my Blue Silver Academy tonight. You're probably not here just to seize territory, are you?"

Xu Qing saw through his purpose at a glance.

"You came because of your granddaughter, Dugu Yan, who suffered a loss during the day?"

Dugu Bo's body jolted, and his eyes widened in fury.

"Leave family out of this! This was my doing alone. It has nothing to do with Yanyan!"

Xu Qing gently shook his head, his gaze piercing straight into Dugu Bo's soul.

"Whether you die or not means nothing to me."

"It's just a pity about that little girl."

"The Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in your bloodline has long since seeped into your bones. Even as a Title Douluo, you still have to endure that inhuman torment. She is merely a Soul Elder; the poison has already invaded her organs."

"Without your Soul Power suppressing it, she will rot from head to toe and die violently within three years at most."

Dugu Bo froze.

His mouth hung open, yet he could not say a word for a long while.

He had hit the mark completely!

How did this man know every hidden danger lurking within Yanyan's body?!

Could he really be some omniscient, omnipotent god?

Just as Dugu Bo's psychological defenses teetered on the brink of collapse—

Xu Qing calmly spoke four words.

"I can cure her."

Those four simple words sounded like a divine decree from the heavens to Dugu Bo.

The entire area fell into deathly silence.

Dugu Bo's breathing grew extremely heavy, and his eyes flickered violently.

Xu Qing's thoughts stirred.

The blue-gold vines wrapped around Dugu Bo instantly withdrew into the ground.

"Thud—"

Deprived of support, Dugu Bo crashed heavily to the ground.

Yet he did not even spare a thought for the dirt on his body.

This Poison Douluo, who wielded immense influence throughout the Heaven Dou Empire and whose name inspired fear, rolled over, scrambled up, bent his knees, and dropped to his knees before Xu Qing with a loud thud!

Dugu Bo was solitary and eccentric by nature, but he was certainly not foolish.

The person before him possessed seniority far beyond his own, and strength so unfathomable that he could kill him in an instant.

Most importantly, he held the only hope for both him and his granddaughter to survive!

Dignity?

Before the survival of his clan and his granddaughter's life, the dignity of a Title Douluo was worth less than nothing.

"Senior!"

Dugu Bo pressed his head deeply into the dirt, his voice hoarse and filled with pleading.

"Every fault, every mistake, was mine alone!"

"As long as you are willing to save my granddaughter Yanyan, this old body of mine will belong to Blue Silver Academy from now on!"

"I am willing to follow you through fire and water, and I will not hesitate even if it costs me ten thousand deaths!"

To show his sincerity, Dugu Bo suddenly raised his head and anxiously threw out his greatest bargaining chip.

"Senior, I, Dugu Bo, may not have much of a foundation, but I possess a peerless treasure land."

"It is called the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!"

"The springs there possess terrifying power, and countless immortal herbs extinct in the outside world grow around them."

"As long as you are willing to help, I am willing to offer up the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, along with every immortal herb in its garden!"

Xu Qing looked down at the kneeling Dugu Bo.

Upon hearing "Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well," Xu Qing showed none of the greed or delight Dugu Bo had expected.

Instead, Xu Qing looked at him with pity.

"The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well..."

"You occupied that place for so many years, and all you did was grow flowers and herbs?"

Dugu Bo was stunned.

Were those immortal herbs not precious enough?

Xu Qing clasped his hands behind his back and looked up at the night sky.

"Do you know the true origin of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?"

"Beneath those two springs lie the remains of the ancient Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King."

"They are the bodies of two true gods!"

"What that land nurtures is the source of the laws radiated after divine dragons fell."

Xu Qing's words were like two massive hammers smashing fiercely into Dugu Bo's mind.

"The bodies of gods?"

"The origin of Dragon Kings?"

Dugu Bo went completely rigid.

He felt like the greatest fool in the world.

He had guarded an astonishing treasure mountain where gods were buried, planting medicinal herbs beside the Dragon Kings' graves every day, smugly believing he had found an incredible bargain!

He possessed a treasure mountain, yet did not even know where its threshold lay.

No wonder Xu Qing had remained so indifferent upon hearing of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Xu Qing lowered his head, meeting Dugu Bo's gaze once more.

"What you possess is nothing more than dust on the tip of an iceberg."

"However, since you have the sincerity to offer this treasure..."

Xu Qing paused, and his tone became exceptionally grave.

"If this treasure land is placed in my hands for development, I will make it produce value beyond the limits of your understanding."

"And I will guarantee the lives of you and your granddaughter."

Xu Qing looked directly at the kneeling Poison Douluo.

"Now that you understand the true value of that treasure land..."

"Are you still willing to offer it to me?"

Dugu Bo pressed his forehead tightly against the cold dirt.

After hearing Xu Qing's words about the bodies of gods and the origins of Dragon Kings, shock surged through his heart like monstrous waves.

Ancient Dragon Kings!

The origin of gods!

He had actually possessed such a heaven-shaking fortune, only to use it as a vegetable garden for growing medicinal herbs.

Even he felt too ashamed to show his face because of such ignorance.

However—

Compared with those illusory origins of gods, Dugu Bo cared far more about his own life and his granddaughter's.

Not only had Xu Qing seen through the true nature of that treasure land at a glance, but he also possessed the heaven-reaching means to suppress him effortlessly.

Following such a great power would absolutely be a once-in-a-millennium opportunity for the Dugu Clan!

Dugu Bo suddenly raised his head.

His aged eyes were filled with determination and fervor.

"As long as you are willing to accept my granddaughter and me—"

"What does the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well amount to?"

"I, Dugu Bo, am willing to offer the entire treasure land, along with this old life of mine, to Blue Silver Academy!"

"I will have no complaints whatsoever!"

Xu Qing looked at the old poison wielder kneeling on the ground.

He nodded in satisfaction.

Xu Qing could tell that Dugu Bo's words came from the bottom of his heart, without the slightest falsehood.

When people reached the end of the road, they often saw reality most clearly.

"I accept the treasure land."

Xu Qing's tone remained calm.

"In exchange, I can give Dugu Yan the chance to become my disciple."

Dugu Bo's entire body shook violently.

Then—

An uncontrollable surge of ecstasy shot straight to his head.

Become his disciple?

Not an ordinary student of Blue Silver Academy, but a personal disciple of this supreme great power before him?

Such an enormous blessing had actually fallen upon the Dugu Clan!

Dugu Bo was so excited that he could barely speak. He heavily kowtowed three times.

"Thank you, Senior!"

"No, thank you, Dean!"

"I'll go back and bring Yanyan here immediately!"

Dugu Bo rose to his feet and vanished into the night in a flash.

He moved even faster than when he had been fleeing for his life.

Not long afterward—

Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan.

Along the way—

Dugu Yan's heart had been filled with extreme unease.

Just half an hour earlier, her grandfather had been raging in the residence, declaring that he would storm Blue Silver Academy and slaughter everyone to avenge her.

Yet when he returned just now, he had been ecstatic, grabbing her and dragging her here.

Her grandfather had repeatedly warned her along the way.

He said that the Dean of Blue Silver Academy was a great power with heaven-reaching methods, as though a true god had descended into the world. She had to be respectful and must not show the slightest impropriety.