Dugu Yan Seeks a Cure! Di Yao Asks, "What Will You Trade?" Poison Douluo Appears!

Hu Liena nearly laughed in anger.

At a time like this, he still had the mind to talk about that?

But Dugu Yan did not laugh.

She stood where she was, her face frighteningly pale.

The symptoms Di Yao had just described stabbed into her heart like needles.

She did not want to admit it.

But her body could not lie.

The bone pain at night was real.

The worsening backlash after breakthroughs in Soul Power was real.

And every time her emotions surged, the poison rushing toward her heart meridians was real.

She had always believed this was the normal price of cultivating the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.

Her grandfather had said it too. What poison Soul Master was not harmed by poison?

But Di Yao's words—"You'll poison yourself to death first"—made fear rise in her heart for the first time.

She gritted her teeth and stared at Di Yao.

"Was what you just said true?"

Di Yao said, "Don't you know yourself?"

Dugu Yan choked on her words.

Suppressing her anger, she asked, "Can you cure it?"

Di Yao looked at her.

"I can ease it."

Dugu Yan's eyes lit up.

Then Di Yao's next sentence stopped her cold.

"But what will you trade?"

Dugu Yan froze.

"You..."

She had grown up beside Dugu Bo.

Who would not give Poison Douluo some measure of respect upon seeing her?

Even the geniuses of Heaven Dou Royal Academy did not dare speak to her like this.

Yet this guy was different.

He had just exposed her fatal weakness, then immediately started bargaining.

"What do you want?"

Dugu Yan asked through gritted teeth.

Di Yao looked toward the depths of the forest.

"Your grandfather's Herb Garden."

Dugu Yan's expression changed.

"Impossible!"

Di Yao calmly said, "Then keep suffering."

Dugu Yan trembled with rage.

Standing beside them, Hu Liena suddenly felt a little sorry for Dugu Yan.

When Di Yao negotiated, he truly showed no mercy.

Yet everything he said was too accurate.

So accurate that people could not even curse him.

At last, Dugu Bo emerged from the depths of the Poison Mist.

He was thin, with green hair and green eyes, his entire body exuding a cold and sinister aura.

When those eyes swept over Di Yao, they resembled a venomous snake fixing its gaze on prey.

"A brat from Spirit Hall."

"Who sent you?"

Hu Liena's heart tightened.

The pressure of a Title Douluo descended, like a poisonous mountain pressing down upon everyone's shoulders.

Even her Demon Fox Spirit trembled beyond her control.

The two Soul Ancestor enforcers had gone deathly pale.

Di Yao stiffened for a moment as well.

This was not a Soul Ancestor.

Nor was it a Soul Emperor.

And it was certainly not like Tang Hao, whom he had only glimpsed from afar.

Dugu Bo's pressure bore down on him at true close range.

Poison, Soul Power, killing intent—all of it pressed against his skin and drilled into his bones.

The pressure of death was very real.

It was not that Di Yao was unafraid.

He was afraid.

But fear was useless.

He forcibly suppressed it and made his mind work.

A man like Dugu Bo could not be dealt with through begging.

Begging would only make him want to kill more.

Nor could he be threatened.

A Title Douluo would not take the threat of a Soul Grandmaster seriously.

He could only negotiate value.

Di Yao raised his head.

"No one sent me."

"I came for Immortal Herbs."

"And for a detoxification deal."

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes.

"Immortal Herbs?"

"Detoxification?"

He let out a cold laugh.

"You, a mere Soul Grandmaster, dare talk to me about detoxification?"

Di Yao said, "Your poison is not merely external poison."

"It is an internal affliction as well."

Dugu Bo's gaze suddenly turned frigid.

"What did you say?"

Dugu Yan's expression changed too.

"Grandfather..."

Dugu Bo raised a hand, signaling her to be silent.

His gaze locked tightly onto Di Yao.

"Brat, you had better think carefully before speaking again."

Di Yao said, "The Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor Poison is powerful."

"But you absorb the poison into your body and use your body as a poison furnace."

"You could suppress it when you were young."

"But the further you go, the deeper the backlash becomes."

"Your bones ache on rainy days."

"Late at night, your heart meridians turn cold."

"After using large-scale poison techniques, the poison flows back, and your meridians feel as though needles are pricking them."

Dugu Bo's expression finally changed.

It was not obvious panic.

But deep in his eyes, there was a momentary tremor.

Because Di Yao had been too accurate.

Too accurate for it to be a guess.

Hu Liena was startled as she listened.

She asked softly, "How do you know so much?"

Di Yao did not turn around.

"A poison-type Beast Spirit is fundamentally a fusion of beast blood and poison."

"Demon Emperor Di Jun can sense the condition of Beast Spirits."

"The Great Sun Golden Flame counters poison."

"So I can see it."

Dugu Bo sneered.

"Seeing it does not mean you can cure it."

Di Yao nodded.

"That's right."

"The Great Sun Golden Flame alone can only burn away poison."

"If it burns too fiercely, your granddaughter's Martial Soul foundation will be damaged as well."

"To cure it, the resources in the Herb Garden must be used in conjunction."

Dugu Yan suddenly raised her head.

At last, she understood.

Di Yao was not trying to scare her.

He truly knew where the problem lay.

Her voice tightened slightly.

"Can you really stop the backlash from happening again?"

Di Yao said, "The first time, I can only suppress it."

"It is not a permanent cure."

"To cure it completely, I need to devise a solution."

Dugu Yan bit her lip.

She looked at Dugu Bo.

"Grandfather..."

Dugu Bo's face darkened.

"Quiet."

He looked at Di Yao, his voice even colder.

"You want to enter my Herb Garden?"

Di Yao said, "Yes."

"I will suppress Dugu Yan's poison backlash once."

"As a gesture of sincerity."

"In exchange."

"I want to enter the Herb Garden and choose Immortal Herbs suitable for myself."

Dugu Bo laughed.

The laughter was so cold and sinister that it made one's hair stand on end.

"A Soul Grandmaster dares negotiate terms with a Title Douluo."

"Brat, are you tired of living?"

Di Yao looked at him.

"My life is valuable, which is why I dare negotiate."

"If you kill me, all you gain is Spirit Hall's retaliation."

"If you use me, you may be able to trade for your granddaughter's life."

Dugu Bo's eyes darkened completely.

Poison Mist churned behind him.

Hu Liena's palms were soaked in cold sweat.

She had already prepared for Chrysanthemum Douluo to intervene.

Yet Dugu Bo did not attack immediately.

Because every word Di Yao said had struck his sore spot.

He was not afraid of Spirit Hall.

But he was afraid that Dugu Yan would die.

He had many enemies in this life.

But few friends.

The only one he truly cared about was this granddaughter.

Dugu Yan looked at Di Yao, her gaze no longer as confrontational as before.

She gritted her teeth. "Suppress it once first."

"If it doesn't work, don't even think about entering the Herb Garden."

Di Yao looked at Dugu Bo.

"You have the final say."

Dugu Bo stared at Di Yao for a long time before finally snorting coldly.

"Fine."

"I'd like to see whether your Sun Fire can burn away the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison."

Dugu Yan held out her hand.

Di Yao walked over to her.

Hu Liena frowned. "Be careful."

Di Yao said, "She's more afraid of something going wrong than I am right now."

Dugu Yan gritted her teeth in anger.

"Can you shut up?"

Di Yao did not answer.

The Great Sun Golden Flame turned into an extremely fine thread of dark-golden fire and slowly descended onto Dugu Yan's wrist pulse.

Dugu Yan's body instantly trembled.

It hurt.

It was like a red-hot needle boring into her along her meridians.

Yet the cold poison that had been lodged deep within her bone marrow was actually forced back a little.

Her expression changed drastically.

"It works..."

Dugu Bo's pupils contracted slightly.

Di Yao withdrew the flame.

"I only suppressed it."

"I didn't cure it."

Dugu Yan's breathing grew somewhat ragged.

She could clearly feel that her body had become lighter.

The icy chill that had weighed on her bones for so long had actually loosened for a moment.

The way she looked at Di Yao finally changed.

The hostility remained.

But there was now shock.

And a trace of complicated anticipation.

After a long silence, Dugu Bo said coldly, "Come with me."

Hu Liena immediately said, "I'm coming too."

Dugu Bo glanced at her.

"You stay outside."

Hu Liena's expression darkened.

Di Yao said, "Stay."

Hu Liena looked at him.

"You're going in alone?"

Di Yao said, "Chrysanthemum Douluo is here."

A faint floral fragrance drifted through the distant woods.

Dugu Bo sneered.

"Spirit Hall certainly is willing to spend generously."

Di Yao did not deny it.

He looked at Dugu Bo.

"Let me enter the Herb Garden."

"You'll find that killing me is less worthwhile than investing in me."

A cold glint flashed through Dugu Bo's eyes.

"I hope you'll still dare to say that after you go in."

The Poison Mist closed in again.

Di Yao followed Dugu Bo deeper into the forest.

Hu Liena remained where she was, watching his retreating back, and suddenly felt that this guy was insanely clear-headed.

He clearly knew that Dugu Bo could kill him at any moment.

Yet he still went in.

Because there were resources there.

Immortal Herbs capable of transforming his very foundation.