Love-Sickness Broken-Heart Red

When Yang Fan was brought to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by Dugu Bo, he was met with the sight of Ye Lingling struggling to hold on, while Dugu Yan's life hung by a thread.

"Pavilion Master Yang, how much confidence do you have in saving Yan-yan?"

Dugu Bo's voice was low, carrying a trace of an imperceptible tremor.

Yang Fan walked quickly to Dugu Yan's side, crouched down, and placed two fingers on her wrist.

The moment his fingertips made contact, a toxin that was both bone-chillingly cold and scorching like fire surged along her meridians, striking directly at his heart.

What an overbearing toxin.

Yang Fan frowned slightly and closed his eyes, rapidly calling upon the knowledge he had learned from the Dragon King Era to begin a swift analysis.

Congenital snake venom, spirit ring toxins, the burden brought on by absorbing a spirit ring beyond her limit...

Yang Fan opened his eyes and looked at Dugu Bo.

"Ordinary detoxification methods are useless. We must use an extreme environment to reshape her meridians, then neutralize the toxins with a special medicinal catalyst."

"Will this precious land of mine suffice?"

Dugu Bo blurted out.

Yang Fan nodded and said, "This precious land of yours is known in the ancient books I have read as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It is one of the three great treasure basins, so it will certainly suffice."

Yang Fan paused for a moment.

"But this is my first time encountering such a situation. The treatment process is extremely painful, and if we are not careful, her meridians will be completely severed. I need you, Senior, to use your spirit power to protect her heart, and then have Miss Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia provide a continuous supply of life force."

"As for the catalyst..."

Yang Fan's gaze swept across the two sides of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, settling on the two immortal herbs emitting strange glows.

"The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate—the two herbs at the center of the springs. Take three leaves from each."

Upon hearing this, a light erupted in Dugu Bo's eyes like never before.

Without a word, he flashed to the side of the spring, carefully plucked the leaves, and handed them to Yang Fan.

"Do it!"

Yang Fan took the leaves, channeled a sliver of spirit power through his fingertips, crushed one leaf of each into juice, and dabbed it onto Dugu Yan's chest, then repeated the action on the center of her brow.

For the final two leaves, Yang Fan hesitated for a moment before chewing them in his mouth, then kissed Dugu Yan's red lips to pass the essence over bit by bit.

"Lingling, increase your spirit power output!"

Dugu Bo knew that Yang Fan's somewhat offensive actions were for the sake of saving a life, so he suppressed his inner discomfort and hurriedly urged Ye Lingling, who was standing to the side.

Ye Lingling gritted her teeth, and the light of the Nine Heart Begonia surged violently.

At the same time, Dugu Bo pressed his palms against Dugu Yan's back, his Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor spirit power transforming into a green barrier to desperately protect her heart.

"Yan-yan, hold on!"

Dugu Bo let out a low roar and pushed his spirit power to the limit.

At that moment, the energy of extreme cold and extreme heat surged madly into Dugu Yan's meridians.

"Ah!"

Dugu Yan, who had been unconscious, let out a shrill scream, her body arching violently as she thrashed against the edge of the spring.

She subconsciously bit down on the lips Yang Fan was using to feed her the medicine, and bright red blood trickled down the corner of Yang Fan's mouth.

Yang Fan let out a muffled groan but held firm, continuously using his spiritual power to guide the medicinal potency of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate.

On Dugu Yan's skin, the dark purple toxins clashed fiercely with the ice and fire energies, emitting a hissing sound.

"Steady!"

Yang Fan pressed his hands against Dugu Yan's abdomen, his spirit power turning into countless fine threads to guide the violent energy as it flowed through her meridians.

Cold sweat seeped from his forehead; such delicate manipulation was a tremendous test of his mental strength.

Because this technique was similar to the method he had used to cleanse the marrow and meridians for Tang Yuehua, Yang Fan's spirit rings were revealed to outsiders for the first time.

They were still the disguised yellow-yellow-purple trio, but that was enough to shock both Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling.

A Spirit Venerable at thirteen?

What was the official record on the continent again?

Time ticked by, second by second.

Dugu Yan's screams gradually grew faint, the pale purple light in her eyes began to fade bit by bit, and the glow of the green scales on her brow stopped flickering, becoming stable instead.

"It's done."

Yang Fan let out a long breath, his entire body looking as if he had been fished out of water, and his mouth was finally free to speak again.

Dugu Bo also withdrew his palms. Looking at his granddaughter's face, which was gradually regaining its color, this level ninety-one Super Douluo felt a mist of tears well up in his eyes.

"Grandfather..."

A faint murmur echoed.

Dugu Yan slowly opened her eyes. The green irises that had once been swallowed by purple were now incomparably clear, and the green scale on her forehead had transformed into a delicate, diamond-shaped mark that radiated a gentle luster.

"Yanyan!"

Dugu Bo pulled his granddaughter into his arms, his voice choked with emotion.

Ye Lingling finally reached her limit and collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air. As she watched Dugu Yan recover, a faint smile tugged at the corners of her lips.

Dugu Yan felt a trace of sweetness and blood on her lips and couldn't help but lick them. She scanned her surroundings, her gaze lingering on Yang Fan's blood-stained mouth.

Her face flushed red; vaguely, she seemed to realize something.

"Did little brother Yang Fan save me?"

Yang Fan, leaning against a nearby rock, felt a few black lines appear on his forehead. According to the logic of the Douluo Continent, he was indeed slightly younger than Dugu Yan.

"Since you've taken my granddaughter's first kiss, you'll have to take responsibility!"

Dugu Bo spoke to Yang Fan with the tone of an elder addressing a junior, though a hint of a threat lingered in his voice, as if he would do something drastic should Yang Fan refuse.

"It was my first kiss too..."

Yang Fan replied weakly.

He didn't know that his first kiss had been stolen away by Lan Yin on a certain night long ago.

Within his spiritual sea, Lan Yin watched the scene with a smile in her eyes. So shippable.

However, sorry, that first kiss belongs to big sister.

"That's not the same thing at all!"

Dugu Bo acted like an old urchin; seeing that his granddaughter was safe, he reverted to his usual, mercurial, and eccentric personality.

"Yanyan, do you feel any discomfort? If you do, tell your fiancé quickly."

What fiancé!

Dugu Yan's face turned bright red, and she ignored her grandfather.

Obediently, she attempted to manifest her martial soul, only to discover that it had undergone some changes. The most obvious difference was that she felt two small horns sprouting from her head.

"Dragon transformation! Yanyan, you've truly turned a misfortune into a blessing."

Dugu Bo looked at the small horns on Dugu Yan's head after her martial soul manifestation and spoke with pleasant surprise.

There were two records of the Jade Phosphor Serpent's evolution within their clan: one was the cultivation of stronger toxins to become the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, and the other was the atavistic transformation into a dragon, returning to the bloodline of the serpent-dragon.

However, in the last few hundred years, only he, Dugu Bo, had succeeded in the former, while the latter was nearly legendary.

He hadn't expected that Yanyan would turn a crisis into an opportunity and, by some twist of fate, embark on this path.

Yang Fan was not surprised by this.

Even if they were just leaves, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate were top-tier immortal herbs, personally selected by the God King Tang.

Furthermore, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was essentially formed from the divine remains of the Water Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King, two of the nine great dragon lords, who had fallen simultaneously. In such a place, it was only natural for a serpent-type soul master to undergo a transformation after experiencing a reversal of fortune.

He had originally intended for Dugu Yan to mimic Tang San by consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate.

In the original story, Tang San was able to neutralize the poison of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor by consuming the blood of those who had ingested the herbs, so consuming them directly would surely yield even better results. Coupled with the treasure that was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, transforming the serpent into a dragon should have been at least feasible.

However, looking at it now, perhaps the other immortal herb, the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, would be more suitable.

After all, consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate required the assistance of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine, which was a torture even for Tang San, let alone for a serpent-type martial soul whose own yin and yang attributes were not balanced.

"Sister Yan, I think I might have a way for you to directly complete the final step of the Jade Phosphor Serpent's dragon transformation."

Since she had already transformed into a jiao, perhaps the Earth Dragon Golden Melon would be more appropriate.

"You certainly know a lot. But why are you confident enough to tell me? You should know that my reputation as the Poison Douluo is not exactly stellar."

Dugu Bo stared into Yang Fan's eyes as he spoke.

"I trust in your character and your promises, Senior."

Yang Fan replied, his gaze steady and firm.

Dugu Bo was "neither righteous nor evil," with a poor reputation and a tendency to act entirely on his own whims. Yet, Yang Fan knew that Dugu Bo's integrity was impeccable; his word was worth its weight in gold.

At the very least, Yang Fan, who considered himself a person of order, knew that if his own herb garden were destroyed, he would never let it go—even if the culprit were his own savior.