Dugu Bo shook his head.
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling shook their heads too. They knew what storybooks were, of course, but they'd never heard of wuxia novels.
Su Chen felt a little awkward.
If you've never read wuxia novels, then you definitely don't know Zhang Wuji. And if you don't know Zhang Wuji, then you don't know that you have to take off a woman's clothes to heal her injuries and purge her poison. You'll definitely think I'm a pervert.
What the hell?
Su Chen pondered for a long while. Luckily, he'd looked into this stuff before, so he explained:
"Yesterday, when I purged the poison, you should've been able to feel that the power I used was extremely yang and powerful. Women have more yin energy in their bodies. If the yang energy can't disperse and builds up inside a woman, her life could be in danger."
"Second, scientific research has proven that women have much more body fat than men. Most of it is stored beneath the skin, covering the meridians. This creates a major obstacle to channeling energy and healing injuries."
"Women have thicker layers of subcutaneous fat, which reduces the efficiency of energy transmission. If you add a layer of clothing on top of that, the energy transmits even less efficiently, seriously hindering the healing process."
"Finally, based on those two points, we've concluded that when channeling energy to heal a woman, her clothes have to come off. If they don't, there's a great risk of danger."
After he finished, Su Chen added silently:
Third, taking a man's clothes off to treat him would be pretty weird.
Fourth, the plot demands it.
Dugu Bo eyed Su Chen strangely, looking him up and down as if trying to spot a crack in his story. But Su Chen looked utterly serious.
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were both completely dumbfounded.
That was a thing?
Dugu Yan was conflicted. She whispered to Ye Lingling, "Lingling, what should I do?"
Ye Lingling smiled at Dugu Yan, then called to Su Chen:
"Su Chen, Yanzi agrees. Come into the tent and help her purge the poison!"
Dugu Yan: ???
"Come on, Yanzi."
Ye Lingling took Dugu Yan by the hand and pulled her back into the tent.
"Lingling, I..."
Seeing Dugu Yan's flushed little face and how she couldn't get the words out, Ye Lingling said calmly:
"You're having a hard time deciding, but the poison has to be purged. So I'll make the decision for you, and you won't have to agonize over it."
"Come on, take off your clothes."
Dugu Yan fell silent, enjoying the treatment of a young lady as she let Ye Lingling help her out of her clothes.
"All right, sit here and close your eyes. Don't think about anything."
After saying that, Ye Lingling went out and told Su Chen, "Go in and help her purge the poison."
Su Chen patted Ye Lingling on the head, then glanced at Dugu Bo. The old man seemed quite happy about it, so Su Chen said nothing and went straight inside.
The tent was filled with springtime sights.
Although Dugu Yan had her back to Su Chen, she had an excellent figure. Even from the side, you could see peaks rising and valleys dipping!
"I'm here."
Dugu Yan's face was so red her mind went blank. She answered without thinking, "Mm, go ahead."
Su Chen sat cross-legged and placed both hands on Dugu Yan's back, beginning to channel Nine Yang Internal Energy into her.
"Ah."
Not long afterward.
Su Chen withdrew his hands and stood up. "I'm done."
Dugu Yan had felt warm currents filling her whole body, a strange power surging wildly inside her. Hearing Su Chen's words, she couldn't help asking:
"That fast?"
Su Chen: ???
"Well, the first time... Ahem, I mean, you're young, and there isn't much poison in your body. With my power, it didn't take long to purge."
Su Chen fled outside in a hurry. Damn, what a suggestive thing to say!
When Dugu Bo saw Su Chen come out, he asked, "That fast?"
"I..."
Su Chen was at a loss for words.
"I'll go condense my Second Soul Ring. Wait for me to finish, and then we'll leave together."
Su Chen leaped onto the ice crystal and sat down, beginning to extract his God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.
Dugu Bo shook his head to himself. When he saw his granddaughter come out, he said casually:
"Yanyan, the opportunities in life are yours to seize. If you let one pass, you may regret it for the rest of your life."
Dugu Yan lowered her head without speaking. She understood what her grandfather meant.
Dugu Bo continued:
"You've seen plenty of things in the Heaven Dou Empire. Every powerful Soul Master, and every noble, has more than one wife in their household."
"Take the boy at your academy, Yu Tianheng. He's been chasing after you, hasn't he? As the direct heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, do you think he'd marry only you?"
"Even if he wanted to, his clan wouldn't allow it."
"Our family doesn't need you to marry for an alliance. Choose your own happiness boldly. No matter what you decide, your grandfather will always support you!"
Dugu Bo had no choice. Su Chen was dazzling in every way—strength, looks, and bearing. After his granddaughter had seen fine jade, how could she ever look at a worthless stone the same way again?
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Suddenly.
A red light illuminated the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
A red ring of light hovered above Su Chen's head. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring at the very least—that was the standard!
Dugu Bo's mind filled with questions. He hadn't understood what Su Chen meant when he'd said he was going to cultivate a Soul Ring.
And now a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring had appeared out of nowhere?
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling stared over in shock too. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!
It was their first time seeing one.
That red light was so beautiful.
For a moment, they couldn't help thinking of Hu Liena, that lucky woman. She'd already obtained two of them.
Above, the ring's age settled at eighteen hundred thousand years. Su Chen absorbed it, leaving his Soul Ring Configuration—purple and red.
Purple? That was ridiculous!
Sigh.
Su Chen thought that maybe his first Soul Ring did have some purpose after all. Its purple glow seemed to constantly remind him: The love for Kun is always there.
The sky and earth went dim.
The three of them looked up. Besides the striking red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, an enormous Kunpeng hovered above Su Chen, blotting out the sky.
"What kind of Martial Soul is that?"
Dugu Yan's face was full of shock. "Grandfather, even you haven't seen a Martial Soul this huge?"
Dugu Bo was astonished.
"Under normal circumstances, it's already far bigger than any Martial Soul Avatar. How could your grandfather have ever seen one this enormous?"
Whoosh!
Su Chen released his Soul Skill. A pair of wings sprang from his back, and he instantly flew in front of the three of them. His mood suddenly grew complicated...
It was over.
I've earned myself a death sentence.
With Dou Qi Wings, I'd lost the one weakness I had—being unable to fly. This time, I really was going to give up beef.
"That fast!"
Dugu Bo was startled. Su Chen's power had always been strange, and his speed was already terrifying. Now he'd gained flight from a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill too. His speed was probably...
Wait?
Dugu Bo frowned and asked:
"What's with that expression? You look almost dissatisfied with your Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring."
Su Chen shook his head slightly and sighed:
"I'm so young, yet already this powerful. Now these wings have given me incredible speed too. It's going to make me get carried away."
Dugu Bo's expression crumpled. In all his years, he'd never met anyone who could show off this shamelessly. He really wanted to bash Su Chen to death with a hammer!
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