Toxin Control, The Miraculous Efficacy of Poison-Infused Okra

Looking at the strange okra on the porcelain plate before her, Dugu Yan couldn't help but speak up.

She truly had never seen this thing before, and she had heard it was even a product of Fang Xuan's Martial Soul.

"Eat it if you want. If not, forget it. Stop poking around in it with your chopsticks."

Seeing Dugu Yan ruin a perfectly good plate of food, Fang Xuan spoke up to stop her.

"Yanyan, don't worry. It's fine. If you don't believe me, I'll eat it for you to see."

As she spoke, Ye Lingling took a piece of okra from the plate and put it into her mouth. After chewing twice, she swallowed it.

She had already been eating this stuff for several days. At first, she had been somewhat put off by its sticky, strange texture, but she gradually got used to it.

"Eugh, so disgusting. It's like snot. I'm not eating that."

Looking at the stringy okra, Dugu Yan truly couldn't bring herself to take a bite. Yu Tianheng beside her, however, gave it some face and picked up a chopstickful to eat.

The texture was indeed a little strange, but fortunately, it tasted decent—far better than the medicinal slop he had eaten at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Most importantly, Fang Xuan had told him that this stuff nourished the kidneys.

Though he and Dugu Yan had yet to reach that stage, it was still necessary to fortify himself in advance.

Seeing that Yu Tianheng had eaten some, and with Ye Lingling relentlessly urging her on beside her, Dugu Yan finally took two bites rather reluctantly.

"Hm? This feeling is..."

Setting down her chopsticks, Dugu Yan's pupils contracted slightly. She raised one hand and lightly tapped the tabletop before her with a fingertip.

Sizzle~

A corrosive sound rang out, and a black gap immediately appeared in the solid wooden tabletop.

Staring at the black gap before her, Dugu Yan turned to look at Fang Xuan.

"This thing of yours can strengthen my Jade Scale Snake Poison?!"

Excitement filled her expression. Compared with commonplace effects like beauty enhancement and skincare, an increase in strength was what she valued more.

From just that single bite, Dugu Yan could already feel that the Jade Scale Snake Poison inside her body had become much more active than before.

Yet it was not out of control. Rather, it had become more compatible with her Soul Power, to the point where it almost felt as though she could wield it at will.

That feeling was wonderful, as if she herself were the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.

At that moment, Dugu Yan's eyes gleamed. No longer caring whether it was disgusting or not, she stuffed all of it into her bowl in one go.

Then, utterly unconcerned with her image, she began wolfing down the food like mad, leaving Fang Xuan and the other two staring dumbly.

"Yanyan, slow down. No one's taking it from you."

Dugu Yan's reaction truly startled Ye Lingling. Just moments ago, she had been disgusted by it, so why was she now devouring it like she hadn't eaten in eight hundred years?

Fang Xuan was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He genuinely hadn't known this stuff would have a boosting effect on Dugu Yan herself.

But on second thought, it made sense. The Poison-Infused Okra's effect was to grant whoever consumed it an additional paralysis toxin.

And Dugu Yan herself used poison. Combining the added toxin with her original poison was basically an indirect enhancement, wasn't it?

"Good heavens, so this thing became her buff."

Very quickly, Dugu Yan swept clean the entire plate of okra. Feeling that comfortable sensation of having everything under control within her body, she let out a long breath.

"Make me some more. Five jin... no, give me fifty jin!"

The feeling was too incredible, so good that she could barely stop herself. The Jade Scale Snake Poison in her body seemed to have completely come alive, flowing freely through every corner of her body along with her Soul Power.

Now, with just a thought, she could unleash that terrifying toxin.

One had to know that the most terrifying aspect of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul was its snake venom, yet with her current strength, she was fundamentally unable to fully mobilize the Jade Scale Snake Poison within her body.

Even if she wanted to mobilize it, she needed a certain amount of time to prepare.

The battles of Soul Masters were decided in moments. With equal combat strength, whoever could act faster held the initiative.

An instant blanket of poison was a lethal threat to any enemy.

For Dugu Yan, whose primary method was poison, the enhancement from Poison-Infused Okra was enough in her eyes to surpass most heavenly treasures.

"Uh, fifty jin? Are you trying to drain me dry?"

Making this stuff consumed a lot of Soul Power, okay? Did she think it was cabbage growing in a field? Each piece took around one percent of his Soul Power to create.

If she wanted fifty pieces, fine, he could give them to her. But she was asking for fifty jin—wasn't that practically asking for his life?

"Don't be so stingy. At worst, I'll let you go to my grandfather's herb garden again and pick some more useless grass. We can call that a trade, all right?"

Dugu Yan had no real concept of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Even though Ye Lingling and Ye Qinru's Martial Souls had evolved because of the herbs there, she had merely been surprised for a moment before thinking nothing more of it.

In her eyes, it was just a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse—nothing more than good luck.

If it were really that miraculous, would her grandfather have spent so many years researching it without making any progress?

In short, in her eyes, it was just a pile of worthless weeds. How could they compare to the okra before her?

Of course, she was not simply being wasteful. She could sense that consuming this stuff was of immense help in controlling her poison.

The Jade Scale Snake Poison could corrode its own user, but what if she gained complete control over it?

Between purging and controlling it, even an idiot could tell which was more beneficial.

"As expected of grandfather and granddaughter—their personalities really are alike."

The corner of Fang Xuan's mouth twitched. He sincerely admired Dugu Yan's sheer brazenness.

"It's not a matter of whether I'm willing to trade it. This stuff doesn't keep well—it lasts for at most one day. Even if I gave you fifty jin, could you finish it all in a day?"

Poison-Infused Okra had a short shelf life. Its effects only lasted one day and continuously weakened over time, so Fang Xuan usually made it fresh and ate it immediately.

If Dugu Yan truly wanted fifty jin, it was not as though he could not produce it. He only needed to create a few more clones to work alongside him.

But fifty jin was simply too much. Even if Dugu Yan ate it as a meal, she could not finish it in one day.

"It can only be stored for a day?"

Dugu Yan looked regretful upon hearing that, but she quickly recovered. After all, never dwelling on things was one of her defining traits.

"Forget it. At worst, I'll just come over and freeload meals every day."

Fang Xuan fell silent. How could someone say they were freeloading with such righteous confidence, as if she were the one getting the short end of the deal?

In the end, Yu Tianheng was the sensible one. He felt that constantly freeloading meals was rather inappropriate, so he privately gave Fang Xuan some compensation.

As it happened, Fang Xuan wanted to study Soul Tools, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had quite a few of them. Yu Tianheng was generous and direct, gifting Fang Xuan around a hundred Soul Tools. They were all high-quality items in excellent condition with fully intact functions, not defective goods.

Over the following days, Fang Xuan's place grew livelier. After Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo about the benefits of eating okra, he too came knocking to freeload meals.

However, his reaction was even more intense than Dugu Yan's. After taking just one bite, the Soul Power within him immediately went berserk. The terrifying Soul Power of a Titled Douluo erupted in full, nearly blowing the roof off Fang Xuan's house.

Even more terrifyingly, the Jade Scale Snake Poison within Dugu Bo nearly leaked out. Fortunately, Dugu Bo brought it under control in time; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Faced with the abnormal loss of control over his martial soul, Dugu Bo's face first filled with astonishment, followed by wild joy.

"I broke through! I actually broke through!"