Dugu Bo's Rage, Sword Intent Versus Serpent's Might

They left Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Dugu Yan walked ahead to lead the way, with Li Qinglian following behind. The two hurried along the entire way.

"Li Qinglian."

At some point, Dugu Yan had stopped.

She turned around, her naturally seductive eyes gazing deeply at the young man before her.

"Hmm?"

"If you take back what you said earlier now, I can pretend I never heard anything."

"But if we get there, my grandfather won't be so easy to talk to."

Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes were filled with gravity.

Her grandfather had an obsessive personality.

Once he learned that Li Qinglian knew the Dugu Family's secret, killing intent was bound to rise in his heart.

If Li Qinglian could cure the poison, then fine. But if he could not, Li Qinglian would be in trouble.

"Sis Yan Yan, just relax."

"How could I possibly deceive you about something like this? Do I, Li Qinglian, look like the ungrateful type?"

"If I really can't help cure your poison, then you can detain me and make me your child husband. I won't have any objections."

Li Qinglian teased.

Right now, he did not know how to detoxify her.

But he understood the principle behind Ice and Fire Body Tempering.

In the original plot, Tang San had not actually created some detoxifying formula.

He had, in truth, used his own blood to help Huo Wu detoxify.

After Tang San underwent Ice and Fire Body Tempering, his body had been transformed into an existence similar to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The properties of the two immortal herbs had fused into his blood, turning it into precious blood containing powerful medicinal effects.

It was precisely this precious blood that could help Dugu Yan detoxify.

Moreover, it could also help Dugu Bo suppress the snake venom within his body. Combined with transferring the toxins into a spirit bone, it would solve once and for all the greatest drawback of Dugu Bo's poison-arts cultivation: the snake venom spreading throughout his entire body.

In the original plot.

After resolving the Dugu Family's problem, Tang San gained Dugu Bo's friendship, and incidentally also gave Shrek Academy a Title Douluo guest elder. For a time, Shrek Academy's foundation instantly overtook that of many top academies.

But now, this opportunity was about to belong to him.

"Pfft. Fine!"

"If you dare lie to me, then I'll have Grandpa catch you and make you stay by my side for the rest of your life."

Dugu Yan laughed until her body trembled like flowers in the wind.

If the final outcome was like that, Dugu Yan could accept it too.

Li Qinglian was right. Either way, she would not lose.

Hmph. When the time comes, I'll keep Li Qinglian. Huo Wu will just have to swallow it...

As Dugu Yan thought this, her smile grew even happier.

Snatching a man from a proud daughter of heaven like Huo Wu felt great!

"Oh, right. Little Brother Qinglian."

"If you really do become my obedient child husband, when I die from the poison's outbreak, you'll have to accompany me too."

Dugu Yan suddenly revealed a charming smile, her fingers brushing twice across Li Qinglian's cheek.

A ghost marriage?

Looking at the cold, viper-like aura hidden within Dugu Yan's smile, Li Qinglian shuddered.

He knew Dugu Yan absolutely dared to do it.

Besides.

Dugu Yan had suffered bitter torment from snake venom, and her mind had long since become twisted.

Otherwise, after knowing Huo Wu's feelings for him, she would not still have insisted on using a favor to make him "repay her with his body."

If Huo Wu did not like him, then even if she had some favorable impression of Li Qinglian because of his talent, it would not have reached the point where she wanted to use the favor of curing Li Qinglian's poison to make him repay her with his body.

But since Huo Wu liked him, Dugu Yan just had to get a taste first no matter what.

A woman like Dugu Yan was far more frightening than Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo was merely withdrawn but emotionally stable, while Dugu Yan was a depth charge.

If he failed to cure her poison, Dugu Yan would have her grandfather arrange a ghost marriage for her.

This kind of thing—this woman would absolutely do it.

"Fine."

"Really? You're that confident?"

Dugu Yan twined a slender finger around a lock of her purple hair, her beautiful eyes fixed on Li Qinglian as if trying to read something from his face.

Her breathing quickened slightly.

She had to admit, Li Qinglian really was charming when he looked so confident.

Grandpa had always hidden the state of her body from her and refused to tell her, but in truth, she had long known what condition she was in.

Her father and mother had died young for the same reason, so she understood very well.

If Grandpa had the ability to cure her, he would not have kept it from her like that.

In fact, she had known for a long time that she would not live long, and she had always played along with Grandpa's act, pretending she knew nothing.

Until Li Qinglian appeared.

He was the first person to say he could save her.

"Little brother, do you know?"

"If you keep this up, who knows how many girls will fall for you."

Dugu Yan looked at him, the tip of her tongue sweeping over her red lips.

Before, she had only wanted to compete with Huo Wu and see Huo Wu angry.

But now, she realized that this little boy truly was very charming.

He had actually given her a sense of security that even Grandpa could not provide. So much so that she was almost about to believe he really could detoxify her.

She now understood that Huo Wu liking this boy might not be solely because of his talent.

At least for now, she had yet to find anything about Li Qinglian that made him unlikable.

They had only reached halfway up the mountain.

Dugu Bo discovered Dugu Yan and Li Qinglian, descended in a flash, and arrived before Li Qinglian.

"Who are you?"

Dugu Bo's voice was icy.

However, his eyes were filled with suspicion, his aged gaze sizing up the two of them.

"Grandpa, don't scare little brother Qinglian. Who knows, he might be your grandson-in-law in the future."

Dugu Yan gave Li Qinglian a sly glance, then hurriedly stepped in front of him protectively.

"Uh."

Li Qinglian's eyes widened, clearly not having expected Dugu Yan to say that.

"Grandson-in-law?"

Dugu Bo's eyes went round.

Even though Yu Tianheng had pursued her all this time, Yanyan had never shown the slightest hint of favor toward him in front of Dugu Bo. Yet this boy, who was not even that old, had actually caught Yanyan's eye?

"I am Li Qinglian, from Blazing Fire Academy, and I'm in Sister Yanyan's friend circle."

Li Qinglian stressed the last two words. He did not want to be misunderstood by this old poison freak.

He only felt as if he were being stared down by a venomous Snake Emperor, chills running through his entire body.

Hm? So it's still one-sided?

Dugu Bo looked at his granddaughter with interest, then turned to Li Qinglian.

His instincts told him there was something going on between these two.

But it was true that Yanyan was interested in this young man.

He knew his granddaughter too well. Many truths would be hidden inside her jokes.

Although Yanyan loved to play around, when it came to feelings, she was serious.

"Yanyan. What exactly is going on?"

"Even if you really do treat him as your boyfriend, why did you bring him here?"

Dugu Bo asked in confusion.

His cultivation holy land was extremely hidden and very important to him. There was no way Dugu Yan did not understand that.

Unless the two of them really were together, if Li Qinglian learned about that place, Dugu Bo would definitely develop killing intent.

He absolutely would not allow that place to be exposed.

In essence, both his life and his granddaughter's life were being sustained by that place.

"Hehe. Grandpa, well, I'm just saying what he said."

"He said he could detoxify me and needed a lot of medicinal ingredients, so I brought him here."

Dugu Yan spread her hands.

The moment Dugu Yan finished speaking, Dugu Bo's expression changed.

"You brat, you actually dared deceive my granddaughter? You're courting death!"

Dugu Bo flew into a rage.

A terrifying aura instantly bore down on Li Qinglian's body.

In that instant, Li Qinglian immediately activated Green Lotus Sword Intent, his entire body like a sharp sword poised to strike, tearing open a gap in Dugu Bo's airtight pressure in a single moment.