Helping Dugu Bo, Dugu Bo's Approval!

So easy?

Xia Yuan glanced at Dugu Bo.

He had never expected Dugu Bo to be persuaded so easily.

He had thought it would take a little more time.

Then again, Dugu Yan might have spoken well of him, giving Dugu Bo a favorable first impression.

After all, in the original story, Dugu Bo's impression of Tang San had been that he had bullied his precious granddaughter and neutralized the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison.

Still, being able to head to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well sooner was exactly what Xia Yuan wanted.

Even with only Two-Ring cultivation, he could already defeat Yu Tianheng, who had just reached Three-Ring, without relying on Soul Bones.

After obtaining the resources of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and improving himself once more, not only could the age of his second Soul Ring increase, but the age of his third Soul Ring would far surpass that of ordinary Soul Masters. It might even approach ten thousand years.

But he would probably have to stay at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for at least half a year, with Dugu Bo as the only person he could see each day.

Fortunately, delaying the acquisition of a Soul Ring for now would not affect the accumulation of his Soul Power cultivation.

After clearing the air with Dugu Bo, Dugu Bo seemed to have opened the floodgates and began asking other questions.

Although Xia Yuan's understanding of this world was mostly limited to what he had read, he possessed the knowledge of another world. Before long, he and Dugu Bo were deeply engrossed in conversation.

As the saying went, when two people met too late in life, once one person recognized another's worth, the more they looked at them, the more pleasing they became.

Dugu Bo was in precisely that state now.

If there had been wine here, he might have gotten drunk in the next moment and dragged Xia Yuan off to become sworn brothers.

Then, at a certain moment, Dugu Bo abruptly stopped speaking and shuddered all over.

Xia Yuan immediately realized that Dugu Bo might be having an episode.

Sure enough, in the next instant, Dugu Bo's entire body began convulsing. His face twisted into something terrifying as cold sweat poured down his skin.

"Senior Dugu, forgive my offense." Xia Yuan looked at Dugu Bo and released his Martial Soul.

Dugu Bo was inwardly horrified.

Could it be that Xia Yuan had been pretending all along, intending to kill him?

Damn it, he had gotten so engrossed in their conversation that he had forgotten how, at midnight every night, his entire body would convulse and leave him wishing he were dead.

However, Xia Yuan did nothing of the sort.

He merely used his Blue Silver Emperor to bind Dugu Bo, then expanded his Blue Silver Domain.

Immediately afterward, Dugu Bo felt a warm current flowing from Xia Yuan's Blue Silver Emperor, as if he had been thrown into his mother's embrace.

Unlike the Blue Silver Emperor Tang San awakened in the original story, Xia Yuan's Blue Silver Emperor had successively devoured the Golden Sacred Dragon Origin and the Blue Silver Emperor Life Essence that came from Ah Yin herself.

This made the life force of his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul even richer, while also granting it the power of light.

The Blue Silver Domain could further strengthen this quality of his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.

With the two combined, while his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul could not compare to immortal herbs, it could still be used as a restorative medicinal herb.

Of course, this was not something easily accomplished.

In only a short while, Xia Yuan was already drenched in sweat.

He had devoted all his Soul Power to maintaining the Blue Silver Emperor's healing effect.

This amount of healing was actually a drop in the bucket for Dugu Bo, but the accompanying warmth greatly alleviated his condition.

Dugu Bo looked at Xia Yuan with a complicated expression.

Though being tied up like this did not feel particularly good, what he felt more than anything now was guilt toward Xia Yuan.

He had nearly developed the intent to kill Xia Yuan just moments ago.

After quite some time, Dugu Bo recovered. Xia Yuan also withdrew his Martial Soul and dropped onto the bed.

The process had consumed not only his Soul Power, but also his physical strength.

After all, this was not a skill specifically created for healing, merely one of its traits.

If Dugu Bo had previously regarded Xia Yuan differently only because of Dugu Yan and the possibility that he could solve his poison problem,

then now, Dugu Bo was genuinely seeing him in a whole new light.

Putting himself in Xia Yuan's shoes, if their positions had been reversed, he might not have been so dedicated.

Of course, ordinary people might not have had the nerve to try killing him either.

"Kid, you're quite something." Dugu Bo patted Xia Yuan on the shoulder.

"You've helped this old man and spent quite a bit in the process. Rest first. I'll have Yan Yan come find you tomorrow."

With that, Dugu Bo left Xia Yuan's dormitory.

Seeing Dugu Bo's condition, Xia Yuan knew that he had gained a great deal of favor with him this time.

Dugu Bo was different from the Title Douluos of Spirit Hall.

Spirit Hall's Title Douluos either obeyed Bibi Dong or obeyed Qian Daoliu.

If he were in Spirit Hall, at most he would be a favored genius, not someone in a position of authority.

Or rather, if he wanted to become someone in a position of authority, he would still need many years.

But befriending Dugu Bo was something that brought only benefits and no drawbacks.

Although Dugu Bo would be of little use against a force like Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue, who was currently disguised as Xue Qinghe, was also backing he could make use of.

Against other forces, however, Dugu Bo would be extremely useful.

That night, Xia Yuan did not replace sleep with meditation cultivation. Instead, he relaxed completely.

His expenditure had simply been too great: physical strength, mental energy, Soul Power...

The next morning.

Xia Yuan woke on time and began cultivating his Purple Demon Eye with the aid of the violet qi.

By the time Xia Yuan arrived at the Heaven-Tier student class, Dugu Yan was already waiting there.

"Xia Yuan, you're here!" Seeing him arrive, Dugu Yan hurriedly waved.

"Senior." Xia Yuan walked over without mentioning Dugu Bo.

Dugu Yan said, "My grandfather asked me to find you. He's already waiting at the academy's Education Committee."

"Oh, and I still don't know why he wants to see you. Don't offend him when you get there. My grandfather has quite a temper!"

As she spoke, Dugu Yan felt somewhat curious as well.

She had clearly asked her grandfather to secretly protect Xia Yuan before, and he had agreed.

When one of the academy teachers summoned her to the Education Committee, she had wondered why the committee wanted to see her.

Yet it turned out that her grandfather had come directly to the academy to openly seek out Xia Yuan.

Inside the classroom, Ye Lingling watched Xia Yuan leave with Dugu Yan and suddenly found the sunlight outside the window rather glaring.

The Education Committee.

The three committee members had been completely unprepared for Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's sudden visit.

When they heard that he had come for Xia Yuan, the three of them, like Louis XVI, were utterly baffled.

Since the matter of Yu Tianheng and Xia Yuan going onto the Soul Fighting Arena had not caused much of a stir, it had not yet been reported to them.

The four of them sat in that strange atmosphere for quite some time before Dugu Yan finally arrived with Xia Yuan.

"Grandfather, Xia Yuan is here." Dugu Yan pulled Xia Yuan to Dugu Bo's side.

Dugu Bo put on an act of examining Xia Yuan before finally looking toward the three committee members.

P.S. The second update will be posted during the day.