Getting Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo

(An extra chapter for book club administrator Feng. Thank you to all the generous supporters.)

Dugu Yan's expression was exceedingly complicated now. When she looked at Yun Chen, her gaze could not help but carry a great deal of resentment.

This made Yun Chen take several steps back. He glanced at Dugu Yan strangely.

I, Yun Chen, am an upright and honorable gentleman. Ahem... except when it comes to Sister Xue'er... As for everyone else, I have always regarded beauty as nothing but a pile of bones beneath rouge.

So please believe me, Sister Xue'er. I swear I am absolutely loyal to you!

Yun Chen silently switched into oath-making mode, repeatedly assuring himself of his loyalty to Sister Xue'er, as though reminding himself.

It was mainly because of Dugu Yan's expression. Why did she look at him as if he were some scumbag?

"Y-You... why are you so certain that there's something wrong with my family?"

Dugu Yan struggled to force out those words. It was clear that saying them had taken considerable mental preparation. After all, no matter how one heard it, it sounded like an insult.

Yet when Dugu Yan saw the certainty in Yun Chen's eyes, she became uncertain herself.

A thought had always lingered in her mind. What if? What if her family really did have some illness, just as Yun Chen said? What was she supposed to do then?

After all, her parents had died young. Her grandfather had said it was an accident, yet he had also been evasive whenever it came to her future marriage. All of this had led Dugu Yan to suspect something, but without any concrete evidence, she could only bury those suspicions deep in her heart.

"Isn't your family poisoned?"

"P-Poisoned?"

Dugu Yan was visibly stunned. But the next instant, her fury erupted. She widened her eyes at Yun Chen and questioned him without hesitation.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Our family awakened Martial Souls like the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, and my grandfather is the number one Poison Douluo in the world. How could we possibly be poisoned? Are you messing with me?"

After all, poison was the foundation upon which the Dugu family stood on the continent. Saying that people who used poison had poisoned themselves sounded like utter nonsense to anyone else.

In Dugu Yan's eyes, Yun Chen was now undoubtedly a complete swindler. Her face alternated between red and green. She had actually believed him so easily and even thought there was something wrong with her family. It made her feel rather embarrassed.

Hearing Dugu Yan's misunderstanding, Yun Chen merely shook his head faintly before slowly speaking.

"Your family has indeed been poisoned, and it's quite serious. Didn't your parents die because of it?"

"What?!"

Yun Chen's words truly shocked Dugu Yan. Her first instinct was to refuse to believe him, but as she looked into his calm eyes, she lowered her head in silence. Her heart was in turmoil now, and she had no idea what to do.

She was more inclined to believe that this possibility was impossible. As the heir of the continent's foremost poison-using family, she simply could not accept that her parents had been poisoned to death.

But if what Yun Chen said was true, then it was the best explanation.

Her parents' bizarre deaths, the festering sores left behind by poison corroding their bodies, her grandfather's occasional sighs, and his refusal to speak about the matter back then—all of it could be explained.

"I... I..."

Dugu Yan's breathing became heavier. At the end of the day, she was only a twelve-year-old child. Upon receiving this information, she was at a complete loss.

"Don't panic. You don't have to believe me completely, since this is only a guess I made based on a few things. But you can ask your grandfather first."

Yun Chen's tone was exceptionally calm, as though he did not care about the matter at all. Yet the corner of his eye kept drifting toward Dugu Yan.

After all, everything he had done today was meant to draw Dugu Bo's attention, allowing him to approach Dugu Bo and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then ultimately obtain the immortal herbs.

As the saying went, there were countless transmigrators in Douluo. Dugu Bo had practically become a classic mandatory boss, while the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was an essential landmark to visit.

Get immortal herbs from Dugu Bo.

In the end, Dugu Yan hurried away. Judging from the direction she left in, she was heading toward the academy gates. If nothing unexpected happened, the girl was probably going back to ask her grandfather about it.

Yun Chen stood beside the woods and scratched his head. That matter was temporarily settled. As for what to do next, he had not thought of anything yet.

Just as Yun Chen lowered his head in thought, a furious shout suddenly came from the side of the woods.

"Kid! How dare you bully my Yan Yan!"

"You're courting death!"

Yun Chen was startled. Almost instinctively, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul instantly possessed him, and his Golden Eyes opened to their fullest power. Those eyes shone as brilliantly as the blazing sun, while terrifying spiritual power swept through the surroundings, instantly gathering all information about the newcomer.

Only then did Yun Chen discover that inside a grass hut beside the woods, where he had been speaking with Dugu Yan, a grown man had been squatting there all along.

He was fairly handsome.

But his cultivation did not seem particularly strong.

That man was now charging wildly toward Yun Chen, gathering all his strength into his right fist. He was very fast.

Yun Chen's gaze turned cold, and he snorted.

Facing the man's ferocious attack, he was completely unafraid. In all the world, only the Golden Dragon King bloodline dared to compete with a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff in sheer strength.

Yun Chen raised his right fist. He did not even add any soul skill enhancements. Relying solely on the power brought by Martial Soul Possession, he fiercely slammed his fist into the incoming one.

With a bang, terrifying force spread outward like a shockwave.

"Ah!"

The man let out a miserable scream, followed by the distinct sound of bone cracking.

Clearly, even though Yun Chen had held back, the man had still paid a terrible price.

A preliminary assessment suggested a fractured forearm. As for whether his hand was injured too, that was impossible to tell.

The man was now lying on the ground, clutching his right arm and howling in agony. The surrounding trees had been snapped in half by the terrifying force, leaving the area in a complete mess.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Yun Chen had directed most of his strength into the shockwave rather than the man himself. Otherwise, this man would probably have ascended to heaven today.

"Who are you? Why did you ambush me?"

Yun Chen looked at the man lying on the ground and continuously howling while clutching his right arm, then questioned him with perfect calm.

"I... I... am... Yu Tian... heng! How dare... you do this to me! Our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan... definitely... won't let you go."

Yun Chen was somewhat speechless. Why did he keep running into disciples from these great clans every single day?

And why were these people all so stupid? They clearly could not win, yet they still insisted on provoking him. Then after getting beaten up, they would threaten to use their family's power.

Yu Tianheng was even more ridiculous. Yun Chen could more or less imagine what had happened.

Yu Tianheng had probably discovered them chatting intensely at some point, only for Dugu Yan to leave crying shortly afterward.

That was something Yu Tianheng, the ultimate simp, could not tolerate. He immediately rushed out to fight Yun Chen, not even releasing his Martial Soul or giving Yun Chen a chance to identify him.

Who would have thought that one punch from Yun Chen would nearly leave him flat on a stretcher?