First Meeting with Dugu Bo

Inside Dugu Bo's residence.

Dugu Yan, who was leading the way ahead, suddenly felt a gaze from behind.

He!

He's looking at my waist?

Having noticed where he was looking, Dugu Yan had never been so grateful for her outfit.

Does he like that part of me?

Dugu Yan placed her hand over the spot where he had struck her abdomen earlier.

And...

Maybe he likes that sort of play too.

But that's okay. I can accept it!

At the thought of his expressionless face changing because of her,

waves of heat seemed to rise from her lower abdomen.

Her slender, soft waist and belly began to sway like a snake as she walked.

Meanwhile, Yu Yuan was thinking...

That punch didn't leave a mark, did it?

Otherwise, if Dugu Bo notices later, he'll probably rewind time and run away.

But when he thought of the immortal herbs at the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, he decided to apologize first.

"Um, I should apologize first. I didn't mean to hit you that hard at the Soul Arena earlier."

"Ah? Oh! It's fine."

Only after pausing for a moment did Dugu Yan realize what he meant. She quickly turned around and said it was fine.

She stroked the spot where she had been hit, hesitated for a moment, then spoke with a blush.

"Actually, your punch wasn't that heavy. I could take it."

Huh?

Really?

Did that punch knock you senseless?

I remember you had your mouth open and your eyes shut after I hit you.

Although I did hold back because I didn't want to visibly hurt you.

But it shouldn't have been as light as you said, right?

Yu Yuan did not understand. Yu Yuan was utterly stunned!

Seeing Dugu Yan's slightly flushed cheeks, he wondered whether she had some unusual preferences.

Just as he was about to ask, a cold voice sounded from nearby.

"Yanyan, who is this brat?"

Heaven knew how desperate Dugu Bo was right now.

He had just argued with his granddaughter in the morning, only for her to bring a man home that afternoon.

And Yanyan, why were you holding your lower abdomen?!

Could she already be pregnant?

No, no, no.

It's only been half a day. Even laying eggs isn't that fast!

Could it be that they got together long ago?

They've just been keeping it from me?

And now they've come to ask for my approval!!!

No, I'm not ready to become a great-grandfather yet!

So Dugu Bo directly interrupted their conversation.

But as soon as he shifted his gaze away from his granddaughter and glared furiously at Yu Yuan standing nearby,

then...

His granddaughter did not seem to be getting the short end of the deal?

Looking at the handsome young man across from him, who was clearly younger than Dugu Yan,

Dugu Bo finally realized that his granddaughter had gotten herself a good one.

Come to think of it, would it be a boy or a girl later?

What should the child be named?

Should he have Yanyan give birth to two more?

Unfortunately, just as Dugu Bo began imagining the joys of family life,

Dugu Yan, having heard her grandfather's question, had already begun explaining Yu Yuan's identity.

Thus,

after Dugu Yan explained that she and Yu Yuan had only met today at the Soul Arena,

Dugu Bo's high spirits visibly sank.

But when he heard Dugu Yan mention the toxins accumulating in her body, he had no time to feel dejected.

"Grandpa, is it true?"

Hearing his granddaughter's question, Dugu Bo had initially intended to lie and hide it from her.

But seeing Yu Yuan standing beside her, since he had already tested it on Yanyan,

even if he did not tell her now, Yanyan would figure it out sooner or later.

So he could only sigh helplessly and confirm his granddaughter's question.

"Let's go to the back garden first. We can sit down and talk slowly."

After they reached the back garden, Dugu Bo slumped into a reclining chair. Only then did he look at Dugu Yan, who was sitting beside Yu Yuan, and speak.

"That's right. The toxins in your body do indeed come from your martial soul."

"Then, then Grandpa, you..."

"Yes, I have them in my body too."

Having accepted it, Dugu Bo took the initiative to explain the origin of the toxins.

As the Poison Douluo, he should have been the most skilled poison user on the Douluo Continent.

Yet he had suffered backlash from his martial soul, and the toxins erupted inside his body. If his martial soul had not eventually evolved into the Jade-Scaled Serpent Emperor, he would likely have died long ago.

But even so, he was still tormented by the toxins, with no idea when they might take his life.

Even more tragically, his descendants had not escaped either. His son and daughter-in-law had both died one after the other because of their martial souls, and now, only Yanyan remained.

And if Dugu Bo had not deliberately controlled her first two soul rings, making her choose supportive poisons,

she would likely have already begun feeling the pain of toxin backlash.

"Heh, I should thank you, brat. Otherwise, I probably would never have taken the initiative to tell anyone about this in my life."

Dugu Bo instead felt very relieved now, since he had finally spoken of all these matters.

"Senior, there's no need to say that."

"Fine, then. Since you already know about Yanyan's condition, what do you think?"

"Grandpa!"

Dugu Bo raised a hand, signaling Dugu Yan, who wanted to speak, to sit still.

He was not planning to do anything to this brat anyway. After all, he might die someday.

Even if he could not find Yanyan a satisfactory husband, forming a good connection would still be worthwhile.

"What do I think?"

Yu Yuan thought Dugu Bo was asking for his opinion on the toxins in her body. After confirming it with Xiao Kong once more, he gave an assured reply.

"Although the toxin issue is indeed a bit troublesome, it's fine. I should be able to handle it."

"Huh? What did you say?!"

When Dugu Bo heard Yu Yuan mention the toxin problem, he had thought Yu Yuan would disdain Yanyan's body.

He never expected him to say that he could treat the problem.

The shock made Dugu Bo rise straight from the reclining chair despite having been slumped over it moments ago.

How should one describe that feeling?

It was probably like reaching middle age, still having the desire to kill enemies, only for a certain piece of hardware on your body to no longer keep up.

You thought this was how it would be for the rest of your life, but then one day, a miraculous physician suddenly appeared, pointed out your problem, and said he could cure it.

Dugu Bo felt that merely standing up already demonstrated remarkable control over his emotions.

"Brat, I still don't know your name."

Dugu Bo's jade-green pupils fixed intently on the composed Yu Yuan, as though trying to tell whether he was lying.

"Yu Yuan. Yu as in jade, Yuan as in abyss."

So his name is Yu Yuan?

What a lovely name.

Clearly, Dugu Yan had completely missed the point.

Dugu Bo, on the other hand, furrowed his brow as if confirming something before finally speaking.

"Yu? Are you from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"

"More or less, but I truly have nothing to do with them now."

Yu Yuan currently had no intention of associating himself with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

As for their raising him until he was six, had that not been bought with his father's life in this lifetime?

Yu Yuan felt that not instantly refining every member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as he had in the original timeline was already giving them plenty of face.

"It doesn't matter even if you are. If I, Dugu Bo, have taken a liking to someone, I don't need to give that old dragon any face."