A Challenge to Yu Tianheng, Studying the Art of Detoxification

"Tianheng, your attack power is absolutely no weaker than Shi Mo's defense. But your lightning attacks are too scattered. You need to learn to concentrate your strength and break through a surface with a single point."

"Yanzi, your poison is powerful, but it lacks offensive force. Once you encounter a defensive Soul Master like Shi Mo who can resist toxins, you need to consider other tactics. Just now, you should have immediately used your Snake Tail to pull Tianheng over and relied on his attack power to break Shi Mo's defense. Or you could have changed targets yourself and attacked Shi Mo, who has no poison resistance. Never stand there blankly after one attack fails. Remember, you are a control-system Soul Master—the brain of a team. If the brain stops working, how are the limbs supposed to function properly?"

Qin Ming stood to one side, offering guidance. Unlike his usual gentleness, he was exceptionally stern at this moment. Perhaps this had been Shrek Academy's tradition all along.

"You seniors have been working very hard!" Tianlin said with a smile as he walked over.

When everyone saw Tianlin return, they immediately stopped sparring. Osler was the fastest and appeared at Tianlin's side in an instant. "Yo, our little Tian is back! What do you think of my new hairstyle?"

At some point, Osler had gotten a hairstyle resembling a pompadour, and he proudly showed it off to Tianlin.

"Senior Osler, I think you looked better bald. If you don't mind, I can help you. I guarantee my sword is very sharp—I can shave it all off without leaving a single strand," Tianlin said maliciously.

"Uh, never mind. What if your hand slips and you chop off my head?" Osler retreated several steps in fear.

"It's fine. If I accidentally chop it off, I'll definitely apologize. But when it's time for the funeral feast, I want to sit at the same table as Senior Ye and Sister Yanzi." Tianlin spoke those chilling words as naturally as ever. Osler immediately hid behind the Shi Brothers. Only under the protection of those two hulking men could he feel even a trace of safety.

"Sigh, what a pair of live treasures." Qin Ming sighed helplessly. Tianlin was one thing—he was not even eight yet—but Osler was already twelve and still fooled around like a child all day.

What use was great strength without a brain? Qin Ming worried that one day, during a team battle, Osler, an Agility Attack System Soul Master, would ignore the enemy's rear-line support and instead go head-to-head with their assault-system Soul Master.

"You got your second Soul Ring?" Yu Tianheng walked up to Tianlin and asked.

"Yes. Tianheng, you still remember our agreement, right? When are we going to fight?" Tianlin could hardly wait to witness the might of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

Now that he had a second Soul Ring as well, even if his level was slightly lower, he did not believe he would lose.

"I've already used up quite a bit of Soul Power today. How about noon tomorrow? We'll fight at the Royal Academy Soul Arena. You will represent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and I will represent the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. We'll have a fair and open match."

Yu Tianheng swiftly settled on the time and place, and Tianlin had no objections.

Qin Ming did not say much either. He knew the two children had a sense of restraint, and this was not a fight to the death. Even among friends, sparring in Soul battles was common. Some friendships only grew stronger the more they fought.

After finishing with the important matter, Tianlin turned to Dugu Yan beside Yu Tianheng. "By the way, Sister Yanzi, I feel like your eyes seem a little greener than before I left."

"Mm, perhaps it's because I rose a level these past few days. It's a sign that my poison has grown stronger." Dugu Yan did not think much of it. Her grandfather and her late father had both been the same way.

But Tianlin knew this was not a good sign. As Dugu Yan's poison grew stronger, the damage to her body would also worsen. The original story had said that her father had died after suffering a backlash from his own poison.

Perhaps Dugu Bo had not told Dugu Yan about it because he feared she would be upset and frightened. That was why she still did not understand the severity of the situation.

It seemed he needed to hurry and study the medical knowledge in the Jade Balance Herb Classic, focusing first on the section about detoxification.

This was not only for the Immortal Herbs. He also needed to do his best to remove the deadly poison within Dugu Yan, so that her strength could be brought out more fully.

After returning to his room, Tianlin entered his Sea of Spirit. There, it was easier for him to focus, and he could learn more efficiently.

The Jade Balance Herb Classic recorded many methods for neutralizing deadly poisons, along with notes written by Cao Gu.

As one of the Shu Mountain Seven Sages, Cao Gu had devoted herself to the art of healing and saved countless lives. Among them were many experts who cultivated Poison Art and suffered backlash from their own toxins.

For most of them, Cao Gu's method was to dissolve the deadly poison throughout their bodies. After all, most people who cultivated Poison Art had corrupt hearts. This could save their lives while also preventing them from continuing to harm others with poison.

Of course, Tianlin could not use such a method. For a Soul Master, losing all their cultivation was more unbearable than death. Dugu Yan would certainly refuse.

But there were exceptions to everything. Cao Gu deeply understood that cultivation methods themselves were neither good nor evil; it depended on how people used them. Therefore, when she encountered those who cultivated Poison Art but possessed pure hearts, she considered other methods.

One method was very similar to Tang San's treatment for Dugu Bo: find a medium and transfer all the poison in the body into it, so that the deadly poison would no longer erode the user's body.

In the Sword and Fairy World, the medium would be some kind of magical artifact. Once such an artifact recognized its master, only its master could use it, and it was no different from a part of their body. But the Douluo world had no magical artifacts. The replacement would be Soul Bones.

After looking through it all, Tianlin found that there truly was no more reliable method. But transferring poison was not so simple. It also required a special guidance technique, as well as medicinal treatment to support it.

The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record had such methods, and naturally, Tianlin's Jade Balance Herb Classic did as well.

Half a year. Tianlin estimated that at most, he would need half a year to fully master this small section. Then he could detoxify Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. That would save their lives, and he could take the immortal herbs with a clear conscience.

Of course, he could have asked Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to forcibly seize them from Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo was no match for either of them in a one-on-one fight, so taking them by force would likely not have been difficult. But Tianlin could not bring himself to do something so unscrupulous.

Immortal herbs belonged to the virtuous, but could someone who stole another's treasures truly deserve the words "virtuous person"? Besides, Dugu Yan could now be considered his friend. It was better to have some principles. At worst, he could leave a share of the immortal herbs for Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo.