"Hahaha, splendid! You've got guts, kid. I truly admire your courage."
"Your Holiness, you have taken in an excellent student. It is truly an honor for this old man to come and speak with you today, and to meet in advance a peerless talent destined to rise across the continent."
"Hehe, Senior Dugu, you flatter him. Although I am Xuanji's teacher, I have not yet had the time to teach him much. He earned all of this through his own efforts; I would not dare claim the credit."
"Oh? Then had you studied the art of poison before this, kid?" Dugu Bo's sharp gaze swept over Meng Xuanji.
"I would not dare. Before Senior, the things I play with are no more than child's toys." Meng Xuanji humbly bent at the waist and clasped his hands in salute. Before Dugu Bo, this old poison freak, he did not dare boast that he was a master of poison.
Without Ice Soul Ghost Shadow, he probably would not even have been able to begin learning how to detoxify poison.
"Haha, humility is a good thing in the young, but too much humility becomes arrogance. If you can truly cure the serpent poison within this old man's body, then you are indeed a new prodigy of poison refinement on the continent."
Dugu Bo was a proud man. Meng Xuanji had displayed arrogance and confidence when it was time to be bold, yet showed humility and restraint when it was time to hold back. These actions raised Dugu Bo's assessment of him by another level.
"This old man was blind at first and should not have misunderstood you. As an apology, I will give you this Nine-Section Jade as a gift."
Dugu Bo took out a dark green storage pouch, placed the Nine-Section Jade