Scheming How to Dispose of a Useful Pawn

"Did you really inherit Ultimate Ice? That's wonderful!"

As Dugu Bo exclaimed in amazement, Dugu Lin said, "Grandpa, let's first test whether my blood can help remove your poison!"

"Alright!"

He cut his finger and drew out a drop of blood.

Supported by soul power, the blood floated before Dugu Bo. Without hesitation, Dugu Bo swallowed it in one gulp.

The next moment, he felt the toxins that had eroded his flesh and blood for decades beginning to dissipate bit by bit!

"Whew... It really works!"

After confirming its effectiveness, Dugu Bo swiftly refined that drop of blood. The toxins throughout his body were actually cleared by a fraction.

Dugu Lin asked expectantly, "Grandpa, how is it?"

Dugu Bo said, "Using it to directly remove the toxins in my body would be somewhat wasteful. As you said, using your blood as a catalyst to force the toxins into my soul bones would be the best course of action."

"How much blood will you need?"

"If we force the toxins into my soul bones, fifty drops at most."

As Dugu Bo answered, he narrowed his eyes. His slightly trembling pupils contained frenzied killing intent! He could not help gritting his teeth inwardly. Just as my grandson said, Tang San really used only a few drops of blood to deceive this old man for a lifetime! Tang San, if I do not kill you, I swear I am not human!

Dugu Bo added another mark for Tang San in his little notebook, thinking about how he would deal with Tang San in the future. Not to mention anything else, those who played with poison had plenty of methods, and people who died from poison all suffered terribly! It was cruel!

Seeing Dugu Bo's aura begin to stir again, Dugu Lin immediately knew what Dugu Bo was thinking about.

"Grandpa, take a deep breath! Come, follow me. Inhale~ Exhale~"

"Inhale~ Exhale~"

After Dugu Bo calmed down, he shot his grandson an annoyed glare and said, "Since you've finished absorbing the immortal herbs, come back with me. Qian Renxue is probably getting impatient."

"Grandpa, I'll cultivate here for a while."

"You're not coming back?"

"Yeah. The fluctuations in my soul power are still quite obvious. Qian Renxue is always protected by two Titled Douluo. The moment I appear before them, I'm afraid I'll be exposed immediately."

"That works too. Stay here and don't run around."

Over the past few days, Dugu Lin had told Dugu Bo many things.

His grandson had said that after refining the Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and the Inferno Delicate Apricot, nothing in the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could threaten him anymore. Thus, Dugu Bo allowed his grandson to remain within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Early the next morning, Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City.

After taking a stroll around the medicinal garden, Dugu Lin kept thinking about one thing: alchemy!

Across the various stories of Douluo Continent, pills had appeared only a handful of times. In the story of Douluo One, the most common thing was medicinal baths. It was not until Douluo Two that the concept of pills formally appeared.

Even Tang San, a transmigrator, could only roll medicinal pellets at this stage.

At its root, it was most likely because people of Douluo Continent believed that relying on external items to increase soul power was highly unreasonable!

Dugu Lin sighed. "Their use of medicinal herbs is truly rudimentary! I wonder whether I have any talent for alchemy..."

If he could refine all the immortal herbs and precious spiritual medicines in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into pills... Just thinking about it made Dugu Lin's mouth go dry.

However, the key issue was that Douluo Continent had no alchemy techniques.

Only the Breaking Clan could refine certain medicinal ingredients into medicinal pellets, barely touching the edge of alchemy. Yet they were still a hundred thousand miles away from true alchemy.

Dugu Lin summoned the Jade Phosphor Serpent and sat cross-legged with it beside the icy pool of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, meditating while planning for the future.

Then... the Jade Phosphor Serpent fell asleep after meditating for less than half an hour.

While meditating and cultivating, Dugu Lin considered how likely it was that he could use the Auspicious Silk Immortal Herb to win over Yang Wudi.

But if he considered the overall interests of the four single-attribute clans, Dugu Lin concluded that his chances of winning over Yang Wudi would be very low!

The four single-attribute clans huddled together for warmth, like a single whole!

Dugu Lin did not hold much prejudice against the four single-attribute clans. He did not even have much prejudice against Titan of the Strength Clan. In an ancient society, fiercely loyal servants like Titan of the Strength Clan were everywhere. Bowing their heads and pledging allegiance on the spot was entirely commonplace.

Of course!

The prerequisite for having no prejudice was that the four single-attribute clans did not become Tang San's lapdogs like they had in the original work.

Therefore, the fiercely loyal servant Strength Clan and the Speed Clan, Tang San's maternal uncle's clan, had both invited their own deaths. Since those two clans had already earned the right to die, the Breaking Clan and the Clan of Defense, as part of the same whole, would likely not be easy to subdue either.

"Still... none of that seems to affect letting Yang Wudi work for me for free for a few years, does it?" Dugu Lin's lips curled slightly into an evil smile as he plotted how to dispose of a useful pawn. For instance, he could first have Yang Wudi develop alchemy, and then, if Yang Wudi did not know his place... Hehe~~

Elsewhere.

Dugu Bo had just returned to Dugu Residence when the steward, Uncle Fu, reported the events that had taken place in Heaven Dou City over the past two days. The eldest prince, Xue Qinghe, and the second prince, Xue Luochuan, had both sent calling cards. Following the established plan, Uncle Fu had declined every one of them.

In the following days, Dugu Bo visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well every two days to tell his grandson about the movements of the two princes, then discuss how they should proceed.

More than ten days passed.

While Dugu Lin was still cultivating in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Heaven Dou City's auction house held an auction. It was said that a ten-thousand-year soul bone was up for sale.

"Ah Fu, have you found out what the auction's final item is?"

Uncle Fu respectfully replied, "Master, I have. It is a right arm bone from an eleven-thousand-year Evil Demon Sabertooth Tiger soul beast."

"A soul bone with an evil attribute?"

Dugu Bo was somewhat dissatisfied with the soul bone's attribute. However, today was an excellent opportunity—an opportunity to meet Qian Renxue.

Very quickly, Uncle Fu secretly leaked the news that Dugu Bo would be attending the auction to Xue Qinghe. As for Xue Luochuan, he was not the target, so there was no use in informing him.

Evening.

The auction began.

"Senior Dugu, this junior is Xue Qinghe. May I come in for a conversation?"

In a private room at the auction venue, Dugu Bo heard Xue Qinghe's voice outside the door. The corner of his mouth could not help but rise slightly. The fish has taken the bait!

"Your Highness, please come in!"

Accompanied by Snake Spear Douluo, Xue Qinghe entered the private room.

When Dugu Bo saw Snake Spear Douluo following behind Xue Qinghe like an ordinary middle-aged steward, he sensed none of a strong man's aura and thought, To conceal all cultivation before me, he must at least be a high-level Soul Douluo! According to what Lin'er said, he is likely Snake Spear Douluo, one of the two Titled Douluo protecting Qian Renxue.

Poison Douluo detected no traces or clues of poison on the person before him, so he guessed that he was not Porcupinefish Douluo.