Immortal Herb Exchange Code

Seeing Dugu Bo's guarded, wary expression, Jiang Xuan was momentarily baffled.

What was going on? He hadn't hidden his soul power. One of them had level 40 soul power, the other level 70. Dugu Bo, this old fart, was a dignified Title Douluo—was he really that afraid of the two of them?

Wait, something seemed off.

From the way this old fart was looking, he didn't seem to be guarding against Jiang Xuan and Qian Renxue...

After thinking it over carefully for a moment, Jiang Xuan guessed the old fart's general train of thought and found himself speechless.

Great. Another guy who judged people by appearances.

Still, it didn't matter. Since he didn't believe Jiang Xuan had started the fire, Jiang Xuan would put on a demonstration right in front of him!

With that thought, Jiang Xuan stepped forward twice under Dugu Bo's puzzled gaze, then fiercely waved the Banana Sun Fan in his hand twice.

"Return!"

At his command, that sea of flames which had filled Dugu Bo with dread shrank as swiftly as a harmless little spark, then returned to the Banana Sun Fan's internal space and vanished without a trace.

Having witnessed that unbelievable scene with his own eyes, Dugu Bo subconsciously pinched himself. Once he clearly felt the pain, he finally confirmed it.

He wasn't dreaming!

Such an absurd scene was actually real!

The culprit behind such a terrifying sea of fire was actually a little brat whose hair hadn't even fully grown in!

Had the world gone mad, or had he?

"Kid! That sea of flames just now... was it your doing?"

Dugu Bo's voice trembled, but Jiang Xuan remained utterly calm.

"Isn't that obvious? Who else could it have been, if not me?"

Seeing the kid admit it so openly, Dugu Bo's face instantly darkened, yet he did not attack immediately.

Something was wrong!

More than wrong—twelve times wrong, at the very least!

There wasn't the slightest hint of fear in this kid's eyes when he looked at Dugu Bo!

There were two possibilities.

Either this little brat was an ignorant calf unafraid of tigers;

Or he had sufficient confidence in his heart and feared none of the threats Dugu Bo could pose.

Considering the terrifying sea of fire the kid had just unleashed, Dugu Bo naturally leaned toward the latter.

This kid definitely had a trump card. He couldn't act rashly; he had to sound him out first!

"Kid, you burned down the poison formation I painstakingly set up. Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"

While Dugu Bo was still considering how to test him, Jiang Xuan was recalling the "Immortal Herb Exchange Code."

That was right. He intended to skip the plot entirely.

"An explanation? What explanation? Before setting the fire, this junior clearly shouted a warning into the valley. If this junior wasn't mistaken, Senior just came out of the valley, didn't you? Could it be that Senior didn't hear this junior's warning?"

Those words left Dugu Bo utterly speechless.

After all, he really had heard Jiang Xuan's warning inside the valley. He simply hadn't taken it seriously at the time.

But one thing was one thing, and another was another. His failure to take the warning seriously was one matter, but his losses were another. Today, he had to get a satisfactory explanation, or he would never let this go easily!

Yet before he could speak, Jiang Xuan said this:

"Senior, whenever the sky turns overcast and it rains, do you feel an itchy numbness beneath both sides of your ribs? Does it flare up once at noon and once at midnight?"

Upon hearing that, Dugu Bo's thoughts froze instantly.

How did this kid know about his chronic ailment?

"If this junior's guess is correct, given Senior's current condition, each episode should last for more than a full shichen! Also, in the middle of the night, do the top of your head and the soles of your feet both suffer needle-like stabbing pains? As Senior grows older, has that unbearable pain become increasingly difficult to endure?"

That was right—this was the "Immortal Herb Exchange Code" specially made for Dugu Bo.

As long as he said those words to the old fart, Dugu Bo's attitude would definitely make a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

Of course, there was one prerequisite for the "Immortal Herb Exchange Code" to work smoothly.

That was that you truly had a way to treat the old fart's hidden ailment.

In the original work, Tang San offered the old fart two solutions. One was to consume the Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Delicate at the same time, using their powerful ice-and-fire medicinal properties to neutralize the toxins throughout his body.

That way, the backlash poison within the old fart's body would be completely removed. However, the poison arts of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor would disappear as well, effectively crippling more than half his combat strength.

Naturally, Dugu Bo was unwilling to accept such an outcome.

So he chose the second method Tang San had offered.

Using a soul bone as a vessel, he would force all the toxins in his body into that soul bone for storage. Once this method succeeded, the circulation of his poison arts throughout his body would remain unaffected, while all the side effects would likewise disappear.

However, this method required at least half a year to succeed after a gradual process of adjustment.

But Jiang Xuan had no intention of wasting too much time on this old fart.

Therefore, he chose a third method.

Using Lao Jun's alchemy inheritance, he would help him refine a pill capable of perfectly resolving the toxins within his body.

Although the pill Jiang Xuan refined might carry some unknown side effects, for an old fart like Dugu Bo, as long as it could resolve the toxin backlash in his body, he presumably would not care about a few insignificant side effects.

Seeing Dugu Bo standing there dumbly, apparently lost in thought, Jiang Xuan simply continued.

"Perhaps Senior is wondering why this junior knows the details of your hidden ailment so clearly?"

Dugu Bo nodded along at once.

"Why?"

"Senior needn't be curious about how I know, because that isn't important. What matters is that this junior may have a way to help Senior resolve this hidden ailment."

At those words, Dugu Bo's breathing abruptly quickened.

"What did you say! Is that true?"

"What benefit would this junior gain from deceiving Senior?"

Hearing Jiang Xuan's retort, Dugu Bo thought for a moment before replying.

"If that is the case, then bring this girl and follow me into the valley first."

After seeing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well within the valley with her own eyes, Qian Renxue was shocked once more.

There was actually such a treasured place in the world!

Jiang Xuan had originally remained quite calm.

But after entering the valley, the Eight Trigrams Furnace's artifact spirit suddenly spoke to him again.

"Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi! Such dense Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi! Hurry, hurry, hurry! Let me absorb my fill!"

Hearing the artifact spirit's words, Jiang Xuan asked in his spiritual sea.

"There's Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi here too? Be clearer. Do you want those immortal herbs, or the peculiar spring water in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"

"The spring water! Put me above the spring water! The Heavenly Essence and Earthly Qi there are so dense!"

"Alright, I understand. But don't rush. Once I finish what I need to do, I'll let you absorb your fill!"

After soothing the artifact spirit, Dugu Bo had just led him and Qian Renxue to a stone table.

After naturally taking the seat of honor, he first poured them each a cup of tea, then said,

"Kid, tell me. What method do you intend to use to help me resolve the hidden ailment in my body?"