Why Waste Words with Him? Just Fight!

Chen Xin neither agreed nor disagreed with Jiang Xuan's views on soul beasts.

Soon after, they arrived outside the valley of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Seeing that old bastard Dugu Bo finally show the vicious side a villain ought to have, Chen Xin let out a relieved sigh.

At last, she had a chance to make a move!

She could endure what had happened earlier.

But now, Jiang Xuan was working to help her eliminate the side effects of the pill, yet that old bastard Dugu Bo was still making things difficult for him without knowing any better!

If she could still hold herself back now, Chen Xin feared she would bottle it up until she developed psychological problems!

Yet when she heard Jiang Xuan call her "Sister," her first reaction was not anger, but a little... shyness.

After forcefully suppressing this emotion that should not have appeared in her, Chen Xin said:

"Xuan'er, let me teach you a lesson today. When facing kind people, we can reason things out properly with them. But when facing an ungrateful old thug like this! Why waste words with him? Since he thinks fists are the only hard truth, then you should make him understand that the fist of the power behind you is harder than his!"

After hearing this, Jiang Xuan respectfully bowed to Chen Xin.

"Thank you for your guidance, Sister. This junior will remember it."

Dugu Bo was completely hopeless now.

Damn it, this powerful woman he had never seen before really was this brat's elder!

Was it still too late for him to admit his mistake and say it had all been a misunderstanding?

The facts proved that it was completely too late...

With a cold snort, Chen Xin vanished from where she stood.

At the sight, Dugu Bo's sense of danger surged, and his heart began pounding rapidly. Unfortunately, he was old and frail; even if he wanted to dodge, he could not move very quickly.

Moreover, because he had spent his entire life studying poison, his combat ability in other areas was extremely average. Without poison, it would be very difficult for him to defeat even a Soul Douluo skilled in close combat in a one-on-one fight, much less a sword cultivator exceptionally adept at close-range battle.

It was no exaggeration to say that having him fight a Super Douluo skilled with a sword at close range was no different from sending him to his death.

Thus, in an instant, he abandoned any thought of dodging and prepared to use all his strength to activate his poison arts, releasing poison around himself in every direction without a single blind spot.

That way, as long as the woman dared approach him, she would surely be hindered by his poison arts!

But the facts proved that he had overthought things.

Who said sword cultivators had to attack at close range?

Seeing that old bastard Dugu Bo begin releasing poison, Chen Xin halted.

"Heh, do you think this means I can't hurt you?"

"Seven Kill Thunder Rises, One Sword Breaks the Sky!"

As she spoke, the sword intent attached to the Seven Kill Sword surged sharply. Even the slightest sense of it made Dugu Bo's legs tremble uncontrollably in fear.

But didn't those words sound a little familiar?

Had he heard them somewhere before?

Before Dugu Bo could figure it out, Chen Xin had already finished gathering her strength. The condensed sword qi slashed out fiercely, dispersing the poisonous mist in an instant before striking Dugu Bo, who had only managed a crude defense. That single blow nearly took half his life.

"Cough, cough!"

After coughing twice violently and spitting out a huge mouthful of blood, Dugu Bo waved his hand without any concern for his dignity and immediately surrendered and begged for mercy.

"Stop fighting! If you keep fighting, I'll die! I truly know I was wrong. Give me a chance to apologize, admit my mistake, and make amends, alright?"

With those words, Dugu Bo had completely cast aside the dignity a Title Douluo should possess. But before the threat of death, what was dignity worth? How many Gold Soul Coins per pound?

He still had a granddaughter who had yet to grow up. Before she had fully matured and gained the ability to protect herself, he could not bear to die so easily.

After that sword strike, Chen Xin had vented most of her displeasure. Seeing that the old bastard Dugu Bo at least knew when to yield, she decided to give him a chance to live.

Pointing the tip of her sword at Dugu Bo, Chen Xin said indifferently:

"Tell me, then. How do you plan to compensate us?"

Hearing this and realizing his life could be saved, Dugu Bo subconsciously let out a breath of relief before hurriedly saying:

"This brat... no, this young friend needs the medicinal herbs here, doesn't he? This old man will leave this place at once. From this day onward, all the herbs here will belong to this young friend, and this old man will never dare touch even the slightest bit of them again!"

But upon hearing this, Chen Xin gave a disdainful sneer.

"Heh, this was unclaimed land to begin with, yet you are treating it as a bargaining chip for your life. If this is the sincerity you have to offer, then you may as well die."

Those words sounded somewhat overbearing, but they made Jiang Xuan feel quite satisfied.

He was satisfied, but Dugu Bo was miserable.

Even willingly giving up this treasure land was not enough?

But thinking about it, that made sense. They possessed the strength to kill him outright. If they killed him, this treasure land would still be theirs, so they did not need him to give it up at all...

Gritting his teeth and clenching his fists, Dugu Bo spoke painfully.

"Doesn't this young friend know how to refine pills? In that case, I am willing to offer up all of my lifetime research into medicinal principles."

Dugu Bo had researched medicinal principles with great care. In his view, he considered himself second best on the entire continent, and no one dared call themselves first.

But he never expected that the value of his life's summaries and research in Jiang Xuan's eyes was not even comparable to a roll of toilet paper.

Seeing Chen Xin's questioning gaze, Jiang Xuan said bluntly:

"That won't be necessary. I'm not interested."

After all, he already possessed Lao Jun's inheritance of alchemy. No matter how thorough Dugu Bo's research into medicinal principles was, could it possibly be worth even one-thousandth of Lao Jun's alchemy inheritance?

"My patience is nearly exhausted by you. This is your last chance. If you still cannot offer compensation that satisfies me, then there will be no need for you to keep living."

Dugu Bo had roamed the continent his entire life. When had he ever suffered such humiliation?

But there was nothing he could do. In his current situation, he could only endure.

After taking a deep breath, he finally cast aside the last shred of dignity in his heart and dropped to one knee.

"From this day onward, I, Dugu Bo, swear loyalty to Senior. I shall obey Senior's every command. Should I harbor any disloyal thoughts, may heaven and earth destroy me, and may I die a miserable death!"

There was no other choice. He refused to believe that a Title Douluo-level subordinate would not be enough to move them!

To be honest, Chen Xin had not expected Dugu Bo to go this far just to survive.

Her original plan had merely been to extort a few treasures from the old bastard...

But since matters had already developed to this point, going along with it did not seem so bad.

But there was one condition: that old bastard had to be under his control!

How could one control a Title Douluo?

As Chen Xin thought, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Xuan'er! Give this old fellow one of the pills you refined earlier!"