When Dugu Bo was young, his looks had been nothing to scoff at. It was only because the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison had accumulated in his body over the years that his body had deteriorated so severely.
This was why Dugu Bo, despite being a sixty-six-year-old level 89 Soul Fighting Douluo, looked like a decrepit old man.
But what kind of spirit grass was the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King? It could transform one's body and reshape one's form—and that was no exaggeration!
So helping Dugu Bo become younger was simply effortless.
"Hm? I don't know what I look like now, but judging by the sound of your voices, it seems I've become younger, right?" As he spoke, Dugu Bo took a bronze mirror from his Space Soul Tool.
Looking at his youthful face in the mirror, Dugu Bo's eyes trembled. He then swept back his hair and burst into laughter. "Is this me? Hahaha! Is this old me? Hahaha!"
"That's right. This is how I looked in middle age! This Immortal Grade Spirit Grass can transform one's body and reshape one's form. Sure enough, sure enough, its reputation is well deserved!"
"Is this what being young feels like? No more Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison corroding my body, no more of that damned pain! Hahaha!" Dugu Bo laughed wildly, almost crazed!
"Father, is that really Grandpa? Why does Grandpa seem so strange now?" Dugu Yan asked in confusion as she watched her grandfather's behavior.
"Of course that's your grandfather. He must simply be too happy with how he looks now," Dugu Xin said with a smile, inwardly happy for his father as well.
Dugu Bo put away the bronze mirror and walked toward the others. Feeling the surging power within his body, he smiled. "I have Yao'er to thank for this. Without Yao'er, there would be no me as I am now! If it were anyone else, I'd have sworn brotherhood with him!"
His gaze then swept over the surrounding spirit grasses and medicinal herbs as he said with emotion, "I came upon this place by chance. Though I am skilled with poisons, I understand less than a tenth of this place!"
"I never expected this place to be such a precious treasure trove, yet I had been completely unaware of it!" Dugu Bo shook his head with a bitter smile. "If not for Yao'er's special Martial Soul, who knows who would have benefited from these extraordinary Immortal Herbs!"
The effects of these Immortal Herbs had completely surpassed his expectations. He had originally thought he was overestimating them, but now it seemed he had still underestimated their effects.
He had thought the Ten Thousand Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King's supposed ability to transform one's body and reshape one's form was merely exaggerated rhetoric. Yet after taking it, the effects proved entirely real!
Now he truly understood its worth!
"Grandpa, how do you feel now?" Dugu Yao asked with a smile. His grandfather had entered the Titled Douluo realm two years early—what a cause for celebration!
Dugu Bo clenched his fist and said calmly, "Very good. I feel as though my entire body is filled with strength. What a long-lost feeling!"
"Well..." Dugu Yao said awkwardly, "Grandpa, I meant, how much have these spirit grasses improved your strength? Have there been any other changes?"
Dugu Bo paused slightly at that, then laughed. "Yes, of course there have! Yao'er, take a look at my Martial Soul. Is it as you wished?"
Dugu Bo immediately released his Martial Soul. Jade-green light condensed behind him, and a moment later, the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul appeared, complete with dragon horns, whiskers, scales, tail, and claws!
"This should be the effect of that Poison Dragon Grass. My Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul has evolved into the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul. I imagine Xiao'er's Martial Soul should have undergone the same change, right?"
Dugu Bo stroked his chin and looked toward Dugu Xin. The two of them had both consumed Poison Dragon Grass, so there was no reason Dugu Xin's Martial Soul would not evolve as well.
"You're right, Father. My Martial Soul is also the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul," Dugu Xin said with a smile.
Dugu Bo withdrew his Martial Soul, and his expression instantly turned serious. "Those are all secondary. The most important thing is that my Soul Power has broken through a bottleneck I had failed to overcome for years because of these Immortal Herbs. My Soul Power Level has now reached level 90. Once I absorb a Soul Ring, I, Dugu Bo, will become a Titled Douluo!"
"Congratulations, Grandpa!"
"Congratulations, Father!" everyone said in unison.
"Come, help me think this over. Once I successfully absorb a Soul Ring, what title do you think I should use?" Dugu Bo's face was brimming with delight.
Dugu Xin considered it. "Father, how about using Poison as your title? Poison would show that Father is an expert in the use of poison!"
Lin Wanqiu agreed, "A Xiao's suggestion is good. I also think Poison would make a fine title for Father. It would clearly show that Father is an expert in poison—simple and easy to understand."
"Yao'er, Yanyan, what about you two?" Dugu Bo asked. Their suggestions were secondary; what mattered most was that the children were happy.
After a moment, Dugu Yao said, "I think Grandpa should use Poison Dragon as his title. Poison shows that Grandpa is an expert in poison, while Dragon represents Grandpa's current Martial Soul, the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul. What do you all think?"
"Poison Dragon?" Dugu Yan's eyes lit up when she heard those words. "Brother is right! Poison represents Grandpa's skill with poison, while Poison Dragon represents how Grandpa's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul has transformed into a dragon-type Martial Soul, the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon. I support Brother's suggestion!"
She did not feel much about her father's suggestion of using Poison alone as her grandfather's title, but Poison Dragon, as her brother had said, sounded incredibly imposing!
"Poison Dragon? Then Poison Dragon it shall be!" Dugu Bo declared decisively.
"Once I absorb my Soul Ring and become a Titled Douluo, there will surely be a place for Poison Dragon Douluo in the Soul Master world!" At that moment, Dugu Bo's ambitions were fully on display!
Previously, let alone breaking through his bottleneck, he would have considered it heaven's mercy if he could merely preserve his life. But now that he had consumed the spirit grasses and successfully broken through his bottleneck—
Not only had all the damage his body had suffered over the years been healed, but he had also been transformed and reshaped. In the future, he would certainly not stop at level 91!
"What do you think about founding a sect once I absorb my Soul Ring and become a Titled Douluo? That Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
"Our Dugu family may have only a few members, but in the future, we definitely won't be weaker than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Besides, we'll have a Titled Douluo among us."
"No matter what, we wouldn't be weaker than the Lower Four Sects among the Seven Great Sects, would we? They don't even have Titled Douluo!" Dugu Bo rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
He was not speaking without reason. In the Soul Master world, personal strength was certainly crucial, but influence was equally important. If he wanted to protect the family around him in the future, he had to have a force of his own!
As for joining another force and being constrained by others? Dugu Bo had no such intention. Otherwise, he would not have remained unaffiliated with any faction even now.
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