One month later.
Sunset Forest.
Three figures stopped at the edge of Sunset Forest. Qian Jun and Jiang Mo looked at Qian Renxue, whom they protected between them, and asked with probing looks in their eyes,
"Young Mistress, is there really an opportunity you need hidden in this forest?"
Whenever they recalled the High Priest's instructions to the two of them when they left Spirit Hall, they found it somewhat unbelievable.
A Soul Elder who had almost never left Spirit Hall except to obtain Soul Rings could actually sense an opportunity belonging to her from thousands of miles away, within Sunset Forest.
Thinking of what had happened in Star Great Forest, the two could not help but wonder, Could Lord Angel God truly have bestowed a divine revelation upon the Young Mistress?
Otherwise, there was simply no way to explain it!
"Of course it's true." Qian Renxue nodded earnestly with her little face. "You two uncles only need to follow the direction I point."
This was an opportunity bestowed upon her by Lord Heavenly Dao. How could it possibly be false?
This forest definitely held an opportunity that belonged to her.
If Lord Heavenly Dao said it was there, then it was there. Lord Heavenly Dao would never joke with her.
Seeing this, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo exchanged looks. With the Young Mistress sounding so certain, it was probably true.
If they truly found an opportunity belonging to the Young Mistress within this forest, then wouldn't that mean...
The two could not help letting their imaginations run wild.
How enviable! To receive a divine revelation from Lord Angel God while only at the Soul Elder realm—perhaps Spirit Hall would truly produce a god in the future!
The opportunity Lord Heavenly Dao gave me, I'm here!
Qian Renxue gazed expectantly at the boundless forest before her.
Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Inside a stone house hidden within a valley.
"Ah!!!"
Dugu Bo clenched his teeth, his face twisted as he circulated his Soul Power with all his might, desperately suppressing the poison within his body. Waves of murky green poisonous mist poured out of his body, only to be swiftly drawn back inside.
After repeating this several times, Dugu Bo finally suppressed the poison in his body. He slowly exhaled a breath of foul air and opened his murky green eyes. By then, his forehead was drenched in sweat, and his aura had become utterly listless.
"Whew, this is truly hard to endure! I wonder whether Yanyan will... after awakening her Martial Spirit. Sigh."
After adjusting his condition, Dugu Bo finished his cultivation and rose to his feet. Thinking of his son and daughter-in-law, who had died tragically because of their Martial Spirits, his eyes were filled with pain and regret.
Whenever the poison acted up, he thought of them—his son's agonized cries, his daughter-in-law dying in childbirth, and his granddaughter, who had only been born for a few years.
The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Spirit had indeed granted him formidable strength and peerless poison arts, but it had also brought heart-devouring agony whenever the poison erupted, as well as the human tragedy of white-haired people sending off black-haired ones.
Whenever he thought of his sweet and adorable little granddaughter, of her naturally jade-green hair and eyes, pain surged uncontrollably in his heart.
After personally watching his son die, would he, in his lifetime, have to witness his granddaughter perish under the torment of Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison as well?
"Grandpa, are you there?" Just as Dugu Bo's emotions churned, an adorable voice called out brightly from beyond the door.
"Hm?"
Hearing the sudden voice, Dugu Bo abruptly turned toward the stone door, waves of jade-green light flickering in his eyes. But once he recognized his granddaughter's voice, he let out a long breath, only for his brows to quickly furrow again.
"Rumble!"
The stone door opened, and Dugu Yan, dressed in clean and fresh clothes, stepped out of the stone house. She frowned as she looked at her grandfather.
"Yanyan, didn't Grandpa tell you that this valley is very dangerous? Without Grandpa by your side, you're not allowed to leave the house casually."
Although the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was filled with all manner of exotic flowers and rare grasses competing in splendor, with immortal treasures and strange objects covering the mountains and plains, making it seem like a dreamlike fairyland or secluded paradise without the slightest danger,
Dugu Bo knew that hidden beneath that beautiful exterior was the ultimate danger—rare poisons scarcely seen on the continent!
No one knew whether the beautiful flowers in the valley were poison or treasures, whether they were immortal herbs that could send one soaring to the heavens in a single step, or deadly objects that could make one's soul scatter and spirit disperse!
Even he, a Titled Douluo, could not identify all the immortal treasures and medicinal herbs in this valley, much less a little girl of three or four.
Dugu Bo was truly afraid that, without him watching over her, his granddaughter would be drawn to the pretty flowers and grasses in the valley, swallow one mouthful, and die on the spot!
If his son and daughter-in-law had not both died, and if he had not been worried about leaving such a young Dugu Yan alone outside, Dugu Bo would never have brought her here no matter what.
Yet despite all his repeated warnings before entering seclusion, Dugu Yan had still run out and even found the stone house where he was cultivating in seclusion.
He had truly been too careless!
"Grandpa, don't be angry. Yanyan was scared. Yanyan didn't mean to disobey Grandpa." Seeing Dugu Bo's stern expression, Dugu Yan shrank back, her little face looking aggrieved.
Seeing his granddaughter's pitiful appearance, the reprimand Dugu Bo had wanted to give became lodged in his throat.
He could only say helplessly, "Then tell Grandpa why you disobeyed him. If you can't explain it clearly, Grandpa really will get angry!"
"Yanyan said... there were several strangers outside. They were beyond the poison formation Grandpa set up, and they told Yanyan to call the adults in the house out. That was why Yanyan had no choice but to come find Grandpa."
Dugu Yan sniffled. "Those people were really fierce! After Yanyan told them Grandpa's name, not only were they not scared away, they became even more arrogant."
"Several strangers came?"
Dugu Bo's expression immediately turned grave after hearing this. "Yanyan, after you gave them Grandpa's name, they really became even more arrogant?"
"Mhm!"
Dugu Yan nodded her little head and said with certainty, "They were super arrogant!"
"Let's go! Grandpa will go out and see just who these visitors are!"
They had already come to his doorstep. Dugu Bo could not refuse to see them now. He wanted to see who was so arrogant that, after hearing the name Poison Douluo, they still dared to act so brazenly!
They had even frightened his granddaughter into tears!
Outside the poison formation.
Qian Renxue's group of three, who had come from the edge of Sunset Forest, did not know whether they had been lucky or unlucky along the way, for they had not seen even a single Soul Beast.
When the three arrived here, they saw a little girl standing within a poison formation, calling out to them.
After politely asking her to call out the elders of her household, they had already waited outside for nearly half an hour.
Qian Jun truly could not hold back any longer. "Young Mistress, since we've confirmed that the opportunity we seek is inside, let's go in directly."
"Just waiting here like this, who knows when that little girl and that old poison freak Dugu Bo will come out."
"Let's wait a little longer."
After waiting for a full half hour, little Qian Renxue was becoming irritable as well. But remembering that they represented Spirit Hall on this trip, she could only suppress those feelings.
After all, acting too rashly could easily damage Spirit Hall's good reputation.
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