The Reputation of Spirit Hall Is Mine to Protect

A month later.

Sunset Forest.

Three figures stopped at the edge of Sunset Forest. Qianjun and Jiang Mo looked at Qian Renxue, whom they had been protecting between them, and asked curiously,

"Young Mistress, is the opportunity you need really hidden in this forest?"

Thinking of the instructions the Grand Priest had given the two of them when they left Spirit Hall, they found it rather unbelievable.

A Soul Elder who had almost never left Spirit Hall except to obtain spirit rings could actually sense an opportunity meant for herself within Sunset Forest from thousands of miles away.

Recalling what had happened in Star Great Forest, the two could not help but wonder, could it be that Lord Angel God had truly 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 seriously, her little face solemn. "You two uncles just need to follow where I point."

This was the opportunity Lord Heavenly Dao had given her. How could it possibly be fake?

There had to be an opportunity meant for her hidden within this forest.

If Lord Heavenly Dao said there was one, then there was one. Lord Heavenly Dao would never joke with her.

Qianjun and Jiang Mo exchanged glances. With the Young Mistress sounding so certain, it was probably true.

If they really found an opportunity meant for the Young Mistress in this forest, then wouldn't that mean...

The two began letting their imaginations run wild.

How enviable! She had received a divine revelation from Lord Angel God while only a Soul Elder. In the future, Spirit Hall might truly produce a god!

The opportunity Lord Heavenly Dao gave me, I'm here!

Qian Renxue gazed expectantly at the endless forest before her.

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Inside a stone house hidden within the 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 miserable green toxic mist seeped out of him, only to be rapidly drawn back into his body.

After repeating this several times, Dugu Bo finally suppressed the poison in his body. He slowly exhaled a foul breath and opened his miserable green eyes. Sweat drenched his forehead, and his aura had grown listless and weak.

"Whew, this really is hard to endure! I wonder whether Yanyan will... sigh."

After adjusting his condition, Dugu Bo stopped cultivating and rose to his feet. Thinking of his son and daughter-in-law, who had died tragically beneath the effects of their martial spirits, his eyes filled with pain and regret.

Whenever the poison flared 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 a few years before.

The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Spirit had indeed granted him tremendous strength and peerless poison arts, but it had also brought heart-devouring agony whenever the poison erupted, as well as the human tragedy of a white-haired man sending off his black-haired descendants.

Whenever he thought of his sweet and adorable little granddaughter, of her naturally jade-green hair and eyes, the pain in his heart would not stop.

Must he, after personally watching his son pass away, also witness his granddaughter die beneath the torment of Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison in his lifetime?

"Grandpa, are you there?" Just as Dugu Bo's emotions churned, an adorable voice rang out brightly from beyond the door.

"Hm?"

Hearing the sudden voice, Dugu Bo abruptly looked toward the stone door, jade-green light flashing in his eyes. But when he realized it was his granddaughter's voice, he let out a long breath of relief, only for his brow to quickly furrow again.

Boom!

The stone door opened, and Dugu Yan, neat and refreshed, walked 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 flourishing exotic flowers and rare treasures across the mountains, appearing like a dreamlike fairyland or secluded paradise without the slightest danger,

Dugu Bo knew that beneath that beautiful exterior lay extreme danger—rare poisons found nowhere else on the continent!

No one knew whether the beautiful flowers in the valley were poison or rare treasures, whether they were immortal herbs that could send someone soaring to the heavens in a single step, or deadly objects that would scatter one's soul!

Even he, a Title 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 beautiful flowers and grass in the valley, take a bite, and lose her life!

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 outside alone, Dugu Bo would never have brought her here.

Who would have thought that despite his repeated warnings before entering seclusion, Dugu Yan had still run out and even found the stone house where he was cultivating?

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 full of grievance.

Seeing his granddaughter's pitiful appearance, the words of reprimand Dugu Bo had wanted to say caught 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... some strangers came outside. They were beyond the poison formation Grandpa set up, and they told Yanyan to call the adults in the house out. That's why Yanyan had no choice but to come find Grandpa."

Dugu Yan sniffled. "Those people were so fierce! After Yanyan told them Grandpa's name, they not only weren't scared away, they became even more arrogant."

"Several strangers came?"

Dugu Bo's expression immediately turned grave. "Yanyan, after you gave them Grandpa's name, they really became even more arrogant?"

"Mhm, mhm!"

Dugu Yan nodded her little head firmly. "They were super arrogant!"

"Let's go! Grandpa will go out and see just who these people are!"

They had already come to his doorstep, so Dugu Bo had no choice but to meet them. He wanted to see who could be so brazen that, after hearing the name Poison Douluo, they still dared act so arrogantly!

They had even frightened his granddaughter into tears!

Outside the poison formation.

The three of Qian Renxue, who had come from the edge of Sunset Forest, did not know whether they had been lucky or unlucky along the way. They had not encountered a single spirit 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.

Qianjun could no longer hold back. "Young Mistress, since we've already confirmed that the opportunity we seek is inside, let's just go in directly."

"If we keep waiting like this, who knows when that little girl and that old poisoner Dugu Bo will show up."

"Let's wait a little longer."

After waiting a full half hour, little Qian Renxue was becoming impatient 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.