Deceiving Dugu Yan

Dugu Yan still held considerable respect for Teacher Qin Ming, who had reached the Soul Emperor realm in his thirties.

So after being stopped by him, she did not get angry. Instead, she replied in a calm yet slightly anxious tone.

"Is that so?" Qin Ming stroked his chin and did not press Dugu Yan further. He merely said with some regret, "In that case, I won't force you."

"With your strength, even if you don't participate in these trials, you'll certainly have a place in the Soul Master Tournament in the future."

"It's just a pity that I won't get to witness the splendor of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul passed down from Senior Poison Douluo."

But Dugu Yan was in no mood for further pleasantries with Qin Ming. She nodded and answered flatly, "There will be chances in the future."

With that, she ignored Qin Ming, turned around, and led Jiang Li and the others away to find an empty place to continue their conversation.

Watching their departing backs, Qin Ming's eyes flashed with surprise.

Usually, Dugu Yan was only close to Ye Lingling.

But now, she had left with a man and a woman besides Ye Lingling?

Moreover, those two looked unfamiliar. They did not seem to be students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Could they be people from another advanced Soul Master academy who had secretly come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to poach talent in preparation for the Soul Master Tournament several years from now?

It was not as though such things had never happened before.

Forget it.

He should let someone else worry about that.

Qin Ming scratched his head. In any case, he was merely an insignificant teacher at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Whatever happened to the academy had nothing to do with him.

"Teacher Qin Ming, where is Dugu Yan? Why haven't I seen her?"

At that moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him, interrupting Qin Ming's thoughts. He turned around and saw a young man in his early twenties.

"It's you, Yu Tianheng," Qin Ming said in realization. "Dugu Yan said she had urgent business to attend to and won't be participating in the later trials."

"Is that so? That really is a pity."

Yu Tianheng was somewhat surprised. As a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had not enrolled in the clan's own Thunderclap Academy like the rest of his family. Instead, he had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

His goal was to lead a team into the Soul Master Tournament several years from now without relying on his family's power.

Then, together with his cousin, who was known alongside him as one of the Twin Stars, he would spread the prestige of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul in the Soul Master Tournament.

But the prerequisite for accomplishing this was that he had to seize the position of captain of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's team.

Within Heaven Dou Royal Academy, his greatest opponent was none other than Dugu Yan, who was taught by a Title Douluo-level expert.

Therefore, when he heard Qin Ming say that Dugu Yan would not be participating in the trials, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Without Dugu Yan standing in his way, the captain's position was his for sure!

Meanwhile, after Dugu Yan led the group to an empty classroom within Heaven Dou Royal Academy,

she crossed her arms over her chest. Her not particularly large snowy breasts were squeezed together, forming an enticing cleavage as she said to Jiang Li, "You can continue now!"

Jiang Li casually glanced over her pale chest, then quickly shifted his gaze away before saying,

"If I'm not mistaken, it isn't just you. Even your grandfather, Poison Douluo, does not have much time left. In fact, his condition is far more serious than yours."

"If you have merely faintly sensed signs that you have been poisoned, then Poison Douluo could be said to be living a life worse than death."

"Really?"

Unlike Dugu Yan, who had disliked Jiang Li from the very beginning, Ye Lingling was more willing to believe him after he had saved her like a hero rescuing a beauty.

But Jiang Li had not even met Poison Douluo himself, yet he was claiming that a Title Douluo-level powerhouse, like Dugu Yan, did not have much time left?

Even Ye Lingling found that a little absurd.

"Wouldn't it be easy to tell whether it's true or false?" Jiang Li asked. "Just have her ask Senior Poison Douluo, and she'll know."

"Suppose I really have been poisoned and don't have much time left, and even my grandfather, a Title Douluo famous for his poison, has no way to solve it."

"Then you have a way to solve it?"

Dugu Yan was not stupid. Naturally, she would not believe whatever Jiang Li said just because he said it.

Although everything Jiang Li had said about the symptoms she had experienced was completely accurate, making her believe him a little,

the more outrageous Jiang Li's claims became, even saying that her grandfather, Poison Douluo, did not have much time left, the more ridiculous she found the little faith she had just placed in him.

A faint smile appeared on Jiang Li's face. "There is a way, and there isn't."

"Hah."

Dugu Yan snorted disdainfully. According to Jiang Li, if she really had been poisoned, it was a deadly poison that even her grandfather, Poison Douluo, could not resolve.

Could this man before her, who looked even younger than she was, possibly have a solution?

"Jiang Li, can you explain the method you mentioned?"

Ye Lingling did not know Poison Douluo, nor did she know how powerful a Title Douluo-level expert truly was.

But she still preferred to believe it rather than dismiss it outright, so she asked Jiang Li to explain the method he knew.

After all, this concerned her best friend, Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan did not stop her, because she also wanted to see what other "earth-shattering" words Jiang Li could come up with.

"Of course." Jiang Li nodded and continued. "Actually, I don't hold much hope for this either."

"I once read an account in an ancient book. Somewhere in this world, there is a blessed land called the Icefire Yin Yang Well, formed by two springs of extreme heat and extreme cold."

Upon hearing this, a trace of doubt arose in Dugu Yan's heart, because the blessed land Jiang Li had mentioned seemed somewhat familiar to her.

However, she did not interrupt him. She merely pricked up her ears and continued listening.

"If an ordinary person fell into it, their body would be dissolved by the spring water within seconds. Even Soul Masters would not be able to endure it for long."

"Yet the reason the Icefire Yin Yang Well is called a blessed land is because all kinds of rare medicinal herbs grow beside the springs, including herbs capable of neutralizing all poisons."

"What I hope for is to obtain these rare medicinal herbs growing beside the springs, each with different effects."

"The reason I told you this was also because I wanted to try my luck. With my strength alone, finding this blessed land on Douluo Continent would be as difficult as ascending to heaven."

"But with the help of a Title Douluo, it would be entirely different."

The Icefire Yin Yang Well was indeed difficult to find, but claiming that it could not be found was plainly deceiving Dugu Yan.

After all, Sunset Forest was only so large. As long as one searched diligently, one could eventually find the Icefire Yin Yang Well hidden within it.

The reason Jiang Li had told Dugu Yan all this was simply because he wanted to learn the location of the Icefire Yin Yang Well from her.

Of course, it would be even better if he could get Dugu Yan to bring him along to the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

That was why he had only mentioned that there were detoxifying herbs in the Icefire Yin Yang Well, without specifically saying which herb could cure the poison.

That was the plan he had in mind.

To be honest, he was taking a certain risk by doing this.

After all, if Poison Douluo decided to make a move against him, he had no way to deal with a Title Douluo. At most, he could hide inside the Summoning Space.

But Tang San would arrive in Heaven Dou City in only a little over a year, less than two years from now.

Time waited for no one!

If he did not dig up the Immortal Herbs during this period, would he not simply be letting Tang San have them?

Besides, fortune was found amid danger. If he did not do everything he could to improve himself, how would he face crises even greater than Poison Douluo in the future?

Become a god!

He had to become a god as soon as possible!

At the very least, he could not fall behind Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Tang San, and the others.