Surprise Turned into Fright

As evening fell, Dugu Yan held Zhou Liang's left hand, explaining his questions while rubbing his ice-blue hand.

Over these past two months, Dugu Yan had grown closer and closer to me. But there was still no response from the mission. It seemed success was still some distance away.

Zhou Liang looked at Dugu Yan before him, with her purple hair and green eyes, and fell into deep thought. Though he had learned some of the reasons, it was still far too much of a coincidence.

However, Zhou Liang was extremely curious about what effect the Blue Ice Aura he exhaled would have.

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"Yan Yan!"

"Call me big sister!"

Hearing Zhou Liang's words, Dugu Yan immediately cried out like an angry little cat with its fur standing on end.

"A bet was a bet, and you lost. You should call me big brother!" Zhou Liang raised his head slightly and smiled at Dugu Yan.

"Who knew you were immune to all poisons? I don't care. I'm not calling you that. I'll just call you Little Liang!" Dugu Yan snorted haughtily and said unhappily.

"We can set that aside for now. Yan Yan, look here!" Zhou Liang said to Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan looked toward Zhou Er and saw him part his lips slightly, releasing a cloud of ice-blue vapor.

"Yan Yan, what do you feel..."

Before Zhou Liang could finish speaking, a dark figure pounced on him. Dugu Yan tightly wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him directly.

Zhou Liang's eyes widened as he looked at Dugu Yan's dazed gaze. Feeling the constant pull from her lips, he frowned and slowly exhaled the Blue Ice Aura.

After the Blue Ice Aura entered Dugu Yan's body, it instantly seeped into her Soul Power. It merged with the toxins in her body through a peculiar method, suppressing the harm they caused her. It even showed signs of fusing with the Blue Ice Aura before being absorbed by Dugu Yan.

After absorbing it, Dugu Yan's resistance to poison actually increased, especially toward her own Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison. If she absorbed it over a long period, she might even become immune to her own poison.

However, the Blue Ice Poison was exceptionally powerful. With Dugu Yan's strength, she likely could not withstand it for long. While such a small amount of Blue Ice Aura would not harm her, it likewise could not make her immune to her own Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison.

Zhou Liang felt the pull from her mouth growing stronger and stronger. The arms around him were also tightening, as if she wanted to meld him into her body.

But with Dugu Yan's strength, if she absorbed any more Blue Ice Poison, she would likely be unable to bear it first. Zhou Liang wrapped one arm around her slender waist and gently patted her back with the other.

Yet it had no effect. Dugu Yan hugged Zhou Liang even more tightly, even suddenly throwing her entire body forward as though she wanted to hang directly from him.

But Zhou Liang had not expected that sudden movement. The two of them, locked in each other's arms, lost their balance and crashed hard onto the floor.

Dugu Yan was unharmed, because Zhou Liang had held her upward and kept her from hitting the ground.

The current situation left Zhou Liang helpless. He had never imagined that the Blue Ice Aura would have such a powerful effect, directly causing Dugu Yan to lose her mind.

Helpless, Zhou Liang could only continue gently patting Dugu Yan's back while gradually reducing the Blue Ice Aura.

But before long, a dark shadow covered Zhou Liang. When he looked up, his face immediately changed. He hurriedly patted Dugu Yan's shoulder with his right hand.

"Hmph! Yan Yan!"

Dugu Bo's voice, heavy with suppressed anger, arrived along with a surge of Soul Power, immediately snapping Dugu Yan awake.

Seeing Zhou Liang pinned beneath her, then looking up at her grandfather, Dugu Yan's face instantly turned scarlet. She hurriedly got to her feet.

"Grandpa!"

Looking at his granddaughter standing before him, still making sure to shield Zhou Liang behind her, Dugu Bo was overcome with sorrow.

The granddaughter he had raised for more than ten years had merely gone out for a few months, yet she had gotten together with some boy and was even kissing him in his home. The thought made the fire in Dugu Bo's heart burn even hotter.

He glowered at Zhou Liang, the cold light in his eyes seeming to wish to pierce through Zhou Liang's soul. Yet although Dugu Bo possessed the strength of a Titled Douluo, he could not step past his granddaughter and beat that brat behind her to death.

"Boy, who are you? Why is my granddaughter here with you? What did you just do to her?"

Dugu Bo gritted his teeth as he spoke, looking as though he wanted to crush Zhou Liang to pieces and then burn him in fire for three days and nights.

"Senior, my name is Zhou Liang. I'm a student of Lanba Academy." Zhou Liang felt the immense pressure bearing down on him. It was not the pressure of a Titled Douluo; merely the gaze of the man before him made it impossible for Zhou Liang to move.

"Boy, my granddaughter isn't a student of Lanba Academy. Why is she here?" Dugu Bo said with a dark expression, immense Soul Power fluctuations radiating from his body.

"Grandpa, I came here on my own!"

Having finally come to her senses, Dugu Yan hurriedly grabbed Dugu Bo's hand and shook it.

"Yan Yan, why would you come here on your own? That brat must have bewitched you." Dugu Bo immediately changed his expression and spoke lovingly to Dugu Yan, though the twitching corner of his eye proved that he was far from calm.

At that moment, Liu Erlong, who had sensed the enormous Soul Power fluctuations and rushed over, looked at the scene before her in confusion.

"Senior, may I ask who you are? I am the dean of Lanba Academy and also his master. May I ask why you are angry here?"

Though Liu Erlong had not figured out what was going on, she still stepped in front of Zhou Liang and spoke to Dugu Bo.

"Dean! You're this brat's master. You've come at just the right time. I'd like to ask you this: my granddaughter is clearly a student of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, so why is she here at your Lanba Academy? And why was she in the same room as your disciple, hugging and clinging to him?"

Dugu Bo glanced at his granddaughter, who was still clutching both his hands. Taking a deep breath, he chose not to act immediately and instead questioned them with a grim face.

"Grandpa! I really came here on my own!" Dugu Yan said loudly, then blushing furiously, tugged Dugu Bo's hands and pulled him toward the door.

"Yan Yan, even if you came here on your own, I still need to get to the bottom of this! And what were you two doing just now?"

Feeling the force coming from her hands, Dugu Bo felt a wave of sadness. His granddaughter had even used her Soul Power, and he could only follow her out step by step. Still, he had to ask what had happened.

"Grandpa! Stop talking!"

Dugu Yan's face reddened even further as she grabbed Dugu Bo's left hand and pulled hard toward the door.

Dugu Bo was utterly helpless and could only follow his granddaughter outside. But when he turned his head back, his helpless expression instantly darkened.

Looking at Zhou Liang standing there, he said with a gloomy gaze, "Boy, I'll remember you."