Kissing in Public

"Master, wasn't I thinking about the academy's development? Besides, although I'm confident I can defeat Spirit Hall, wouldn't having another partner with Innate Full Soul Power give us a better chance of winning?"

Zhou Liang hurriedly smiled and said.

Liu Erlong shook her head and looked at Zhou Liang. "Forget it. This is your own business. Come with me to see Dugu Bo now! He's no longer pursuing what happened before, but he wants to see for himself whether you can truly cure his granddaughter's poison. If you can, he promised to give you a grand gift and owe you a favor."

"A Titled Douluo's grand gift—even I, your master, would be tempted by it. Not to mention the favor. With that favor, practically no one below Titled Douluo would dare try to kill you. Even a Titled Douluo would have to think carefully before acting." Liu Erlong patted Zhou Liang on the head.

She then led Zhou Liang out of the academy. Before long, they arrived outside a building. This was Dugu Bo's property in Heaven Dou City, where he usually stayed whenever he was in the city.

Knock, knock, knock!

Liu Erlong knocked on the door, and a voice soon came from inside the courtyard.

"Come in! Dean Liu, the door isn't locked!"

Hearing Dugu Bo's voice, Liu Erlong let out a soft breath, shielded Zhou Liang behind her, pushed open the door, and walked inside.

As they entered through the gate, they saw an old man seated in a chair inside a pavilion in the front courtyard. A young girl stood beside him. She had purple hair and green eyes, while the old man had white hair and green eyes.

"Senior, my disciple has returned." Liu Erlong walked into the pavilion and looked at Dugu Bo across from her.

"Then stop wasting time. Use that peculiar Blue Ice Poison of yours!" Dugu Bo said directly to Zhou Liang.

Zhou Liang turned to look at his master. After seeing her nod, he stepped forward and slowly extended his right hand.

In an instant, his entire palm and arm turned the color of blue ice. Even their texture became crystalline and translucent, like a piece of solid ice.

The moment Zhou Liang used the Blue Ice Poison, his vision blurred, and Dugu Bo grabbed his right hand.

This made everyone present tense up. Even Dugu Yan, standing behind Dugu Bo, watched him with a nervous expression.

Feeling the gaze behind him, Dugu Bo sighed helplessly. He had originally thought that the affection built over a month or two would fade away over the course of a year. After all, it was merely children's feelings.

Yet the result had exceeded Dugu Bo's expectations. Time had not made that affection disappear. Instead, it had gradually settled and turned into genuine feelings.

Fine, fine. I won't meddle too much in young people's affairs, lest I end up like her father. Besides, this brat is worthy of my Yan Yan—Innate Full Soul Power, a top-tier Mutated Martial Soul, and he reached level twenty after only a year of cultivation. He's an unprecedented genius!

Dugu Bo looked at Zhou Liang before him and could only accept the situation with helpless satisfaction.

Suppressing those thoughts, he carefully sensed the contact between his left hand and Zhou Liang's blue-ice-colored right hand. Sure enough, it brought him a strange sensation.

"Don't be nervous. I'm only feeling out this poison," Dugu Bo said calmly.

The others present let out a breath of relief. After all, Dugu Bo's strength spoke for itself.

"Kid, breathe out some of that blue-ice-colored gas!" Dugu Bo said to Zhou Liang.

Zhou Liang gently opened his mouth and exhaled a cloud of icy-blue gas.

The moment the gas appeared, it deeply drew Dugu Yan's attention, and her eyes locked tightly onto it.

Dugu Bo, standing before Zhou Liang, swiftly stretched out his right hand and used his own poisonous Soul Power to envelop the icy-blue gas.

An intense reaction immediately erupted. Where the icy-blue gas came into contact with the Soul Power, it was as though it had turned into boiling water, churning without end.

Though the sight was astonishing, only Dugu Bo, who was constantly sensing his own Soul Power, knew what was truly miraculous about it.

The poison in my Soul Power has calmed down. It has completely lost its aggression. How can this be so miraculous? And the poison is undergoing Fusion with the Blue Ice Aura. After the Fusion, I can no longer sense any aggression from the poison. Hmm, there's another remarkable change as well.

Although Dugu Bo had held some hope before, he had not been entirely certain whether Zhou Liang's Blue Ice Aura would actually work.

Even if that miraculous change can't remove Yan Yan's poison, this effect alone will already free her from the poison's torment!

Though many thoughts flashed through Dugu Bo's mind, little time had actually passed. He raised his head and looked at Zhou Liang.

"Cure Yan Yan's poison now, right here."

After saying that, Dugu Bo turned to Dugu Yan.

"Yan Yan, don't forget what I told you. Come over now."

Dugu Yan nodded and walked over, but her absent-minded appearance gave Dugu Bo a bad feeling.

Dugu Yan slowly walked over. After more than a year of development, she was now a fist's height taller than Zhou Liang.

After all, Dugu Yan had begun developing physically, while Zhou Liang was still young despite having his cultivation technique.

"Begin!"

Seeing the two staring at each other, Dugu Bo frowned and spoke.

Zhou Liang nodded and opened his mouth, exhaling a cloud of icy-blue gas.

But the moment the icy-blue gas appeared, Dugu Yan wrapped her arms around Zhou Liang's neck once more and kissed him, beginning to draw the blue-ice-colored gas from his mouth.

Yan Yan, didn't I tell you? Drawing in that gas from a distance should work too. There's no need to kiss him. Why are you still doing this?

Though Dugu Bo roared inwardly, he only furrowed his brows deeply on the surface.

As time passed, Dugu Bo's expression grew increasingly astonished, because the effect far exceeded his expectations.

As Dugu Yan absorbed the gas, the snake venom within her body was gradually suppressed. It then melted, underwent a series of miraculous changes, and was absorbed back into Dugu Yan's body.

It also gave Dugu Yan a slight resistance to the poison in her body. However, after five minutes, although the poison was still being fused and transformed, Dugu Yan had already reached her limit and could no longer absorb any more.

"Alright, Yan Yan, you can get down now. You've developed resistance to that gas. You'll have to wait a while before you can continue absorbing it."

Seeing the two embracing, Dugu Bo quickly spoke up.

The voice jolted Dugu Yan awake. She immediately released Zhou Liang, then ran back behind Dugu Bo with her face flushed red.

"Kid, come back tomorrow. I want to see how long this resistance lasts," Dugu Bo said to Zhou Liang and Liu Erlong.

The two nodded. After exchanging a few words, they took their leave.