Bilin Jiao, Making Sure Whether It's a Master or a Piece of Shit! [Remastered Edition.]

"Earth Dragon Golden Melon, Golden-Veined Dragon Blood Lotus."

Beiming Lieyang picked them and handed them to Dugu Bo.

"Your Bilin Snake Emperor has a Martial Soul defect, and the poison continuously accumulates in your body, backlashing against you. Until the Martial Soul defect is resolved, the poison can never be cured."

"These two Immortal Herbs contain a trace of dragon aura and dragon blood, which can allow your Bilin Snake Emperor to undergo a transformation."

"After taking them, the Bilin Snake Emperor has a high probability of evolving and removing the Martial Soul flaw, though it is also very likely to no longer possess poison."

"After all, among powerful creatures, not many rely on toxicity as their means."

Poisonous snakes required a large amount of energy to produce venom, whereas pythons relied entirely on their own powerful physiques.

Just like his Ice Aunt, whose true form was the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, she had shed the poison from her body in pursuit of ultimate ice, while the ultimate ice in turn restrained poison.

Well, the poison in the novels written by the Three Ghosts was also quite bizarre.

The original Tang Sam used realgar wine and fire during a soul duel to neutralize Dugu Yan's poison.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the power of extremes could also erase toxins and render them nonexistent.

The toxins in this world still fell under the category of protein-based poisons.

High temperatures could make them lose their effectiveness.

Dugu Bo took the two Immortal Herbs, his hands trembling slightly:

"Master... Can you leave one for Yanyan..."

"Your granddaughter has another way to solve it." Beiming Lieyang looked straight at him, his voice stern.

"I want you to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. If you die, who will guard it for me? Is your granddaughter stronger than you?"

"If you die, who will protect your granddaughter?? Do you still want me to protect her??"

Dugu Bo's body trembled: "Yes, this subordinate overstepped."

Ice Emperor stood behind Beiming Lieyang, watching Dugu Bo bow his head. The corners of her mouth ticked up quietly, and she turned to wink at Snow Emperor.

Snow Emperor's gaze fell gently on Beiming Lieyang, saying nothing more.

"Take them quickly."

"Yes."

Dugu Bo took the two Immortal Herbs. As the medicinal power entered his body, the phantom of the Bilin Snake Emperor suddenly emerged behind him, roaring fiercely.

Immediately afterward, the snake scales split open, and thick new dragon scales surged out, the snake body expanding into a Jiao torso.

His spine bulged, giving birth to dragon-spine-like bone spurs, and four limbs grew under his belly, each claw with two toes.

His head lifted, the previously somewhat triangular snake head becoming broad, and four black sharp horns at the back of his head suddenly elongated.

The vertical mark between his brows trembled slightly, and a dark gold vertical mark appeared on his forehead, a layer of dark gold halo pooling within his vertical pupils.

The roaring sound changed from a snake hiss to a deep Jiao chant, and the phantom completely transformed into a pitch-green Jiao with dragon scales and four limbs with two claws, coiling in midair.

Dugu Bo looked up at the massive phantom, his voice hoarse yet carrying uncontainable excitement:

"...Bilin Poison Jiao, Level 92."

"The toxins in my body have been removed."

Although the poison still existed within his Martial Soul, these toxins no longer accumulated inside his body.

The flaw in his Martial Soul was truly resolved.

"Not bad, the Bilin Poison Jiao will also allow you to retain all your poison skills."

"Thank you, Master, for this gift of rebirth." Dugu Bo bowed deeply to Beiming Lieyang in gratitude.

His Martial Soul had evolved into a poisonous Jiao, making his venom even stronger.

It also increased his strength by another substantial margin.

Beiming Lieyang nodded slightly.

Next, he did not rush to leave, instead carefully searching around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well once more.

The Immortal Herbs here were far more abundant than he had imagined. He discovered six more ice-attribute Immortal Herbs among the ice crystal clusters on the outer edge of the spring.

Moreover, these Immortal Herbs could even trigger a slight reaction from the Void Mysterious Ice.

These were all things that could increase the soul power of the ultimate ice.

He split these six Immortal Herbs into three each, handing them to Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor:

"Snow Mom, Ice Aunt, I sensed through the Void Mysterious Ice that these all match the ultimate ice, and they can make soul power even more refined."

As long as the poison in this world was of the ultimate power, it could not invade.

The Ice and Snow Emperors already possessed ultimate ice and completely ignored poison.

Not to mention that the Sun God Apollo within him also possessed ultimate light and ultimate fire.

They could similarly purify and burn away toxins.

"Supplemented further by the Extreme Cold Yin Spring and the Ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Marrow, it should be able to elevate your foundations once again."

Ice Emperor looked at the Immortal Herbs and the cold spring handed to her, a bright light welling up in her eyes as she reached out and took them.

Snow Emperor took hers, nodding slightly without a word, and sat down cross-legged on the spot to begin refining them.

The two women simultaneously ingested the Immortal Herbs and the Extreme Cold Yin Spring, then each pulled out a piece of Ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Marrow from their storage soul tools.

The moment the medicinal power entered their bodies, their surrounding aura surged violently.

Ice-blue frost spread wildly outward with them at the center, the air freezing into fine ice crystals in the biting cold, and a thick layer of frost quickly formed on the ground.

Dugu Bo stood in the distance, his expression changing drastically as his pupils shrank violently.

That terrifying ice-cold force surged over overwhelmingly,

even though his Martial Soul had already evolved into the Bilin Poison Jiao,

he still felt a sense of powerlessness spreading from the depths of his bone marrow in the face of this chill.

He swallowed hard.

What kind of level of strength was this?

Those two women... What on earth was their background?

The cold air continued to churn, only gradually subsiding after a long while.

Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor opened their eyes at the same time, their surrounding auras a bit more condensed than before.

Ice Emperor's aura leaped from four hundred and fifty thousand years to four hundred and seventy thousand years.

Snow Emperor climbed from seven hundred and fifty thousand years to seven hundred and seventy thousand years.

The increase in cultivation was only one aspect; more importantly, their foundations were firmly re-established,

their origins became more stable, and the path ahead broadened a bit more.

Ice Emperor leaped up abruptly, pouncing onto Beiming Lieyang and cupping his face to rub it vigorously:

"Xiaoyang! You're simply amazing! I feel like my ice is even purer than before! The Immortal Herbs and the Extreme Cold Yin Spring have a really great effect."

Beiming Lieyang was almost choked for breath by her, struggling and leaning backward: "Ice Aunt... a bit lighter..."

"Hmph hmph, nice try!" Ice Emperor rubbed his cheeks a couple of times before letting go, looking at him with bright, golden eyes,

"Next time you find good stuff like this, remember to give it to your Ice Aunt first!"

"I know, I know." Beiming Lieyang rubbed his reddened cheeks and turned to look at Snow Emperor, only to see her slightly curving her lips, her gaze falling gently on him.

Snow Emperor didn't say much, merely raising a hand to gently brush away a flake of frost clinging to his shoulder.

Beiming Lieyang smiled, then walked toward the edge of the spring, taking out an empty storage soul tool.

He raised a hand to condense the Extreme Cold Yin Spring and the Blazing Yang Spring into massive cubic blocks, freezing them into ice.

He remembered that Tang Sam had once used this spring water to refine Yama's Invitation, which could deter Title Douluo,

applied the spring water to the Zhuge Divine Crossbows to easily kill ten-thousand-year sea soul beasts,

and even used the Blazing Yang Spring to hunt down a hundred-thousand-year Evil Demon Orca King.

The Extreme Cold Yin Spring would be of great benefit to Snow Mom and Ice Aunt's cultivation,

while the Blazing Yang Spring might come in useful for him later on.

After packing away the spring water, he stood up and said to the Ice and Snow Emperors: "I've reached Level 50, I need to go get my spirit ring first."

After acquiring the spirit ring, he would return to delve deeper into the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to search for the spirit bones of the Fire Dragon King,

otherwise, even if he found the spirit bones now, refining them wouldn't increase his strength.

He turned back to Dugu Bo: "Senior Dugu, I leave this place to you."

Dugu Bo bowed and cupped his fists: "Rest assured, Master, this subordinate will certainly do his utmost and never let a single person set foot here."

"When I come back next time, I'll help you figure out how to cure your granddaughter's poison."

Dugu Bo's body shook slightly, and he solemnly cupped his fists: "This subordinate thanks the master on behalf of Yanyan."

Ice Emperor crowded close, her eyes bright: "Are we going to look for a spirit ring now?"

Beiming Lieyang nodded, his gaze turning slightly profound:

"Yeah, but before going to get the spirit ring, I want to go somewhere first."

The True Form Armor that appeared after adding a spirit ring, Dugu Bo still maintaining a youthful appearance—all of this pointed toward the comic version of Douluo Continent.

Yet he needed to confirm one last thing.

Notting City.

That "Master" Yu Xiaogang.

The comic version of the Master still retained a bit of personal charm,

better than that repulsive image in the anime and original novels.

However, he always felt something was off, harboring a strange feeling in his heart.

He wanted to confirm with his own eyes whether this world was purely the comic version or something else entirely.

Only by determining this answer could he take his next steps better.

Ice Emperor tilted her head: "Where?"

"Notting City." Beiming Lieyang pulled back his thoughts, "To find someone."

"And who knows, we might even get a really nice spirit ring and spirit bone."

[Just to make sure whether it's the comic version of the Master, or the piece of shit from the anime and original novel, and by the way, intercept the rabbit before Tang Sam reaches Notting City, make her sacrifice herself, and level up big time.]