A Girl Again Sixteen Years Later

The cool moonlight shone upon the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Su Chen's spiritual power spread with the moonlight, enveloping every blade of grass, every tree, every grain of sand, and every clump of earth around the well.

He had just consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

Nourished by the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, his spiritual power had risen steadily. He could now release it proactively and transform it into the power of moonlight.

It had reached the realm of tangible yet formless.

This was already an exceptionally profound realm. Even many Titled Douluo might not be able to bring their soul power to the realm of tangible yet formless.

Four hours later!

All the moonlight power surged back into Su Chen's body like a reversing tide.

He opened his eyes. They seemed to have been cleansed, as deep and boundless as the starry sky.

"Xiao Chen, what herb did you just eat? It doesn't seem to have done much. Your aura hasn't changed, and your Soul Power hasn't increased at all."

Dugu Yan moved closer and asked curiously.

Su Chen stood up and stretched lazily. "That was Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. It improves spiritual power, so naturally it doesn't do much for Soul Power."

Soon afterward, Dugu Bo walked over and removed a blue storage pouch from his waist.

He tossed it to Su Chen.

"Su Chen, I'm giving this to you. It's called the Hundred Treasures Pouch, a special Storage Soul Tool that can store living things. It's just right for keeping the Immortal Herbs you picked."

"I, Dugu Bo, am both righteous and wicked. I repay grudges, but I also repay kindness. You cured my granddaughter's poison and mine as well. This is my reward."

"What a pity. I occupied this Ice Fire Spring Well for so long, yet I never realized that the Immortal Herbs here were all rare treasures."

Su Chen smiled and thanked him. The Hundred Treasures Pouch had come at exactly the right time.

Dugu Bo's temperament was somewhat eccentric, but he was actually quite pleasant to be around. He truly knew how to repay kindness.

Afterward, Su Chen began a thorough sweep, harvesting most of the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Aside from the roots and seeds, everything else went into the Hundred Treasures Pouch.

A day later, the once lush and flourishing Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had become far more barren.

Su Chen clapped his hands, glanced at Dugu Yan, and began preparing a gift for her.

She had devoted herself wholeheartedly to him, so Su Chen could not play favorites.

Using a Dragon Blood Fruit as the main ingredient and supplementing it with many medicinal herbs that strengthened one's foundation and replenished one's vitality, he refined a Dragon Transformation Pill.

This was a special fruit that could only grow when watered with dragon blood. Even if consumed directly, it could evolve a Soul Beast with Dragons bloodline into a dragon.

Now that Su Chen had refined it into a pill, its medicinal effects could be absorbed completely, without the slightest loss.

He handed the pill to Dugu Yan. Under Dugu Bo's expectant gaze, Dugu Yan swallowed the Dragon Transformation Pill.

Dugu Yan evolved!

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Dragon. With the powerful physique of a dragon-type Martial Soul, she could completely treat toxins as snacks and absorb them.

Now, Dugu Yan no longer had to worry about the Martial Soul flaw of deadly poison backlash.

Her Soul Power, originally at rank 31, soared in one go to rank 38.

Dugu Yan had finally made up for the shortcomings of her innate talent.

At sixteen years old, she possessed rank 38 Soul Power, putting her on equal footing with Dai Mubai.

Though Su Chen looked down on Dai Mubai's character, the guy ate, drank, and visited brothels, yet still reached rank 37 Soul Power at fifteen.

That talent was absurdly terrifying. No wonder Dai Weisi would stop at nothing to suppress Dai Mubai.

The matter of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well came to an end.

Dugu Bo cheerfully sent Su Chen and Dugu Yan back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

As for Qian Renxue, She Long, and Ci Xue, after warning Dugu Bo not to reveal their whereabouts, they silently returned to the Crown Prince's Residence.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy!

Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, the three education committee members, anxiously paced back and forth.

Ye Lingling was also absent-minded and distracted.

She had been the first to discover that Su Chen had been taken away by Dugu Bo. She had immediately rushed to find the three education committee members, who then notified Xue Qinghe.

Just as they were burning with anxiety, Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Su Chen and Dugu Yan.

Seeing that they had returned safely, Ye Lingling rushed forward and hugged Su Chen as if she were holding some priceless treasure.

"That's wonderful, Xiao Chen! You're all right! That's truly wonderful!"

Dugu Bo's eyelids twitched. Why was this brat's luck with women so outrageous?

Not only had he attracted his own granddaughter, but he had also attracted Qian Renxue, the young mistress of Spirit Hall. And now, he even had a lover at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Still, to be fair, this brat really is handsome. He has a bit of my style from when I was young.

Dugu Bo seemed to be reminiscing about the past.

When I was young, I was also a famous handsome lad throughout the neighboring villages. The young girls who liked me could have lined up from Heaven Dou City all the way to Sunset Forest.

However, Dugu Bo quickly came back to his senses.

"You little girl, let go already. This brat is my granddaughter's boyfriend. If you dare get close to him again, don't blame me for being rude."

The threat of the Poison Douluo was enough to make anyone tremble in fear.

Yet Ye Lingling held Su Chen tightly and refused to let go despite the threat.

"Senior, if my feelings for Xiao Chen could be shaken by a few threats from you, then I wouldn't deserve to like him."

"I will compete fairly with Dugu Yan. This is a matter between us girls. I hope you won't interfere, Senior."

Dugu Bo was slightly stunned. He, Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo who could make children across Douluo Continent stop crying at night—why was it that one after another, no one feared him anymore?

He put on a stern face. "Aren't you afraid I'll kill you right now?"

Ye Lingling raised her snow-white, slender neck. "Then kill me. Sixteen years later, there will be another girl. Xiao Chen will only be thirty by then, and I'll come find him again."

Hey!

Dugu Bo was about to say something more when he saw the twin death stares from Su Chen and Dugu Yan.

"Fine, fine, fine. I don't understand you young people's affairs. I won't meddle anymore!"

Dugu Bo scratched his head, then turned and left Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Meng Shenji approached with Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin. All three wore expressions of immense relief.

"Su Chen, it's good that you're back."

"It seems the Poison Douluo knows his limits. You are a genius of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a pillar valued by the Crown Prince and His Majesty. The Poison Douluo had to show us some respect."

"You should go back and rest first. I'll immediately send someone to the Crown Prince's Residence to report this good news."

Su Chen thanked the three education committee members for their concern, then took Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling back to his dormitory.

Ye Lingling blushed slightly. It was her first time going to a boy's dormitory.

She could not help but let her imagination run wild. If Su Chen wanted to do something to her later, should she refuse first and then agree, or agree first and then take the initiative...

While Ye Lingling was lost in wild thoughts, Su Chen took out an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid from the Hundred Treasures Pouch.

"Lingling, this Immortal Herb is called the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. Its medicinal nature is the mildest. It can strengthen your foundation and replenish your vitality, subtly improve your aptitude, and speed up your cultivation..."

Ye Lingling was startled, delighted, and deeply shocked, but in the end, she politely refused and urged Su Chen to absorb it himself.

Su Chen forcibly stuffed the Immortal Herb into her hand. "I've already absorbed an Immortal Herb, and Yanyan has too. You don't want to fall behind Yanyan and me in cultivation later, do you?"

Only after Su Chen said this did Ye Lingling accept the Immortal Herb.