A Small Lin Yue Must Be Eliminated!

Such a terrifying person was actually just a six-year-old child. If they had not known for certain that the child before them possessed only the cultivation of a Soul Master, Dugu Xin and his wife would have begun to wonder whether he was one of those old Titled monsters rejuvenated into childhood.

Wait, Soul Master cultivation?

"Little sir, could you also have Innate Full Soul Power?"

After being watched intently by his wife as he drank the potion, Dugu Xin could not help but ask curiously.

"Yes, but that isn't important. And stop calling me little sir. My name is Lin Yue. You can call me Little Lin or Little Yue."

Watching the two patients drink their second Resistance Potion, Lin Yue could not help asking, "How do you feel?"

Even he himself had yet to tried these two permanent Resistance Potions.

Not only could they enhance mental strength, but their resistance boosts could also stack. After two bottles, the effect had to be close to thirty percent.

Reducing poison damage by nearly thirty percent was an incredibly potent increase in resistance. Even the poison of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor would likely be suppressed by the body's enhanced resistance.

"The poison in my body has already improved greatly."

Feeling as though his body had returned to when he was under twenty, back when his cultivation was still shallow and toxins had yet to accumulate within him, Dugu Xin touched his chest in relief.

Yet he could clearly sense that his martial soul's poison had not weakened in the slightest. The reason he felt this way was entirely due to his increased resistance to poison.

If his father helped them regulate their bodies and suppress the poison in this state, perhaps they could take another step forward on the path of becoming Soul Masters and gain voluntary control over this poison.

"Little Lin, I will never forget this great kindness. I have no way to repay you."

Controlling his now freely moving body, Dugu Xin actually pulled his wife, Bai Ling, along and made to kneel before Lin Yue.

"W-Why are you doing this, Mr. Dugu? There's no need for such formality."

Lin Yue flashed aside to avoid the bow and hurriedly helped the two of them back up.

"I have no way to cure the poison in your bodies. I can only enhance your bodies' resistance. From the looks of it, though, the effect is quite good."

Feeling her husband's aura steadily recover, even carrying some of his youthful vigor, Bai Ling's eyes immediately reddened as she choked out:

"Quite good? It is nothing less than life-saving medicine. Little Lin, your gift of these potions has saved my husband and me. From now on, if you have any orders for me, Bai Ling will not refuse!"

"Ahem, it's nothing, really. Just a small matter."

Unable to suppress the smile tugging at his lips, Lin Yue modestly brushed it off, but his heart had long since drifted far away, toward the treasured land within Sunset Forest.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Immortal Herb, opportunities...

Tsk, tsk. What was the Immortal Herb redemption code again?

Forgotten? It didn't matter!

Now, he would not even need to go looking for them. If he merely opened his mouth, Dugu Bo would probably carry the Immortal Herb over to him himself.

Ahem, he still could not get carried away. Calm down. Stay calm first.

With a brilliant smile on his face, Lin Yue waved his hand. Only after soothing the couple's emotions did he begin speaking at length.

"I truly have no way to suppress or expel the poison in your bodies. However, I do have an idea, though I do not know whether it will work."

"Oh? Please, tell us, sir."

Though the person before them was only a six-year-old child, after what had just happened, both Dugu Xin and Bai Ling felt nothing but respect for the little boy.

On the path of medicine, this child, who could casually brew such astonishing potions, was likely even stronger than the famed Family Head Ye. They truly could not afford to slight such a prodigy.

"Although I do not know how to reduce the strange poison within your bodies, nor how to stop your condition from worsening, every snake has a venom sac for storing poison. So could Soul Masters imitate venomous snakes and compress this poison into a fixed area, placing it inside a 'venom sac' without causing harm to the body?"

As soon as he spoke, the couple both froze.

Gather the poison and suppress it inside a self-made venom sac. But what place within the body could be cleared out specifically to contain poison?

The couple exchanged a glance. Amid their frightened gazes, a vague thought emerged in their hearts.

Spirit Bones!

The only "venom sac" capable of containing such powerful poison was a Spirit Bone!

"So I think you might be able to press the poison into Spirit Bones. Of course, for safety's sake, torso bones and skull bones are too dangerous. Limb Spirit Bones would be best."

Lin Yue stroked a beard that did not exist and continued:

"That way, even in the worst-case scenario, if the poison goes out of control and the Spirit Bone is destroyed, you would at most lose a limb rather than die from severe poisoning."

"Little sir, I will remember your kindness forever. But may I return to my family as soon as possible and tell my father about this method of detoxifying with Spirit Bones?"

Seeing her husband take the initiative, Bai Ling gritted her teeth and explained sincerely:

"Please do not blame us, little sir. It is not that we would disregard your great kindness and abandon you. It is because we have a young son at home, and he too suffers from the poison of his martial soul. If we can resolve it sooner..."

"It's fine, it's fine. Saving lives and treating illness should naturally take priority. You two may go first. We can discuss everything else after the poison has been suppressed."

There was still plenty of time. Lin Yue was in no hurry at all; he would cast a long line to catch a big fish.

"Oh, right. If the members of Senior Dugu's family can also keep their promise and swear upon their martial souls, then my potions can naturally be provided to other members of the Dugu Family as well."

At those words, the couple's eyes lit up with wild joy.

Whether it was the potion that enhanced resistance or the potion that could rapidly heal old wounds, either one was incomparably precious.

"I will certainly return and discuss this matter with my father and Dugu Bo. Please wait a few days, little sir. We will return as quickly as possible."

At the thought that they could purchase precious secret medicines that could not be exchanged even for a fortune merely by making such an easy promise of secrecy, Dugu Xin's breathing immediately grew heavy. He could not endure even a moment's wait.

Thus, the two left behind several thousand Gold Soul Coins. Still feeling that it was not enough, Dugu Xin directly handed over the Spatial Soul Tool he carried with him, along with all the various precious herbs inside it.

Then the couple mounted their horses and charged out of Nuoding City, heading straight for Heaven Dou Imperial City.

[Ding! Mission completed. Obtained 3,000 points.]

Touching the bracelet-type Soul Tool Dugu Xin had handed him, Lin Yue was quite pleased.

Not only did the bracelet have enormous storage capacity, it also contained all kinds of medicine. The various materials for making poison were especially suitable for Yin'er to use.

Besides that... it was time to try strengthening the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

"Little Lin, have those two patients left?" Seeing the pair depart in high spirits, Old Song finally dared to return from the doorway to the clinic and cautiously probe.

"That's right, Old Song. Their matter has been resolved. Let's reopen the clinic. The patients have probably waited long enough."

"Good, good, good. It's good that the matter has been resolved. I'll open the clinic doors and resume business right away."

In a hidden corner of Nuoding City, several richly dressed men with fierce faces entered a meeting room one after another. Yet every one of them looked gloomier than the last.

"The assassination of that Second Ning failed. Who the hell prepared those venomous snakes?! Did they even work?!"

"Hmph, Liu Old Dog, are you blaming me?! Everyone knows that fat bastard was carried back to Nuoding City after being poisoned. It was obviously your people who failed to do their job and let several healing Soul Masters in Nuoding City remain instead of luring them out of town. Otherwise, would Second Ning have had any chance of surviving?!"

"Enough, enough. We are all on the same side. With a great enemy before us, why fight among ourselves?"

The old man at the center smiled as he mediated, but deep in his eyes flashed extreme malice. He was like a venomous snake hidden in a corner, sending chills down one's spine.

"Everyone here belongs to a renowned family in Nuoding City. Our ancestors have operated here for a hundred years, always controlling Nuoding City's herb trade and medical industry. Yet that Second Ning from the Seven Treasure Merchant Association, relying on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, actually dared to provoke us on our own turf and sell medicinal herbs. We must retaliate for this."

Seeing the old bastard look his way, the gaunt man called Liu Old Dog snorted. "Last time may have just been an accident. I heard some six-year-old brat skilled in medicine saved him. Next time, we only need to be more careful and kill Second Ning without anyone noticing."

The instant those words were spoken, the room erupted as though everyone had found somewhere to vent their anger—

"Right! Just mentioning that little bastard makes me furious! Lately, Second Ning has not stopped praising that trash clinic. He promotes it every time we gather. My shop's business has become dismal because of it. I must find a chance to kill that little bastard too!"

"Hmph, my family's medicine sales have dropped considerably as well, especially our costly life-saving medicines. That brat saves the lives of mud-legged peasants for only ten Silver Soul Coins. He is destroying the market and ruining everyone's source of income!"

"Exactly. If not for him, our previous plan would have succeeded. We have run Nuoding City for so long, yet this is the first time some little thing has ruined our plans!"

"I heard he is also a student at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, and a genius at that? Hmph! Only geniuses who grow up deserve to be called geniuses! A lowborn dog with no backing dares to act so flamboyantly and ruin our profits. When the time comes, I'll hire several Soul Elders and wipe him out completely!"

"Precisely! If we do not eliminate this boy and let him run a charity clinic for six years, what money will we make? We might as well let all our businesses go bankrupt!"

"If the family businesses collapse, what will our clansmen eat in the future?!"

"Exactly! What will they eat?!"

Perhaps because a giant like the Seven Treasure Merchant Association made those present reluctant to act rashly, once a more suitable target for establishing their authority was proposed, they immediately redirected their hostility and united against a common enemy.

"Good. We can use this fellow's death to blunt the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Merchant Association's edge and let them know that the local families of Nuoding City are not to be trifled with!"

It was rare for this rabble to unite, so the old man at the center immediately made the decision.

Just as everyone shouted in excitement, a weak voice spoke up.

"But wouldn't that be a bad idea? I heard that fellow's Innate Soul Power level is rather high. What if..."

"A bad idea? Bad my ass! What are you pretending to be so innocent for? Haven't we killed plenty of lowborn geniuses like this? Even if he has Innate Full Soul Power, can he defeat several Soul Elders?!"

"Exactly! What I like most is torturing geniuses to death!"

"Hehehe, that little girl with Innate Soul Power level seven last time thought she was a genius and dared to talk back to me. Didn't the Soul Grandmaster I hired still cripple her Soul Power and let me play with her like a slave? Hehehe, once my eldest son returns from the neighboring advanced Soul Master Academy, perhaps my family will produce a few little geniuses too!"

"Exactly. Lowborn trash will always be lowborn trash. Without any backing, does he think he can overturn the heavens?"

"Haha."