Battle Against Dugu Yan

A few minutes later, Yun Qingluo withdrew her hand and said with a smile, "The poisoning isn't severe. It'll be easy to treat."

Those six simple words nearly brought Dugu Bo to tears.

What he cared about most was his granddaughter's health. Now that he knew Yun Qingluo could cure the poison, he practically wanted to worship them all.

"Your Excellency, is there anything I need to prepare in advance?"

Yun Qingluo shook her head. "Just continue preparing the things Xiao Yuan mentioned earlier, but halve all the quantities. Your granddaughter's problem will be easy to solve, and I can even grant her a great opportunity. But your poisoning runs too deep, and all your cultivation is closely tied to poison. If I cure you completely, I'm afraid your cultivation as a Titled Douluo will be ruined. So the method Xiao Yuan mentioned earlier is actually the most suitable path for you. Once you have those things ready, I'll help you remove the poison."

"Good, good, good!" Dugu Bo said "good" several times in succession, looking at Yun Qingluo with hope in his eyes.

But she was not finished yet. How could there be such a good thing in this world as receiving benefits without paying anything in return?

Clearly, Dugu Bo understood that as well. He was waiting for Yun Qingluo to name her terms.

"I have three conditions. If you agree to them, I'll cure the poison for both of you. If you don't, we'll leave now and won't harm you. In any case, the poison has already seeped deep into your bodies. At this rate, your granddaughter may still live for another decade or so, but you... you have only a few years left at most. There's no need for us to act."

"Please speak, Your Excellency. So long as it is within my, Dugu Bo's, power, I will never refuse!"

"Good. My three conditions aren't difficult. First, Xiao Yuan must be free to use all the medicinal herbs in this garden."

"No problem. Forget letting this young master use them freely—even giving him the entire garden would be no problem." In Dugu Bo's eyes, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had only ever been used to suppress the poison.

If he could be completely cured, he did not care about this place.

"The second condition is that no matter what happens in the future, I want you to support Xiao Yuan unconditionally once."

"Of course. If Your Excellency can cure my granddaughter and me, then this young master will be the savior of my granddaughter and me. No matter when it is, I will firmly support him and never disappoint him!"

That condition was even less of a problem. After all, at least two Super Douluo stood behind Lu Shiyuan now.

Even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects, could not compare to such strength.

If he could establish ties with such a colossal force, Dugu Bo believed it would greatly benefit his future.

Who said Dugu Bo was merely a reckless brute? He was quite clever.

Of course, gains always required payment. Perhaps Lu Shiyuan would encounter troublesome enemies in the future, but wasn't joining a faction a gamble in itself?

For the sake of surviving with his granddaughter, what was wrong with taking one gamble?

"The third condition..." Yun Qingluo paused unusually, glanced at Dugu Yan, then continued, "Miss Dugu, please have a match with Xiao Yuan."

Dugu Yan let out a startled cry.

Compared to the first two conditions, why did the third one seem so much like a joke?

Dugu Bo was also completely baffled. Judging by Lu Shiyuan's appearance, he was probably only seven or eight years old.

No matter how monstrous he was, surely he could not fight fourteen-year-old Dugu Yan, who was already level 28.

"This... Yan'er is already fourteen this year, and her Soul Power Level has reached 28. I know this young master must be an extraordinary talent, but age is still a hard limitation. How about... Your Excellency chooses another condition?"

Dugu Bo was genuinely worried. Dugu Yan's Soul Skills were all related to poison.

Once poison was released, it was no longer easily controlled.

Not even Dugu Yan—Dugu Bo himself could not guarantee that he could perfectly control every poison attack.

If Jade Phosphorous Serpent Venom were truly so easy to control, the Dugu Family would not have been reduced to just the two of them.

Xiao Feiyu spoke up. "Poison Douluo needn't worry about that. Although Xiao Yuan is only seven, he is already level 24. Since we proposed this condition, we naturally have confidence in it."

"Impossible!" Before Dugu Bo could speak, Dugu Yan cried out in shock.

Dugu Bo's eyes widened as well. What had he just heard?

Seven years old, level 24?

How could those two things possibly go together?

Could he have been hearing things just now?

Lu Shiyuan had not expected the gossip to end up involving him, but since Yun Qingluo had raised the matter, he naturally cooperated.

He rose to his feet and said to the two of them, "This junior has indeed cultivated to level 24. In terms of realm, I am on par with Miss Dugu."

Dugu Yan was utterly shaken. Ever since she was little, she had believed herself to be among the small handful of people with exceptional talent, and everyone around her had flattered her accordingly.

But now, someone was suddenly telling her that the talent she had been so proud of was actually worthless. The blow was immense.

Seeing that they still refused to believe it, two disguised Soul Rings appeared before their eyes.

"Purple Soul Rings!" Dugu Bo was even more astonished. What kind of monsters were these people?

First, Xiao Feiyu's second Soul Ring had been a thousand-year ring, and now Lu Shiyuan was the same.

If he knew that both of Lu Shiyuan's Soul Rings had been disguised, and that his first Soul Ring was also purple, who knew what he would think.

"Miss Dugu, may I ask for a battle?"

Dugu Yan looked at her grandfather. Only after seeing him nod did she swallow hard and say with difficulty, "Please."

On Douluo Continent, Martial Souls were generally awakened at the age of six. Lu Shiyuan had only cultivated for a little over a year and had already reached level 24. Give him another seven years, and he would definitely crush her in an instant.

No matter what his actual strength was, this talent alone was enough to inspire admiration.

The two came outside and stood ten meters apart.

Dugu Bo gave the signal, and the spar officially began.

A green mist spread from Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul. It was a fairly good Martial Soul; though it could not compare to those top-tier beast Martial Souls, it was far from ordinary.

In moments, Dugu Yan's lovely figure was obscured by the green mist, and the poisonous fog rapidly spread toward Lu Shiyuan.

Lu Shiyuan did not panic in the slightest. His right hand clenched, and a Space-Time Rift abruptly appeared in the path of the poisonous fog.

The next second, the poison mist filling the sky vanished even more abruptly, as though it had been devoured by something terrifying.

"This..." Dugu Bo was stunned. Even with the eyesight of a Titled Douluo, he could not tell where that poisonous fog had gone.

Spatial abilities were simply too powerful. Nothing like them had ever appeared on Douluo Continent.

Its first appearance before outsiders had already brought Dugu Bo tremendous shock.

Poison Douluo had once believed that, at his age, there was no scene he had not witnessed.

But everything that happened today had severely shaken his worldview.

He had truly never seen this before.

Dugu Yan was also caught off guard. As a control-type Soul Master, she had never had many offensive methods. Now, the poisonous mist she relied upon had been swallowed for some unknown reason, leaving her somewhat at a loss.

But Lu Shiyuan would not be at a loss. His combat experience was remarkably rich, and while Dugu Yan was distracted, another Space-Time Rift appeared beneath her feet.

Dugu Yan cried out in alarm, feeling the Soul Power within her rapidly drain away like water leaking from a wooden bucket.

In just five seconds, she had lost a quarter of her Soul Power.