Detoxification! Searching for the Twin Spider Brightflower

Ning Chengyi watched Ye Lingling's complexion begin to change. Smiling, he walked over and gave her a few glances.

"See? You have to know when to bend and when to stand firm."

Ning Chengyi pointed at Ye Lingling, but he was speaking to Ye Heng and the others. The threat in his words was unmistakable.

The spectators below the stage erupted.

They stared at Ning Chengyi as though he were a demon.

"Ning Chengyi, save them!" Bai Baoshan said, looking at Yu Tianheng, who was groaning in pain and already seemed poisoned to the bone.

"Ning Chengyi, what kind of man are you? You've won, so why won't you cure my brother?"

Yu Shuo no longer cared about anything else. Anxiety filled his eyes, as though he had suddenly come to his senses. He shouted, his face tight with worry.

"Oh? So you've finally learned to think." A smile crossed Ning Chengyi's face as he watched Yu Shuo rush over. He hadn't expected the savage to come to his senses. For once, Yu Shuo seemed different from his old self.

"Beg me!"

Ning Chengyi grinned, leaving Yu Shuo's expression wavering between anger and uncertainty.

"Ning Chengyi, come at me if you have a problem! I'm the one who used poison. What does hurting everyone else prove?"

Dugu Yan had returned to the stage and was roaring at Ning Chengyi.

But Ning Chengyi ignored her. He bent down and looked at Ye Lingling.

"Not bad-looking. Just a little cold, like that kitten."

Ignoring Ye Lingling's gaze, he cut his palm. Blood seeped from the wound. "Open your mouth." Ye Lingling obediently did so, and blood dripped onto her tongue, filling her mouth with a metallic taste.

Within seconds, color returned to Ye Lingling's face. "Thank you." Ning Chengyi waved it off, but her deep-blue eyes remained fixed on him.

"Something else?"

Ye Lingling quickly shook her head and lowered it, seemingly embarrassed.

"If you won't beg me, I'm leaving. You can deal with Ye Heng yourselves."

Ning Chengyi had no intention of indulging these people.

With that, he made to leave.

"Ning Chengyi, are you going to break the academy rules?"

Qin Ming dropped onto the stage at once and rebuked him, anger written across his face.

"Qin Ming, what, are you going to fight?!" Su Yao immediately landed beside Ning Chengyi. Disdain in her eyes, she spoke in an icy voice.

"Enough! Ning Chengyi, cure them." The Three Education Committee Members stepped onto the stage and reprimanded him, anger flickering in their eyes.

"Fine." Seeing them angry, Ning Chengyi reluctantly agreed. Then he looked at Qin Ming. "Move. A good dog doesn't block the road!"

There was a clear path beside Qin Ming, but Ning Chengyi deliberately headed straight for him. As he passed, he bumped into him on purpose and spoke coldly.

"You...!"

Meng Shenji and the other two frowned, but said nothing.

"Please, save my brother." Yu Shuo no longer cared about his pride.

Ning Chengyi repeated the process, giving Yu Tianheng two drops of blood to drink. Before long, Yu Tianheng's face was no longer so deathly pale. A little color had returned, though he was still weak.

"Ning Chengyi, is it? I'll remember you." Seeing Yu Tianheng's complexion return to normal, Dugu Yan left him with those vicious words, then motioned for the others to help Yu Tianheng away.

"Thank you." Before leaving, Yu Shuo hesitated, then turned back and thanked him.

"That's an improvement," Ning Chengyi said with a smile.

"All right, everyone, disperse. Whether you belong to this academy or came here with someone else, anyone who reveals what happened in today's Soul Fighting match will be dealt with under Heaven Dou law!"

Meng Shenji looked over the murmuring spectators and unleashed his Soul Power. Immense pressure descended in an instant, silencing everyone. Only then did he speak.

"Yes!"

Everyone answered. They buried their shock and fear deep in their eyes as they left. Nearly all of them kept looking at Ning Chengyi, terrified of him.

The rest harbored thoughts of their own, though no one knew what they were thinking.

"All right. You should go back and train hard." With those words, Meng Shenji left with the other Education Committee Members. Before leaving, Zhi Lin gave Ning Chengyi a thumbs-up and nodded with a smile.

Zhi Lin was quite fond of Ning Chengyi's temperament and the way he did things.

Bai Baoshan walked between them, his brows tightly furrowed. No one knew what was on his mind.

Meng Shenji, meanwhile, trembled slightly, as though he was pleased by what had happened.

"Just wait." After the Education Committee Members left, Qin Ming delivered that threat and departed the sparring room as well.

In the vast sparring room, only Ning Chengyi and Su Yao remained.

"You little rascal, when did you learn to use poison?"

"No comment!" Ning Chengyi offered no answer. Instead, he hurried out.

"Stop right there." Su Yao gave chase at once, her ample chest bouncing with every step. Ning Chengyi ran even faster at the sight, with no intention of stopping.

Meanwhile.

Bibi Dong had disguised herself as an ordinary woman.

She had not gone straight to Heaven Dou City.

Instead, she had chosen to visit Star Dou Town.

The town had everything one could need. Apart from its lack of walls, it was little different from a small city. People came and went along its streets. Some looked busy, while others chatted and laughed.

There were learned people, and there were common folk.

"Before I see that little one again, I need to take care of the important matter first."

"I hope it won't be like last time."

At the thought of what had happened before, Bibi Dong shuddered involuntarily despite the blazing sun, as though recalling something unbearably painful.

"But the Fourth Trial shouldn't be as brutal as the Third Trial."

Last time, the Rakshasa God's trial had required her to destroy her own ninth Soul Ring, then absorb the Death Spider Emperor as its replacement. Completing that trial would lay the foundation for her to inherit the godhood.

Bibi Dong still remembered the pain vividly.

That trial set by the Rakshasa God was also why she had only just become a Titled Douluo when she met Ning Chengyi.

After she obtained a new Soul Ring, the Rakshasa God's divine power had restored her foundation completely. Her cultivation had even advanced further, much to her surprise and delight.

"The Twin Spider Brightflower. If I consume it, I can stabilize my twin spider Martial Souls even further and raise my cultivation. That will bring my strength closer to what the trial requires."

Bibi Dong grew more determined, anticipation shining in her eyes.

"The Twin Spider Brightflower grows in the Star Dou Great Forest. If I remember the notes I copied for that little one correctly, it should be to the southeast."

Once Bibi Dong had determined the direction, she entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone.

Several days later, however, a figure staggered out of the dense woods.

It was a woman. Her robes were covered in mud and grime, and her long hair hung loose and tangled. Her face was as pale as paper, her lips blackish purple. She barely looked human. None of the passing Soul Masters paid her any attention.

After all, sights like this were an almost daily occurrence in Star Dou Town. Everyone had long since grown numb to them.

The woman was Bibi Dong, who had entered the Star Dou Great Forest days earlier in search of the Twin Spider Brightflower.