Half a month later.
Along the path of the Sunset Forest, three figures walked toward Heaven Dou City.
After half a month of immortal herb refinement and cultivation, Huo Yuhao radiated vigor, his originally frail bones had also grown sturdy and robust, and his soul power had reached Level 30.
Tang Sanmei had gone straight to Level 38 thanks to the medicinal efficacy of the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, and the life aura of her Blue Silver Grass grew increasingly dense.
As for Dugu Yan, her changes were startlingly huge.
With a Titled Douluo grandfather escorting her in the Sunset Forest, catching a suitable soul beast was simply effortless.
After absorbing that Sweet Potato Golden Dragon and breaking through to the fortieth rank, Dugu Bo had already helped her hunt a soul beast with four thousand years of cultivation.
At this moment, Dugu Yan was already a true Soul Ancestor, and a Level 43 Soul Ancestor at that.
Whose life it was, needless to say.
Moreover, the shedding skin and growing feet of her original Jade Phosphor Snake had transformed into a Jade Phosphor Dragon.
"Miss Dugu, a four-ring Soul Ancestor, and your martial soul even evolved. Your performance is barely passing."
As they approached the gates of Heaven Dou City, Tang Sanmei carried her hands behind her back and looked Dugu Yan up and down.
"Your foundation has grown a lot stronger. After you enter the Tang Sect in the future, remember to be diligent and hardworking. Don't forget your duty of serving tea and water to your senior brother and carrying on the Tang Sect's incense."
Having listened to her nag about this every single day for half a month, Dugu Yan had long since been worn down until she lost her temper.
She immediately rolled her eyes at Tang Sanmei with displeasure.
"Got it, little nagging housekeeper! This young lady is heading back to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to report in first, and in a couple of days I'll go to the Moonlight Pavilion to see that remarkable senior brother of yours, alright?!"
After speaking, the corners of Dugu Yan's mouth curled up slightly. Humming a little tune, she took a turn toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
"Let's go, let's head to the Moonlight Pavilion first to reassure your aunt, and incidentally deliver the immortal herb to her."
Huo Yuhao said slowly.
"Understood, Senior Brother!"
Tang Sanmei nodded obediently.
Heaven Dou City, Moonlight Pavilion.
At this moment, the inner courtyard of the Moonlight Pavilion was already in absolute chaos.
Tang Yuehua, usually poised and graceful, now had red-rimmed eyes and was spinning around in anxious circles.
"Half a month... a full half a month without a single word."
Tang Yuehua was so anxious her tears even fell, her complexion deathly pale.
"Dugu Bo is notorious throughout the soul master world as a ruthless killer who blinks at nothing. Sanmei and Yuhao fell into his hands; if anything were to happen to them... how could I ever face Second Brother?!"
The moment she thought that the daughter Second Brother had entrusted to her with such difficulty might have already melted into a pool of bloody water, Tang Yuehua felt as though the heavens and earth were collapsing. Clutching her chest, everything went pitch black before her eyes.
Just as she was frantic with worry, a guard's announcement suddenly rang out from outside the door.
"Hall Master! Young Miss and the others have returned safe and sound!"
Tang Yuehua started, then abruptly lifted her head to look.
She saw the room door open, with Huo Yuhao walking at the very front and Tang Sanmei following behind.
The two of them were not only completely uninjured, but their complexions even looked exceptionally well, and there was even an inexpressible new aura about them.
"Aunt, we're back!"
Tang Sanmei called out crisply.
"Sanmei!"
Tang Yuehua let out a sharp cry, completely abandoning any regard for decorum. Taking two steps in one, she rushed forward and pulled Tang Sanmei into her embrace, tears flowing endlessly down her face.
"Child! You scared your aunt to death. Does your body hurt anywhere? Did Dugu Bo poison the two of you? Let Auntie look at you quickly!"
Tang Sanmei was squeezed a bit breathless by her and quickly patted her back to soothe her.
"Auntie, please don't cry. We're really fine! Senior Dugu is actually quite a warm person. Not only did he take us on a tour of his medicinal garden, but he also gifted us a lot of herbs."
"Warm? Gifted herbs?"
Tang Yuehua froze in place, her face full of bewilderment.
Who in Heaven Dou City didn't know Dugu Bo was a man with a foul and bizarre temper?
He could be warm?
Did the two of you recognize the wrong person?
Huo Yuhao chuckled from the side.
"Don't worry, Aunt Yuehua, it was just a small misunderstanding that has already been resolved. Senior Dugu and we can now be considered to have some friendship."
"It's fine... As long as you're fine... Ancestors protect us..."
Tang Yuehua patted her full chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
Yet the very next second, she suddenly thought of something, her voice trembling as she spoke.
"It's... it's over..."
Tang Sanmei asked with incomprehension.
"What is it, Auntie?"
Tang Yuehua supported her forehead, took a deep breath, and cried out in a panicked voice.
"Auntie thought you had been harmed by Dugu Bo... I was simply frantic with worry these past days, so... so I secretly sent a message to your Eldest Uncle..."
"It's fine, Dugu Bo should recognize Eldest Uncle and won't make a move against him."
Tang Sanmei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately reassured her.
Judging by her father and aunt's soul power, whether Eldest Uncle could even enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was still up in the air.
She would just go back and look for him later; she should be able to find him.
Tang Yuehua started, then immediately reacted to what Tang Sanmei meant, stamping her feet in anxiety.
"Silly child, Auntie isn't afraid of your Eldest Uncle getting hurt; Auntie is afraid of him beating Dugu Bo to death!"
Tang Sanmei froze: "Ah?"
Tang Yuehua sighed, saying helplessly.
"Your Eldest Uncle is no ordinary person. He is the sect master of the Clear Sky Sect, the number one sect under heaven-the Ninety-Seventh-Rank Power Attack System Douluo, the Howling Sky Douluo Tang Xiao."
"His temper is extremely fierce. Hearing that Second Brother's daughter had been abducted, his eyes turned red on the spot. He grabbed his martial soul, ignored the sect's strict prohibitions, and went straight to the Sunset Forest."
Tang Sanmei: "..."
She blinked blankly for a moment, failing to process what Tang Yuehua was talking about.
Meanwhile, on the roof of the Moonlight Pavilion, Tang Hao, who was still drinking, spat out all the alcohol in his mouth upon hearing these words.
"Cough, cough, cough! Big Brother really went?"
Tang Hao's heart skipped a beat.
He knew Tang Xiao's temper all too well.
He was even more fiercely protective of his own than Tang Hao himself!
If he had convinced himself that his dear niece had been harmed by Dugu Bo, would there be any polite words left when he reached the Sunset Forest?
Yet the problem was that Dugu Bo hadn't harmed anyone at all, and instead had been thoroughly plundered clean by his own daughter.
If Big Brother smashed him to death with a hammer, that misunderstanding would be massive.
"Damn it! Big Brother, you must not rush!"
Tang Hao didn't even care about looking at his daughter anymore; his figure transformed into a blur as he desperately charged toward the Sunset Forest.
At the same time.
Deep within the Sunset Forest, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Although the entire medicinal garden had been nearly plucked bare, Dugu Bo's mood at this moment was exceptionally good.
He had already refined the immortal herb, and coupled with the pills left behind by Tang Sanmei, not only had the snake venom that had plagued him for many years been resolved, but he had also broken through to Level 92.
"Ah, this is bliss!"
Dugu Bo leaned back in his recliner, smacked his lips with contentment, hummed a little tune, narrowed his eyes, and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Never would I have thought that at my age, I would still encounter such good fortune... Although I was plucked bare by those two little bandits, this trade was totally worth it!"
Dugu Bo blissfully picked up a cup of tea, preparing to thoroughly enjoy a godlike life free from the torment of deadly poison.
Yet at this very moment, the atmosphere of the entire Sunset Forest changed instantly.
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