"So you are Senior Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo whose very name strikes terror into people's hearts."
Yu Xiaogang bowed. "I am Yu Xiaogang, Director of Education at Shrek Academy. May I ask what brings you to our academy so late at night, Senior?"
"Nothing much. I merely heard that this student of yours-Tang San, was it?-could neutralize my jade phosphorous serpent poison, so I thought I would seek his advice."
Dugu Bo had been there for some time, observing Tang San. He had also noticed the boy locking his aura onto him, which convinced him that the youngster did indeed have some ability.
Earlier, his beloved granddaughter, whom he had not seen in a long time, had told him that both her flanks were itching. It had frightened him terribly.
After talking with her, he learned that Dugu Yan already knew about the Dugu Family's hereditary disease, having heard about it from this Tang San.
The boy had even claimed he could cure it, immediately stirring Dugu Bo's pride.
But then he wondered: what if the boy really could cure it?
Then his granddaughter could be saved.
That was why Dugu Bo had not attacked outright.
As it happened, his old friend Xue Xing had also mentioned Tang San and Shrek Academy to him, saying that the boy's background might be far from ordinary, and that Shrek Academy seemed to have ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
To prevent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which was suspected of rebellion, from expanding its influence, he had asked Dugu Bo to investigate and sound them out.
With all those reasons behind him, Dugu Bo had come to Shrek Academy that very day to question Tang San.
He had not expected to be discovered so quickly.
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