"You've got some skill after all!"
Dugu Bo smiled awkwardly. His smile looked like a shriveled walnut, leaving anyone who saw it feeling uneasy.
"I underestimated you!"
"Don't blame me. I was afraid you were just slapping your face swollen to pass yourself off as a fat man! You have to cure my granddaughter too, after all. Without absolute certainty, I wouldn't dare!"
Chen Jue listened while reclining in his chair with one leg crossed over the other.
"Do you dare now?"
His languid voice sounded a little displeased.
"No!"
Dugu Bo spoke calmly, with an inexplicably provocative edge to his words.
Chen Jue: ...
"Then why did you kidnap me? Unbelievable! Goodbye!"
With that, Chen Jue started to get up and leave.
Dugu Bo immediately stopped him, offering a faint smile.
"Don't go!"
"I'll test you three more times. If you can neutralize every poison I give you, then you'll be qualified..."
Before Dugu Bo could finish, Chen Jue was already speechless.
You brought me here to cure your poison, yet you don't trust me and insist on wasting time testing me!
"I don't have time to play games with you... Goodbye!"
This time, Dugu Bo did not stop him. He merely smiled.
"If you neutralize them all, you can choose any three plants here!"
Chen Jue stopped just as he reached the entrance.
Seeing this, Dugu Bo curled his lips. He had Chen Jue right in the palm of his hand.
"Ahem! I'd just been resting too long, and my legs were a little sore. I was only stretching them. What did you just say?"
"Neutralizing poison, right? No problem!"
Dugu Bo nodded.
"But I'll need to use the ingredients here to prepare the antidotes!"
"No problem!"
Dugu Bo agreed without hesitation.
"Aren't you going to tell me