Conditions!

Just then, Su Yu waved a hand, signaling Chrysanthemum Douluo to calm down.

Then Su Yu turned to Dugu Bo. "Senior, why resort to violence when we could talk things over?"

"If I'm not mistaken, whenever the weather turns overcast and rainy, you feel an itching numbness along both sides of your rib cage, and it gradually intensifies."

"It flares up once at noon and once at midnight. Given your current condition, each episode should last well over two hours."

"Also, late every night, around the third watch, you feel needle-sharp pain at the crown of your head and the soles of your feet."

"Your entire body convulses for at least an hour. I don't need to describe that agony that makes you wish you were dead, do I?"

"Senior, if you aren't poisoned, why would you have these symptoms?"

"Not only are you poisoned, but the toxins have already spread throughout your body! You're a poison man now!"

"I'm just curious why you haven't died yet. The poison in you isn't something Soul Power can suppress."

Dugu Bo's expression changed abruptly. He clenched his fists, veins bulging along the arms beneath his sleeves.

He had indeed suffered the backlash of his own toxins for years. This was the hidden torment he most dreaded having mentioned, yet a mere brat had exposed it in public.

"Sharp-tongued little brat! Today, I'll show you the price of offending me!"

Dugu Bo roared in fury and abruptly raised his withered palm.

Dark green Soul Power surged around his palm like venomous snakes, carrying a bone-corroding stench as he struck straight at Su Yu's face!

"Dugu Bo, don't you dare!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo's expression changed drastically, and his roar of shock and fury nearly split the air.

His figure flickered, golden Soul Power erupting instantly as his folding fan snapped open with a swish, shielding Su Yu.

He knew better than anyone how much Su Yu and Hu Liena mattered to the Pope.

If Su Yu suffered even the slightest mishap, he might as well never return to Spirit Hall!

Yet Su Yu remained remarkably composed. He even turned his face slightly aside, avoiding the edge of the palm's gust. "Senior, do you really intend to kill me? Once I'm dead, there will be no one left in this world who can cure the backlash of your Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison."

The instant his words fell, Dugu Bo's descending palm froze in midair, and even the surging Soul Power around it faltered somewhat.

A flicker of inner struggle crossed his emerald eyes. Those words had clearly struck him squarely in his vulnerable spot.

"Senior, if I'm not mistaken, this poison of yours is hereditary!"

"I wonder how much longer your son can live, and how much longer your little granddaughter can live?"

"If you don't care about their lives, you can kill me right now. I, Su Yu, won't even blink!"

Dugu Bo forcibly suppressed his anger and stared furiously at Su Yu, speaking in a low voice. "How do you know all this?"

"Don't ask how I know. Kill me if you aren't afraid of dying.

"What a pity. Your son, who should be in the prime of his life, is probably already poisoned beyond recovery."

"As for you, no one can say for certain when the poison in your body will erupt."

"It's just a shame. If you die too, what will happen to your granddaughter?"

"Her poison will only flare up more violently than yours, because she has been steeped in these toxins since she was in her mother's womb."

"And, Your Excellency Poison Douluo, you have quite a few enemies on the continent, don't you? If you die, what do you think will happen to your granddaughter?"

"At best, someone will kill her outright. At worst, someone might simply work her as a slave!"

"Are you threatening me?"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. I'm only a lowly Soul Grandmaster. How would I dare threaten Your Excellency Poison Douluo!"

As Dugu Bo looked at Su Yu before him, his expression grew increasingly uncertain.

After about five minutes, Dugu Bo slowly clasped his hands behind his back, deliberately softening his tone somewhat.

"Do you really have a way to cure my poison?"

"Of course, Your Excellency Poison Douluo!"

"Very well. As long as you cure my family's poison, I can join Spirit Hall!"

Su Yu looked at Dugu Bo and shook his head slightly before saying, "No, no, no, Your Excellency Poison Douluo. Right now, I'd rather know how you broke through to Titled Douluo!"

"In your condition, even reaching Soul Douluo could be called a mercy from heaven, let alone the fact that you've now reached Titled Douluo!"

Dugu Bo's expression instantly darkened. Wariness and displeasure flashed through his green eyes, as though a deeply buried secret had been touched.

He snorted coldly, his hoarse voice carrying a hard edge. "What business is it of yours how I broke through?"

Yet Su Yu showed no fear. He calmly met his gaze, his tone sincere. "Your Excellency Poison Douluo, we're about to become partners. Cooperation begins with both sides showing their sincerity!"

"If you join Spirit Hall, I can guarantee you'll have the same standing as Uncle Chrysanthemum!"

"At the same time, I'll help cure your family's poison, and your granddaughter can also study at Spirit Hall Academy."

"I don't need to explain Spirit Hall Academy's standing among all the academies on the continent, do I?"

"Your Excellency Poison Douluo, you've seen my sincerity. Now where is yours?"

Dugu Bo held Su Yu's gaze, his emerald eyes as sharp as blades, as though he meant to dissect the young man's thoughts.

Su Yu bore his scrutiny openly, without the slightest evasion in his expression.

A moment later, Dugu Bo looked away and gave a heavy snort, his tone softening a little. "You have something of a point, brat."

He walked to the window and gazed at the poisonous herb giving off an unusual fragrance in the courtyard, his voice growing lower.

"When I broke through to Soul Douluo back then, I had a fortuitous encounter. I discovered a pool in Sunset Forest that could suppress the toxins in my body!"

"Many strange flowers and herbs grew around that pool, too, but I didn't recognize any of them."

"Although I didn't recognize them, I can guarantee those herbs are treasures rarely found in this world!"

"Since you want to see my sincerity, here's my offer."

"As long as you rid my family of these toxins, you can pick whatever you like from that garden!"

"But let me make the ugly part clear first. If anything at all goes wrong with the cure!"

"Forget those flowers and herbs-even your Martial Soul Holy City will be turned upside down by me."

"Good, it's a deal!"

"Poison Douluo, curing your poison is simple in one sense, but complicated in another."

"The first method is to disperse all the power you've gained through your poison cultivation technique. I imagine Your Excellency Poison Douluo wouldn't agree to that."

"Nonsense! If I could give up all my strength, why would I have cultivated to Titled Douluo? Hurry up and tell me the next method."

"This second method sounds simple, but it requires an enormous amount of resources. However, it won't damage your strength."

"Stop keeping me in suspense, brat. Spit it out!"

"The main reason you suffer this toxic backlash is the poison cultivation technique you practice."