Dugu Bo instinctively tried to dodge, but he felt a warm surge of vitality flow into his body. The toxins that had tormented him for decades actually began to be purified!
"This..." Dugu Bo stared at his hands in shock. The bulging veins on their backs were slowly receding. "It actually... it actually works! It really works! Hahahaha!"
Dugu Bo's eyes filled with delighted surprise.
Decades! These toxins had tormented him for decades!
Now, at last, there was hope!
Chen Mo maintained his output for fifteen minutes before withdrawing his Martial Soul.
"S-Senior, I'm still weak right now. I can only help alleviate some of it."
"Once I'm stronger, I'll be able to cleanse your poison completely."
Chen Mo spoke somewhat "weakly."
Dugu Bo looked at Chen Mo, the hostility in his eyes completely gone, replaced by appreciation and excitement.
"My young friend, what's your name?" Dugu Bo asked eagerly.
"My name is Chen Mo," Chen Mo replied with a smile.
"Young friend Chen Mo, thank you. Thank you!"
Dugu Bo spoke with utter sincerity.
"I'm making you my friend, no matter what!"
"Rest assured. That madman Tang Hao might be more than I can handle outside, but here, I have a fair degree of confidence in dealing with him!"
Hearing this, Chen Mo rejoiced inwardly.
My gamble paid off! I convinced Dugu Bo!
"Thank you, Senior," Chen Mo said respectfully.
"What's this 'Senior' business? Just call me Dugu Bo! Or Old Monster works too!"
Dugu Bo laughed heartily.
Chen Mo smiled and said, "Then I'll call you Elder Poison."
"Good, good, good. Call me whatever you like."
"Right, kid, when can you treat me again? As long as you can eliminate the poison in my body, whatever you want, I can give it to you."
Chen Mo thought for a moment before saying, "Elder Poison, I think our most pressing concern is taking down Tang Hao first. What do you think?"
Hearing Chen Mo say this, Dugu Bo knew that taking down Tang Hao was the priority right now. Otherwise, this kid would not put his heart into treating his poison.
"All right, kid. Stay here and recover your Soul Power. I'll be right back."
"All right. I'll be here awaiting your good news, Elder Poison."
That night, while Dugu Bo was out looking for something, Chen Mo wrote his second diary entry.
[Year X, Month X, Day X. Clear skies.] [Today, I went to the Soul Hunting Forest with Tang Hao to hunt for my First Soul Ring.] [A thousand-year Man-Eating Flower. Its Soul Skill, Life Drain, can absorb plants' vitality and convert it into Soul Power. It can also directly absorb an enemy's vitality.] [A very powerful Soul Skill. I'm quite satisfied.] [At first, Tang Hao wouldn't agree to let me absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring. He said it was too dangerous.] [I told Tang Hao that my body had been growing stronger every day since I awakened my Martial Soul. I even lifted a three- or four-hundred-jin rock with one hand to show him.] [Then I said, "You're so strong. Even if I can't absorb it, you can stop it in time. At worst, I'll be weak for a couple of days."] [Only then did Tang Hao agree.] [Heh, that old bastard. I had him running in circles.] [Then I lied to Tang Hao, saying I could sense life magnetic fields after absorbing my Soul Ring, and tricked him into coming to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.] [The area outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was full of poisonous things. Tang Hao flew me inside.] [After we got in, I tested it. This place really is effective at accelerating plant growth.] [Tang Hao looked around and found that we were surrounded by poisonous things, making it impossible for me to get out alone. Reassured, he left me here and went back to fetch the Blue Silver Emperor.] [He also stopped by Nuoding Academy along the way to give Yu Xiaogang instructions regarding Tang San.] [I can imagine how Yu Xiaogang looked when he saw Tang Hao. His legs must have gone weak with fright.] [After all, how could a rank-twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster not be afraid when facing a Titled Douluo?] [Heh, he thought leaving me here was perfectly safe. Little did he know that was exactly what I wanted.] [I was betting that Dugu Bo would return before Tang Hao.] [Honestly, I was really nervous while waiting.] [After all, this was the biggest gamble I'd taken since coming to this world.] [But my gamble paid off.] [Dugu Bo came back first.] [Based on Tang San's understanding of Dugu Bo in the original story, I persuaded him by offering to cure his poison.] [The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison in Dugu Bo's body had plagued him for decades. As it happened, the power of my Divine Tree of Creation Martial Soul could heal anything.] [After I alleviated some of his poison, he was so excited that he immediately agreed to help me deal with Tang Hao.] [A sneak attack on Tang Hao on the Poison Douluo's home turf. Tang Hao, let's see if you survive this time!] [Oh, right. I've already reserved all the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.] [Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Lovesick Heartbreak Red... every one of them is good stuff.] [These were originally Tang San's fortuitous opportunities. Now they're all mine.] [Tang San, just take your time cultivating your Blue Silver Grass. Without the Immortal Herbs, this is as far as you'll get in this life.] [Oh, right. Those two little girls, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, should also be going to Shrek Academy in the future.] [Ning Rongrong is the young miss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She's quite the tsundere, but she's actually very fragile inside.] [Zhu Zhuqing has the Nether Civet Martial Soul. She's cold on the outside, but deep down, she really longs to be cared for.] [Those two little girls will both be mine in the future.] [After all, I'm a man who's read the script.]
As he finished writing the last word, a flash of light swept across the diary.
[Ding! Diary generated. Distributing copies...] [Copy recipients: Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing.] [Rewards received: Free Attribute Points ×10, wood affinity +20.]
Chen Mo added the 10 Free Attribute Points to his Soul Power.
Soul Power: Rank 27 → Rank 30!
Rank thirty!
Chen Mo smiled in satisfaction.
Meanwhile, at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Rongrong was reading in her room when a diary suddenly appeared out of thin air before her.
"What's this?" Ning Rongrong picked up the diary curiously and opened it.
When she saw its contents, she froze.
"Adoptive mother? Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well? Immortal Herbs? Tang San? Shrek?"
Ning Rongrong's eyes widened. "This person called Chen Mo is so improper!"
"And... he says I'll be his in the future?"
Ning Rongrong's face instantly flushed. "That bastard! How dare he tease me!"
Despite her curses, intense curiosity arose in Ning Rongrong's heart.
Who exactly was this person called Chen Mo?
How did he know about the future?
Elsewhere, in the Star Luo Empire.
Zhu Zhuqing was cultivating when a diary suddenly appeared out of thin air before her.
Zhu Zhuqing looked around warily. Only after confirming that no one was there did she pick up the diary.
When she saw its contents, an expression appeared on her icy face for the first time.
"Chen Mo... he says he joined forces with Dugu Bo to deal with Tang Hao?"
Zhu Zhuqing murmured to herself, "And he says I'll be his in the future?"
Just what was the background of this person called Chen Mo?
He actually dared to go against the Clear Sky Douluo?
For the first time, six-year-old Zhu Zhuqing, who had only just awakened her Martial Soul, felt an intense curiosity about an unfamiliar man in her young heart.