The Dugu Family's Allegiance, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud

Faced with an angry Flender, Yu Xiaogang's first thought was not to calm him down, but to instinctively blame Tang San.

"What could I have done?! Every last one of you looks down on me because I can't break through level thirty, and none of you listen to my advice!"

"If Tang San had listened to me and given up that bullshit life route, even if he couldn't have beaten Yang Xingchen, he wouldn't have had to use the Clear Sky Hammer!"

"Xiaogang, could you stop losing your temper whenever something involves Tang San? Let's discuss this properly."

After Yu Xiaogang shouted at him, Flender regained some of his composure.

As a Soul Saint, he had been through plenty, and he would not completely lose his head over something like this.

"Oh, so you also think I'm picking on Tang San instead of teaching him! Do you know who I am? I'm Tang San's teacher!"

Hearing Flender say he was losing his temper because of Tang San made Yu Xiaogang, whose emotions were already running high, even angrier.

"As his teacher, I'm free to scold him or praise him as I please. It's not your place as an outsider to criticize me!"

"Besides, this was his fault in the first place. How many times have I told him to pay attention and not be careless?!"

"Yes, teacher! This was indeed your disciple's mistake. I shouldn't have disobeyed you!"

Tang San, who was limping back with Dai Mubai's support, pulled free of his hand when he heard this and limped over to Yu Xiaogang to apologize.

"Hmph, good that you know. Pay attention, or you'll be severely punished if there's a next time!"

Seeing the injured Tang San apologize to him, Yu Xiaogang had intended to ask about his injuries, but when he thought of what he had just said, he no longer dared to stay.

After delivering that stern warning, Yu Xiaogang slunk away in front of everyone.

Dai Mubai had not expected Yu Xiaogang to say such things to the injured Tang San instead of comforting him, and the thought of hitting Yu Xiaogang immediately crossed his mind.

Oscar was the first to notice that something was wrong with Dai Mubai's expression. He immediately held him back and whispered something to him.

Only then did Dai Mubai's expression improve a little, though the others looked no better.

Ning Rongrong in particular was almost indifferent to Yu Xiaogang scolding Tang San, but that did not mean she liked this kind of teaching environment.

Once again, Ning Rongrong found herself thinking of leaving Shrek Academy and returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Meanwhile, Dugu Bo was emphasizing the precautions Dugu Yan needed to take when forming her Poison Core.

"In a moment, Yan'er, don't resist when you form your Poison Core. Grandpa needs to inject a strand of poison into your body first to act as a catalyst."

"With that catalyst, when you take this hundred-year-old Soul Severing Grass, its poison will stay put in your dantian instead of running wild."

Sitting behind Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo stressed this to her with a solemn expression.

Although the Soul Severing Grass in Dugu Yan's hand was only a hundred years old, its potency was enough to poison an eight-thousand-year-old Soul Beast to death!

"Mm, Grandpa, go ahead. I can endure it!"

Ever since learning that her grandfather had used a Poison Core to solve his poison problem, Dugu Yan had naturally been looking forward to this day.

Once he knew Dugu Yan was ready, Dugu Bo wasted no more words. He activated his Poison Core and injected a strand of poison into her body.

The moment the poison entered her, Dugu Yan felt as though thousands upon thousands of ants were crawling inside her body. An intense itch filled every limb and bone.

"Now, Yan'er, take the Soul Severing Grass! Yang, boy, use your Ultimate Ice!"

Sensing the poison enter Dugu Yan's dantian, Dugu Bo immediately told her to take the poison and had Yang Xingchen use his Ultimate Ice to slow its effects.

Seeing Dugu Yan swallow the Soul Severing Grass in one gulp, Yang Xingchen hesitated no longer and immediately unleashed Emperor Cold Heaven: Snow Dance Shining Sun.

The moment the Ultimate Ice appeared, the surrounding walls were covered in frost, and the hot water in a cup froze solid in an instant.

Just as Dugu Bo had expected, with Yang Xingchen's Ultimate Ice suppressing it, the Soul Severing Grass Dugu Yan had taken released its poison at less than half its usual speed!

"Yan'er, while you have the chance, circulate the Soul Power in your body according to the method I gave you, and make it merge with the poison in your dantian."

"Once the poison fused with your Soul Power takes up a fifth of your dantian, the Soul Severing Grass's poison will be drawn into it."

Afraid that Dugu Yan might forget the next steps in her nervousness, Dugu Bo hurriedly reminded her.

But Soul Severing Grass was called that precisely because its poison made one feel as though their soul were being torn apart, so Dugu Yan certainly could not be feeling well right now.

Waves of piercing pain struck her, and before long, sweat beaded on her forehead and soaked her back.

Just as Dugu Yan's mind began to grow hazy, she seemed to see her father standing before her. He said little, merely reaching out to pat her shoulder as he had when encouraging her as a child.

With her father's encouragement, Dugu Yan immediately came to her senses and controlled her Soul Power, actively merging it with the poison in her dantian.

Early the next morning.

"Yang, boy, thank you for giving this old man the Poison Core Method. Otherwise, even with another ten years, I might not have found a better way to counter the poison."

After tucking Dugu Yan in, Dugu Bo walked out of the room alongside Yang Xingchen.

After working at it all night, Dugu Yan had finally succeeded in forming a Poison Core of her own with Dugu Bo and Yang Xingchen's help.

Dugu Bo had spent his life trying to deal with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison that clung to him like maggots to bone, yet even after his son had died when the poison flared up, he had found no workable solution.

"Eh? Poison Douluo, why are you suddenly saying something so sentimental? Besides, didn't we agree that you'd give me the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and I'd give you the Poison Core Method?"

Seeing Dugu Bo, who was usually so irreverent, suddenly act this way, Yang Xingchen felt goosebumps rise on his skin.

"That's because you know the medicinal herbs in there! For someone like me who can't recognize their value, occupying the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was like sitting on a mountain of gold while begging for food."

Dugu Bo naturally understood the principle that their exchange had settled the debt, but at the time, he had not known what the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was good for.

"Therefore, I've made up my mind. From now on, my family and I will follow you until the day you no longer need me!"

By now, Dugu Bo understood that he had long since stepped aboard Yang Xingchen's pirate ship. Yang Xingchen simply had not said so, and neither had he.

Saying this to Yang Xingchen now was merely Dugu Bo's way of bringing their relationship fully into the open.

"I thought you were already in my camp, Poison Douluo. So I was imagining things all along. What a waste of my sincere feelings! You need to compensate me!"

Looking at Yang Xingchen, who seemed possessed by a drama spirit, Dugu Bo could not help rolling his eyes. He said helplessly:

"I knew you wouldn't rest until you'd gotten something out of me, boy. Go on, what do you want this time?"

At that, Yang Xingchen's chest immediately stopped hurting, and his spirits returned. He straightened up and began counting things off on his fingers:

"I want a hundred skewers of candied hawthorn, three balls woven from bamboo..."

"Young master, is there really any point in going to all this trouble to steal something when you don't even know what it does?"

Snake Lance Douluo, the purple on his face finally gone, looked at Qian Renxue as she played with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and asked in some puzzlement.