Hearing this, Yue Guan asked curiously, "What method?"
Gui Yuan said, "Dad, Second Dad, didn't I absorb the infernal delicate apricot and octagonal mysterious ice grass?"
"Besides tempering my body with ice and fire, those two immortal herbs also gave me immunity to all poisons."
"And naturally, my blood is also the bane of most poisons."
"What I mean is, if we use my blood as a medicinal catalyst and add some herbs to balance it out, we should be able to refine pills that will help Dugu Bo."
"But are you sure he can be trusted?" Gui Yuan asked again.
Although he also trusted Dugu Bo's character, this was, after all, their first encounter with him.
Yue Guan frowned. To help detoxify Dugu Bo, they would even have to draw Xiao Yuan's blood?
Seeing Yue Guan's concern, Gui Yuan said, "Dad, we only need a little of my blood as a medicinal catalyst. It won't hurt me."
"If his character is decent, it's worth doing." Gui Yuan paused, then said, "Besides, we want the immortal herbs and spirit herbs here too, don't we?"
"We actually only have two choices right now. One is to help detoxify him and recruit him, making him our ally. He doesn't necessarily have to join Spirit Hall right now."
"After all, you said he values debts of gratitude. If we save him but never breathe a word about joining Spirit Hall, he'll know what to do later."
"The second is to kill him to silence him. After all, there are so many rare and wondrous herbs in this medicinal garden. We can't just give them up because we discovered them after Dugu Bo, can we?"
Yue Guan pondered for a moment.
To be honest, he did not really want to choose the second option.
Because if he truly wanted to kill Dugu Bo, with his Level 95 cultivation, killing someone at Level 91 would be extremely easy.
There would have been no need to fight him for so long.
"All right, then. But give your blood to me. You mustn't let anyone else know your blood can neutralize poison, or you'll be in danger. Understand?" Yue Guan looked solemn.
Gui Yuan murmured his agreement twice, took out a small jade bottle, and began drawing his blood.
Before long, the jade bottle was almost full, and the wound was nearly healed as well.
With his indestructible vajra body constitution and having undergone Ice and Fire Body Tempering, Gui Yuan's powers of recovery were astonishing now.
"Oh, right," Gui Yuan said. "Dad, Second Dad, there's a second matter. Don't absorb your immortal herbs yet. It would be best to wait six months or a year after returning to Spirit Hall."
"Because there's a good chance you'll break through after absorbing the immortal herbs, right? How will you explain it if Teacher notices?"
Yue Guan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said evenly, "Are you planning to... keep this place for ourselves rather than hand it over to Spirit Hall?"
Gui Yuan nodded quite openly. "Yes. Even Teacher mustn't know about it."
"Dad, Second Dad, I'm thinking of our family here. I know you're both very loyal to Spirit Hall."
"But there are so many immortal herbs and spirit herbs here. Once we hand this place over to Spirit Hall, we'll have no further part in it."
"It's not that I'm unwilling to share these immortal herbs with Teacher or Senior Sister and the others, but I once heard you mention... Teacher seems to have a first love, doesn't she?"
At this, Yue Guan's and Gui Mei's expressions shifted slightly.
Yue Guan hurriedly said, "Xiao Yuan, remember this: that subject is taboo to His Holiness the Pope. Even though you're her disciple now, you mustn't mention it. Understand?"
Gui Yuan said calmly, "Of course I know. In this world, Dad and Second Dad are the only people I can trust without reservation."
"I know neither of you would ever hurt me. As for Teacher... honestly, I don't have much affection for her at present, because ever since I was little, I've seen that she doesn't really favor either of you."
"You haven't told me the exact reason, but I can see it all."
Yue Guan smiled bitterly and tapped Gui Yuan lightly on the head. "You little brat, you really are perceptive."
"The two of us... aren't particularly favored by His Holiness the Pope, for certain reasons. Once you're stronger, you'll learn why."
Gui Mei said evenly, "It doesn't matter if we're out of favor. But Xiao Yuan, you have the talent of twin martial souls, and your future achievements are limitless. Besides, His Holiness the Pope took the initiative to accept you as her disciple. She probably won't treat you poorly in the future."
Gui Yuan said, "Then why don't we wait until Teacher treats me well and can offer a treasure equal in value to an immortal herb before we consider giving her one?"
"But we can't do that now. If Teacher learns about this place, might she take an immortal herb specifically to give to that person?"
Although he said that, Gui Yuan was really just running his mouth. With Bibi Dong's cultivation, she had no need for immortal herbs at all.
Besides, Gui Yuan genuinely feared Bibi Dong would give an immortal herb to Yu Xiaogang when the time came, so it was better to conceal this outright.
Yue Guan thought for a moment. "Yes, you do have a point. Immortal herbs are so precious. If His Holiness the Pope really ended up giving one to that useless Yu Xiaogang, it would truly be a wanton waste of heaven's treasures."
Hearing this, Gui Yuan smiled knowingly. His dad and second dad were still on his side, and he felt fortunate.
Still, he had probably also hit the nail on the head.
At present, Bibi Dong only placed the two of them in important roles because of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Two-Level Stillness Domain.
It was also because, despite being the Pope, Bibi Dong could not currently command many Titled Douluo. She was short-handed, so Yue Guan and Gui Mei were very important tools.
Unless their cultivation reached the Level 96 Super Douluo rank, allowing them to enter the Worship Hall, their status would remain as it was.
There was no helping it. They had previously belonged to Qian Xunji's faction, after all.
Because of Qian Xunji's actions, Qian Daoliu felt guilty toward Bibi Dong, so naturally he would not concern himself with Yue Guan and Gui Mei either.
Once they had reached an agreement, Dugu Bo woke up.
Dugu Bo looked at the two of them... no, the three of them, his gaze full of wariness.
"Chrysanthemum Guan, who's that child?"
He had not seen anyone like that earlier.
Yue Guan said evenly, "He's my and Old Ghost's 'son.'"
Dugu Bo: ???
Dugu Bo wondered whether something was wrong with his ears. What had he just heard?
"You're saying he's your and Gui Mei's son?" Dugu Bo looked incredulous. "Wait, did Gui Mei really ** you?"
"You're both men! How could you have a child?!!"
"Old Poison, do you even know how to speak? You're the one who got fucking **." Yue Guan nearly choked, veins bulging on his forehead. "He's our adopted son! What are you thinking?!"
"Old Poison, have you been badly poisoned?"
Dugu Bo remained stubborn. "You're overthinking it. I was merely researching a poison and accidentally poisoned myself. I only just suppressed it."
Yue Guan could not help mocking him. "Heh, who are you trying to fool, a ghost?"
Gui Mei: ...