"Since you've chosen me to treat you, you must listen to the doctor. If I tell you to go east, you absolutely cannot go west, understand?" Qi Ling said.
Dugu Bo said helplessly, "You brat, do you think I, Dugu Bo, am the kind of person who doesn't know what's important? Just tell me how you want to treat me."
"Alright, in the spirit of being responsible to the patient, this divine doctor has prepared three treatment options for you. It's up to you which one you choose!" Qi Ling said with a smile.
"The first method can remove 100% of the toxins from your body, and prevent recurrence. It can also completely relieve your pain, leaving you feeling refreshed and free of toxins!"
"Oh? It actually has such an effect? Then I will naturally choose..." Dugu Bo was about to speak when Qi Ling interrupted him.
"Let me finish. This treatment method uses the rare medicinal herbs here to neutralize the poison in your body! There are many kinds of herbs here, and I can find at least three combinations that can achieve this effect for you."
"However, while neutralizing the toxins throughout your body, your entire poison-based martial arts will also be neutralized! In other words, your astonishing cultivation will vanish into nothingness. Are you willing to bear such consequences?"
"This..." Dugu Bo hesitated. Asking a Titled Douluo to give up all his cultivation was simply impossible. "Then what is the second option?"
"The second effect will be much less effective. It can clear about 70% of the toxins from your body, and it will only alleviate your various pains. Moreover, it will take about six months to achieve the desired effect," Qi Ling said. "However, the advantage is that your internal energy will not be damaged in the slightest."
"Hmm, if that's the case, it's acceptable," Dugu Bo pondered. "Then what is the treatment method?"
"It's simple. The reason you were harmed by the poison's backlash is simply because your Martial Soul is Beast Martial Soul. The toxins have nowhere to reside, so they accumulate in your body and cause illness!"
"What we need to do is find a place for your toxins to reside, which means finding a Soul Bone and forcing all the toxins in your body into the Soul Bone! In this way, it will not damage your poison skills, and it can also solve your illness!"
Dugu Bo hesitated, then said, "Hmm, that sounds reasonable enough. I'm already quite satisfied with what they've accomplished! In that case, I'll choose this..."
"Oh, old people shouldn't be so impatient. I haven't even finished explaining the third option yet!" Qi Ling said with a smile.
"I'm confident that this third option can remove over 95% of the toxins from your body and completely cure your ailments. It will also take much less time—less than two months!"
"More importantly, this plan will not only not weaken your strength, but will also bring tremendous benefits! Conservatively speaking, it can increase your Soul Power by at least two levels within three years!"
Hearing Qi Ling's words, not only Dugu Bo, but even Tang San standing to the side was surprised! He could have thought of the first two methods, but he had never imagined that the third method could achieve such an effect.
"Sigh, Xiao San, your expertise is in poisoning, and your ability to save lives is merely a matter of working backward from toxicology. You don't quite understand many of the key aspects of saving lives," Qi Ling said. "My method will definitely achieve the effect I described."
"Since that's the case, then I will naturally choose the third method! What's the point of discussing your first two methods? Are you just trying to make fun of me?" Dugu Bo said, frowning.
"How could that be, Senior Dugu? How could I dare!" Qi Ling laughed. "Since you've made your choice, Senior, let's not delay and begin the treatment immediately!"
"This third method is actually based on the same principle as the second one; both aim to force the toxins into the Soul Bone. The only difference is the process."
As Qi Ling spoke, she took out a huge boiler, taller than a person, from her Infinite Space, and said, "Senior, please look, these are the tools we need for treatment."
Dugu Bo examined the enormous boiler before him. Although he didn't know where the kid had hidden it, there were too many surprising things about him, so this was nothing compared to what he had done to it.
"You've prepared such a big pot, are you going to brew medicinal herbs or stew Soul Beast?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled.
"No, that's not it. What I want to cook is..." Qi Ling said with a smile, "Senior, you are so kind!"
"Me?!" Dugu Bo was immediately startled. What was wrong with this kid? He actually wanted to boil him?
"That's right! It's you, Senior!" Qi Ling explained calmly, "I will prepare a special medicine for you, Senior, and then you will be boiled with these medicines. After forty-nine days, you will achieve the effect I described!"
"Of course, please rest assured about safety, senior. There's absolutely no problem! After all, with the strength of Titled Douluo, you can treat it like soaking in a hot spring."
Dugu Bo's expression was incredibly complex. After all, being boiled in a pot was something he had never experienced before, let alone heard of!
"Are you sure there won't be any danger?" Dugu Bo asked, still worried.
"Of course, there's absolutely no danger!" Qi Ling assured her.
"No, I can't trust you!" Dugu Bo said, summoning his poison pearl from his body, and then said to Qi Ling, "Eat this. My old life may not be worth much, but I still want to live a couple more years!"
Qi Ling looked at the emerald green bead in front of her and said with disgust, "You expect me to swallow it after you spit it out? That's disgusting. And old man, do you have some kind of disease? What if you harm me? Who can I complain to?"
Dugu Bo said irritably, "This is the elixir formed by my Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. You could say half my strength is contained within this bead. If I die, it will explode, and even Titled Douluo won't be able to save you!"
"But don't worry, as long as I'm alright, this thing will only benefit you, it will greatly promote the condensation of your Soul Power! Once I'm out, I'll guide it out again."
Helpless, Qi Ling reluctantly swallowed the bead, then said to Dugu Bo, "Is this alright? If it is, I'll start preparing the medicine! Old man, you can come back tomorrow!"
Dugu Bo snorted coldly and said, "Then I will come again tomorrow!" After saying that, he leaped up and disappeared into the forest once more.
"Alright, Xiao San, let's hurry up and get started. There are many herbs here, but it will take some effort to find them all," Qi Ling instructed Tang San.
"After all, what we're about to do is something no one would dare to even dream of: stewing Douluo in an iron pot! Haha!"