Dai Tianfeng arrived at the entrance to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and took out the token Dugu Bo had given him.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy was not open to outsiders and operated under closed management.
Under normal circumstances, only enrolled students and academy staff were allowed through.
But for certain privileged people, the rule might as well not have existed.
With Dugu Bo's token, Dai Tianfeng naturally enjoyed that privilege too.
Just then, two girls walked out side by side.
One wore a tight blue leather dress. She had short, dark purple hair and a pair of green eyes with a faintly eerie look. Her features were bewitching, with a hint of valiance.
The other wore a magnificent black gown, her long blue hair cascading down her back like a waterfall. Her exquisitely beautiful face was cold and aloof.
Wherever they went, countless people cast looks of admiration and fear their way.
"Yanyan, are you feeling better now?"
"Mm, I'm completely fine already!"
"Don't worry, Yanyan! My mother will definitely have a way!"
"Lingling, is that really necessary? There's nothing wrong with me anymore!"
"How can we leave it at that? Let my mother take a look at you!"
As they spoke, Dugu Yan happened to see the token Dai Tianfeng had taken out, and her expression changed at once.
"What is it?"
Ye Lingling followed her gaze. "Yanyan, do you know that little fellow?"
"No."
Dugu Yan shook her head. "That's my grandfather's token. Why is it in his hand?"
"Could this little boy be some relative of yours?" Ye Lingling asked, struck by a sudden thought.
"Probably... not!"
Dugu Yan sounded somewhat uncertain herself. "Grandpa said there were no other members left in our Jade Phosphorous Serpent lineage!"
"Let's go ask him and find out."
As she spoke, Dugu Yan had already stepped toward Dai Tianfeng.
Dai Tianfeng noticed the two girls as well and recognized them at a glance.
But why did Dugu Yan look as though she had come to demand an explanation?
This should have been their first meeting.
"Little brat, where did you get that token?" Dugu Yan asked bluntly.
"A senior gave it to me!"
Hearing her question, Dai Tianfeng understood at once and waved the token in his hand.
As for the words "little brat," he simply ignored them.
"You're lying! My grandfather is a recluse. He couldn't possibly have any friends."
Dugu Yan retorted, "I bet you stole it."
"Big sis, I'm only a one-ring Soul Grandmaster. How could I possibly have the strength to steal something from a Titled Douluo?"
Dai Tianfeng rolled his eyes and looked at Dugu Yan as though she were an idiot.
Dugu Yan's face flushed slightly.
He had a point, but he didn't have to say it so bluntly!
They were out in public. Didn't she have any face to save?
And what was with that look?
She had to teach this little brat a lesson!
Besides, she had to get to the bottom of what was going on with her grandfather's token.
With that thought, Dugu Yan waved her slender hand.
A cloud of dark green poison powder flew toward Dai Tianfeng.
Her Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, and her grandfather was Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, so she was naturally well versed in the art of poison.
This dark green powder was a poison she had developed herself.
It had little killing power, but it could leave a person weak all over and unable to move.
"Three, two, one..."
Dugu Yan folded her arms, the corners of her lips curling upward.
"Kid, be good and tell me where you got that token, or I'll make sure you can't move for the rest of your life!"
Dai Tianfeng: "..."
Was there something wrong with Dugu Yan's head?
"Yanyan, it doesn't look like he's been poisoned," Ye Lingling reminded her quietly.
As one of Dugu Yan's few close friends, she naturally knew the poison powder was harmless.
Several young noblemen who had once approached Dugu Yan had been so frightened by this move that they instinctively gave her a three-foot berth whenever they saw her.
"How is that possible? Even a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster would fall victim to it. How could a mere little brat be completely fine?"
Dugu Yan went on talking to herself.
Dai Tianfeng sprang up.
Smack!
The next moment, Dugu Yan received a hard slap on the bottom.
In fact, Dai Tianfeng had wanted to put a dagger to Dugu Yan's neck.
But he was too short, so he had to settle for this inferior option.
It definitely wasn't because he liked spanking girls.
"You slapped... my bottom!"
Dugu Yan's face turned bright red at a visible speed.
It was true that she had a perverse temper, but she was still a girl. Having her bottom slapped in public, and by a little brat at that, naturally left her deeply embarrassed.
"You weren't poisoned?!"
Only then did Dugu Yan come to her senses. Looking at Dai Tianfeng, she was full of disbelief. "How is that possible?!"
She had just sworn up and down that there was no way this little brat could escape its effects.
Now she had been slapped in the face!
She had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it!
It was a spectacular crash and burn!
"If you weren't Dugu Bo's granddaughter, you'd be dead already." Still not satisfied, Dai Tianfeng gave her a few more slaps.
If he hadn't absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and gained a body impervious to all poisons, he really might have fallen victim just now.
Nearby, the passing teachers and students were all dumbstruck.
At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, there were three people one must not provoke.
Dugu Yan, granddaughter of Poison Douluo Dugu Bo; Ye Lingling, inheritor of the Nine Heart Begonia; and Yu Tianheng of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Of the three, Dugu Yan was the one to avoid most.
After all, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's fearsome reputation was widely known.
Moreover, he left no loose ends when he acted, always cutting the grass and pulling up the roots, and he didn't mind the strong bullying the weak.
No Soul Master wanted to deal with him.
Even those who did were mostly afraid of him.
And now someone actually dared to bully his granddaughter in public!
How was that any different from courting death?
"I'm going to kill you!"
When had Dugu Yan ever suffered such humiliation?
Martial Soul Possession!
Her green eyes, already faintly eerie, instantly narrowed into bewitching serpent pupils. Jade-green scales appeared faintly below her neck, and two sharp fangs protruded from her red lips.
Just then, Dugu Yan's face suddenly went pale.
Her Martial Soul Possession ended in an instant.
She nearly collapsed to the ground.
"Yanyan!" Ye Lingling immediately caught Dugu Yan.
Seeing this, Dai Tianfeng raised an eyebrow slightly.
He hadn't expected such a coincidence: the deadly poison in Dugu Yan's body had chosen this moment to flare up.
"I'm fine," Dugu Yan said, shaking her head weakly.
"I'll take you to my mother right away!" Ye Lingling's face was full of anxiety.
"But Grandpa's token..." Dugu Yan's face was full of unwillingness.
"Yanyan, your health comes first!" Ye Lingling said urgently.
"Sorry to interrupt, but she's been poisoned. No matter how high a healing-type Soul Master's Soul Power is, they can only provide temporary relief. They can't expel the poison, much less resolve the source."
After pondering for a moment, Dai Tianfeng spoke slowly.
This was an excellent opportunity to raise both girls' favorability toward him.
Of course, his main target was Ye Lingling; Dugu Yan was only incidental.