Chapter 101: Dugu Bo Arrives
"This... you don't need me to lead the team, right? Can't we just have the academy arrange for a teacher to take them out for some communication?"
When Qin Zhuo heard that he had to work, his first reaction was to refuse. When he took over the Royal Fighting Team, he was thinking about how to be a hands-off boss, so naturally he did not change his original intention at this time.
"I didn't ask you to be the team leader! But as the captain, it would be bad if you didn't follow. What if other academies recognize the Royal Fighting Team but don't recognize you as the captain? What if they come to the Imperial Capital to make trouble?"
Qian Renxue smiled softly, clearly not wanting Qin Zhuo to have a good rest here.
"Alright! Follow me if you want! But, Your Highness, can you give me some protection? I don't want to have to deal with everything myself if something goes wrong. It's very annoying."
Qin Zhuo sighed and said, just treat it as a public-funded trip, it would be nice to go out for a walk.
Qian Renxue did not refuse Qin Zhuo's request, saying that someone would look for him when they set off, and then left humming a little tune.
Everyone slacks off, but if you do it for too long, people will gossip about you.
After the prince left, the atmosphere in the courtyard immediately became much more relaxed. Of course, this only applied to the six members of the Royal Fighting Team. Qin Zhuo naturally didn't feel anything.
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The next day, as soon as Qin Zhuo opened the door, he saw an old man in a green robe standing at the door, who seemed to have been waiting for a while.
"Senior Dugu, why didn't you knock on the door when you arrived? It's really embarrassing for me to have you, a Titled Douluo, standing at the door."
After a moment of hesitation, Qin Zhuo quickly spoke, making an invitation gesture. He thought, "Isn't Dugu Bo too impatient? It's only been a few days! And he's already showing up!"
"I just got here too and was about to knock on the door."
Dugu Bo walked into the courtyard and spoke in a flat tone. Looking at the two lounge chairs in the yard, he was not polite at all and lay down on them directly.
As a Titled Douluo, even Emperor Xue Ye would treat him with courtesy. Being able to show such an approachable attitude in front of Qin Zhuo was already a great honor.
"Senior, you're not here to find me to learn about my little tricks, are you?"
Qin Zhuo lay down on another recliner, took out two cups from the independent space, and poured two cups of tea.
"I'm also very interested in your little trick, but let's talk about it later! You have close contacts with the Crown Prince, so you should know why I'm here."
Dugu Bo ignored the tea and looked at Qin Zhuo and said that although he didn't know much about the young man in front of him, judging from his performance in the Education Commission office last time, he would not be unaware of his needs.
"It's about your martial spirit's innate poison, right? Honestly, I don't know how to explain to you why I'm not afraid of your granddaughter's poison. To my body, toxins and medicinal power are no different; they can both be converted into energy. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
Qin Zhuo also looked directly into Dugu Bo's eyes and spoke in a calm tone that solving the problem of the Green Phosphorus Snake Martial Spirit was not a difficult task for him, and the most critical thing was in his hands now.
If one wants to dissolve the Dugu family's martial spirit poison, Fiery Apricot and Eight-Angled Mysterious Ice Grass are the best herbs. Of course, if Dugu Bo were to take these two herbs directly, his strength as a Titled Douluo would be gone.
But Qin Zhuo is different. The medicinal properties of the two herbs have been neutralized in his body. Taking his blood can get the best solution to the toxin.
After all, Tang San's method is to use his own blood to pry open Dugu Bo's innate poison, and then force the poison into the soul bone to slow down the effect of the poison on the body.
But now that Dugu Bo has come to him on his own initiative, Qin Zhuo will definitely not speak up. Although both sides can make profits, if Dugu Bo speaks first, he can get 300% of the profit, but if he speaks up first, he may only be able to get 100% of the profit.
"So, this is due to a physical condition? Is your body natural or acquired?"
Obviously, Dugu Bo was not satisfied with Qin Zhuo's answer, and he asked with a frown.
"I'd like to be naturally immune to toxins, but that's obviously not going to happen. My poison resistance is naturally acquired through training, but you're old, and the toxins are already tightly bound to you. It's no exaggeration to say you're a poison person. It's impossible to acquire this trait, and the price is too high. Many medicinal herbs are difficult to obtain even for a Titled Douluo. If you want to be like me, it's not realistic."
Qin Zhuo shook his head and smiled, thinking in his mind what kind of order he should write in order to get the greatest benefit from Dugu Bo.
"Medicinal herbs? You used medicinal herbs to gain poison resistance? In other words, your poison resistance was achieved through the effects of drugs! What medicinal herbs did you use?"
Dugu Bo, who was originally a little disappointed, immediately became energetic. If the combination of multiple medicines can form poison resistance properties, then as long as these medicines are blended again, can't it form a prescription that can resist all poisons?
"Senior Dugu, you must think carefully. Even if you can find all the herbs, once you gain the poison resistance trait, I'm afraid your poison skills will be lost. It may even affect your martial soul. After all, your poison comes from your martial soul."
Qin Zhuo reminded him kindly and took a sip of the cold tea in the cup. Dugu Bo, who was still hesitating, saw him like this and understood what this guy meant.
This guy clearly has a way to solve his toxin problem, but he won't tell me and waits for me to ask for it.
Wow! He's worthy of being the one who can talk back and forth with members of the royal family. Isn't his brain really that smart?
"Young friend Qin Zhuo, please don't keep me in suspense. As long as you can solve... no, as long as you can alleviate the pain caused by my martial spirit poison, just tell me directly if you have any requests."
Dugu Bo smiled bitterly and said, to be honest, he hadn't felt so uncomfortable in a long time since he reached the Titled Douluo.
But there was no other way, I had to ask for help! It was fine for me, no matter how painful it was, I had finally gotten through it, but what about my granddaughter? I couldn't just watch her follow her father's path and die from the toxins of her own martial spirit!
"Senior, you're exaggerating. The solution is actually very simple. We just need to find something to store the toxin. To put it simply, the Jade Phosphorus Snake is a beast spirit, and it has a common connection with the spirit master's body. If it were a weapon spirit, the toxin wouldn't appear on the spirit master's body at all. So we just need to store the toxin somewhere where we can call upon it at any time, but where it won't affect the spirit master."
After listening to Qin Zhuo's story, Dugu Bo frowned again.
I feel like I've heard this method somewhere before!
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