"Oh? Poison Douluo Dugu Bo sent a formal invitation, wanting to spar with me?"
On this day, Yun Chuan was leisurely feeding fish in the garden pavilion of his Blue Silver King Mansion when a servant suddenly delivered an invitation. Upon opening it, he was immediately somewhat surprised.
"I'm not familiar with that old poison user, am I? Why does this old poison user suddenly want to spar with me for no reason? This is too strange." Yun Chuan furrowed his brow, feeling that Dugu Bo's actions were rather odd. Yet he couldn't understand why he would do this.
This question lingered until night, when Qian Renxue quietly arrived at the Blue Silver King Mansion after restoring her true form. Only then did Yun Chuan get an answer—and the answer left him somewhat dumbfounded.
"What? That old emperor doesn't trust my strength and wants to test me, so he called on Dugu Bo under the pretense of sparring to probe my abilities?" When Yun Chuan learned from Qian Renxue why Dugu Bo had sent the invitation, he was simultaneously enlightened and speechless.
As expected… it was still because the reputation of Blue Silver Grass as a 'waste martial soul' was far too widespread. As a result, even a full-fledged Title Douluo doesn't receive much respect.
At present, the Tian Dou Empire had not yet officially announced his appointment as the Blue Silver King or his status as Protector Offering. It was merely a verbal promise from the Snow Night Emperor, meaning there was still a chance to retract it. The one who proposed sending Dugu Bo to test his strength was none other than the Snow Night Emperor's younger brother, Prince Xue Xing.
This old fellow questioned Yun Chuan's strength as the Blue Silver Douluo, claiming that even if the supposedly useless Blue Silver Grass became a Title Douluo, it might not even be able to defeat regular Douluos. So, to be safe, they needed to test the strength of this Blue Silver Douluo.
The Snow Night Emperor agreed wholeheartedly, finding the reasoning sound. After all, the importance of a martial soul for a soul master is self-evident. Even if two soul masters are the same level, one with a higher-tier martial soul can easily defeat one with a lower-tier martial soul. And Blue Silver Grass… a world-famous 'useless martial soul.' Even though becoming a Title Douluo was extremely rare, that only made things more uncertain.
This Blue Silver Douluo might have a combat power far inferior to a true Title Douluo—perhaps even weaker than regular Douluos.
If that were the case, then going all out to secure a Title Douluo with combat power equivalent to a regular Douluo, while also giving the national treasure, honoring him as Protector Offering, and bestowing a foreign royal title, would be nothing short of a joke.
Thinking of this, the Snow Night Emperor quickly asked Prince Xue Xing if there was a method to verify this Blue Silver Douluo's strength.
Prince Xue Xing straightforwardly replied that Poison Douluo Dugu Bo owed him a favor, and he could use this favor to call Dugu Bo out, inviting the Blue Silver Douluo to spar.
If the Blue Silver Douluo's strength met expectations, then everyone would be pleased.
But if Dugu Bo's test revealed that the combat power fell far short of the Title Douluo standard, then Dugu Bo could conveniently kill him during the spar!
In that case, not only could they reclaim the national treasure, but the royal family would incur no loss, and there would be no embarrassment caused by recruiting a Title Douluo weaker than even a regular Douluo.
After hearing Prince Xue Xing's plan, the Snow Night Emperor smiled faintly, stroked his beard, and praised how thoughtful the plan was, showing no psychological burden at all over possibly killing a Title Douluo he had conversed with just a few days prior.
The minds of these nobles really are dark! Especially those in the royal family—they had mastered ruthlessness and shamelessness to the extreme!
"How's it going? Dugu Bo, are you confident? His poison isn't simple," Qian Renxue said, showing some concern. "Should I ask elders Stich, Porcupine, and Snake Spear to secretly take care of Dugu Bo?"
Although Yun Chuan was now a Title Douluo, Qian Renxue still didn't have a true sense of his power, having never seen him fight at full strength. Naturally, she couldn't help worrying.
"No need, just a mere Dugu Bo. Coincidentally, I've been meaning to deal with him recently anyway, so I'll handle it along with this," Yun Chuan said casually. Even if Dugu Bo didn't come for him, he would eventually seek Dugu Bo out. After all, he had long been coveting Dugu Bo's Ice-Fire Eyes. He was curious what benefits he might gain after absorbing the celestial herbs.
Moreover, this land, rich in celestial herbs, was excellent for the development of the Spirit Hall. It could be used to cultivate loyal experts. Additionally, although Hu Liena worked hard, her natural talent was somewhat lacking. If celestial herbs could compensate, Yun Chuan thought of Spirit Hall's Hu Liena—if her talent could be improved with celestial herbs, she could truly attain a godly level!
Even Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue could benefit greatly, provided the celestial herbs were suitable. Of course, this required the right herbs, since consuming herbs indiscriminately could cause serious consequences if they didn't match the user.
However, Yun Chuan wasn't worried about that, because he was confident he recognized most of the celestial herbs around the Ice-Fire Two Eyes. After all, in the Spirit Hall there was also a Douluo whose martial soul was a mid-grade celestial herb, Jü Douluo. His family, being a celestial herb lineage, knew far more about herbs than Tang San, and Yun Chuan felt even Tang San likely wasn't as knowledgeable about celestial herbs as Jü Douluo.
After all, these herbs were native to this world. In Tang San's previous life, some knowledge about this world's celestial herbs was already absurd. Being more knowledgeable than a native herb family would be utterly impossible.
Over the years, Yun Chuan naturally had not wasted his time in the Spirit Hall. As a transmigrator who had read the original story, he had long coveted the celestial herbs that helped the original protagonists ascend to godhood. His desire for these herbs was not recent.
So he had persistently learned herb knowledge from Jü Douluo, who shared it without reservation. Even though this knowledge had been passed down in his family for generations, in Yun Chuan's view, celestial herbs were rare and legendary. Even a lifetime of searching might not find a single one, raising doubts about whether they even existed.
Thus, knowledge about celestial herbs was like a double-edged sword: valuable but useless in practice. Yun Chuan never took it too seriously. He never imagined that such a treasure trove of herbs existed in this world.
Unaware Dugu Bo guarded the treasure mountain without knowing the value of the herbs, while the knowledgeable Jü Douluo had sought a single herb in vain. Indeed, the world is truly strange.
"Once I get the Ice-Fire Two Eyes, I'll pick a Qi Rong Tong Tian Chrysanthemum for Elder Jü as thanks for teaching me about these herbs," Yun Chuan thought. He had always been generous to his own people. Moreover, letting the countless celestial herbs at Ice-Fire Two Eyes rot would be too wasteful.
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