Chapter 17 Figuring out how to discard someone after they've served their purpose
"He really inherited the ultimate ice technique? That's fantastic!"
As Dugu Bo was marveling at this, Dugu Lin said, "Grandpa, let's test whether my blood can help you detoxify!"
"Good!"
He cut his finger and took out a drop of blood.
The blood was carried by the soul power and floated to Dugu Bo's face. Dugu Bo swallowed it without hesitation.
The next moment, he felt the toxins in his flesh and blood, which had been corroded by the venom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent for decades, gradually dissipating!
"Phew~ It really works!"
After the test proved effective, Dugu Bo quickly refined the drop of blood, and a portion of the toxins in his body were actually removed.
Dugu Lin asked expectantly, "Grandpa, how is it?"
Dugu Bo said, "Directly removing the toxins from the body would be a waste. If we follow your suggestion, using your blood as a guide to force the toxins into the soul bone would be the best approach."
How much blood is needed?
"To force the toxin into the soul bone, a maximum of fifty drops are needed."
As Dugu Bo answered, his eyes narrowed, a crazed killing intent surging within his slightly trembling pupils! He couldn't help but grit his teeth inwardly, thinking, 'Just as Sun Tzu said, that beast Tang San really did deceive me for a lifetime with just a few drops of blood! Tang San, I swear I will not rest until I kill you!'
Dugu Bo once again made a note of Tang San in his notebook, thinking about how to deal with him in the future. Putting everything else aside, those who use poison have so many methods, and those who die from poisoning suffer terribly! It's cruel!
Seeing that Dugu Bo's aura was starting to stir again, Dugu Lin immediately knew what Dugu Bo was thinking.
"Grandpa, take a deep breath! Come on, follow me, inhale exhale"
"Inhale Exhale"
After calming down, Dugu Bo glared at his grandson with annoyance and said, "Now that you have finished absorbing the Immortal Herb, come back with me. I'm afraid Qian Renxue is getting impatient."
"Grandpa, I'll cultivate here for a while."
Aren't you going back?
"Hmm, my soul power fluctuations are still quite obvious. Qian Renxue is always protected by two Title Douluos. If I appear in front of them, I'm afraid I'll be exposed immediately."
"Okay, then you stay here and don't wander off."
These days, Dugu Lin talked a lot with Dugu Bo.
He had said that after refining the Eight-Cornered Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Blossom, nothing in the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes could pose a danger to him. Therefore, Dugu Bo allowed him to remain in the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes.
The next morning, Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City.
After wandering around the medicine garden, Dugu Lin couldn't stop thinking about alchemy!
Aside from the various installments of the Douluo Continent series, elixirs appear only a handful of times. In the first Douluo Continent storyline, the most frequent appearance was as a medicinal bath. The concept of elixirs didn't officially emerge until the second Douluo Continent series.
Even Tang San, a reincarnated person, can only make pills at this stage.
Ultimately, it's highly likely that everyone in the Douluo Continent believes that relying on external objects to enhance soul power is a very unreasonable thing!
Dugu Lin sighed, "My use of medicinal herbs is really rudimentary! I wonder if I have any talent for alchemy..."
If he could refine all the Immortal Herbs and rare spiritual medicines in the entire Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes into pills... Just thinking about it made Dugu Lin feel a little thirsty.
However, the key issue is that there is no alchemy in the Douluo Continent.
Only the Broken Clan could refine some medicinal herbs into pills, touching the edge of alchemy. But they were still a long way from true alchemy.
Dugu Lin summoned the Jade Phosphor Serpent and sat cross-legged with it by the cold pool of the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes, meditating and planning for the future.
Then... the Jade Phosphor Serpent fell asleep after meditating for less than half an hour.
While meditating and cultivating, Dugu Lin pondered the likelihood of using the Beautiful Silk Tulip to subdue Yang Wudi.
However, considering the overall interests of the four single-attribute families, Dugu Lin concluded that the possibility of subduing Yang Wudi would be very low!
The four single-attribute clans banded together for mutual support, acting as a unified whole!
Dugu Lin didn't have much prejudice against the four single-attribute clans, not even against the Titans of the Strength Clan. This was because in ancient society, loyal servants like the Titans of the Strength Clan were everywhere. Bowing down in worship was commonplace.
Of course!
The premise of no prejudice is that the four clans with single attributes should not act as Tang San's lapdogs as in the original work.
Therefore, the loyal servant clan and the maternal uncle clan have already chosen a path to their demise. Since these two clans have already chosen a path to their demise, it is unlikely that the Broken Clan and the Yu clan, as a unified entity, will be so easily subdued.
"However... these things don't seem to affect making Yang Wudi work for me for free for a few years, right?" Dugu Lin's lips curled into a wicked smile as he plotted his 'discarding the millstone after it has served its purpose'. For example, he'd first have Yang Wudi research the alchemy technique, and then if Yang Wudi didn't know what was good for him... hehe~~
On the other side.
As soon as Dugu Bo returned to the Dugu residence, Steward Fu came to report on the events that had occurred in Heaven Dou City over the past two days. The First Prince Xue Qinghe and the Second Prince Xue Luochuan had both sent their visiting cards, but Steward Fu, following his pre-arranged plan, declined all of them.
In the days that followed, Dugu Bo would visit the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes every two days to tell his grandson about the two princes' actions and then discuss how to proceed.
More than ten days passed.
While Dugu Lin was still cultivating at the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes, an auction was held at the Heaven Dou City Auction House, where a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone was reportedly up for auction.
"Ah Fu, have you found out what the highlight item of the auction will be?"
Butler Fu said respectfully, "Master, we have found out that it is the right arm bone of the eleven thousand-year-old soul beast, the Demonic Saber-toothed Tiger."
"A soul bone with evil attributes?"
Dugu Bo was somewhat dissatisfied with the attributes of this soul bone. However, today was a very good opportunity, an opportunity to meet Qian Renxue.
Soon, the news that Dugu Bo was going to attend the auction was secretly leaked to Xue Qinghe by the butler, Uncle Fu. As for Xue Luochuan, he wasn't the target, so leaking information to him was useless.
Evening.
The auction has begun.
"Senior Dugu, I am Xue Qinghe. May I come in for a chat?"
In a private room at the auction, Dugu Bo heard Xue Qinghe's voice outside the door. A slight smile crept onto his lips as he thought, 'The fish has taken the bait!'
"Your Highness, please come in!"
Accompanied by Serpent Spear Douluo, Xue Qinghe entered the private room.
Dugu Bo saw the Serpent Spear Douluo following behind Xue Qinghe, acting like an ordinary middle-aged butler, without sensing any powerful aura. He thought to himself, "To be able to conceal his entire cultivation level in front of me, he must be at least a high-level Soul Douluo! According to Lin'er, he's probably the Serpent Spear Douluo, one of the two Title Douluos protecting Qian Renxue."
Poison Douluo couldn't detect any signs of poison on the person in front of him, so he guessed that he wasn't the Porcupine Douluo.
[end of the chapter]