A wave of immense grief and emotion surged through Dugu Yan's heart, but more than that, it was an unwillingness to accept fate!
Why?
Why must our Dugu family be born carrying such a curse?
Why am I destined to be short-lived?
"No! I refuse to accept this fate!"
Dugu Yan suddenly clenched her fists, her nails digging deeply into her palms.
"Since Dante could write these things in the diary, he must know the method to detoxify it!"
"Whether it's the attack system or the control system, as long as I can live, as long as I can become stronger, I am willing to try!"
And just as Dugu Yan was caught up in her inner drama.
The 'Anonymous Diary Chat Group,' which had been silent all morning, exploded again because of Dante's diary!
[Irritable Pig Farmer: @I Want to Live Past Thirty, I was wondering why your nickname was so strange, turns out it's because you're poisoned?]
[Irritable Pig Farmer: But Dante is right, suppressing one's talent just to survive is indeed a last resort.]
[I Really Dont Have A Preference For Men: Tsk tsk, this old man Dugu Bo is also miserable. A dignified Titled Douluo, yet he can't even protect his granddaughter.]
[I Really Dont Have A Preference For Men: @I Want to Live Past Thirty, it seems Dante is your only hope, hurry up and cling to his leg.]
[Supreme Pontiff: Dugu Yan, since your identity is exposed, this Seat might as well tell you the truth.]
[Supreme Pontiff: Your Green Phosphorus Snake Poison backlash is indeed a dead end.]
[Supreme Pontiff: Over the past few years, Spirit Hall has sent people to recruit your grandfather Dugu Bo several times. If he were willing to join, this Seat naturally would have a way to save his life, and even yours.]
[Supreme Pontiff: Unfortunately, your grandfather is stubborn and insisted on refusing Spirit Hall's good intentions, even going so far as to become a Guest Elder for the Tian Dou Royal Family.]
[Supreme Pontiff: Since he chose to stand against Spirit Hall, what business is it of mine whether you two live or die? Serves you right!]
Reading the chillingly cold words, Dugu Yan trembled with anger but had no way to refute them.
At this moment, Hu Liena couldn't help but jump in to smooth things over.
[Swear to protect the Pope: That... if all else fails, Dugu Yan, why don't you persuade your grandfather?]
[Swear to protect the Pope: As long as you join Spirit Hall, you are family. The Supreme Pontiff has twin spirits and can perfectly control even a venomous Martial Soul like the Soul Eating Spider Emperor, she must have a way to save you!]
Hu Liena had a blind adoration for her teacher.
In her eyes, there was no problem her teacher couldn't solve.
However, Bibi Dong's subsequent words directly poured a basin of cold water on Dugu Yan.
[Supreme Pontiff: Cannot solve it.]
[Supreme Pontiff: My situation is different from Dugu Bo's. My poison is inherent to my Martial Soul and does not cause self-reversal. Dugu Bo's poison has permeated his bones due to improper cultivation.]
[Supreme Pontiff: However, there is one method.]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: What method?]
[Supreme Pontiff: Heh heh, why should this Seat tell you?]
[Supreme Pontiff: Since your grandfather chose the Heaven Dou Empire, why should this Seat aid the enemy? Wouldn't it be a good thing for Spirit Hall to watch a Titled Douluo from an opposing force perish?]
Bibi Dong curved a cold, beautiful smile on her lips after sending this message.
Although she didn't know Dugu Bo's specific affliction, combining the snippets from Dante's diary with her knowledge of poison-attribute Martial Souls, deducing the "Spirit Bone Toxin Storage Method" wasn't difficult.
If they could find several high-quality Spirit Bones for Dugu Bo, preferably poison-attributed ones, and guide the intrinsic toxin inside him into them.
It would not only cure the poison but also create a terrifyingly powerful 'Mixed Toxin' Spirit Ability.
But the problem was... high-quality Spirit Bones were strategic resources!
Spirit Hall didn't even have enough for themselves, so why should they give one to an outsider?
If the Spirit Bone quality was too low and couldn't withstand the Jade Phosphor Serpent's toxin, it would directly explode the bone, causing him to die violently!
The best solution, actually, was an external Spirit Bone.
But that thing was even rarer than a hundred thousand year spirit ring, where could one find it?
No wonder his poison, despite being strong, had such weak demonstrable power, leading others to mock him as the weakest Titled Douluo on the continent.
Seeing Bibi Dong's resolute attitude, Dugu Yan completely lost hope.
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Hmph! Fine if you won't say it! I don't care!]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: I'll go find Dante! He definitely has a way!]
And just then, Dante's diary did indeed mention a method.
[And to solve this problem, unfortunately, I temporarily have no way, as I don't know how to detoxify.]
Seeing this line, the hope Dugu Yan had just ignited instantly extinguished. She nearly collapsed onto the ground; even Dante had no solution?
However, the next sentence in the diary sent her emotions on another rollercoaster.
[However, although I don't know how to detoxify, I at least know the plot of the original work.]
[There definitely is a solution, and more than one.]
Dugu Yan:!!!
These emotional highs and lows were even more stimulating than Dante's shot from earlier.
The way she looked at Dante now carried a hint of grievance.
Big brother, can you just say everything at once?
It's so frustrating!
[The first method is actually to refine a specific Detoxification Pill.]
[But on this continent, currently, besides that cheater Tang San, probably no one else knows how to refine it.]
[Unless I can draw skills like 'Alchemy' from the System in the future.]
[Speaking of which, I have to complain about the plot in the original work.]
[That guy Tang San has such good luck.]
[In the early stage, he had the Clear Sky Douluo secretly protecting him, and in the middle to Late Stages, he had Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, acting as his bodyguard.]
[And the reason Dugu Bo was so devoted to him, even daring to clash with Spirit Hall for his sake.]
[Was purely because Tang San tricked him silly!]
[In the original work, Dugu Bo captured Tang San primarily to vent anger for his granddaughter, and incidentally covet Tang San's external Spirit Bone, the Eight Spider Lances.]
[As a result, Tang San immediately saw that he was poisoned and used this as leverage, not only saving his own life but also emptying Dugu Bo's medicinal garden!]
[Tang San did refine a Detoxification Pill for Dugu Bo, and even helped him raise his strength by one level.]
[But his detoxification method was actually a trap!]
[It was the so-called 'Spirit Bone Toxin Storage Method'.]
[According to Tang San's idea, as long as Dugu Bo found a few more Spirit Bones and forced the excess toxin in his body into the Spirit Bones for storage, the backlash problem could be solved.]
[Doesn't that sound very reasonable?]
[But in reality, this is completely treating the symptoms without curing the root cause! It's even akin to drinking poison to quench thirst!]
Dante paused, seemingly organizing his words, which made the women peeking at the screen hold their breath.
[Because Spirit Bones have limits to their capacity!]