"What's the matter?"
Qian Renxue's righteous—almost arrogant—What can you do to me? attitude instantly silenced Emperor Xue Ye.
The restaurant fell into deathly stillness once more.
Everyone stopped eating, their gazes darting between Emperor Xue Ye and Qian Renxue. The air was thick with the tense excitement of watching a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle unfold.
"Pfft—"
A suppressed chuckle broke the silence.
It was Dai Tianfeng.
He covered his mouth, shoulders shaking violently, eyes brimming with undisguised schadenfreude. He looked like he was on the verge of laughing himself into internal injury.
He cleared his throat, ready to deliver a biting, sarcastic remark to stab Emperor Xue Ye's already shredded pride.
But before he could speak—
"Haha…"
"Hahahahahahahaha—!"
A burst of laughter far louder, more unrestrained, and bordering on madness erupted from Emperor Xue Ye's throat.
The sound was so sudden it swallowed Dai Tianfeng's words whole.
Everyone froze.
They stared at Emperor Xue Ye in disbelief.
The Emperor of Heaven Dou clutched his face and laughed wildly, bending forward and backward, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.
Then he abruptly lifted his head.
There was no anger on his face.
No fury. No sense of betrayal.
Instead, there was a strange—almost perverse—ecstasy and admiration.
"Good!"
"Excellent!"
"What a Xue Qinghe! What a Qian Renxue!"
Emperor Xue Ye clapped loudly, pointing straight at the stunned Qian Renxue before roaring toward the equally dumbfounded Dai Tianfeng.
"Dai Tianfeng! Do you see it?! Do you see it?!"
"This—this—is the successor I, Xue Ye, have chosen!"
"For my throne! For the Heaven Dou Empire! She endured for over ten years—lying in wait, deceiving the world, even daring to poison me!"
"This forbearance! This decisiveness! This courage!"
His chest heaved violently—not from rage, but from exhilaration.
He pointed disdainfully at Xue Beng, still unconscious on the floor.
"Look at this useless son of mine! What can he do? Other than wishing for my early death, what else is he capable of?"
Then his finger swung sharply toward Dai Weisi, standing beside Dai Tianfeng, his expression dark and resentful.
"And your son! Besides jealousy, besides secretly hoping you die soon—what else can he do?"
Emperor Xue Ye spread his arms wide, posture arrogant, as though it were he who had just broken through to Titled Douluo.
"But Qinghe is different!"
"She dares to think!"
"She dares to act!"
His voice thundered through the restaurant.
"I'm telling you, Dai Tianfeng! Even if I were truly poisoned to death by Qinghe, it would still be better than handing my throne to that trash and watching my empire be devoured by you!"
"At least then—"
"I would have fallen to someone worthy of inheriting everything from me!"
"And your Star Luo Empire?"
"It's destined to be handed to a good-for-nothing who only dares to curse you in his heart!"
"This round—"
"I still won!"
Dai Tianfeng stood there, mouth agape, his mind completely blank.
Won?
Where exactly did you win?
You were poisoned for years, nearly died, and you're telling me you won?
What kind of deranged logic was this?!
But Emperor Xue Ye was already deep inside his own triumphant fantasy.
"Qian Renxue! You must inherit my—"
"Oh my god—what the hell are you doing?!"
Before he could finish—
A withered hand, like a chicken claw, suddenly seized the back of Emperor Xue Ye's collar.
Then, as casually as tossing aside a sack of rags, he was flung away.
Emperor Xue Ye staggered, nearly falling flat on his face.
He spun around in fury, about to unleash a roar—
Then froze.
The one who had grabbed him was Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
The entire restaurant's attention snapped to this sudden intruder.
Lin Feng looked at Dugu Bo, who had rushed to the front, and raised an eyebrow slightly, a faintly amused curve appearing on his lips.
"And what urgent matter brings you here in such haste?" Lin Feng asked calmly.
Dugu Bo's body trembled.
He glanced at Lin Feng, then at Emperor Xue Ye—who looked healthier than he had in decades—and gritted his teeth hard.
"Thud!"
To everyone's shock, the aloof and proud Poison Douluo knelt heavily on the ground.
"Senior!"
His voice was hoarse, trembling despite himself.
"This junior possesses a medicinal garden within the Sunset Forest, filled with countless rare herbs and spiritual plants."
"Junior… Junior is willing to offer it all to Senior!"
Silence descended once more.
Everyone looked at Dugu Bo as if he'd lost his mind.
A medicinal garden?
Rare flowers and strange herbs?
Such things might be priceless to ordinary Spirit Masters—but here?
Before a being who casually handed out a hundred-thousand-year spirit bone as an employee benefit?
Lin Feng's fingers tapped lightly against the smooth tabletop.
Tap. Tap.
"Speak," he said evenly.
"What do you want."
Granted permission, Dugu Bo's eyes lit up as if grasping the final thread of hope.
"Senior, to be honest!"
"Due to my Martial Soul, I suffer from a violent poison backlash. I have endured it my entire life!"
"My only granddaughter, Dugu Yan, inherited this poison through her bloodline—her future was sealed from the moment she was born!"
Pain and regret carved deeply into his aged face.
He kowtowed heavily.
Thud.
"This junior asks only that Senior show mercy and save us, grandfather and granddaughter!"
"If our poison can be cured, I am willing to serve Senior forever—like an ox or a horse—without complaint!"
The words were heavy with sorrow.
Even the onlookers felt their hearts tighten.
But before Lin Feng could respond—
"Old Poison, you're being foolish!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo rushed forward, reaching out to pull him up.
They had fought their entire lives, but even he couldn't bear to see Dugu Bo embarrass himself before the Senior.
"Even if you want to ask for help, you shouldn't offer that worthless medicinal garden!"
He lowered his voice urgently.
"Don't you have anything better? Any scrap from your collection would be better than some broken herb patch, wouldn't it?"
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