Chapter 45 Why do the herbs Grandpa mentioned look so familiar? A little mouse appears?
"Yanyan, you....."
Dugu Bo suddenly froze. A few seconds later, he swiftly reached out his right hand, grabbed Dugu Yan's wrist, and began to carefully sense it.
"The venom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent in your body..."
"This is the good news I want to tell Grandpa! I've found a method for making poison pills. After practicing it, the venom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent in my body is gathered and compressed into a poison pill. Not only will it no longer affect my body, but it will even increase my toxicity by a full two times!"
Dugu Yan, her face beaming with joy, shared her excitement with her grandfather.
After listening to Dugu Yan's story, Dugu Bo fell silent.
His gaze fell on his granddaughter's face, which was slightly flushed with excitement, and on the joy in her eyes that had been suppressed for too long.
Then, this old poisoner, who struck fear into the hearts of people across the entire continent, suddenly laughed.
The smile was initially very slight, just a slight upturn of the corners of the mouth.
But soon, a smile burst forth from every pore of his face like a flood breaking through a dam.
He grinned, revealing two rows of teeth, and made a satisfying sound in his throat.
The sound grew louder and louder, finally turning into a deafening burst of laughter.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Dugu Bo looked up at the sky and laughed loudly. His laughter echoed in the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes, causing the strange flowers and plants to tremble.
He laughed so hard that tears came out.
Dugu Yan looked at her grandfather, and suddenly her nose tingled with emotion.
How long had it been since she saw her grandfather smile like that?
Since her father died, her grandfather had smiled less and less. He locked himself in the herb garden all day, staring blankly at the bottles and jars. When he did smile, it was a bitter, self-deprecating, and heartbreaking smile.
She hadn't laughed so heartily in ten years.
"Yanyan..."
Dugu Bo finished laughing, straightened up, and looked at his granddaughter.
His eyes were red; it was hard to tell if it was from laughing or something else.
"Grandfather?"
Dugu Bo reached out his hand, and his withered palm gently landed on his granddaughter's head.
The movement was very light and gentle, just like when she was a child.
"If your father... could see this..."
His voice was a little hoarse, and he stopped halfway through his sentence.
Dugu Yan's eyes instantly reddened.
She recalled her father's appearance before he died—his body was entirely green, his face unrecognizable, yet a relieved smile lingered on his lips.
At that moment, she didn't understand why her father could still laugh.
Now she understood.
Because that kind of pain could only be relieved by death.
"Grandfather....."
Dugu Yan's voice was choked with emotion.
Dugu Bo's hand slid down from her head and landed on her shoulder, patting it gently.
His eyes also reddened, and something crystalline shimmered in his emerald green eyes.
"Your father…" he said in a hoarse voice, "only when he died did I realize… that the poison of our Dugu family was far more potent than I had imagined…"
He paused, then took a deep breath.
"Before he died, he held my hand and said... 'Father, I don't blame you, nor do I blame our ancestors. This is the fate of our Dugu family. But Yan Yan is still so young, you must find a way to save her...'"
Dugu Bo's voice began to tremble.
"I said yes, I said I definitely would, I said even if it cost me my life, I would find a way to cure the poison..."
He closed his eyes, and two streams of tears slid down his cheeks.
"But I've searched for ten years... ten years! I couldn't find a way... I watched helplessly as you grew up day by day, used your spirit day by day, and were eroded by the poison day by day... I... I..."
He couldn't continue.
Dugu Yan threw herself into her grandfather's arms and burst into tears.
"Grandpa...Grandpa...We did it! We finally did it!!!"
Dugu Bo hugged his granddaughter tightly, tears streaming down his face.
After a long, long time, the crying gradually subsided.
Dugu Yan lifted her head from her grandfather's arms, her eyes red and swollen from crying, but a smile on her face.
That smile held relief, joy, and anticipation for the future.
"Grandfather."
She wiped away her tears.
"You should also start practicing the poison pill technique! Although the poison in your body is more severe than mine, you can definitely do it!"
Dugu Bo shook his head, wiped away his tears, and tried his best to look less disheveled.
"No rush."
He said.
"Not in a hurry?"
Dugu Yan was stunned.
"Grandpa, this is..."
"I know."
Dugu Bo interrupted her, turning his gaze to the calm spring water.
"But there are more important things to do now."
"What's up?"
"Do you remember the little mouse I mentioned?"
Upon hearing Dugu Bo's words, Dugu Yan finally remembered.
"Grandpa hasn't caught that little mouse yet? Is that little mouse that clever?"
Dugu Yan thought her grandfather had dealt with the little mouse that had sneaked into the herb garden, but now it seemed that the little mouse was still at large.
"It's not that he's amazing, it's just that there are some things I can't figure out."
As he spoke, Dugu Bo pointed to the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes not far away.
"The little mouse ate two herbs that were closest to the spring. One was bright red, like a cabbage burning with flames, and the other was ice blue, with leaves that were like ice crystals."
"After eating the two herbs, the little mouse's footprints were last seen by the spring."
"I now suspect that the little mouse has already entered the spring, and I plan to wait for it to come out."
Upon hearing Dugu Bo's words, Dugu Yan fell into deep thought, because Dugu Bo's description gave her a sense of déjà vu.
"Bright red cabbage... star anise like ice crystals... isn't that…"
Dugu Yan suddenly looked up, about to speak, when she heard the sound of the spring water suddenly bursting.
Looking in that direction, the spring water of the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes suddenly burst open!
Amidst the bubbling red and blue spring water, a red and blue figure suddenly darted out.
Dugu Bo's expression changed drastically, and he quickly shielded his granddaughter behind him!
The aura of a level 92 Titled Douluo erupted without reservation, and dark green soul power surged out like a tide, instantly enveloping the entire valley!
"Finally out!"
He let out a cold shout, his right hand forming a claw, and swung it at the falling light and shadow from afar!
It didn't use any soul power; it was just a patch of dark green poisonous mist.
The poisonous mist surged and instantly transformed into a ferocious snake head, opening its blood-red maw to bite down fiercely at the figure!
Although it lacked soul power, don't underestimate the power of this venomous snake, because it was the venom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent, Dugu Bo's signature ability, a potent poison that could instantly render a Soul Douluo powerless!
The snake's head was incredibly fast, and in an instant it crashed into the figure that rushed out.
However, the next second, something unexpected happened to Dugu Bo.
The figure neither dodged nor avoided, letting the venomous snake strike him! The dark green venomous mist instantly engulfed him, but the next moment, the mist dissipated, dissolved, and vanished as if it had encountered something terrifying!
The figure passed through the poisonous fog and landed steadily on the shore, completely unharmed!
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