"Is it that funny?" Dugu Bo covered his face with his hands, extremely embarrassed.
"I am a food-type Soul Master, my Martial Soul is Sausage, and then one day, I choked to death while eating a sausage."
"The Demon-Slaying Douluo joked."
"Alright, Uncle Demon Slayer, stop bullying Senior Dugu. Hold out your hand so I can take your pulse."
Dugu Bo snorted at the Demon-Slaying Douluo, turned his head away, and walked towards Qian Xunqian, obediently extending his right hand.
Qianxun examined the pulse of the upper body. At first, she looked relaxed, but before long, her brows began to furrow, and in the end, her whole face looked like a bitter gourd.
"Hiss... This poison is a bit tricky," Qianxunqian said with difficulty.
"Ah? Even Miss can't cure him?" Dugu Bo's heart sank to the bottom.
"It can be cured, though. My martial soul is the Fragrant Silk Immortal Item, which can neutralize all poisons and clear the toxins from your body. However, your poison is a characteristic of your martial soul. After it is cured, it will come back in a few years."
Dugu Bo was taken aback. "Huh? Aren't you supposed to be able to cure it? Why are you frowning?"
"Please, Miss, cleanse my body of the toxins. I, Dugu Bo, will be eternally grateful!"
"It's easy to treat the symptoms but difficult to treat the root cause. I've been racking my brains just now, trying to find a way to address the root cause. I can't expect you and your descendants to bother me every few years..."
"Besides, what will you do if I die?" Chihiro asked honestly.
Dugu Bo was shocked. It turned out that the girl in front of him had been thinking about how to eradicate the poisonous disease in their family.
"I have three methods. The first method is to eat that flower, then you release your martial soul, and I will use the Fragrant Silk Immortal Herb to neutralize the poison in your martial soul. However, the side effects are significant. After that, your martial soul will no longer be called the Azure Serpent, but an ordinary green snake, and its level will also decrease."
Qianxun pointed to the fragrant Qiluo Immortal Flower growing near the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.
Dugu Bo: What kind of method is this...?
"The second method is to tailor a poison technique for your family, which will condense the toxins in your body into poison pills. In this way, the toxins will be stored in one place and will not harm the body. They will be released when needed and collected when not needed."
Dugu Bo nodded, indicating that the method was good, but poison techniques were not easy to master. His Dugu family had been unable to solve this problem for more than ten generations. Could a young girl do it?
"The third method, since the poison in your body is caused by your martial soul, then we can just separate your martial soul from your body. A separated martial soul, hmm... feels like it could be the next research target..."
Dugu Bo: I seriously suspect you're just making empty promises. Of the three methods, one is practically killing the person, and the other two are still in the theoretical stage...
"Alright, which one do you choose? I personally recommend the second one. However, Senior Dugu, you can wait a little while. After all, the separated martial soul is an unknown field with a very high ceiling!"
Chihiro said, seductively.
"Excuse me, miss, do you possess poison skills?" Dugu Bo asked, unsure of his own abilities.
Nonsense, she knows the original plot, how could she not have a backup plan against Dugu Bo!
"Listen to me, first of all, jump into this pool!"
Dugu Bo pointed to himself, "Huh? Should I jump?"
"Before you start practicing poison techniques, you need to open up your eight extraordinary meridians and accelerate the circulation of your meridians. This is fundamental. Otherwise, with your small body, you won't be able to withstand it. And the best way to strengthen your body is to use external force!"
"This...this...could there be any danger..." Dugu Bo swallowed hard, looking at the calm Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, feeling a chill run down his spine.
"You're already a Contra Master, what are you afraid of! Don't worry, I won't harm you! Here, take this, a pill I just made by hand, it can help cleanse your meridians and marrow, and relieve your pain."
Dugu Bo: Let's try anything, even if it's a dead end.
Dugu Bo glanced at the dark pill in his hand. Because it was made by Qianxun Qian Gang, it had a faint fragrance.
He closed his eyes, looking as if he were ready to die, and swallowed it in one gulp.
With a "plop," he jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
"Hey! You haven't taken your clothes off! I forgot to tell you, that water will burn your clothes! What's the rush?!"
Dugu Bo was speechless at this moment, but he was cursing in his heart: Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier!
"Sigh... never mind, Uncle Qianjun, Uncle Jiangmo, do you have any extra clothes?"
Qianjun and Jiangmo replied, "No, we're used to being sloppy. We wear the same clothes for half a year and are too lazy to change them. We don't usually bring clothes when we go out."
"I have it!" Bibi Dong opened her eyes, finally having absorbed it all. This immortal herb truly lived up to its name, growing in a yin spring; its energy was truly heaven-defying.
Bibi Dong stood up. At this moment, she exuded an aura of the underworld, like a messenger of death.
However, you can tell it's the real Bi Jie as soon as she opens her mouth.
"I feel like I'm not myself anymore..."
"What's wrong?" Qianxunqian asked.
"My martial soul has mutated. My Death Spider Emperor has evolved into the Death Scythe, and the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor has evolved into the Soul Devouring Pearl. So, the ultimate destiny of a beast martial soul is a weapon martial soul?"
Qianxunqian thought to herself: Do you think you, Nangong Wentian, have divine beasts turned into divine weapons? But, it's not so bad that the two terrifying giant spiders are gone.
If you really want to explain it, you can try: Soul beasts are inferior to humans, therefore their corresponding martial spirits are inferior to the weapons created by human wisdom.
Soul Beasts < Human-Created Tools < Humans, no problem!
Back in the day, the African continent was just a few savages using spears made from stones to hunt and kill a bunch of wild beasts!
"Moreover, my martial soul attribute has also changed. The two martial souls were originally similar in type, and the similarity in attributes led to a particularly strong sense of repulsion. However, the extreme Yin brought by the Netherworld Soul-Devouring Flower used poison to fight poison, which strengthened my dark attribute! It allowed my martial soul to transform into extreme darkness!"
"Both martial souls simultaneously ascended to the ultimate darkness, colliding wildly within my body. During this process, my two martial souls became tightly intertwined. Historical records state that twin martial souls can only summon one martial soul at a time, but now I can wield a scythe in my right hand and a bead in my left, drawing my bow with both hands!"
"Awesome." Chihiro couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
"Alright, let's get down to business first. Sister Bi, please have pity on that old man down there. He's so old and doesn't even have any clothes to wear."
"Oh, okay!" Bibi Dong took out a purple dress from her storage soul tool. "Would you like some shoes?"
Qianxun waved her hand, "No need! Senior Dugu can't wear high heels. If he bumps into something and gets tetanus, it will be troublesome. It's better to go barefoot!"
The four sat in meditation, waiting for the "birth of the Monkey King".
Dugu Bo suffered terribly underwater. The Yin-Yang Spring was incredibly domineering, frantically expanding his meridians, with two opposing forces of water and fire clashing violently within his body.
Dugu Bo: I should have chosen the symptomatic treatment method.
(End of chapter)