"Examine my physical condition?"
Dugu Bo looked at the Young Sect Master, who still had a childish face.
Although Yu Xiaogang was already very tall, he was still only twelve years old, meaning he was one of those little brats Dugu Bo often talked about.
But now, such a little brat actually wanted to examine his body.
With his strength as a Spirit Elder, he wanted to examine the body of a Spirit Douluo like him.
This was truly interesting.
"Come on, Young Sect Master, feel free to examine."
Dugu Bo extended his arm.
"Pardon my intrusion."
Yu Xiaogang stepped forward, placed his hand on Dugu Bo's arm, and channeled his spirit power into Dugu Bo's body.
After controlling his spirit power to circulate through Dugu Bo's meridians, Yu Xiaogang truly understood how bad Dugu Bo's internal condition was.
Frankly speaking, if the accumulated toxins were to erupt one day, they could probably create a dead zone.
After the examination, Yu Xiaogang withdrew his spirit power.
"How is it? Any thoughts?"
Yu Yuanzhen stepped forward, looking at his son with anticipation.
"Elder Dugu, the principle behind the toxins in your body should be that the spirit power you Cultivate is transformed through your Spirit and then accumulates in your body."
"Am I right?"
Yu Xiaogang looked at Dugu Bo.
"As expected of the Young Sect Master, you are extraordinary. That's right, the toxins in my body accumulated this way."
"And each different spirit ring allows my Spirit to transform into a new kind of toxin."
"The previous seven spirit rings allowed my Spirit to produce seven different potent toxins, plus the toxins from my own Bìlín Snake Martial Soul, making eight potent toxins that form new toxins in different proportions."
"This is the essence of my Poison Technique!"
Dugu Bo revealed the specifics of his Poison Technique.
This was the most formidable aspect of his Bìlín Snake Martial Soul.
Over the years, Dugu Bo had also communicated with some poison-attribute Spirit Masters.
However, those poison-attribute Spirit Masters, when adding new spirit rings, merely strengthened the potency of their existing toxins, or it would take several spirit rings to introduce a single new toxin.
No poison-attribute Spirit Master could, like his Bìlín Snake Martial Soul, introduce a new toxin with each added spirit ring.
Therefore, Dugu Bo had always been proud of his Bìlín Snake Martial Soul.
This was also one of the reasons he didn't want to abandon his Poison Technique.
"So that's how it is. The Bìlín Snake Martial Soul truly lives up to its reputation," Yu Yuanzhen praised.
"Toxins transformed from spirit power… then have you tried to reverse the process and decompose the toxins back into spirit power?"
Yu Xiaogang asked.
"How could I not have tried? If it were truly possible to reverse it, I wouldn't have these troubles now."
Dugu Bo sighed.
If he could reverse the toxins back into spirit power, he could completely maintain the toxins in his body within a safe range.
"I see."
Yu Xiaogang raised an eyebrow, dismissing the idea of reversing toxins back into spirit power.
It was a good thing Elder Dugu wasn't so foolish as to not have even tried such a method.
It wasn't surprising that Yu Xiaogang even asked such a simple question; it was just that he had experienced so much that he no longer held much hope for the minds of the people on the Douluo Continent.
Potent toxins produced by one's own body harming oneself was a very shocking matter.
After all, if it could poison oneself, it was very rare for it to be passed down.
According to Yu Xiaogang's understanding of poison-attribute Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters, generally, to avoid being affected by their own toxins, poison-attribute Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters either needed the toxins to have a specific target, or the toxins needed a place to be stored.
It's easy to understand toxins having specific targets; for example, certain snake venom only works on a specific organ, and the snake possessing this venom doesn't have that organ.
In this way, the snake would naturally be unharmed.
And it's even easier to understand toxins having a storage place: venomous snakes store toxins in their venom glands, and scorpions store toxins in the venom sac at their tail.
These are vivid examples.
However, through the recent examination, Yu Xiaogang found that the toxins in Dugu Bo's body were everywhere, with no specific storage location at all.
This must be an inherent problem with the Bìlín Snake Martial Soul itself.
It felt strange to think about; possessing such formidable toxins, yet having no part to store them.
"Elder Dugu, are the toxins of the Jade Phosphor Serpents in the Soul Beast Forest all produced and used immediately?"
Yu Xiaogang asked.
"This is the most baffling question for our Dugu Family."
"Even though the Jade Phosphor Serpents as Spirit Beasts don't have organs to store toxins, they somehow store them and aren't affected."
"Yet all the Spirit Masters in our Dugu Family who possess the Bìlín Snake Martial Soul die from the toxins accumulated within their bodies."
"Our Dugu Family has also researched Jade Phosphor Serpents, and they are no different from other snake-type Spirit Beasts."
Dugu Bo said with a frown.
If the Jade Phosphor Serpents in the Soul Beast Forest also had the same troubles as their Dugu Family, it would be one thing, but the key is that they don't have this problem.
This was the most frustrating part.
"So, in reality, there should be a place within the Jade Phosphor Serpent's body that we don't know about, where it stores toxins."
Yu Xiaogang stroked his chin, pondering these questions.
It is known that the Jade Phosphor Serpent does not possess organs for storing toxins, yet it can still store toxins within its body.
However, Spirit Masters with the Bìlín Snake Martial Soul do not possess this unknown storage method.
So, what is the difference between a Jade Phosphor Serpent as a Spirit Beast and a Jade Phosphor Serpent as a Martial Soul?
"Spirit Beasts have their own bodies."
"Whereas a Martial Soul exists through the Spirit Master's body."
"However, during Martial Soul Possession, the Spirit Master himself already possesses all the characteristics of the Spirit Beast, so it's not a question of a specific body part."
"As for the spiritual aspect, toxins are not spiritual, so that's excluded."
"This means that the Jade Phosphor Serpent actually stores toxins using spirit power?"
Yu Xiaogang's brows furrowed.
Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent are very compatible with the Essence, Qi, and Spirit model.
Therefore, when thinking about problems, Yu Xiaogang would generally approach them from these three aspects.
Body, Soul, Energy.
The Jade Phosphor Serpent transforms from a Spirit Beast into a Martial Soul.
There is no difference in the body, and the Soul is not the power that the Jade Phosphor Serpent is skilled in.
Then the result can only be energy, which is spirit power.
Thinking this, Yu Xiaogang began to ponder what exactly the energy difference between Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters was.
Then, something very familiar, something taken for granted by everyone on the Douluo Continent, yet the biggest difference between Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters, appeared in Yu Xiaogang's mind.
"Could it be the spirit ring?"