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Recruiting Poison Douluo?
🕑 Added 2025-04-11 11:19:54 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 49 ---
Han Yuan blew his hot tea, watching the white mist roll and disappear into the night. Under the moonlight, Liu Erlong meditated not too far away and solidified her spirit energy, meaning she was close to a breakthrough.
As the moonlight radiated a bit more, a green flash appeared and entered the Dao Academy's poison barrier, landing a few meters away from Han Yuan.
The green flash approached the stone table and sat down slowly.
Han Yuan smiled faintly, "As expected of the best poison user on Douluo Continent, even the array of poison can't stop you."
"I believe this was our first meeting, Senior."
"Let me introduce myself."
"My name is Han Yuan."
"Han Yuan..." The green aura gradually faded, revealing a green-haired man in an extrinsic green robe. He looked like a typical villain with a sad backstory. "I see, you're the kid Yanzi talked about."
"I was coming here because your presence is the strongest here. But who would have thought you recognized me immediately? From the look of it, you are waiting for me here."
"No, you must be approaching Yanzi to lure me here."
"Hahaha~! I, Dugu Bo, would have never thought a brat could trick me like this."
Yes, the guest is none other than Dugu Bo. After experiencing the effect of the suppression pill, he immediately rushed to Dao Academy.
Han Yuan smiled, "No, no, you get the wrong idea, Senior."
"Earlier, Uncle Ning, Senior Gu, and Brother Qinghe came to visit our Dao Academy, and we had pleasant talks together."
"As for you, I didn't expect you to come this soon..."
"I was thinking we could discuss it at a more preferable time. The cold of midnight is not exactly pleasant for you, right?"
"You don't have to throw a jab at my problem like that, kid." Dugu Bo can't help but snort. "You know exactly why I'm here."
"Haha, sorry. I don't mean to be disrespectful, Senior!" Han Yuan added with a chuckle.
Dugu Bo's mouth twitched because this kid wasn't as innocent as Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling described. What part of this kid is innocent? He's no different than those old foxes in the royal court.
Dugu Bo knew the people who visited the Dao Academy before him when Han Yuan mentioned Ning, Gu, and Qinghe. They are Fox Ning Fengzhi, Old Bone Douluo, and the Crown Prince of Heaven Dou Empire.
However, Han Yuan's words have "clear" intentions. He has relationships with those people, and Dugu Bo couldn't make a reckless move in the Dao Academy, or he would offend them.
Of course, Dugu Bo is not looking for trouble here.
In contrast, he was looking for a solution.
Remember the Dugu Family's deathly problem. Dugu Bo couldn't help but sigh again as he was truly helpless.
Han Yuan saw this and poured tea for Dugu Bo, "For you, Senior."
"Hmm, at least you're sensible..." Dugu Bo raised his eyebrow and picked up the teacup, drinking the tea without hesitation. He wasn't afraid that Han Yuan would drug him as his body 'already' was poisoned enough.
As Dugu Bo gulped the Blue Silver Tea down, he sighed because the mellow and refreshing flavor washed down his thirst after flying from Heaven Dou City to Dao Academy.
Dugu Bo and Han Yuan quietly drank tea and enjoyed the scenery for the next thirty minutes.
"Kid, can you really solve my poison?" He suddenly asked.
"This poison is like a curse that clung tight to my family."
"My grandfather and father suffered from it. I was close to dying if not for luckily reaching the Title Douluo Realm, but..."
"Reaching Title Douluo makes my poison worse, affecting not only my son but also my granddaughter more than what my predecessor experienced."
"My son was in a coma. I don't know how long he could live..."
"My granddaughter might not live longer than him..."
Han Yuan calmly listened to Dugu Bo's heartfelt words and said, "Senior, do you know why your family is in such a situation?"
"It's our martial soul." Dugu Bo replied with a bitter smile. "Our Jade Phosphorus Snake martial soul is a high-tier martial soul with the strongest snake's venom in the world."
"However, as we continued cultivating this martial soul, the snake's venom also affected us."
"My martial soul evolved from the Jade Phosphorus Snake to the Jade Snake Phosphorus Emperor when reaching the Title Douluo Realm."
"It seems you're not entirely clueless." Han Yuan nodded. "Your analysis is spot on, but you forget that there are other spirit masters with poison-type martial souls like the current pope of Spirit Hall, who wasn't affected by her beast spirit's poison."
"Do you know why? I think the venom of Death Spider Emperor is nearly the same as your Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor, right?"
Dugu Bo fell into silence. Yes, why didn't Bibi Dong get poisoned by her martial soul?
Han Yuan placed down his teacup, "The answer lies within your family's martial soul being imperfect."
"Impossible!" Dugu Bo stood from his seat and denied such a ridiculous statement. "How could my family's martial soul be imperfect?"
He clenched his hands so hard that Han Yuan could see his nails piercing the palm deeply.
Han Yuan ignored Dugu Bo's dangerously angry gaze and snorted, "Then, Senior, why are you poisoned while other venomous snakes can contain their venom in their glands? Let's not be in denial here and accept the truth!"
"You're killing yourself to gain more power! There, I said it!"
"Senior, your family has assumed the wrong path in developing their martial soul!"
"If you can't accept this fact, then get out! Let's see how long your family can survive in the Douluo Continent. I bet you guys can't last more than three years..."
"I..." Dugu Bo sat down again. Every word Han Yuan cut so deeply into his heart that he couldn't even deny them.
According to Dugu Bo's family ancestry, their martial soul wasn't originally a Jade Phosphorus Snake but an 'ordinary' venomous snake with green scales and eyes.
As the situation in the Douluo Continent entered turmoil, the old Dugu Family's ancestors decided to make a new path. A dangerous path that can increase the survivability of their family in that chaotic era by absorbing more and more spirit rings from poison-type spirit beasts to increase the lethality of their martial soul, therefore evolving the 'ordinary' venomous snake martial soul into the Jade Phosphorus Snake.
Unfortunately, they become blinded with power and search for more powerful poison-type spirit beasts to hunt before eventually receiving the karma they sowed.
The "Jade Phosphorus Snake" martial soul becomes flawed.
The Dugu Family's descendants can no longer tolerate the accumulation of poison through many generations and slowly lose their lives in pain.
Paying their own life for power.
Dugu Bo unclenched his hand and said, "Tell me..."
"Tell me how I can solve my family's problem."
"I'm willing to do anything..."
"Give me your garden." Han Yuan answered calmly.
"Okay." Dugu Bo replied immediately.
"And your loyalty?" Han Yuan added with a playful smirk.
"I... I will do it! I will be your most loyal subordinate!" Dugu Bo replied with some hesitation. Even then, he gritted his teeth through this tough decision.
Han Yuan smiled, "You won't regret making this decision, Senior."
After that, Han Yuan reached for Dugu Bo's shoulder and used the Sky Poison Pearl to consume the poison in his body.
Dugu Bo groaned in pain before feeling all the cursed poison in his body melting away. He was dumbfounded before laughing and crying like a madman.
"HAHAHAHA~!"
"The poison! THE POISON IS GONE!"
"I am finally free..."
"At last..."
"My family can finally be free from this curse!"
