Chapter 40: Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling
Ever since Huo Wushuang, Yan Jing, Xuewu, and their teammates left, Mu Ci, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er sat outside the soul fighting area and chatted, looking towards the soul fighting arena from time to time.
"Brother Mu Ci, what were you and Sister Huo Wu whispering about just now? Can Bing'er know?"
Shui Bing'er's slightly cold question made Mu Ci feel a little guilty, as if he had been caught.
But before Mu Ci could open his mouth to explain, Huo Wu sat next to Shui Bing'er and started talking.
"Bing'er, I made a bet with Mu Ci before, betting on whether Dugu Yan, the granddaughter of Poison Douluo, was poisoned. If he loses, he has to promise me one thing."
Hearing about this bet, Shui Bing'er slightly frowned her beautiful eyebrows. She also felt that it was a little unlikely.
"Looking at Bing'er's expression, it seems she doesn't quite believe it. How about Bing'er join the bet as well?"
How could he not increase the stakes in a sure-win bet? Mu Ci said with a smile as he looked at Shui Bing'er.
Mu Ci didn't have any other emotions about the two women's disbelief. After all, this matter was simply unbelievable to other people.
Shui Bing'er looked at Mu Ci with a smile on her face, and her slightly frowned brows relaxed, and a smile appeared on her delicate face.
"I believe Brother Mu Ci. Since he dared to make such an obvious bet, he must be sure of winning. Bing'er is not stupid."
"But Brother Mu Ci, are we going to look for Dugu Yan now?"
Mu Ci shook his head, tilted his head to look in one direction, and said, "No need to look for them, they are already here."
Hearing this, Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu also looked over there.
On the path leading to the Academy, they saw two stunningly beautiful women walking towards them.
A girl with flowing green eyes, purple hair, and enchanting curves that moved like a dancing water snake when she walked was the person they were discussing, Dugu Yan.
The other one was slightly shorter than Dugu Yan, with silver hair dancing in the wind, reflecting beautiful sparkles in the sunlight.
The snow-white veil covered half of her beautiful face, revealing a cold and desolate feeling in her silver eyes.
Another woman in the Heaven Dou team, Nine Heart Begonia Ye Lingling.
"Are you the Mu Ci those people were talking about?"
The distance of dozens of meters passed in the blink of an eye. Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling and walked closer to the three of them. She glanced around and said to Mu Ci.
Mu Ci stood up, smiled, and extended his hand to Dugu Yan, saying, "Captain of the Plant Team, Mu Ci."
Looking at the big hand with distinct joints in front of her, Dugu Yan hesitated for a moment but still stretched out her right hand to shake hands with it.
When shaking hands, Mu Ci also looked at the other person's hand carefully. The dark green nail polish was eye-catching, but what caught his attention most was the other person's exposed skin.
The snow-white jade hands did not reveal a healthy blush like normal people, but instead revealed a faint, barely noticeable gray.
Compared with Dugu Yan, Huo Wu's hands felt like warm jade, smooth and emitting a faint warmth, while Shui Bing'er's hands were the opposite, emitting a cool feeling.
These were the subtle effects of the Spirit on the soul master. There would be no problems, and the skin color would still appear healthy.
But Dugu Yan revealed an unusual skin color, which was the Jade Phosphor Serpent Venom passed down from generation to generation by Jade Phosphor Serpent soul masters.
As for Dugu Yan's generation, if she didn't make any changes, it would be almost impossible for her to live beyond the age of forty. Even with the suppression of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, she would only be able to survive.
Dugu Yan did not have the nine-ring level soul power suppression of Dugu Bo, and the backlash of the snake venom would only be more terrifying.
The two shook hands and then separated.
Only then did Dugu Yan tell Mu Ci the purpose of her visit.
"Captain Mu Ci, I want to ask why you and your girlfriend kept looking at me during the meeting. Is there something wrong?"
Mu Ci was not too surprised when he heard Dugu Yan's question. He and Huo Wu did not hide their actions, so it was normal for them to be discovered.
"I'm making a bet with her about whether you're poisoned."
Dugu Yan was stunned for a moment, then a frosty expression appeared on her face. She looked at Mu Ci with her emerald snake eyes, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips as she said:
"Am I poisoned? Could I be poisoned? Do you know who my grandfather is?"
Mu Ci nodded and said, "Of course, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo is well-known to every soul master in the Heaven Dou Empire."
"But who says that Poison Douluo's granddaughter won't be poisoned? I can even say that you were poisoned from birth."
Dugu Yan was so angry at Mu Ci's words that her chest heaved and her eyes were filled with anger.
At this time, Ye Lingling, who had been silent all the time, said to Dugu Yan, "Yanyan, don't be angry first."
Then her lifeless beautiful eyes glanced at Mu Ci.
"I heard my grandfather talk about him, and I think you can trust his words for now."
Dugu Yan calmed down a little after hearing her best friend's advice. She glared at Mu Ci fiercely and said to Ye Lingling:
"Your grandfather? What did he say?"
Dugu Yan might not believe what others say, but she could not help but believe what her best friend's grandfather, the auxiliary soul master who healed countless people in the Heaven Dou Empire, said.
"My grandfather said that he has been traveling in Heaven Dou for decades and cured tens of millions of patients, but when it comes to the use of medicinal material ratios, he is not as good as Mu Ci."
"Even the Soul-Breaking Spear Yang family, far away in the Star Luo Empire, is not as good as him in alchemy."
"So, if he says you've been poisoned, I think you can believe him for now."
As soon as Ye Lingling said this, the women present all looked at Mu Ci.
Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er's eyes shone with admiration, while Dugu Yan fell silent.
Mu Ci looked at Ye Lingling and smiled, saying, "Miss Ye, please tell Mr. Ye that I thank him for his compliment!"
"Well, Miss Dugu, you should believe it now, right?"
Dugu Yan glanced at him in silence, her anger gone, and said:
"Although Mr. Ye said you are very powerful, it is still hard for me to accept that I could be poisoned. This is ridiculous. How are you going to prove it to me?"
Mu Ci shook his head and looked at Dugu Yan.
"Actually, I don't need to prove anything to you. I just want you to tell Senior Dugu that I can cure your family poison."
"But since you want to know, I can tell you something."
"Miss Dugu Yan, do you feel healthy?"
When Dugu Yan heard Mu Ci's question, she fell silent and didn't know how to answer.
"Look, you actually know something. Your hair color, your eye color, I'm sure you've noticed it."
Dugu Yan seemed to have hit upon something, and said in a somewhat dry voice:
"This doesn't prove anything. It only proves that my Dugu family's appearance is relatively rare. Besides, there are people like me in Douluo Continent."
Mu Ci nodded and did not deny the fact.
"But haven't you noticed? Your hair and eye color are getting darker every year. And your skin tone and nails, is your nail polish really what you like, and not just covering up something?"
"As a girl, I don't believe you don't care about beauty, and I don't believe you can't find these problems."
Seeing that Dugu Yan no longer had the desire to refute, Mu Ci seemed to be in a trance.
His tone softened a bit, and he said, "You don't have to be like this. Go home and confirm with Senior Dugu. He must know about these things. Just tell him that I can handle it."
Hearing this, Dugu Yan seemed to have grasped hope and looked at Mu Ci with bright eyes.
How could she not notice her own problem?
But she would rather believe that there was a genetic defect in her family and would never have thought that she would be poisoned.
"Good!"
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