Chapter 57: Dugu Bo's Choice
Hearing Dugu Bo's words, Tang Chuan's brows furrowed slightly. He was about to explain.
However, he felt a fierce sense of oppression attack again.
In an instant, Dugu Bo suddenly raised his hand, grabbed Tang Chuan's throat, and slowly lifted him.
"You—" Tang Chuan immediately felt his throat tighten, his breathing became rapid, and he couldn't make any sound. His whole world spun, and his vision blurred.
Just as Tang Chuan felt he could barely hold on, his eyes flickered, and a blue-gold light suddenly shone on his body—his self-created Soul Skill activated!
The next second.
A straw figure, looking exactly like Tang Chuan, appeared in Dugu Bo's hand. The straw figure's eyes were hollow, lifeless, and its posture remained the same as when it was lifted.
"What... what kind of Soul Skill is this?!"
Looking at the scene before him, Dugu Bo was slightly stunned. A hint of surprise and doubt flashed in his usually calm eyes, and he said in disbelief.
He had never expected that the young man in front of him could escape his control in such a short time, and even use such a method to make him grab the wrong target entirely.
Just as Dugu Bo was wondering, a clear voice came from not far away:
"Senior Dugu, you might have misunderstood me."
"How could I harm your granddaughter? What reason do I have to harm her?"
Dugu Bo suddenly looked up, only to see Tang Chuan's figure reappear.
The latter was now standing in the shadows at the end of the path, only a dozen steps away from him.
The Soul Skill Tang Chuan had just used was his self-created Soul Skill, Blue Silver Bind • Wood Substitute, which allowed him to replace himself with a straw figure condensed from Blue Silver Grass the moment he was attacked.
"Heh heh." Hearing this, Dugu Bo's eyes remained cold. He sneered, and a low voice came from his throat: "Why should I believe you?"
Tang Chuan frowned slightly, remained silent for a moment, then smiled calmly and said:
"Senior, if you don't believe me, why don't you personally stand by my side when I detoxify your granddaughter? If I dare to play any tricks, you can kill me at any time."
A green light flashed in his eyes. Dugu Bo gave Tang Chuan a cold look and said in a deep voice: "Kid, even I have no way to deal with the poison on our Dugu Family. How can you, a teenager, detoxify it? You don't have some ulterior motive, do you?"
An ulterior motive? Of course, he did!
However, Tang Chuan couldn't possibly tell Dugu Bo why he was doing this.
If it weren't for the Immortal Herbs from the Yin Yang Ice and Fire Eyes, he really wouldn't want to be a good Samaritan, trying every possible way to help others detoxify!
Just then, a hint of displeasure flashed in Tang Chuan's eyes, but his expression remained calm as he said:
"You can choose to believe that I can detoxify your granddaughter, or you can choose not to."
"Anyway, it's not me who suffers, but your granddaughter and yourself."
"You're courting death!" Hearing this, Dugu Bo's face suddenly changed, and the oppressive aura on his body erupted again. The powerful spirit power fluctuations instantly solidified the surrounding air.
He was about to attack Tang Chuan again.
However, Tang Chuan continued in a calm tone at this moment:
"Senior Dugu, when it's cloudy and rainy, do you feel numbness in your ribs on both sides? And does it gradually intensify? Does it act up once at noon and once at midnight? Given your current condition, it should last for at least an hour each time, right?"
"Also, every deep night, around the third watch, you will feel needle-like stinging pain in the top of your head and the soles of your feet, with full-body spasms, lasting at least half an hour. I don't need to describe this agonizing process in too much detail, do I?"
All these symptoms came from Tang San's description of Dugu Bo in the original work.
As a Transmigrator, Tang Chuan naturally knew them like the back of his hand.
"You... how do you know all this?" Dugu Bo instantly froze in place.
"I said I can detoxify your granddaughter, and even the poison on your body. Do you believe me now?" Tang Chuan smiled slightly, completely unperturbed.
"Kid, you do seem to have some tricks up your sleeve." Dugu Bo had calmed down by this time, and the Killing Intent on his body gradually subsided. He looked at Tang Chuan, a complex light flashing in his eyes, and snorted coldly: "Since that's the case, I'll choose to believe you this once."
"However, you'd better not play any tricks. Otherwise, this old man has ten thousand ways to make you wish for death but unable to die."
Tang Chuan said nothing more, just nodded gently.
"Kid, I'll be waiting for you at the herb garden in Sunset Forest."
"I hope you don't disappoint me."
His gaze swept coldly over Tang Chuan once more. Dugu Bo's expression finally softened a little. Then, his figure flickered, a ripple appeared in the air, and he instantly vanished from the spot.
"This old fellow is finally gone."
"Fortunately, he didn't truly have Killing Intent towards me just now, otherwise..."
Tang Chuan looked in the direction Dugu Bo had disappeared, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
The situation just now was too tense; he could almost feel the beads of sweat slowly dripping from his forehead. At this moment, his clothes were completely soaked with cold sweat.
Tang Chuan had never expected Dugu Bo to come looking for him at this time.
Recalling their conversation just now, he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.
Dugu Bo belonged to Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng's faction.
And this faction had always been at odds with Xue Qinghe. Since he was introduced into Heaven Dou Royal Academy by Xue Qinghe, didn't that mean he was on the side of Dugu Bo's opposing forces?
This relationship made Tang Chuan's scalp tingle a bit.
With his current strength, if a Titled Douluo truly wanted to kill him, he would have no room to resist. Therefore, every step he took next had to be extremely careful.
"I must quickly bring that old poisoner over to my side. I absolutely cannot let him continue to be with Xue Beng and his group like this." Tang Chuan slowly exhaled a turbid breath, thinking to himself.
...
The next morning.
The eastern sky was faintly lit by the dawn, and sunlight pierced through the treetops.
Scattering onto an open space outside Shrek Academy.
Tang San sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, concentrating on operating the Mysterious Heaven Art, while also Cultivating Purple Demon Eye. In his eyes, purple light flickered faintly, and a subtle glint of essence gathered.
His aura was restrained and deep, and his spirit power flowed smoothly.
At this moment, his figure was even more upright than usual. The subtly raised spinal curve between his shoulders and back was no longer the naive appearance of a new Spirit Master from years ago.
Tang San had now successfully obtained his third spirit ring, and just like in the original work, he had also accidentally absorbed an external Spirit Bone, the Eight Spider Lances, causing his strength to skyrocket.
Just as he was fully focused on Cultivating, someone suddenly patted him lightly on the shoulder.
Tang San sharply opened his eyes, purple light flickering, and turned to look.
He saw a middle-aged man standing quietly behind him.
With a gentle and relieved smile on his face.
"Master?!" Tang San immediately stood up, overjoyed, and said with a slight tremor in his voice: "When did you arrive?"
Yu Xiaogang raised his hand and stroked Tang San's head, a habitual gesture of his, and said:
"Little San, I told you in my previous letter that I would come to Shrek Academy to find you, and I certainly would. You truly didn't disappoint me; you chose a poisonous Spirit Beast for your third spirit ring."
"Master, isn't that thanks to your excellent guidance?" Tang San chuckled.
However, just then.
Yu Xiaogang's face suddenly darkened, and his voice became low and suppressed: "Little San, tell me, why did you arbitrarily absorb a Spirit Beast whose age you couldn't even determine?"
Hearing this, Tang San was stunned, a hint of hesitation and regret flashing across his face. He then spoke in a low voice: "Master... that day, Xiao Wu was captured, and I was panicking. I couldn't think of anything else. I... I was afraid I wouldn't be able to save her in time, so I..."
"So you risked your life to absorb a Spirit Beast of unknown age?!" Yu Xiaogang's voice instantly rose, his eyes almost spewing with fury, and he gasped for breath.
Immediately after, he suddenly raised his hand, grabbed Tang San's shoulder, and shook him forcefully. His eyes were slightly red, and his emotions completely spiraled out of control:
"Little San, don't you know! I promised your father that I would take good care of you! If you die, how am I supposed to explain it to him?!"
"Have you ever thought about it?! If something happened to you, who would prove everything I've insisted on all these years, my Spirit theories?!"
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