manynovel Chapter 54 The poison that afflicted the Dugu family was not a poison of martial spirit, but...
Chapter 54 The poison that afflicted the Dugu family was not a poison of martial spirit, but...
Chapter 54 The poison that afflicted the Dugu family was not a poison of the martial soul, but a poison of the soul ring!
"Ghost, how's the investigation going? Have you found Tang San's whereabouts?" Upon seeing this, Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly. She immediately composed herself and asked coldly.
Ghost Douluo knelt on one knee, bowed his head respectfully, and replied:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, your subordinate has not yet been able to locate Tang San's whereabouts."
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong frowned slightly, her expression darkening. Just as she was about to speak, Ghost Douluo added, "However, I did not come away empty-handed."
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong's expression softened slightly, her eyes flashed, and she immediately asked:
"Oh? What did you gain?"
Ghost Douluo slowly raised his head and said in a low voice:
"My investigation revealed that when Tang San was studying at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, he took someone as his master. That person's name was Yu Xiaogang."
Upon hearing the name Yu Xiaogang, a very subtle change appeared on Bibi Dong's usually cold and aloof face.
It was a complex, barely perceptible emotion, but it quickly vanished.
"So what if he knows who his teacher is?" Bibi Dong said indifferently.
Ghost Douluo kept his head down and replied in a steady voice:
"Your Holiness, there is another piece of news. According to the records of the Spirit Hall in Notting City, Tang San has been going to the Spirit Hall to collect his Spirit Master subsidy almost every month for the past few years. I have notified all Spirit Halls across the continent that if Tang San goes to collect his subsidy again, it will be recorded."
"Very good." Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes, and she finally showed a hint of satisfaction. She nodded slightly and said, "Once Tang San reappears, no matter which city he is in, send the news to me at the Papal Palace immediately."
"Yes!" Ghost Douluo respectfully accepted the order.
Just then, Chrysanthemum Douluo, who had been standing silently to the side for a moment, suddenly spoke up, his tone tinged with caution and hesitation:
"Your Holiness, should we continue to pay attention to this child named Tang Chuan?"
Bibi Dong tilted her head slightly, her eyes deep, a cold smile playing on her lips, and said indifferently, "His innate soul power is only level one, so he can't possibly have twin martial souls. Even if he manages to awaken his Blue Silver Grass a second time in the future, causing his martial soul to evolve to some extent, he still won't be able to cause much of a stir. After all, no matter how much one cultivates the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, what level can it reach?"
"Let's leave him alone for now. We should first eliminate Tang San, the real source of trouble, before we deal with the other weeds."
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Meanwhile, at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, in the library.
At this moment, Tang Chuan was sitting at a wooden table near the corner, with a thick stack of books spread out in front of him, almost filling the entire table.
He looked focused, his eyes scanning the dense text on the book with keen interest.
These books are:
Complete Guide to Rare and Precious Materials in Mainland China
A Beginner's Guide to Herbal Identification
Basic Principles of Alchemy
The Art of Controlling the Alchemy Furnace
How to use medicinal herbs for detoxification?
The Fusion Mechanism of Soul Masters and Medicinal Power...
Each book is a precious work about alchemy, herbs, and rare and precious materials.
Tang Chuan's eyes would flash occasionally, then he would frown in thought, clearly completely immersed in absorbing knowledge. Several students walked by not far away, and seeing the pile of books in front of him and his tireless eyes, they all made a safe distance, afraid of disturbing him.
At this moment, he was already preparing to enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in the future.
Just as Tang Chuan was engrossed in reading a book on pharmacology, a clear, somewhat stubborn voice suddenly came from behind him:
"Tang Chuan, come out! I want to fight you again! I'm not satisfied with losing to you last time!"
Tang Chuan paused in his book-turning motion, frowned slightly, and slowly turned his head, his gaze immediately falling on that familiar figure.
Dugu Yan was standing at the library entrance, arms crossed, her eyebrows furrowed with a defiant air, looking at him with a look of resentment.
"I've only been enrolled for a few days, and you've already contacted me so many times? Can't you wait until I'm done with these busy days?" Seeing this, Tang Chuan sighed helplessly.
"Look, I'm busy learning alchemy and medicine making right now!"
Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan raised an eyebrow, put her hands on her hips, and said, "What are you, a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master, doing learning alchemy? Getting involved in all this fancy stuff."
"Mind your own business," Tang Chuan replied irritably.
Seeing that Tang Chuan still seemed too lazy to pay attention to her, Dugu Yan raised her eyebrows and simply reached out to snatch the book from Tang Chuan's hand, intending to force him to give in and start another battle.
"You bastard, you deserve a beating! If you don't fight me today, I won't let you read the book!" With that, Dugu Yan leaned forward abruptly, her hand heading straight for the thick book in Tang Chuan's hand.
Tang Chuan raised an eyebrow, preparing to dodge.
But the next moment, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Dugu Yan swaying slightly, her steps faltering, and her previously upright body going limp.
"what?"
Tang Chuan's expression changed, and he instantly reached out to support Dugu Yan's shoulder, holding her firmly. When he touched her shoulder, he found that it was ice cold.
What made his heart sink even more was that Dugu Yan's originally rosy lips now had a strange purple tinge.
"You're...poisoned?" Tang Chuan frowned, his tone becoming more serious.
Leaning against Tang Chuan, Dugu Yan bit her lip and nodded gently, but her tone remained stubborn: "It's nothing... It's a family trait. We've had toxins in our bodies since we were little. When they flare up, we just suppress them and they pass. I'm used to it."
As she spoke, she reached out and gently pushed Tang Chuan, trying to steady herself, but she was clearly struggling.
Tang Chuan didn't rush to let go; instead, he paused slightly, a memory suddenly flashing through his mind.
He recalled the scene in the original story where Tang San cured Dugu Bo and his grandson Dugu Yan of poison.
Tang San was able to turn his enemy into a friend by focusing on the antidote.
After studying the original novel thoroughly, Tang Chuan discovered that Tang San's method of detoxification was actually wrong, or perhaps not the optimal solution.
In the original novel, Tang San said that the poison that afflicted Dugu Bo's family came from the Jade Phosphorous Snake.
In Tang Chuan's view, this statement is completely wrong.
Why do I say that?
There are many poisonous martial souls on the mainland, such as poisonous pufferfish, poisonous spiders, and poisonous toads. Why didn't they poison him, while the snake venom of the Dugu family poisoned him? Tang Chuan had thought about this question carefully while reading the original work.
Then there's only one possibility.
The toxins in the Dugu family's martial soul do not originate from the martial soul itself, but from something outside the martial soul, which is then inherited.
Things that come from outside of martial spirits are nothing more than two types—spirit rings and spirit bones.
The original work clearly states that if one's own martial soul and the attributes of the soul ring are incompatible, attaching the soul ring to the martial soul will result in a rejection phenomenon.
For example, it's difficult to attach a poisonous spirit ring to a beast spirit. Although a spirit is an energy body, it is also a living body in a certain sense, a manifestation of the host's life. Just like in the original work, when the Mandala snake bit Luo Sanpao, the Grandmaster was also poisoned.
The original work mentions that if a poison soul ring is forcibly added to a beast spirit, the spirit master will most likely be poisoned first, because the beast spirit will directly transfer the toxins in the poison soul ring to the host, thus causing the host to be poisoned.
If we reason in this way...
The poison that afflicted Dugu Bo's family most likely originated from their spirit rings.
In one of their ancestors' generations, they absorbed a poisonous soul ring that repelled them, causing the host to become poisoned.
Then came the Soul Masters.
It then went to absorb the poisonous soul rings that repelled it, thus continuing to be poisoned.
By the time it came to Dugu Bo's generation, the toxins had been passed down and accumulated, eventually getting completely out of control. If they couldn't break through to the Title Douluo level as soon as possible to suppress the toxins, they would die suddenly!
To completely eradicate this problem, it's not as simple as just introducing toxins into the soul bone.
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