Chapter 36: Grandfather and Granddaughter Conversation

"Yanyan, why have you come over so late?" Dugu Bo was stunned for a moment, then said in a soft voice.

"You go back first," he said, waving his hand after looking at Prince Xuexing's guards.

The poisonous gas barrier of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well also opened directly at a single thought from Dugu Bo.

"Yes, Lord Dugu." The guards left the place immediately.

At this moment, only the grandfather and granddaughter, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Grandfather." Dugu Yan bit her lower lip, her eyes looking somewhat dejected, and asked, "Can you tell me... who exactly was the enemy that killed my father and mother back then?"

A flash of doubt crossed the depths of Dugu Bo's eyes; why... did Yanyan suddenly come to find him in the middle of the night just to ask this question?

He had no choice but to bring out the excuse he had used countless times before, saying softly, "Yanyan, your strength is not enough yet. When your cultivation is higher in the future, I will tell you."

In the past, whenever Dugu Yan heard this explanation from him, she would let it go and then continue to cultivate even harder.

However, this time...

This one sentence completely crushed Dugu Bo.

"Grandfather." Dugu Yan called out to him softly.

Because of his reputation as the Poison Douluo, no one dared to provoke him.

This was truly a great irony.

Dugu Bo realized something was wrong, but he still forced a reluctant smile and said, "That... is so. So Yanyan... just wait until you become stronger in the future, wait until that day..."

He could do nothing, and whatever he did was useless.

Dugu Bo suddenly saw... the tears welling up in Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes.

This reminded him of the scene back then, when his son and daughter-in-law died from the poison.

Yet Dugu Bo had experienced the pain of losing his wife and his son in succession; sometimes he really wondered if this was Heaven punishing him for his long history of killing the innocent?

Now, his granddaughter Dugu Yan had become his final support.

His current reaction completely made Dugu Yan believe that what was in Ning Feiliu's experimental notes was true.

Dugu Yan's voice trembled slightly as she said, "Then... how high must my cultivation be? Can't you, Grandfather, as a Title Douluo, take revenge? Were the ones who killed my father and mother also Title Douluos?"

"They... died from the toxins within their own bodies, they died from the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison inherited by our family." Dugu Yan said this with tears in the corners of her eyes, yet she was smiling.

And all this time, he had protected Dugu Yan very well.

Dugu Bo's aged, thin body trembled, his pupils shrinking to pinpricks.

"Father and Mother were not killed, but died from the poison, right?" She sniffled, choking back sobs, and asked.

A Title Douluo who took poison as his title, yet he had watched his own kin die from poison, and it was the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison of their own Dugu family...

He looked at Dugu Yan in disbelief, but his mouth trembled and he could not say a single word.

The death of his son and daughter-in-law had not been very painful, but Dugu Bo had just watched it then, just watched it!

The three great tragedies of life are none other than losing one's father in youth, losing one's wife in middle age, and losing one's son in old age.

Moreover, no one originally knew that Dugu Yan's parents had died from the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, and coupled with his terrifying deterrent power...

For all these years, he had been trying to find a way to cure the toxin that had been eroding Dugu Yan since she was in the womb, while keeping these matters hidden from her.

Even if someone knew about this, they would not dare to speak of it recklessly.

It was just that Dugu Bo also did not know that rumors and gossip could not be stopped.

What he did only made it difficult for those voices to reach his ears; as for the undercurrents, the gossip was still surging.

Now that Dugu Bo heard Dugu Yan say these words, he was completely enraged.

"Yanyan, who! Who told you about this!" Dugu Bo's eyes flared with killing intent as he shouted angrily.

Seeing his grandfather Dugu Bo like this, Dugu Yan gave a miserable smile and said, "I found out myself; it has nothing to do with anyone else."

Usually, she would go into the laboratory and living quarters behind the Ning Feiliu Medical Hall to look at the experimental records Ning Feiliu had made or the medical books he said he was writing.

But these "Bilin Snake Poison Experimental Notes" were not placed in a conspicuous place in the laboratory or living quarters.

Instead, they were placed under Ning Feiliu's pillow.

Clearly, he did not want Dugu Yan to know about this matter.

If it weren't for Ning Feiliu getting drunk, and her holding him to put him back on the bed and coincidentally feeling something under his pillow, she probably would never have seen those "Bilin Snake Poison Experimental Notes"...

And naturally, she would have had no way of knowing about this.

"Which bastard told you! Who is so bold!?" However, Dugu Bo was still furious, his eyes glowing green.

He had decided that he must exterminate the entire clan of whoever told Dugu Yan about this!

Even if that person's family still had a chicken left, it would have to die!

"Grandfather, don't..." Dugu Yan pleaded, but she did not tell Dugu Bo who it was.

"Is it... Ning Feiliu?" Dugu Bo, seeing this, said calmly.

Now it seemed that only that brat could make Dugu Yan show such an attitude.

And he had heard just now that the brat's medical skills were not bad?

Dugu Yan was stunned for a moment, not expecting Dugu Bo to have guessed it.

"Grandfather!" Dugu Yan wiped away her tears and said anxiously, "I don't think knowing this is a bad thing for me; on the contrary, I should be very grateful to him... grateful that he let me know about this, and grateful that he intends to save me. He is not a bad person, and I found out about this by accident..."

"I only saw his experimental notes by accident after he got drunk. He intends to save me, and for the past six months, he has done many experiments for this purpose."

"He wants to save you and has been doing experiments?" The anger in Dugu Bo's heart dissipated quite a bit.

At the very least, this was for Dugu Yan's benefit, rather than just using the facts to mock or hurt her.

It was just that he did not believe a little brat with only the strength of a Spirit Master could research any method to solve his peerless Jade Phosphor Snake Poison.

Even he, the Poison Douluo, had no way; what could a little brat do?

"Grandfather... please don't hurt him..." Dugu Yan pleaded, "He is a good person, I don't want him to be hurt... I don't want him to be hurt because of me..."

Seeing his precious granddaughter in this state, Dugu Bo sighed in his heart.

It seems... Yan-yan has truly fallen for that boy named Ning Feiliu...

It is just a pity that although that boy's medical skills are not bad, his talent as a Spirit Master is a bit too low to protect Yan-yan.

But since Yan-yan is wholeheartedly fond of him, and he was only conducting experiments for Yan-yan's sake, and it was only by chance that Yan-yan saw his experimental notes and found out about this matter...

Then let it be.

"Yan-yan... I will not go and cause him trouble, rest assured," Dugu Bo finally said in a deep voice, "but you must also guarantee that you will not go looking for him again."

Yan-yan and this boy... must be cut off!

If things go on like this, it won't do; by then, there is no telling if Yan-yan will be completely hung up on that boy.

Therefore, he must be a bit more ruthless; no matter what, he must break the relationship between Dugu Yan and Ning Feiliu!

Even if Dugu Yan begs him again later!

However, Dugu Yan gave a miserable smile at this moment, "Grandfather... I will not go looking for him again, because I am afraid that the toxins in my body will contaminate him..."

(End of this chapter)