Chapter 32: Profound Ice Douluo Lan Xue and Nan Feihuang's Request

Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke lived in the royal palace of the Gu Lei Kingdom for about a month.

During these past few days, the two of them spent every day with Nan Feihuang.

Xue Qinghe discovered that she quite enjoyed chatting with Nan Feihuang, because Nan Feihuang could always guess what was on her mind; he could truly be called a kindred spirit.

Moreover, their goals and dreams were very similar; they were people of the same path.

Now, the two of them had become good friends.

As for Xue Ke, it went without saying; anyone who had a good relationship with her big brother was her friend. In the past, she could never find a companion who could praise her brother with her, but now that Nan Feihuang had appeared, she finally had someone to chat with.

One month later, Lan Xue and Nan Tianchen returned.

They had long since completed the Title Ceremony; the reason they returned so late was likely because they had gone sightseeing somewhere along the way.

It was rare for them to enjoy a world for two, and Nan Feihuang could understand that.

The title Lan Xue chose for herself was Profound Ice. Bibi Dong expressed her approval, personally draped the blue Douluo Robe over her, and sent people to carve her name inside the Douluo Hall.

To anyone, this was an immense honor.

Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke waited for Lan Xue to return, expressed their congratulations once more, and then prepared to take their leave.

After all, they were the Crown Prince and Princess of the Heaven Dou Empire; it was impossible for them to stay in the Gu Lei Kingdom forever.

Xue Qinghe still had many government affairs to assist the Great Emperor Xue Ye in handling, and Xue Ke was not yet married to Nan Feihuang.

At the city gate of Gu Lei Royal City, Nan Feihuang walked them out of the city.

"Feihuang, after we part this time, I do not know when we shall meet again. I hope we can keep in touch through letters; I have found that I really enjoy talking with you," said Xue Qinghe.

"Yes, yes, and me too! Brother Feihuang, I will write to you as well, to tell you how many more great things my big brother has done. You must write back to me!" Xue Ke also expressed that she wanted to continue praising her brother with him.

Nan Feihuang smiled, "That goes without saying. By the way, Brother Xue, I have heard that various kingdoms often send noble children to study at your country's Heaven Dou Royal Academy. I wonder if I might have the honor?"

"You want to come to my Heaven Dou Royal Academy?" Xue Qinghe asked in confusion. "I would naturally be delighted, but usually, those sent by the kingdoms are at most the second sons of families or ordinary princes. As the Crown Prince of the Gu Lei Kingdom, you must surely be a student at the Gu Lei Royal Academy."

Nan Feihuang nodded, "That is true. In the future, I will also represent the Gu Lei Royal Academy in the Soul Master Elite Tournament. However, just because my student status remains in the Gu Lei Kingdom does not mean I cannot go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to study for a period of time, right? Isn't there such a thing as an exchange student? When I grow a bit older, I can apply to my father the King to go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy as an exchange student for two years. By then, I can see Brother Xue and Sister Xue Ke often. How about that?"

"That would be excellent!" Xue Qinghe agreed immediately. "Feihuang, then I shall wait for you in Tiandou City. If you wish to come, just write me a letter, and I will arrange it for you in advance."

An exchange student—that was indeed a good idea.

Nan Feihuang watched as Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke departed. Behind him, Nan Tianchen finally spoke, "Huang'er, why did you suddenly suggest going to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy as an exchange student? The atmosphere of that academy is not good at all."

He did not like that place; he had heard rumors that it was a place that only recruited nobles, where small nobles fawned over big nobles, and big nobles fawned over the imperial family.

Extravagance and decadence were the characteristics of that academy.

Over the years, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's results in the Soul Master Tournament had never been very good; let alone the Spirit Hall, they were not even as good as the Star Luo Royal Academy.

"That's right, Huang'er. If you want to go to school, isn't the Gu Lei Royal Academy good enough? You could also stay with Lingqi." Lan Xue was also worried that if Nan Feihuang went there, he would be corrupted sooner or later. He was so young; even if he was precocious, his character surely wasn't firm enough yet.

"Father, Mother, you don't need to worry. I'm not going now, but when I'm around nine or ten years old," Nan Feihuang laughed. "You privately arranged a fiancée for me, but right now I only have Lingqi in my heart. You surely wouldn't want me to marry someone I have no feelings for, so of course I have to cultivate feelings with Xue Ke early on."

"And don't worry, I won't have much contact with those nobles. Although the Heaven Dou Royal Academy has many good-for-nothings, it also has some true geniuses. I heard that the grandchildren of the Thunder Douluo and the Poison Douluo are both studying there. I will associate with those relatively decent students."

Hearing Nan Feihuang say this, Lan Xue said helplessly, "Alright, but we have an agreement: you must be at least nine or ten years old before you can go, otherwise Mother won't be at ease."

This was her bottom line; no matter what, she could not be at ease letting her six-year-old son leave her side.

Nan Tianchen, however, looked at his son, lost in thought. He always felt that the kid's real purpose for going to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was not Xue Ke, but something else.

As expected, no one knows a son like his father; he guessed correctly. Nan Feihuang's true goal was Dugu Yan.

Of course, he was not interested in the woman Dugu Yan, but rather in the Dugu Bo behind her.

He needed to use Dugu Yan to befriend Dugu Bo, to cure his poison, and to scheme for his Immortal Herb; it would be best if he could even scheme for Dugu Bo himself.

What Dugu Bo was famous for throughout the world, besides his poison and ruthlessness, was his character of keeping his promises and being a man of his word.

In the original story, just because Tang San helped him detoxify, he dared to stand up to Bibi Dong in the Spirit Hall. For many years after that, he also wholeheartedly helped Tang San, without a single complaint along the way.

For such a loyal and righteous person, if Nan Feihuang did not win him over, he would have truly come to this Douluo Continent in vain.

It was just that to completely cure his poison, Nan Feihuang's current abilities were not enough; at the very least, he needed to study detoxification methods for a few more years, so going before the age of ten was quite appropriate.

He did not want to use the exact same detoxification method as Tang San. His detoxification method seemed feasible, but it treated the symptoms rather than the root cause.

Because Dugu Bo still had no immunity to the deadly poison in his body; he only let the poison transfer into his soul bone to bear it.

But his soul bone was, after all, only a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bone, and there was an upper limit to its capacity. In the future, as Dugu Bo's cultivation continued to grow stronger, there might come a day when it would erupt, and it would be even more severe when it did.

If it were a limb soul bone, it would be fine; at worst, he could do as Tang Hao did—transfer all the poison to his limbs and then sacrifice them to survive.

But Dugu Bo's was a Head Bone; he couldn't exactly cut off his head to survive.

Of course, Tang San was still considered a benefactor to Dugu Bo. The original Dugu Bo might have only lived another ten or twenty years, and would have had to endure the torture of the poison every day.

Yet Tang San at least extended his life by sixty years, and he lived comfortably without the influence of the poison.

However, this bit of grace had already been repaid ten times over by the Dugu Bo of the original story to Tang San.

Nan Feihuang thought that he would first strive to find a root-cure method, and if it really didn't work, he would then use Tang San's method to treat the symptoms first.

(End of chapter)