Chapter 60: Poison Douluo Dugu Bo

Half an hour later, under the suppression of Meng Shenji's powerful soul power, Dugu Yan finally regained consciousness.

The reason she fell into a coma was that her own soul power contained a potent poison, which had injured her body; fortunately, her soul power was still very weak, for if she were at Dugu Bo's level, the power of a Spirit Douluo like Meng Shenji would have been completely useless.

"What happened to me?" Dugu Yan murmured, and as the toxin was suppressed, she appeared as if nothing had happened.

"Yan'er, thank goodness, you're finally awake. Eat this first to restore your strength." Yu Tianheng placed a thin pancake to Dugu Yan's lips; Dugu Yan knew what it was and, not refusing her boyfriend, took a light bite.

After eating the pancake, her strength was quickly restored.

This was no ordinary pancake, but one from the martial soul of a Food System Soul King, which Bai Baoshan had just gone to fetch; for a Food System user to reach the Soul King level was already quite rare.

Although a Soul King was only a Heaven-rank Teacher at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, this person's status was higher than many Heaven Dou-rank Teachers.

Moreover, he specialized in both restoring physical strength and treating injuries, and the pancake was easy to fill up on, making him a natural mobile granary.

Of course, compared to Old Zhang at Nan Feihuang's home, the gap was still quite large.

Seeing Dugu Yan finish the pancake and her complexion turn completely rosy, Yu Tianheng finally felt relieved. "Great, you look like you're fine now. Yan'er, you suddenly fainted just now; do you know how worried I was?"

"That's right, Sister Dugu Yan, what exactly happened to you? You fainted so suddenly, you scared us to death." Ye Lingling and the others were still shaken; in that situation, if not for Meng Shenji, they would have been helpless.

"Student Dugu Yan, have you had this condition before?" Meng Shenji asked.

Dugu Yan shook her head. "No, today is the first time I've fainted, but I feel fine now. It was probably just that my recent cultivation of soul power and Spirit Fighting were too aggressive, so I got tired."

"Perhaps. Then, Student Dugu Yan, for the next few days, do not cultivate or engage in Spirit Fighting; rest well. You must know that haste makes waste, and sometimes balancing work and rest is very important." Meng Shenji advised; he could not detect the problem in Dugu Yan's body and could only tell her to rest more.

He was completely unaware that Dugu Yan had been poisoned by her own toxins; although he had indeed felt the potent poison within her soul power while suppressing it just now, he had not felt that anything was amiss.

After all, Dugu Yan was a Poison Spirit Master by nature; what was strange about a Poison Spirit Master's soul power containing poison?

Dugu Yan agreed, "I understand, thank you, Committee Member."

"Yanyan!!!"

Just then, an anxious roar came from outside the door, and the gate was kicked away. Entering was an old man dressed in emerald green robes, thin and tall; surprisingly, not only were his clothes green, but his hair and beard were also green, and he emitted a fishy stench.

"Grandfather." Following Dugu Yan's address, everyone finally knew the old man's identity.

It was actually one of the contemporary Title Douluo, known as the Poison Douluo who dominated the world with poison—the Jade Phosphor Douluo. Of course, more people preferred to call him Poison Douluo directly, because his personality was just like his martial soul: poisonous and ruthless enough.

As for why he came here, it was normal; since Dugu Yan had suddenly fainted, the academy naturally had to find a way to notify him, and this time, the Spirit Douluo Zhilin had personally gone to fetch him.

"Your Excellency, please do not worry, Student Dugu Yan is already fine, she just needs to rest," Qin Ming said respectfully.

"That's right, Grandfather, you're making a mountain out of a molehill. I just overdid it with Spirit Fighting, there was no need for you to make a trip yourself." Dugu Yan pounced into Dugu Bo's arms and acted spoiled.

In truth, she was quite happy that her grandfather was so nervous about her.

"Mm, it's good that you're fine, you scared your grandfather to death." Dugu Bo stroked Dugu Yan's hair lovingly as he spoke. Today, everyone had their eyes opened; besides them, who else could see this Poison Douluo, who killed without leaving bones, show such a gentle side?

Dugu Bo was, of course, not as naive as the others; his first reaction upon hearing the news was that the backlash of Dugu Yan's toxins had already begun.

Although his expression was gentle, Nan Feihuang could see deep worry in his eyes, because his son—Dugu Yan's father—had died step by step from the poison in exactly this way.

But he dared not tell Dugu Yan; his granddaughter was still so young, how cruel it would be if she learned her death was approaching.

The world said Dugu Bo was cold and heartless, but who knew how important family affection was in his heart?

In order not to disturb Dugu Yan's rest, the group soon took her back to the dormitory and only left after seeing her fall asleep. At the dormitory entrance, Dugu Bo said to the group, "You few are the ones from Yanyan's team, right? Yanyan mentions you every time she goes home; you are indeed all quite good."

"Your Excellency is too kind." In front of a Title Douluo, they dared not be arrogant and all turned into humble, well-behaved children.

Dugu Bo's gaze mainly swept across three people: Nan Feihuang, Ye Lingling, and finally Yu Tianheng.

Nan Feihuang was the youngest, yet his strength was the greatest among them; such a heaven-sent talent was something he had not seen in his decades of traversing the continent, and even Tang Hao in his day seemed to fall short.

Ye Lingling possessed the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul, the continent's number one healing martial soul; if she were there, perhaps she could alleviate the flare-up of the potent poison in Dugu Yan's body.

If Dugu Bo felt appreciation for Nan Feihuang and Ye Lingling, his expression toward the final one, Yu Tianheng, was cold. That brat who had hooked his precious granddaughter—not poisoning him with Jade Phosphor Snake Poison was already doing that old dragon a favor.

"Greetings, Senior Dugu, Yu Tianheng pays his respects!" Although Yu Tianheng was somewhat nervous—after all, the person opposite him was not only a Title Douluo but also his sweetheart's grandfather—he still appeared neither humble nor arrogant; he was the heir to the third-greatest clan on the continent and could not lose face for his family.

"Brat, you are touted as one of the two great geniuses of your generation in your family, but in my eyes, you are nothing more than this; you can't even compare to a 10-year-old child." Dugu Bo glanced at Yu Tianheng and mocked him coldly.

The battle between Yu Tianheng and Nan Feihuang had already spread throughout Tiandou City, and everyone knew the news of Yu Tianheng's defeat.

Yu Tianheng felt a bit awkward for a moment, because what Dugu Bo said was the truth; he really could not beat Nan Feihuang.

"Tianheng's skills are inferior to others, making Your Excellency laugh. Compared to Student Feihuang, I am truly unworthy of the word 'genius', and in the future, I can only rely on hard work to make up for the gap." Yu Tianheng ultimately chose to admit it openly and honestly.

His words seemed somewhat passive, but they made Dugu Bo's eyes light up. If Yu Tianheng had shown defiance or rage just now, he would have looked down on him even more; someone who dared not even admit defeat was not worthy of being his granddaughter's husband. He had not expected him to be so calm about it.

With such character, combined with outstanding talent and an excellent family background, Dugu Bo admitted that the Yu Tianheng before him was indeed worthy of his Yanyan; even he found it hard to find anything to nitpick.

However, admitting it was one thing; as for wanting him to like Yu Tianheng, that would take another hundred years.

Dugu Bo snorted coldly and prepared to leave. Just then, Nan Feihuang suddenly called out, "Senior Dugu, please wait. I have some matters I wish to discuss with you privately; my mother has words she asked me to convey to you."

(End of chapter)