Chapter 61: Immortal Herb Password Entered Successfully

"Your mother? The Profound Ice Title Douluo?" Dugu Bo looked at Nan Feihuang with suspicion.

He naturally knew of Nan Feihuang's mother, the newly promoted Profound Ice Title Douluo, but he and Lan Xue were complete strangers; what words could she possibly have to convey to him alone?

Nan Feihuang had no other choice; after all, he couldn't exactly tell Dugu Bo that he was looking for him for no reason. A child, what important business could he possibly have? Even if he were the son of a Title Douluo, Dugu Bo simply couldn't be bothered to pay him any mind.

But it was different if he were delivering a message on his mother's behalf. He could have refused a visit last time, but now that they were face-to-face, as fellow Title Douluos, Dugu Bo could not afford to ignore Lan Xue too much.

Arrogant as his personality was, he also couldn't be bothered to do something that would needlessly offend someone of his own rank.

"Let's go, brat!" Dugu Bo grabbed Nan Feihuang, and with a flash of his figure, he vanished from the spot.

Not to mention Qin Ming, even Spirit Douluos like Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan could not react in time. Indeed, even for Spirit Douluos, the gap between them and a Title Douluo remained as vast as a natural chasm.

Soon, Dugu Bo brought Nan Feihuang to a small lake outside the academy. "Kid, rest assured, there is no one else around here. Speak whatever you have to say."

"Yes, Senior. May I ask, every time it is rainy and overcast, is the numbness and itching in your ribs still manageable, and is it constantly increasing?" Nan Feihuang asked straight to the point.

"What did you say?" Dugu Bo's gaze turned sharp in an instant.

Nan Feihuang acted as if he hadn't noticed and continued speaking on his own, "Senior, your symptoms flare up once at noon and once at midnight every day. Given your current condition, each episode should last for a full hour or more. Furthermore, every night, around the third watch, a needle-like stabbing pain appears on the top of your head. Your whole body spasms for at least half an hour. I'm not wrong, am I?"

Having finished listing Dugu Bo's symptoms in one breath, Nan Feihuang naturally sensed his anger, but he was not afraid at all, as if he had even heard a "ding" sound from the void.

If there were a system, it would surely pop up with this sentence right now: Password entered correctly, please choose the Immortal Herb you require.

"You little brat, shut your mouth!" Dugu Bo could no longer hold back and directly grabbed Nan Feihuang by the throat.

This was his greatest secret; no one knew it, and he would not allow anyone to know it. Otherwise, if his enemies knew the timing of his symptom flare-ups and took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, he wouldn't have enough lives to spare.

"Senior, don't be angry. Is it useful to kill me?" Nan Feihuang smiled.

Dugu Bo was stunned. That's right, is it useful to kill this kid?

He was only delivering a message on behalf of his mother. The person who truly knew his symptoms was Lan Xue. Could he really go and kill Lan Xue?

Although Lan Xue was a newly promoted Title Douluo, after adding her Ninth Spirit Ring, her level should at least be ninety-one, putting her on par with him.

Unlike himself, who was not skilled in one-on-one combat, Lan Xue was a renowned master of dueling. She had once fought Tang Hao to a draw and even forced him to use the legendary Ring Detonation secret technique of the Clear Sky Sect before she was defeated.

Dugu Bo admitted that in a one-on-one fight, he was certainly no match for Lan Xue.

This was the other purpose of Nan Feihuang deliberately bringing up his mother: self-preservation. If he told Dugu Bo that he was the only one who knew his secret, Dugu Bo might, for the sake of keeping it, kill him to silence him without waiting for Nan Feihuang to explain.

Even if he didn't kill him today to avoid suspicion, as a Poison Spirit Master, it would truly not be difficult for him to make Nan Feihuang die silently in the academy later on.

But it was different now. In Dugu Bo's mind, killing Nan Feihuang was useless because he still thought Lan Xue had discovered this and had Nan Feihuang relay it to him. If he really killed Nan Feihuang and angered Lan Xue, even if she didn't take action herself, she could go outside and spread the word about his poisoning and the timing of his flare-ups, and he would be in big trouble.

Dugu Bo was a man who held grudges, and he had quite a few enemies.

Therefore, he had no need to do such a thankless task.

Moreover, since their Gulei Kingdom had sought him out the moment they learned of this, they should have no malicious intent. Otherwise, they could have killed him as easily as taking something from a bag while his poison was flaring up.

"Speak, what does your mother want to get from me in exchange for keeping this secret?" Dugu Bo released Nan Feihuang and asked in a deep voice.

"Senior, I have my own requests, but before that, please give me a chance to remove the poison from your body." Nan Feihuang still wanted to save him first before asking for a reward; only then would he feel at ease taking the Immortal Herb.

"What did you say? You can remove the poison from my body? Kid, don't play such jokes with me. Even your mother might not be able to do it." How could Dugu Bo easily believe the words of a ten-year-old child?

"My mother indeed cannot do it, but my master can. Senior, if you agree to keep my secret, I am willing to prove it to you immediately." Nan Feihuang naturally knew that if he wanted Dugu Bo to believe him, he had to show some ability.

"Your master?" Dugu Bo hadn't expected Nan Feihuang to have a master. Despite having a Title Douluo as a family elder, he still apprenticed himself to someone else; his master must not be a simple character.

"Yes, my mentor is named Zuo Ci, a figure like an Immortal," Nan Feihuang said. Having inherited the Dunjia Heavenly Book from Zuo Ci, it was only natural to call him master.

"Actually, my mother is not skilled in poison. Being able to discover your poison, Senior, mainly comes from my master. During this time spent with Sister Yan, I discovered through the medical arts my master taught me that she seems to be suffering from a deep poison, and this poison comes from herself. After I informed my master, he deduced that you, as Sister Yan's grandfather, must be poisoned even more severely."

"Your master is truly an extraordinary person. I wonder if this old man might have the honor of meeting him?" Dugu Bo largely believed Nan Feihuang's words because what he said was a fact. He had never heard of Lan Xue being proficient in toxicology. In truth, he had already suspected that there was someone else behind Nan Feihuang; otherwise, could it really be this little brat who discovered he was poisoned?

"Senior, my master is always elusive. He doesn't know where he has gone to wander now, but before he left, he passed the method to remove your poison to me. Senior, please take a look at this mental method." Nan Feihuang took out a mental method recorded in the Dunjia Heavenly Book that could grant immunity to poison and handed it to Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo curiously took it and read through it a few times, his eyes filled with shock. "It is called the Taoist Golden Body Mental Method? I have never heard of it, but it is indeed a profound divine art. If one can master it, one can indeed achieve a body immune to all poisons."

"However, this mental method seems to require cultivation before being poisoned. Kid, the toxins in my body have already spread throughout my entire system. Getting this mental method now seems to be of no use. Yanyan, on the other hand, is only lightly poisoned; perhaps she can use this to recover."

Dugu Bo felt it was a pity; such a divine art was placed before him, yet it was useless to him.

Nan Feihuang, of course, would not be so simple; he still had a backup plan.

(End of chapter)