Chapter 48: Contacting the Poison Douluo

Zhou Heng probed inside Dugu Bo's body; it took a full hour before Zhou Heng stopped the examination.

Zhou Heng's brows knit into a "chuan" shape involuntarily; the situation inside Dugu Bo's body was more than ten times worse than Dugu Yan's.

If not for the fact that Dugu Bo had accidentally become a Title Douluo, Dugu Bo would have been dead for over a decade.

Looking at Zhou Heng's grim expression, he felt a bit worried and asked, "What is it? Is there no way to solve it?"

Zhou Heng shook his head and said with a solemn face, "It's not that there's no way, but I don't know if it can succeed."

"Your situation is different from Dugu Yan's; if I were to use the method for countering the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in Dugu Yan's body to deal with the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in yours, I don't know what would happen."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo pondered slightly and realized the reason why the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in his own body had changed.

"Are you saying that there is no way to resolve the mutated Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison?" Dugu Bo asked Zhou Heng.

In truth, Dugu Bo no longer cared whether the snake poison in his own body could be resolved.

What Zhou Heng had just said—that he could resolve the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in his granddaughter's body—was something Dugu Bo would verify for himself later, regardless of whether it was true or false for now.

If Zhou Heng dared to deceive him, Dugu Bo naturally would not let Zhou Heng off.

However, if Zhou Heng truly resolved the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in Dugu Yan's body, he, Dugu Bo, would naturally not make things difficult for Zhou Heng; on the contrary, he would thank Zhou Heng.

Dugu Bo had already lived for several decades; as long as the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in his granddaughter Dugu Yan could be resolved, Dugu Bo could accept any price, even if it meant his own life.

"That's not the case. If I can find the reason for the mutation of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in your body, perhaps it can still be detoxified. However, I dare not confirm whether it will succeed," Zhou Heng said, laying everything out.

In front of a Title Douluo, it is very difficult to hide one's thoughts; it was better to state them directly, which might even earn some favor from the other party.

Afterward, Dugu Bo chatted with Zhou Heng for a while, then gently patted Zhou Heng's shoulder and said to the bewildered Zhou Heng, "I'm going out for a trip; you just stay here."

"Don't even think about escaping. I've planted poison in your body; once you leave this secret room, that toxin will quickly take effect and take your life directly."

After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to Zhou Heng and left the secret room, returning to his residence in Heaven Dou City, wanting to get to the bottom of these matters.

Zhou Heng, meanwhile, sat cross-legged on the floor of the secret room, holding the Dragon Pill in his hands, his mental power sinking into his body, scanning everything inside inch by inch, feeling for any toxins that might exist within his body.

Spending half an hour, Zhou Heng finally found the toxin Dugu Bo had mentioned in a corner of his body.

Through Zhou Heng's perception, these toxins would not pose a threat to his life, but would only cause him extreme pain once triggered.

However, Zhou Heng directly released the Evergreen Jade Lotus from his Battle Instrument Martial Soul and, relying on his affinity for the God of Elements, created a water sphere in the air.

The Evergreen Jade Lotus appeared within the water sphere, and Zhou Heng issued it an order: release its healing ability on himself.

Zhou Heng was very clear about just how strong Dugu Bo's Poison Technique was.

After all, he was the only Title Douluo of the poison attribute in the world; no matter how lucky or fortuitous one might be, the poison planted by Dugu Bo could not possibly be resolved by an Evergreen Jade Lotus with only 15,000 years of cultivation.

However, the powerful healing ability of the Evergreen Jade Lotus could provide protection for Zhou Heng.

Inside Zhou Heng's body, his mental power combined with his soul power to form invisible "chains" and "blades"; the chains trapped the toxin in place, while the blades entered the toxin and cut the area where it was parasitic into tiny fragments.

Subsequently, he used Yi Wood Power to construct "channels" in his body, connecting capillaries and pores to expel these tiny fragments containing the toxin out through the capillaries and pores.

At the same time, because the Evergreen Jade Lotus was constantly applying its healing ability to him, the parts of Zhou Heng's body that were cut were also recovering rapidly.

To recover quickly, Zhou Heng also summoned Yi Wood Power; with the blessing of dual healing abilities, the injuries on Zhou Heng's body were completely recovered in just over a dozen breaths of time.

It took Zhou Heng a full hour to complete all of this, finally expelling all the toxins from his body.

While Zhou Heng was clearing the toxins from his body, Dugu Bo had long since arrived at his mansion.

As soon as Dugu Bo returned, he learned that Dugu Yan had already returned home and was waiting for him in his study.

Dugu Bo immediately headed to the study; he had important matters to ask Dugu Yan about.

After Dugu Bo arrived at the study and saw Dugu Yan, he hurriedly asked about Zhou Heng.

When Dugu Yan heard Zhou Heng say that he already had a method to resolve the backlash of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in her body, a smile could not help but appear on her face.

"Grandfather, is there really a way to resolve the backlash of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison?" Dugu Yan's tone carried an unmistakable sense of surprise.

Dugu Bo shook his head and said uncertainly, "I cannot be sure if what he said is true or false, but the last time the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in your body backlashed, was it really him who helped you resolve it?"

Dugu Yan nodded affirmatively, her tone incomparably firm: "It was definitely him. After I woke up, I saw him placing his hand on mine, injecting that soul power with abnormally strong life force into my body."

"Moreover, I asked Lingling and the team leader; after I fainted, Zhou Heng was the first to treat me, and during that time, he did nothing else."

Hearing his granddaughter's such certain words, Dugu Bo also let go of the doubts in his heart.

"In that case, he indeed has a method to resolve the backlash of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in your body. That is good; I am relieved," Dugu Bo said gently with a smile on his face.

Dugu Bo stayed in the mansion for a while, then left again.

This time, Dugu Bo was determined to find a method that could truly resolve the backlash of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison for Dugu Yan.

After Dugu Bo left the mansion, he headed toward the secret room he had built; along the way, Dugu Bo had to be careful to see if anyone was following him.

Sometimes he even had to take detours to interfere with others.

Just like that, it took Dugu Bo half an hour to return to the secret room.

As soon as he entered the secret room, Dugu Bo saw Zhou Heng sitting on a chair, flipping through the ancient books he had left in the secret room.

Hearing the movement, Zhou Heng looked up and saw Dugu Bo standing at the entrance of the secret room, so he greeted him: "Poison Douluo, you've returned? How was it? Everything I said was true, right?"

Dugu Bo, with a smile on his face, came to Zhou Heng's side, intending to undo the poison he had planted on Zhou Heng's body.

However, the moment his palm was placed on Zhou Heng's shoulder, Dugu Bo felt absolutely nothing of the poison he had planted in Zhou Heng's body to prevent him from escaping.

"You neutralized the poison?" Dugu Bo looked at Zhou Heng in surprise and asked his question in astonishment.

"I did indeed neutralize your poison. Although I am not very knowledgeable about poisons, I have a simple and crude method." Dugu Bo believed Zhou Heng's words.

He considered himself to be second to none in his research on the path of poison.

The poison he had planted earlier had no intention of killing; it would really only make one feel pain.

However, only he knew the method to neutralize this kind of poison.

Yet, this little fellow in front of him had neutralized his poison in the time it took for him to go out for a trip.

If one were to say that this little fellow, at such a young age, could have research on poisons no less than his own, Dugu Bo would not believe it.

If Zhou Heng had neutralized the poison using a special method, Dugu Bo would still believe it.