Chapter 49: The Arrival of the Master

"Can you tell me how you neutralized the poison?" Dugu Bo asked curiously.

Dugu Bo's obsession with exploring the path of poison was legendary; now that a detoxification method he didn't know had appeared, he naturally wanted to understand it.

Zhou Heng looked at Dugu Bo and retorted, "Dugu Bo, you're still thinking about practicing your Poison Technique now? Do you have any sense of responsibility at all? Do you still want to detoxify Dugu Yan or not?"

Dugu Bo's face fell, and he apologized to Zhou Heng with a smile, "I was wrong. You tell me, how should we detoxify Yan Yan?"

Zhou Heng shook his head and countered, "It's not about detoxifying Dugu Yan, but about detoxifying you. If we can't find the reason for the mutation of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in your body, I absolutely cannot neutralize the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison within you."

Even if I neutralize the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in Dugu Yan's body, what will she do if you are poisoned to death afterward?

Over these years, you've probably offended quite a few people, haven't you? If you die, can Dugu Yan still have a good outcome?"

It wasn't as if Dugu Bo hadn't thought about this situation.

However, Zhou Heng had said before that he wasn't confident in neutralizing the already mutated Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in his own body.

Therefore, Dugu Bo had thought it through: he would only have Zhou Heng detoxify Dugu Yan, and he himself could hold on for another dozen years or so. Once Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison was neutralized, he would have Zhou Heng and Dugu Yan enter into a marriage alliance.

With a genius like Zhou Heng, who was gifted with such extraordinary talent, to act as a backer for Yan Yan, and with himself to buy Zhou Heng another dozen years of time.

By the time he died, even if Zhou Heng wasn't a Title Douluo, he shouldn't be far off.

That way, Yan Yan would have a pillar of support and wouldn't need to worry about his enemies.

To be safe, Dugu Bo intended to leave that place to Zhou Heng to help him grow.

However, the specific location of that place still required Zhou Heng's character to pass the test; only then would Dugu Bo tell Zhou Heng about it.

As for whether Zhou Heng would enter into a marriage alliance with Dugu Yan, hehe, he himself was a Title Douluo, even if he was only a Ninety-first Level Title Douluo.

But that was still powerful enough. Using his experience of becoming a Title Douluo to tempt Zhou Heng—surely that would work?

Unfortunately, Dugu Bo had no idea what kind of power Zhou Heng had behind him; Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan alone could not attract Zhou Heng.

Although Zhou Heng had some guesses about Dugu Bo's thoughts, he ignored them.

By now, Zhou Heng had given Dugu Bo enough hints. As long as Dugu Bo still wanted to live and wanted to watch Dugu Yan grow up, he would definitely take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he would completely resolve the mutated Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in Dugu Bo's body.

Dugu Bo also understood Zhou Heng's words.

However, regarding that place, Dugu Bo dared not gamble on Zhou Heng's current character.

Dugu Bo thought for a moment and said to Zhou Heng with a smile, "Zhou Heng, what do you think of my granddaughter?"

Zhou Heng's eye twitched twice, and he said, "Poison Douluo! You cannot make decisions regarding my life's major affairs."

Dugu Bo looked at Zhou Heng and said disdainfully, "You can't make decisions about your own life's major affairs? Tell me, where are your parents, or whoever can make the decisions? I will go find them directly and talk to them about your life's major affairs myself!"

Zhou Heng looked Dugu Bo up and down a few times, then withdrew his gaze and fell into deep thought.

Dugu Bo was a Title Douluo after all. If he couldn't convince him, it wasn't that he couldn't get the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but the effort required would be too great.

Not only would he need to explore the Sunset Forest, but after finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he would also have to clear the Poison Array that Dugu Bo had set up around its perimeter; the effort spent would be more than it was worth.

Zhou Heng thought for a moment and said, "How about this: I will call the person who can make the decisions, and you can talk to him yourself. If you can convince him, I have no objections."

Dugu Bo became excited, "Fine. Go call them now. I'll wait for the people behind you."

Zhou Heng didn't leave the secret chamber. Right in front of Dugu Bo, he found a piece of paper, wrote two letters, and told Dugu Bo to hand the letters to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, after which someone would naturally come to discuss it with him.

Dugu Bo didn't read the letters Zhou Heng wrote. After getting them, he set off for the Taizi Fu, threw the two letters in front of Qian Renxue, and then returned to the secret chamber to wait for the people behind Zhou Heng.

In the blink of an eye, four days passed, and the time Zhou Heng had agreed upon arrived.

Dugu Bo took Zhou Heng and left the secret chamber, heading two hundred li south of Heaven Dou City. There was a Qingxue Mountain there; the scenery was quite good, but it also held significant dangers, so very few people came there.

As soon as Dugu Bo arrived, he saw a small pavilion on the summit of Qingxue Mountain. Inside the pavilion sat four people draped in black robes, their auras as deep as an abyss and as heavy as a mountain, drinking tea and whiling away the time.

Dugu Bo, confident in his status as a Title Douluo, walked straight into the pavilion and sat down beside the four black-robed figures, leaving Zhou Heng to the side.

Dugu Bo cupped his hands toward the four black-robed figures and said, "I am the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo. May I ask for your names? And who are you all to Zhou Heng?"

Although Dugu Bo didn't hold these four people in high regard, they were, after all, the people behind Zhou Heng, so he wouldn't neglect the proper etiquette.

However, no one paid any attention to Dugu Bo's etiquette.

One of the black-robed figures said to Zhou Heng, who was standing to the side, "Little Heng, what are your intentions?"

Dugu Bo's expression sank immediately. He, a Title Douluo, had offered greetings first, yet these people were so arrogant and ignorant of etiquette. It seemed he might have to use force to prove his strength.

Upon hearing the voice of the person who spoke, Zhou Heng knew that the person who had come was his second master, the Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"Second Master, Dugu Bo has treated me quite well. Aside from a small injury I sustained when he was testing me, there have been no other issues.

I already explained in the letter that Dugu Bo wants to take me as his son-in-law. I ask that you make the decision on this matter, Second Master; I have no objections."

The Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded and, no longer hiding, took off his black robe, revealing his face.

Dugu Bo's previously relaxed mood immediately sank to the bottom. He naturally recognized the person in front of him: the Second Honorary Elder of the Offering Hall in the Spirit Hall—the Golden Crocodile Douluo.

But it was precisely because he recognized the Golden Crocodile Douluo that Dugu Bo was so worried.

The Golden Crocodile Douluo was a Ninety-eighth Level Power Attack System Super Douluo; he definitely couldn't beat him.

However, if he fled with all his might, he might still have a chance to survive.

But the Dugu Family in Heaven Dou City would have absolutely no chance of survival.

Dugu Bo had already begun to think about how he should resolve this matter.

However, as the Golden Crocodile Douluo took off his black robe, the other three black-robed figures also took off theirs.

The actions of these three people left Dugu Bo shocked. Could it be that the Spirit Hall had sent four Honorary Elders this time?

Just as Dugu Bo thought of this, he shook his head secretly in his heart, "Impossible. The appearance of one Golden Crocodile Douluo is already giving me too much credit. If there were any more Title Douluos, I fear that both I and the Dugu Family would be wiped out today."