Chapter 55: Dugu Bo

Yu Tianheng looked at the departing Ning Rongrong and laughed disdainfully, "With that little look of yours, you still dare to bicker with me."

As he finished speaking, Yu Tianheng's gaze fell upon the two people in the hall.

"Yanzi, I have more or less finished understanding the situation with your body and martial soul. Your situation is very complex, and I only have a rough direction for now. If there is an opportunity, could I pay a visit to your grandfather?"

Seeing that he was prepared enough and the timing was appropriate, Shi Quan took the initiative to bring up the matter of meeting Dugu Bo.

Rather than waiting passively, it was better to strike first. Instead of waiting for Dugu Bo to come to him, it was better to make the first move and show goodwill.

As the saying goes, opportunity is reserved for those who are prepared.

Dugu Yan said, "My grandfather has a bad temper. If you say the wrong thing, he won't be as easy to deal with as Sword Douluo."

Shi Quan smiled and said, "I am doing this for your own good, and I think your grandfather shouldn't make things difficult for me. If there are no problems, then naturally everyone is happy; if something is discovered, perhaps I can be of help, right?"

Dugu Yan calculated the time and said, "Alright, my grandfather is not in Heaven Dou City during this period; he should be back in a few days. You can go with me then."

"Dugu Bo isn't here and you didn't tell me sooner, leaving me worried and afraid," Shi Quan muttered to himself, but he smiled and replied, "No problem. Then you go ahead and get busy, I'm going back to cultivate."

He bid farewell to Dugu Yan.

Everything returned to normal: time to cultivate, time to study, time to research.

Nothing else changed, except that whenever Ning Rongrong had nothing to do, she always liked to hang around Shi Quan, just like a little follower.

Time passed day by day, and before he knew it, another week had gone by.

"Xiao Quan, my grandfather should be back soon. I plan to ask for leave this afternoon to go see him. Do you want to come along?" After the morning training ended, Dugu Yan turned her head to look at Shi Quan not far away.

"Yan Yan, you are taking Xiao Quan to see your grandfather?" Upon hearing this, Yu Tianheng immediately stretched his head over.

"Xiao Quan has some private matters and wants to visit my grandfather. Why? Do you want to go too?" Dugu Yan pouted her small mouth, revealing a playful smile.

Hearing this, Yu Tianheng shrank his neck, "Would that be a bit too rushed?"

Dugu Yan glared at Yu Tianheng, "Hmph, rushed? What's the rush? Aren't you and I just teammates?"

"I..." Yu started to say something, but didn't know what to say, his face flushed red.

"You what, you." Dugu Yan looked at him with an expression of disappointment, and asked loudly, "Is it really that hard to say you like me?"

"No, no, no." Yu Tianheng waved his hands hurriedly.

"Then hurry up and say it!" Dugu Yan looked at Yu Tianheng, speechless.

"I like you." Yu Tianheng finally reacted and said hurriedly.

"Good, I know now. From now on, you are my boyfriend." Dugu Yan waved her hand, directly settling the matter. After waving at Yu Tianheng, she looked at Shi Quan, "Alright, move aside. Xiao Quan, are you coming or not?"

"Coming, how could I not!" Shi Quan stepped forward quickly and followed Dugu Yan toward the outside of the academy.

"Hahaha, our Sister Yanzi is still the most domineering." Yu Feng laughed out loud and looked at Yu Tianheng, "Boss, where did your usual domineering and cold demeanor go? Why did you wilt in front of our Sister Yanzi?"

Once Yu Feng said this, even the usually stern Shi brothers couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile.

"I think you're looking to be drilled by me." Lightning flashed in Yu Tianheng's eyes, but the corners of his mouth held an uncontrollable smile.

"Don't, don't, don't, Boss, I was just joking." Upon hearing this, Yu Feng immediately admitted defeat.

Ning Rongrong watched the back of the departing Dugu Yan with stars in her eyes, muttering to herself, "You can even do that?"

"Pah, pah, pah!" Ning Rongrong hurriedly patted her own cheeks, whispering, "What on earth am I thinking!"

……

Half an hour later.

Shi Quan followed Dugu Yan to a mansion in Heaven Dou City.

He pushed open the door.

"Grandfather, I'm home." Dugu Yan walked with happy steps and called out toward the house.

"Has our cute Yan Yan come to see Grandfather?"

A resonant and powerful voice came from the house, and then a figure walked out. The figure was thin and long, looking like a javelin. His hair and beard were all dark green, and his eyes shone like emeralds. It was none other than the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo!

Seeing Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan immediately ran over happily and threw herself into his arms.

"Yan Yan brought a friend too?" Dugu Bo's dark green gaze fell on Shi Quan, and that feeling of being seen through struck again.

"Junior Shi Quan, greetings to you, Senior. Please forgive me for this sudden visit," Shi Quan said respectfully.

"Not that little guy from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family?" Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan with some surprise, then looked down at Dugu Yan.

"Grandfather, what are you saying?" Dugu Yan lowered her head shyly and pointed at Shi Quan to introduce him, "He is a new classmate at the academy who joined the Heaven Dou Team this month. He is not only a very powerful Control System Soul Master, but also a very powerful master of martial soul theory."

They had been training together for a while, and although Shi Quan's level was not as high as hers, Dugu Yan highly recognized Shi Quan's strength. After all, Shi Quan was someone even Sword Douluo acknowledged. As for martial soul theory, they had all deeply experienced the various training methods Shi Quan had proposed.

"Oh?" Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow, scanned Shi Quan, and looked down at Dugu Yan in his arms, asking kindly, "How powerful is he?"

How could Dugu Bo not know Dugu Yan's personality? To be praised so highly by his own proud granddaughter, he must have some real skills. He was just puzzled that the Shi Quan in front of him was only level 22; what did he have to deserve such praise from Dugu Yan?

"Grandfather, you know Sword Douluo, right?" Dugu Yan asked with a smile.

Dugu Bo laughed, "How could I not know that old guy Chen Xin."

"Grandfather, let me tell you, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master had his daughter..." Dugu Yan then chattered away, recounting the whole story of Shi Quan's sparring with Sword Douluo, and even repeated everything Sword Douluo had said.

"You actually made that old guy Chen Xin have the thought of taking an apprentice?" Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan in shock.

Only then did Shi Quan smile and say, "That was just a joke from Senior Sword Douluo; Senior need not take it seriously."

"A joke?" Dugu Bo was also amused by Shi Quan's words, "On this continent, I have never heard that old guy Chen Xin say such a joke to anyone else."

"To be able to gain Chen Xin's recognition, your strength as a little guy is worthy of Yan Yan's praise, but where does this 'master of martial soul theory' come from?" This time, when Dugu Bo asked, his gaze was fixed on Shi Quan.

"This junior is untalented, I have only just researched a New Soul Ring Limit Theory." As he spoke, a pale blue light flickered in Shi Quan's hand, and Blue Silver Grass appeared in his palm, followed by one yellow and one purple soul ring rising up.

"The second soul ring is actually a Millennium Soul Ring?" Seeing this, a trace of surprise flashed in Dugu Bo's eyes, and he asked curiously, "Tell me about this New Soul Ring Limit Theory."

"This New Soul Ring Limit Theory..." Shi Quan immediately began to speak eloquently.

"Kid, I have to say, you have a lot of courage." After listening to Shi Quan's explanation, a trace of admiration appeared in the depths of Dugu Bo's eyes. As a Spirit Master, he knew the consequences of absorbing soul rings beyond one's limit. Shi Quan actually dared to risk his life, and in a situation that everyone saw as a dead end, he had truly carved out a new path.

Dugu Bo put Dugu Yan down and looked directly at Shi Quan, "Tell me, what is the matter that you came to find me for today?"

"Senior, I came to visit specifically today because of Sister Yanzi. This is some research I have done on her martial soul during this period. I would like to communicate with you privately; perhaps I can be of some help." As he spoke, Shi Quan took a stack of documents from his Snow Jade Bracelet and handed them to Dugu Bo.

"Regarding Yan Yan?" Dugu Bo took the documents Shi Quan handed over with a puzzled look and began to flip through them page by page.

The preceding content was about Dugu Yan's future development and study direction, and Dugu Bo nodded in satisfaction as he read these, but after seeing the content that followed, Dugu Bo's pupils visibly contracted sharply, and his hand holding the documents tightened slightly.

Especially after seeing the words "Originating from the martial soul, passed down from predecessors?" written on the document, Dugu Bo's expression could not help but change slightly; although there was a question mark written after this sentence, being able to make such an inference from Dugu Yan's body and martial soul was enough to show Shi Quan's attainments regarding martial souls, and although it was written this way on the document, it was uncertain whether Shi Quan had already confirmed the matter of Dugu Yan being poisoned.

With this thought in mind.

A cold, deep, and imperceptible glint, like that of a venomous snake, could not help but flash in the gaze Dugu Bo directed at Shi Quan.

"Did you write all these things yourself? Have you told anyone else?" Dugu Bo asked.

Shi Quan replied: "Senior, you are the only person who has seen this content so far; I am not even certain myself, so how would I dare to spread it incorrectly?"

"Grandpa, what did Xiao Quan show you?" Dugu Yan curiously stood on tiptoe and leaned her head in, wanting to see the documents in Dugu Bo's hands.

Dugu Bo, however, gave a gentle smile, tucked the documents in his hand behind his back, and said kindly: "It's nothing, just some development directions regarding the Bilin Snake martial soul; he wants to learn from me about knowledge concerning the Bilin Snake martial soul to facilitate your subsequent study and development. Seeing that he is so sincerely looking out for you, Grandpa will teach him a thing or two. Aren't you uninterested in these matters? Go play by yourself to the side for a bit; Grandpa wants to chat with him alone."

"Really?" Dugu Yan looked at the two of them suspiciously.

"Really, go on, go on." Dugu Bo affectionately patted Dugu Yan's head.

Dugu Yan was not a fool; how could she not hear such a base excuse from Dugu Bo? Originally, she did not believe there was anything wrong with her body, but judging from Dugu Bo's current appearance, she could be certain that Dugu Bo definitely had something he was keeping from her...