Douluo Continent: From Blue Silver Grass to Nine-Leaf Sword Grass

Chapter 21 The Shocked Dugu Bo

Dugu Bo felt heartbroken seeing Dugu Yan injured, but there was nothing he could do but feel angry inside.

"Heaven is unfair. I, Dugu Bo, have spent my whole life playing with poison, yet I have no way to control the poison in my own body, and now I have to implicate my family."

"Young man, do you have any way to cure us, grandfather and grandson? You can see so much, you must have a way, right? If so, I'll grant you three wishes: I'll cover all your future spirit rings."

Dugu Bo's words were directed at Jiang Li. Dugu Yan also looked at Jiang Li at this moment. She had only wanted to test him before, but she never expected that she would need him to save her life now. Dugu Yan's heart was full of complicated feelings.

"Although I have some medical knowledge, I have no way to treat your poison. It is extremely potent and the antidote is very expensive."

Most medicines on the market are ineffective unless they are top-grade herbs, but unfortunately, I don't have any here.

Medicine and poison are inseparable; medical skills can save lives as well as kill them. The problem of Dugu Bo and his grandson is simple: poison in their martial souls. The first solution is to evolve their martial souls by using immortal herbs to help them advance. The second solution is to condense a poison pill, or a poison core. Once they have a poison core, the poison will not harm them. However, this requires high-quality herbs.

Jiang Li's words clearly indicated "there is no other way." Dugu Yan's eyes dimmed, but Dugu Bo was different. He happened to have a medicinal garden with very rare herbs, but he didn't recognize any of them and dared not eat them. He had once almost died from consuming one of them.

Thinking of this, Dugu Bo said, "I have it here, you don't need to prepare anything, you just need to follow me." After saying that, Dugu Bo slapped Jiang Li unconscious.

After knocking Jiang Li unconscious, Dugu Bo instructed Ye Lingling, "Ye girl, tell your grandfather that I'm taking him away for a while."

"Ah... okay." Ye Lingling was stunned for a moment before agreeing. There was nothing she could do; things had happened too fast, and Ye Lingling hadn't had time to react.

Having received a response from Ye Lingling, Dugu Bo led Dugu Yan and Jiang Li away from the Ye family clinic and headed to his herb garden.

……

One hour later.

Jiang Li, lying in an unfamiliar cave, slowly opened his eyes.

"Ouch, that really hurts! Did they have to hit me so hard?" Jiang Li complained, rubbing his head after waking up.

"If you're not dead, get up quickly. I'm not in the mood to waste time with you."

Dugu Bo stood with his hands behind his back, his green eyes looking particularly frightening in the dark cave. Dugu Yan, on the other side, was looking at him with a strange expression.

Let's go back a few minutes.

"What! Grandpa, this pretty boy's bone age is only 11 years old? He's three years younger than me. How come he knows so much more than me, and his soul power is not low either?"

Dugu Yan looked incredulous. This pretty boy was even younger than her, but he knew more than her and his soul power was not bad either. She really wanted to open his head to see how he was made.

"Yes, not only that, his physical attributes are comparable to those of a high-level Soul Master with a Beast Martial Soul, and his vitality is also extremely strong. I just don't know what his Martial Soul is, but the fact that he has cultivated to the level of a Great Soul Master at his age means that his innate soul power may not be low."

Dugu Bo spoke calmly, having already roughly grasped Jiang Li's current strength. A level 23 Great Soul Master with vigorous vitality, he only didn't know what Jiang Li's Martial Soul was, but it was probably not bad.

Unfortunately, what Dugu Bo didn't expect was that Jiang Li's martial soul wasn't very good; it was just Blue Silver Grass, and his innate soul power was only level two. He only had his current soul power because of the good combination of martial souls. Of course, this was also related to the fact that Jiang Li had never shown his martial soul before, so no wonder Dugu Bo was surprised.

"Hmm? He's about to wake up. Yan Yan, don't say anything later, let me scare him."

……

Upon hearing Dugu Bo's words, Jiang Li slowly stood up, glanced around, and realized he was in a cave with a vast forest outside.

"Come on, I have a medicinal herb garden. I can take you there. If you still can't cure the poison, then I'll kill you. No one else needs to know about that place."

Before long, Dugu Bo led Jiang Li and Dugu Yan to a place in Sunset Forest. The area was covered with green poisonous miasma, which was obviously Dugu Bo's doing.

Upon reaching the outer edge of the poisonous fog, Dugu Bo took out a small bottle, from which he pulled out a pill and said, "Alright kid, let's go in. Taking this pill will grant you immunity to the poisonous miasma."

Jiang Li took the pill, but didn't rush to swallow it. Instead, he licked it to check its effects and made sure it wasn't mixed with anything else before taking it.

"Not bad, quite cautious." Dugu Bo commented inwardly as he observed Jiang Li's actions.

Dugu Bo had a good impression of Jiang Li. He was bold yet meticulous, planned things carefully before acting, knew how to communicate with people, and wouldn't put himself in dangerous situations. He was good enough to be a grandson-in-law.

Jiang Li ate and then followed Dugu Bo inside, knowing he was about to see the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

After entering, there was a valley. Dugu Bo held Dugu Yan with one arm and tried to grab Jiang Li with the other, but he grabbed nothing.

Jiang Li simply spread his right hand, and a Blue Silver Grass appeared in his hand, while two soul rings, one yellow and one purple, hovered around him.

"This?" Dugu Bo was dumbfounded when he saw the Blue Silver Grass in Jiang Li's hand. He had just said that Jiang Li's martial soul was not bad, but he was proven wrong in a flash.

Dugu Yan was speechless. When did Blue Silver Grass become a cultivation technique? And at eleven years old, she had already reached the Great Soul Master level! This was unbelievable!

"What's wrong?" Jiang Li asked, puzzled, looking at the dumbfounded expressions on the faces of Dugu Bo and his grandson.

"Your martial soul is Blue Silver Grass?" Dugu Bo asked.

"Yeah, what's wrong with Blue Silver Grass?" Jiang Li asked, completely bewildered.

"But I remember that Blue Silver Grass usually doesn't have soul power, right? It's fine if you do, but why is your cultivation speed so fast?" Dugu Bo asked curiously.

Just then, Jiang Li realized that he hadn't revealed his martial spirit except for the day he came to the Ye family's medical clinic. Ye Lingling probably hadn't told Dugu Yan about his martial spirit because of Old Master Ye's instructions.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li shrugged and said, "As you can see, this is my martial soul. If you ask why, I can only say that besides medical skills, I also have some knowledge of martial soul theory. The Blue Silver Grass in my hand is an example."

My innate soul power is only level two. My fast cultivation speed is entirely due to the good soul rings I chose. Compared to those high-level martial souls, I'm nothing special.

Upon hearing Jiang Li's words, Dugu Bo's opinion of Jiang Li rose to a new level. After all, someone who could manipulate Blue Silver Grass like this must have unique skills. In addition, Jiang Li was proficient in medicine and was also intelligent, which made Dugu Bo want to take him on as a disciple.

(End of this chapter)