Douluo Continent: I am a biologist, and I have awakened a weapon spirit?

This was precisely what puzzled Liu Erlong: "Why do you say that biological pioneer is a bit young? I remember he was already an adult, wasn't he?"

Flanders burst into laughter. "That's all just to fool outsiders. He's actually still a teenager."

"A boy?" Liu Erlong was somewhat surprised. "How old was he six years ago?"

"Six years old." Flanders held up a six sign. "Otherwise, how could he be called a once-in-a-millennium genius?"

"Brother Fu, you're not kidding me, are you?" Liu Erlong asked skeptically. "How could someone achieve such things at the age of six?"

"If you don't believe me, ask Xiao Gang."

Liu Erlong looked at the master, who nodded in affirmation of Flander's statement.

"Flander wasn't lying."

Liu Erlong took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and said:

"I want to go see this person."

“Okay, that’s perfect, we can go and bring the kids over together.”

……

After recruiting Meng Yiran, Chen Feng and his group returned to Shrek Academy with the new student.

Because they were worried about their granddaughter, Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang naturally came along as well.

The group of seven arrived in Soto City by carriage, then disembarked and headed towards the village where Shrek Academy was located.

Before arriving at the village, Meng Shu couldn't help but say:

"The conditions at your academy are... truly modest."

"It's just a bit tough for now, but the dean is already thinking of a solution," Zhao Wuji said with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

Meng Shu nodded and said nothing more. After all, he already knew that Shrek Academy's facilities were not good. What he really valued was the genius teenagers in the academy. Contact with geniuses would definitely benefit his granddaughter.

Meanwhile, Meng Yiran was discussing poison making with Tang San. She took out several herbs for Tang San to examine, and Tang San explained the properties of these herbs and how they could be used to concoct poisons.

Not far behind them, Xiao Wu and Oscar were watching them silently, their expressions not very pleasant.

"Are there really that many topics to discuss?" Xiao Wu muttered unfriendly.

“Exactly, we’ve been talking about this for ages, what’s the point of discussing a bunch of useless herbs?” Oscar immediately chimed in.

Chen Feng followed behind them, watching the show. He had been watching all the way, but he didn't feel bored at all.

To be honest, if the love triangle between these four people were in their previous lives, it could definitely be made into a 40-50 episode youth romance drama, and the ratings would be absolutely phenomenal.

The group returned to the village in this strange atmosphere. As soon as they entered the village, Meng Shu stopped in his tracks with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

"Are there any powerful individuals in your village?"

"What kind of powerful expert?" Zhao Wuji was a little confused.

“Title Douluo.” Meng Shu squeezed out four words, his eyes fixed on a house in front of him.

Just as Zhao Wuji's expression changed drastically because of Meng Shu's words, a man with black hair and a black robe walked out of the house.

"May I ask what brings you here, senior? And where are the other students?" Zhao Wuji asked nervously, clasping his hands in greeting.

"I'm just waiting for someone here; the children are all doing their own thing," the black-haired man said calmly.

Chen Feng scrutinized him carefully, and said somewhat uncertainly:

"You are... Senior Poison Douluo?"

Dugu Bo nodded slightly. "You take care of your business first, I'll talk to you later."

After saying that, he went into the house, which was the dean's office of Shrek Academy, and also served as a reception office.

Chen Feng had many questions he wanted to ask Dugu Bo, but he knew it wasn't the right time, so he suppressed his doubts and decided to settle Meng Yiran first.

But when he looked at the others, he found that they were all looking at him.

Meng Shu couldn't help but ask:

"You...are you very familiar with Poison Douluo?"

"We've met once before, so we're fairly familiar with each other," Chen Feng nodded.

Meng Shu thought to himself that this couldn't be explained simply by being familiar with someone. He had seen it clearly just now: Dugu Bo was very indifferent to everyone else, even Zhao Wuji.

However, when Dugu Bo spoke to Chen Feng, his attitude seemed to be that of an equal.

This can be seen from Dugu Bo's self-reference. When he speaks to Zhao Wuji, he refers to himself as "this old man," but when he speaks to Chen Feng, he refers to himself as "I."

Not only that, Dugu Bo was even willing to wait for Chen Feng to finish dealing with things. This attitude was obviously a bit too kind, which left Meng Shu completely puzzled.

But he didn't ask any more questions; in his heart, Shrek Academy had become even more mysterious.

Zhao Wuji was initially quite wary of this unknown Title Douluo, worried that the children remaining in the academy might be in danger. However, after seeing that Chen Feng knew this person, he relaxed his guard slightly.

He said to Chen Feng:

"Xiao Feng, you go and entertain Senior Poison Douluo first, don't keep him waiting. I'll take care of Dragon Duke and Snake Granny."

“Okay.” Chen Feng didn’t refuse. He was very curious about Dugu Bo’s situation, especially his black hair, which gave him a lot of ideas.

If he wasn't mistaken, Dugu Bo's disappearance over the past two years was probably due to some fortuitous encounters. He just didn't know if these encounters were related to the water-attribute immortal herb that Chen Feng had suggested back then.

Upon arriving at the dean's office, Dugu Bo was sitting at the table leisurely sipping tea, which was probably prepared for him by the other teachers at Shrek Academy.

"Senior, it's been a long time," Chen Feng said as he sat down at the table.

"It has indeed been a long time, six years, hasn't it?" Dugu Bo said, putting down his teacup.

“It has indeed been six years. In the past few years, you would send letters back, but in the last two years, there has been no news. I was worried that something had happened to you. Fortunately, you have returned safely. What happened to you in the last two years?” Chen Feng asked curiously.

"I was able to send letters in previous years because I was on the mainland, but later I went to sea, so naturally the letters could no longer be sent back." Dugu Bo began to talk about his experiences over the years.

At first, Dugu Bo hoped to find a water-attribute immortal herb on the continent, but no matter how hard he searched, he was never able to find it.

However, Dugu Bo did not come away empty-handed. In addition to some thousand-year-old water-attribute herbs, he also obtained a ten-thousand-year-old water-attribute herb through an auction.

This ancient herb provided considerable help to Dugu Bo, alleviating the condition of his martial soul to some extent, but it did not completely improve the situation. Therefore, he continued to search for water-attribute immortal herbs.

It was at this time that the head of a family approached Dugu Bo.

The head of the family was the owner of this ancient water-attribute herb. He released the herb to find helpers to explore a certain place, and Dugu Bo, who bought the herb, thus came into his sights.

"This person told me that he knew of a place where water-attribute immortal herbs might grow, and wanted to cooperate with me to explore that place. After the matter was completed, I would be the first to select the harvest. At that time, I had been traveling on the continent for four years and had not heard of any water-attribute immortal herbs on the continent, so I agreed to his invitation."

"After I accepted the invitation, that person also told me where water-attribute immortal items might grow. As I expected, the place was at sea, and in the sea area near the far north."

"I was curious where that person got the information from, and he didn't hide it from me. He told me that the information was passed down from his ancestors. His family had organized several expeditions, but they had to withdraw before they could reach the end because there were powerful sea beasts guarding the area, and his family did not have the strength to fight against them."

"Originally, this family had given up exploring that place, after all, it was too dangerous. It was not worth sacrificing the family's best members for profit. However, a genius has emerged in this generation of the family, and this genius's martial soul has room for further improvement. Therefore, for the future of the family, they plan to organize another exploration of that place."

Chen Feng then raised a question, "If they want their family's geniuses to have room for further advancement, then they should want to obtain the rare medicinal herbs that may exist in that place. But if that's the case, why did they invite you, senior, and let you choose the harvest first?"

"Because the information passed down from their ancestors indicated that there might be two types of immortal herbs growing in that place. However, due to the protection of powerful sea beasts, their ancestors could only observe from afar, so they were not entirely certain. They only guessed from the strange phenomena they saw that there might be two types of immortal herbs there, most likely ice-attribute and water-attribute immortal herbs, and that family needed ice-attribute ones," Dugu Bo explained.

Chen Feng's heart skipped a beat. "What's that family's surname?"

"His surname is Shui (水)."

Chapter 126 The Changes of the Azure Phosphorous Serpent King

A family with the surname Shui.

Chen Feng immediately had an idea.

But he didn't say anything, instead he asked:

"So, senior, you went to explore overseas with the Shui family and successfully obtained the spoils?"

Dugu Bo said:

"They did indeed reap the rewards, but the process was not smooth. According to the Shui family's records, there were two kinds of immortal herbs with different attributes there. Judging from the strange phenomena they observed, they should be ice and water attributes respectively."

"And the powerful sea beast guarding that place is a giant shark. This shark is incredibly strong, probably close to the level of 100,000 years old, and is extremely difficult to deal with. The Shui family has suffered many defeats before because of its obstruction."

Chen Feng thought for a moment and asked:

"Why not use a diversionary tactic? Just lure the shark away, won't that work?"

“Sharks always travel in groups. That shark is the leader of its group. Even if we lure it away, there are still a group of sharks under its command. So, there is basically no other way but to launch a frontal assault,” Dugu Bo explained.

Chen Feng understood, "But if we launch a frontal assault, we'll need a lot of manpower. However, the only known harvest from that place is two immortal herbs, and there's no guarantee that they'll actually be there. If we gather too many people, the spoils might not be divided fairly."

“That’s right.” Dugu Bo nodded. “The Shui family had always wanted to devour those two immortal herbs, but they didn’t have the strength to match their greed, so the situation remained deadlocked.”

Chen Feng laughed, "It's fortunate that they kept the secret so well that it hasn't leaked out all these years."

"Things concerning the rise and fall of the family must naturally be kept strictly confidential," Dugu Bo said calmly.

"But this time they invited you, an outsider. Has the Shui family come to their senses?" Chen Feng asked curiously.

"Yes, the current head of the Shui family, Shui Wuyue, is a smart man. He knows the principle that if you want everything, you will get nothing. He decisively gave up part of his gains, hoping to use them to attract helpers."

"So he took out the family's treasured ancient water-attribute herbs, hoping to lure out experts who needed water-attribute herbs. That's how I was lured there."

"The reason he gave up the water attribute and wanted the possible ice attribute immortal herb is because the genius of this generation of the Shui family has an ice attribute martial soul," Dugu Bo said.

"Ice Phoenix?" Chen Feng asked.

"How did you know?" Dugu Boqi asked.

"Uh, just guessing."

Although Dugu Bo didn't believe it, he didn't investigate it too deeply.

He knew that this brilliant scholar had many secrets, but he wasn't someone who was overly curious or liked to pry into things.

So he continued:

"You guessed right. Mizuki has a daughter named Mizuhime. Her martial soul is the Ice Phoenix, and her talent is quite outstanding. Mizuki has placed the family's hopes on her, and therefore wants to obtain that ice-attribute immortal herb that may exist overseas, so that Mizuhime's martial soul can be further improved."

"So how did you deal with that shark and its pack?" Chen Feng asked.

"Naturally, it's poison." Dugu Bo gave a not unexpected answer.

"My poison is particularly effective at killing groups of sharks, which is why Minazuki invited me to join. However, my poison is diluted in the sea, so I don't actually kill many sharks. Most of them escape because of the threat of the poison."

"After dealing with the huge shark population, the nearly 100,000-year-old shark sensed something was wrong after a fierce battle with me and the Shui family, and finally chose to escape. We were able to finally reach the island it was guarding."

"Are there really two immortal herbs up there?" Chen Feng asked curiously.

Dugu Bo shook his head. "There's only one."

"Huh?" Words like "unequal distribution of spoils" and "murder and robbery" flashed through Chen Feng's mind.

At first, Dugu Bo and the Shui family agreed that Dugu Bo would pick the harvest first, because the Shui family believed that there were two immortal herbs on it, at least according to the strange phenomena observed by their ancestors.

Even if Dugu Bo gets one, the Shui family will still get one, so they won't lose out at all.

However, the result was not the two plants of the immortal herb that were initially expected, but only one plant. This caused a contradiction between the two sides.

The Shui family provided intelligence and sent a large number of people, so they would probably find it hard to accept returning empty-handed. But now Dugu Bo was sitting perfectly fine in front of Chen Feng, and his hair had even turned black.

So......

"Are the Shui family members still alive?" Chen Feng couldn't help but ask.

Dugu Bo glanced at him, saw what he was thinking, and said:

"We did not have a conflict."

"The Shui family accepted the result of a wasted trip?" Chen Feng asked in surprise.

"They didn't make a wasted trip, because although it was a magical herb, it had two fruits with different attributes... or you could say seeds."

"That immortal herb looks like a lotus seedpod, but it's a twin plant with two seeds in the center of each seedpod. One seed is of the ice attribute, and the other is of the water attribute. It looks extremely mystical," Dugu Bo explained.

"I see. So that's why the Shui people saw the two strange phenomena."

“That’s right, so the Shui family and I each took a lotus seed, and we parted ways when we returned to the mainland,” Dugu Bo said.

Chen Feng then learned the reasons behind Dugu Bo's disappearance over the past two years. Although Dugu Bo spoke of it in a very calm manner, the truth was probably much more complicated and dramatic than he described.

After all, that's overseas. Putting aside the endless stream of sea spirit beasts, that place is also close to the far north, so the environment must be quite harsh.

It is precisely in such an environment that a wondrous herb with both ice and water attributes can be nurtured.

The water-attribute lotus seed was taken by Dugu Bo, and judging from his current situation, he probably gained a considerable benefit.