Douluo: I am a biologist, awakening the weapon spirit?

Chapter 151 Tea Master
Dugu Bo looked at Tang San and sighed:
"To be honest, I never thought that someone your age could be just as knowledgeable about toxicology as I am."

Although Tang San was not as experienced as Dugu Bo in using poison, he knew a lot of herbal knowledge that Dugu Bo did not.

Dugu Bo, on the other hand, had more experience in making poisons, so he and Tang San could be considered master and apprentice to each other during this period.

It was through their constant exchange of knowledge that Tang San was able to create the Yama's Decree, such a powerful weapon, so quickly.

"Of course, Xiao San and Xiao Feng are both exceptionally talented people," Xiao Wu said, leaning closer.

"Little girl, you're quite good too. To have such cultivation at such a young age, few can match your talent in cultivation," Dugu Bo praised.

"Hehe, it's alright. My cultivation talent isn't the best among my classmates," Xiao Wu said with a grin.

"Oh? Is there anyone in your academy who is more outstanding in cultivation than you?" Dugu Bo asked with some surprise.

"There is one." Chen Feng nodded.

"Your academy is quite remarkable," Dugu Bo remarked.

"That old poisoner, would you like to come to our academy?" Chen Feng asked at the opportune moment.

Dugu Bo chuckled. "Are you making demands of me?"

Chen Feng shook his head. "How can this be considered a request? It's just a suggestion."

Dugu Bo waved his hand and directly refused, "What I fear most in my life is having my freedom restricted. This is a matter of principle, so I cannot agree to your proposal."

"Besides, even the royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire has no restrictions on my abilities, so don't even think about hiring me as a henchman."

Chen Feng curled his lips and said, "Old Poison, what you said is really too embarrassing. I just wanted you to register your name at our academy so that we could see each other more often. You actually think I want you to be a thug."

"Fine, fine. Since you're not happy, I won't force you. I guess you've been annoyed by us for a while now. Well, who likes outsiders to stay on their turf every day? You've probably been wanting to get rid of us so you can get rid of us."

As he spoke, Chen Feng's face showed a disappointed expression, as if he had been deeply hurt by Dugu Bo's words.

Seeing him like this, Dugu Bo felt a strange sense of guilt.

"So, so that's what you're thinking. Well, it's not impossible for me to be registered at your academy, but... you can't just invite me over without any real intentions. I am, after all, a Title Douluo."

"Why is he acting all high and mighty?" Chen Feng thought to himself, then said after a moment's thought:
"If you're willing to come to our college, our dean will definitely welcome you with open arms, and the compensation will be generous."

"I don't care about compensation, and I've heard about your dean's reputation for being a miser, so you don't need to try to fool me," Dugu Bo said, waving his hand.

"Then what do you want?" Chen Feng asked, puzzled.

"I want you to use one of those three conditions?" Dugu Bo said.

"What three conditions?" Chen Feng was taken aback.

"Don't you remember? When I first approached you, I promised you that if you could help me solve the problem of my and my granddaughter's martial souls, I would unconditionally do three things for you," Dugu Bo reminded him.

"Oh, I'd completely forgotten about that if you hadn't mentioned it." Chen Feng patted his head; he genuinely hadn't remembered it.

He usually thinks about too many things and didn't take this matter to heart.

“Then that counts as one matter,” Dugu Bo said decisively.

Chen Feng nodded indifferently, "Sure, also I'd like to take some gifts from you to give to my classmates. I wonder if you'd agree?"

“This can’t even be considered a problem. I promised you that you could take some herbs with you,” Dugu Bo said.

"What I'm taking away is the immortal herb," ​​Chen Feng reminded him.

"So what if it's a magical herb? It's no big deal. I don't need it anyway," Dugu Bo said nonchalantly.

But then he thought of something and said:

"However, I have one request: you must help me choose a suitable herb for Yan Yan."

"That's only right." Chen Feng nodded, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Tang Hao not far away, saying:

"Uncle Hao, do you need it?"

Tang Hao waved his hand, "I don't need it. Ah Yin is better to me than any plant."

Chen Feng, who had been unexpectedly fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), looked at Tang San with some helplessness, "Little San, you choose."

After a moment's thought, Tang San said:

"Old Poison Master, you mentioned before that Miss Dugu's training focuses on three aspects: water, dragon veins, and poison attributes, is that correct?"

Dugu Bo nodded. "Yes, the water attribute and dragon vein are both to enhance Yan Yan's resistance to poison and prevent her from being harmed by the poison in her martial soul. This was the path Xiao Feng planned for Yan Yan."

Having received confirmation, Tang San felt more confident and said:
"In that case, we can forget about water-attribute immortal herbs. You know there aren't any here, Old Poison Master. There are two types of immortal herbs that strengthen dragon veins, and one type that strengthens poison attributes. Which one would you like to hear about first?"

Dugu Bo pondered for a moment, then said:

"Let's set aside the poisonous herbs for now. My lineage isn't worried about them not being poisonous enough, but rather that they're too poisonous. So, tell me about the two kinds of herbs that can strengthen the dragon vein first."

Tang San nodded. "Alright, the first immortal herb I want to talk about is called Earth Dragon Golden Melon. Taking it can enhance earth attributes and dragon veins, and also significantly improve the user's strength and defense."

After listening, Dugu Bo said noncommittally:
"What about the second kind of magical herb?"

"The second kind of immortal herb is called Nine-Grade Dragon Mushroom. It also has the ability to enhance the dragon vein of the user, and in this respect it is even more excellent than the Earth Dragon Golden Melon."

"However, it doesn't have the outstanding effects of the Earth Dragon Golden Melon in other aspects; it's relatively mediocre." After Tang San finished speaking, he waited for Dugu Bo's decision.

Dugu Bo did not hesitate for long and quickly made his decision.

"Let's go with the Ninth Grade Dragon Fungus. If it weren't for it, I might have chosen the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, but since it's already here, there's no need for that. The Earth Dragon Golden Melon and Yan Yan aren't a good match."

He knew very well that the Earth Dragon Golden Melon was more suitable for vanguard-type Soul Masters, as it could exert its greatest effect on such Soul Masters. Giving it to his granddaughter would be a waste.

Tang San had no objection to Dugu Bo's choice. He pointed out the two immortal herbs he had just mentioned in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, teaching Dugu Bo how to identify them. Then he pointed to another herb and said:

"Although you didn't choose a poisonous herb, I still have to tell you. Its name is Snow Swan's Kiss, and it is actually not poisonous."

"A non-toxic immortal herb with poisonous properties?" Dugu Bo looked at Tang San's pointing finger with some surprise.

It was a herb with a crystal-clear, snow-white exterior, its leaves seemingly dripping with water, and its slender, curved shape resembled a swan's neck.

"Why is it called a poisonous immortal herb?" Dugu Bo asked curiously.

"Because although it is not poisonous itself, it can greatly stimulate the release of toxins," Tang San explained.

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo calmly moved away from the Snow Swan Kiss and said, "Take it with you, do whatever you want with it."

He had once suffered from the uncontrollable effects of excessively strong toxins. Now that a magical herb that could greatly enhance the effects of toxins had appeared, he only wanted to send this herb as far away as possible, even though his martial soul had evolved into Xiangliu.

Having experienced the effects of the immortal herb, Dugu Bo was well aware of its miraculous properties. Naturally, he was extremely wary of the Snow Swan Kiss, an immortal herb that specialized in stimulating toxins.

If a Heavenly Ice Water Lotus could enable him to achieve the Xiangliu Martial Soul, then a Snow-Colored Swan Kiss could very well lead to his demise. Therefore, he was extremely wary of this herb.

Tang San felt somewhat helpless about Dugu Bo's request.

Dugu Bo was afraid of the Snow Swan's Kiss, so naturally he was also afraid of this thing.

According to Tang San, this thing should never be eaten, but it would be quite suitable as a weapon of mass destruction.

So after a moment's hesitation, Tang San carefully put the Snow Swan Kiss into a specially made jade box.

Dugu Bo did not laugh at Tang San's trembling appearance; he himself might not have performed as well as Tang San in the past.

After the Snow Swan Kiss was put away, Dugu Bo walked to the Ninth Grade Dragon Fungus, and under Tang San's guidance, he picked it and put it somewhere on his body.

After Tang San put away the Snow-White Swan Kiss, he came to Dugu Bo's vicinity and pointed to a pale purple herb, saying:
"This herb is called Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and it is considered a companion plant to Nine-Grade Dragon Ganoderma. I would like to take it back to one of our teachers for consumption, is that alright?"

"A companion plant? In other words, its medicinal properties are not as good as the Grade 9 Dragon Mushroom. Why didn't you choose the better Grade 9 Dragon Mushroom to take back?" Dugu Bo asked in confusion.

"Because my division commander couldn't handle it," Tang San said.

"Can't withstand it?" Dugu Bo frowned. "Is the medicinal effect of the Ninth-Grade Dragon Fungus very strong?"

"It's not a problem with the medicine's properties," Tang San shook his head and explained.
"It's a matter of the purity of the dragon blood. Only people with dragon blood of a certain quality can take the ninth-grade dragon mushroom. My master has a significant deficiency in this regard, so the effect of the ninth-grade purple mushroom in strengthening the body and nourishing the vital energy is more suitable for him. Taking the ninth-grade dragon mushroom would actually harm him."

Although Chen Feng pointed out a way for the master, allowing Jin Jiao to improve the purity of his dragon blood by consuming dragon blood.

But that mainly improved the purity of Golden Horn's dragon blood. It was Golden Horn's improvement that allowed Grandmaster to break through the level 29 bottleneck and obtain his third soul ring.

In fact, Chen Feng had always suspected that the Grandmaster's first spirit ring might be a dragon-type spirit ring. It was precisely because the Grandmaster chose a dragon-type spirit ring as his first spirit ring that he was able to cultivate to level twenty-nine.

Otherwise, the master would probably be stuck at level nineteen.

The key reason why the master was stuck at the bottleneck was the wrong choice of the second spirit ring.

This also shows that the master's dragon blood purity is extremely low, so much so that if he doesn't choose a dragon-type soul ring, he will hit a bottleneck.

Naturally, he was not capable of consuming the Nine-Grade Dragon Fungus.

After listening to Tang San and Chen Feng's explanation, Dugu Bo suddenly understood, and his worries about Dugu Yan taking the Ninth Grade Dragon Fungus disappeared.

"So that's what happened to the master. It must have been quite difficult for him. Fortunately, he met you and helped him overcome the most critical obstacle. As long as he continues to choose dragon-type soul rings, even if his cultivation progresses slowly, he is unlikely to get stuck at a bottleneck." Dugu Bo said to Chen Feng.

"That's what I thought too, so I chose the ninth-grade purple fungus for the master," Tang San nodded and said.

“Okay, you can take it.” Dugu Bo agreed to Tang San’s decision.

After Tang San accepted the Ninth-Grade Purple Ganoderma, Chen Feng said from the side:
"Little sister, aren't you going to take a magical herb yourself? The Dew of Longing for Love is mainly for supplementary purposes, isn't it?"

"But..." Tang San hesitated.

Dugu Bo asked them to take the immortal herbs to thank Chen Feng, but Tang San didn't actually owe Dugu Bo much.

On the contrary, Dugu Bo's permission for Tang San's mother to live in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was already a great help to Tang San, so Tang San felt a little embarrassed to take too much.

Dugu Bo noticed Tang San's hesitation and, after thinking for a moment, said:
"Here's what we'll do: for herbs that grow singly, there's a limit of ten, not counting the ones you've already used or taken. And you can't damage the roots of these herbs. There are no restrictions on herbs that grow in multiples, but don't take them all."

"Really? Thank you, senior." Tang San clasped his hands and bowed.

"Alright, go ahead and choose. Explain it to me while you're choosing." Dugu Bo patted Tang San on the shoulder.

"I choose the Black Jade Divine Bamboo," Tang San said without much hesitation.

Before Dugu Bo could ask a question, he began to explain:
"After consuming this herb, the body can become more flexible and its defense can be enhanced. This enhancement may also be applied to the martial soul, so I think it is very suitable for me."

The reason it is said to be possible is because Tang San did not have the concept of martial souls in his previous life, so it was impossible to determine whether martial souls would be strengthened.

Even without being enhanced, the effects of the Black Jade Divine Bamboo on the human body were already quite good for Tang San.

Next, Tang San selected nine more herbs, including the previously mentioned earthworm golden melon.

After selecting all the herbs, Dugu Bo took out a blue leather pouch from his person and handed it to Tang San.

"Is this a storage soul tool? I already have one." Tang San shook the emerald green ring in his hand.

“No, this is called the Ruyi Treasure Pouch. While storage soul tools are good, they can only hold inanimate objects, but this one can hold living things, and it has a unique function in preserving herbs,” Dugu Bo said.

His granddaughter had no interest in making poisons, but Tang San was both his teacher and friend, and they could exchange knowledge about herbal medicine. So Dugu Bo chose to give the Ruyi Treasure Pouch to Tang San, making the best use of it.

Of course, he also carried a larger one, which was convenient for him to store herbs on his own.

Tang San really needed Dugu Bo's gift, so he didn't stand on ceremony and kept this kindness in his heart.

(End of this chapter)