Douluo Continent: Cultivating Qi and Immortals, Insidious to the Extreme

The wooden cabin door was tightly closed, and surging soul energy fluctuations emanated from inside.

The little girl who had rushed out earlier stood hesitantly at the door, wanting to go in but afraid of disturbing Dugu Bo inside.

Jiang Xia looked her up and down, secretly guessing that this must be Dugu Yan from the original story.

As for the father she mentioned, he should be Dugu Bo's son, Dugu Xin.

In the original novel, Dugu Xin died young. The book only says that he died from the venom of the Bilin snake, but does not specify the exact time of death.

However, according to the speculations of netizens from the first generation, he most likely died shortly after Dugu Bo broke through to the Title Douluo level.

Because he had broken through to level 90, Dugu Bo needed to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a spirit ring. On his return, he was chased by Chrysanthemum Douluo, which caused him to return too late, leading to Dugu Xin's demise.

The speculation is that the loop is closed, but whether this is actually the case is probably only known to Dugu Bo himself.

But none of that matters.

Anyway, Dugu Xin was still alive at this time, and Dugu Bo also returned in time.

It seems that this would avoid the tragedy depicted in the original story, and Dugu Bo wouldn't have to suffer the pain of losing his son like in the original work.

Half an hour later, the fluctuations in soul power in the room subsided.

Dugu Bo opened the door and walked out with a worried expression.

"Xiao Jiang, please help me."

Dugu Bo's voice carried a hint of pleading; he truly had no other choice.

Dugu Xin was on the verge of death, and his usual methods were no longer effective.

He thought everything would get better after he broke through to the Title Douluo level, but he never expected that he would still be that useless, harmful waste.

His wife died from his poison, his daughter-in-law died from his poison, and now even his son is going to die from his poison. His granddaughter will probably die from his poison in the future as well.

Just thinking about this made Dugu Bo feel like his heart was being torn apart.

If he could, he would rather it be himself who died than his loved ones.

Dugu Bo clenched his fists, blood flowing from between his fingers. His legs gave way, and he knelt down heavily with a thud.

"Xiao Jiang, please, if it's you, you must have a way, right?"

Jiang Xia was startled and dodged his kneeling, then helped Dugu Bo up from the side.

"Old poisoner, what are you doing at your age? I didn't say I wouldn't help you. Let's go, let's see what happens first."

Jiang Xia agreed to help, and Dugu Bo was so excited that he became incoherent.

"Yes, yes, let's take a look first, let's take a look first..."

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The two walked into the house side by side, and the door closed again.

Dugu Yan stood there, stunned, her mind filled with the scene of Dugu Bo asking Jiang Xia for help.

She had never seen her grandfather so humble.

Grandpa has always been a symbol of strength in her heart. No matter what happens, as long as Grandpa is there, everything will be solved.

She never imagined that today, her omnipotent grandfather would be so humble as to kneel down and ask for help, especially from a child who looked even younger than her.

Has the world changed, or has it gone too mad? Dugu Yan's young heart simply couldn't understand.

It wasn't until she truly met Jiang Xia in the future that she realized what it meant for ambition to be unaffected by age, and what it meant for "genius to be merely the threshold to my door."

Inside the room, Dugu Xin lay on the bed, his face pale and his lips purple, his forehead covered in fine sweat.

Jiang Xia stepped forward, lifted his eyelids to look at his pupils, then pried open his mouth to look at his oral cavity, and finally placed her fingers on his wrist to take his pulse while slowly probing her divine sense into his body.

After about fifteen minutes, Jiang Xia frowned slightly and withdrew his finger. Dugu Bo, who was standing aside waiting, hurriedly asked.

"How is it? Is there any hope for Xin'er?"

Jiang Xia pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Yes, there are three kinds."

Dugu Bo was secretly delighted and gripped Jiang Xia's shoulders tightly with both hands.

"Really? Which three? Tell me quickly! I'll go through fire and water to save Xin'er's life."

Jiang Xia gasped as his shoulder throbbed with pain.

"Wait, let go first, you've crushed the bones."

Dugu Bo quickly let go: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I was just too excited to hear the good news."

Jiang Xia rubbed his shoulders: "You're getting a little too excited. Although there are three methods, they are all extremely demanding."

"His body has been completely eroded by toxins and has been depleted for a long time. To save his life, we need to control the toxins and restore his health."

"The best solution is to help his martial soul evolve."

"Moreover, it can't be your kind of Azure Phosphorous Serpent evolving into the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, but rather an advancement at the origin level, transforming from a serpent into a dragon."

"I examined your body when you were injured before. The reason you were poisoned was because your body was too weak to withstand the poison, and the venom of the Martial Soul Jade Phosphorous Serpent was too strong."

"Your son has the same problem, but he is much weaker than you, so he can't withstand this toxin."

"As long as we can find a way to evolve his Jade Serpent Martial Soul into an Emerald Dragon, the amplification that dragon-type Martial Souls provide to the body will be enough to make him significantly immune to this toxin."

Dugu Bo's expression faltered slightly, a bitter taste rising in his mouth: "Indeed, very demanding."

"The opportunity for a martial soul to evolve is extremely rare. My martial soul was able to evolve for two reasons: first, I had cultivated to level ninety, and second, all nine of my spirit rings were snake-type spirit rings. The spirit rings and the martial soul were compatible enough, which facilitated the evolution of the martial soul."

"This is just a minor evolution within the same species. The chance of transforming from a snake into a dragon is probably slim in this lifetime."

Jiang Xia knew that this method was unlikely to succeed, so he spoke again.

"The second method is similar to the first: since the physical fitness is too weak, then strengthen the body."

"With enough soul bones, the same effect can be achieved, thus making him completely immune to the toxins."

Jiang Xia's plan was not unfounded. After all, in the original work, Bibi Dong's two martial souls were also highly poisonous beast martial souls, but she was not affected by the poison.

Aside from the fact that her aptitude is better than Dugu Bo's, it's probably the soul bone in her body that's playing a role.

Dugu Bo was speechless; this method was theoretically feasible.

However, soul bones are extremely rare, and he only had one head soul bone, which he had already absorbed and refined.

Time is of the essence, and Dugu Xin's life hangs by a thread. He has already taken out one soul bone, so where is he going to find six more?

With a sigh, Dugu Bo said sorrowfully, "What's the last possibility? Tell me. If it's hopeless, then it's Xin'er's fate."

Jiang Xia reached out to pat Dugu Bo on the shoulder to comfort him, but realized she couldn't reach his shoulder at all. So she patted his arm instead, saying reassuringly:

"It hasn't come to that yet. This last method is simpler than the first two, but correspondingly, it is also the most dangerous."

"You're an expert in poisons, you should be able to find a toxin that's easy to control but far more toxic than the venom of the blue-spotted snake."

"We can fight poison with poison, and then detoxify."

"Thus, the crisis will be averted."