Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 167 Communication with Dugu Bo

After the Huo family submitted their application for the intellectual property rights to their medicinal bath recipe, Wuhun City dispatched a reconnaissance-type agility-based soul master to provide a response within three days.

The intellectual property rights of the medicinal bath formula have been established, and only the Huo family or those authorized by the Huo family can produce and sell it. If anyone produces and sells it at will, it can be reported to the local Spirit Hall and the local Spirit Hall law enforcement officers can handle the matter.

Correspondingly, the Huo family needs to pay the Spirit Hall 100,000 gold soul coins every year.

In addition, the Spirit Hall also cooperated with the Huo family, purchasing a ten-year license for the prescription from them, which was then published in the Spirit Hall Gazette to demonstrate the Spirit Hall's sincerity to the entire continent.

After that, many small families purchased a large batch of raw materials and applied to the Spirit Hall for relevant medicinal bath recipe certificates.

Correspondingly, on the mainland, the medicinal herb collection and cultivation industries have also flourished. Some elderly people who specialize in medicinal formula research have even started to take on apprentices and lead people to study the effects of various plants, and begin to improve and create entirely new medicinal formulas.

Although the best prescription is still kept secret, several thousand new prescriptions have been distributed in the past month alone.

"Indeed, it is through the collision of everyone's wisdom that we can usher in a bright future." Tang San bought a large number of finished medicinal bath recipes and began to analyze their proportions.

Xiao Wu was a great help to him.

After all, it was a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form. Although it knew nothing about medicine prescriptions, it could instinctively smell what kind of plants were the raw materials of the medicine powder and how much of each was mixed together to make it more beneficial to the human body.

Therefore, in less than half a month, Tang San used the prescriptions he collected on the market to concoct a brand new medicinal bath recipe: the Hundred Herbs Bath.

Based on his own physical condition, Tang San used it first and found that it was effective in cultivating qi and blood and refining jade bones. He then adjusted the water and powder mixture ratio according to the physical conditions of Xiao Wu and Guang Ling and had them take a medicinal bath.

The two women accelerated their jade bone condensation process and were also able to slowly increase their soul power.

"Third Brother, I also have a talent for medicine preparation." The successful preparation of the herbal bath gave Xiao Wu confidence in her medicine-making skills.

Tang San was happy to see this.

However, in Tang San's opinion, Xiao Wu would not be able to understand the medical techniques currently available on Douluo Continent. It was uncertain whether she could persevere for a month with all that dense text.

"It's good to be interested, but don't be inconsistent," Tang San challenged.

"Hehe, when have I ever given up, Sister Xiaowu?" Xiaowu patted her chest and made a promise, but then she deflated when she saw the dense tadpole-like characters on the medical book. "This is really a prescription, not some child's scribbles?"

The prescriptions in Douluo Continent are written in the same way as those written by doctors in modern hospitals. The characters are very abstract and cannot be understood by ordinary people.

"Of course, you'll have plenty to learn from now on." Tang San handed a notebook to Xiao Wu, which contained a compilation of the doctor's writings and normal texts that he had gathered over the past two weeks.

Only in this way can Xiao Wu understand it.

Xiao Wu suddenly felt like she was back at Notting Academy learning to read, and everything had to start from scratch...

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While Xiao Wu was studying diligently, Tang San was called out by Dugu Yan.

"Why did Dugu Yan ask Third Brother to go out? Has she fallen for someone else and developed feelings for him?" Xiao Wu noticed Dugu Yan's figure and became a little nervous. "Honestly, one by one, they're all getting close to Third Brother—Zhu Qing, Huo Wu, and now Dugu Yan. Speaking of which, weren't she and Yu Tianheng boyfriend and girlfriend? Did they really break up?"

But when Dugu Yan came to see Tang San, it wasn't what Xiao Wu thought; it was because Dugu Bo wanted to see Tang San.

"Senior Dugu Bo?" Tang San was slightly surprised, but quickly regained his composure. "It seems he also knows about the effects of your absorption of the Pearl Snake Grass and wants to ask me some questions."

Dugu Yan smiled helplessly: "You really can't hide anything from anyone. Besides, if other people knew that my grandfather met him, they would probably be scared to death. Even Tianheng would be uneasy. But you are not worried at all."

"Ha, of course I don't need to worry. After all, I don't have any grudges with your grandfather. He's a Title Douluo, he wouldn't bully a Soul Master like me, would he?" Tang San smiled calmly. "Besides, I think your grandfather might have something to ask of you. After all, his martial soul is the Azure Serpent Emperor. He doesn't know about the Pearl Serpent Grass, so he must be deeply poisoned. If he doesn't have a prescription, he simply can't suppress the poison of his martial soul."

"You guessed right." Dugu Yan chuckled. "However, my grandfather imitated the flow of soul power of my fourth soul skill, condensing the poison of his martial soul into a poison pill he created in his early years when he was experimenting with poison control methods. This made things much easier for him. But he is already a Title Douluo, and he is deeply poisoned. Moreover, imitation is just imitation after all. It is not as convenient as my fourth soul skill."

"Speaking of the fourth soul skill, I still don't know what name you gave it," Tang San asked.

"Azure Scale Pearl." Dugu Yan opened her mouth and spat out an azure pearl, which floated in front of her, emanating a misty energy that displayed three colors: red, blue, and purple.

"Red is the poison of my first soul skill, which can increase my attack and speed by 20% by stimulating the nerves and muscles; blue is the poison of my second soul skill, which can paralyze the opponent and increase my defense by 30%; the poison of my third soul skill is purple, which can stimulate the internal organs to enhance the soul skill by about 35%."

Tang San was also learning about the effects of Dugu Yan's two soul skills for the first time, and said, "The increase is a bit small, but its main function is poison, not an amplification skill, right?"

"That's right, it's mainly poison, not amplification, so its effect on self-improvement is far less than those soul skills whose main function is amplification."

Dugu Yan smiled sweetly as she said this.

"However, what I just mentioned was the effect before adding the fourth soul ring. After obtaining the Azure Scale Pill, the stimulating effect of the toxins from the first three soul skills on the body has been greatly enhanced, reaching 50%. Moreover, due to the control of the pill, the damage of these toxins to my body is almost non-existent. Even if I exhaust my soul power, I will recover after a night's rest. It is just that this method of exhausting soul power may damage cells and reduce lifespan."

As it stands, Dugu Yan's martial spirit poison has been completely resolved.

As for squeezing out soul power...

That would only be done as a last resort, in an extraordinary situation.

Upon arriving at Dugu Manor, Tang San found it rather deserted and without servants.

Dugu Yan explained, "Our family is different from other manors. We don't have servants. Every day, we hire cleaning staff from the city to clean. And there are some places we can't go into... You know, we drug dealers always have some shady things to do."

"Understood." Tang San didn't ask any more questions, but simply followed Dugu Yan into the living room.

"Haha, Master Tang San, I've heard so much about you! Meeting you today, I can say you're truly extraordinary." Dugu Bo rose from his seat and greeted Tang San with a hearty laugh.

"Greetings, Senior Poison Douluo." Tang San clasped his hands and bowed in one smooth motion.

"Let's skip these formalities; I don't like this kind of thing." Dugu Bo personally poured tea for Tang San and asked Dugu Yan to prepare some refreshments. After she left the living room, he said, "The poison of my Dugu family's martial soul is unknown to ordinary people. I never expected that it was Grandmaster who cured it. I am truly ashamed."

"It's not exactly a solution."

Tang San shook his head, "After all, I only have a superficial understanding of poisons. It was just luck that I was able to solve your granddaughter's problem. After all, the Pearl Snake Grass can only cure the venom of the Martial Soul Snake, but it can't cure other toxins."

"Then I'll get straight to the point. I wonder if the poison I'm suffering from can be cured?" Dugu Bo asked. "I imitated the soul power circulation route of my granddaughter's fourth soul skill and found it to have some effect, but the poison at my Title Douluo level is too deep-rooted for me to cure completely. I wonder if you have any solutions, young friend?"

"If you can cure this, I will be very grateful!"

Tang San pondered, reflecting on Dugu Bo's character—a complex figure, both righteous and wicked. In the original story, Dugu Bo's first thought upon learning the protagonist's identity was to silence him.

They are indeed loyal and devoted, but if they don't get your approval, they might just take action.

Moreover, if someone directly claims to be able to cure the poison, Dugu Bo wouldn't believe it like in fan fiction. Instead, he would first administer the poison and see if the other person could be cured.

In the original novel, after Tang San described the symptoms of Dugu Bo's poisoning, he still had to pass the test of Dugu Bo's three types of poison and detoxify them before he could gain some trust from the original Tang San.

In reality, it's impossible for a scenario like this to occur where the protagonist in a fanfiction reveals a method to cure poison, and Dugu Bo is immediately awestruck and chooses to become sworn brothers with the protagonist.

Dugu Bo was arrogant. Even after the symptoms of poisoning were mentioned, he would still test the other party to see if they were just talking nonsense or if they actually had real skills.

Poisoning is the best way to test someone.

As for whether this is the attitude of asking for favors... As a titled Douluo, Dugu Bo can be said to have no taboos, and he may not necessarily care about the rules of the world.

Be careful!

Therefore, Tang San could not describe the symptoms of Dugu Bo as described in the original work.

First of all, whether the original work can be used as a reference is unknown.

Secondly, although he formulated the herbal bath recipe, it was done with the help of various medicinal bath recipes and Xiao Wu's nose.

He himself may not be as knowledgeable about pharmacology as Dugu Bo.

That's right, Dugu Bo might not recognize the immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but there are medical skills on the continent. As a half-baked expert, it would be like showing off one's limited skills to Dugu Bo in discussing medicine.

and so--

"I'm sorry, I don't know anything about medicine." Tang San said honestly, "However, since your poison comes from your martial soul and attaches to your soul power, thus affecting your body, I might have a way to solve your problem from the perspective of martial soul cultivation."

"What method?" Dugu Bo didn't show any reaction on the surface when he heard that Tang San didn't know anything about medicine, but he was a little disappointed. However, Tang San said that he could start from the martial soul, which made him curious.

If Tang San had said there was a cure, Dugu Bo wouldn't have believed him. But as a master of martial spirit theory, he must have done extensive research on martial spirits and soul power, and perhaps he had some cultivation method that could alleviate the poison.

After all, his Yanyan is an example.

Although it relies on spirit rings...

But besides spirit rings, there are also spirit bones. Perhaps the spirit bones of some special spirit beasts can also cure the poison of his martial spirit.

Tang San, unaware that Dugu Bo had guessed a method of detoxification, said, "Senior's symptoms indicate an excess of toxins. In that case, forcing the toxins into the soul bone might alleviate the problem."

This···

Dugu Bo thought for a moment—

really!

Soul bones are feasible!

Dugu Bo was somewhat excited, and then asked, "What kind of soul beast's soul bone is suitable?"

"All soul bones are suitable."

"all?"

Dugu Bo was shocked.

"Yes, all of them. After all, soul bones are foreign things. They can store soul power and unique energy, and naturally they can also store the poison of soul beasts. However, the soul bones produced by different kinds and different ages of soul beasts have limited capacity to bear toxins. It is best to have poisonous soul bones of ten thousand years. Then it can only be limb bones, not head soul bones or torso bones," Tang San said.

"Why can't it be the torso bone and the head soul bone?" Dugu Bo frowned. After all, he had a head soul bone, and he had already absorbed it, so he could try it out.

But now, Tang San is saying no?

"The capacity of a soul bone to withstand toxins has its limits. Once the limit is reached, the soul bone will be completely corroded, and the backlash will be even more severe," Tang San said. "But the limb bones are different. When they are full of toxins, they can be cut off. Even with the strength of a titled Douluo, you won't die. At most, you'll lose ten levels of soul power."

"I've made a rough estimate. Given your age, I estimate that you won't reach level 95 or higher in the rest of your life. By the time your soul bones are completely corroded, your granddaughter will probably be able to become a Soul Saint, or even a Soul Douluo. Moreover, she and Yu Tianheng are lovers, and they will probably be married by then, so you don't need to worry about her safety."

"Besides, even if you lose an arm, you'll still be a Contra."

Dugu Bo's eye twitched slightly.

This Tang San...

He seems even more sinister than him.

Cut off their hands and feet?

It's amazing that he could come up with such a thing.

No wonder you can't use the torso bones and skull; those two are really impossible to cut, and if you do, it's just one word: death.

"A reduction of ten levels in soul power is unacceptable to me, and unacceptable to any titled Douluo." Dugu Bo wanted to ask for other solutions.

Tang San released the Blue Silver Emperor, and the rich life force made Dugu Bo feel that all the toxins in his body were suppressed.

He said, "Look, senior, my martial soul possesses immense vitality. When I become a titled Douluo in the future, I might be able to regenerate severed limbs."

Um--

This idea was even more bizarre, but Dugu Bo did feel that he and Tang San had a certain mutual respect. If he were younger, or if Tang San were older, he probably would have become sworn brothers with Tang San.

"Does this mean I have to protect you until you become a Title Douluo?" Dugu Bo bluntly stated that he wouldn't act as a bodyguard unless—

"You married Yanyan."

"Ahem! Senior is too kind. Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng are a perfect match, and I have no intention of stealing their love, turning love into hatred, and falling into depravity, becoming a demon..."

"Stop!" Dugu Bo called out to Tang San. "Are you playing a word chain game here? Don't you have any other ideas?"

"There's another way." Tang San's playful expression vanished, replaced by an extremely serious one.

"What method?"

Dugu Bo's expression also tensed up. "Speak. I am a titled Douluo. There is nothing in this world that can stump me. If you can cure me, I am willing to protect you until you truly grow up."

"This is an extraordinary path, intolerable even to ghosts and gods." Tang San, as if possessed by the Bodhi Patriarch, spoke in a heavy tone, "Condense the Soul Core!"

"Soul Core!"

Dugu Bo feigned a surprised expression, then stared blankly and asked, "What is that?"

"A cultivation method." Tang San's eyes were solemn. "It was given to me by a close friend. Once you condense a soul core, I estimate that it will not only prevent the poison of your martial soul from causing further damage to your body, but also allow you to control the poison of your martial soul without encountering too many bottlenecks before your soul power reaches level 95."

Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow, feeling that Tang San was joking.

Although Tang San is a master of martial spirit theory, he is ultimately just a Soul Master and doesn't know the depth of a Title Douluo... Speaking of which, could this kid be going to use himself to experiment on some kind of "soul core" he created?

Rather than believing that Tang San obtained the theory from a close friend, he was more inclined to believe that Tang San created the theory himself, and that a theory must be tested before it can be published.

If it were someone below the Soul Master level, Dugu Bo believed Tang San would experiment on his own. But for someone above the Soul Master level, he would need to find someone else, such as himself, a Title Douluo.

Moreover, it wasn't Tang San who sought him out; it was he who asked Yan Yan to call Tang San over.

Would you call this "reaping what you sow"?

"Are you serious?"

"You're being more serious than ever before. However, this cultivation method is extremely precious. What can you offer, senior?" Tang San asked.

What do you want?

Dugu Bo decided to give it a try. If he couldn't be cured, then all other conditions were out of the question.

"I would not be comfortable with you being my guardian on my path to growth, and I do not have the strength to subdue you. Therefore, I only ask that you have something or a place that can suppress the poison of the martial soul, in exchange for that," Tang San said, stating his request.

Dugu Bo's eyes narrowed, and he said, "As expected of a master of martial soul theory, you saw at a glance that the reason I have survived until now and become a titled Douluo must be because I have a way to suppress the poison of my martial soul... That's right, I found a treasure land. The unique environment there can suppress the poison of my martial soul, and it even allowed me to cultivate to the titled Douluo realm."

Revealing this secret also meant that Dugu Bo conveyed another message to Tang San: if he couldn't be cured, he would die.

"Smart person, you should know what I mean, right?"

"Hehe, this isn't the attitude of someone begging for treatment, but I'll accept it. If your poison doesn't improve, I'll have no choice but to steal your love away from Yu Tianheng," Tang San said with a smile. "I believe that even if Sister Dugu Yan resents me, she'll eventually develop feelings for me."

Dugu Bo: "...This old man..." Is that what he means? Are kids these days so humorous?

Once he calmed down, Dugu Bo chuckled: "So you're not at a loss after all, are you? But if you're willing to be my son-in-law, I really wouldn't want to part with you. Putting aside your martial spirit theory, just your ability to make money and the way you use the power of the Martial Spirit Hall to protect yourself are things I'm ashamed of myself for."

Tang San waved his hand casually: "It's nothing to mention."

Dugu Bo's smile vanished, and he asked, "Then, when will you give me that method?"

"You have to take me, my sister, and my disciple to see your treasure land. After all, the method for obtaining the Soul Core was given to me by my sister. Although I've made some improvements, it still needs her approval," Tang San said calmly.

(End of this chapter)