Douro Continent

Chapter 244 Impervious to Water and Fire, Repelled by All Poisons (Part 1)

Dugu Bo's expression softened, returning to its usual cold and hard demeanor. He looked at Tang San calmly and asked, "What herbs did you eat here that make you immune to even my Jade Phosphorous Serpent King Poison?"

Tang San didn't hide anything and said, "After you brought me here yesterday, I thought it over and over again and took the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate Leaf."

"Eight-cornered Ice Grass, Blazing Apricot Blossom? What are those?" Dugu Bo had never even heard of these two names.

Tang San nodded. "They are two poisonous herbs that grow by absorbing the essence of extreme yin and extreme yang respectively, located at the center of the ice spring and the fire spring."

Upon hearing Tang San's words, Dugu Bo immediately recalled some of the images. "You mean those two herbs, one extremely cold and the other extremely hot? Can those two herbs be eaten?"

Due to the special nature of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot, he remembered these two herbs very clearly. In the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, he only obtained one of each of these two herbs.

He had tested it before, and even with his soul power, he couldn't stay near any kind of poisonous herb for too long. Dugu Bo knew that both of these herbs contained top-grade Yin poison and fire poison.

Extremely domineering.

Because he was unclear about the properties of the medicine, he had not acted rashly.

Because there was only one of each of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Blossom, Tang San wasn't afraid that Dugu Bo would find out. "That's right, both of these herbs are extremely poisonous. Ordinary people who get within ten meters of them will be frozen or turned to ashes within a short time, let alone eat them. However, as the saying goes, yin and yang counteract each other, and ice and fire restrain each other. When these two extreme herbs are placed together, they will neutralize each other, greatly reducing their toxicity. That is the only chance to consume them. After consumption, the two toxins, ice and fire, will go from repelling each other to complementing each other, having the effect of transforming the body. With some special methods of absorption, one can achieve the effect of being immune to water and fire."

"Good, what a perfect invulnerability to water and fire." Dugu Bo's gaze shifted as he looked at Tang San, a slight hesitation creeping into his heart.

Although he didn't know that the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot could be taken in this way, he knew the domineering nature of these two herbs. He naturally understood that Tang San had not yet been able to fully absorb the medicinal properties of these two herbs. If he drank Tang San's blood, perhaps... However, he said that these two herbs required a special method to absorb. He wondered what it was.

Thinking of this, Dugu Bo tentatively asked, "So you used these to counteract my three deadly poisons?"

Tang San smiled calmly and said, "You could say that, old monster. After you brought me here, I understood why the poison in your body didn't kill you. It's precisely because of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. The Extreme Cold Yin Spring and the Blazing Yang Spring have extremely strong restraint against any poison, and the spring water is immune to all poisons. For ordinary people, this environment is unbearable, even for powerful soul beasts. But for you, this place is beneficial and harmless. It is the aura of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well that restrained the deadly poison in your body. Cultivating here, while not enough to eliminate the poison in your body, can at least guarantee that you live to be a hundred years old without any problem. However…"

Dugu Bo couldn't help but press, "Just what?"

Tang San sighed softly and said, "The reason I consumed the Fiery Apricot and the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass was for another reason: to survive in this place. These two herbs together are essentially a small-scale Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, only the anti-poison effect isn't as terrifying as the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. I've come up with two ways to cure the poison in your body. One of them is to consume both herbs simultaneously and then use your powerful soul force to absorb their medicinal properties. That way, I'm at least 80% confident I can neutralize the toxins in your body."

Dugu Bo's eyes gradually turned cold. "But you ate them."

Tang San smiled and said, "Old monster, let me finish what I have to say." He had his reasons for confidently telling Dugu Bo all this. "The Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Blossom are both rare and precious herbs of the immortal grade. Although they are highly poisonous, their immortal grade status is undeniable. Yes, they can neutralize the poison in your body. But at the same time, all your poison-based skills will also be neutralized. Are you willing to accept that?"

"This..." Dugu Bo was stunned. He had originally planned to make a move again, but after hearing what Tang San said, he hesitated.

Tang San looked at the hesitant Dugu Bo and said, "If you don't believe me, here's what we'll do. My blood contains the medicinal properties of two herbs. I can get some for you to try. However, don't blame me if your cultivation level drops."

"No need to try, you little monster," Dugu Bo said resentfully. "How do you know so much?"

Tang San calmly replied, "When I was a child, I once obtained a book that recorded many rare and wonderful things. There is a wealth of knowledge in books, and this knowledge naturally came from the book."

"You just said there are two ways to detoxify me, what is the other one?" Dugu Bo asked.

Tang San said, "I'm only 60% confident that this second method will succeed, but it won't damage your own strength. Of course, your granddaughter's poisoning is still mild, so I'm 100% confident I can help her recover. This method isn't complicated. The reason you were poisoned is mainly because of the poison technique you cultivated. If you had a weapon spirit, it would be much easier; you would just need to condense the poison in your body onto your spirit, and everything would be solved. But you're using a beast spirit now, so the poison has fused with you. Although your soul power can mobilize and suppress it, it has already become part of your body, hence the great damage it causes. To preserve the poison in your body without letting it harm you, you need to find a host to store the poison. I think, with your strength, you must have a soul bone."

Dugu Bo was also a master of poisons. Hearing Tang San's words, he immediately understood. His eyes lit up with a green light. "You mean, you want me to force the poison in my body into my soul bone so that it won't harm me?"

Tang San nodded and said, "That's the same principle. Your granddaughter is the same. As long as you find her a suitable soul bone so that she can force the poison into the soul bone when cultivating poison techniques, there won't be any problems. Like me now, although I also have poison in my body, the poison in my body is all in the Blue Silver Grass and the external soul bone Eight Spider Lances, so of course I won't have any problems."

Dugu Bo frowned. "I have cultivated the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul for over seventy years, and my body has long since become one with the poison. This poison is not easy to force out; if I'm not careful, the backlash will only be more severe. Little monster, are you teaching me how to commit suicide?"

Tang San said calmly, "This is the only feasible method. Of course, I don't mean forcing it directly with your soul power. You're right, doing that wouldn't work; it would only cause a stronger backlash. We need to use certain medications to guide the process, gradually filtering out the toxins from your meridians and bones and concentrating them inside your soul bone. This will be a long process, not something that can be completed in a day or two. After all, you are currently a poison person. That's why I said there's only a 60% chance of success. But one thing is certain: even if we can't help you integrate all the toxins into your soul bone, we can at least significantly reduce the pain you're currently enduring. Are you willing to give it a try?"

Dugu Bo looked at Tang San, his eyes flashing with suppressed brilliance. "Little monster, I've wanted to kill you many times. Are you really willing to help me cure my poison? Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you once the poison is gone?"

Hearing Dugu Bo's words, Tang San knew that Dugu Bo believed him. He calmly said, "Whether you believe it or not, I have never rejected poison; on the contrary, I quite like it. And someone like you, a poison user, is probably the only one on the entire continent. The process of treating you is also an experiment for me. As for whether you will regret it, I cannot be sure, but I can tell you definitively that if you kill me, your granddaughter will also die. I can treat you here, but when I treat your granddaughter, I will have my master present. Once she is healed, there will be no further connection between us. What do you say?"

Dugu Bo thought for a moment and said, "Alright. Little monster, there aren't many people I admire, but you're one of them. I'll trust you. Everything will be done as you say. I, Dugu Bo, always keep my word. As long as you heal me and my granddaughter, I'll fulfill my three conditions without any problem, and I certainly won't kill you. But now, please eat this first. My old life may not be worth much, but I still want to live a few more years. If you kill me, then you'll be buried with me."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo opened his mouth, and a beam of green light shot out from it—a bright green bead.

Under Dugu Bo's control, the green pearl slowly drifted towards Tang San. Tang San opened his right hand and let it fall into his palm. He didn't know what it was. But he clearly remembered that when Dugu Bo broke through the true form of the Holy Dragon, he spat out this pearl.

Tang San smiled wryly, "It seems a bit disgusting to expect me to eat something you spit out."

(End of this chapter)