Triggering a treasure chest in Douluo Continent

Chapter 54 Acting is really tiring

"Lingling doesn't need treatment, your treatment is useless. Yanzi, quickly dispel your martial spirit."

Shi Quan looked at the scene before him with a headache. The Sword Douluo had just beaten him up, and if the Poison Douluo knew that he had accidentally triggered the poison in Dugu Yan's body, causing a backlash, he would probably get another beating.

Shi Quan himself hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

Everything was fine before, but now that Dugu Yan's martial spirit has possessed her, the moment his internal energy entered Dugu Yan's body, her soul power and martial spirit together produced a repulsive reaction to his internal energy. It was as if the toxins in her body had encountered some kind of natural enemy, and they were all triggered, thus causing Dugu Yan's toxin backlash.

Upon hearing Shi Quan's voice, Dugu Yan immediately released her martial spirit, and her convulsing body gradually recovered, though her face remained pale.

"Tianheng, use your soul power quickly! Otherwise you'll be poisoned!" Qin Ming anxiously reminded Yu Tianheng, whose face was turning pale. At the same time, he turned to Shi Quan and asked, "Xiao Quan, what exactly happened to Dugu Yan?"

"I'm not entirely sure either. I need to investigate further." Shi Quan's expression turned somewhat complicated as he looked at Dugu Yan. He did not reveal Dugu Yan's poisoning to the public.

Dugu Yan looked at Shi Quan with a mixture of fear and panic.

When Shi Quan's internal energy first entered her body, she only felt a little hot. Although she felt uncomfortable, she could still bear it. But the feeling just now was like magma. She could feel that both her martial spirit and her body were rejecting Shi Quan's internal energy.

"Tianheng, I'm alright now." Dugu Yan covered her head and slowly got up with Yu Tianheng's help.

Yu Tianheng looked at Shi Quan with a gloomy expression and warned, "Xiao Quan, whatever you just did to Yan Yan, I don't want it to happen again, or don't blame me for being ruthless."

"That was an accident," Shi Quan said helplessly, waving his hand.

"Amazing!" Ning Rongrong grinned and gave Shi Quan a thumbs-up, adding casually, "I'll let you in on a little secret: Dugu Yan's grandfather, like Sword Grandpa, is a Title Douluo!"

"A Titled Douluo?" Shi Quan frowned, looking deep in thought. After a moment, he asked, "Yanzi, is your grandfather's martial soul the same as yours? Is it also the Azure Serpent?"

"That's right." Dugu Yan nodded, gradually recovering from the pain.

"Then why is this happening?" Shi Quan pretended to be troubled, grabbed his hair, went to the table, took out a lot of books from the snow jade bracelet on his wrist, and pretended to flip through them, as if he was looking for something.

Everyone looked puzzled upon seeing this.

All that could be heard was Shi Quan muttering, "No," "It shouldn't be like this," as he flipped through the pages.

It seemed as if they were trapped in some kind of predicament.

"Teacher Qin, does the academy have any information about poison-attribute beast spirits? I'd like to see it." Shi Quan pretended not to have found an answer and looked at Qin Ming anxiously.

Qin Ming was taken aback, wondering what Shi Quan was looking for. Poison-attribute beast spirits were rare to begin with, and records about them were even scarcer. The academy's library did have some information about poison-attribute beast spirits, but not many, and the records were quite simple. He knew about them because of Dugu Yan; he had once looked up information on them.

"Thank you, Teacher Qin. I'm going to the library." With that, Shi Quan made a quick getaway.

"Phew, acting is really tiring." As soon as he left the dormitory, Shi Quan couldn't help but let out a long sigh and quickly ran towards the library.

"What on earth happened?" Everyone stared at each other, not understanding what had just happened before Shi Quan had already run away.

"Yanyan, are you really alright?" Yu Tianheng looked at Dugu Yan in his arms with concern.

Dugu Yan blushed slightly as she looked at Yu Tianheng, who was holding her tightly in his arms, and whispered, "I'm alright, Tianheng. There are so many people here, let go."

Yu Tianheng then realized what was happening and quickly released Dugu Yan.

Yu Feng said with a grin, "Hey, boss, if you can't bear to part with us, you can just pretend we don't exist."

Yu Tianheng coughed softly, then turned his head away without responding.

"What just happened to Dugu Yan?" Shi Quan was gone, so Qin Ming could only ask Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan then recounted what had happened, but she did not tell everyone that Shi Quan suspected she had been poisoned.

"Soul power enters your body and causes a rejection reaction? How could this be? His martial soul is Blue Silver Grass and Jade Serpent, what conflict could there be?" Qin Ming looked puzzled.

"I don't know either," Dugu Yan said, shaking her head, but she began to doubt what Shi Quan had said.

Because her reactions just now were very similar to those of someone who had been poisoned.

"Could I really be poisoned?" Dugu Yan couldn't help but wonder, but she quickly shook her head. "If I were poisoned, how could Grandpa not know? With Grandpa around, there's no way I'd let myself be poisoned!"

"But what just happened?"

Recalling the pain she had just experienced, Dugu Yan couldn't help but shudder. She didn't want to go through that feeling again.

"No, I have to ask Grandpa to check and see if there's really something wrong with my body."

Dugu Yan quickly made up her mind.

On the other side, Shi Quan was browsing through books in the library.

I flipped through the pages while pondering.

"I was too hasty," Shi Quan thought to himself, shaking his head.

With this incident today, Dugu Yan should go to see Dugu Bo in advance. Originally, there was a plan to wait a while and then investigate further to confirm Dugu Yan's poisoning. But now, things have changed.

If Dugu Bo knew that I knew about Dugu Yan's poisoning, he would definitely worry that he would guess that he was also poisoned.

In order to prevent the news of his poisoning from getting out, and in case Dugu Bo attacks him, he must make some preparations just in case.

Thinking of this, Shi Quan scratched his head in exasperation.

Should I go hide with Qian Renxue for a while?

Or should I ask Ning Fengzhi for help?

Shi Quan quickly abandoned both methods, because both options had drawbacks, and if Dugu Bo suspected that he had told others about his poisoning and held a grudge, his situation would only become more difficult.

Compared to Tang Hao, the most dangerous person in the early stages was Dugu Bo. After all, Dugu Bo never cared about face, was neither righteous nor evil, and was someone who would kill whenever he wanted.

"It seems we still have to deal with this head-on. That way we can find a reason to go to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well later. But before that, we need to make preparations. The most important thing right now is to gain Dugu Bo's trust and let him know that he is no threat to him. Once trust is established, everything else will be easier."

I've made up my mind.

Shi Quan took out paper and pen from the snow jade bracelet and began to write continuously. He was unsure when Dugu Yan would go to find Dugu Bo, so he had to write down a basic theory about poison-attribute beast martial souls as soon as possible based on Dugu Yan's current situation.

"No, take the book back first and keep an eye on her. If she goes to find Dugu Bo today, it will be troublesome. We need to delay her for a while and not let her go to Dugu Bo too soon."

With a thought in mind, Shi Quan quickly packed his things and hurried towards the dormitory.

Although some unexpected things happened in the morning, their morning training proceeded as usual. After a while, Dugu Yan recovered quickly and, seeing that there were no problems, she joined the team in training on the field.

Shi Quan breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Dugu Yan on the training field.

After calling her out of the training group and having her demonstrate her soul skills again, Shi Quan whispered to her, "Yanzi, you need to cooperate with me in this research for a while. This is the first time I've encountered a poison-attribute beast soul. I'm not sure if I'm overthinking it or if there's really something wrong with your body."

Dugu Yan frowned at Shi Quan, then nodded and replied, "I understand."

Shi Quan didn't say much else. Everything on the training field remained the same, except that Dugu Yan's personal training plan was temporarily postponed.

In the following days, Shi Quan made individual training plans for the two Shi brothers, Yu Feng, and Ye Lingling, but the individual training plan for Dugu Yan was still not finalized.

"That stinky Shi Quan, all he does is stare at that Dugu Yan all day long, he doesn't even look at me." On the third floor of the dormitory, Ning Rongrong watched the two talking in the lobby and couldn't help but kick her foot.

"Hey, Miss Ning, what are you muttering about?" Yu Tianheng's voice came from behind Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong froze, then turned indignantly to glare at Yu Tianheng, "Don't you know it's very impolite to eavesdrop on other people's conversations?"

Yu Tianheng said with amusement, "I wasn't eavesdropping. Some people were just too engrossed in watching others and didn't notice anyone coming."

Upon hearing this, Ning Rongrong didn't get angry but laughed instead, saying sarcastically, "Aren't you also worried about your woman being stolen away by someone else?"

Yu Tianheng's face darkened, his fists clenched tightly, and his teeth grinding together. He was already irritable, and if anyone else had said these words, he probably would have already taught them a lesson, but he really didn't dare to hit Ning Rongrong.

Originally, his relationship with Dugu Yan had finally made substantial progress because of what happened that day, and Yu Tianheng had planned to take this opportunity to confess his feelings in the next few days.

Now things are really messed up. Shi Quan keeps pulling Dugu Yan aside to ask her all sorts of questions. They're already exhausted from training, and they don't have as much time to spend together as before. And these past few days, Shi Quan has taken up most of that time.

Dugu Yan also looked preoccupied during training these past few days.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't angry. He had originally planned to strike while the iron was hot and directly break the ice, but now it seems like his anger is about to be extinguished.

Yu Tianheng coldly replied, "I'm not worried about Yan Yan. You should keep an eye on your own man."

"Who said he's my man?" Ning Rongrong blushed and turned her head away. "If you want to see, you can see for yourself. I'm going back to rest."

After saying that, Ning Rongrong quickly walked towards her room.

(End of this chapter)