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"Lingling, there's no need for treatment. Your treatment is useless. Dugu Yan, quickly release your Martial Spirit."
Shi Quan watched the scene before him with a headache. Sword Douluo had just arrived and beaten him up. If Poison Douluo knew that he had accidentally triggered the toxins within Dugu Yan's body, causing a backlash, he would probably be in for another severe beating.
Shi Quan himself had not expected the current situation to unfold this way.
Everything had been fine before. However, after Dugu Yan's Martial Spirit possession, the moment his Internal Energy entered Dugu Yan's body, her spirit power and Martial Spirit within her body simultaneously produced a repulsive reaction to his Internal Energy. The toxins within her body seemed to encounter a natural enemy, all of them were activated, thus triggering Dugu Yan's toxin backlash.
Hearing Shi Quan's voice, Dugu Yan immediately released her Martial Spirit. Her convulsing body gradually recovered, but her face remained pale.
"Tianheng, quickly use your spirit power! Otherwise, you'll be poisoned!" Teacher Qin anxiously reminded Yu Tianheng, seeing his face begin to turn pale. At the same time, he turned to Shi Quan and asked, "Shi Quan, what exactly is going on with Dugu Yan?"
"I'm not very sure. I still need to research it," Shi Quan said, his expression becoming somewhat complex as he looked at Dugu Yan. He did not publicly expose the fact that Dugu Yan was poisoned.
Dugu Yan's expression also showed more fear and panic as she looked at Shi Quan.
The first time Shi Quan's Internal Energy entered her body, she only felt a bit hot. Although it was uncomfortable, she could bear it. But the feeling just now was like magma. She could feel that both her Martial Spirit and her body were repelling Shi Quan's Internal Energy.
"Tianheng, I'm fine now," Dugu Yan said, covering her head, and slowly got up with Yu Tianheng's support.
Yu Tianheng looked at Shi Quan with a gloomy expression and warned, "Shi Quan, whatever you just did to Du Gu Yan, I don't want there to be a next time, or don't blame me for being merciless."
"That was an accident just now," Shi Quan said, waving his hand helplessly.
"Amazing!" Ning Rongrong stepped forward with a smile, giving Shi Quan a thumbs up, and then whispered, "Let me tell you a secret: Dugu Yan's grandpa and Grandpa Sword are both Titled Douluo!"
"Titled Douluo?" Shi Quan frowned, appearing thoughtful. After a moment's pause, he asked, "Dugu Yan, is your grandpa's Martial Spirit the same as yours? Is it also Bi Lin Snake?"
"That's right," Dugu Yan nodded, gradually recovering from the pain she had just experienced.
"Then why would this happen?" Shi Quan feigned a troubled expression, raising his hand to scratch his head. He walked to the table, took out a large number of books from the snow jade bracelet on his wrist, and pretended to flip through them, as if searching for something.
Everyone looked on with confusion.
Shi Quan could be heard flipping through the pages, muttering phrases like 'No, that's not right,' and 'It shouldn't be like this.'
It was as if he was caught in some kind of dilemma.
"Teacher Qin, does the academy have any information on poison-attribute Beast Spirits? I'd like to take a look." Shi Quan feigned not finding an answer, looking eagerly at Teacher Qin.
Teacher Qin was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Shi Quan was looking for. Poison-attribute Beast Spirits were already rare, and records concerning them were even scarcer. The academy's library did have some information on poison-attribute Beast Spirits, but not much, and the content recorded was very simple. He knew this was because of Dugu Yan; he had once looked up information in this area.
"Thank you, Teacher Qin. I'll go to the library." With that, Shi Quan chose to swiftly leave.
"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 exactly happened?" Everyone looked at each other, still not understanding what had just happened before Shi Quan had already run off.
"Du Gu Yan, are you really okay?" Yu Tianheng asked, looking worriedly at Dugu Yan in his arms.
Dugu Yan's face couldn't help but redden a bit as she looked at Yu Tianheng, who was holding her tightly. She whispered, "I'm fine, Tianheng. There are so many people, please let go."
Yu Tianheng then reacted and quickly released Dugu Yan.
Yu Feng said with a chuckle, "Oh, Boss, if you're reluctant, you can pretend we don't exist."
Yu Tianheng coughed lightly, then turned his head away without responding.
"What happened to Dugu Yan just now?" Since Shi Quan had left, Teacher Qin could only ask Dugu Yan.
Dugu Yan then recounted what had happened, but she did not tell everyone about Shi Quan's suspicion that she was poisoned.
"spirit power entering your body and causing a repulsive reaction? How could that be? What conflict could his Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit and Bi Lin Snake Martial Spirit have?" Teacher Qin looked puzzled.
"I don't know either," Dugu Yan said, shaking her head, but deep down, she began to doubt what Shi Quan had said.
Because her reactions just now were very much like those of someone poisoned.
"Could I really be poisoned?" Dugu Yan couldn't help but wonder, but quickly shook her head. "If I were poisoned, how could Grandpa not know? With Grandpa around, it's impossible for me to get poisoned!"
"But what was going on just now?"
Recalling the pain she had just experienced, Dugu Yan couldn't help but shiver. She did not want to experience that feeling again.
"No, I must go find Grandpa to confirm this 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 flipping through books in the library.
He was flipping through and pondering at the same time.
"I was still a bit too hasty," Shi Quan secretly shook his head.
With what happened today, Dugu Yan would probably go to Dugu Bo earlier. He had originally planned to wait for some time before saying that he had thoroughly researched and confirmed Dugu Yan's poisoning. But now, the plan simply couldn't keep up with the changes.
If Dugu Bo knew that I knew Dugu Yan was poisoned, he would definitely worry that I might guess he was also poisoned.
To prevent his poisoning from being exposed, Dugu Bo might take action against him. To be safe, he had to make some preparations.
Thinking of this, Shi Quan clutched his head in pain.
Should he hide with Qian Renxue for a while?
Or seek help from Ning Fengzhi?
Soon, Shi Quan abandoned both methods, as both choices had drawbacks. Moreover, if Dugu Bo suspected that he had told others about his poisoning and held a grudge against him, his situation would only become more difficult.
Compared to Tang Hao, Dugu Bo was the most dangerous in the early stages. After all, Dugu Bo was someone who never cared about reputation, being both righteous and evil, a person who would kill whenever he pleased.
"It seems I still have to face it head-on. That way, it will be easier to find a reason to go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well later. But before that, I need to make preparations. The most important thing right now is to first gain Dugu Bo's trust, and let him know that I pose no threat to him. Once trust is established, everything that follows will be simple."
He made up his mind.
Shi Quan took out paper and pen from his snow jade bracelet and began to write continuously. He was unsure when Dugu Yan would go to Dugu Bo, so he had to quickly write a basic theory about poison-attribute Beast Spirits based on Dugu Yan's current situation.
"No, I'll take the books back first and keep an eye on her. If she goes to Dugu Bo today, that would be troublesome. I need to at least delay her for some time; I can't let her go to Dugu Bo too early."
With a thought, Shi Quan immediately put away his things and rushed towards the dormitory.
Although there were some unexpected events in the morning, their morning training still proceeded as usual. After a period of pain, Dugu Yan's body quickly returned to normal. Seeing that there were no problems, she also followed the team and trained on the training ground.
Shi Quan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Dugu Yan on the training ground.
He called her out from the training team and had her demonstrate her Spirit Ability again. Only then did Shi Quan quietly instruct her, "Dugu Yan, please cooperate with me in research during this time. This is my first time encountering a poison-attribute Beast Spirit, and 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 ground continued as usual, but Dugu Yan's individual training plan was temporarily postponed.
In the following days, Shi Quan also created individual Cultivation plans for the Shi Family Brothers, Yu Feng, and Ye Lingling, leaving only Dugu Yan's individual training plan undecided for a long time.
"That smelly Shi Quan, he's always staring at Dugu Yan all day, and he doesn't even bother to look at me." On the third floor of the dormitory, Ning Rongrong stomped her foot as she watched the two talking in the hall.
"Oh, what's Young Miss Ning muttering about?" Yu Tianheng's voice came from behind Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong's body stiffened, then she turned around indignantly and glared at Yu Tianheng, "Don't you know it's rude to eavesdrop?"
Yu Tianheng said playfully, "I wasn't eavesdropping. It's just that some people are too engrossed in watching others that they don't notice someone has arrived."
Upon hearing this, Ning Rongrong didn't get angry; instead, she smiled mockingly and said, "Aren't you here worrying that your woman will be snatched away by someone else?"
Yu Tianheng's face darkened, his fists clenched, and his teeth ground audibly. He was already annoyed. If anyone else had said those words, he would have taught them a lesson long ago, but he truly didn't dare to hit Ning Rongrong.
Their relationship, which had finally made substantial progress after that day, had made Yu Tianheng want to seize the opportunity to confess his feelings in the next few days.
But now, Shi Quan would constantly pull Dugu Yan aside to ask her this and that. Training was already exhausting, and their time together was already much less than before, and now Shi Quan had taken up most of it these past few days.
Dugu Yan also looked preoccupied during training these past few days.
It was false to say he wasn't annoyed. He had originally planned to strike while the iron was hot and break through that barrier in their relationship, but now it felt like the fire was about to go out.
Yu Tianheng replied coldly, "I'm not worried about Du Gu Yan. You should keep an eye on your own man."
"Who said he's my man?" Ning Rongrong's cheeks flushed, and she turned her head away. "If you want to watch, watch by yourself. I'm going back to rest."
With that, Ning Rongrong quickly walked towards her room.