"It's you... You're the teacher of the Peach Garden Battle Team—Su Ran!"
"Grandpa, you brought me here and made me wait so long, just so I could become his disciple?"
Dugu Yan's pair of green eyes trembled slightly, her hands clasped over her small chest, and a hint of arrogance appeared on her small face:
"I don't want to. Earlier, at the Soto City Great Soul Arena, you offered to take Leng Leng as a disciple, but you were indifferent to my Blue Phosphor Serpent Spirit. This shows that you don't want to be my teacher, or that you don't have the ability to teach me."
"You little girl, you certainly hold a grudge."
When Su Ran's figure landed on the vegetation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, peach blossoms fluttered down in pieces, and all the flowers and plants in the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well seemed to sense something, swaying one after another.
His Spirit, Divine Show Peach Blossom, was originally the god of plant-type Spirits, the absolute supreme and leader of all flowers, plants, and trees.
Regarding Dugu Yan's slight arrogance, Su Ran smiled faintly, not taking it to heart. A granddaughter taught by the old Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, naturally wouldn't be that well-behaved.
"Yaner, be obedient. This is a rare opportunity for you to become a disciple that Grandpa painstakingly secured for you. Don't miss it."
Dugu Bo nervously glanced at Su Ran at this moment. He also had a bit of a headache with his precious granddaughter.
"Grandpa~"
Dugu Yan pursed her lips, took a step forward, and said to Su Ran, "Alright, I can become your disciple, but what do you plan to teach me? Or rather, how do you plan to cure the poison in me and Grandpa?"
"If you really have such an ability and can help me cure Grandpa's poison, let alone becoming your disciple, I wouldn't even complain about being your maid or servant. But if you don't have such an ability, why should Grandpa's medicinal garden, which he has managed for so many years, be given to you for free?"
Dugu Yan's relationship with her grandfather was still very good; otherwise, Dugu Bo wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to find Su Ran just because of her words. Similarly, she was very protective of Dugu Bo's treasures.
"It's just solving the problem of your Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison backlash. What's so difficult about that?"
"Dugu Bo, I really like this place. Since you have this sincerity, I will also show my sincerity and help you solve the problem of the Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison backlash for you and your granddaughter.
As for whether your granddaughter wants to become my disciple, I dislike forcing people to become disciples the most. If she doesn't have the willingness herself, then so be it."
Su Ran said indifferently. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was indeed a rare treasure land on the continent. The flowers and plants growing here were often of top quality, and even near the Yin Yang Well, rare immortal-grade flowers and plants grew.
This was originally where Dugu Bo sought Tang San for a detoxification method, but the old Poison Douluo, who didn't know the value of the items, was eventually tricked by Tang San, who took away all the immortal-grade items, leaving none for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
However, in the Soto City Great Soul Arena duel, the terrifying poison-absorbing ability displayed by Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran's Earth Nether Hand overshadowed Tang San's limelight, leading Dugu Yan to mention the people from Peach Garden Academy to Dugu Bo. Ultimately, Dugu Bo was intimidated by Su Ran's strength and chose to go all out, betting this treasure land along with his granddaughter on Su Ran.
Su Ran naturally had no reason to refuse. Although most of the girls at the academy had absorbed immortal-grade flowers and plants, there was still a special new student who hadn't used immortal-grade items to transform her body and conceal her aura, so Dugu Bo's immortal-grade items came at just the right time.
Secondly, even if these immortal-grade items were brought back for those girls to make soup for nourishment or for medicinal baths for body refining, they would have great effects. Even if Su Ran himself absorbed them, even if the effect was slightly worse, it would still be good to increase his spirit power by a few tenths of a level.
As for the problem of detoxifying the Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison.
Even Tang San could think of two solutions, let alone Su Ran?
"I have three ways to solve the problem of the Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison in your bodies."
"First, use the heavenly treasures and earthly wonders here as a medicinal guide to guide and dissolve the Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison in your bodies. However, the greatest characteristic of your Blue Phosphor Serpent Spirit is its inherent potent poison. If you lose this characteristic, your path as a Spirit Master will come to an end. If you choose this path, I will leave the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Delicate Softness in this garden for you to detoxify."
"The second method is to find a carrier for the Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison: absorb a Spirit Bone and lead the poison into the bone. A Spirit Bone's carrying capacity is much stronger than the human body's native bones. Although this method cannot completely cure the Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison, it can effectively alleviate about fifty to sixty percent of the poison's power, preventing you from being poisoned to death by the Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison backlash, and your strength will not be weakened."
After Su Ran finished the first two methods, he paused and looked at Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
These two methods were also the two methods Tang San could think of.
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo's eyes lit up: "Leading the poison into the bone, that's a good method. Why didn't I think of it before?"
"What about the third one? What's the third method?" Dugu Yan couldn't help but ask.
"Although leading the poison into the bone is a good method, the carrying capacity of thousand-year and ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones absorbed by Spirit Masters is ultimately limited, especially for a Titled Douluo like Poison Douluo. One or two Spirit Bones simply cannot fully contain all of his Blue Phosphor Serpent Poison. Once the limit is exceeded, the toxins will still spread to other places."
"Moreover, Spirit Bones are also a part of the Spirit Master's body. Although introducing toxins into the Spirit Bones can save one's life, the Spirit Bone parts that bear most of the toxins will endure daily erosion by the poison. Once it flares up, the physical pain will not be any less."
"I won't talk about this third method. The third method requires you to become my disciple for me to personally teach it. If you try to cultivate it alone, even if your grandfather tries, there's a high probability he'll die from the poison."
Su Ran said indifferently. He wasn't speaking idly. Dugu Bo was a big fool who guarded a pile of heavenly treasures but couldn't figure out how to use them. Even if Su Ran generously passed on the poisonous art to him, with Dugu Bo's intelligence, he would probably poison himself to death.
Even with a hellish training method like Earth Nether Hand, if Su Ran hadn't been supervising Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran's training, a single mistake could easily cripple their hands.
"Acting all mysterious, tell me what the third method is. If it's better than the first two, I'm willing to kowtow nine times and become your disciple, without the slightest complaint!"
Dugu Yan felt that the method of leading poison into the Spirit Bone should already be the best solution.
"You said it yourself."
Su Ran, however, said calmly, "The third method is much more difficult than the first two and requires cultivating a special cultivation technique to achieve it. Naturally, after success, not only will there be no pain, but you can also generate poisonous gas without restraint. That is, leading poison into the ring and cultivating the body with poisonous art."
"Leading poison into the ring, cultivating the body with poisonous art?!"
Upon hearing these eight words, Dugu Bo was so astonished that his voice trembled.
He could still understand using a Spirit Bone as a carrier for toxins, but the eight words "leading poison into the ring, cultivating the body with poisonous art" were difficult for him to even comprehend. Could this... truly be done?
"That's right, spirit rings are different from Spirit Bones. Not only are they not a part of the Spirit Master's body, so they won't cause pain to the body, but Spirit Masters need to continuously absorb spirit rings as they grow, allowing them to accommodate a large amount of toxins.
As for poisonous art... you've already seen the Earth Nether Hand; it's considered an introductory poisonous art that can, to a certain extent, absorb the power of toxins and elements. The absorbed toxins not only won't harm oneself but will instead allow the poisonous gas to be used for one's own benefit."
"Alright, I've told you all three methods. As for which one you choose, that's up to you to decide."
Su Ran didn't waste words. His right hand at this moment emitted streaks of black energy, having transformed into a pair of dark hands seemingly baptized from hell. In just a blink of an eye, he plucked several immortal-grade flowers and plants from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, yet he himself was not affected by the Yin Yang Well in any way.
Dugu Bo's heart sank. Although he had agreed to give the medicinal garden to Su Ran, seeing Su Ran pluck these herbs like that still made his heart ache.
"Yaner, are you really unwilling to become a disciple?"
"Grandpa has a premonition that if you can learn from him and master this method of leading poison into the ring and cultivating the body with poisonous art, you will embark on a path even stronger than Grandpa's."
"Think carefully, if you encounter his disciples again in the Great Spirit Arena in the future, are you confident you can win?"
Seeing Su Ran finish collecting the flowers and plants and about to leave after they made their choice, Dugu Bo asked Dugu Yan one last time.
Dugu Bo's reminder brought back the terrifying Spirit Master duel in the Soto City Great Spirit Arena to Dugu Yan's mind.
The support system Spirit Master from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School punched the attack system Ma Hongjun so hard that his internal organs were shattered.
If this wasn't taught by Su Ran, then who taught it?
"I admit defeat."
She bit her lip and knelt down towards Su Ran's back:
"Student Dugu Yan, I will keep my word. With three bows and nine kowtows, I wish to become Mr. Su's disciple. Please accept me as your disciple and teach me to practice poisonous art."
Upon hearing this, Su Ran, amidst the vast white mist, looked back with his immortal eyes from beneath his mask.
Just that one glance made Dugu Yan's heart tremble. It was as if the person she bowed to was an immortal from the heavens, ethereal and peerless, making her incredibly curious about what kind of face lay beneath that mask.
The snake's water rippled, and the snake's body found it difficult to urinate.
The Peach Blossom Immortal said faintly, allowing the exquisite woman to regain some composure:
"If you are willing to abide by the words carved on the back of this peach blossom token, from this day forward, you shall be my student."
A peach-white jade token landed in front of Dugu Yan.
Dugu Yan picked it up and murmured:
"In this world, I, Dugu Yan, am a disciple of Peach Garden. I shall not indiscriminately kill the innocent, shall not poison the common people, and shall not betray my fellow disciples, otherwise..."
[Ding—]
[Accepted Dugu Yan as a disciple.]
[Spirit: Blue Phosphor Serpent, highly malleable]
[spirit power: Level 38.]
[Aptitude Level: A]
[Reward to Host: spirit power level increased by 0.5 levels, all spirit ring years increased by 5%, share disciple's Spirit—Blue Phosphor Serpent.]
[Reward: Exclusive Spirit category basic unique skill Extraction opportunity... Drawing... Drew basic unique skill—Snake Form Fist. Can advance after mastering it.]
[Reward: Exclusive attribute random cultivation technique pool Extraction opportunity... Drawing... Drew rare unique skill—Calamity Poisonous Art!]
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