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After saying this, Dugu Bo leaped up, tapped the mountain wall with his toes, and soared toward the top of the mountain pass like a big bird. As his figure moved away, his voice could be heard clearly again, "Remember, don't touch those two hot springs. Even I can't withstand the scorching heat and extreme cold there for too long. With the cultivation level of the two of you, if you touch them at all, you will die."
Watching Dugu Bo's figure gradually disappearing in the mist, Tang San could no longer contain his excitement. Without saying much, he quickly walked to the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, looked around, and muttered: "Snow silkworms! So many! Such a big cinnabar lotus! And this is..."
This time it was Gu You's turn to be helpless. Seeing that Tang San seemed to be possessed and was saying a bunch of incomprehensible herbal names, he had no choice but to observe the place by himself without disturbing Tang San's interest.
The Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire was larger than Gu You had initially expected, and the two springs formed a shape similar to the Tai Chi diagram. The surrounding area was full of various plants, and no traces of human intervention could be seen.
About 20 meters away from the Yin-Yang Eye of Fire and Ice, a fence was built, and it was obvious that various medicines were planted inside. The "medicine garden" that Dugu Bo mentioned should refer to this.
That’s right, Dugu Bo couldn’t recognize these magical herbs at all, so the “things” he said could be used casually certainly couldn’t be magical herbs.
Further away, there was a small wooden house. Although it was small and looked shabby, it was very clean and could be seen to be frequently used. Gu You guessed that Dugu Bo would stay in that house every time he came here.
After waiting for a while, watching Tang San running left and right, sometimes squatting down to check, sometimes digging up the soil to confirm something, Gu You could only interrupt as he watched the sky gradually brighten, "Xiao San, you can wait and see later. Let's first think about whether there is any good way to solve Sister Yanzi's poison."
Hearing Gu You's voice, Tang San came back to his senses, smiled embarrassedly, and carefully walked through the medicine garden to Gu You.
"Okay," Gu You took out two blankets from the soul guide and spread them on the ground. He sat on the ground with Tang San, took out water and dry food from the soul guide and handed them over, and lit a fire. "So, Xiao San, what do you think?"
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Chapter 224: Three Strategies and New Attempts
"...What are you doing?"
Just now, when Dugu Bo returned to the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, what caught his eye were two young men eating hotpot in front of their house.
"Your Majesty, welcome back."
Seeing Dugu Bo coming back, Gu You took out a new set of bowls and chopsticks from his soul guide and handed them to him, saying with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty. Have you had lunch yet?"
Seeing that Gu You didn't seem to have any sense of distance, Dugu Bo felt a little curious. He took the bowl and chopsticks without hesitation, sat on the ground, and directly picked up a piece of mutton and put it into his mouth.
Gu Youcong took out a box of frozen mutton and put it aside, shaking his head and saying, "Man is iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat, you will be hungry. Eating is the top priority and can't be sloppy."
After eating and drinking, the three of them drank the low-quality tea brewed by Gu You. Gu You and Tang San were fine, as they had always drunk this kind of tea. Dugu Bo took a sip, his face turned into a mask of pain, and he said unhappily: "You use this kind of tea to entertain me."
Not to mention reaching the title, since Dugu Bo became a spirit master, he has never drunk such poor quality tea. He put down the teacup after taking a sip. Gu You had no choice but to spread his hands and said, "I only have this kind of tea, it's good to have it."
Dugu Bo shook his head, watched Gu You and Tang San finish drinking, and asked, "What are we going to do next?" He brought the two here not to show off this treasure land he found, but to let them find a way to help him detoxify.
Hearing this, Gu You and Tang San looked at each other and nodded at the same time. Gu You took out a book from his soul guide and said to Dugu Bo: "Your Majesty, this morning we two brothers have checked all the herbs here and discussed three solutions: upper, middle and lower."
"Oh?" There was a hint of doubt in Dugu Bo's eyes. He had been unable to solve the poison for decades, but two young people could come up with a solution in just one morning?
But he did not question it. The relief medicine Tang San prepared had proven to be effective. He brought two people here overnight yesterday, and the tingling pain that should have appeared on the top of the head and the soles of the feet did not show any signs of onset. Just based on this point, Dugu Bo had to admit defeat.
"We judge that your first requirement is to stay alive, and your second requirement is to detoxify, so we will put these two first, and everything else must give way to this matter. First is the best strategy, Xiaosan."
Hearing Gu You's voice, Tang San stood up and made a "please" gesture to Dugu Bo, "Your Majesty, please follow me." Then he walked straight towards the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire. Dugu Bo hurriedly followed, followed by Gu You.
Tang San first walked to the side of the extremely cold Yin spring, pointed at the white herb in the center of the spring and said, "Immortal-grade eight-angled black ice grass, a very cold grade, can make people feel cold and numb. This grass will chill people within ten meters, and if you stay there for a while, the cold poison will attack your heart and no medicine can cure it. Don't even think about eating it, even being near it will bring bad luck. If you want to pick it, you must use something made of gold or iron."
Then he walked to the other side of the Blazing Yang Spring and pointed to a cabbage-like herb in the center that was flaming red all over and said, "The Immortal Fiery Apricot has the opposite effect to the Star Anise Mysterious Ice Grass. It has an extremely strong fire poison. If you want to pick it, you must use jade to pick it without damaging its efficacy."
After introducing these two immortal products, Tang San said calmly in front of Dugu Bo's puzzled gaze: "The best strategy is that you need to take these two extremely opposite top-grade immortal herbs at the same time."
"Both extreme yin and extreme yang are nemesis of deadly poisons. These two immortal herbs just happen to be extremely yin and extremely yang, and their medicinal properties are exactly equal. As long as you can perfectly absorb the medicinal properties inside, it is equivalent to having a small Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire in your body. In addition to gaining an invulnerable body to ice and fire, it can also eliminate the toxins in your body."
"I see." Dugu Bo nodded. He understood what Tang San said. Since the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire could suppress the poison in his body, he could use these two herbs that Tang San called immortal products to create a Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire in his body. This poison that had troubled him for many years could be easily eliminated.
"But this method has a side effect." Seeing Dugu Bo's eagerness, Tang San said hurriedly: "These two immortal herbs can indeed dissolve the poison in your body. But at the same time, your poison skills will also be dissipated at the same time, please think twice before using it."
"This..." Dugu Bo was stunned. He was about to pick it, but after hearing what Tang San said, he hesitated.
Gu You explained: "The best strategy is the shortest and most effective detoxification method. You only need to take two immortal herbs to perfectly dissolve the toxins in your body. If your life is in danger, this strategy can save your life."
The antidote was clearly in front of him, but he couldn't do it. Dugu Bo was helpless, "The best plan won't work. Poison is my specialty, and I must not lose it."
The best strategy was something neither he nor Dugu Yan could accept, so Dugu Bo asked, "What about the middle strategy?"
"As I said at the beginning, we will study the poison in you and Sister Yanzi step by step. As long as we have enough time and the herbs here, we will most likely be able to successfully develop an antidote that will not affect the poison."
"This strategy won't work either." Dugu Bo shook his head. It would be okay for him, an old guy who could change anything, but Dugu Yan might not have so much time.
Yesterday he sensed that Duguyan was now at level 38, close to level 39, and could obtain the fourth soul ring at any time. After the fourth soul ring, the poison in her body would undergo a completely new change, and all the research would have to start all over again.
Level 10, Tang San only has time to reach level 10. Dugu Bo's son died suddenly after reaching level 50, and Dugu Yan also has to face this hurdle.
"What's the next best option?"
Tang San did not speak, but quietly stepped aside. Gu You stepped forward, "Your Majesty, may I ask if your martial spirit is still the Jade Phosphorus Snake?"
"No." Dugu Bo answered despite not knowing why he suddenly changed his character. He said with a little pride: "My martial soul was originally a green phosphorus snake, but with my continuous efforts in cultivation, it has now evolved into a green phosphorus snake king, reaching the realm of the ancestor of all snakes."
Compared to becoming a Titled Douluo, Dugu Bo was even more proud of the fact that his Green Phosphorus Snake spirit had advanced to the Green Phosphorus Snake King realm.
"I see..." Hearing Dugu Bo's answer, Gu You nodded, gave Tang San a look, and said: "The worst option is to increase the strength of the martial spirit and raise Sister Yanzi's martial spirit to the same level as yours, the Jade Phosphorus Snake King. This way, she can rely on the strength of her martial spirit to resist the backlash of the poison like you did."
"Although I will suffer the same pain as you, I have Xiao San's relief potion, so the pain is not unbearable. With the help of the middle strategy, there will be enough time to develop an antidote."
It is very difficult to evolve a martial soul. Dugu Bo's son was poisoned to death because his green phosphorus snake had not evolved, so he could not withstand the poison and died suddenly. But this is not the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire. There are as many herbs as you want here that can make Dugu Yan's green phosphorus snake evolve.
The three strategies, best, middle and worst, are now clearly placed in front of Dugu Bo, waiting for his choice.
The best strategy is to lose power but be completely cured.
Middle strategy, it may be cured but it takes time and luck.
The worst option is to endure the pain but survive.
Although Tang San can prepare medicine to relieve the symptoms, it is impossible for Dugu Bo to tie Tang San up and ask him to help him research the antidote and prepare the medicine.
Moreover, Dugu Bo had tried to make that potion just now, and most of it was common herbs, with the same idea as the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire to suppress the poison in his body. But he couldn't replicate it, because there was one medicine that he couldn't find.
Just as Dugu Bo lowered his head in deep thought, Gu You said, "In addition to these three strategies, we have another plan that we cannot guarantee will be effective."
"What is it?" Now that it's like this, the more methods the better. Dugu Bo asked hurriedly. Gu You calmly took out a box from the soul guide and slowly opened it in front of Dugu Bo.
"Soul bone?!" Dugu Bo was shocked when he saw the right leg bone in the box. "Where did you get this hundred-year-old right leg bone?"
Every soul bone is a treasure, even if it is only a hundred years old. Gu You only said four words: "First soul ring."
Tang San explained: "This method has a low success rate, but it won't damage your strength. Of course, your granddaughter's poisoning is still shallow, I am 100% sure I can help her recover."
"This method is not complicated. The reason why you were attacked by the poison is mainly because the poison in your body exceeded the upper limit of your martial soul, so it eventually affected the soul master himself."
"Then, as long as there is something that can help the martial soul share the excess poison, then everything will be fine."
"You mean, soul bones?" Dugu Bo understood Tang San's implication. If the poison produced during cultivation was forced into the soul bones, then there would be no need to worry about the poison in the body.
Its essential principle is to replace the soul core that all future Titled Douluo will have.
Also playing with poison, Dugu Bo in Dou I was tortured by poison and his cultivation level stagnated at level 91. But the two brothers Du Bi Si and Du Bu Si from Dou II's Body Sect were able to cultivate to level 98 Super Douluo and seriously injured Moon who had the Light Holy Dragon Martial Spirit.
One is a congenitally poisonous green phosphorus snake, and the other is a human body that has nothing to do with poison. The one that was poisoned was actually the green phosphorus snake. If it were another world, no one would believe it. The only difference Gu You could think of between the two was whether or not they had soul cores.
Gu You speculated that Tang San's approach in the original novel was also an accident, using soul bones to replace the role of soul cores. Since soul bones are formed from the soul cores of soul beasts, then the soul cores of soul beasts can be used to replace the soul cores of soul masters.
Of course, this is the only way. Gu You doesn't have his own martial arts secrets, so he doesn't know how to condense the inner elixir. There is no cheating system, so he can't say "Deep Blue, add points". Since he doesn't know anything, don't mess around, especially don't mess around with other people's lives.
"Then what should I do with the poison in my body?" Dugu Bo asked. This trick worked for Dugu Yan, as the existing poison had no effect on her body. As long as the subsequent poison was forced into the soul bone, there would be no need to worry about the impact of future poison backlash. But for someone like Dugu Bo, who was already poisoned like a maggot, this trick was completely useless.
"It's time to use the best strategy." Gu You turned his head to look at the two magical herbs in the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, and Dugu Bo followed his line of sight.
"Taking these two strains at the same time will eliminate your poison. But as long as you let someone else take it, use their body as a filter, and make the blood containing a small amount of medicinal power with other drugs into a pill, you can filter out the toxins in your and Sister Yanzi's meridians and bones bit by bit, and concentrate them in your soul bones."
"Good boy, so this is what you are thinking." Dugu Bo understood that this was what Gu You and Tang San were thinking from the beginning to the end. They thought the best solution was the one they were talking about now.
After identifying the effects of all the herbs here, the two finally chose this treatment plan which might be the most "difficult".
For other people, it is indeed difficult to obtain spirit bones. But he is a Titled Douluo, if he can't get a ten thousand year spirit bone, can't he just have a hand to get a thousand year spirit bone?
However... looking at the two people in front of him, Dugu Bo nodded with satisfaction. Since these two people knew the effects of these two magical herbs, they could have taken them directly while he was away. He had clearly said that the things here could be used at will, but he still waited until he came back, explained all the methods clearly, and gave him the decision-making power.
Gu You's idea is very simple. As the saying goes, taking things without asking is a thief. Theoretically, all the things here belong to Dugu Bo, who first discovered this place.
It would be fine if we didn't mention the other magical herbs that had nothing to do with treatment, but Gu You couldn't possibly eat the Star Aniseed Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot Grass that were related to treatment without telling Dugu Bo.
Ignorant, pedantic, old-fashioned, these adjectives can all be applied to Gu You. But as a human being, you still have to have something to stick to.
Dugu Bo also guessed that the two people in front of him should have recognized all the herbs here, otherwise how could they explain it so clearly, even describing clearly the picking methods of the two extremely cold and extremely hot herbs that he himself could not tell apart.
but………
Dugu Bo pretended not to realize this and said to the two of them, "Okay, let's use this plan. You can take away the weeds that I don't recognize." He didn't recognize those herbs anyway, so if the two people in front of him knew them, he would give them to them. All he wanted was for him and his granddaughter to be healthy.
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Gu You, moved his fingers, and asked him to exchange his century-old leg bone for the pile of "weeds".
"Wait a minute." Gu You stretched out his hand to block Dugu Bo, revealing a fox-like smile on his face. Dugu Bo felt a chill on his back when he saw this smile.
“Are you interested in learning about a brand new project?”
Gu You is not so generous as to give away the treatment method and soul bone for free. Testing is relative. Dugu Bo tested him, so he can certainly test Dugu Bo. Including taking out this soul bone, everything Gu You has done so far is to test Dugu Bo's character.
If Dugu Bo knew that Tang San could identify all the herbs here, and chose to force the two to tell him everything they knew, then Gu You would also give him the leg bone. However, he would not tell him about the other problem that arose from it.
That is, when the poison contained in the soul bone reaches the upper limit, what should be done next.
It's not a hostile state. Pulling out everything in someone else's yard without consent is not in line with the protagonist's values. If nothing unexpected happens, I will add more chapters tomorrow. I will post one chapter at a time. Please give me a monthly ticket~~~
Chapter 225 Identify yourself
The power of soul bones is fixed within a certain range; this is the truth of Douluo Continent.
Trunk bone, skull, right arm bone, left arm bone, right leg bone, left leg bone, these are the only six types of soul bones that soul masters can absorb. Among them, the most important are the trunk bone and the skull, not only because they are the most powerful, but also because they are irreplaceable.
It just cannot be replaced by cutting it down.
In the original novel, only Tang San helped Tang Hao to take over the soul bone. First, the soul bone was connected to the broken limb, and then the cells were activated to regenerate the muscles, meridians and blood vessels, and the vitality was continuously replenished, and finally it was restored to its original state.
Only Tang San had ever completed the enhancement of these six soul bones. The Spirit Condensation Skull that he first obtained at the Soul Master Competition, through the integration of the Sea God's Vast Sea Universe Cover, finally reached the level of 100,000 years with one less soul skill. For all the others, the soul bones have the same age as when they were first created, and that cannot be changed.
This is understandable, as the core of the soul bone is the soul core of the soul beast, which means that the lifespan (power) of the soul bone is determined the moment the soul beast dies. No matter how many masters this soul bone has gone through, or how it is passed down to future generations, how can it evolve if the core cannot be changed?
If it is possible to grow according to the soul master's cultivation, then during the ten thousand years from Douluo One to Douluo Two, Shrek Academy, which has the most Titled Douluo in the entire continent, should be filled with one hundred thousand year soul bones.
But there is only one exception, that is external soul bones. External soul bones are the only kind of existence that can increase in power as the host (soul master)'s cultivation level increases.
"Your Majesty Douluo, have you ever thought about what to do if the soul bone is "full"? "
"What do you mean?" Dugu Bo was confused. Full? What? Full of bone marrow?
"Of course it's the poison from you and Sister Yanzi. If I use this ordinary soul bone to carry your poison, it will be full one day without me noticing, and I will continue to pour poison into it..."