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Ye Wen had long formulated a plan to treat Dugu Bo's toxins, but as previously mentioned, the key lay in cracking the precise proportions. Otherwise, the medicine intended to cure Dugu Bo could turn into a deadly poison.
After countless trials and adjustments to the ratios, Ye Wen finally succeededâsix months after meeting Dugu Boâin concocting an ice-fire immortal herb solution capable of effectively reducing the activity of the toxins in Dugu Bo's body, allowing him to expel them naturally.
The two extreme-attribute immortal herb solutions, after special blending, surprisingly lacked any unusual temperature. Instead, they appeared an enticing emerald green and now rested quietly in Dugu Bo's hands.
"So this is the medicine to treat me? It seems rather unremarkable," Dugu Bo remarked.
Opening the bottle cap, he sniffed the liquid inside. There was no trace of impuritiesâit smelled as pure as plain water.
Ye Wen smiled and reassured him, "Don't worry, Master. After numerous trials and clinical tests, I've ensured that this medicine minimizes the activity of your Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison while giving you the opportunity to significantly reduce the toxins in your body."
After more than half a year of interaction, Dugu Bo had developed complete trust in Ye Wen. With a slight nod and without further words, he downed the entire contents of the bottle in one gulp.
Though the liquid appeared ordinary, it immediately began to take effect once inside Dugu Bo's body.
No matter how diluted the medicinal properties were, the extreme attributes contained within far surpassed the potency of Dugu Bo's own poisons.
Feeling a slight discomfort, Dugu Bo recognized it as a natural reactionâthe medicinal properties of the herbs were already beginning to affect the delicate balance of his toxic constitution.
Dugu Bo began circulating his Xuan Yuan Technique.
As Ye Wen had promised, the ice-fire solution had been adjusted to a very mild potency, barely affecting the toxins dispersed throughout Dugu Bo's limbs. His core essenceâthe powerful Dan Zhu, akin to a soul nucleusâremained untouched. Leveraging the Dan Zhu's influence, Dugu Bo began rapidly gathering the toxins from his body into his right hand.
Dugu Bo's hand turned green.
Regarding the treatment theory for the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, Ye Wen had drawn inspiration from the Immortal Poison Resistance technique used by the Body Douluo in the Peerless Tang Sect. According to this principle, if one's physical strength was sufficient, even the most potent poisons would have no effect on the body. However, Dugu Bo's physique clearly didn't reach that level.
But green it wasâtruly green.
At this moment, the medicinal properties of the ice-fire solution continued to work their effects.
Most of the potent toxins in Dugu Bo's body had already been expelled. Now, the solution's properties leaned toward slightly tempering Dugu Bo's physical strength through the balance of extreme attributes.
However, diluted to this extent, achieving Tang San's immunity to all poisons was out of the question.
Dugu Bo slowly opened his eyes, then calmly sliced open his right hand without changing expression.
A foul-smelling green liquid oozed out. Without wasting a drop, Dugu Bo quickly collected it into a special jade vial.
Though Dugu Bo despised the toxins within himself, it didn't stop him from contemplating using them to harm others.
If these toxins were unbearable even for him, they would surely be excruciating when used against other Title Douluos.
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Feeling lighter than ever and with a devious idea forming in his mind, Dugu Bo began to laugh wickedly.
"Jie jie jieâŚ"
"It seems you've succeeded. Allow me to congratulate you, Master," Ye Wen said with a light laugh.
At this moment, Dugu Bo came back to his senses and looked at his young disciple with admiration. Handsome, talented, and nearly flawlessâaside from the issue of having too many wives, Ye Wen was the perfect disciple.
"I owe this all to you, Xiao Wen. If not for you, I would have suffered under this poison until my death, and Yan Yan wouldn't have been spared either," Dugu Bo said with deep gratitude.
Although some traces of the toxin still remained in Dugu Bo's body, the Dugu family's original treatment plan had relied on suppressing the toxins with overwhelming cultivation power.
With the potency of the toxins greatly diminished, the old ailments that once plagued Dugu Bo would no longer resurface. Though the issue of his martial soul's poison wasn't completely resolved, Dugu Bo considered this outcome satisfactory. After all, as long as the Jade Phosphorous Serpent martial soul continued to be passed down, the problem of toxins would persist.
The Jade Phosphorous Serpent, though classified as a dragon-type martial soul, primarily relied on its toxins to fight before fully transforming into a true dragon. If the potency of its toxins were insufficient, its overall effectiveness would suffer. Thus, the current solution was the best possible outcome.
In the time that followed, Dugu Boâwho had been suppressing his cultivation for so long due to the toxinsâquickly surged to level 94, demonstrating the fruits of his accumulated efforts.
However, neither Dugu Bo nor anyone else made this fact public.
"A wise man keeps his tools hidden, waiting for the right moment to act."
Revealing all their trump cards to the enemy was a foolish moveâsomething neither Ye Wen nor Dugu Bo would ever do.
Before the upcoming Soul Master Tournament, Ye Wen had ample time to focus on his own cultivation. With both background support and resources secured, he shifted his attention entirely to himself.
In the original storyline, Tang San consumed three immortal herbs: the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
Though these herbs didn't significantly boost Tang San's soul power, they provided substantial enhancements to his physical body and spirit.
Currently, Ye Wen had given the essence of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to Huo Yu'er, but the plant itself remained intact. Under Ye Wen's careful nurturingâwith added fertilizers and other aidsâhe calculated that in just over a year, it would produce more essence. This would give Ye Wen another boost to his spiritual power, increasing his chances of obtaining a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
However, this process required a significant amount of time. For now, Ye Wen focused on strengthening his physical body.
Building on his research into the ice-fire solution, Ye Wen developed a specialized formula tailored for ice-fire body tempering.
During this research, Ye Wen discovered a correlation between a soul master's cultivation speed and physical strength.
As someone who had crossed over from another world, Ye Wen was well aware that beast-type martial soul users were stronger than tool-type martial soul users before reaching the Soul Sage stage. This was because beast-type martial souls enhanced the user's physical bodyâa benefit that applied not only in combat but also in fortifying their physique.
Upon arriving in this world, Ye Wen gained access to extensive research materials.
He found that early on, beast-type martial souls not only boosted a soul master's physical combat abilities but also allowed them to cultivate faster than other types of soul masters with the same innate soul power.
In simple terms, under the same innate soul power conditions, beast-type martial soul users cultivated the fastest, followed by tool-type martial soul users, and then auxiliary martial soul users.
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