The Dugu family was small, with the grandfather and granddaughter often away, and few servants, making it rather desolate.
Entering the reception hall, Ye Qiu sat down quietly, waiting patiently.
He was mentally preparing his conversation with Dugu Bo
about the other side. In
a room of the Dugu mansion
, a hidden door slowly opened before Dugu Yan, and footsteps echoed from the dimly lit chamber.
Accompanying this was a concerned, hoarse voice.
"Yan Yan...why are you back so soon? Has the poison flared up again?"
A figure emerged.
Tall and slender, resembling a javelin, with dark green eyes and beard, he seemed unreal.
His cheeks were slightly sunken, and he wore a gray robe. His stiff expression only softened slightly when facing Dugu Yan.
"Grandpa!"
Seeing him, Dugu Yan rushed over.
Clearly, this was the Poison Douluo who dominated the world—Dugu Bo!
Dugu Bo affectionately stroked her hair.
He then pressed down on her shoulders, looking her over from left to right.
"Yan Yan, are you alright? If there's anything wrong, I'll take you back to that spring right away!"
"Grandpa, I'm fine right now." Dugu Yan shook her head, hesitating to speak.
"Yan Yan, what's wrong? Did someone bully you? Was it that brat from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"
Seeing his granddaughter's expression, Dugu Bo felt a pang of heartache and didn't want her to suffer any injustice.
"If it really is him, Grandpa will go and teach him a lesson right now! I promise he'll never appear in front of you again!"
"Oh, Grandpa, no way! That stinky lizard, how dare he bully your granddaughter!"
Holding Dugu Bo's large hand, Dugu Yan's face became more expressive, and her words carried a hint of coquetry.
"Haha! Yes, that's a stinky lizard. If it weren't for that old lizard's sake, I would have turned him into a pool of blood long ago! Humph!"
"How could he possibly be worthy of my dear granddaughter!"
"Hiss~"
As Dugu Bo's voice fell, a strange little blue snake on his shoulder flicked its tongue and hissed softly,
as if echoing Dugu Bo's words.
"Hehe~ Grandpa's right! He got a good lesson today!"
Dugu Yan obediently echoed him.
"Then why do you look unhappy, Yan Yan?"
Faced with his question, Dugu Yan also put away her smile and became somewhat worried.
"What's wrong?" Dugu Bo also sensed something unusual.
"Grandpa! Someone found out about our medicinal field!"
"Who! Who is it?!"
Hearing her words, Dugu Bo's green pupils shrank, his heart skipped a beat, and killing intent instantly rose within him!
He had guarded this medicinal field for many years and would not allow anything to happen to it!
If anyone knew about that treasure land, he would never have peace!
"I've brought the person back. He said..."
Dugu Yan relayed everything Ye Qiu had said to Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled.
A young man dared to speak so presumptuously about the poison he had been afflicted with!
"By the way, Grandpa, his martial soul is a pair of eyes! His soul skills are very strange! My snake venom had no effect on him."
After explaining Ye Qiu's condition, Dugu Yan couldn't help but complain a few times.
"A martial soul is eyes!"
Dugu Bo's previously calm expression suddenly froze upon hearing her words.
As if he had thought of something, he suddenly became excited, pressing Dugu Yan's shoulder and asking urgently,
"Are his eyes blood-red?"
"How does Grandpa know?" Dugu Yan looked at him strangely. Could it be that Grandpa knew Ye Qiu?
"Quick! Tell Grandpa what he looks like!"
"Blue hair, blue eyes!"
"Blue hair, blue eyes! It's true, it matches! It matches! Could it be our benefactor returning?"
Dugu Bo excitedly began to mutter to himself.
"Grandpa! Are you alright?" Dugu Yan looked at him strangely.
Who exactly was this benefactor? She didn't understand why Dugu Bo was so distraught.
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"Haha! Yan Yan, maybe you really can be saved! Come on! Take me to see him right now!"
With that, he grabbed Dugu Yan's hand and rushed out the door!
...
Ye Qiu, who was sitting in the living room, suddenly sensed a surging aura coming from outside.
He immediately stood up!
Bang bang bang!
The windows and doors were blown shut by a gust of wind!
In the hall, only a few luminous pearls hanging from the ceiling emitted a soft light.
Ye Qiu's eyes narrowed.
In front of him, two figures, an old man and a young man, suddenly appeared. Dugu Yan pointed at him.
"Grandpa, this is Ye Qiu!"
A burning gaze shone on him.
Looking at the gray-robed, green-haired old man staring at him, Ye Qiu naturally knew his identity and quickly bowed.
"Junior Ye Qiu greets Senior Dugu!"
...
But there was only silence in response.
Ye Qiu raised his head and looked at him strangely.
"Ye Qiu." Dugu Bo still ignored him, instead scrutinizing him with a look of reminiscence in his eyes.
He murmured,
"Indeed very similar, but—"
In an instant! His eyes sharpened again, and the pressure of a Title Douluo immediately exploded!
"Not good!"
Faced with his sudden attack, Ye Qiu tensed up, his hair stood on end, and a chilling killing intent locked onto him.
A blur flashed by, and Dugu Bo disappeared from Ye Qiu's sight in an instant!
"Grandpa!" Dugu Yan exclaimed in surprise.
Just now, everything was fine, and he was even so excited when he heard that Ye Qiu had come. Why did he suddenly attack?
"So fast!" A palm wind came from behind. Ye Qiu didn't have time to think. Blood-red light appeared in his eyes, and the tomoe changed to a six-pointed star.
A palm glowing with green light pierced through Ye Qiu's back and through his chest.
Ye Qiu also reacted.
Stepping on the Ghost Shadow Steps, he immediately rushed forward.
Moving away and turning around were done in one smooth motion.
In this relatively dark environment, Ye Qiu's eyes were particularly bright.
Two red streaks flashed through the air.
A gleaming crimson light emanated from him. Ye Qiu, fully activating his Sharingan, stared intently at the grandfather and granddaughter before him, not daring to relax for a moment!
"Ye Qiu." Dugu Yan looked curiously into Ye Qiu's eyes, but after just one glance at the crimson light, she became somewhat dazed, her gaze unfocused.
Her feet began to move slowly.
"Senior! What do you mean by this?"
Ye Qiu's heart tightened. Dugu Bo's speed had been too fast; he had almost not been able to react!
Dugu Bo maintained his palm strike stance; this was merely a test.
His aura and killing intent had vanished without a trace.
Staring blankly into Ye Qiu's eyes, the memories in his mind became increasingly clear.
In a daze, it was as if he saw an old friend!
A figure slowly overlapped with Ye Qiu before him.
"My benefactor!?"
"Hmm?" Ye Qiu frowned, unsure of Dugu Bo's meaning.
"Similar! They look so alike. Only their martial souls are different!"
Dugu Bo frowned. Ye Qiu's eyes were somewhat different from the person he remembered.
After carefully examining him again, he nodded.
There was no mistake, this was the person he was waiting for!
"Ye Qiu, right? You don't need to worry, I just want to see your martial soul!"
"See a junior's martial soul?" Ye Qiu looked at him strangely and with surprise, a tremor running through him.
Hearing his words, it seemed he had seen Sharingan before, and it was an eye different from his own!
"Yan Yan! What happened to you—"
(End of Chapter)