Chapter 65: Tricking Dugu Bo
Three days passed in a flash, and Li Tian's spirit power Rank finally Broke Through to Rank 20.
However, the Spirit Beast Dugu Bo promised to catch had not yet been brought back.
Because he had spent all his energy these past few days searching for whale glue.
Hard work pays off.
Ultimately, Dugu Bo managed to find a six-thousand-year-old piece of whale glue.
This saved him the time of personally hunting at sea.
After Dugu Yan consumed that piece of whale glue, her Physique was not only enhanced, but her spirit power Rank also Broke Through to Rank 30.
She could now go with Li Tian to the Sunset Forest to hunt for a spirit ring.
Sunset Forest.
Dugu Bo led Li Tian and Dugu Yan, strolling through the jungle as if on a leisurely trip.
Li Tian wondered if he should use the Spirit defect issue to bring up the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well now.
Although his current Physique was good, he could only absorb a spirit ring just over a thousand years old. If he were to undergo the Ice and Fire Forging Body, his endurance limit would definitely greatly increase.
A ten-thousand-year spirit ring was out of the question, but a five-thousand-year, or even higher-quality spirit ring, might be possible. Higher-quality spirit rings represented more spirit power.
Moreover, the Spirit Ability would be stronger, and the help for potential enhancement would also be greater.
There was another benefit to going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well now.
That was, Dugu Yan's Spirit mutation and subsequent rapid increase in spirit power could all be attributed to her second spirit ring.
This way, it wouldn't attract too much attention.
Of course, this alone wouldn't be enough; he would still need to offer an Immortal Herb to silence Qian Renxue at that time.
“Yanzi, are your hair and eye colors natural?”
Without much hesitation, Li Tian immediately began his plan, choosing to broach the topic by discussing her hair and pupil color.
Li Tian wasn't sure if her hair and pupil colors were natural, but Dugu Bo's eyes and hair were both green, while Dugu Yan's were both purple.
There was at least a certain possibility.
Li Tian suspected that the hair and pupil colors of their lineage were related to their Spirit and the absorption of spirit rings, but this was merely a guess.
“Ah?”
Dugu Yan looked utterly bewildered and subconsciously said, “No, why do you ask?”
Li Tian paused his steps.
“What's wrong?”
Dugu Bo also stopped, looking at Li Tian with a puzzled expression.
Li Tian hesitated, looking very conflicted.
Dugu Yan said impatiently, “Just say what you want to say. Is there anything we can't talk about between us?”
Li Tian tentatively asked, “Does your Spirit have a defect?”
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo's eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of murderous intent rose in his heart.
However, he suppressed it in an instant.
Li Tian was even willing to share secrets like methods for enhancing Physique with them.
He wasn't that malicious.
Dugu Yan, on the other hand, was completely bewildered, because her current spirit power Rank was not high, and the accumulation of toxins had not yet reached the point of causing backlash effects.
And Dugu Bo, to prevent her from being affected, had never sensed the defect in her Blue Phosphorus Serpent Spirit.
“Grandpa?” Dugu Yan looked at Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo, however, looked at Li Tian and said directly, “The Blue Phosphorus Serpent Spirit indeed has a defect. If you have a solution, just say it directly; there's no need to beat around the bush.”
He didn't believe that Li Tian truly had a solution for the Blue Phosphorus Serpent Spirit.
After all, how old was he?
However, Dugu Bo now understood the probing in the other party's words.
Coupled with the fact that the other party could discover the true function of whale glue.
Dugu Bo still held a glimmer of hope in his heart, after all, what if?
The Spirit defect had troubled and tormented their family for many years.
If Li Tian truly had a solution, Dugu Bo would be laughing in his dreams.
Dugu Yan's eyes were filled with disbelief.
She really hadn't expected that the Blue Phosphorus Serpent Spirit actually had a defect.
“Since that's the case, I won't hide anything anymore.”
Seeing that Dugu Bo had no intention of getting angry, Li Tian breathed a sigh of relief, intending to reveal everything.
“I've known about the defect of the Blue Phosphorus Serpent Spirit for a long time, but you also understand the principle of 'speaking too freely with a new acquaintance.' I was also afraid that saying it out loud would provoke Senior's ill intentions.”
Dugu Bo asked, “How did you know?”
Li Tian explained, “Both the effects of whale glue and the defect of the Blue Phosphorus Serpent Spirit were something I learned from an ancient book I found in a cave while chopping firewood on the back mountain.”
“According to the ancient book, the Blue Phosphorus Serpent Spirit has a defect of toxin backlash.”
“It manifests as unbearable itching and numbness in the ribs on rainy days, which gradually intensifies. If the accumulation of toxins is too deep, there will be an even more severe torment every three days.”
Dugu Bo's eyes lit up.
Because Li Tian's description was almost identical to his own experience.
Only a few details were missing.
Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan felt a chill in her heart, and her eyes, as she looked at Dugu Bo again, became somewhat hazy.
Grandpa must be in the most severe situation.
After all, he had Cultivated to the Titled Douluo Rank, so how could his toxin accumulation not be deep?
It was hard to imagine.
What kind of pain and torment Grandpa had endured all these years.
“Where is that ancient book now?”
In his joy, Dugu Bo didn't notice Dugu Yan's gaze.
Li Tian shook his head helplessly.
“That ancient book has existed for an unknown number of years and has long since decayed. I only learned this information from some fragmented pages.” Dugu Bo's face was full of regret upon hearing this.
Li Tian continued, “However, I did memorize all the information on the fragmented pages, including the method to resolve the defect of the Blue Phosphorus Serpent Spirit.”
Dugu Bo's eyes lit up again, and he eagerly asked, “How do you resolve it?”
Li Tian said, “There are two solutions. The first can only treat the symptoms, while the second can treat the root cause. However, treating the root cause is very difficult and relies heavily on luck.”
Dugu Bo asked, “How so?”
Li Tian said, “First, force all the toxins in the body into a Spirit Bone. This is a temporary solution that only alleviates the toxin backlash.”
“Second, in some specific environments, some special Heaven And Earth Treasures will grow. Finding and consuming the corresponding Heaven And Earth Treasure can remedy the Spirit defect.”
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo immediately fell silent.
The temporary solution was easy to talk about; after all, while Spirit Bones were precious, it wouldn't be difficult for him to obtain one, it was merely a matter of quality.
However, this root-cause solution—
Special place—
He was able to advance to Titled Douluo by relying on a hot spring that could suppress the toxin backlash.
Indeed, many plants he didn't recognize grew there.
He wondered if that hot spring was the special place Li Tian mentioned, and if those plants he didn't recognize were the so-called Heaven And Earth Treasures.
“Then—never mind, I'll take you there.”
Dugu Bo originally wanted to ask for a specific description of the special place and Heaven And Earth Treasures, but after thinking it over, wouldn't it be easier to just take Li Tian to see it?
“Ah?”
Li Tian feigned bewilderment and asked, “Where are we going?”
Dugu Bo said, “I know a place that might be the special place you mentioned. Many plants I don't recognize grow there, and perhaps they are Heaven And Earth Treasures.”
Li Tian's eyes lit up: “Let's go, let's go.”
Dugu Bo said no more, immediately leading Li Tian and Dugu Yan to sprint towards the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.