"Why?" Tang San frowned, as if afraid that Dugu Bo would suspect something, and added, "Your poison has penetrated your bones. Ordinary medicines won't work. Without the herbs from your medicinal garden, even I wouldn't have more than a 30% chance of curing you."
Dugu Bo sighed and said, "At this point, I might as well not hide it from you. The truth is, someone is hunting me down."
"Hunting you down?" Tang San's face showed astonishment, unable to maintain his calm demeanor. He couldn't help but ask, "You're a Title Douluo. Who would dare to hunt you? Could it be that the person is also a Title Douluo?"
Dugu Bo nodded heavily. "That person's strength is formidable, and their spirit power surpasses mine. They're at least a 92nd level Title Douluo and not afraid of my poison. If I hadn't escaped to Heaven Dou City, where they wouldn't dare act openly, I might have actually fallen into their hands. Right now, they're likely outside the city. If I leave and they find me again, it'll be hard to shake them off, let alone protect you."
"Do you have a grudge against them?" Tang San asked further.
"I don't even know them, so how could I have a grudge?" Dugu Bo replied. "At first, I thought it might be someone backing you kids, but even after I captured you, they never showed up."
Hearing this, Tang San fell silent. He hadn't expected that the precious immortal herbs so close to him would be blocked by an even more powerful Title Douluo. If what Dugu Bo said was true, and they were entangled with that person, and if luck wasn't on their side, things could turn out terribly—especially if that person recognized the herbs.
Tang San's eyes flickered as he thought for a moment. Suddenly, he said, "I might have a way to shake them off, but it would require you to make some sacrifices."
"What way?" Dugu Bo's eyes lit up.
Tang San stood up and glanced at Dugu Bo, dressed in his distinctive green attire, before saying with a smile, "Your outfit is too conspicuous. If you disguise yourself as a farmer, put on a bamboo hat, and drive a cart, no matter how strong that person is, they won't suspect anything."
"You've really got a sharp mind, making a Title Douluo disguise as a cart driver. You've got some nerve," Dugu Bo laughed at himself but then sighed. "Fine. A real man knows when to bend and stretch. If you can cure my poison, then what's wrong with being a cart driver?"
"Alright, tomorrow morning we'll set out," Tang San said with a victorious smile.
The night passed without incident.
At dawn, Tang San and Dugu Bo disguised themselves as farmers. Dugu Bo drove a horse cart, and they left Heaven Dou City.
Meanwhile, as Tang San gleefully fantasized about the immortal herbs he was about to obtain from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Lan Si's green lotus had fully transformed into an ice-blue color, resembling the Angry Buddha Lotus Flame he had read in his past life in the Battle Through the Heavens novel. It was a dazzling combination of Bone Spirit Cold Fire and the Heart of Green Lotus Fire.
However, Lan Si had yet to awaken. His consciousness was floating in a dark space, where his body lay atop a giant green lotus rooted in verdant bronze leaves.
"You're awake."
A dignified and ethereal voice suddenly echoed in Lan Si's ears. He abruptly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of deep blue pupils. He looked around but saw no one. His body was now floating above the water, sitting on a massive ice-green lotus.
Through the translucent lotus petals, Lan Si could faintly see a figure, both familiar and strange.
"What is this?" Lan Si touched his face, then his ice-blue hair streaked with gold. His heart trembled. "Is this like Tang San's second martial soul awakening into the Clue Silver Emperor, a transformation?"
Startled, Lan Si closed his eyes again, circulating his energy to check his condition. Under the effects of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, his spirit power had reached level 39, a full increase of five levels.
Moreover, his body had undergone a tremendous transformation, which could only be described as "terrifying." He was sure that if he faced Qian Renxue again, even if he still couldn't win, with his now stronger body and the support of his supreme cultivation techniques, the Sacred Universe Technique and Five Thunders Heart Technique, he wouldn't be helpless.
But what truly thrilled Lan Si wasn't just his spirit power and enhanced physical strength. His martial spirit, the Clear Sky Mallet, remained the same, but his Green Lotus Martial Spirit had undergone a complete transformation.
It had absorbed the extreme cold and heat properties of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Additionally, it granted him a new innate ability, the green Lotus Domain.
Unlike Tang San's Lan Si Domain, which allowed him to change the color of his spirit rings and camouflage them from opponents, Lan Si's green Lotus Domain had two skills: one active and one passive.
The active skill, Transformation, allowed his green Lotus Martial Spirit to change into anyone's appearance as long as it touched their blood. It could even imitate their aura so perfectly that even a Title Douluo couldn't tell the difference. Moreover, he could revert to his pre-awakening form, maintaining it as long as his spirit power lasted—giving him a dual identity.
The passive skill was less impressive but still useful: he could use his first three spirit abilities without the need for spirit rings.
"Oh well, better than nothing! The transformation skill is intriguing, though. Maybe I'll get Tang San's blood and give it a try," Lan Si muttered to himself. He stored the massive ice-blue lotus back inside his body and leaped gracefully to the shore.
A breeze blew by, and Lan Si suddenly realized he was completely naked. Embarrassed, he quickly pulled out a fresh set of clothes from his Heart of the Ocean storage and dressed himself. He glanced at the medicinal garden around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which he had nearly stripped bare, and sighed. He chose not to take the rest.
He had already taken all the key immortal herbs and rare plants mentioned in the original story. The remaining ones were of little use to him, and besides, he didn't recognize many of them. If he tried to gather everything, it would take at least half a day. By then, if Dugu Bo arrived, escape would be impossible.
Even with riches, you still need to stay alive to enjoy them.
But even so, he wasn't about to let Tang San have it easy.
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