Chapter 111: A Sweet Kiss Reward! Dugu Bo: My Cabbage Is Being Rooted!
With this promise, Lin Yuan felt completely at ease.
"Good! It's a deal!"
Subsequently, Lin Yuan didn't waste any more words.
With a flick of his wrist, he produced an exquisite palm-sized Pill Furnace from his spirit tool; it was crimson all over and carved with nine lifelike fire dragons, resting in the center of his palm.
As soon as the Pill Furnace appeared, the surrounding air instantly became scorching hot.
Those nine fire dragons seemed to come alive, slowly swimming across the body of the furnace, emitting an aura that caused one's heart to palpitate.
The nine dragons departing fire furnace!
"Hiss!"
Dugu Bo sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes widening: "This... what quality is this furnace?!"
"What a fine treasure!"
Lin Yuan smiled and enlarged the Pill Furnace, letting it settle steadily on the ground: "This is called the nine dragons departing fire furnace. Using it for Alchemy yields twice the result with half the effort."
Dugu Bo looked at the Pill Furnace and then at Lin Yuan's youthful face, unable to help but doubt:
"But kid... you're only eight years old, right? Although your talent is monstrous, this Alchemy..."
"Do you really know how?"
Lin Yuan didn't explain, only offering a slight smile: "Senior, the Medicinal Pills I refine are fundamentally different from those simple pills in your Spirit Master's world."
"Just watch and see."
Over the next few days.
Lin Yuan threw himself headlong into the great cause of Alchemy.
First, he went to the medicine garden to pick several specific Immortal Herbs.
blazing apricot delicate plant!
Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass!
And several auxiliary neutralizing herbs.
He didn't simply and crudely have Dugu Bo swallow them raw like Tang San did in the original story; while that could also detoxify, the loss of medicinal efficacy was too severe, and the process was extremely painful.
Taking the blazing apricot delicate plant and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass together would grant a Spirit Master a Physique immune to all poisons.
In the original story, the Detoxification Pill Tang San gave Dugu Bo included some of his own blood, because his blood also possessed detoxifying properties.
However, there was currently only one blazing apricot delicate plant and one Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. If Dugu Bo took them, Dugu Yan wouldn't be able to.
Furthermore, their Physiques were different from Tang San's.
If they were to swallow them directly, the medicinal effects of these two herbs would likely conflict with the Green Phosphorus Snake Poison before they could even fuse within the body, which might lead to counterproductive results.
What he intended to refine was a Medicinal Pill recorded in the "Complete Guide to Alchemy" rewarded by the System.
Yin Yang Mysterious Poison Pill!
This pill could not only perfectly neutralize the Jade Phosphor Serpent poison within Dugu Bo's body, but also convert the toxins accumulated over decades into pure spirit power!
...Three days later.
As the nine dragons departing fire furnace emitted a crisp dragon's roar.
The furnace lid soared into the sky!
Two Medicinal Pills, radiating a red and blue halo and an aroma so thick it wouldn't dissipate, slowly flew out of the furnace and hovered in mid-air.
"It's done!"
Lin Yuan reached out, collecting the two pills into a jade bottle, and then handed it to the grandfather and granddaughter who had been waiting anxiously for a long time.
"This is the antidote."
"After taking it, immediately circulate your spirit power to guide the medicinal effect."
Dugu Bo's hand trembled as he took the jade bottle. Looking at the miraculous pill inside, his eyes were full of excitement.
"Good! Good!"
"This old man will try it right now!"
After speaking, he swallowed the pill in one gulp and sat cross-legged.
Dugu Yan followed suit... Half an hour later.
Boom!
A terrifying emerald green pillar of light suddenly erupted from Dugu Bo, shooting straight into the clouds!
Immediately after, Dugu Bo's hair, which had turned a sickly green due to the toxin backlash, actually began to turn black from the roots at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Not only that, the wrinkles on his face smoothed out considerably; the whole person seemed ten years younger!
At this moment, Dugu Bo's aura shot up like a rocket, reaching the Peak of Rank 93 before slowly coming to a stop!
"Hahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
Dugu Bo snapped his eyes open and laughed towards the sky, his laughter shaking the entire valley.
"Cleared! It's really cleared!"
"The poison in this old man's body no longer has any backlash, and my cultivation has even improved significantly!"
"Rank 93!"
Beside him, Dugu Yan also woke up.
Although the changes in her were not as large as her grandfather's, her originally somewhat cold poisonous aura had now become incomparably pure.
Not only had the hidden danger of toxin backlash been completely rooted out, but her spirit power had jumped four ranks, breaking through directly to Rank 35!
"Grandpa! I'm cured too!"
Dugu Yan excitedly threw herself into Dugu Bo's arms, weeping with joy.
Dugu Bo held his granddaughter, old tears streaming down his face.
After a long time, he calmed his emotions, turned around, and looked at Lin Yuan, who was standing to the side with a smile.
"Lin Yuan, I must thank you for this."
Lin Yuan smiled and shook his head: "No need. Since I'm taking several Immortal Herbs from you anyway, I'll also pick one suitable for each of you. It can be used to improve your cultivation talent and raise your upper limit."
Hearing this, the grandfather and granddaughter, who had just calmed down, were stunned once again.
"Improve Aptitude?"
"Raise the upper limit?"
Dugu Bo's eyes widened in disbelief.
At his age, his potential was basically exhausted. To want to improve his Aptitude further was a matter of defying heaven to change his fate!
Lin Yuan nodded confidently, "Of course."
"However, there are two ways to consume Immortal Herbs."
"The first way is to absorb them directly."
"This method is simple and crude, but the loss of medicinal efficacy is severe."
"And the second way?" Dugu Yan asked impatiently.
"The second way is for me to take action."
"Using the Immortal Herb as the main medicine and supplementing it with other medicinal materials to refine it into a top-grade Medicinal Pill!"
"This way, not only can the medicinal effects be 100% locked in and absorbed mildly."
"But through pharmacological pairing, the medicinal power can even be doubled!"
"Which one... do you choose?"
Did they even need to choose?
Even a fool would know to choose the second way!
Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes rippled as she looked at the young man talking eloquently before her, feeling her heartbeat accelerate slightly.
Where else could one find such a top-quality young man?
"Hee hee!"
Dugu Yan suddenly took a step forward, her dark green combat suit outlining soul-stirring curves.
She directly hooked her arm around Lin Yuan's, her whole body practically pressed against him.
"Then I'll have to trouble Brother Lin Yuan."
Saying so, while Lin Yuan wasn't paying attention—or perhaps Lin Yuan didn't intend to dodge at all—
Dugu Yan suddenly stood on her tiptoes, and her rosy lips gave Lin Yuan's cheek a heavy kiss, like a dragonfly skimming the water!
"Mwah~"
The sound was crisp and exceptionally clear in the quiet valley.
"Consider this a reward from Big Sister in advance."
After the kiss, Dugu Yan didn't run away shyly. Instead, she blinked her large green eyes and looked at Lin Yuan with a flirtatious expression, like a cat that had successfully stolen a treat.
Lin Yuan touched the residual warmth and moisture on his cheek.
"Ahem..."
Meanwhile, standing to the side, Dugu Bo's mouth was twitching frantically.
His old face instantly darkened. He gave a dry cough and turned his head away to look at the distant scenery.
"Cough, cough... the wind today... is quite noisy."
Dugu Bo lamented in his heart.
It's over.
It's all over.
It seems the little white cabbage he had painstakingly raised for over a decade is going to be rooted by Lin Yuan!
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