After that day, Dugu Yan did not explain the reason for her condition to Wang Li, nor did she explain it to anyone else.
Because it might involve certain secrets, Qin Ming did not ask about it and even warned the other students not to bring up these matters in front of Dugu Yan.
Everyone understood very well. After all, Dugu Yan's grandfather was a Titled Douluo, and among Titled Douluo he was the infamous Poison Douluo. Only someone tired of living would pry into such secrets.
All the students here came from extraordinary backgrounds. As members of the upper circles, they clearly understood which people must never be offended, and they kept that firmly in mind.
As for Wang Li, what he noticed was that Dugu Yan often looked at him with a very gentle smile and could not wait to take him to meet her grandfather.
Since Dugu Yan had not said it outright, Wang Li was unsure to what extent he had helped suppress the poison within her body, but Dugu Yan herself certainly knew.
Another ten days of training passed, and the academy was finally about to go on break.
Qin Ming's class would also have four days off. He was delivering his final instructions:
"The path of cultivation requires both tension and relaxation. After the month of training you've just completed, you may appropriately relax over the next four days, but you must not slack off in cultivating your soul power."
"If you train one day less while others train one day more, back and forth that's a difference of two days. Fall behind by one step, and you'll lag behind at every step. Sooner or later, you'll be eliminated."
Everyone present responded loudly:
"Yes!"
Agreeing on the surface was one thing; whether they would actually follow it in private was another.
Qin Ming likely understood this as well. He had already warned them beforehand that he would show no mercy during future eliminations. He waved his hand and said:
"Dismissed on the spot. You may all leave."
The crowd immediately burst into cheers. After more than twenty consecutive days of high-intensity training, both their minds and bodies were extremely exhausted, and they had long been itching to go out and have fun.
Dugu Yan grabbed Wang Li's hand and pulled him along, her eyes smiling as she said:
"Come on, let's go play in Tiandou City for a day first, and then I'll take you to meet my grandfather!"
Wang Li, of course, did not refuse.
However, on the other side, Yu Tianheng watched as Dugu Yan pulled Wang Li away, walking briskly ahead of him. He opened his mouth but made no sound.
Dugu Yan was also the most perfect girlfriend candidate in Yu Tianheng's eyes. Whether in terms of background or strength, she was absolutely worthy of him.
Yet now, he was deeply puzzled. In his view, only a sufficiently powerful soul master possessed the greatest charm to attract the opposite sex.
And yet Dugu Yan paid no attention to him, who was strong, and instead was almost inseparable from Wang Li, who was only at the Great Soul Master level.
He felt unwilling to accept this. Surely Dugu Yan believed that defeating Wang Li, who was only a Great Soul Master, with his strength as a Soul Elder did not count as true power.
Thinking this, he resolved:
"In that case, I'll wait until Wang Li breaks through to the Soul Elder rank, then I'll face him head-on. The pride of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul must never be looked down upon. Dugu Yan, I will show you who is truly the strongest!"
Not long after, at the foot of the mountain where the Tiandou Royal Academy was located.
An old man in a gray robe stood beneath the shade of the trees. His beard and hair were dark green, and his dark green pupils were like emeralds, carrying an eerie and unreal quality.
He was tall but overall rather thin, even his cheeks deeply sunken. He stood there quietly, yet the people coming and going seemed not to notice him at all.
This person was Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan's biological grandfather, a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse, and the most dreaded Poison Douluo among all Titled Douluo.
At this moment, he wore a smile as he waited for his granddaughter's vacation to begin. After the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law, his granddaughter had become his only remaining family. Even though his temperament was eccentric, both righteous and wicked, he showered this sole relative with boundless affection.
His Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor martial soul granted him terrifying poisons that shook the entire continent, but he himself was also being eroded by those poisons.
If he were not constantly busy suppressing the poison within his body, he would definitely have kept Dugu Yan by his side to personally instruct her, rather than sending her to some Tiandou Royal Academy. A bunch of Soul Ancestors, Soul Kings, and Soul Emperors,what right did they have to replace him, Dugu Bo, in teaching his granddaughter?
At this moment, he had already spotted his granddaughter. The smile on his face grew even warmer, but immediately after, he saw her holding a boy's hand.
His fist clenched beneath his sleeve.
Although it was his granddaughter Dugu Yan who was holding the boy's hand, in Dugu Bo's eyes it meant that some detestable brat had grabbed his precious granddaughter's hand. In that instant, his aura surged violently, only to subside again a moment later.
He could not act harshly in front of his granddaughter. Still, there would always be times when Yan Yan was not around. When that happened, the brat would suffer dearly.
As they drew closer, Dugu Bo released his soul power, allowing Dugu Yan to sense him.
"Grandfather!"
Dugu Yan exclaimed happily, then pulled Wang Li over with her.
Wang Li felt a chill run down his back. He could see the joy on the gray-robed old man's face upon seeing Dugu Yan, but the gaze he directed at Wang Li was filled with icy coldness.
It was like a venomous snake tightly coiled around his neck, flicking its tongue, ready to bite and kill him at any moment.
Wang Li swallowed and steadied himself. With Dugu Yan protecting him, Dugu Bo would not go so far as to kill him, but a Titled Douluo was truly terrifying.
At this time, Dugu Bo revealed what he considered a gentle smile, one frightening enough to stop a child's nighttime crying. His cold gaze fixed on Wang Li as he asked:
"Yan Yan, who is this child?"
Hearing this, Dugu Yan quickly introduced him:
"Grandfather, you're not allowed to scare him. He's my junior, Wang Li, a new student at Tiandou Royal Academy this year. A genius with level twenty-five soul power at just nine years old!"
These words surprised Dugu Bo. With his many years of experience, level twenty-five soul power at the age of nine was indeed an extremely frightening figure.
At that moment, Dugu Yan stepped closer to Dugu Bo, stood on her tiptoes, and whispered a few words into his ear.
In the next instant, Dugu Bo's aura wavered, and his terrifying soul power briefly went out of control. With one hand he scooped up Dugu Yan, and with the other he lifted Wang Li. In the blink of an eye, he vanished from the spot, moving as fast as a ghost.
Deep within Tiandou Royal Academy, the three education committee members,Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin,immediately sensed that surge of aura.
"Is that Lord Biling here?"
"That's right. Such terrifying and sinister soul power could only belong to him."
"He vanished in an instant. Did he come to pick up Dugu Yan?"
"That should be the case. Then there's no need for us to intervene."
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