Chapter 167: The Jade Phosphor Serpent Soul Beast and the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul
["Examine my physical condition?"]
[Dugu Bo looked at the Young Sect Master before him, who still had a childish face.]
[Even though Yu Xiaogang was already quite tall, he was still only twelve years old. In other words, he was exactly the kind of little brat Dugu Bo often spoke of.]
[But now, such a brat was actually thinking about examining his body.]
[With his strength as a Soul Elder, he wanted to examine the body of a Soul Douluo like himself.]
[This was truly... interesting.]
["Go ahead, Young Sect Master, examine as you please."]
[Dugu Bo extended his arm.]
["Pardon my intrusion."]
[Yu Xiaogang stepped forward, placed his hand on Dugu Bo's arm, and funneled Soul Power into Dugu Bo's body.]
[By circulating his Soul Power through Dugu Bo's meridians, Yu Xiaogang truly understood just how dire the situation inside Dugu Bo's body was.]
[To put it bluntly, if the accumulated toxins were to erupt one day, they would likely create a dead zone.]
[After finishing the investigation, Yu Xiaogang withdrew his Soul Power.]
["Well? Do you have any thoughts?"]
[Yu Yuanzhen stepped forward, looking at his son with an expectant expression.]
["Elder Dugu, the principle behind the toxins in your body should be that the Soul Power you Cultivate is transformed through your Martial Soul and eventually accumulates within your body."]
["Am I correct?"]
[Yu Xiaogang looked at Dugu Bo.]
["Young Sect Master is indeed extraordinary. You are right; that is exactly how the toxins in my body have accumulated."]
["Furthermore, every different Soul Ring allows my Martial Soul to transform into a new type of toxin."]
["The previous seven Soul Rings allowed my Martial Soul to produce seven different lethal poisons. Combined with the venom from my own Bìlín Snake Martial Soul, that makes eight types of poisons, which form new toxins in various proportions."]
["This is the essence of my poison technique!"]
[Dugu Bo revealed the specific details of his poison technique.]
[This was the most formidable aspect of his Bìlín Snake Martial Soul.]
[Over the years, Dugu Bo had also interacted with some poison-attribute Soul Masters.]
[However, when those poison-attribute Soul Masters added new Soul Rings, they merely strengthened the toxins they already possessed, or it took several Soul Rings just to introduce one new toxin.]
[No other poison-attribute Soul Master was like his Bìlín Snake Martial Soul, where every added Soul Ring introduced a new type of poison.]
[Therefore, Dugu Bo had always taken pride in his Bìlín Snake Martial Soul.]
[This was also one of the reasons why he was unwilling to give up his poison technique.]
["I see. The Bìlín Snake Martial Soul truly lives up to its reputation."]
[Yu Yuanzhen praised.]
["Toxins transformed from Soul Power... Have you ever tried to reverse the process and decompose the toxins back into Soul Power?"]
[Yu Xiaogang asked.]
["How could I not have tried? If it were truly possible to reverse it, I wouldn't have my current troubles."]
[Dugu Bo sighed.]
[If he could reverse the transformation of toxins into Soul Power, he could keep the toxins in his body within a safe range.]
["Is that so."]
[Yu Xiaogang raised an eyebrow, mentally crossing out the idea of reversing toxins into Soul Power.]
[Fortunately, Elder Dugu wasn't so foolish as to have never tried such a method.]
[It wasn't that Yu Xiaogang was asking such a simple question for no reason; it was because he had experienced so much that he no longer held much hope for the intellect of the people on the Douluo Continent.]
[The fact that one's own lethal poisons could harm oneself was quite an explosive revelation.]
[After all, if the poison can harm the user, it is quite rare for it to even be passed down through a Legacy.]
[According to Yu Xiaogang's understanding of poison-attribute Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, generally, to avoid being affected by their own poison, they either need the poison to have specific targets or a place to store it.]
[Poison having a specific target is easy to understand. For instance, a certain snake venom might only affect specific organs that the snake itself does not possess.]
[In this way, the snake naturally remains unharmed.]
[Having a place to store the poison is even easier to understand; venomous snakes store poison in venom glands, and scorpions store it in the venom sac at the tip of their tail.]
[These are all clear examples.]
[However, through the examination just now, Yu Xiaogang discovered that the toxins in Dugu Bo's body were everywhere, with no specific storage place at all.]
[He suspected this was an inherent problem with the Bìlín Snake Martial Soul itself.]
[It felt strange when he thought about it. Despite possessing such powerful toxins, there was no part to store them.]
["Elder Dugu, do the Jade Phosphor Serpents in the Soul Beast Forest use their toxins as soon as they are produced?"]
[Yu Xiaogang asked.]
["That is the question our Dugu Family understands the least."]
["Clearly, as Soul Beasts, Jade Phosphor Serpents also have no poison-storing organs in their bodies, yet they manage to store poison without being affected by it."]
["Meanwhile, every Soul Master in our Dugu Family with the Bìlín Snake Martial Soul dies from the toxins accumulated in their bodies."]
["Our Dugu Family has also studied Jade Phosphor Serpents; they aren't any different from other snake-type Soul Beasts."]
[Dugu Bo said with a grimace.]
[If the Jade Phosphor Serpents in the Soul Beast Forest shared the same trouble as the Dugu Family, it would be one thing, but the key was that they didn't have this problem.]
[This was the most frustrating part.]
["In other words, there should actually be a place to store toxins in the Jade Phosphor Serpent's body that we don't know about."]
[Yu Xiaogang rested his chin on his hand, contemplating these issues.]
[It is known that the Jade Phosphor Serpent has no poison-storing organ, yet it can still store toxins in its body.]
[However, Soul Masters with the Bìlín Snake Martial Soul do not possess this unknown method of storage.]
[So, what is the difference between the Jade Phosphor Serpent as a Soul Beast and the Jade Phosphor Serpent as a Martial Soul?]
["Soul Beasts have their own physical bodies."]
["While a Martial Soul exists through the body of a Soul Master."]
["But during Martial Soul Possession, the Soul Master actually possesses all the characteristics of the Soul Beast, so it shouldn't be a problem with a specific part of the body."]
["The mental aspect... toxins are not mental, so rule that out."]
["In other words, the Jade Phosphor Serpent actually relies on Soul Power to store toxins?"]
[Yu Xiaogang's brow furrowed.]
[Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent fit the model of Essence, Qi, and Spirit very well.]
[Therefore, when thinking about problems, Yu Xiaogang would generally start from these three aspects.]
[Body, Soul, and Energy.]
[The Jade Phosphor Serpent transitions from a Soul Beast to a Martial Soul.]
[There is no difference in the body, and the Soul is not a power the Jade Phosphor Serpent excels in.]
[Then the only possible result is energy, which is Soul Power.]
[Thinking this, Yu Xiaogang began to ponder what the difference in energy between a Soul Beast and a Soul Master actually was.]
[Then, something very familiar, something everyone on the Douluo Continent took for granted but was the biggest difference between Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, appeared in Yu Xiaogang's mind.]
["Could it be... the Soul Ring?"]
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