Dugu Bo paused, somewhat puzzled:
"Senior, in this desolate wilderness, could there be some powerful soul beast guarding it?"
Even if such a thing existed, with my current strength, I could easily handle anything except for 100,000-year-old soul beasts.
"There are no soul beasts."
Yu Nan sneered and dropped a bombshell:
"But you definitely know the owner of this soul bone, and... you absolutely do not want to provoke him."
Dugu Bo's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition arose within him:
"who?"
"Haotian Douluo, Tang Hao".
"hiss--!!"
Upon hearing this name, Dugu Bo gasped, abruptly halting his forward momentum.
They even subconsciously retreated several hundred meters.
His old face instantly filled with fear and apprehension.
Tang Hao!
That ruthless man who once single-handedly severely injured the former Pope of the Spirit Hall and crushed several Title Douluos!
He was the universally acknowledged killing god in the Soul Master world, a figure that even the Spirit Hall found extremely troublesome.
Although Dugu Bo was arrogant, he also knew his own limitations.
In the world of Title Douluo, he was just a "floor tile" who played with poison.
If he were to face a pure power-type brute like Tang Hao, he probably wouldn't even be able to withstand three blows!
"S-Senior, you're not joking, are you?"
Dugu Bo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling slightly:
"Was that soul bone left behind by Tang Hao?"
"If we go to get it, wouldn't that be like... pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth?"
"What, scared?"
Yu Nan said jokingly:
Fortune favors the bold.
That's a 100,000-year-old soul bone, and it possesses top-tier repair skills like 'flight' and 'unquenchable by wildfire and rebirth in the spring breeze'.
With it, Yan Yan's ability to survive will increase more than tenfold.
In the original story, Tang San absorbed the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor.
The two Soul Bone Skills are like this.
However, if it were Dugu Yan who absorbed it, that would be a different story.
But most likely, the saying "wildfire cannot burn it all, the spring breeze will bring it back to life" will remain true.
After all, it's the right leg bone of the Blue Silver Emperor!
Upon hearing about the benefits this would bring to his granddaughter, the fear in Dugu Bo's eyes subsided slightly, replaced by confusion and struggle.
"But... what if Tang Hao is there..."
"So, I'm letting you test the waters first."
Yu Nan said in a deep voice:
"As far as I know, although Tang Hao lives in seclusion here, he spends most of his time secretly protecting his son or drowning his sorrows elsewhere."
He couldn't possibly stay in that cave for twelve hours a day.
"Moreover, the most important thing to him is planted in that cave, and he will not easily go in to disturb it."
"Now, gather all your energy and land in the woods opposite that mountain."
"Don't use your mental energy to scan directly. Tang Hao's mental energy is extremely sharp; it will be detected as soon as it's touched."
"Use your poison."
Yu Nan pointed out:
"It released a trace of the faintest, colorless, and odorless natal poison gas, which drifted with the wind toward the waterfall."
They used the fluctuations reflected back from the poisonous gas to detect whether there was any sign of life inside.
"If Tang Hao were here, with his domineering nature, your poison gas would be dispersed the moment it gets close."
"At that time, without saying a word, you took Yanyan and ran away immediately, as far away as possible."
"If the poison gas can drift in smoothly without causing a reaction... then it means that no one is home."
After hearing this, Dugu Bo gritted his teeth, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.
"good!
For Yan Yan's sake, this old man will risk it all!
He carefully landed with Dugu Yan in a dense forest several miles away from the back mountain of Shenghun Village.
"Yanyan, stay here and don't move. Keep your breathing still and don't make a sound no matter what happens."
Dugu Bo solemnly instructed.
Dugu Yan nodded obediently, realizing the seriousness of the situation from her grandfather's reaction.
After settling his granddaughter in, Dugu Bo took a deep breath and sat cross-legged in the canopy of a large tree.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and tapped his fingertip lightly.
A faint, almost imperceptible wisp of emerald green air.
Following the mountain breeze, it moved silently like an invisible serpent towards the roaring waterfall in the distance.
At that moment, Dugu Bo's heart was in his throat.
He's gambling.
I bet that killer isn't home right now!
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
Dugu Bo held his breath, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Those usually terrifying emerald eyes were now fixed intently on the cascading waterfall.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
The wisp of nascent poison seeped into the dark cave through the gaps in the water.
Dugu Bo's heart pounded wildly. He was waiting, waiting for that earth-shattering hammer blow that might appear, or the Killing God Domain that would make even a Title Douluo tremble.
However.
Ten breaths passed.
Twenty breaths have passed.
Apart from the roar of the waterfall, the surroundings remained deathly silent.
The wisp of poisonous gas circled the cave, returning only a cold, damp atmosphere and a faint, vibrant plant fragrance.
There was no aura of a powerful being present!
They didn't even sense a single hair on the head of that so-called "Haotian Douluo"!
"call..."
Dugu Bo exhaled a breath of stale air, his tense body instantly relaxed, and a look of wild joy appeared on his face.
You made the right bet!
That jinx is really not home!
"grandfather?"
Upon seeing her grandfather's gesture, Dugu Yan, who was in the distance, immediately concealed her presence and silently swooped over.
"Go! Be quick!"
Dugu Bo dared not delay for a moment and grabbed Dugu Yan's arm.
His soul power surged, and he transformed into a blur, gliding rapidly along the water's surface.
Although it's certain that Tang Hao isn't there, who knows when that madman will come back?
The thrill of pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth sent shivers down the spine of even seasoned veteran Dugu Bo.
"Hold your breath and stay close to me!"
Upon reaching the base of the waterfall, Dugu Bo let out a low shout, and his soul power shield instantly expanded, enveloping the two of them.
boom!
The two of them, braving the immense water pressure, pierced through the thick curtain of water like fish swimming upstream.
Suddenly, my vision went dark.
Immediately afterwards, a cool and moist scent wafted over.
The two landed steadily on the hard rocky ground.
"This is... what's behind the waterfall?"
Dugu Yan looked around curiously.
This is a not-so-spacious natural stone cave, dimly lit inside, with only a faint glimmer of light coming through the entrance.
The air was filled with the earthy smell, but mixed with it was a strange, refreshing fragrance that invigorated the senses.
With a flick of his finger, Dugu Bo conjured a ball of emerald-green soul fire, illuminating the entire cave.
"That is..."
By the light of the fire, Dugu Yan immediately spotted the strange plant growing on a small mound in the center of the cave.
It was a blue silver grass.
(End of Chapter)