It took Dugu Yan a full month to completely refine the potent toxins within her body into her Soul Bone.
After refining the toxins from her body into the Soul Bone, Dugu Yan's Soul Bone Skill also became even more powerful due to the combination of two potent toxins.
Dugu Yan's first two Soul Skills weren't particularly strong in terms of toxicity; instead, they leaned more toward auxiliary and control effects, which Dugu Yan had previously explained to Oscar.
This was because Dugu Bo was concerned about Dugu Yan's body, so he had chosen Soul Rings not from Soul Beasts with potent toxins, but rather those with certain toxic properties that leaned more toward auxiliary and control effects.
There were two benefits to this approach. First, the rate at which Dugu Yan's body was eroded by toxins would be slower. Second, after choosing such Soul Rings, although Dugu Yan's own poison-using ability would decrease in the early stages, her overall strength would not diminish.
It merely changed poison into auxiliary control, increasing rather than decreasing her usefulness to the team.
What Dugu Bo hadn't expected was that Dugu Yan had been too introverted before, and because of her own potent toxins, she didn't even have a single close friend.
However, now that she had met Oscar, this problem had been resolved, and in the future, Dugu Yan could also go to Shrek Academy where Oscar was, which meant her two Soul Ring skills wouldn't go to waste.
Now that Dugu Yan had absorbed this Bone-Devouring Poison Python's right arm bone, the Soul Bone Skill she obtained directly compensated for Dugu Yan's current shortcoming of lacking a powerful toxic attribute attack skill, causing her strength to receive a huge boost.
Now that the toxins had been completely refined into the Soul Bone, Dugu Yan also felt a sense of lightness throughout her body, as if her entire being felt different.
At this moment, Dugu Yan had a particularly fresh feeling, as if even breathing the air was sweet. She was incredibly happy, like a cheerful little sparrow.
After the toxins were completely refined, Oscar also gave Dugu Yan the already refined Hundred-Treasure Detoxification Body-Restoring Pill, which Dugu Yan needed to take one pill of every day.
After taking it for about three months, the toxins in her body could be completely removed, while simultaneously completely repairing any problems that had occurred in her body due to toxin erosion, thoroughly making her a normal person.
Of course, this method wasn't perfect, because after doing this, any potent toxins produced from using her Martial Spirit in the future would have to be refined into the Soul Bone; otherwise, if the potent toxins stayed in the body for too long, they would still cause erosion to the body.
Therefore, Dugu Yan would need to periodically release the toxins using her Soul Bone Skill, just like Ma Hongjun had released his Evil Fire before, or find a higher-quality Soul Bone to store the toxins.
The one-and-for-all solution was simple in one way and extremely difficult in another. The simple way was to stop using her Martial Soul in the future, so no more toxins would be produced and enter the body, but this was naturally impossible.
The difficult way was to find a 100,000-year Soul Bone. Relying on the power of a 100,000-year Soul Bone, even ten Dugu Bos would need a very long time to fill it with toxins, meaning she basically wouldn't need to release them for her entire lifetime.
After all, occasionally fighting would be enough, so there would be no need to regularly release excess toxins.
Nowadays, besides his own cultivation, Oscar's remaining time was either spent refining pills and immortal-grade medicinal herbs or helping Dugu Yan cultivate together.
And because Dugu Bo was in secluded cultivation, refining the potent toxins in his body, he rarely disturbed Oscar and Dugu Yan's time together. So the two, who already had mutual affection, saw their feelings rapidly heat up through their increasingly intimate daily interactions.
One day, after finishing their cultivation, Oscar stepped on a jade sword, holding Dugu Yan as they flew into the sky, overlooking the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well from above. Although they had seen it many times, they felt the scenery was incredibly beautiful every time they looked.
The ice-blue and crimson colors were clearly distinct, with red and blue mist filling the entire valley basin, creating an incomparably beautiful sight under the afterglow of the setting sun.
Oscar held Dugu Yan as they slowly flew to the mountaintop and sat on the edge of the cliff. The two leaned against each other, watching the beautiful sunset, whispering sweet nothings to each other. In an accidental moment of eye contact, they unknowingly kissed.
When the two closed their eyes and gently touched their lips, both their bodies couldn't help but shiver, but neither retreated or dodged, in perfect unison.
Oscar naturally wrapped his arms around Dugu Yan's waist, while Dugu Yan's arms encircled Oscar's neck. Their lips touched and parted again, both completely inexperienced.
After kissing for a while, Oscar felt it wasn't so bad and took the initiative. Dugu Yan was momentarily stunned by Oscar's sudden initiative but then responded awkwardly.
Although their kiss was awkward, time was on their side—anything becomes easier with practice, and naturally, they would become familiar after a few more tries.
Besides, both were inexperienced, and their first time naturally made them want to explore more flavors.
However, just as the two were kissing deeply, Dugu Bo appeared behind them at some point. Dugu Bo stared at the scene with a blank expression, his fists unknowingly clenched.
Dugu Yan seemed to sense something, slightly narrowed her eyes, then immediately widened them. She gently patted Oscar's shoulder, and Oscar opened his eyes too, noticing the surprise and shyness in Dugu Yan's eyes. Oscar loosened his lips.
Dugu Bo was fuming inside. He had just convinced himself, but how much time had passed?
He had only been in secluded cultivation for a month, yet his granddaughter was already kissing this stinky brat?
Even when he was young, he never... never...
Dugu Bo had originally thought that no matter how much his granddaughter and Oscar were in love, they wouldn't be so quick to... you know...
But after seeing today's scene, Dugu Bo felt that if he hadn't come out of seclusion because he was worried, perhaps when he really came out after half a year of cultivation, his granddaughter might already be pregnant...
Dugu Yan wiped the crystal-like moisture from the corner of her mouth with her jade hand, her face flushed red as she looked at Dugu Bo: "Grand... Grandpa, why did you come out of seclusion so soon?"
Dugu Bo's face was ashen. This time, he didn't let them continue just because he doted on Dugu Yan. He saw Dugu Bo use instant transmission to appear before Oscar.
Dugu Bo was a full two meters tall, while although Oscar had already reached a height of 1.88 meters, he still looked so small before Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo looked down at Oscar from a higher position. Oscar swallowed hard, awkwardly looking up to meet the old man's gaze.
Actually, Oscar was also speechless. Last time when he was teaching Dugu Yan how to make poison, as soon as he held Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo appeared. Now it was the same again—just as they started kissing, the old man discovered it again.
Was it that heaven couldn't stand seeing him with a woman at such a young age and had to find all sorts of ways to stop him?