Chapter 32: Brother Dugu, Brother Lan Chen
"Big Brother Dugu, Brother Lan Chen."
Lu Chen felt a surge of joy in his heart!
The situation was tilting in his favor; as long as he could detoxify Dugu Bo, he would earn Dugu Bo’s favor.
The favor of a Titled Douluo!
It was something countless people yearned for but could never obtain!
Hunting the 85,000-year Blue Silver King to use as his Seventh Spirit Ring would no longer be an impossible dream.
With Dugu Bo’s help, everything would become reality!
Lu Chen smiled and nodded, saying,
"Very well. Since Senior trusts me, I will attempt to detoxify you."
"The detoxification process may be accompanied by pain; I hope Senior will not resist."
A glimmer of expectation appeared in Dugu Bo’s eyes, though it was overshadowed by a threatening look:
"I hope your method is truly effective, otherwise, this old man will not let you off!"
Following that, Dugu Bo, unafraid of Lu Chen playing any tricks, spread his hands and stood before Lu Chen, looking completely unguarded.
After all, he was a Titled Douluo; even if he were the weakest Titled Douluo, he was still not someone a Spirit Emperor like Lu Chen could compare to.
He was not in the slightest afraid that Lu Chen would suddenly attack!
Seeing this, Lu Chen once again summoned his Spirit, the Blue Silver King.
Beneath his feet, his six disguised spirit rings rose one by one: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black. This relatively normal spirit ring configuration did not attract much of Dugu Bo’s attention.
Instead, it was Lu Chen’s Spirit that caused Dugu Bo to marvel.
Lu Chen’s Blue Silver King Spirit was simply the most perfect and noble plant Spirit Dugu Bo had ever seen.
Its entire body was crystalline and translucent, a clear azure blue. It did not look like a normal plant at all, but rather something carved from jade.
Its surface radiated a soft golden halo and was permeated with a rich Aura of life.
Dugu Bo’s body, long tormented by severe poison, felt as if it had encountered sweet dew in a drought just by drawing near the plant Spirit and absorbing those wisps of life energy, feeling a sense of clarity throughout his entire being.
The next instant, under Lu Chen’s control, the branches of the Blue Silver King Spirit extended one by one, Binding themselves around Dugu Bo’s body.
Lu Chen’s mind stirred:
’Fourth Spirit Ability, Blue Silver Purification!’
Under the continuous infusion of his spirit power, the Blue Silver King Spirit bloomed with a dazzling light.
That light, holy and pure, and filled with life energy, poured into Dugu Bo’s body.
Dugu Bo’s expression changed instantly!
His body, riddled with holes from the erosion of the severe poison, began to frantically absorb the energy pouring into it.
Soft and warm!
It was refreshing to the heart and soul!
Dugu Bo felt a bit dazed; his cold, icy body had not felt this warm in a very long time.
Under the nourishment of that energy, his skin, flesh, meridians, organs, and bones... all radiated a brand new vitality.
However, the good times did not last long. The Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison entrenched in his body reacted violently to this life energy and began to spontaneously resist.
"Hiss!"
Dugu Bo suddenly widened his eyes and gasped; the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison began to flare up, causing him unbearable pain throughout his body.
A terrifying Aura erupted uncontrollably from his body, turning into a wild gale that swept in all directions, lifting the fallen branches and leaves on the ground into the sky.
Lu Chen was closest to Dugu Bo. Under that terrifying Aura, his eyelids twitched, and his whole body tensed up, fearing that Dugu Bo might lose control of himself.
"Senior, endure!"
After Lu Chen’s reminder, Dugu Bo panted heavily like an ox, cold sweat streaming down both sides of his cheeks.
I must endure!
Dugu Bo thought viciously.
His hands were clenched into fists, his teeth tightly gritted, as he endured the excruciating pain radiating from within his body.
As time ticked by, the desperate resistance of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison finally reached its limit.
Under the encirclement and interception of the life energy, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison was forced into a corner and eventually neutralized by the life energy. The neutralized Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison gradually dissipated into nothingness.
Noticing this situation, Dugu Bo felt overjoyed and pleasantly surprised.
The Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison that had tormented him for decades might actually have a day where it could be resolved.
Dugu Bo had the urge to shed tears of an old man!
However, at this very moment, the life energy that had been continuously pouring into his body suddenly stopped.
Dugu Bo was stunned. Seeing the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison about to be neutralized, stopping at such a moment created a feeling of being left hanging.
It made him so frustrated he wanted to vomit blood.
Dugu Bo instantly opened his eyes and looked at Lu Chen with an unfriendly gaze.
But what he saw was a panting Lu Chen.
Lu Chen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and explained to Dugu Bo,
"Senior, my spirit power is limited; I can only do this much for today."
"After all, you are a Titled Douluo; the severe poison accumulated in your body is like a disease attached to the bones. It is not so easy to completely resolve."
Of course, it was not that Lu Chen had truly run out of spirit power.
It was that once Dugu Bo’s poison was completely resolved, his own value would be greatly diminished.
This was what they called ’cultivating an enemy to maintain one’s own importance’!
Only while Dugu Bo was suffering from the severe poison would Lu Chen’s value rise.
Lu Chen knew clearly that he was not here to do good deeds; he was here to rope in Dugu Bo to be his thug.
Therefore, he could not be foolish enough to help Dugu Bo purge the severe poison completely in one go.
Dugu Bo was so angry his teeth itched. He admitted that what Lu Chen said made sense; the severe poison in his body was not accumulated in a single day, and it could not be resolved in a single day.
But this feeling of the detoxification being stopped halfway was truly agonizing for him.
Dugu Bo took a deep breath, exhaled deeply, inhaled again, exhaled again... After repeating this several times, back and forth, he finally calmed his mood.
After realizing Lu Chen’s value, Dugu Bo completely changed his attitude. His face was smiling, his eyes looked at Lu Chen eagerly, and he proactively comforted him,
"I understand, I completely understand."
"I still do not know how to address you?"
Upon hearing this question, Lu Chen thought for a moment, then replied with composure,
"My name is Lan Chen. Senior, the poison in your body is too deep; it cannot be purged in a day or two."
"We need to plan for the long term and use half a month to a month to completely purge the severe poison from your body."
He did not ask about the origin of the severe poison Dugu Bo was suffering from.
After all, he and Dugu Bo had only met for the first day.
In the process of getting to know someone, it is very taboo to speak deeply when the acquaintance is shallow.
They did not have any friendship yet, and probing into the other party’s background at this time would easily cause resentment.
Moreover, the poison Dugu Bo was suffering from originated from his Spirit and spirit ring.
Even if he purged the severe poison from Dugu Bo, it would only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, and the severe poison would make a comeback in the future.
When that time came, Dugu Bo would still have to beg Lu Chen.
Regarding Dugu Bo’s situation, if Lu Chen were even a little more black-hearted, he could completely exploit him for a lifetime.
However, Lu Chen was not that black-hearted yet. In the future, when his friendship with Dugu Bo deepened, he could teach him the true method to treat the root cause.
Dugu Bo did not know what Lu Chen was thinking, and he continued enthusiastically,
"No rush. This old man has been tormented by the severe poison for so long; I don’t care if it’s resolved a day earlier or a day later."
"I am happy today to have met Brother Lan Chen. Let’s go, let’s go to my residence in Heaven Dou City, and we shall have a good drink."
In such a short time, Lu Chen had already become ’Brother’ in Dugu Bo’s mouth.
It was evident that Lu Chen’s value had already been acknowledged by Dugu Bo.
Lu Chen appeared very happy:
"I am honored by Senior’s regard. Then I will boldly call you Big Brother Dugu. Today, I will certainly accompany Big Brother Dugu to drink to our hearts’ content."
With Lu Chen calling him Big Brother Dugu and Dugu Bo calling him Brother Lan Chen, the relationship between the two was instantly brought closer.
Afterwards, the two of them walked away with their arms around each other’s shoulders, left the Sunset Forest, and headed towards Heaven Dou City together.
(End of Chapter)
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