Douluo: I, the world’s immortal master, accept Ning Rongrong as my disciple Chapter 059

Chapter 59: The Eye of Ice and Fire, Trading for a Discipleship Opportunity (Part 1)

“So itchy.”

“Hiss~ Ah~”

“I’m itching to death!”

“Scratch, scratch, can someone help me scratch—”

“It hurts so much!”

“I can’t take it anymore, I can’t take it anymore!”

Early in the morning, Wang Sheng got up, his fists whistling with power. Just as he finished a set of Tiger Subduing Fist, he heard Dugu Bo’s painful wails from the school gate.

He followed the sound and found Dugu Bo rolling on the ground in agony outside the school gate.

Because of the unbearable itch all over his body, and the difficulty of scratching his back, even the peach tree at the school gate was rubbed bald by Dugu Bo in strange poses.

At this moment, Dugu Bo had lost all semblance of a Titled Douluo, appearing utterly disheveled.

In the first few hours, he only felt a faint stinging pain in his body, then it was like ants gnawing… thousands of ants crawling all over him, eventually evolving into a sensation as if he was being sliced by a thousand knives, every inch of his skin, every nerve, felt like it was being slowly cut by a saw with a beak.

After just one night, Dugu Bo was parched, his eyes bloodshot, already tormented beyond recognition by the Life-Death Talisman.

Even the years of accumulated backlash from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison only occasionally brought him localized stinging and spasms, but the pain caused by the Life-Death Talisman after seventy kechen (two hours and twenty minutes) far surpassed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison by hundreds or thousands of times, making Dugu Bo truly experience an idiom:

Life is worse than death.

Seeing Wang Sheng’s figure emerge, Dugu Bo practically crawled to Wang Sheng’s feet:

“Kid, I apologize to you! I apologize to you right now!”

“Go find your teacher to detoxify me, I apologize, I apologize to all of you!”

“I choose ②!”

“Quick!”

“I really can’t take it anymore!!!”

“Oh, vast heavens, why are you so unkind to me? I, the esteemed Poison Douluo, am actually helpless against this itching and painful poison!”

…

“If I had known this, why did I do that in the first place?”

“Hmph, I wonder who said yesterday that even if they were poisoned to death, they wouldn’t beg for mercy.”

Amidst the fluttering pink peach blossoms, the Poison Douluo, renowned as the most feared person on the entire continent, at this moment showed no temper even when faced with the students’ disdainful glances. He bowed deeply to Wang Sheng, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others:

“Yesterday, I did not intentionally try to kill you, but rather wanted to test your strength and detoxification abilities.”

“Now, I sincerely apologize to you. I’m sorry, it was this old man who was rude. I shouldn’t have bullied the young and trespassed into Peach Blossom Academy. I was ill-mannered, and I will never dare to do it again.”

“Dean Su, can you give me the real antidote now?”

Dugu Bo nervously swallowed, looking at Su Ran with apprehension.

The most terrifying thing about this Life-Death Talisman was that it wouldn’t kill you, but it would inflict endless pain, trampling your will.

No matter how strong-willed a person, no matter how noble their existence, after being tormented by the Life-Death Talisman for a few days, they would lose their arrogance.

“Wang Sheng, Rongrong… do you accept his apology?”

Su Ran didn’t answer Dugu Bo, but instead looked at Wang Sheng and Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong pouted: “He didn’t poison me yet, Teacher came out to save me, so I don’t care. Wang Sheng, you decide.”

Zhu Zhuqing, holding her magnificent, large white breasts, said coldly: “I’m fine with anything.”

Wang Sheng took a deep breath: “Teacher once said, ‘let bygones be bygones.’ If you are sincerely apologizing, I can forgive you, but please, senior, do not act like this again in the future.”

“This old man guarantees that from now on, I will definitely abide by the rules of your Peach Blossom Academy.”

Dugu Bo was truly suffering unbearable pain from the Life-Death Talisman, and immediately raised his hand to swear.

Only then did Su Ran toss a white pill to Dugu Bo, and sitting at the stone table under the peach tree, he said indifferently:

“After taking this medicine, the pain and itching symptoms on your body will mostly disappear within one kechen ( 40 minutes).”

…

“Ah, finally comfortable.”

A kechen later, Dugu Bo leaned against the peach tree, letting out a long sigh of relief. The pain on his body had indeed greatly diminished. Dugu Bo looked at Su Ran, who was sitting calmly at the peach stone table, with a hint of reverence.

At this moment, the four students of the academy had already gone back to continue their training. Dugu Bo could vaguely see their special training scenes.

Previously, Yan’er had complained to him after returning to the academy, saying that they had encountered four monstrous soul masters in Soto City. A support-type could fight a power-attack type, a power-attack type could easily take on two, and an agility-attack type soul master could directly lock down opponents with their skills. Moreover, they possessed the ability to counter Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and all other poisons.

Dugu Bo naturally didn’t believe it at first. Just the part about a support-type fighting a power-attack type alone, he already thought was absurd.

Now, seeing the strength and training of these students with his own eyes, he felt truly enlightened.

Every student here seemed to have their own special cultivation method. They all had their own unique characteristics, and they could even withstand his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison. No wonder Yan’er lost to them.

Dugu Bo took a deep breath:

“Dean Su, this so-called Life-Death Talisman poison artifact is truly the first I’ve seen. It’s terrifying. Dean Su’s attainments in poison are probably no less than mine.”

“Just a little understanding.”

“Humble, Dean Su is too humble. Dean Su, I won’t beat around the bush. My granddaughter, Dugu Yan, once competed in a soul fighting match with a team from your academy. During the match, two of your disciples used a pair of black hands that could absorb poisonous gas. Not only could they absorb Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, but they could also turn it into their own use. I would like to ask, is this a characteristic of their martial souls? Or is this an ability taught by Dean Su?”

Dugu Bo cupped his hands and asked Su Ran.

Su Ran merely took a sip of peach blossom tea and said indifferently: “The Underworld Hand is refined through acquired means. Of course, when used in conjunction with my disciple’s martial soul, the effect is even better.”

“Acquired refinement?”

Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Dugu Bo’s eyes, and he understood the meaning:

“Since this Underworld Hand can absorb external poisons for one’s own use, if a soul master already has poison within themselves, would learning it allow them to absorb and expel their own toxins?”

“Naturally, that is also possible.”

“Really?!”

Su Ran glanced at Dugu Bo indifferently and nodded:

“The reason the Underworld Hand is called the Underworld Hand is because after cultivating these hands to great mastery, even in hell, one can snatch life from the Underworld Grim Reaper. Mere mortal poisons, what is there that cannot be cleared?”

Receiving Su Ran’s reply, Dugu Bo was shocked. He had personally witnessed Su Ran effortlessly disperse his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and revive the vitality of peach wood. He no longer hesitated and spoke respectfully.

“I am willing to purchase the cultivation method of the Underworld Hand with a large sum of money. Please name your price, Dean Su!”

“Not for sale.”

Su Ran shook his head, refusing. He was not short of money now.

Although Rongrong unilaterally agreed to donate the million gold spirit coins she earned to the academy, Su Ran did not take them.

Firstly, that was the students’ money. What kind of dignity would a teacher have by living off their students?

Although Ning Rongrong’s mindset was: what’s wrong with a teacher living off their students? Just live off them! She’s happy to let the teacher live off her, and she wants the teacher to feed on her soft parts!

She just wants to feed her soft little white rabbit to the teacher’s mouth~

(ˊ˘ˋ*)♡

Secondly, Su Ran had made a deal with Ning Fengzhi, selling him the manufacturing, assembly, and usage methods of the冥器鬼梭子 (Netherworld Ghost Shuttle) and地狱左轮 (Hell Revolver), for a huge sum of thirty million gold spirit coins.

The power of the Netherworld Ghost Shuttle goes without saying, and its usage method is not difficult, though its production is quite precise and complex. Back then, Zhu Zhuqing only studied it for a month before being able to use it to kill a defensive soul beast over two thousand years old, showing its astonishing power.

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