Chapter 163: My Grandpa Could Never Be Someone’s Subordinate
Chapter 163: My Grandpa Could Never Be Someone’s Subordinate
[Daddy Douluo]: Ahem, I didn’t say that. Imperial Sister, don’t joke around.
Lin Qingmo quickly jumped in to explain, his typing speed increasing.
[Daddy Douluo]: I’m purely dividing up Tang San’s future team reasonably to cut off his path. It really has nothing to do with a harem. Seriously, you have to believe in my character.
[Mother Tyrannosaurus]: Tsk—
Liu Erlong sent a message with a long, drawn-out sound.
The disdain was practically overflowing from the screen.
[Mother Tyrannosaurus]: I think you’ve got the wicked intent but lack the courage. You’re probably hiding behind the screen right now, secretly laughing, aren’t you?
[Mother Tyrannosaurus]: Maybe you’ve already calculated how to coax those two little girls into your hands. Don’t think we can’t see through your little schemes.
[Little Witch]:???
[Little Witch]: Qingmo? You’re actually that kind of person? How did I not see it before!
[Big-Breasted Kitty]:...Zhu Zhuqing just sent a string of ellipses, saying nothing.
But it was this string of ellipses that was even more thought-provoking.
The Chat Group completely exploded.
Everyone was chiming in, all teasing A-Qing.
The atmosphere was as lively as the New Year.
Some heckled him to confess honestly.
Some teased that his intentions were as clear as day.
Others pretended to seriously criticize his problematic thinking.
But everyone could see it was all in good fun.
Lin Qingmo explained a few things, but found that the more he explained, the worse it got.
He simply gave up struggling and let them tease him.
Anyway, this group was just having fun and would be over it in a bit... Meanwhile, at the back mountain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
In the independent courtyard of the exclusive core team.
The afternoon sun filtered through the old locust tree in the courtyard, casting dappled golden light, and the air was filled with the faint fragrance of herbs.
Ye Lingling was sitting by the stone table, eyes lowered, quietly sorting herbs.
She had a meticulous nature and liked doing these things in her daily life.
But Dugu Yan, who was supposed to be sitting opposite her helping, was standing blankly under the corridor.
She was like she had been hit with a freezing spell, not moving for a long time.
Her almond eyes, usually full of pride, were staring fixedly at the Chat Group’s Light Screen.
Her pupils contracted slightly, and even her breathing became extremely light.
She was completely lost in a daze.
Her absent-minded and unusual behavior had long been noticed by Ye Lingling.
Half an hour ago, Dugu Yan had started spacing out from time to time.
Back then, she would still occasionally snap out of it to respond.
But now she was completely frozen in place, her eyes losing focus.
Ye Lingling put down the herbs in her hand and wiped the herbal residue from her fingertips.
She walked softly to Dugu Yan.
She waved her slender hand gently in front of Dugu Yan’s eyes.
"Yanzi?"
No reaction.
Her fingertips almost touched her curled eyelashes.
Dugu Yan didn’t even blink.
She continued to stare fixedly at the void of the Light Screen.
Ye Lingling’s worry grew.
She waved her hand again, her voice soft and gentle, for fear of startling her.
"Yan Yan? What’s wrong? You’ve been dazed for a while now. Are you feeling unwell? Should I check on you?"
As she spoke, she reached out to check Dugu Yan’s pulse.
Her Nine Heart Begonia was best at regulation.
Even if the spirit power was disordered, she could detect it immediately.
However, Dugu Yan was actually thinking about what Ning Rongrong had said earlier.
She mentioned Qingmo helping her grandfather detoxify.
This matter caused a turmoil in Dugu Yan’s mind.
She suddenly remembered a scene from late one night not long ago when her grandfather, Dugu Bo, suddenly came to find her.
That night was exceptionally dark.
Grandpa came in through the window.
As soon as he entered, he pulled her to his side.
In an almost excited tone, he told her a piece of information she would never have believed in her life.
Grandpa was poisoned.
Moreover, it was a poison that had seeped into his bones, brought about by practicing poison techniques with the Jade Phosphor Snake EmperorSpirit.
It had already invaded his internal organs and spirit powerOrigin, and even he couldn’t cure it.
Dugu Yan was stunned at the time.
Who was her grandfather?
He was the famous Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, on the continent!
He was the person at the top of the pyramid of poison users in the entire Spirit Master’s world.
And yet, this grandfather who had played with poison all his life actually told her he was poisoned by something he couldn’t even cure himself?
It felt like the sky was falling.
At that time, she was so anxious that tears welled up instantly.
She grabbed her grandfather’s hand tightly and asked over and over what was going on and if there was a way.
Even if she had to risk her life, she would help her grandfather find an antidote.
But he said he was already fine.
Then he took out a Spirit Bone glowing with a faint green light.
It was a thirty-thousand-year-old left arm bone.
He said it was for her to control the toxins.
She had absorbed the Spirit Bone in a daze and forced the toxins into the Spirit Bone as her grandfather instructed.
Only she and her grandfather knew about this from beginning to end.
At that time, she was still full of doubts.
Now, looking at the content in the Chat Group.
All the doubts suddenly aligned.
The content in the Chat Group and her grandfather’s unusual behavior that day were like two perfectly fitting puzzle pieces.
A cold thought suddenly sprang from the bottom of Dugu Yan’s heart, like a bucket of bone-chilling ice water poured from her head to her toes.
This made her whole body feel cold, and she couldn’t help but shiver.
Her own grandfather, that wild and solitary Poison Douluo who had lived his whole life his own way.
Had he really laid down his lifelong pride, laid down his status as a Titled Douluo, and become a subordinate of this person named Qingmo?
Even if the group said he was a subordinate of Qingmo’s master.
In essence, he had still submitted to someone else!
"How is this possible?"
Dugu Yan panicked completely.
She knew her grandfather too well.
Proud all his life, arrogant all his life.
It had always been others begging him for things; when had he ever lowered his head to beg others?
Making him put down his pride and submit to someone was harder than killing him!
But now?
For the sake of detoxification, for the sake of protecting her, Grandpa actually... The more Dugu Yan thought about it, the more unpleasant it felt.
Her heart was filled with shock and anger, as if it were being gripped tightly.
Mixed with an indescribable bitterness and heartache... Inside the No. 1 enclosed training ground of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
The brilliant light of spirit rings lit up alternately in the arena.
The muffled sounds of spirit power collisions and the sound of breaking air were continuous.
The daily practice of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s core team was entering a fever pitch.
As the team’s core control systemSpirit Master, Dugu Yan should have been standing in the midfield precisely coordinating Spirit Abilities and blocking the opponents’ movements.
But today, her state was completely off.
Her Third Spirit Ability, Jade Phosphor Purple Mist, which should have precisely covered Oslo’s evasion route, missed by a full three meters.
Instead, the purple mist blocked Yu Feng’s advance path.
Startled, Yu Feng quickly stopped his Spirit Ability and flipped back several meters.
He patted his sleeve, which had touched the edge of the purple mist, and a layer of bone-corroding black marks instantly appeared on it.
"Yanzi! What are you doing?"
Yu Feng couldn’t help but shout after landing.
"If that had been any closer, I’d be lying in the infirmary today!"
Dugu Yan snapped out of it, and the spirit power at her fingertips instantly stopped.
The spreading purple mist quickly dissipated.
She twitched the corner of her mouth and waved her hand dismissively: "Sorry, my hand slipped."
Oslo also retracted his Spirit and leaned against a nearby stone pillar, raising an eyebrow.
"Hand slipped? Yanzi, this is already the third time today."
"During the practice just now, you almost got hurt because you were distracted."
"..."
Dugu Yan didn’t respond.
Her mind was no longer on this boring practice.
Most of her thoughts were on her grandfather’s affairs.
At the same time, she was also paying attention to whether there was any new information in the Chat Group.
(End of Chapter)
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