Chapter 20: An Important Step
Long Chen knew that Dugu Yan had been immersed in the venom of the green-scaled snake since her mother's womb.
The onset of the poison would make her extremely uncomfortable, and she had been relying on her tenacious willpower to endure the gradually increasing pain.
When Long Chen was studying in Guang'an Hall, he specifically asked Shopkeeper Wang how to restrain the venom of the green-scaled snake and specially developed an antidote pill.
Dugu Yan took the pill, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
"Long Chen, I didn't expect you to really know medicine. But how did you know I was poisoned?"
Long Chen answered seriously:
"I have seen you several times in the past five years. From the first time I saw you to now, I found that the color of your eyeballs has gradually changed, and the green has become deeper and deeper. Others may not know, but I know that this is a sign that you were backlashed by the green-scaled snake venom while practicing."
Dugu Yan nodded.
"You are right. I did suffer the backlash of the venom of the green-scaled snake."
"I really admire you. You have great perseverance. If you hadn't suffered the backlash of the poison, with your talent and hard work, your soul power would definitely be higher than mine. It's really hard to imagine what kind of pain you have experienced in these years to survive until now."
Long Chen's words flowed through Dugu Yan's cold heart like a warm current.
Dugu Yan has a profound background, strong soul power among her peers, and rare poison control ability, which makes her always at the top of the pyramid.
She has spent the past ten years of her life almost smoothly, except for the poison that troubled her.
For her, the venom of the green phosphorus snake is a double-edged sword. It gives her the poison ability that scares her opponents, but it also gradually leads her to a place of no return.
Becoming a truly strong person is the dream of every soul master.
Dugu Yan, who has always been strong, is of course no exception.
Therefore, even though she knew that she would suffer the backlash of the poison, she did not deliberately slow down her pace of cultivation.
In the past few years since she entered Tiandou Royal Academy, she looked very glorious on the surface and was regarded as a big sister by the students.
However, only she knew the pain she was enduring.
Long Chen's words were very sincere, which made Dugu Yan feel warm in her heart, as if she had received the care and recognition of her relatives.
Her eyes were a little moist, and she couldn't speak for a while.
Ye Lingling touched her gently.
"Sister Yan, I only know now that you have been suffering from the backlash of your own toxins."
Dugu Yan calmed down.
"The toxins in my body have been there since my mother's womb. In order to solve this problem, my grandfather has been researching drugs over the years and has found some solutions. Before, I relied on the detoxification pills developed by my grandfather to relieve the pain. But as my soul power increased, the toxins seemed to become more ferocious, and the effects of those detoxification pills became more and more limited."
Dugu Yan's voice was a little low, revealing a bit of helplessness.
Long Chen said:
"I specially developed these pills. Although I dare not say that they can completely detoxify, they can at least relieve your pain. You can try them first, I hope they will help you. If you are willing, we can also work together to study how to better control or even eliminate the toxins in your body. I have some experience in medicine, and maybe I can find a new method."
After hearing this, Dugu Yan's eyes flashed with a bright color, but then she hesitated again.
"Long Chen, I know you are kind-hearted, but this toxin... even my grandfather is helpless, do you really think we can do anything?"
Long Chen smiled slightly, his eyes firm and said:
"How can we know if we don't try? At least, we shouldn't give up any hope, right? Some rare herbs have magical detoxification effects, but we haven't encountered them yet."
Dugu Yan was infected by Long Chen's optimism and persistence, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Okay, I believe you. I will try this pill."
The three of them walked and talked, and unknowingly came to the downstairs of the girls' dormitory.
Long Chen left only after seeing Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling off upstairs.
The detoxification pills he had just given Dugu Yan had a certain detoxification effect.
However, they could only temporarily relieve the pain.
As Dugu Yan's soul power increased, the effect of the detoxification pills would become weaker and weaker.
Today, he had initially gained Dugu Yan's trust and taken an important step.
As they became more familiar with each other, their relationship would go further.
By then, it would be possible to meet Dugu Bo, or even enter the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire.
The next day, the seven members of the school team gathered at the training ground.
Qin Ming's eyes swept over the seven people, and then he said:
"Today we will officially start training together. I already have a preliminary understanding of the seven of you, and I know your martial spirits and your respective soul power levels. However, I still don't know your specific soul skills and the power of each soul skill. I want to learn more about you and make you more familiar with each other's soul skills so that we can conduct targeted training in the future."
The few people looked at each other and understood what Qin Ming meant.
Qin Ming looked at Ye Lingling and continued,
"Ye Lingling, your Nine-Hearted Begonia martial soul is the most special, so let's start with you. Since your soul skills are all the same, you only need to show them once."
"Okay."
Ye Lingling said, stepped forward, and released her martial soul and two yellow hundred-year soul rings.
Her martial soul is a pink begonia flower, composed of white and pink petals, with bright colors and beautiful flowers.
As the first soul ring suddenly flashed, rays of light like white petals were released from the Nine-Hearted Begonia and slowly descended.
Ye Lingling explained:
"I only have one soul skill, which is a range group healing. If in battle, these rays of light fall into the body of a companion, which can quickly heal the exposed wounds and can also heal severe injuries such as fractures. Its healing effect increases with the improvement of my strength, but it cannot help companions recover soul power or detoxify."
As soon as Ye Lingling finished speaking, Qin Ming and several others burst into warm applause.
"Nine-Hearted Begonia is worthy of being the world's number one healing martial soul. With Lingling here, we are not afraid of any serious injuries."
"More importantly, it is a group skill that can heal multiple people at the same time."
Several people cast approving glances at Ye Lingling.
Qin Ming nodded, and looked at Ye Lingling with a bit of appreciation.
"Ye Lingling's powerful healing ability plays a vital role in team battles and is irreplaceable. However, as an auxiliary teacher, her attack power is relatively weak, which is also a common weakness of all auxiliary teachers. Therefore, in team battles, you have to protect her in the back."
"Understood."
Next, the ghost leopard soul master Osro, the wind chime bird soul master Yufeng, and the black tortoise soul master Shi Mo all showed everyone their respective soul skills and strengths.
Osro has agile speed and good attack power. Yufeng can fly, which has the advantage of aerial combat, and his attack power is also good.
Shi Mo has strong defense and strength, and is suitable for being a meat shield.
Then, it was the turn of Long Chen, Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng to show everyone their respective soul skills.
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