Chapter Seventeen: A Lasting Solution! You Despicable Brother! The Mutant Earth Bear! The Thousand-Jin Seal!

At these words, Du Gu Yan finally came to a halt, slowly turning around with a look of utter disbelief on her face. Then, suddenly, she let out a soft chuckle and rolled her eyes. “Alright, Grandpa! I’m not mad at you anymore, so you don’t have to use those childish tricks to fool me!”

Du Gu Bo twitched at the corner of his mouth, then his expression grew serious as he spoke in a low voice, “I’m not lying to you. It really was that boy who helped purge the poison and stabilize the backlash from your martial soul!”

“Moreover, this time he cleared one-tenth of the toxins from your body in one go. At least until you advance to the Five-Ring Soul King, the snake venom won’t flare up again!”

Seeing his solemn demeanor, Du Gu Yan believed him somewhat, her eyes widening in shock. “How is that possible?”

Du Gu Bo shook his head with a bitter smile. “If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it either... This young man controls the power of lightning, and his mastery over it is flawless. He drove out the poison inside you with lightning without harming your body or foundation in the slightest!”

“Even the sect leader of the Blue Thunder Tyrannosaurus Clan couldn’t pull off such a feat!”

Hearing this, Du Gu Yan’s pretty face grew grave. She was about to head toward the Starry Forest when Du Gu Bo stopped her, asking with suspicion, “Are you planning to forcibly bring this boy back?”

Du Gu Yan shook her head. “Lu Yu used lightning to purge the poison. Lightning entering the body is extremely risky—any mistake would mean utter ruin. If we force him, it could end in mutual destruction.”

“But this person seems to be in great need of money. If we offer a handsome reward, he might be willing to help!”

Du Gu Bo shook his head again. “His cultivation is too weak. He already gave his all to purge your poison earlier, and luck surely played a part.”

“Lightning is not to be taken lightly. Even if he agrees, I wouldn’t dare let him continue purging your poison.”

“I’ll investigate him thoroughly after returning. When his strength grows, I’ll seek him out again.”

Ruffling Du Gu Yan’s hair affectionately, Du Gu Bo smiled kindly. “I know you want him to help cleanse my poison, but the poison is in my marrow, of the ‘Title Douluo’ level. There’s no way he can cure that.”

“Have you thought through what I told you earlier?”

Du Gu Yan’s expression stiffened, and she lowered her head.

Not long ago, Du Gu Bo had spoken to her about a way to ensure that the descendants of the Biling Snake Soul Masters would no longer suffer from martial soul backlash...

That method was to have her unite with a soul master possessing a top-tier lightning martial soul. Then, even if their offspring awakened the Biling Snake martial soul, they would inherit some bloodline of the lightning martial soul.

At that point, although the pain of the snake venom backlash would persist, it would no longer be life-threatening.

If luck favored them, the descendant’s martial soul might mutate to possess both the poison of the Biling Snake and the power of lightning, completely eliminating the risk.

For some reason, Lu Yu’s figure suddenly appeared in Du Gu Yan’s mind, and her cheeks flushed slightly as she stammered,

“Grandpa... I’m still young... And you said that until I reach the Soul King level, the snake venom won’t erupt again... Let’s talk about this later!”

With that, she turned and walked away.

Watching her retreating figure, Du Gu Bo glanced toward the depths of the Starry Forest, deep in thought.

After a few steps, Du Gu Yan suddenly seemed to recall something, muttering through gritted teeth, “That brat! How dare he lie to me!”

...

“Achoo!”

Walking through the Starry Forest, Lu Yu sneezed suddenly, rubbing his nose as he muttered, “Who’s cursing me?”

Remembering that he had just deceived Du Gu Yan, he figured that once she met Du Gu Bo, his lie would be uncovered.

But Lu Yu’s deception was not directed at Du Gu Yan—it was meant to mislead the old fox, Du Gu Bo.

He and Du Gu Yan were simply strangers passing by. Although he had saved her, winning some favor from the grandfather and granddaughter, if he carelessly revealed his ability to control lightning, Du Gu Bo’s suspicions would definitely be aroused.

If Du Gu Bo guessed that Lu Yu had been secretly following them all along, he would suspect that Lu Yu’s every move was a calculated attempt to get close to the two of them.

Two days later, deep within the outskirts of the Starry Forest, in a clearing among the trees...

Lu Yu, sitting cross-legged on the ground, slowly opened his eyes. Not far from him lay the massive corpse of a soul beast.

It was a bear-type soul beast, covered in reddish-brown fur.

Standing up, his martial soul, the Fan Tian Seal, appeared in his palm, and two soul rings—one yellow, one purple—rose.

“Thousand-Jin Seal!”

With a thought, the purple soul ring glowed. The Fan Tian Seal swelled fiercely in the wind before smashing down hard onto the giant bear’s corpse!

“Boom!!!”

A deafening sound erupted.

When the dust settled, the bear’s corpse had been pulverized into a heap of flesh, and a deep pit had formed on the ground.

“Hard work pays off!”

Lu Yu exclaimed with satisfaction, retracting his martial soul, his face alight with joy.

After confirming that no soul bone had emerged from the pulverized bear’s remains, he turned and left.

He had been in the Starry Forest for three days. Except for the day spent with Du Gu Yan, he had been tirelessly searching the forest’s depths for a suitable target.

Today, he finally found a soul beast that pleased him immensely!

A mutated Earth Bear!

With eighteen hundred years of cultivation!

Although this soul beast’s age did not fully meet Lu Yu’s ideal expectations, he did not hesitate to make it his second soul ring.

The reason? This Earth Bear’s bloodline had undergone a special mutation!

The Earth Bear is a formidable soul beast. It lacks many offensive techniques, relying mainly on its thick hide and immense strength.

It is purely a defensive and strength-oriented soul beast!

Though its bloodline rank is high—though inferior to the Golden-Maned Lion Mastiff—it is considered a top-tier soul beast. After a thousand years of cultivation, it awakens a small gravitational control field!

But this Earth Bear had mutated peculiarly. It lost its abnormal defensive power, and its strength was considerably weaker than that of an ordinary Earth Bear male.

However, besides the gravitational field, it developed another innate ability...

Lu Yu named it “Unbreakable.”

Its effect was simple: at the same level of strength, it ignores defense!

To put it simply, an Earth Bear with this talent, if it delivered a punch with the power of a Soul Lord, could instantly shatter any defense below the Soul Lord level!

During the battle with this Earth Bear, Lu Yu’s Golden Light Charm defense was essentially useless.

Even the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman was pierced through five layers by a single punch!

What pleased Lu Yu most was that his second soul skill perfectly inherited the Earth Bear’s “Unbreakable” talent!

Moreover, the “Thousand-Jin Seal” also possessed part of the gravitational field’s power, allowing it to control the Fan Tian Seal’s weight with theoretically no upper limit!

The higher the soul power level, the stronger this weight control effect becomes!