Chapter 40: Smooth Talk
Shao Xin watched Oscar, who was so skilled at flirting with young girls, and smiled from the side without saying anything. Hearing Oscar invite Dugu Yan to eat grilled meat, Shao Xin directly cut some slices for her on the side.
Leading Dugu Yan to the campfire, Oscar handed her the grilled meat that Shao Xin had sliced: "Try it. Teacher Shao's craftsmanship is absolutely top-notch—I guarantee it'll make you never want to leave."
"Thank you." Dugu Yan accepted the meat. Smelling the enticing fragrance wafting from it, she couldn't help but salivate.
She had been in the Sunset Forest for quite some time now, constantly searching for and pursuing spirit beasts. At this moment, Dugu Yan was indeed somewhat hungry.
Dugu Yan accepted the meat and ate it in small bites. The moment the meat entered her mouth, Dugu Yan completely confirmed that Oscar's words were not false.
Having enjoyed the delicious food, Dugu Yan couldn't help but praise Shao Xin: "Teacher's craftsmanship is truly excellent—much better than what those so-called master chefs grill."
Hearing Dugu Yan's praise, Shao Xin's chubby, round face showed a bit more joy: "Girl, if you like it, eat more. There's plenty here."
As Shao Xin spoke, he handed Dugu Yan another piece of meat cut from the chest area. Dugu Yan said thank you while accepting it.
Actually, among spirit masters, regardless of gender, most had considerable appetites because their usual consumption was many times that of ordinary people. However, because this was spirit beast meat, the energy within it was also many times that of ordinary food, so they didn't need to eat too much to provide sufficient energy.
But Shao Xin made it so delicious that Dugu Yan couldn't help but eat several pieces until her belly was round and full before stopping.
And during the process of enjoying the grilled meat, Oscar directly sat down about a meter beside Dugu Yan and started chatting casually with her.
Facing Oscar who was showing kindness to her, and such a handsome guy at that, she naturally was happy to go along with it.
After all, this was the first person who could open his heart and accept her, and he was a handsome guy to boot!
"Being able to analyze from various pieces of information that I'm afflicted with severe poison—were you born into a family of pharmacology?" Dugu Yan couldn't help but ask.
Hearing this, Oscar shook his head: "Not at all. I'm just rather studious. Because I'm a food-type spirit master myself, I started studying pharmacology from the age of six."
"You're self-taught? But looking at your age, you should be about the same as me, right? At fifteen or sixteen, how much time do you have to study? Yet you were able to see my problem at a glance—this is sufficient proof that your pharmacological knowledge has already reached a certain level of accomplishment." Dugu Yan was somewhat puzzled.
Oscar explained: "Hehe, speaking of which, I was quite lucky. Originally, I only studied through various pharmacology books; wanting to reach my current level of accomplishment would naturally be very difficult. However, when I was eight years old, I had good fortune and bought an ancient book at an auction house. That ancient book was written by a master of pharmacology, recording his life experiences, and that's where I learned from."
Hearing Oscar's words, Dugu Yan finally understood why Oscar possessed such high pharmacological accomplishment at such a young age.
And Oscar was indeed not lying. When he was eight years old, Oscar followed Flender to an auction house in Suotuo City to see if he could find any treasures. Among the items was an ancient book. However, things related to pharmacology didn't seem to be very important on the Douluo Continent.
In the original story, only Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and the Breaking Clan led by Yang Wudi had deep research into it. Most spirit masters focused primarily on cultivation.
So Oscar obtained this ancient book. Many pharmacological formulas, medicinal bath recipes, and pill formulas were obtained from it. Detailed records of some immortal grade medicinal herbs were also seen inside.
Having opened a topic, Oscar naturally chatted with Dugu Yan. During their conversation, although Oscar discovered that Dugu Yan currently didn't have the arrogance described in the original story, and was even somewhat shy, she did indeed possess some confidence.
As the two chatted enthusiastically, Oscar also learned Dugu Yan's age—fifteen years old, having just broken through rank 30.
She was here this time to obtain her third spirit ring. After obtaining the ring, she would enroll at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy because her grandfather said she couldn't be alone her whole life and needed to meet more friends and so on…
And after learning this specific information, Oscar instantly understood. In the original story, Dugu Yan appeared a few months after Tang San and the others enrolled—three years later. At that time, Dugu Yan was already eighteen years old, and her spirit power was probably around rank 38.
Now Oscar had encountered Dugu Yan three years ahead of time, and at this stage, she hadn't joined Heaven Dou Imperial Academy yet. One had to admit, this was perhaps an opportunity given to him by the heavens.
Because the current Dugu Yan basically had little contact with people besides Dugu Bo. When she was young, she had attended an elementary spirit master academy, but because of her martial soul, she was born with poison, so she had no friends and was even disliked by other children, so she dropped out.
Up until the age of fifteen, she basically had no friends. Being alone was one thing, but going outside meant being disliked by others.
However, because she had a Titled Douluo as a grandfather, people who knew her identity didn't dare to do anything to her. Although there were some who played with her, they were all just trying to curry favor with her.
As time passed, Dugu Yan simply stopped going to academies. But now that she was fifteen, Dugu Bo himself knew that he couldn't accompany Dugu Yan for her entire life, so he intentionally tempered Dugu Yan and wanted her to go to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to learn a bit.
But now that Oscar knew Dugu Yan hadn't joined an academy yet, he naturally wouldn't let her go so easily. Moreover, at this time, Dugu Yan was not deeply experienced in the world—this was the best time to influence her.
And after hearing about Dugu Yan's experiences, Oscar also genuinely felt sorry for this girl. He truly treated her as a normal person.
Since that was the case, Dugu Yan could gain a handsome and wealthy good friend like Oscar, and Oscar could also use this opportunity to plot for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—it was simply the best of both worlds.
So at the end of their chat, Oscar directly invited Dugu Yan to come to his academy.
Originally, Dugu Yan was somewhat overwhelmed by Oscar's invitation. Then Oscar coaxed her, saying that their academy only accepted "monsters," and currently only had three people. If they had a great beauty like her join, she would absolutely be their cherished treasure and so on.
Oscar coaxed Dugu Yan until her little face turned red. The key was that Oscar wasn't lying, making Dugu Yan feel Oscar's sincerity, so she was indeed moved.
And hearing Oscar say that their academy only recruited geniuses, Dugu Yan thought that perhaps Oscar's academy was more suitable for her.
After all, Oscar himself, as a support-type, possessing the strength of a power-attack type was already a monster. And she herself was covered in poison—even without using spirit skills, ordinary spirit masters would be affected just by touching her. Monsters entering a monster academy—this was the natural order of things.
Moreover, when Dugu Yan learned that Oscar was only eleven years old, she was even more surprised than when she learned he was a food-type spirit master.
It wasn't because Oscar's maturity and steadiness didn't seem like that of an eleven-year-old, but because Oscar was only eleven and had already broken through to Spirit Elder, while Dugu Yan at eleven years old was only rank 20-something, yet Oscar was already a Spirit Elder?
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