Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 106 Deja Vu
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After we finished eating, it was already quite late.

Xuanming walked upstairs, with Zhu Zhuqing following nervously behind.

Having seen the Rose Hotel during the day, she couldn't help but let her mind wander.

Soon, the two arrived at the fourth floor, and Zhu Zhuqing followed Xuan Ming into the room.

"Don't be nervous, it'll be quick," Xuanming said.

Zhu Zhuqing was startled and looked up. Before she could say anything, a bright white light suddenly enveloped her.

In that instant, she felt as if she were dead, but only for a moment, and she desperately crawled back up!

"Not bad." Xuanming withdrew his domain.

The fact that she resisted almost the instant she was enveloped by the domain shows that the girl at least had a strong will to survive and good reflexes.

If ordinary Great Soul Masters outside were enveloped by his domain, their minds would immediately shut down. They wouldn't even be able to resist; some would even faint from fright.

Faced with the threat of death, should one resist or wait to die?

If it's the latter, then you'll just be an ordinary person for the rest of your life.

The former, at least, still has a glimmer of hope.

“This is…” Zhu Zhuqing looked at Xuan Ming with lingering fear.

"The Underworld?"

"Has this reputation even spread to Xingluo?" Xuanming asked in confusion.

"Yeah." Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

"Many people in the family have said that you are a star in the Great Soul Arena."

In the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena, he achieved an unprecedented 1,000-game winning streak in just five years, defeating Soul Masters and even Soul Kings with his Soul Venerable cultivation. He was hailed as the number one young person of the Douluo Continent by the seven major families. Even Sword Douluo, the guardian elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, said that this person's future achievements would definitely surpass his!

After encountering this person on the road, out of curiosity and because it was on her way, she followed him all the way to Soto City, but she never expected to see Dai Mubai at that hotel.

Seeing Dai Mubai's vulnerable state and the two women beside him, she couldn't say anything. She was confused at the time and even doubted the meaning of her choice to follow him from Xingluo.

She was sitting on the street in a daze when she was inexplicably captured by a woman who claimed to be from the Spirit Hall.

“Staring blankly…” Xuanming turned around and sat down on the sofa.

"Sit wherever you like. What did the Golden Lion King say to you?"

"The Golden Lion King?" Zhu Zhuqing was taken aback.

“The woman who grabbed you,” Xuanming said.

"She gets angry at the slightest provocation, so I can't really call her a tigress; 'Golden Lion King' is a more fitting description."

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was somewhat unnatural. "She asked me about my identity and purpose. Then, she asked me if I wanted to join the Spirit Hall. She said that as long as I joined the Spirit Hall, all my current troubles would no longer be a problem."

"Do you believe me?" Xuanming asked.

"...I don't really believe it," Zhu Zhuqing said.

"Not bad," Xuanming said.

"If you believe even this kind of nonsense, then I have nothing more to say."

Zhu Zhuqing was a little confused, "Huh?"

“Listen to her words, but don’t believe them,” Xuanming said.

"Otherwise, you wouldn't even know when you've been sold."

"Aren't you... together?" Zhu Zhuqing asked in confusion.

"Who said that?" Xuanming asked.

"I'm just a beast of burden in life, and I occasionally have to do odd jobs for her, like tending to chickens and ducks."

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes were a little strange, as if she hadn't expected this seemingly cold person to speak so bluntly and bluntly.

“I won’t ask you anything about what she told you. Now, I want to ask my questions,” Xuanming said.

Do you still have any expectations for Dai Mubai?

"To be honest, it either exists or it doesn't." Zhu Zhuqing paused, then said, "It exists."

She couldn't defeat Zhu Zhuyun on her own. Now, her only hope was the fusion skill between her and Dai Mubai's martial souls, the Netherworld White Tiger.

"My second question is, do you still have any lingering feelings for Xingluo?" Xuanming asked.

"Do you want to go back?"

Zhu Zhuqing fell silent, unsure how to answer the question.

"To put it another way, if you had the ability to not have to worry about the troubles of Xingluo, would you still want to go back?" Xuanming asked.

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head. "I don't want to."

Since awakening her martial soul, she has been told that she will have to fight her sister to the death in the future, and she has no attachment to that place.

If she had the freedom to go back to that place, she wouldn't want to.

“It seems that Xingluo is nothing more than a cage of constraints for you. In that case, let’s get back to business,” Xuanming said.

“I know you and Dai Mubai have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which is indeed a great help. But you have seen Dai Mubai’s current state. He is vulnerable and has no fighting spirit. If you want to rely on him to fight against Zhu Zhuyun, you should know how much chance you have of winning.”

Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip, her expression somewhat gloomy. "I know, but I have no other choice but him."

“I do have a choice, and it’s not that I can’t help you, but…” Xuanming paused.

"Why should I help you?"

"Give me a reason, and what can you offer me?"

Zhu Zhuqing was slightly taken aback, lowered her head, and didn't know how to answer the question.

She can barely take care of herself, so how can she guarantee anything for others? What can she possibly offer them?
Why should anyone believe a promise that's so vague and unrealistic?

"It's getting late, you should go back and rest," Xuanming said.

"I'll answer whenever I have an idea; I'm not in a hurry."

“…Mm.” Zhu Zhuqing responded and turned to leave the room.

The door had just closed when the Ice Dragon King floated out. "Brother, what you're saying sounds familiar, doesn't it?"

Xuanming had told her that when he was taken to the Papal Palace, the female pope asked him the same question.

“Her current situation is similar to mine back then,” Xuanming said.

"I see." The Ice Dragon King understood.

Xuanming is also cold-hearted, calm, and taciturn. Although he is aloof, he is not unapproachable. If you had to describe him, he is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

This little girl does resemble Xuanming quite a bit.

Even if we don't say we share the same plight, we certainly appreciate each other.

"However, how do you plan to help her?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

"Aren't there still quite a few things at the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire?" Xuanming said.

The Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King are the true owners of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Several years ago, the Ice Dragon King declared his sovereignty. He owns all those immortal herbs. Dugu Bo is at most a gardener.

Four years ago, Yue Guan took Hu Liena to Tian Dou City to see him. He asked about the information on those flowers and plants, and Yue Guan gave it to him directly.

In the past few years, he only gave Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling some things according to the information on that document, and most of the things were left untouched.

Dugu Bo, on the other hand, was ordered by the Ice Dragon King to collect many rare flowers and herbs and plant them in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Seeing how honest Dugu Bo was, the Ice Dragon King taught him a few things as well. After all, he was a former god and a dragon king, so he was knowledgeable and experienced. Solving a little bit of ordinary poison was not a difficult task for him.

"What about the High Priestess?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

"Give her something sometime; it would be a way of repaying the kindness we showed her back then."

"Give it to her? Give her what?" Xuanming asked.

"She's already at level 99, those flowers and plants are useless to her."

"Let me see if I can get her a soul bone."

The Eight Spider Lances—that thing should be quite suitable for Bibi Dong. Let's see if we can find an opportunity to get it.

(End of this chapter)