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

Chapter 108 Old and Dilapidated

……

After dinner, the previously tense atmosphere completely relaxed.

Arou and Xiaowu's feelings for Xuanming were strange. They didn't regard him as an enemy. After all, back in the Star Dou Great Forest, if Xuanming hadn't intervened, they would probably have been killed by the Title Douluo of the Spirit Hall.

But to say that they would be willing to give up their lives without hesitation would be a lie.

Furthermore, Xuanming's use of the safety of Da Ming and Er Ming to threaten them made their feelings towards him quite complicated.

I can't see him as an enemy, nor can I treat him as a friend.

I can't bring myself to hate him, nor can I bring myself to like him.

"My name is Xiao Wu, the 'Wu' in 'dancing'. What's yours?"

While Xuanming and Arou got up to talk to each other, Xiaowu, who was sitting in the same spot, also started making friends.

She is as cold as Xuanming, but also quite different from him.

Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Xiao Wu and said calmly, "Zhu Zhuqing."

“You and him…” Xiao Wu glanced in the direction of Xuan Ming, then moved closer to Zhu Zhuqing and lowered her voice.

"How did we meet?"

Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment, "It was a chance encounter; we've only known each other for a few days."

"A few days?" Xiao Wu looked bewildered, her eyes wide. "He didn't threaten you?"

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was somewhat unnatural. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Threatened? You were threatened by him too?"

"You too?" Xiao Wu looked puzzled, a slight smile playing on her lips. "You too."

"I..." Zhu Zhuqing wanted to explain, but for a moment she didn't know how to explain.

She was indeed threatened, but it wasn't Xuanming who threatened her.

The person who threatened her warned her not to mention her to anyone.

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's hesitant expression, Xiao Wu assumed she had something difficult to say, so she patted her shoulder and said with an understanding look, "I understand. Did he bully you again?"

Zhu Zhuqing quickly shook her head and said, "No."

"No?" Xiao Wu asked doubtfully, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"Did he use that dead man's white light to oppress you?"

"Dead man's white light?" Zhu Zhuqing was taken aback, quickly searching her mind for this unfamiliar term.

"You mean... his underworld?"

"You still say he didn't bully you?" Xiao Wu looked like she had discovered the truth.

"I knew it, he'd still be the same!"

"Or?" Zhu Zhuqing's eyes looked somewhat unnatural.

"He...does he often bully you?"

"It wasn't that he bullied me all the time, but there was a period when we were little when he beat me every day. You have no idea how badly he beat me; my butt was always swollen," Xiao Wu said indignantly.

"Especially his deathly white light, it always makes me think I'm about to die."

"I see..." Zhu Zhuqing roughly understood what Xiao Wu meant.

The white light of death, Xuanming's peculiar domain does indeed give people the feeling of impending death, but only for a moment. If one is prepared in advance, one will only feel a sense of oppression and suppression of strength. If one is unprepared, as long as one unleashes one's soul power in time, one can escape from that eerie stillness.

However, if one stays in that area indefinitely...

……

"good friend……"

After questioning, Xuanming learned roughly about Arou and Xiaowu's situation over the years, as well as their relationship with Tang San.

"Then come over here..."

“Xiao San has a teacher at Notting Academy. That teacher recommended that he and Xiao Wu come to Shrek Academy here. Xiao Wu likes lively places, and she wouldn’t be used to going to other intermediate soul master academies where she wouldn’t know anyone. So she came here with Tang San to take a look,” Arou said.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, she might be disappointed," Xuanming said.

"That Shrek Academy is really run-down."

"Broken?" Arou was taken aback.

"It's hard to describe how bad it is. You probably won't believe it when I tell you. You'll see when you get there," Xuanming said.

Although he hadn't been there, he had learned some information about Shrek Academy from the staff at the Soto Grand Hotel.

Three words: old, dilapidated, and small. One word: poor.

It wasn't just that the academy itself was poor; it was also because Shrek Academy's Dean Flander rejected investment from the Barak Kingdom's royal family, making him unpopular with the royal family. Naturally, other soul master academies also competed to exclude him, resulting in the academy becoming increasingly poor.

……

As night deepened and it became increasingly late, Arou took Xiaowu and bid farewell to Xuanming, returning to their hotel.

"Let's take a rest tonight, no more training," Xuanming said.

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head, "No need, I'm not tired..."

"I'm tired, I need to rest," Xuanming said.

Zhu Zhuqing was taken aback, "Oh..."

"Get some rest," Xuanming said.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you to Shrek."

“Shrek…” Zhu Zhuqing’s expression was somewhat unnatural.

“I won’t interfere in your affairs. Besides, I also have some things to attend to,” Xuanming said.

To lure Tang Hao out, we need an excuse; otherwise, he won't even know where that guy is.

When Zhao Wuji bullied Tang San, Tang Hao was watching from the shadows. If that's the case, if he were to beat up Tang San, he should be able to lure Tang Hao out.

If all else fails, we'll have to rely on small keepsakes.

After all, he's studied at Yuexuan for so many years, and his relationship with Tang Yuehua should be able to lure Tang Hao out...

……

The next morning.

Arou and her group left Soto City early and headed towards Shrek Academy outside the city.

"Xiao Wu, where did you and Aunt Rou go last night?" Tang San asked.

"Let's go see that three-headed dragon from during the day," Xiao Wu said.

"A three-headed dragon?" Tang San was taken aback, but quickly realized what he meant.

Behind that person were two strange black dragons, which should be some kind of special beast spirit mutation.

“But weren’t you afraid of him during the day?” Tang San said.

"how……"

He secretly followed her last night, and with the powerful night vision of his Purple Demon Eyes, he saw that Xiao Wu was having a great time at the Soto Hotel, without any of the panic she had during the day.

"Well... my relationship with him is a bit complicated," Xiao Wu said, finding it difficult to describe.

"Anyway, he's not a bad person, you don't need to worry."

Xuanming has just acquired his fourth spirit ring, and he already has plans for his fifth and sixth spirit rings. He won't need them until at least his seventh spirit ring, so for now, she and her mother are safe.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Where's Shrek Academy?" Xiao Wu's gaze wandered over the vast farmland around them.

"The teacher said we can see it not far from the south gate of Soto City," Tang San said.

"When I went shopping yesterday afternoon, I met a shop owner who said the same thing, so it should be true."

"Could it be over there?" Arou pointed to a small village not far away.

The village was not large, and there was a wooden fence around it, probably to keep out wild animals. There were also quite a few people gathered at the entrance of the village.

Tang San glanced at the village in the distance. "Let's ask. Since it's a Soul Master Academy, it should be quite famous in this area."

……

On the other side, Xuanming, who had just left Soto City, encountered an old acquaintance.

"Brother Xuanming? What are you doing here?"

Ning Rongrong looked at Xuan Ming with some surprise.

Xuanming's appearance is so unique that there is no way he wouldn't be recognized.

"The Royal Fighting Team is out training and challenging the Great Soul Arenas in various places. I'm going to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Soul Rings, and I'll stop by to wait for them," Xuanming said.

"what are you doing here?"

"I..." Ning Rongrong felt a little guilty and was too embarrassed to tell him that she had run away from home.

Xuanming will definitely scold her!

Xuanming's insults are really hurtful!

(End of this chapter)