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

Chapter 127 It’s mine now
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“I’ve finished my business and I’m leaving now. What about you?” Xuanming looked at Arou.

“It’s been many years since I’ve been back. I plan to take Xiaowu back to see Daming and Erming,” Arou said.

"Then I'll be going now, see you in Soto City." Xuanming turned to leave, but after only a few steps, he turned back.

"Can you find Xiaowu? Or should I take you back?"

Arou paused for a moment, "If we can find it, there's no need to bother."

"Then goodbye." Xuanming activated his soul power, took flight, and quickly disappeared into the forest.

Arou watched Xuanming's departing figure, her feelings a mix of emotions.

If only this guy had been more ruthless, so she could hate him with a clear conscience...

"Hmm?" Arou turned around, about to meet Xiaowu, when Xuanming, who had left, suddenly flew back.

"what happened?"

Xuanming hesitated for a moment, "Why don't you... lead the way for me?"

Arou was slightly taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh, "You still can't find your way around?"

Xuanming's expression froze for a moment. "I'm not a local."

Without navigation or a map, he really couldn't understand how those Soul Masters found their way after entering the Star Dou Great Forest.

Moreover, this awful forest is so vast that he has no idea where he is.

……

After sending Xuanming out of the Star Dou Great Forest, Arou went back to find Xiaowu.

The Shrek Academy staff are probably looking for Tang San's third spirit ring right now, which will take at least several more days.

"Where do you plan to go next?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

"We can't just sit here and wait for the Royal Fighting Team, can we?"

“At their pace, it will take them at least several more months to get here. I can’t wait that long,” Xuanming said.

The Royal Fighting Team started from Heaven Dou City and traveled to the Great Soul Arena of various cities in the Heaven Dou Empire to take on challenges. They would stay in each place for a period of time. Soto City was on the border, and according to the plan given by Qin Ming when they set off, it was their last stop.

"So you plan to return to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

Xuanming looked eastward and said, "I plan to go to Wuhun City."

"Wuhun City? You plan to give this to the female pope right now?" the Ice Dragon King said.

“The soul bone is just a side effect; besides… I also need to balance the current situation,” Xuanming said.

"Qian Renxue's patience with me is almost exhausted. I need to get Bibi Dong to help me pull her back."

According to the Ice Dragon King's prediction, the special environment of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well would have little effect on his cultivation after he reached level 70.

Moreover, once he reaches level 70, Qian Renxue will definitely not tolerate him anymore.

Leaving is inevitable, but not now.

To prevent Qian Renxue from losing patience with him too quickly or taking action against him prematurely, it's still necessary to use Bibi Dong to keep him in check, just for safety's sake.

……

Wuhun City.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Xuan Ming found a carriage and headed this way.

Eight years have passed since I followed Qian Renxue to Tiandou City.

Over the years, Bibi Dong would send Yue Guan to the Spirit Temple in Tian Dou City under the guise of official business almost every year to check on him. Occasionally, she would also bring Hu Liena along to inquire about his situation.

Bibi Dong met him in person three years ago at the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament held in Tiandou City.

After all, Qian Renxue's possessiveness towards him was too strong, and Bibi Dong would not risk conflict with Qian Daoliu by competing with Qian Renxue for this matter.

As far as Bibi Dong is concerned, as long as he doesn't get mixed up with Qian Renxue, that's fine. If there were some conflicts between them, that would be even more perfect.

Given his less-than-harmonious relationship with Qian Renxue over the years, Bibi Dong was quite satisfied with him.

Of course, if he really got too close to Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong might find a chance to get rid of him at any time. He can't be too close to anyone, nor can he be too far away…

Upon entering Wuhun City, Xuanming concealed himself beneath a black robe and headed straight for the Papal Palace.

On the surface, he is ultimately someone who stands by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's side. His sudden arrival in Wuhun City without a word is bound to arouse suspicion, so it's better to keep a low profile.

Moreover, he wasn't actually bad at directions; he could remember any route he had taken just once. But in a godforsaken place like the Star Dou Great Forest, there were no signs at all, and he didn't have much experience with forests. In the past, when he was in the Sunset Forest, he either had Dugu Bo to lead the way or relied on the Ice Dragon King's senses of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to directly locate and navigate.

"Halt! This is forbidden territory! Take another step closer and you will be killed without mercy!"

Upon seeing Xuanming, who was clad in black robes and whose face was obscured, the hundred palace guards in front of the hall raised their longswords and watched him warily.

Xuanming stopped in his tracks, took out the papal decree, and casually tossed it to the guard at the front.

The guard was slightly taken aback, but after seeing the pattern clearly, his expression changed drastically, and he knelt on one knee, saying, "Greetings, Elder!"

Upon hearing this, the hundred Temple Knights performed the same action in unison.

"I want to see the Pope."

……

Half an hour later, Xuanming sat in a side hall of the Papal Palace, eating while waiting for Bibi Dong to arrive.

The door slowly opened, and a gentle voice sounded from outside, "No one is allowed to approach without my order."

"Yes."

Xuanming turned his head and looked at Bibi Dong, who was wearing a black robe with gold patterns. He raised the dried meat from Yuexuan in his hand and asked, "Do you want some?"

Bibi Dong walked over and sat opposite Xuan Ming. She naturally took the whole box of jerky from Xuan Ming's hand, picked up a piece and ate it. "What happened? Why did you come over without saying a word?"

"Did you argue with Qian Renxue again?"

"No, I just came to see you." Xuanming reached for the jerky, but Bibi Dong slapped his hand away.

"Huh?" Xuanming was a little confused.

"this is mine."

“Now it’s mine,” Bibi Dong said calmly.

“Childish.” Xuanming took out another box.

Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow. "How much do you have left?"

“Two boxes,” Xuanming said.

Back in Tiandou City, Tang Yuehua worried that he would eat too many snacks and not eat proper meals, so she didn't give him much.

But this time he said he would be leaving Tiandou City for a long time and would be going to the Star Dou Great Forest, so Tang Yuehua gave him all the supplies from Yuexuan to take with him.

Dried meat, preserved fruit, and all sorts of dry food, just in case he went hungry.

"Give me a box," Bibi Dong said.

"You, a pope, have the audacity to steal my food?" Xuanming said speechlessly.

"You've come all this way, didn't you even bring a gift?" Bibi Dong said.

“A gift? Yes, there is.” Xuanming took out the Eight Spider Spears and placed them on the table.

Bibi Dong's expression changed slightly. "External soul bone? Where did you get that?"

"I got it from the Human-Faced Demon Spider in the Star Dou Great Forest," Xuan Ming said.

“I already have something on my back, so I don’t need this. But since you’re also a big spider, I thought I’d give it to you as a gift.”

Bibi Dong rolled her eyes at Xuan Ming, having given up hope on his words.

Picking up the external soul bone on the table, Bibi Dong released her spiritual power to sense its condition. "Two thousand years... What a pity, I already have one..."

"External soul bones with similar attributes can be absorbed and fused, right?" Xuanming asked.

Bibi Dong's external soul bone, the Six-Winged Purple Light Wings, was produced by the Purple Winged Spider King who lived for 60,000 years. It mainly gave her the ability to fly and made up for her lack of aerial mobility, but its enhancement in combat was far less than that of the Eight Spider Spears.

(End of this chapter)