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

Chapter 18 The Bodyguard Who Never Sleeps

……

As night fell, and given the events of the day and the absence of Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan and Xuanming stayed overnight at Ye Lan's house.

"What is this doing?"

After stretching his body in the courtyard, Xuanming returned to the room Ye Lingling had arranged for him and looked at the large wooden tub in the room with a puzzled expression.

"Let's take a bath," Dugu Yan said.

"Take a bath?" Xuanming frowned slightly.

"Don't you live across the street?"

“I’m not washing it, I’m washing it for you,” Dugu Yan said.

"I wanted to tell you when Grandpa brought you back, but I thought we should eat first, and then this happened."

Xuanming did look rather disheveled; he wasn't exactly dirty, but he wasn't exactly clean either.

Especially his black robe, which was obviously just a hastily altered adult's clothes, and because of the presence of the two dragons, two holes were cut out in the back, making it look rather strange.

Objectively speaking, it's no wonder that the brain-dead prince mistook Xuanming for a slave during the day.

However, misunderstanding is one thing, but to try to take action after she denied it is another matter entirely!
"What are you standing there for? Take off your clothes and get in." After adjusting the water temperature, Dugu Yan urged Xuanming to get into the water.

"Aren't you going out?" Xuanming asked.

"What would I do outside? I still need to give you a bath," Dugu Yan said.

Xuanming frowned slightly. "Thank you, but I can wash myself. You don't need to trouble yourself."

Dugu Yan raised an eyebrow. "Are you shy?"

She felt something was off during the day; he was clearly just a six-year-old child, but he spoke and acted like a little adult.

The phrase "men and women should not touch each other" in particular really made her laugh.

How could a six-year-old child have such a concept as the separation of men and women?
"..."

"Okay, okay, you can wash it yourself."

Seeing that the two black dragons behind Xuanming were starting to show their coldness again, Dugu Yan didn't dare to force the issue any further.

If she were to forcibly strip Xuanming naked and throw him into the water, his twin dragons would suddenly go berserk and bite her, which would be quite embarrassing.

……

The next morning.

dong dong!

"Xuanming? Are you awake?"

"Xuan Ming?"

Having received no response, Dugu Yan opened the door and walked in, only to find the bed empty.

Turning around, I saw that Xuanming was still in the bucket.

Did this guy soak in the water all night?
Thinking of this, Dugu Yan tiptoed over, but just as she got less than a meter away from the wooden barrel, the black dragon that had been lying on Xuanming's right shoulder with its eyes closed suddenly opened its eyes and lunged at Dugu Yan.

"what!!!"

The screams were particularly loud in the early morning, attracting Ye Lan and Ye Lingling, who ran over.

"what happened……"

Before Ye Lan and the other person could finish speaking, they saw Dugu Yan, who had fallen to the ground in fright, the black dragon that had emerged from the wooden tub and was suspended in mid-air, staring straight at her, and Xuan Ming, who had been awakened by the scream and poked his head out of the wooden tub.

Soon, Ye Lan filled in the blanks in her mind about what had just happened.

It must have been Dugu Yan sneaking up on the sleeping Xuanming, which disturbed the black dragon.

"You silly girl, didn't I already tell you that his Black Dragon Martial Soul is unstable?" Ye Lan said helplessly.

Even Xuanming himself could be attacked, let alone others?
"I...I just wanted to check on him." Dugu Yan was still a little scared.

"And he was still asleep, how could I have imagined that these two dragons were actually awake."

It bit right off!
It's still aimed at her neck!

They're going to kill me!

"A martial spirit is supported by soul power, so the concept of it sleeping or not sleeping doesn't exist," Ye Lan said. "Your martial spirit can sleep, can it?"

Dugu Yan looked bewildered. "Then doesn't that mean he has two bodyguards who work tirelessly and are absolutely loyal?"

"Working tirelessly without sleep is true, but unwavering loyalty is another matter," Ye Lan said.

This was the first time she had ever seen Xuanming in this condition; she had never even heard of it before, and she had no idea what kind of problems it might cause.

……

After the farce, Xuanming also came out of the wooden tub and put on the black robe he had worn before.

Actually, he had just woken up; otherwise, if the black dragon had really attacked, Dugu Yan, who was unprepared, could have been in real trouble.

This whole thing was meant to remind Dugu Yan, otherwise it would be awkward if he really fell asleep next time and Dugu Yan sneaked in to cause trouble again.

You should know that his black dragon dared to bite even Dugu Bo!

"Are you thinking about spirit rings?"

Seeing Xuanming sitting on the stone stool, looking preoccupied, Ye Lan walked over.

"Mm." Xuanming nodded.

“Your situation is a bit special, you have twin martial souls, I don’t know what to do either,” Ye Lan said.

"I don't know what kind of spirit beast's spirit ring to absorb, or which spirit to apply the spirit ring to first. Let's wait for Dugu Bo to come back and see what he has to say."

"His Azure Phosphorous Serpent King is also a special dragon-type martial soul. His ideas about your cultivation are definitely better than mine."

Twin martial souls are extremely rare. As far as she knows, only three people, including Xuanming, have had them in the last hundred years.

She had met one of the owners of twin martial souls decades ago. That person cultivated very quickly by attaching soul rings to both martial souls at the same time. However, it was later rumored that that person was burst when absorbing martial souls, similar to the twin martial soul owners of the past.

As for the other owner of twin martial souls, it is Bibi Dong, the current Pope of the Spirit Hall. It is rumored that she has solved the problem of cultivating twin martial souls.

Xuanming not only possesses twin martial souls, but also a special martial soul mutation, so she dared not say anything casually.

This kid was brought back by Dugu Bo, so let that old poisoner worry about him himself.

"Are you very familiar with Senior Dugu?" Xuanming asked.

"Medicine and poison are inseparable. The Nine Heart Begonia lineage is passed down through a single line, and it can be considered a family friend of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent lineage," Ye Lan said.

"He contacted me about his son's situation, but unfortunately..."

Although the Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul possesses miraculous healing power, it is completely helpless against poisoning.

Dugu Bo, the supreme master of poisons, couldn't save his own son. And who knows what the future holds for Dugu Yan...

"Grandma Lan, we're taking Xuanming out to buy things. Can you come with us?" Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling ran over.

She was still a little traumatized by what happened yesterday, and she was somewhat panicked if she were to take Xuanming out alone.

"Buy something?" Ye Lan came back to her senses.

“Yes, do you think his clothes are appropriate?” Dugu Yan said.

Ye Lan glanced at Xuan Ming, "It's time to get dressed up. Let's go."

……

Without further ado, led by Ye Lan, Dugu Yan and her group arrived at the tailor shop.

After all, given Xuanming's physique, the only way to get suitable clothes is through custom-made ones.

Upon seeing the tailor shop owner with such a peculiar appearance for the first time, Ye Lan explained the situation and came forward to take Xuan Ming's measurements.

"Senior Ye, Lingling, Yanzi, what a coincidence."

Just as Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were helping the proprietress measure Xuanming, the eldest prince Xue Qinghe led a group of entourage in.

"The Crown Prince?" Ye Lan was somewhat surprised, but quickly realized the reason.

This is no coincidence. Yesterday's incident involved Prince Bars of the Barak Kingdom and offended Dugu Bo. If it is not handled properly, it will have a very bad impact on the relationship between the Tiandou royal family and the Barak Kingdom.

Dugu Bo is unaware of this matter and is not in Tiandou City. The First Prince clearly wants to try to suppress the matter by exerting some pressure on Dugu Yan first.

Otherwise, if this matter were to reach Dugu Bo's ears, then Bals would definitely die without a burial place!

(End of this chapter)