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

Chapter 5 Meditation Practice
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Under the threat of the Nine-Section Jadeite, Xuanming acted as Dugu Bo requested.

First, they went to the nearby river to fetch water and start a fire. Then, following Dugu Bo's instructions, they poured in all sorts of random medicines to boil.

Before we knew it, it got dark.

After a day of interaction, Xuanming also noticed Dugu Bo's abnormality. He was seriously injured and had been in a state of healing by circulating his internal energy. He couldn't even stand up.

The medicine he was asked to brew was probably meant to speed up the recovery from the injury.

"call!"

After taking a bowl of medicine and another hour of internal energy cultivation, Dugu Bo's injuries seemed to have improved significantly.

"Give me one." Dugu Bo looked at Xuanming, who was squatting by the campfire grilling fish.

Xuanming looked at the eight fish he had finally managed to catch on the grill. After thinking for a moment, he picked up the smallest one and handed it to Dugu Bo.

"Look at how stingy you are, it's not like I'm not going to pay you." Dugu Bo raised his hand and grabbed the largest fish from a distance.

Xuanming didn't say anything, sat back down, and continued grilling his fish.

"Pah!" Dugu Bo took only one bite and then spat it out.

What are you baking?

"The big fish isn't cooked yet." Xuanming ate the small fish in his hand while turning the big fish on the makeshift grill.

Dugu Bo frowned. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You stole it yourself, how could I dare to say anything?" Xuanming said.

Dugu Bo's expression froze for a moment. "Give me a cooked one."

Xuanming took a grilled small fish and handed it to Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo tentatively took a bite, "It's hard to swallow."

Despite saying that, he swallowed it down.

Neither of them spoke again, and they ate on their own. Before long, the fish on the grill was all gone.

Most of them ended up in Xuanming's stomach. Ever since the Black Dragon Martial Soul was fully awakened, his appetite has been growing. These eight fish were only meant to fill his stomach, but now Dugu Bo was going to take half of them.

"Can I leave now?" Xuanming asked.

"Break three more doses of medicine tomorrow, and then you can leave." Dugu Bo closed his eyes and continued to circulate his internal energy to heal his injuries.

"Are you a Soul Master?" Xuanming asked.

"I am Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo," Dugu Bo said calmly.

"Oh."

"..."

Dugu Bo opened his eyes and, seeing Xuan Ming's unresponsive expression, felt inexplicably annoyed. "Haven't you heard of my name?"

“I’ve heard of it, Poison Douluo. Didn’t you just say that?” Xuanming said.

Dugu Bo was taken aback, then closed his eyes again, not wanting to pay any attention to this country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

"You got beaten up?" Xuanming asked.

“There are two of them, and I am no match for them,” Dugu Bo said.

"Why did they hit you?" Xuanming asked.

"Did you provoke them?"

"Hmph!" Dugu Bo snorted coldly, and an invisible wave of soul power suddenly spread out, almost extinguishing the campfire.

"I am an old man who lives a carefree life and hardly cares about worldly affairs, so why would I provoke them?"

"They're the ones who caused me trouble!"

"Oh." Xuanming added some wood to the fire.

To be able to beat Dugu Bo like this, especially in a two-on-one situation, it must be Yue Guan and Gui Mei from the Spirit Hall...

wrong!

Xuanming glanced at Dugu Bo subconsciously.

He remembered that Dugu Bo was a man who was unyielding to both soft and hard tactics, narrow-minded, and ruthless in his actions, always eliminating any potential threats. He had no regard for face, did not mind bullying the weak, and his first reaction to anyone who threatened him was to kill them.

In the original novel, if Tang San hadn't had Tang Hao as his father, he would have been killed by Dugu Bo long ago.

Now, this old poison master is being hunted by Yue Guan and Gui Mei, and is seriously injured. Would he risk revealing his whereabouts by letting him leave alive? After thinking for a moment, Xuan Ming tentatively asked, "Senior, you are a Soul Master. Can you teach me cultivation?"

Dugu Bo slightly raised his left eyelid and glanced at Xuan Ming. "You have level ten soul power, but you don't know how to cultivate?"

Xuanming shook his head. "No."

"You don't know?" Dugu Bo opened his eyes.

"You just awakened?"

"Mm." Xuanming nodded.

Dugu Bo paused for a moment, then said, "Come here."

Xuanming got up somewhat nervously and walked over.

Dugu Bo suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Xuanming's wrist. After sensing it, his expression changed.

His bone age is just right, but his soul power circulation is clumsy, indicating that he has indeed never cultivated.

Innate level 10 full soul power?
Thinking of this, Dugu Bo's gaze towards Xuan Ming carried a different meaning. "Where are you from?"

“Olay City, White Feather Village,” Xuanming said.

"Outlet City?" Dugu Bo frowned slightly.

"It's at least a three-day walk from here to Aolai City. How did you, someone who just awakened your martial soul, end up here?"

“I’ve been sold,” Xuanming said.

"Just escaped."

"Sell?" Dugu Bo raised an eyebrow.

"Talk about it."

Xuanming sat down and briefly told Dugu Bo about what had happened since he awakened his martial spirit.

"Two thousand gold soul coins?" Dugu Bo couldn't help but laugh.

"Do you think it's funny that I was sold?" Xuanming asked.

“I’m laughing at that Spirit Hall patrol officer for not recognizing your worth. With your looks, you’d be worth at least 200,000 gold soul coins at the Imperial City auction house, but he sold you for a paltry 2,000 gold soul coins,” Dugu Bo said.

"However, it's normal for people in remote, rural areas not to recognize the value of goods."

When a martial spirit awakens, the body mutates and takes on a different appearance from ordinary people. This probability is extremely low. Therefore, such people are like rare treasures that can be collected and shown off.

This kid's martial soul mutation is so unique, and his appearance is also top-notch; he can definitely fetch a good price.

Xuanming looked at Dugu Bo speechlessly, "You wouldn't be thinking of selling me out too, would you?"

"As a titled Douluo, I am not worthy of the attention of worldly money and possessions, but..." Dugu Bo carefully examined Xuanming.

He is indeed good-looking and talented. Even when faced with such a dangerous situation, he can still think of sowing discord to find a way out for himself. He is also quite intelligent.

While the part about him killing a Grand Soul Master is somewhat exaggerated, it's not impossible.

Yanzi isn't young anymore, although she's a few years older than this kid. If we take her back and raise her now...

“Learn my posture, sit cross-legged,” Dugu Bo said.

Xuanming obediently did as instructed.

"Close your eyes, clear your mind, concentrate, and feel the flow of soul power within your body," Dugu Bo said.

"And then?" Xuanming asked.

"Concentrate your mind, guide the flow of soul power, and accelerate it," Dugu Bo said.

Xuanming concentrated his mind and, as Dugu Bo had instructed, focused his will to guide and accelerate the flow of soul power within his body.

"Nothing has changed."

"It's your first time, what's the rush?" Dugu Bo said.

"Concentrate your mind on one point and guide your soul power to flow throughout your body."

"Soul power will flow along the meridians in your body, but some meridians are either fragile or narrow. It will be very difficult for soul power to pass through these places. Once you encounter them, you have to go around them. Otherwise, if you are not careful, it will cause damage to the meridians."

"Everyone's martial soul is different, and the innate soul power flow path is also different. When circulating soul power, you should rely on the feeling of your martial soul to circulate it. For beginners, that is the easiest way. Don't change the path randomly, unless you want your soul power to clash, your meridians to flow backward, and your body to explode and die!"

"Furthermore, if you take a shortcut at a fork in the road and end up back at the fork, then choose a different direction from that fork until you find the path that can flow through your entire body. This is the most basic meditation training for a Soul Master."

(End of this chapter)