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

Chapter 70 Are you sick?

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Tiandou Royal Academy.

"Yanzi, where is Xuanming?"

Having just finished her official business, Xue Qinghe, who was preparing to take Xuanming to hunt for his second soul ring, approached Dugu Yan.

Yesterday morning, Meng Shenji from the Education Committee told him the news that Xuanming had broken through to level 20, and that a teacher would be arranged to take Xuanming to find a suitable soul ring. After receiving the news, he specially handed over his affairs for the next period of time, preparing to personally take Xuanming to hunt for soul rings.

As a result, after arriving at the academy early in the morning, he searched for a long time but couldn't find anyone!
"They went to hunt for spirit rings," Dugu Yan said.

Xue Qinghe was taken aback. "When? Who took him there?"

“Just yesterday, my grandfather came back. After learning about the situation, he took him to Sunset Forest and left at noon yesterday,” Dugu Yan said.

“I originally wanted to go, but Grandpa said that hunting for a thousand-year soul ring was too dangerous, and we didn’t know how long it would take, so he didn’t let me go.”

"Poison Douluo..." Xue Qinghe's expression was somewhat unnatural.

Having been in Tiandou City for over a year, his relationship with Xuanming had made little progress. He didn't know if it was because he had learned his lesson in Wuhun City or because Xuanming was wary of him. Whenever he brought up topics like politics, Xuanming would just listen and no longer speak his mind as before. When asked for his opinion, Xuanming would simply say he didn't understand or didn't know, either pretending to be stupid or deaf.

Only when discussing cultivation would Xuanming speak properly, and he could be considered humble and eager to learn.

He originally intended to use Qian Renxue's identity to his advantage in the matter of hunting for spirit rings, but...

"What's wrong?" Dugu Yan asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing," Xue Qinghe sighed.

“I originally planned to take him there myself, but now that Poison Douluo is helping, I feel relieved.”

"Oh, I thought His Highness the Crown Prince was upset," Dugu Yan said.

"After all, an eight-year-old Great Soul Master still seems a bit unbelievable to me."

"It is indeed somewhat unbelievable." Xue Qinghe's expression was somewhat unnatural.

Because the first spirit ring was a limit spirit ring, absorbing it brought a huge boost, which he could understand.

However, in less than two years, he increased his soul power by a full seven levels, which was truly unbelievable.

Logically speaking, Xuanming's cultivation speed should have declined due to the dangerous devouring attribute of the Blood Spear. It would be quite an achievement for him to advance two levels per year.

However, that guy had two thoughts. Since entering the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he had been working almost non-stop most of the time!

According to Serpent Spear Douluo, Xuanming seems to have directly shielded himself from mental fatigue by separating and controlling his two thoughts!

Xuanming isn't immune to fatigue; rather, he's simply forgotten how tired he is!
This method of partially blocking the memory of two thoughts is essentially manipulating one's own mind. Even titled Douluo dare not do this, because if one is not careful, it is very likely to cause memory confusion, mental instability, or even turn one into an idiot!
Even though the Pope taught Xuanming how to control his two thoughts, he was still risking his life with such limited mental strength...

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Sunset Forest.

After an unknown amount of time, Xuanming opened his eyes again. He was no longer in the forest where he was absorbing soul rings, but was lying in a treehouse.

After successfully absorbing the soul ring of the Thunder Serpent, he woke up once, but Dugu Bo suddenly knocked him unconscious again.

"Come out when you wake up."

Dugu Bo's voice rang out from outside the house.

Xuanming sat up and found that his clothes no longer fit properly, clearly indicating that the spirit ring had a significant impact on his body.

"Is there something you need?" Xuanming came out and saw Dugu Bo sitting cross-legged on a large rock with his back to him.

"You're so smart, why don't you try to guess it yourself?" Dugu Bo said without turning his head.

Xuanming paused for a moment, then said, "You want to kill me."

"Why?" Dugu Bo asked.

“Although Sunset Forest is dangerous, with you here, it won’t matter if Dugu Yan and the others come along,” Xuan Ming said.

"So, you intentionally didn't let the two of them come along."

“You’re someone who hates trouble. If we’re unlucky, searching for soul beasts could take ten days or half a month and I’d be stuck with it. You definitely don’t have that kind of patience.”

"So, you must have some ulterior motive."

“You are quite perceptive, but aren’t you afraid?” Dugu Bo said.

"In this desolate wilderness, if I were to act on a whim, you might just have to stop here."

"Don't even think about using the Spirit Hall to threaten me. You should know very well that this kind of tug-of-war you've created is only useful when the conflict is minor and there's hope for a resolution. If it involves a fight to the death, then it's meaningless."

"Do we need to fight to the death?" Xuanming asked.

“I didn’t think it was necessary before, but now…” Dugu Bo paused.

"Do you remember what I told you when we encountered Kiku-ki?"

"I initially thought that since you've been spending so much time with Yanyan, you'd let go of those things soon enough. But almost two years have passed, and I've discovered..."

Dugu Bo turned around, his eerie green eyes meeting Xuan Ming's gaze. "You seem to have changed no more."

distance!

We've known each other for almost two years now. While we don't see each other every day, we're friends who see each other quite often.

But he could see that Xuanming had never let go of that distance, whether it was towards Dugu Yan or Ye Lingling!

Dugu Yan and the others often came into contact with Xuanming and mistakenly thought it was a problem with Xuanming's personality, something they had gotten used to, but he could see it clearly.

This kid is truly like the first time we met!

Xuanming's expression remained unchanged. "What are you trying to say?"

“I’m thinking about a problem,” Dugu Bo said.

“You’re using me to play along with them because you have a grudge against them.”

"Then aren't you the same as me?"

"You're very clever; you've put yourself in the middle and shifted the blame onto the people behind you."

"I think you need to be wary of them, and they need to be wary of me just as much as you do."

"It seems like it has both sides, but in reality, it doesn't have either..."

"Are you worried that I still hold a grudge and will take revenge on you in the future?" Xuanming said.

"Won't you?" Dugu Bo asked in return.

It's been almost two years. The two children are not only inseparable from Xuanming, but they also trust him quite a bit.

However, this kid showed no affection for them whatsoever!
"If I said no, would you believe me?" Xuanming asked.

"I don't believe it," Dugu Bo said.

"Then why do you still ask?" Xuanming asked.

"Because there are some things I can't figure out," Dugu Bo said.

"Aren't Yanyan and the others good to you?"

Xuanming took a deep breath. "Since you're worried about my future revenge, why don't you take action?"

"If you had just put in a little effort while I was absorbing the spirit ring, I would have been dead long ago."

"I died from my own body exploding because I overestimated my abilities and absorbed a spirit ring beyond its age limit. That was my own fault and has nothing to do with you."

"Just like you said, the Spirit Hall would never completely break ties with you, a walking natural disaster, for the sake of a dead man like me."

"In fact, as long as you are willing to put aside your pride and forgive past grievances, I believe the Spirit Hall will definitely not refuse your joining."

"After all, to the Spirit Hall, your value is far greater than mine."

Dugu Bo looked at Xuanming and said, "It is precisely because of these things that I cannot understand why you, who clearly knows everything, don't even pretend to know anything?"

"As long as you act close to Yan Yan, I won't think much of it."

"Because I never expected that you, old man, would get so caught up in drugs that you've lost your mind," Xuanming said.

Dugu Bo's expression froze. "What do you mean?"

“Didn’t we already agree to settle our scores?” Xuanming said.

Why are you still dredging up old grievances here?

"Because you yourself have a dark side, you judge others by your own standards and think I am too?"

"A prostitute can't see a virtuous woman?"

Dugu Bo's face darkened. "Don't be so rude, kid!"

“Isn’t it because your work is ugly?” Xuanming said.

"Then why, after all this time, haven't you shown any sign of intimacy?" Dugu Bo asked.

Xuanming took a deep breath. "What counts as close?"

"Pulling and tugging, hugging and cuddling?"

"Do you know how tiring it is for my two brains to cultivate without sleep? I meditate even when I'm eating and sleeping, and I dare not delay for a moment. I also push my limits to absorb soul rings, all in order to improve as much as possible as soon as possible."

Why do you think I'm working so hard?

"I can't even control my own life, yet you come to ask me why I'm not close to Dugu Yan and the others?"

"I really... are you fucking crazy?!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)