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

Chapter 74 Because You're Not Human
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What happened to you inside?

After being rebuked a few times, Dugu Bo confirmed that the person in front of him was indeed Xuanming.

After all, only this kid has that kind of serious way of roasting people.

"I took a nap." Xuanming put on his clothes, which didn't fit him very well.

"With such a loud commotion from the spring, how could you not know anything?" Dugu Bo asked with some suspicion.

Xuanming paused. "Do you want to hear the truth, or a lie?"

Dugu Bo narrowed his eyes. "The truth."

"The truth cannot be told," Xuanming said.

The Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King took refuge in the two dragons on his back. The Fire Dragon King didn't say anything, but the Ice Dragon King did try to fool him for a while.

It is said that they were originally gods in heaven, but due to an accident, they fell to the mortal world. Now they have met him, a person destined for them. If he can pass the test, he can obtain the Dragon King's inheritance.

However, he couldn't tell anyone about this.

"You shouldn't have gotten anything dirty on you, right?" Dugu Bo asked.

Xuanming's eyes twitched slightly. Before he could speak, the black dragon to his right rear flashed with an icy blue light. The next instant, a dragon breath carrying terrifying freezing power suddenly spewed out!

Dugu Bo was startled and quickly dodged away.

The dragon's breath was like a surging glacier; wherever it passed, the air condensed into tiny ice crystals, and the ground was instantly frozen into a thick layer of ice.

Although Dugu Bo dodged the attack, the bone-chilling cold still made him shiver involuntarily.

“Watch your voice when you speak,” Xuanming said.

"Otherwise, you might die."

The Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King are both dead. Most of their remaining power is contained in the dragon bones at the bottom of the spring. The dragon soul and the dragon bones are fused together, and can still unleash demigod-level power.

Although the two Dragon Kings only possessed his dragon soul, if he were truly angered, the power contained within them would be more than enough to kill an ordinary Title Douluo.

"This junior has been rude." Dugu Bo bowed slightly, feeling a little guilty.

Upon hearing this, the Ice Dragon King did not do anything further. The terrifying icy power slowly dissipated, and the power of the dragon soul also subsided.

Dugu Bo breathed a sigh of relief, then glared at Xuanming with extreme resentment, "Why didn't you say so sooner?"

The legend of the real dragon is actually true!

Moreover, the remnant soul of that true dragon actually resided in this kid's body!

The pressure he just felt—if the other party really wanted to kill him, it wouldn't be impossible!
“They won’t let me say,” Xuanming said.

Dugu Bo's eye twitched. "Them?"

"Could there be more?"

"..."

Xuanming remained silent, while Dugu Bo's expression grew increasingly complex.

Yes, this ice and fire pool has two attributes. The first one was extremely cold, which allowed it to coexist with the other. The second one must also be extremely hot at the same level!
The souls of two true dragons?
Has this kid really had a stroke of good luck?
“By the way, I’ll be leaving for a while,” Xuanming said.

"Leave?" Dugu Bo was taken aback.

"where to?"

"Don't ask me that. I have to go out for a bit anyway," Xuanming said.

The Ice Dragon King said she sensed a familiar power in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest and asked him to go there now so she could confirm it.

It's unclear whether the Ice Dragon King was referring to the sleeping Silver Dragon King or the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.

……

Without hesitation, Dugu Bo left Sunset Forest and arranged a carriage for Xuanming, without asking where he was going or what he was doing.

As for safety, with two dragon souls present, Xuanming is unlikely to encounter any danger.

"When we get to the Star Dou Great Forest, you're not going to kill me, are you?"

Halfway there, Xuanming suddenly asked a question.

"Kill you? Why?" the Ice Dragon King asked, puzzled.

“Didn’t you say that there might be your kin over there?” Xuanming said.

The Ice Dragon King snorted lightly, his dragon soul fluctuations carrying a hint of disdain: "Although I mentioned that there might be some of our kind, so what? Since I said I would choose you as my successor, I will not abandon you until you are unable to shoulder the responsibility or die in misfortune."

"As for my fellow clansmen, I am still a senior of the Dragon Clan. Even if I am just a remnant soul, they still have to show me some respect."

"I hope so." Xuanming was still somewhat uncertain.

Seeing that Xuanming was hesitant, the hazy phantom of the Ice Dragon King emerged and hovered in front of him. "If you don't trust me, why did you come?" "I was afraid you would kill me," Xuanming said.

"So, you don't believe what I'm saying about the inheritance?" The Ice Dragon King was somewhat displeased.

As the Dragon King, who would dare to doubt whether she was telling the truth?

The noble Dragon King would never stoop to such methods!
“I have some bad luck. Every time something good happens, bad luck inevitably follows,” Xuanming said.

"So, I really can't believe that such a good thing as inheriting the legacy of a strong person would fall into my lap."

"Bad luck?" The Ice Dragon King asked, somewhat puzzled.

"tell me the story."

Xuanming paused, "Which part do you want to hear?"

“Let’s start from the beginning,” said the Ice Dragon King.

“Start from the beginning…” Xuan thought for a moment, then began to speak from the beginning.

He never proactively talks about his past with others because he doesn't think it's worth mentioning. Besides, his past isn't something he'd particularly feel comfortable talking about; he doesn't even want to recall it himself. If he did, others would just think he was playing the victim.

But he was just stating the facts; he didn't feel anything was wrong with it, perhaps because he was used to it, or perhaps because he was numb to it.

Many people say he is a pessimistic person, but he thinks he is quite optimistic and cheerful.

He is optimistic; no matter how unlucky he is, he still has hope for tomorrow and is never pessimistic.

Sunlight... at least it's not gloomy.

"What an unlucky kid..."

After hearing Xuanming's self-introduction, the Ice Dragon King felt a pang of pity.

Although she has lived for countless years, she has spent almost all of them cultivating and becoming stronger, and with the help of the Dragon God, she doesn't seem to have experienced any bad luck.

But this child has only lived for such a short time, and his life has already been full of hardships!

What a disaster!
Having had such an unfortunate experience, it's understandable that she wouldn't believe what she said.

"Do you really think I'm unlucky?" Xuanming asked.

“Isn’t that so?” said the Ice Dragon King.

"I feel alright, at least I'm still alive," Xuanming said.

"After all, the truly unlucky people are long dead."

“I am still alive, I still have a chance to change things, I can still see tomorrow’s sun, I can still eat good food, and there are still people who care about me, instead of being ignored and lying on the roadside as a rotting, stinking corpse.”

"Aren't you being a little too optimistic?" the Ice Dragon King asked strangely.

Having been through so much, she couldn't see a trace of gloom in this child's heart; he was genuinely optimistic! Not just saying it!
“Optimistic…actually, I wasn’t always this optimistic,” Xuanming said.

"But then I realized that I was already so unlucky, if I didn't take a more optimistic approach, I probably wouldn't have survived."

"I always say I'm not good at deceiving myself, but actually... I think I'm quite good at it."

"When you're down on your luck, try to think positively and cheer yourself up. Don't make things worse for yourself."

"When you're lucky, think about the worst-case scenario to avoid getting carried away and then misfortune strikes again."

"..."

"Have you told anyone else about these things?" the Ice Dragon King asked.

“No, I don’t talk about these things with people,” Xuanming said.

"Why?" the Ice Dragon King asked, puzzled.

“Human hearts are treacherous. If I say this, those people will only think I’m being pretentious, pretending to be magnanimous. Some guys might even deliberately make things worse for me, trying to drive me completely insane. Then they can point at me in my madness and say, ‘Look, this person’s true colors have been revealed,’” Xuanming said.

"Feigning compassion to lament those who have fallen, while simultaneously eager to kick down those desperately trying to climb up."

"Push someone who wants to live to the brink of death, and when they really want to die, and they really die... then pretend to want them to live again."

Xuanming took a deep breath to calm himself down. "It's not that I don't want to talk, it's just that I don't want to gamble. What kind of people are listening to me?"

"Then...why are you willing to tell me all this?" The Ice Dragon King had a sliver of expectation.

"Could it be..."

“Because you are not human,” Xuanming said.

"..."

"what???"

(End of this chapter)