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

Chapter 88 Returning to the Academy
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"Young Master, the person has been found!"

Not long after Qian Renxue issued the order, Serpent Spear Douluo returned to the Crown Prince's residence with news of Xuanming.

"Where was it caught?" Xue Qinghe asked.

“Uh… he came back on his own,” said Serpent Spear Douluo.

Xue Qinghe was taken aback. "You came back by yourself?"

He was missing for several months, and now he's come back on his own?
What about playing?
"Young Master, what about the Elder Hall..." Serpent Spear Douluo hesitated before speaking.

After Qian Renxue relayed the message back to Wuhun City, two elders from the Elder Hall were already on standby. As soon as the Wuhun Hall below found out about the information, they would immediately set out to arrest the person.

"Send the message back, no need for now." Xue Qinghe stood up.

"Where are they?"

"The Heavenly Dou Royal Academy is located just outside the city."

……

Meanwhile, Xuanming, who had returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy after several months, went straight to the cafeteria.

If there's anything in Tiandou City that he truly cherishes, besides a few friends, it's only the food.

"Eat slowly, don't choke."

Upon receiving the news, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling rushed over immediately. Seeing Xuan Ming's stronger but obviously thinner body, they felt somewhat sorry for him.

They spent almost two years raising Xuanming to be plump and healthy, but he's lost so much weight in the last few months!
How many meals must they have gone hungry outside?
Xuanming ate for almost half an hour before finally stopping.

He really hadn't eaten much during that time, because the food on the road was really unpalatable, and he was busy running away from Tang Hao, traveling back almost day and night.

In addition, the Ice Dragon King would occasionally half-possess him and carry him for a while, and relying on his sense of the dragon bone in the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire, he could walk in a straight line and did not get lost at the border for two months as before.

"Where have you been all this time?" Dugu Yan asked.

“When Grandpa came back, he said you went out. I thought you would be back in a few days, but it turns out you have been gone for more than three months.”

"I'm going out for a walk," Xuanming said.

"Walk? Well, you've walked quite a distance." Xue Qinghe walked straight over and sat down opposite Xuanming.

“I’ve heard that you’ve even gone to the Star Luo Empire.”

“Xingluo?” Dugu Yan was taken aback.

"What are you doing there?"

"I go……"

"Could they be lost?" Ye Lingling wondered.

Xuanming paused for a moment, "I'm not lost, I just misread the map."

"..." Ye Lingling.

"..." Dugu Yan.

"..." Xue Qinghe.

Looks like we're really lost!
"How did you get lost... how did you take the wrong road and end up in Xingluo?" Xue Qinghe asked.

Tian Dou City is far from the border. Even the fastest carriage would take at least half a month to reach the border. Even if Xuan Ming got lost, he wouldn't get lost that far.

“I…I’ll go back and take a look,” Xuanming said.

"Go back?" Xue Qinghe was taken aback.

"Outlet City?"

Xuanming didn't speak. When he passed through the Kingdom of Barak, he did make a special trip back to Olay City and Baiyu Village to take a look. He also helped the village chief's family cancel their household registration.

After all, he should thank them for taking care of him and his mother over the years.

"..."

Seeing that Xuanming's mood was not right, Xue Qinghe didn't say anything more. Even if he was brainless, he should realize that he had said the wrong thing by now.

Xue Qinghe glanced at Dugu Yan, signaling her to find a way to change the subject.

Dugu Yan understood immediately. Knowing Xuanming's personality, she pretended nothing had happened and pulled Xuanming up, saying, "Don't sit after you finish eating. Go for a walk and digest your food."

Ye Lingling also stood up, picked up the Blue Silver Emperor that Xuanming had brought back from the table, and the three of them walked out of the cafeteria together.

……

Training Course.

After taking a walk in the back mountain to relax, Dugu Yan dragged Xuanming along to satisfy her curiosity.

"Grandpa said your second soul ring is almost three thousand years old, and your soul skills are particularly insidious... particularly powerful!" Dugu Yan quickly corrected herself.

"Let me see it quickly." The second soul ring of a thousand years ago—she had never heard of it before, let alone a second soul ring that was nearly three thousand years old.

Moreover, the Thunder Python with Startling Wings is an extremely rare and powerful soul beast!

"How can I see it?" Xuanming asked.

"Just release it?"

“This…” Dugu Yan looked at the people on the training ground.

"Let me find you an opponent."

"Yu Tianheng!"

Dugu Yan waved to a tall, slender man in the distance, who was over 1.8 meters tall and wearing the uniform of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.

Hearing the voice, Yu Tianheng turned around and looked over. "What is it?"

Dugu Yan beckoned, "Come here, let me introduce you to someone."

Yu Tianheng glanced at Xuan Ming, who had a peculiar figure, beside Dugu Yan, and seemed to have guessed his identity.

Rumor has it that the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy has a strange combination: a venomous snake, a dull dragon who doesn't like to talk, and a little invisible begonia flower.

The venomous snake must be Dugu Yan, the crabapple blossom is Ye Lingling, and this silly dragon... that's quite fitting, he doesn't look very smart at all.

Yu Tianheng walked over. "You are Xuanming?"

"Mm," Xuanming responded.

“Your body…” Yu Tianheng’s eyes changed slightly.

"Aren't you cultivating a weapon spirit?"

This blood and energy is even more terrifying than his own; what weapon spirit master could possibly possess?
Just kidding!
"Isn't it amazing? Aren't you curious? Come on! You two have a fight and see what happens," Dugu Yan said.

"Me and him?" Yu Tianheng hesitated.

"Don't worry, Xuanming is also a Great Soul Master," Dugu Yan said.

"Moreover, you may not be his match."

With the first soul ring in eight hundred years and the second soul ring in three thousand years, she felt that Yu Tianheng couldn't even withstand a single soul skill from Xuanming!

"I'm no match for him?" Yu Tianheng frowned.

"Xuanming, you see? He's really not convinced!" Dugu Yan patted Xuanming on the shoulder.

Xuanming glanced at Dugu Yan speechlessly, "If you want to fight, why don't you fight him?"

“You think I didn’t fight him? He came to the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy last month, and I fought him once then, but I lost,” Dugu Yan said.

"Now that you're back, shouldn't you help me get my revenge?"

Xuanming sighed, "Alright."

Yu Tianheng was already proud and arrogant. Provoked by Dugu Yan and seeing Xuanming accept the challenge, he no longer hesitated.

The two quickly stepped onto the Soul Fighting Platform. Hearing the commotion, the students of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy gathered around. Xue Qinghe also stood at a distance, together with the three education committee members.

“After not seeing him for several months, his vitality has become even stronger,” Zhilin said.

Although Xuanming only cultivated the weapon spirit, his beast spirit became powerful because it was so closely integrated with his body.

The stronger one's Qi and Blood, the greater the power and explosive force of that Soul Master.

Such fluctuations in qi and blood are extremely rare, even among beast soul masters.

"Who do the three education commissioners think is stronger, him or Yu Tianheng?" Xue Qinghe asked.

“Judging from the quality of the soul rings, Xuanming has the advantage, but…” Meng Shenji paused.

"Yu Tianheng has cultivated for several more years and has more combat experience. As for winning or losing... it's hard to say."

Before, Xuanming was below level 20 and not a formal student of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, so he naturally didn't receive much combat training.

In battles, stats are important for Soul Masters, but experience is just as crucial.

"Yu Tianheng, Martial Soul: Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, Level 27 Battle Soul Master, please give me your guidance."

As he spoke, Yu Tianheng circulated his soul power, lightning crackled around him, and two soul rings rose from his feet, their yellow hues reflecting each other, a standard feature of a two-ring Great Soul Master.

“Xuanming, Blood Spear Martial Soul, Level 23, please give me your guidance.” Xuanming circulated his soul power, summoned the Blood Spear, and two soul rings, one yellow and one purple, rose from his feet.

"Millennium Soul Ring?!"

The crowd erupted instantly, and the students present all showed expressions of disbelief, staring intently at the purple soul ring hovering beneath Xuanming.

"A thousand years... the second ring?" Yu Tianheng's calm expression could no longer remain calm.

Are you kidding me? !

Is this definitely not a spirit ring that was secretly hidden?
(End of this chapter)