The Martial Soul Skeleton, in Douluo Continent's Bone-Changing Susanoo

Chapter 80 Star Luo City

A month later.

The Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City.

As Xia Liang, dressed in a black outfit, stepped into the city gate, he heard a series of noises coming from inside the city.

Compared to Tiandou City, Xingluo City is much more lively. People on the street talk loudly, and everyone has a loud voice. Listening to them talk gives you a feeling of being invigorated, and you will not feel annoyed at all.

The pedestrians walking on the street all looked well-trained, regardless of age or gender, and seemed to have learned some self-defense techniques.

According to the original novel, the Heaven Dou Empire was a civilizing power, governing its people through literature, education, and music. Therefore, the Heaven Dou royal family's inherited martial soul was the noble swan martial soul, and they would also establish etiquette academies like "Moon Pavilion" to promote literature, education, and music.

The Star Luo Empire reveres military might as a means of governance, so the Star Luo royal family's inherited martial spirit is the White Tiger martial spirit, symbolizing power. In the Star Luo Empire, the Great Soul Arena is the most popular facility, and only those with formidable strength are worthy of being called nobles.

Recalling the original plot and setting, Xia Liang unknowingly walked into a morning market in the city.

Ten days ago, he had already arrived in the territory of the Star Luo Empire and came to Star Luo City with the guidance of passersby.

For the next ten days, Xia Liang spent his days inquiring about the Min clan in the city. At night, he would go outside the city to summon a large number of Gastly to help him find the hideout of the Destroyer clan.

After ten days of gathering information, he finally figured out the details of the Min clan.

As the original work states, the Min clan was extremely poor. After leaving the Haotian Sect, in order to make a living, they could only send some of their clan members with outstanding combat abilities to the Great Soul Arena to earn money.

Because the Min clan are pure speed-based agility-attack type Soul Masters, their combat power is not very strong. Therefore, they usually lose more than they win in the Great Soul Arena. With such a record, it is difficult to earn a lot of money to support the survival and development of a Soul Master family.

On many occasions, the Min clan would seek help from other clans.

Among them, the Po clan is one of the main people the Min clan seeks help from.

Xia Liang has already discovered that the Min clan's residence is located a hundred miles outside the North Gate, at the border between Xingluo City and Longxing City.

The Po clan is located at the foot of a hill twenty miles east of Xingluo City.

The purpose of this trip to Xingluo City is to obtain the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, a family heirloom of the Min clan, and the herbal knowledge of the Po clan.

Walking among the crowd at the morning market, Xia Liang spotted a familiar old man with dark green hair. This man was none other than Dugu Bo, who had just arrived from Tiandou City.

"Poison Senior!" Xia Liang waved to Dugu Bo, who was walking towards him.

Dugu Bo's emerald green eyes immediately locked onto the voice that had called him, and when he realized it was Xia Liang, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

The two met at the Xingluo City morning market and learned about each other's experiences over the past month after exchanging information.

During the negotiation at a teahouse, Xia Liang and Dugu Bo clearly divided their tasks.

Dugu Bo himself went to acquire the Min family's heirloom, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

Xia Liang, under the guise of Poison Douluo, took a large number of anti-poison pills to the Poison Clan to exchange for herbal knowledge.

In fact, during the negotiations, Dugu Bo suggested that they go to the Min clan together first, and then go to the Po clan together.

But Xia Liang refused, and he naturally had his own ulterior motives for doing so.

Dugu Bo didn't press for the reason, but simply gave Xia Liang a token engraved with the words "Bi Lin" for self-defense.

It is said that this token also comes with a special set of fine clothes, which is an honor and symbol of status that Soul Masters receive only during the title conferment ceremony.

Anyone with a discerning eye would immediately recognize this token, engraved with the characters "碧磷" (Bi Lin), as belonging to the Poison Douluo.

Even those who lack experience would feel some apprehension upon seeing this token and hearing the name of the Poison Douluo.

In particular, some Soul Masters with families or sects would never dare to challenge Poison Douluo's authority at the risk of their clan being wiped out.

Dugu Bo gave this identity token to Xia Liang precisely to prevent the Po clan from making things difficult for him.

After their respective tasks were determined, Xia Liang went to the Po Clan, while Dugu Bo went to the Min Clan.

Two days later.

The two met again at a teahouse in the Xingluo City morning market.

Inside the teahouse.

Xia Liang and Dugu Bo were drinking tea.

After spending a night at Dugu Bo's residence, the two became increasingly closer and more relaxed in their conversations.

Sometimes Dugu Bo would jokingly call Xia Liang "skeleton boy".

Xia Liang asked Dugu Bo whether he should be called "Old Monster" or "Old Deng".

Dugu Bo asked Lao Deng what he meant.

Xia Liang explained that Lao Deng was a senior expert who had reached the pinnacle of power.

Upon hearing this explanation, Dugu Bo became very interested and couldn't wait to have Xia Liang call him "Old Deng" so he could hear it.

Therefore, Xia Liang sometimes really does call Dugu Bo "Old Deng" instead of calling him "Old Monster" like Tang San did in the original novel.

After finishing their tea at the tea table, the two couldn't help but start talking about their last time drinking together.

As they chatted, Xia Liang inquired why Dugu Bo had suddenly left the mansion and only returned the next morning.

Dugu Bo did not reveal that his hasty departure was due to the effects of alcohol aggravating the snake venom and causing a backlash in his body. Although he trusted Xia Liang, he was still wary.

The Poison Douluo was poisoned by his own snake venom, a secret that Dugu Bo would never easily tell any outsider, not even his grandson-in-law.

Drink tea for more than ten minutes.

After both of them finished recounting their experiences in the Min clan and the Po clan, Dugu Bo took out a jade box from the Qingnang Soul Guidance Device and placed it on the table.

"Young man, what's in this box is what you wanted. I verified it when I acquired it; it's definitely genuine."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo pushed the jade box towards Xia Liang's position.

With so many people and eyes in the teahouse, Xia Liang didn't open the jade box immediately. He trusted Dugu Bo's judgment, and besides, with Poison Douluo involved, how could the Min clan dare to use fake things to fool them?

Therefore, what's inside this jade box must be the genuine, top-grade immortal herb, Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

Xia Liang put the jade box into his Ruyi Treasure Pouch and asked curiously, "Senior, you didn't forget to pay them, did you?"

Dugu Bo tapped Xia Liang's head with his index finger and said irritably, "Do I look like that kind of person? Even if I robbed someone on the street, I would give them a little something in return. I would never rob someone for nothing."

Xia Liang gave a thumbs up, "Senior, you're awesome!"

Dugu Bo was already used to such strange praise, and asked with equal curiosity, "Tell me about it. How's it going on your end? Is the Broken Clan willing to make an exchange?"

"Yes. The Po Clan has agreed to exchange their knowledge of herbs for a large number of anti-poison pills. However, since herbal knowledge is very broad and they are unwilling to provide books, I must stay with the Po Clan to study for a while. Senior, you should return to Tiandou City later. I will rush back as soon as I finish learning."

A confident look appeared in Xia Liang's eyes. "Although I haven't started learning about herbal medicine yet, I can guarantee that as long as the Po Clan teaches genuine knowledge, I will definitely find a way to solve the problem of the Wild Goose Snake's venom backlash!"

"Since you intend to stay and study with the Broken Clan, you can keep my identity token for now."

Dugu Bo gave a warning, "Kid, remember, don't trust others too much, especially a Soul Master family that's good at business. They're definitely not benevolent."

Xia Liang nodded. "Yes, thank you for the reminder, senior."

(End of this chapter)