Douluo Continent: Breaking Through the Clouds, the Qilin Marches!

"Use heaven and earth as our furnace, and ice and fire as our charcoal!"

open!

With a low shout, Yang Wudi's soul power erupted.

With his skillful manipulation of soul power, he directly drew upon the heat of the Yang Spring and the coldness of the Yin Spring, creating a phantom medicine furnace in mid-air, into which precious medicinal herbs were methodically added.

The alchemy process officially began, a process destined to be long but undisturbed.

Dugu Bo retreated to a safe area at the edge of the valley, and Yang Yuntian also came over carrying Moyu Xiaolin. The two sat down side by side on a blue stone.

Looking at the yawning little black beast on Yang Yuntian's shoulder, Dugu Bo's eyes flashed with curiosity.

"Little monster," Dugu Bo had changed his form of address, his tone now tinged with inquiry.

"Just what kind of companion beast spirit is this? In all my years, I've never seen a spirit beast of this form. For your proud and arrogant grandfather to value it so much that he temporarily postpones adding a spirit ring, this little thing must have extraordinary bloodline, right?"

"Its name is Xiao Hei." Yang Yuntian scratched Xiao Lin's chin, and Xiao Lin comfortably squinted its eyes.

"It can be considered a rare mutated martial soul, with its bloodline inherited from the ancient auspicious beast, the Qilin."

"A Qilin? No wonder." Dugu Bo nodded thoughtfully, then, as if remembering something, chuckled.

"Speaking of martial soul mutation, this reminds me of Yu Xiaogang, who was famous in the Heaven Dou Empire and was praised as a master by Bibi Dong."

His martial soul is a pig, and even his soul skill is farting. Little monster, what do you think of this master's theory of mutation?

Upon hearing the name Yu Xiaogang, Yang Yuntian could only smile helplessly.

"Yu Xiaogang? Senior, his theory is less a truth and more a castle in the air built on information monopoly, crude and utterly flawed."

"Oh?" Dugu Bo became interested.

Tell me in detail.

"His most famous quote is, 'There are no useless martial spirits, only useless soul masters.' This is nothing but a hypocritical and illogical piece of toxic positivity."

Yang Yuntian cut to the heart of the matter: "If this statement is true, then why is he, born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and possessing top-tier cultivation resources, stuck at level twenty-nine for life due to a malignant mutation in his martial soul?"

"Objective laws are objective laws. No matter how hard you try to sharpen a rusty woodcutter's knife, you can't possibly cut through a divine weapon made of refined steel. Yu Xiaogang ignores the physical differences in innate bloodlines and uses this kind of toxic motivational rhetoric to brainwash ordinary soul masters at the bottom of society. In essence, he is shirking the responsibility of those in power for not allocating enough resources to the bottom."

Dugu Bo's eyes lit up: "What a toxic chicken soup! It hits the nail on the head. That old guy is indeed a coward who only knows how to talk big."

"However, we cannot completely dismiss him." Yang Yuntian changed the subject.

"Although his theories have serious flaws and are all plagiarized from the Spirit Hall's files over the years, he has one thing that is top-notch on the entire continent—his social skills in leveraging influence."

"Borrowing the background of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, the resources of the Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden, and now the name of the Golden Iron Triangle, he is a top-notch opportunist, but this is not the truth the world needs."

Yang Yuntian's words plunged Dugu Bo into deep thought; this was a perspective he had never considered before.

"Senior," Yang Yuntian suddenly spoke, looking at Dugu Bo who was deep in thought.

"Once the elixir is completed and your poison is cured, I would like to discuss a larger collaboration with you."

"A bigger collaboration?" Dugu Bo snapped out of his reverie and looked at him with interest. "Tell me about it."

"A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime. Our Po clan is unfamiliar with the place and people in Tiandou City. Even if we refine top-grade pills, once they enter the market, they will inevitably attract the covetousness and plunder of various forces."

"Therefore, if the detoxification is successful, I hope that the members of the Po clan in Tiandou City can be nominally incorporated into your Dugu family. Externally, we will open a pharmacy in the name of the Dugu family, engaging in the sale of herbs and the auction of top-grade pills."

"The profits will be split 70% between the Poison Clan and 30% between the Dugu Family. You don't need to do anything; just hang your Poison Douluo signboard at the shop entrance as our protection. Anyone who dares to cause trouble at the pharmacy is going against a Title Douluo."

Dugu Bo's heart skipped a beat after hearing this.

He had truly witnessed the alchemy skills of the Po clan today. They were an existence capable of monopolizing the high-end pill market in the Heaven Dou Empire, and a 30% profit margin was an astronomical figure.

Moreover, although the Broken Clan is currently in decline, their individual combat strength is still considerable. Even Yang Wudi, this Soul Douluo, is wary of them when he goes berserk.

If we could get these lunatics onto the Dugu family's chariot... I'm good at large-scale poisoning and clearing the field, and Yang Wudi is good at single-target killing. This combination of attacking one group and eliminating one individual can definitely dominate Tiandou City.

From an emotional standpoint, if the detoxification is successful, the grandfather and grandson would have been a great benefactor to the Dugu family; from a rational standpoint, this would be a powerful alliance where the interests of both parties complement each other.

"Hahaha, good!" Dugu Bo burst into laughter.

"Once my poison is cured, I'd be happy to do anything for you, even if it meant personally guarding your pharmacy. I'll take this deal!"

.........

Since Yang Wudi started refining pills, the entire valley has fallen into a strange tranquility. Dugu Boxin kept his promise, not only sending a message to protect the Po clan in Tiandou City, but also personally guarding the outer perimeter of the valley to protect the grandfather and grandson.

Yang Yuntian was not idle either.

call--

On a flat bluestone, Yang Yuntian slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, ending his meditation for the day. Although he was currently at the bottleneck of level ten innate full soul power and had not yet obtained his first soul ring, this did not mean that cultivation was in vain.

During a bottleneck period, the soul power in cultivation will continuously accumulate and compress within the body. Once a soul ring is obtained to break through the shackles, this accumulated foundation will experience a surge of growth.

He opened his eyes and looked at Mo Yu Xiao Lin, who was chasing after a poisonous bee, with a helpless smile on his lips.

"Little Black, come here."

Upon hearing its master's call, Xiao Hei immediately abandoned its prey, transformed into a black lightning bolt, and darted into Yang Yuntian's arms, affectionately nuzzling his chin.

After spending more than ten days together, Yang Yuntian, through continuous exploration, finally discovered another hidden mechanism of this detached companion beast spirit—it can not only fight detached from the body, but also, like an ordinary beast spirit, possess the host's spirit.

"Possession".

With a thought, Yang Yuntian instantly transformed the little black creature in his arms into a pure, dark stream of light, which instantly merged into his chest.

Immediately afterwards, a series of strange changes occurred on Yang Yuntian's body.

A layer of fine, warm black scales covered his arms and neck like soft armor, and black flames flickered deep in his pupils. A fierce aura emanated from the body of a six-year-old child.

Yang Yuntian clenched his fist, feeling the power within his body.

"As expected of a top-tier auspicious beast bloodline, even in its most basic possession state, it provides me with a 20% increase in all attributes and a 20% increase in elemental affinity. And in terms of physical combat, which beast martial souls excel at, my strength has increased by a whopping 50%!"