Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

As she spoke, Dugu Yan sensed something was amiss and quickly changed the subject, saying, "By the way, Grandpa, you saw it too. He's eloped with Ning Rongrong. He's a total scumbag."

Hearing his granddaughter Dugu Yan's complaints, Dugu Bo couldn't help but tug at his beard and sigh, "Alas, Yan Yan, I'm not forcing you to marry him. The choice is yours. I just want you to have a good future."

"Why does it have to be him?" Dugu Yan asked, looking puzzled.

Because she had a grandfather named Dugu Bo, who was a titled Douluo-level figure, Dugu Yan had never lacked food or clothing since childhood, and was a figure that was admired by many.

In addition, she has a straightforward personality, and her intelligence and emotional intelligence are nowhere near those of Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, so she doesn't understand Dugu Bo's strange behavior at all.

of course.

Dugu Yan didn't dislike Dong Qing that much, otherwise she wouldn't have danced with him. After all, it was her first time being so close to a man. She just couldn't stand having so many women around him.

At this moment, Dugu Bo noticed that Dugu Yan looked unwilling. After thinking it over, he finally sighed and said, "Yan Yan, if you really don't like it, then forget it. Grandpa won't force you."

“You can pursue the love you desire. After all, you are Grandpa’s only granddaughter, so why would he force you on something like this?”

To be honest, he didn't think Dugu Yan could win Dong Qing's favor. This silly granddaughter seemed arrogant, but she was actually dull and not even half as smart as her friends Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling.

Especially Ye Lingling, because of her special martial soul, Dugu Bo noticed early on that she was very deep and thoughtful, and he also knew some secrets that were unknown to others.

In fact, the Heaven Dou royal family had already arranged everything for Ye Lingling. After graduation, they arranged for her to marry a member of the younger generation of the Heaven Dou royal family, thus firmly binding the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul to the Heaven Dou Empire royal family.

For example...arranging for Xue Qinghe [Qian Renxue] to be a concubine, after all, the future Emperor Qinghe can't just have one Crown Princess [Li Qiyun], the concubines in the harem still need to be prepared in advance.

After that, even if a Soul Master with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul appeared at most once in a generation, the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul would only ever be born among the direct descendants of the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

However, Ye Lingling was very cunning. From the very beginning, she showed her admiration for Dong Qing and openly expressed her desire to follow Dong Qing in front of outsiders, which made things very difficult for the Tian Dou royal family.

However, Ye Lingling's admiration for Dong Qing was not entirely feigned. In her mind, rather than being forced to marry someone she didn't like in the future, she would rather choose a man she liked now.

So... she really likes Dongqing, and she's most attracted to his body.

Men love beautiful women, women love heroes; they are mutually attracted to each other.

........

Chapter 276, Making the best of a bad situation?

at this time.

Upon hearing Dugu Bo's answer that he wouldn't force her, Dugu Yan immediately hugged Dugu Bo's arm gently and said with a smile, "Grandpa, you're so kind. I want to pursue my own love in the future, and I don't want to be with a philandering scumbag."

But for some reason, while she was happy, she also felt a little disappointed.

At this moment, Dugu Yan felt that she was not as happy as she had imagined. Instead, she felt a sense of inexplicable loss, as if she had rebelled simply for the sake of rebelling, and did not really hate Dong Qing, this womanizing scumbag.

Although Dugu Bo has now promised her that he will no longer try to match her with Dong Qing, a strange rebellious thought has welled up in her heart.

"Why can Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling flirt with such handsome men? I want to... secretly betray them! To take advantage of their men."

Strange thoughts flashed through Dugu Yan's mind.

Of course she wouldn't actually do that, since she simply couldn't bring herself to do something so absurd.

A while passed.

Dugu Yan glanced at the silent Dugu Bo and spoke up, "Grandpa, when will I meet the most suitable man in the world for me?"

Before Dugu Bo could answer, she continued, "What bad luck! Why am I the only one so unlucky? So far, I've met two men who seemed alright, but the problem is, the first one was a really despicable person who wouldn't even save his own aunt. As for the second one, he's a complete scumbag, surrounded by a bunch of women..."

As they talked...

Dugu Yan started complaining again, lamenting that she was having particularly bad luck in her love life, and no one knew what her intentions were.

However... when she mentioned a certain womanizing scumbag, a hint of shyness quietly disappeared from her emerald green eyes, and she had an indescribable feeling in her heart.

After all, it was her first time having such close contact with a man, the first time she had danced a formal dance with a man, and the first time a man had smelled her body fragrance.

The first time someone touched my waist, the first time someone touched my shoulder, the first time someone touched my palm...

And all of these first intimate...contacts were with that philandering scumbag, the same jerk [Dong Qing] who had just leaped out of the window with Ning Rongrong in his arms.

......

Dugu Yan's question about love reminded Dugu Bo of events from many years ago. He explained with a sigh, "Yan Yan, you must remember that there is no such thing as an absolutely suitable person when it comes to love. No matter how you choose, you will always feel that you have chosen the wrong person, that the other person is not the kind of person you like."

"Often, we find fault with the people around us, thinking they are bad in this way and bad in that way, with many shortcomings, and we wonder if we were blind when we were young."

"But as time changes and years pass, decades, centuries, or even millennia later, you will find that true and lasting love is always about making the best of a bad situation."

At this point, Dugu Bo seemed to be thinking of his long-deceased lover, Dugu Yan's grandmother. In fact, she initially disliked her own shortcomings in many ways.

However, the two of them remained loving for decades. Unfortunately, their time was running out. Before reaching the title of Douluo, they were still just mortals. As a mortal, her lifespan was limited, and in the end... she passed away peacefully.

During this time, Dugu Bo also tried his best, but unfortunately his talent was limited and he did not have the potential to become a Title Douluo. He was destined not to change the fact that the maximum lifespan of mortals is no more than a hundred years.

This is also why many Title Douluo on the mainland choose to remain single, because their lifespans are never on the same level, unless their other half is also a Title Douluo.

However, those who can become Title Douluos are not simple. Not only are female Title Douluos extremely rare, but they are also not to be trifled with.

Bibi Dong is the Pope of the Spirit Hall, Poseidon is the High Priestess of Seagod Island, and even Li Qiyun, a female Title Douluo with average strength, is an extremely irritable female Title Douluo.

Of course, those who become Title Douluo on the Douluo Continent don't care too much about relationships between men and women; they value improving their strength more.

After all, each level increase can extend one's lifespan by a hundred years.

......

"Make the best of a bad situation? Grandpa, what you're saying is completely incomprehensible. Is there such a thing as making the best of a bad situation when it comes to finding a partner? I'm not going to make the best of a bad situation, especially not with a scumbag like Dong Qing. Not now, and not ever."

Dugu Yan first set a flag for herself, declaring that she would never make the mistake of choosing an unsuitable man.

Now that there was no one else around but herself and Dugu Bo, she could scold Dong Qing however she wanted in front of her grandfather.

So what if he cursed? Does he think he can retaliate from somewhere else?

Dugu Yan didn't believe such a thing would happen unless she was completely blind in the future, in which case he would bully her in such a shameful way.

Wait... was I just... trying to figure things out for myself?

Thinking about this...

Dugu Yan seemed to realize what was happening and couldn't help but slap herself.

"Snapped"

A crisp slap rang out, leaving Dugu Bo completely dumbfounded.

From his perspective, his granddaughter's face had just turned red and white, her brows slightly furrowed, and she seemed lost in thought before suddenly slapping him.

"Can't you have any shame...?" From this moment on, Dugu Yan secretly decided that she would pay more attention to the distance between herself and Dong Qing in the future. This man was simply toxic.

“Um… Yan Yan, Grandpa was serious just now. You have to believe Grandpa. I will never try to match you up with Prince Dong Qing again,” Dugu Bo said quickly.

He thought that Dugu Yan didn't trust him and would try to match her up with Dong Qing in the future. That made sense; for the time being, this was the only possibility he could think of.

"Grandpa, don't worry about it. I'll handle things with that scumbag Dongqing myself." Dugu Yan glanced at Dugu Bo, knowing he was overthinking things, but she was too lazy to explain.

Before Dugu Bo could reply, Dugu Yan continued, "Grandpa, let me tell you, I actually thought highly of Tang San before, but it turns out he's an ungrateful wretch."

"His aunt, Tang Yuehua, was so good to him. She donated one million gold soul coins to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy for him. Otherwise, why would Tang San think he could occupy a large-scale simulated cultivation environment for a long time?"

"His innate full soul power is quite good, but his martial soul Blue Silver Grass is too poor. Compared to his talent, Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul is much stronger than his Blue Silver Grass. He really thinks that his innate full soul power is very powerful and has won the appreciation of the three teaching committee members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

"Little did he know that this was all thanks to the selfless help of his aunt, Tang Yuehua, yet he refused to stand up for her when she was in trouble."

"Now it seems that he is not only an ungrateful person, but also a selfish and shameless scoundrel, who only cares about his aunt Tang Yuehua losing her former status."

“Even if she is saved, she will no longer be the former Master of Yuexuan, which is why she is unwilling to say a word for her, even though the current Holy Prince Dongqing is her childhood friend.”

Chapter 277, This punch was heavy and powerful.

At this point, Dugu Yan paused, took a breath, and continued, "However, ever since I discovered how despicable Tang San was, I have never spoken to him again."

"Especially now that he's gotten involved with some kind of weird poison cultivation method, he's disgusting to the core. I want to run as far away from him as possible now."

"Yanyan, actually, the cultivation method of this poison path..." Dugu Bo's words were cut short.

Dugu Yan's cold voice rang out. She played with the jade bracelet in her hand and said coldly, "Grandpa, if you dare to persuade me to learn this method of cultivating poison, I will release the Nine-Section Jade Bracelet to bite you right now and send you to heaven to reunite with Grandma."

My unfilial granddaughter... she's truly deprived this old man of his filial piety...

A bead of cold sweat instantly dripped down Dugu Bo's forehead; he simply couldn't do anything about his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.

He quickly said, "You've misunderstood. That's not what Grandpa meant. Yan Yan, you're going to get married someday. How can you learn such a harmful cultivation method? What Grandpa meant was that Tang San's cultivation of poison has great potential. He might even become a Title Douluo with it."

Compared to his good-for-nothing son, Dugu Bo still prefers his granddaughter, which is probably what is known as the special bond between grandparents and grandchildren.

Although Dugu Yan was very filial and often wanted to "filially" kill him, Dugu Bo was helpless because she was his granddaughter and his only relative.

Noticing that Dugu Bo remained silent, Dugu Yan launched into another long speech.

"Oh right, there's one more person I forgot to mention. What's that scumbag Dong Qing doing with that woman from the Star Luo Empire with that devilish figure all the time? Don't we have women with such great figures in our Heaven Dou Empire?"

"What's most infuriating is his attitude. Couldn't he have been a little nicer to me? Even just a little bit nicer? Am I less attractive than Ning Rongrong? Or do I not have a better figure than Ye Lingling?"

"If he treats me even a little bit better, I'm willing to... compromise myself a little, and... reluctantly agree to your matchmaking for us, Grandpa."

"Just now, when I asked him to dance, I could feel that he was distracted and just going through the motions. He wasn't paying any attention to me at all."

"Because we were dancing earlier, we were quite close. Through Dong Qing's eyes, I noticed that he was secretly watching Prince Qinghe. If it weren't for all the women around him, I would have suspected that something was wrong with him."

"Since he's physically normal, then he was just trying to annoy me. It makes me furious. I'm so beautiful, leaning against him, and he just kept staring at another man. I don't believe he didn't do it on purpose."

...........

Dugu Yan rambled on and on, mostly complaining and grumbling, but when she got to the part about Dong Qing, her words started to sound really off.

Is this... being tsundere?

Furthermore, she, who always called Dongqing a scumbag, seemed to have never considered that she hadn't been scumbed by him before. In fact, she had always been looking forward to being scumbed by him once.

About an hour later, the night grew darker, and the bright moon hung high in the sky.

Tiandou City, South District, Third Avenue.

On a deserted street, under a birch tree, under the bright moonlight.

Ning Rongrong's rosy cheeks looked even more beautiful at this moment, and her slender waist, like the most exquisite silk in the world, shone even brighter under the bright moonlight.

Her beautiful brown hair swayed gently in the night breeze, and her large amber eyes sparkled in the moonlight, like the most precious pearls in the world.

At this moment, Ning Rongrong stood in front of Dong Qing. They faced each other, no more than thirty centimeters apart. They looked into each other's eyes, seemingly unsure of what to say.