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

"Yes, Father, I will go first thing tomorrow morning."

A weathered, middle-aged voice, head bowed, offering no resistance.

At this time.

The young man who had been sitting to the side couldn't help but speak up: "Brother, you're so stupid. You don't understand human relationships at all. How much is your salary for half a year? They don't care at all. Do you know what Lord Huo Minghua really wants?"

As soon as those words were spoken...

The sallow-faced, emaciated middle-aged man seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly asked in disbelief, "What... what heinous thing have you helped him do this time?"

The young man scoffed at the middle-aged man's question, saying, "Brother, what kind of 'heinous' talk is this? This is a dog-eat-dog society. We ordinary people aren't Soul Masters; we don't have the qualifications to rise to the top overnight. Why should we live as naively and humbly as you if we don't strive to climb up?"

Hearing the young man's words, the middle-aged man did not refute him, but asked in a humble tone, "A few years ago... I... how is she now?"

A snicker rang out.

The two elderly people glanced at the middle-aged man, their eyes filled with disdain and disgust.

the other side.

The young man looked at the middle-aged man, whose expression had been indifferent until he finally showed a hint of pity.

After a few minutes of silence, he finally spoke.

"I never imagined that you had those kinds of feelings for her, and that it wasn't just about protecting that widow and her child. I knew it! No one would risk their future and risk offending their boss just to save a widow and her child they don't even know."

“But brother, we are not high-ranking figures like Dong Qing, the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall, who can save all the Soul Masters on the continent from an unknown infectious disease on their own. We are just ants, we have no right or ability to save others.”

"As for the person you want to know about, brother, she... died last year. The cause of death was that she was missing all four limbs. As you know, brother, Lord Huo Minghua is not very capable, so he especially likes to torture women and watch them scream in pain."

However, not long after the young man finished speaking...

The two elderly men began hurling insults at the middle-aged man again, but the latter simply sat there blankly, saying nothing.

“Look at your brother, how capable he is, making a name for himself in Longxing City, while you can only stay in the village doing farm work.”

"Useless, you're such a useless piece of trash. How could we have given birth to such a piece of trash?"

"Go to hell! Why don't you just die? You're just wasting air by living in this world."

"If you don't cut 500 jin of timber by tomorrow morning, you're not allowed to eat. I'd rather feed the dogs than give white rice to a good-for-nothing."

“Look at your brother, he brought back more than two hundred gold soul coins this year. And what can a piece of trash like you do? Besides doing farm work around us, what else can you do? You can’t earn a single penny.”

"You think you're so hardworking and filial, but it's useless. You can't make any money, so you're just a piece of trash. If you hadn't lost your job, our family could earn at least 500 gold soul coins a year now."

Cruel insults, merciless abuse.

As if this middle-aged man, who had lost most of his value, was not their biological son at all, they kept insulting him in various ways.

The most vicious words from a loved one are far more cruel and painful than swords.

Although the young man remained silent, he saw the death in the middle-aged man's eyes—a death that showed no more attachment to the mortal world.

Over the years, while serving the incredibly cruel Lord Huo Minghua, he had seen this death wish many times in the eyes of women who had been tortured beyond recognition.

They begged for death, they longed for death, they hated the world.

They are like women from a Three-Body Problem universe, wishing that aliens could destroy this dirty and dark world.

But this middle-aged man was different; he didn't harbor as much resentment.

He simply wanted to leave this world, unlike those who suffered so much, who were so extreme.

To be honest...

In fact, young people also have a cruel kindness in their hearts. Occasionally, he will help women who want to die to find relief and successfully escape from this dark world.

He couldn't help them escape their misery and leave this inescapable cage, but he could secretly help them so they would never have to suffer again.

Just at that moment.

Young people see the collapse of their spirit and will in the eyes of middle-aged people.

He understood that once one's mental and physical will collapses, one dies very quickly.

The issue is.

He didn't hesitate to kneel at that person's door in the middle of the night; he didn't want to just watch his older brother die.

The young man knew that his older brother was a bit foolish, but he was always kind and hardworking towards his parents, taking care of everything at home.

at last.

The young man stood up as the two elderly men were verbally abusing the middle-aged man, and he slammed his hand hard on the wooden table in front of him.

"Enough, you two old geezers. My brother has been taking care of you all these years, and you still curse him like this. You think having money means being filial? I'm not a tool for you two inhuman old geezers to make money."

"What the hell? You really think that just because you had us two brothers, you can keep riding on our heads and peeing on us forever? The gold soul coins I've given you two old geezers over the years are more than enough for your retirement."

"Don't try to talk to me about the debt of gratitude for raising me. Stop trying to make it sound so nice. Do you think I'm a fool like you, someone who would be sold out and not even know it?"

"Back then, it was you two damned old bastards who sold us two brothers to Lord Huo Minghua, to do things for him that we couldn't do ourselves."

"Otherwise, how could we, brothers of such lowly status, have become the captains of the city defense squad? Do you really think that no one else in the city defense army wants to be promoted and just wants to be a common soldier?"

The young man's voice was so loud that it immediately silenced the crowd.

It even subdued a pure-blooded horned ant (one of the ten most ferocious creatures in the Perfect World) and a pure-blooded true dragon (a native creature of the Douluo Continent) that were eavesdropping outside the window.

"Good heavens, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have believed how melodramatic it was." Dong Qing swallowed hard; he truly hadn't expected such a dramatic turn of events to unfold.

"Dongqing, you humans are truly complex, embodying both extreme good and extreme evil." Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena shook her head slightly as she spoke, feeling that humans were a thousand times more cruel than soul beasts.

Finally, to the astonishment of the two elderly people, the young man grabbed the middle-aged man, who showed no emotion whatsoever, and left the room without a backward glance.

As he stepped out of the room, he left behind his last words.

"From now on, my older brother will come live with me in the city. You two old folks can take care of yourselves."

......

After half an hour.

Along a road outside the village, surrounded by lush green plants, two figures, one tall and one short, walked side by side, a gentle breeze caressing their faces and foreheads.

"A simple and kind personality?"

“I…maybe I’m just an isolated case…Sister Na, I think we shouldn’t let these isolated cases become the rotten apple that contaminates the whole pot of rice.”

"Ha, Dongqing, you're really too young. If you didn't have a village chief as your grandfather, do you really think they would show you that simple and kind side?"

"Nonsense, I don't believe it. There is no such person in Holy Soul Village."

"Then how do you explain why your Grandpa Jack has rarely let you go back over the years? Do you think he knows about the dark side of human nature?"

"Okay, Sister Na, let's not talk about this anymore, let's change the subject, okay?"

"Alright, let's change the subject. Dongqing, you humans are really strange. Can the filial piety of your offspring be measured by money?"

“I can really guarantee that it’s just an isolated case. I believe that not every parent is like that.”

............

The next three months.

Dongqing accompanied the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena as they traveled throughout the major cities of the continent, as well as the small villages they happened to pass by. They did not encounter any parents similar to the brothers.

As Dong Qing said.

Parents like these brothers, who only care about money and not people, may exist, but they are a very small minority. We should not lose faith in parental love because of them.

Meanwhile, these three months.

They traveled across mountains and rivers, and traversed crowds of people.

Having witnessed the bustling lights of Heaven Dou City, the solemnity of Star Luo City, and even taken a stroll through Spirit City, the two of them could be seen in almost every major city on the Douluo Continent.

Three months later.

Anyway, Silver Dragon King Gu Yue Na returned satisfied, while Dong Qing was left alone and miserable on Seagod Island.

Poseidon Island, the main island, Poseidon Temple.

"Oh dear, who is this person? Why is he squatting here all alone, just staring blankly?"

"Poseidon, I advise you not to mess with me. I'm very unhappy right now."

"Unhappy? That's right, a smile doesn't disappear, it just moves on. Look at me, I feel so comfortable."

"What exactly do you want?"

"What do I want to do? You won't say what you want to do. You've been on your honeymoon with that woman, traveling all over the continent. Now you're getting your comeuppance. Your harem is finally on fire."

Chapter 574, If you want to fight, then fight! Why waste words!

As Poseidon said.

For the past three months, Dongqing had been on a honeymoon-like trip with Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, traveling all over the continent. In the end, he angered Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chenxiang, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling...

For their safety, Dong Qing did not tell them the true identity of the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena. She was a pure-blooded true dragon whose strength was enough to make her a native creature of the Douluo Continent.

He simply told them that this woman had the ability to resolve the source of the blood curse, on the condition that he take her on a tour of all the major cities on the continent.

Dongqing was gone for three months.

During this period, he would only occasionally return to Wuhun City and Tiandou City to take a break from his daily job changes and satisfy the most basic desires and needs of the human body.

If that's all there is to it, there's basically no problem.

But the problem is...

A certain pure-blooded true dragon [a native creature of the Douluo Continent] was too fond of causing trouble. Taking advantage of her identity as the Holy Son of the Eastern Qing Spirit Hall, no one noticed her as the hidden ruler of all spirit beasts.

Of course, it's fine if she likes to make a fuss, but the main problem is that some people will be jealous, since Dongqing had never accompanied either of them on a honeymoon across the continent.

“Poseidon, I advise you to stop stirring things up. I just… I just feel like I’ve been slacking off in my cultivation lately, and I wanted to use the environment near Poseidon Island to cultivate a bit more,” Dong Qing said through gritted teeth.

"Oh, whatever you want. Anyway, for the next sixty years... no, thirty years, I'll basically have to obey your orders. You've got my life in your hands, so I have no choice but to sacrifice myself for you."

Poseidon's beautiful eyes flickered slightly. She leaned forward and sniffed lightly with her delicate nose. In just a few breaths, she noticed the lingering perfume scent on Dongqing's body.

Only by spending a long time with someone of the opposite sex will you carry their scent on your body.

You little bastard, you don't even bother to wipe your mouth after cheating. No wonder your female confidantes ignore you.