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

Lacking talent, he frantically ate elixirs.

but.

Dong Qing also understood that a sixth-grade alchemist created from piles of herbs was still a sixth-grade alchemist, and a Dou Wang created from pills was naturally still a Dou Wang.

Chapter 838, Even as a snack, it's too tough to chew.

"Gurgle..."

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong grabbed the wine jug from the table and suddenly gulped down a large mouthful of strong liquor.

The strong liquor felt like a knife scraping down his throat, but Ice Emperor Hai Bodong found it refreshing.

“You’re right. Gu He, the Pill King of Yunlan Sect, is indeed a sixth-grade alchemist who has accumulated a wealth of medicinal herbs. However, alchemy is an extremely expensive profession. Although alchemy requires talent, without a continuous supply of medicinal herbs, even the most talented person will find it difficult to quickly improve their alchemy level.”

"However, if they have a force like the Yunlan Sect behind them that can provide a continuous supply of medicinal materials, these alchemists can naturally calm down and save time from running around searching for medicinal materials. With their focus, the results they achieve will naturally be better than those alchemists who are pursuing freedom."

Speaking of it.

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong glanced at Dong Qing intentionally or unintentionally. He didn't understand what Dong Qing was doing hiding in the Xiao family. The Xiao family only sucked his blood and could not give him anything in return.

Could it be because of those women in the Xiao family?

Mittel-Yafi is no worse than them!

Do not understand.

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong didn't quite understand Dong Qing's reasons for helping the Xiao family; it seemed that the Xiao family had no other value besides a few women.

"Therefore, many low-level alchemists hope to find a wealthy man at this alchemist conference so that they can squander their money, but unfortunately, only a few people can achieve their wish."

Dong Qing took a small sip, and the wine in the glass was reduced by a third. He looked out the window at the bustling street, where he occasionally saw low-level alchemists of the first or second rank walking by.

"But Dongqing, you are different. With your alchemy skills, even the Yunlan Sect in the Jia Ma Empire is not qualified to hire you. I just don't know why you hide your true alchemy skills."

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong shook his head. A high-level alchemist who can refine seventh-grade pills would be able to thrive even on the Dou Qi Continent, let alone in the Jia Ma Empire.

Dong Qing publicly displayed alchemy skills, which were always at the fifth-grade level. However, only the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong knew that Dong Qing could refine seventh-grade pills to help him break the seal, making him a true seventh-grade alchemist.

"I am not a seventh-grade alchemist," Dong Qing said with a slight smile.

I am a ninth-grade alchemy master!

“You saved me, we’re friends, so go ahead and hide if you want!” Ice Emperor Hai Bodong shook his head.

Normally speaking.

No alchemist would intentionally hide their true alchemy skill level, since a higher alchemist level allows them to obtain more resources.

Dong Qing deliberately concealed his alchemy skill level, which, in the eyes of Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, must have been due to some unspeakable reason, a difficulty in not revealing his true alchemist level.

In the heart of the Ice Emperor Haibodong.

He had already imagined hundreds of thousands of words of love and entanglement. He guessed that Dong Qing came from Zhongzhou and was hiding his true alchemist rank to avoid some ill-intentioned people.

"Oh! A friend? I have a pretty good relationship with Queen Medusa now. She sealed you away for twenty years. Can you really consider me a friend?" Dongqing asked curiously.

His relationship with the snake-people was well known to the upper echelons of the Empire, since it was impossible for the snake-people to trade normally with humans without having a powerful backer.

He was the patron of the Snake-People Clan, a fifth-grade alchemist—not too high, not too low, just right, considering that even the Alchemist Guild Master, Fa Ma, was only a fifth-grade alchemist.

“I’m not as strong as others, there’s nothing to say, and besides… I feel guilty…” Ice Emperor Hai Bodong sighed.

I still remember it from twenty years ago.

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong was once a cold-blooded assassin. He was tasked by his employer to go to the desert to find a snake woman, but unfortunately, when he brought the snake woman back, he found that his employer had already been killed.

Immediately afterwards, Ice Emperor Haibodong discovered that the Snake People were also searching for this Snake Woman. Although he appeared cold, he couldn't bear to abandon her and fled with her.

To protect the snake woman, Ice Emperor Hai Bodong was seriously injured during the pursuit of the snake people.

During the escape.

The two relied on each other for warmth and support, which deepened their bond.

This snake woman named herself Butterfly. Knowing that she could not escape the pursuit of the snake-people by the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, she decided to stay behind alone to hold off the snake-people and cover Butterfly's safe escape.

Well known.

Couples in this situation usually exchange tokens of their love.

Butterfly gives Ice Emperor Haibodong a necklace, and Ice Emperor Haibodong gives Butterfly a ring. They agree to meet in Rock City.

If something unexpected happens and he can't be found in Iwaki, then let Butterfly go to the capital to find her friend Mittel-Fujiyama.

In the final battle.

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, whose strength was no match for Queen Medusa, slowly fell into a disadvantageous position. Just as the two were gathering their fighting skills and preparing to launch a full-force attack.

Butterfly seemed to remember something. She didn't want Ice Emperor Hai Bodong to get hurt, nor did she want Queen Medusa to get hurt, so she resolutely stood between the two sides.

Ice Emperor Haibodong managed to shake off the ice dragon in time, but Queen Medusa had no time to retract her attack. In desperation, he rushed forward and grabbed the butterfly to block the blow.

His hair turned completely white in an instant, his strength was sealed, and he plummeted to the Dou Ling level.

Logically speaking...

This should be a happy ending with the family reunion. Next, Queen Medusa is forced to release the sea and watch helplessly as the butterfly and the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong live happily ever after.

Unfortunately.

The Snake-People's higher-ups didn't think that way. In order to eliminate Butterfly, the Snake-People elders ordered Snake-People assassins to fire sneak arrows and kill Butterfly, this threat, during this gap in the battle.

At this time, Queen Medusa was in a period of exhaustion, and Ice Emperor Hai Bodong's strength plummeted and his reaction speed reached its lowest point in history because he had taken a direct hit from Queen Medusa.

Therefore.

Butterfly was struck in the heart by a cold arrow from the snake-people, taking away the last chance of life from this innocent snake woman.

On his deathbed.

Butterfly revealed that Ice Emperor Hai Bodong and Queen Medusa were the loves of her life, and she didn't want them to kill each other. She hoped that they could live freely without being bound by fate and stop fighting and killing each other.

But who exactly was Queen Medusa?

Although she did not harm Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, she did not let him go either, and did not lift his seal, forcing him to remain the second strongest warrior in the Jiama Empire as a Fighting Spirit for twenty years.

At the same time, the death of the butterfly enraged Queen Medusa, and the high-ranking members of the snake people and all the elders of the snake people were massacred. The current Yue Mei and others are all her trusted confidants who were promoted by her.

.........

"Feeling guilty! Let me guess, it might be the snake woman... Butterfly, right?" Dongqing curled his lip.

As Queen Medusa's only man, having experienced the snake's entanglement, he learned a great deal from her. The scandalous affairs between Snake Woman Butterfly and Ice Emperor Hai Bodong could not be kept from him.

"She... what exactly is your relationship with Queen Medusa? She even told you something like this?" Ice Emperor Hai Bodong was shocked. He began to doubt the relationship between Dongqing and Queen Medusa.

He previously believed that Dongqing's assistance to the Snake People in trade was an attempt to secretly control them.

It now seems that what he really wants to control is not the snake people, but Queen Medusa.

"What kind of relationship could there be? We're just ordinary friends!" Dong Qing laughed it off.

“Dongqing, I understand how proud Queen Medusa is. You can’t fool me. If you weren’t her man, you would never know these secrets.”

Ice Emperor Hai Bodong didn't believe a word Dong Qing said. If Queen Medusa wasn't subdued, no outsider could get any information out of her.

"If you say so, then so be it!" Dong Qing shrugged.

He neither denied nor admitted it, but in the eyes of Ice Emperor Haibodong, it was already a fait accompli. He truly never expected that a proud person like Queen Medusa would one day be pinned down by a human.

But if you think about the unique physical structure of the snake people, it's possible that they weren't necessarily crushed under someone; they might have been entangled and eaten.

...........

Time flies.

As night approached, Dongqing declined the Ice Emperor Haibodong's offer to stay overnight with the Mittel family, and turned to follow the Yaoye and Yaoyue sisters into the Jiama Empire's palace.

"Senior Dongqing, the Alchemist Conference starts tomorrow. You and Senior Fa Ma, as referees, should get some rest." Yao Ye gently hugged Dongqing's arm.

Since her younger sister Yaoyue was sent away, she has been using the Alchemist Conference as an excuse to get closer and closer, from maintaining a safe distance at the beginning to now directly touching her inappropriately.

"I'm resting, but you still have to let go of my hand!" Dong Qing said helplessly.

She told him to go rest while hugging his arm. What was she trying to do?

"Senior Dongqing, before I leave, I want to ask you a question..." Yao Ye hesitated, as if a thousand words were welling up in her heart, but she couldn't say a single one.

I noticed Yao Ye's hesitant expression, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Dong Qing thought for a moment, then placed his hands on her waist, pulled her into his arms, and whispered, "No need to ask. I've never been a faithful man. You shouldn't be flirting with someone like me."

Some things are better left unsaid.

This wasn't the first time he'd eaten the Imperial Princess. In the Douluo World, the Heaven Dou Empire, the Eldest Princess, Xue Ke, he had already changed roles countless times.

Now that the world of Doupo has been broken, and Princess Yaoye of the Jiama Empire is willing to give it away for free, he is not a saint. At worst, he will just take in another princess of the empire.

I spent a sleepless night, but successfully changed jobs.

........

The next morning.

As Dong Qing walked out of the palace of the Jia Ma Empire, he encountered Jia Xingtian, who had come with ill intentions.

With a grumpy face that said "keep away," he blocked Dongqing's way of leaving the palace.

"You can play around if you want, but even with that old bastard Ice Emperor protecting you, the Jia Ma Empire will fight you to the death." Jia Xingtian's tone was extremely serious.

Like Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, he now has a full head of white hair and looks quite old; one could say he's already halfway into his coffin.

However, he is a nine-star Dou Huang. Given enough opportunities, he is still very likely to break through the threshold of Dou Zong and extend his lifespan by two hundred years beyond the six-hundred-year lifespan of a Dou Huang.

In the Battle Through the Heavens, after successfully cultivating Dou Qi to the Dou Wang realm, one's lifespan can reach three hundred years.

Douhuang: Lifespan of 600 years.

Dou Zong: Lifespan of eight hundred years.

Dou Zun: Lifespan of one thousand years.

And so on.

A Dou Sheng is naturally an old monster who has lived for thousands of years without dying, while a Dou Di has broken free from the shackles of lifespan limits.