Xiao Xue Takes a Disciple

"Are you from the Dugu Family?"

Tian Mucheng asked curiously. If he had guessed correctly, these two were descendants of Dugu Bo.

"My lord, how did you know I'm from the Dugu Family?"

The green-haired young woman was astonished and surprised by the boy's question. In this era, very few people still knew of the Dugu Family.

Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect might know. Her father had gone to seek their help, but they had chosen to ignore him.

So they really are. Tian Mucheng asked curiously, "Why are you here?" As for the young woman's question, he chose to ignore it.

"My daughter and I were being hunted by Evil Soul Masters and the Heavenly Dragon Gate, so we fled here. My name is Dugu Yan, and she is my daughter, Dugu Luo." Dugu Yan answered honestly, introducing the daughter hiding behind her.

"Then how did you meet Xiao Xue?"

Tian Mucheng was curious how they had agreed to follow Xiao Xue here to meet him.

"We encountered Evil Soul Masters while traveling earlier, and Lady Xiao Xue saved us." Dugu Yan glanced at the silent Xiao Xue, who was kneeling on one knee, then answered earnestly. "If Lady Xiao Xue hadn't helped us, my daughter and I might have died. We are truly grateful for Lady Xiao Xue's lifesaving grace."

"As long as you are willing, we are willing to become your servants."

Dugu Yan understood the situation she and her daughter were in. Without a powerful backer, they simply could not survive in this cannibalistic world.

She hated her own weakness. She hated why her ancestors had massacred a city ten thousand years ago. She hated the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy for standing by and watching them die. Any so-called greater good was nothing more than profit-driven.

Tian Mucheng and Moyan exchanged glances, finally understanding why Xiao Xue had saved this mother and daughter.

With the cultivation of just these two, they were not qualified for Xiao Xue to bring them before him at all.

Before becoming an Evil Soul Master, Xiao Xue had parents too and had lived in a warm, happy family. But it had all been destroyed by certain nobles. Back then, her mother had sacrificed herself to save her—

At the time, Moxie had killed several nobles and happened to encounter her. That madwoman had attacked Moxie without a word of warning, and in the end, Moxie had tied her up and brought her back.

After he had learned the full story, he too had fallen silent. This world truly was filthy. The nobles were sharply divided by class, while the common people lived worse than death. Even awakening a Martial Soul was exceedingly difficult for them.

The worth of Spirit Hall's existence kept rising. Everything Tang San did was eternally moronic!

The most moronic part was that after doing something, he still had to say something about being guilty and deserving death. It had disgusted him to the point of nausea when he saw it.

A person couldn't... surely they couldn't.

"Xiao Xue, are you willing to take them in?"

Instead of answering Dugu Yan, Tian Mucheng reached out and touched Xiao Xue's beautiful face, giving her the choice. Xiao Xue and the other two were Dragon Slaves in essence, but they were also the people he trusted most. Naturally, he had to ask Xiao Xue's opinion.

Xiao Xue showed no resistance to Tian Mucheng touching her face. She even looked as though she was enjoying it. Her eyes filled with fanaticism as she answered, "If Lord Saint agrees, Xiao Xue is willing to take them in. I am also willing to accept Dugu Luo as my personal disciple."

Xiao Xue's Martial Soul had originally been the Snow Serpent. After being tainted by a trace of evil aura, it evolved into the evil Martial Soul, the Snow Evil Serpent. In the end, Tian Mucheng's Dragon Soul had transformed it into the Snow Evil Dragon Flood Dragon. She was now an eighty-sixth-rank Soul Douluo.

"What I want to hear is what you truly think, not whether you seek my approval. I respect the wishes of every Dragon Slave." Tian Mucheng spoke with a hint of exasperation, yet his voice was exceptionally gentle and comforting.

Even the pain caused by the toxins in the Dugu mother and daughter's bodies eased considerably.

"I want to keep them!"

"That's more like it!"

Tian Mucheng said as he gently stroked Xiao Xue's head. Though Xiao Xue was older than him, she was severely starved for affection and still had psychological issues.

Watching this scene, Moyan thought, I really have to praise the main body's affinity. He's got a real knack for it.

"Luo, hurry and greet your teacher." Dugu Yan reacted quickly, immediately pulling Dugu Luo out from behind her and urging her anxiously.

Though Dugu Luo was very frightened, she was quite clever. She immediately assumed the manner in which Tang San had knelt to acknowledge a teacher.

Tian Mucheng:

Moyan:

The two exchanged glances, each seeing what the other wanted to say.

Tang Gou hadn't left behind anything good, but he had passed down this lousy etiquette.

"Luo greets Teacher."

"Mm. Rise." Xiao Xue's expression remained cold. Perhaps in this world, Tian Mucheng was the only one who could make her reveal an infatuated, fanatical expression.

Seeing that the apprenticeship ceremony was over, Tian Mucheng looked toward Dugu Yan. "Miss Dugu Yan, I can help remove the toxins from you and your daughter. Are you willing to hear me out?"

"It won't be like that Tang Sect ancestor's method, will it?" Dugu Yan did not let joy cloud her mind and asked cautiously.

Tian Mucheng could not help laughing when he heard that. "I'm afraid only your ancestor would have believed that guy, right?"

Dugu Yan nodded. To resolve the toxins in her own body and her daughter's, she had examined every book in her home, including the notes left by their ancestor Dugu Bo. In the end, she had reached one conclusion:

It treated the symptoms but not the root cause. That method was completely useless. Besides, how could soul bones be so easy to find?

And soul bones had limits as well.

"Then listen to my plan."

Tian Mucheng revealed a little about the Dragon Soul transformation to Dugu Yan. He could not tell her everything unless she had already undergone the Dragon Soul transformation.

After hearing Tian Mucheng's solution, Dugu Yan agreed without hesitation. "I agree. From now on, Luo and I will be the deadliest poison in your hands!"

Martial Soul Evolution was something every ordinary soul master dreamed of.

No one would refuse it, especially not people like them, whose Martial Souls had such severe flaws. The Jade Phosphor Serpent's venom was powerful, but it harmed its wielder as well.

Seeing Dugu Yan agree, Xiao Xue finally let go of the weight in her heart. She rose and left the guest room. She was going outside to stand guard for Lord Saint and prevent anyone from disturbing him.

Moyan spoke instead. "Are you sure you can do this? Your body has already reached its limit."

His body had already reached its limit when he had just modified that secret technique. If he carried out the transformation now, then perhaps—

Hearing Moyan's words, Tian Mucheng smiled. "I seem to have glimpsed some secrets. Now is the time to press our advantage. Are you willing to gamble with me?"

"Then when Jin Tianming scolds me later, you can explain it to him yourself." Moyan said irritably. She had promised Jin Tianming that she would protect the main body, but this main body was a damned gambler who gambled every day.

"I'll stand guard for you. If anything goes wrong, I'll immediately step in and stop it. Compared to them, you are the most important one. Do you understand?"

Moyan ultimately agreed. She could no longer remain lazy when it came to something this important.

Hearing this, Tian Mucheng immediately gave Moyan a beautiful smile. "Thank you, Moyan."

Xiao Xue was an orphan with psychological issues, but wasn't Tian Mucheng's main body the same?

That was why Jin Tianming and Moyan both knew this, and naturally spoiled the main body. If they couldn't resolve it, they could just sacrifice themselves to the heavens!

Jin Tianming: 6

Couldn't they discuss it with him first?