Xiao Xue Takes a Disciple

"Are you from the Dugu Family?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Then how did you meet Xiao Xue?"

Tian Mucheng was curious how they had agreed to come with Xiao Xue to meet him.

"We encountered Evil Spirit Masters while traveling earlier, and Lord Xiao Xue saved us." Dugu Yan glanced at the silent Xiao Xue, who was kneeling on one knee, and answered earnestly, "If Lord Xiao Xue had not helped us, my daughter and I might have died. We are truly grateful to Lord Xiao Xue for saving our lives."

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

Dugu Yan understood her and her daughter's circumstances. Without a powerful background, they simply could not survive in this dog-eat-dog world.

She hated her own helplessness. She hated why her ancestor had massacred a city ten thousand years ago. She hated the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy for standing by and watching them die. Any talk of righteousness was nothing more than a pursuit of profit.

Tian Mucheng and Mo Yan exchanged a glance, finally understanding why Xiao Xue had saved this mother and daughter.

Based on the mother and daughter's cultivation alone, they were not qualified for Xiao Xue to bring them before him.

Before Xiao Xue became an Evil Spirit Master, she had parents and lived in a warm, happy family. But everything had been destroyed by certain nobles. Back then, her mother had sacrificed herself to save her.

Moxie had killed several nobles and happened to encounter her. That crazy woman had attacked Moxie without a word, and in the end, Moxie had tied her up and brought her back.

After Tian Mucheng learned the full story, he had fallen silent as well. This world truly was filthy. The noble classes were deeply divided, the common people lived worse than death, and even awakening a Martial Soul was incredibly difficult.

The value of Spirit Hall's existence just kept rising. Tang San's actions would forever be idiotic!

The most idiotic part was that after doing it, he just had to say something about guilt and the path to death. Seeing that back then had disgusted Tian Mucheng to no end.

People couldn't... they simply couldn't.

"Xiao Xue, are you willing to accept them?"

Rather than answer Dugu Yan, Tian Mucheng reached out and stroked Xiao Xue's beautiful face, placing the choice in her hands. Xiao Xue and the other two were Dragon Slaves by nature, but they were also the people he trusted most. Naturally, he had to ask Xiao Xue's opinion.

Xiao Xue showed no resistance when Tian Mucheng touched her face. She even looked as if she enjoyed it, and her eyes were filled with fervor as she answered, "If Lord Holy Lord 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 been the Snow Snake. After becoming tainted by a trace of evil aura, it evolved into the Evil Martial Soul, the Snow Evil Snake. Finally, Tian Mucheng's Dragon Soul transformed it into the Snow Evil Dragon Flood Dragon. She was an eighty-sixth-rank Soul Fighting 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, but his voice was exceptionally gentle, making it very comforting to hear.

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

"I want to keep them!"

"Now that's more like it!"

Tian Mucheng gently stroked Xiao Xue's head. Though Xiao Xue was older than him, she was desperately starved of affection and still had psychological issues.

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

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

Though Dugu Luo was terrified, she was quite clever. She immediately copied Tang San's way of kneeling to pay respects to a teacher.

Tian Mucheng:

Mo Yan:

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

Tang Dog had left behind nothing good, yet this rotten etiquette had been passed down.

"Luo'er greets Teacher."

"Mm. Get up." Xiao Xue still wore a cold expression. Perhaps in this world, Tian Mucheng was the only one who could make her reveal such infatuation and fervor.

Seeing that the apprenticeship was over, Tian Mucheng looked at 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 the Tang Sect ancestor's method, will it?" Dugu Yan was not blinded by joy and asked tentatively.

Tian Mucheng could not help laughing. "I'm afraid only your ancestor would believe that guy, right?"

Dugu Yan nodded. In order to solve the toxins in her and her daughter's bodies, she had searched through every book in the family, including the records and 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 had absolutely no effect. Besides, how could soul bones be so easy to find?

And soul bones had their 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'er 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 those with such deeply flawed Martial Souls. The Jade Green Snake's poison was powerful, but it harmed its owner as well.

Seeing Dugu Yan agree, the weight in Xiao Xue's heart was finally lifted. She rose and left the guest room. She was going outside to stand guard for Lord Holy Lord and prevent anyone from disturbing him.

Mo Yan 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 modified that secret technique earlier. If he carried out the transformation now, then...

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

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

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

Mo Yan ultimately agreed. When it came to something this important, she could not keep being lazy.

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

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

That was why Jin Tianming and Mo Yan both knew this and naturally indulged the main body. If they could not solve it, they could just sacrifice themselves to the heavens!

Jin Tianming: 6

Didn't they even discuss it with him?