Dugu Bo and Martial Soul Hall's Relationship

On the third day of Xiao Chen and his group's stay in Hagen Dazs Kingdom, while they were eating dinner together in the evening, Hu Liena bluntly stated that she wanted to perform the Triple Martial Soul Fusion meditation with Xiao Chen again.

Hu Liena did not know that Xiao Chen was actually developing his Spirit Skills, which was why she assumed he was simply meditating.

"Nana, you're going to be alone in a room with Xiao Chen to cultivate again!" Yan said, full of jealousy.

"What, do you have an opinion?" Hu Liena raised an eyebrow.

"No, no, I just wanted to say, can you take me along this time!" Yan grinned.

After seeing Hu Liena's cultivation progress, he was filled with envy.

"No!" Hu Liena refused immediately. "You can't perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xiao Chen, so why bother tagging along!"

"Nana, I only ask to sit quietly on the side and contemplate; I definitely won't disturb the two of you." Yan spoke hurriedly, and after saying this, he reached out to nudge Xie Yue beside him.

Xie Yue immediately followed suit: "That's right, Nana. The two of us will just observe and contemplate from the side; we definitely won't get in the way."

"Brother... why are you joining in on the fun too!" Hu Liena glared at Xie Yue.

Xie Yue scratched his head, looking slightly embarrassed. He secretly emphasized that he didn't mind Xiao Chen and Hu Liena being alone, but merely wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to cultivate with focus.

Just as Hu Liena was about to refuse the two again, Xiao Chen spoke up from the side: "It's fine. Cultivating together helps improve team synergy!"

Although Yan and Xie Yue could not grasp the subtleties of Spirit Skill Development, sensing it from close range would still be beneficial for their own cultivation.

Upon hearing this, Yan and Xie Yue's faces immediately lit up with joy. The two exchanged a quiet glance, their eyes filled with the cunning satisfaction of a scheme successfully executed.

Hu Liena felt quite helpless. Since Xiao Chen had spoken, she couldn't continue to refuse, so she could only warn them: "Meditating in that state consumes a massive amount of mental energy. You two must not make a single sound or disturb my and my Junior Brother's cultivation!"

"Don't worry, we'll be absolutely quiet!" Yan and Xie Yue patted their chests in assurance.

After dinner, the four of them returned to their room to begin their meditative cultivation.

In the state of Triple Martial Soul Fusion, developing Spirit Skills was indeed twice as effective with half the effort.

However, there were also some drawbacks.

The evolved Spirit Skills had very high requirements for the use of Spirit Power and the manipulation of mental energy; in his normal state, Xiao Chen could not control the evolved Spirit Skills.

Of course, the benefits of the evolved Spirit Skills far outweighed the drawbacks.

Although he could not fully unleash the evolved Spirit Skills while in the Force Condensation Realm, slightly increasing the power of his Brute Force Spirit Skills was not a problem.

Moreover, developing Spirit Skills while in the Triple Martial Soul Fusion state provided a significant boost to his mental energy.

Xiao Chen and Hu Liena sat cross-legged facing each other, both releasing their Martial Souls. As their palms gently touched, they quickly entered the mysterious state of the three Martial Souls merging.

This time, Xiao Chen was developing the first Spirit Skill of his Arrow Martial Soul: Shadow Step Dash!

After Xiao Chen entered the state, Hu Liena also immediately focused her mind and calmed her spirit, once again finding that extremely mysterious sense of epiphany.

Seeing this, Yan and Xie Yue also began to contemplate earnestly. Even Chrysanthemum Douluo, who was outside the room, could not help but quietly spread his mental energy to silently perceive the mysterious aura emanating from Xiao Chen.

It was not until the middle of the night that Xiao Chen finished developing Shadow Step Dash.

The first stage of the speed-type Spirit Skill was the Wind Chasing Realm. While he couldn't test it inside the room, Xiao Chen could feel that his body felt much lighter in the Wind Chasing Realm state.

After the Spirit Skill development was complete, Hu Liena and the others returned to their respective rooms.

Xiao Chen fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow, and Hu Liena was much the same. Although the consumption was minimal when performing the Triple Martial Soul Fusion without activating the Blurry Domain, it was still exhausting after such a long duration.

Yan and Xie Yue did not gain much from their first time sensing this state, but Chrysanthemum Douluo benefited greatly.

He noticed that his Spirit Power, which had been stagnant for a long time without progress, actually showed signs of loosening.

I must find time to build synergy with Xiao Chen later. If I can sense the flow of the aura around him while performing a Martial Soul Fusion with him, I will surely be able to enter that mysterious state as well! Chrysanthemum Douluo thought to himself.

He inwardly marveled that Xiao Chen was truly a lucky star; staying with him always brought unexpected surprises from time to time.

Xiao Chen slept until the sun rose before waking up. After the group finished breakfast, they set off for the Silves Kingdom.

This time, while passing through the border between the Silves Kingdom and the Hagen Dazs Kingdom, they encountered a group of bandits.

The strength of these bandits was mostly at the Spirit Ancestor level, with only the leader being a Spirit King.

Although there were dozens of them, to the four of Xiao Chen's group, they were simply here to deliver experience points.

The four of them wiped out the group and even raided their lair while they were at it.

When the four arrived at the main city of Silves to participate in the Soul Fighting Arena, the moment they entered, many Spirit Masters recognized their masks.

Having displayed their formidable strength in Xilu City and Hagen Dazs City in succession, the four were already famous.

No, to be precise, it should be five, as Xiao Chen had two identities.

As before, 'Mystic Spear' fought three matches every day, while each of them fought one match in the duo and team Soul Fighting categories.

They stayed in the main city of Silves for three days, and the four of them remained undefeated.

In particular, Xiao Chen's Mystic Spear identity had already reached a thirty-eight-match winning streak in solo Soul Fighting.

The Silves Kingdom was not far from the Sunset Forest. In the evening, Chrysanthemum Douluo specifically asked Xiao Chen what he was going to do in the Sunset Forest, because Martial Soul Hall had long known that Dugu Bo was hiding there.

Back then, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had joined forces to hunt down Dugu Bo and had nearly killed him, so Dugu Bo held great hostility toward Martial Soul Hall.

With Ghost Douluo accompanying them this time, the two were not afraid of Dugu Bo, but they were very wary of his poison.

After all, the ones they were bringing this time were the future of Martial Soul Hall; Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo absolutely did not want to see any of the four suffer a mishap.

Originally, for this trip to Heavenly Dou City, Chrysanthemum Douluo had chosen a route intentionally designed to bypass the Sunset Forest, but since Xiao Chen insisted on going, Chrysanthemum Douluo found it difficult to object.

Now that the group was approaching the Sunset Forest, Chrysanthemum Douluo finally spoke up to ask Xiao Chen about his purpose for visiting.

"Just passing by to take a look!" Xiao Chen replied; naturally, he could not reveal that this trip was to explore the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

He did not doubt for a second that if Chrysanthemum Douluo learned this place harbored countless rare immortal herbs, he would immediately summon other Titled Douluo from Martial Soul Hall to raid Dugu Bo's home.

"In that case, I suggest we bypass the Sunset Forest, because the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, is hiding inside!" Chrysanthemum Douluo explained, then proceeded to recount the grievances between Martial Soul Hall and Dugu Bo to Xiao Chen and the others.

Xiao Chen thought it over; this was indeed a point he had not considered.

Dugu Bo had never held any affection for Martial Soul Hall, and if he were to cross paths with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, a fight would break out nine times out of ten.

Dugu Bo was reclusive and suspicious, yet he was also stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside, and he valued his promises immensely; therefore, Xiao Chen did not wish to make an enemy of him.

Even if they could not become friends, they certainly could not become enemies.

Dugu Bo's greatest weakness was his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, and his family members were all essentially suffering from the fatal backlash of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison, which was Dugu Bo's greatest pain.

That was why, after Tang San helped him solve this difficult problem, he became a close friend of Tang San despite their age gap.

Tang San had not been polite either, directly emptying out Dugu Bo's entire collection, leaving not a single immortal-grade herb behind.