Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Imperial Fighting Academy.
"Grandpa, you're here?"
Dugu Yan met her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
"Yan Yan, how did the exchange go a couple of days ago?"
Dugu Bo wore a stern expression.
Only when he saw his beloved granddaughter
did a kindly smile appear on his face.
"Grandpa, Shui Bing'er from Skywater Academy actually has Twin Martial Souls!"
Of all the things that had happened
when she participated in the exchange as a student a couple of days ago,
the one that had surprised her the most
was Shui Bing'er.
Dugu Bo froze, then took a sip of tea. "Twin Martial Souls? Spirit Hall has someone like that, too."
"What are her Twin Martial Souls?"
"Shui Bing'er's First Martial Soul is the Ice Phoenix. Her newly awakened Second Martial Soul is very strange. The last time I met her, I don't remember her having two Martial Souls."
Dugu Yan shook her head,
looking perplexed.
Her brows furrowed slightly.
She found it very strange.
"Yan Yan, focus on cultivating."
"Try to get a good result in this Soul Master Elite Tournament."
"Grandpa will be going now."
Dugu Bo didn't pay it much mind.
He left the room.
Dugu Bo's kindly expression turned cold.
"Yan Yan..."
Just now, while waiting for Yan Yan,
he had had another dream.
"If I hadn't been in such a hurry to break through to Titled Douluo back then, my son wouldn't have died!"
"Though I'm a Titled Douluo now, the poison in my body..."
At the thought of this,
Dugu Bo clenched his fists.
His emotions churned violently.
If he could relive what had happened back then,
perhaps he would still choose to break through himself
and sacrifice his son's life.
"Will the backlash from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison appear in Yan Yan, too?"
The thought of his sweet granddaughter
being in danger of losing her life someday, too
Yu Xiaolong brought Shui Bing'er to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Bing'er, hold on to me,"
Yu Xiaolong said.
Shui Bing'er froze,
feeling a little embarrassed.
"The Soul Hunting Forest is a long way away."
"I'll fly you there."
Shui Bing'er came to her senses.
"Teacher, we're flying there?"
She looked at her teacher.
Only a Soul Master at the Soul Saint level could unlock flight,
unless their Martial Soul was a flying type.
Which one was her teacher?
As she wondered,
Yu Xiaolong didn't hesitate.
While Shui Bing'er's face flushed red,
he slipped an arm around her slender waist.
The next moment,
as his disciple stared in a daze,
he activated his Martial Soul.
"Sagittarius Star Dragon."
"Teacher, we're flying!?"
Shui Bing'er's eyes lit up.
In her teacher's arms,
she felt their bodies lift into the air.
She looked down.
They were more than ten meters above the ground.
Her heart leapt in fright.
"One of the Twelve Star Dragons, the Sagittarius Star Dragon."
"Bing'er, your Aquarius Star Dragon is also one of the Twelve Star Dragons of our Dragon God Temple."
Yu Xiaolong rattled it off without a pause.
Unlike other people,
he had nine Soul Rings in total,
and could inherit nine dragon-type Soul Skills.
He could also summon nine Martial Souls!
Each Soul Skill had its own Martial Soul
for Yu Xiaolong to use.
"Teacher, the Dragon God Temple... Did you establish it? Where is the academy?"
As the academy's senior sister,
she cared a lot about its development.
She wanted to see it.
Yu Xiaolong put on a mysterious air. "No rush. First, we'll head to the place we're aiming for this time."
The Soul Hunting Forest.
After flying for two hours,
Yu Xiaolong and Shui Bing'er landed.
"Teacher, this forest seems to be filled with a thick poisonous miasma!"
Shui Bing'er looked solemn
and cautiously stepped back.
Yu Xiaolong unleashed a Soul Skill. "Arrow of Death!"
Whoosh!
The instant his voice fell,
golden wings unfurled on either side of Yu Xiaolong's body.
A huge cannon barrel took shape between them.
Boom!
A golden beam,
like a volcanic eruption,
condensed into a slender arrow
and shot out.
"I've opened a path."
"Let's go."
Yu Xiaolong took Shui Bing'er's hand.
Shui Bing'er was astonished. "Teacher, your Soul Power can actually drive away this poisonous miasma!?"
"Of course. The power of the Twelve Star Dragons far surpasses the power level of this plane."
"Teacher, I don't understand what you mean."
Shui Bing'er stared at him, baffled.
Yu Xiaolong didn't elaborate.
He released his perception,
and sensed no other Soul Masters nearby.
Yu Xiaolong smiled. "Let's go!"
In an instant,
Yu Xiaolong took Shui Bing'er's hand
and traveled to the middle of the Soul Hunting Forest.
A medicinal garden.
It was none other than Dugu Bo's backyard.
The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!
"Teacher, there's actually a hidden place here!?"
Shui Bing'er felt that following her teacher had opened her eyes once again that day.
She stood there, staring in a daze.
Yu Xiaolong smelled the air in the valley.
He raised a hand and said, "Bing'er, go keep watch outside. If anyone shows up, let me know."
"Okay, Teacher. Don't worry."
Shui Bing'er could see it clearly.
This place was where heavenly treasures grew in abundance.
So this was the gift her teacher had mentioned!
Once Shui Bing'er went outside to stand guard,
only Yu Xiaolong remained in the medicinal garden.
Without a word,
he rushed into the spring at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
On the bank,
all kinds of Immortal Herbs
filled his view.
There were too many to take in.
The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
The Narcissus Jade Bone.
The Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
All incredibly precious.
As long as it was an Immortal Herb,
Yu Xiaolong took it all without hesitation.
However,
just as Yu Xiaolong played the great thief,
gleefully harvesting the entire medicinal garden,
outside the garden,
an unwelcome guest arrived!
The sight made Shui Bing'er's hair stand on end.
"Well, well, well... I was wondering who it was. Turns out a little fly has been following me, Yue Guan..."
A man clad in golden armor, his face made up in an exceptionally flamboyant style,
slowly descended from the sky.
He stepped through the air.
His red lips curled slightly at the corners.
He stared at the girl before him.
Shui Bing'er!
As if he were eyeing his prey.
"Yue... Yue Guan!?"
Shui Bing'er heard him give his name.
Her heart suddenly tightened.
Though she didn't know how strong he was,
the aura he gave off
and the effortless way he stepped through the air
were enough to hint that his strength was terrifying!
"I've heard he's fond of beauty..."
Shui Bing'er narrowed her eyes.
Faced with a powerful opponent, she didn't panic and lose her head.
Instead, she stayed calm.
Her teacher was still in the medicinal garden.
She couldn't afford to lose her composure.
"Senior, I didn't mean to disturb you. I was just training in the area. I hope I haven't offended you?"
Shui Bing'er chose her words carefully.
She was deferential.
"Senior?"
At Shui Bing'er's question,
a strange light gleamed in Yue Guan's eyes.
He stroked his chin with fingers as slender as peeled scallion shoots.
With a coquettish smile, he said, "Oh-ho-ho... Little girl, you're quite interesting. Why don't you come along with me?"
Out here in the wilderness,
with so many poisonous mists,
how had she managed to make it here?
At a glance, she was from the Heaven Dou Empire.
And she had most likely come from one of its top Soul Master Academies!
But there was one thing—
this young girl definitely wasn't from Spirit Hall!
At the thought,
Yue Guan's gaze on Shui Bing'er grew even more peculiar.
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