Scarlet Eyes

The next day, early morning.

Yesterday, Dugu Xin and his three companions had just participated in one solo Soul Fighting, one duo Soul Fighting, and one randomly matched group battle. Today, they chose to stay in their rented courtyard to cultivate and recharge.

They had been in ' Heaven Dou City ' for more than two months, and apart from the first few days, they had basically been living like this.

"Xin'er, come out of the city with me in a little while."

Inside the hall, Dugu Bo put down his empty bowl and spoke to Dugu Xin, who was still drinking porridge.

"Understood, Father."

Dugu Xin didn't say much. He quickened his pace, finished the remaining meat porridge in the bowl in a few bites, grabbed two pieces of fluffy white bread that were steaming hot and smelled of wheat, and started eating them with both hands.

In no time, after finishing another plate of kimchi and a dozen or so colorful eggs, Dugu Xin wiped his mouth, stood up, greeted Qingqiu Xin and the others beside him, and then followed Dugu Bo outside.

Qingqiu Xin, Long Yin, and Zhang Mufeng all seemed unsurprised by this.

For more than two months, Dugu Bo would take Dugu Xin out almost every seven or eight days, and the destination was always the Sunset Forest, which was a hundred miles east of Heaven Dou City.

Regarding the cultivation treasure land in the Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo, after careful consideration, finally shared the relevant information with Ling Yi when he was in the Water Wood Duchy.

However, to Dugu Bo's surprise, although Ling Yi showed some interest in that cultivation treasure land at the time, he did not choose to come to the [Heaven Dou Empire] with him immediately.

He only told Dugu Bo to take Dugu Xin and Long Yin, Qingqiu Xin, and Zhang Mufeng along, so that the four young people could travel together under his protection.

Ling Yi himself will stay in the Water Wood Duchy for a few more days to settle various affairs within the principality before heading to the Heaven Dou Empire to meet up with them in Heaven Dou City.

Ling Yi chose to depart a little later, and Yang Shelly and Ah Yin, who had always been attached to Ling Yi, naturally followed suit.

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To be honest, Dugu Bo was somewhat puzzled at the time.

Why did he get the feeling that Ling Yi didn't seem to care much about the cultivation paradise he mentioned?

Instead of showing the usual desire and possessiveness that Soul Master would have for a cultivation treasure land, he seemed to think, "This is quite interesting, I'll take a look when I have some free time."

This makes him, who initially intended to hide it but later went through various internal struggles before finally deciding to share, seem very cheap.

"Senior, you just said that during your cultivation at the foot of the mountain shrouded in thick fog, your Soul Power became extremely active, and your ' Jade Phosphorous Serpent ' Martial Soul even exhibited a strange, restless feeling?"

Ling Yi's words from that time seem to echo in my ears.

Dugu Bo nodded. "Yes, I can feel it. The reason why my Soul Power has become more active is because of my ' Jade Phosphorous Serpent ' Martial Soul. In that thick fog, there was a kind of... a kind of..."

"The exhilarating feeling of being in one's element?" Ling Yi asked.

"Yes!" Dugu Bo's eyes lit up; this description was very apt.

In response, Ling Yi crossed one arm over his chest and stroked his chin with the other, pondering, "In that case, either there's a treasure on that fog-shrouded mountain that greatly amplifies poison attributes; or there's an element there that's beneficial to snake-type Martial Soul and Soul Beast..."

"Senior, are there many poisonous flowers and plants around that mountain? Or are there many snake-like Soul Beast?" Ling Yi asked.

Faced with Ling Yi's question, Dugu Bo blinked and began to try to recall.

After a long pause, he said uncertainly, "Uh, there seem to be some traces of snake-like Soul Beast around the foot of that mountain, and as for poisonous flowers and herbs... it seems... there are some too?"

Ling Yi?

Dugu Bo ⊙_⊙

The two stared at each other for a few seconds, then Ling Yi decisively changed direction and asked, "Then... what about the mountain? Didn't you go deep into the fog to check, senior?"

Dugu Bo: "..."

After a few more seconds of silence, Dugu Bo finally spoke with a wandering gaze, "I stayed overnight in a cave at the foot of the mountain. While cultivating at night, I noticed changes in my Martial Soul and Soul Power. I cultivated for several days in a row until the mission I had accepted was about to expire. I hurriedly met up with my employers in the forest. After that, in order not to expose the location, I hunted Soul Beast for my employers in another direction..."

Ling Yi: "..."

There are so many things to complain about, I don't know where to begin.

He could only skip ahead again and ask, "And then?"

"Then... then I sent my employer out of the ' Sunset Forest,' and I returned to that cave to continue cultivating until the supplies in my Storage Soul Tool were exhausted. Only then did I return to ' Heaven Dou City,'" Dugu Bo replied.

"After that, I didn't linger for a moment and rushed to the [Water Wood Duchy]—"

Clearly, Dugu Bo neither searched the so-called cultivation treasure land and its surrounding environment, nor investigated the reason for the amplification of cultivation; he was only focused on cultivating in that special environment.

What is this? Only what you eat is considered meat?

In a sense, there is nothing wrong with this operation.

After all, for Dugu Bo, or for most Soul Master on the Douluo Continent, the only thing that matters is increasing cultivation speed; researching why it can be increased is not the primary consideration.

Furthermore, whether they can even figure it out is another matter. It's entirely possible they'll waste time and effort only to find nothing.

Of course, the main reason is that in Dugu Bo's mind, as long as he becomes strong enough to occupy that cultivation treasure land, he can explore and understand its situation at any time. There is no rush.

Let's go back to the present.

More than two months ago, Dugu Bo brought his son Dugu Xin and Qingqiu Xin to "Heaven Dou City".

After resting for a while, Dugu Bo led the four young men to the Sunset Forest, where they began their cultivation in a cave at the Fog Mountain.

However, apart from Dugu Xin, who, like Dugu Bo, felt the pulse of the "Jade Phosphorous Serpent" Martial Soul during cultivation and thus gained a super-double cultivation buff, none of the others, whether it was Qingqiu Xin, Long Yin, or Zhang Mufeng, received any additional benefits.

It can only be said that the spiritual energy of the world in the Sunset Forest is much richer than that in cities like Heaven Dou City.

Even compared to their cultivation rooms in the Mountain Sea Estate, it is slightly better.

After watching the Dugu Clan father and son leave, Nie Rong stayed behind to clean up the dishes, while Qingqiu Xin and the other two returned to their rooms and began their cultivation.

Upon returning to their rooms, the three of them each took out a palm-sized, rectangular, flat metal box from their pockets.

Upon opening the metal box and activating his Soul Power, flowerpots planted with "Blue Silver Grass" flew out, along with curved metal rods.

The difference is that Qingqiu Xin's "Blue Silver Grass" has blue patterns, and the metal rod also has a blue luster. Long Yin's is ice blue, while Zhang Mufeng's is brilliant gold.

Just here in ' Heaven Dou City ', Qingqiu Xin and the other two set up their own small, Mimicry Cultivation Ground.

Hundreds of miles away in the Sunset Forest, on a high mountain shrouded in thick fog, a pair of scarlet eyes suddenly opened.

The owner of those eyes twitched his nostrils, took a breath, and a savage glint flashed in his eyes:

"The scent of humans... has some foolproof person come knocking on my door again?"

"Once my injuries have healed, I'll come back to feast on your flesh and blood..."

At the same time, Dugu Bo and his son Dugu Xin had just arrived at the east gate of "Heaven Dou City" and were walking out with the flow of people.

We'll continue tomorrow night. Goodnight everyone!