Celebration Banquet

After saying that, Dugu Bo suddenly remembered something else and said, "There's one more thing. The day after tomorrow is the celebration banquet for my becoming a Titled Douluo. I'll be inviting many guests, and you all need to show your faces there, understood?"

Every newly advanced Titled Douluo held a celebration banquet. The relationships involved were extremely complex and multifaceted!

For example, the Double Douluo Banquet held by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect back then. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect feasted for seven days, with guests gathering from all around. Its purpose was to celebrate Sword and Bone Douluo!

Then, it secured its position among the Upper Three Sects, intimidated forces from every side, and attracted a large number of unaffiliated soul masters to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, thereby strengthening itself!

The banquets held by every newly advanced Titled Douluo were never without purpose. Each carried profound significance; they were not merely celebrations!

There were reasons on all sides, but Dugu Bo's main purpose in holding this banquet was to celebrate becoming a Titled Douluo, intimidate the various factions, and pave the way for establishing a sect in the future!

He now harbored boundless ambitions. Having been reborn, reshaped into human form, evolved his Martial Soul, and broken through his bottleneck, how could he possibly lack great aspirations?

He himself was a level 92 Titled Douluo. His son, Dugu Xin, was a level 73 Soul Sage, while his daughter-in-law, Lin Wanqiu, was also a level 73 Soul Sage. The two even possessed an exceptionally powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Extreme Poison Aurora!

And what about his two grandchildren? Dugu Yao possessed Xiangliu as his Martial Soul and had inherited the Fierce God Xiangliu, carrying a god's inheritance. His granddaughter, Dugu Yan, possessed the Three-Phase Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul and was likewise a rare genius!

Even if not for himself, he had to fight for a powerful future for his two monster-like grandchildren!

"Grandfather, who will be attending your celebration banquet?" Dugu Yao asked curiously.

Dugu Yan beside him also looked over.

Dugu Bo stroked his chin and said with a smile, "Prince Xue Xing will be there. He is Xue Ye's younger brother and, in a sense, half my savior!"

"Back when Spirit Hall was hunting me down, without his help, escaping Spirit Hall's blockade might truly have been somewhat difficult!"

"So I promised him back then that I would act for him three times. He has already used two of those chances, leaving only the last one!"

"Now that I've become a Titled Douluo, he'll probably save that final chance for a critical moment. After all, an opportunity to have a Titled Douluo act is not easy to obtain!"

"By that calculation, I'm also half a consecrated of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. As for the rest, there will be representatives from the Upper Three Sects. Some sect masters may even come in person."

"Although I've become a Titled Douluo, I haven't joined any faction. Those people will probably try to recruit me into their forces because of that!"

"And then there will be some nobles and dignitaries. Of course, you only need to show your faces there. There's no need to care about those people. Now that I, Dugu Bo, have become a Titled Douluo, why should my two grandchildren need to watch their expressions?"

Dugu Bo spoke domineeringly. He truly had little fondness for those nobles and dignitaries. Their strength was nothing remarkable, yet they spent all day playing political games and were sly to the core!

"This banquet is meant to pave the way for us to establish a sect in the future!" Dugu Bo said with a smile. If there had been no benefit in it, he could not have been bothered to arrange it!

Dugu Xin was slightly stunned upon hearing this. "Father, are you in such a hurry? But founding a sect is no easy matter, and it is basically a thankless task!"

"In a hurry?" Dugu Bo smiled. "I'm not in a hurry. What I'm doing now is paving the way for the future, not acting for the present. Besides, founding a sect isn't something that can be done with just a few words."

"To establish a sect, there are three most basic requirements. The first is a core powerhouse. Without a core powerhouse, a sect would be nothing more than an empty shell!"

"Each of the seven great sects has powerful Titled Douluos or Soul Fighting Douluo experts. I alone am enough to meet this condition!"

"The second is funding. To establish a sect, you need Gold Soul Coins to select a site, construct buildings, and so on. All of that requires enormous expenditure!"

"So I intend to cooperate with other sects to obtain a large amount of Gold Soul Coins and help build our sect in the future!"

"The third is also the most crucial, and the one that gives me the biggest headache: people! By people, I do not mean the soul masters who join the sect, but the sect's direct-line descendants!"

"Powerful sects such as the Upper Three Sects all have quite a few direct-line descendants. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was founded by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan family. It has numerous direct-line descendants, and all their Martial Souls are Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Souls!"

"Likewise, all direct-line descendants of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect possess the auxiliary Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul. The responsibility of its outer disciples is to protect the sect's direct-line descendants!"

"As for the number one sect in the world, the Clear Sky Sect, although it has the fewest direct-line descendants among the sects, it still has several hundred owners of the Haotian Hammer Martial Soul!"

As he spoke, Dugu Bo's gaze fell on Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu, then shifted to Dugu Yao and Dugu Yan. He said with a helpless smile, "And we only have five people!"

Even if he, Dugu Bo, founded a sect and made it flourish, if the number of direct-line descendants could not increase, it would ultimately only become a wedding dress for others!

That was something he could not permit!

Dugu Xin smiled awkwardly. Of course he understood the reasoning. He was not an idiot, but the flaws inherent in the Dugu family's Martial Souls meant that every generation was exceptionally short-lived. It was almost impossible for the family to develop!

Moreover, there were five people in their generation, which was already the most numerous period in the history of the Dugu family. Five people—an entire five people!

"Father, how about Wanqiu and I work a little harder?" Dugu Xin said awkwardly. Not to mention that their Martial Souls had already evolved into Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Souls.

Moreover, they had the Nine Nether Poison Scripture. Even if someone awakened a Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul in the future and still possessed the Martial Soul's inherent flaw, they could avoid it through the effects of the Nine Nether Poison Scripture!

Dugu Bo let out a faint sigh. "We'll take it one step at a time. At the banquet the day after tomorrow, Xiao'er and Wanqiu, make sure you bring me honor, understood?!"

"Don't worry, Father. The two of us definitely won't embarrass you!" Dugu Xin said with a smile, patting his chest.

After that, everyone returned to their own rooms and began cultivating the Nine Nether Poison Scripture. Dugu Yan had already gained some ideas about it, but she still could not enter the introductory stage.

Dugu Xin and Lin Wanqiu were the same. Entering the introductory stage was likely somewhat difficult for them. Even Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, could do nothing about it!