"Hmm, his origins are unknown. Never mind. If my son wanted to destroy him, it wouldn't be difficult," the Goddess of Life said gently. She then paid Electrolux no further attention and turned her gaze to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
"Great Life Overlord and honored Destruction Overlord... I..." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt a shudder run through him. If he had possessed any hair, it would probably all have been standing on end!
"I have no intention of killing you. Rest easy, child. We won't stop my son from fulfilling his promise to you," the Goddess of Life said gently. "Even Tang San brought a few Soul Beasts up there. What harm is there in my son bringing a few?"
Clearly, the Goddess of Life was thoroughly displeased with Tang San at this moment. If he had merely attacked the God of Destruction, she probably would not have had much of an emotional reaction.
But Tang San had actually tried to engineer the death of the child she had awaited for countless tens of thousands of years!
How could she, the Goddess of Life, possibly not hate him!
Her only child had nearly died in the turbulence of space and time, while Tang San's son had enjoyed the protection of her blessing as the Goddess of Life!
The God of Destruction was also burning with rage, but he knew he could not act rashly anymore. His impulsiveness could very well steer things in a bad direction.
His son had quite a few advisers around him, too. What he and the Goddess of Life could do was conceal Xu Jingyao's aura as much as possible, preventing Tang San from detecting his existence.
Originally, he had been unsure whether the matter involving Huo Yuhao really was as the rumors described!
Now, he was all but certain. His opinion of Huo Yuhao sank even lower. To think he could remain so submissive after being treated like that...
Such deep-rooted servility! Unworthy of being a god!
In his new room, Xu Jingyao felt the changes in his muscles.
He could feel that the depletion from his recent exertion seemed to have been replenished.
This medicine!
From a scientific perspective, it probably stimulated the vitality of his cells to make them heal rapidly.
It allowed his Soul Power to circulate quickly.
Xu Jingyao had not noticed his parents' presence in his Sea of Consciousness at all, and naturally had not noticed their awakening either!
Once Xu Jingyao sensed that hardly any medicinal potency remained around him, he leaped out of the pool, whose contents had already turned to clear water, trailing a string of splashes.
Xu Jingyao quickly took a set of clothes from his Storage Soul Tool and controlled a gust of wind to swiftly blow the droplets off his body.
He quickly slipped his clothes on.
"Shadow Douluo!" Xu Jingyao called softly.
Shadow Douluo instantly appeared before Xu Jingyao and dropped to one knee with a thud!
Xu Jingyao: ???
"I didn't tell you to kneel!" Xu Jingyao immediately said, looking rather speechless.
"I couldn't stop in time..." Shadow Douluo scratched his head awkwardly.
"You... are a Titled Douluo!" Xu Jingyao was speechless.
Was there anyone reliable in this Sun Moon Empire?
Why did every last one of them seem so unreliable!
Looks like I still need to dig around among the people of the Original Three Kingdoms!
Starting with the Body Sect, for instance!
Ah, the Body Sect's destruction in the animation had made me pretty sad...
So tragically heroic!
Jade and stone burning together, fighting to the death without retreating!
Unfortunately... when firearms clashed with flesh...
Technology would win in the end!
And Xu Tianran really had looked manly back then...
It was just that Ju Zi had stolen the fruits of his efforts.
Early the next morning.
Du Busi walked ahead with long strides, while Xu Jingyao followed behind.
The stone steps were hewn into the cliff face. At their narrowest, only one person could squeeze past sideways, and there was not so much as a rail to hold on to. One glance down revealed a valley more than a dozen zhang deep.
Xu Jingyao walked quite steadily, and Shadow Douluo was unbothered as well. Only Du Busi kept turning back to talk as he walked, never even looking at his footing, as though he were walking on level ground.
"Our Body Sect's core area is at the very back of the valley, against that stretch of cliff on the rear mountain. Visitors can only stay over by the training grounds. No one can enter the core area without a disciple of our sect leading the way."
At the end of the stone steps lay a natural cleft. The cliffs on either side squeezed inward, leaving only a narrow gap.
Du Busi reached out and pressed the rock wall. A series of muffled mechanical sounds came from deep within the cleft, and the gap slowly widened to reveal a tunnel.
After they passed through the tunnel, the view suddenly opened up.
This core area was much smaller than the valley outside, but its atmosphere was entirely different.
The surrounding cliffs were densely covered in carved patterns, depicting the forms of Martial Souls and the paths of meridians.
There were also all sorts of designs that Xu Jingyao could not make sense of right away. Their lines were far more intricate than the crude murals outside.
The ground was paved with solid slabs of green jade, worn glossy and smooth underfoot.
A stone hall stood in the center. Its four pillars were each made from a single piece of obsidian, wound with dark-gold patterns. One glance made it clear they were no ordinary objects.
Of course. How could the Body Sect, which produced Limit Douluos in almost every generation, possibly be short of money!
As for why they looked like bandits to other people...
Purely a matter of personal style...
Then passed down from generation to generation.
Of course, there might also have been another aspect to it.
Du Busi led Xu Jingyao to the stone hall, cleared his throat, and glanced back at him. "According to our rules, joining the sect requires you to kowtow and offer incense before the Ancestral Hall. Then I, as sect master, will personally accept you as my disciple and assign your generational rank. Once you finish the ceremony, you'll be my direct disciple."
Xu Jingyao nodded and was just about to step forward.
The sky suddenly darkened.
There was no warning whatsoever.
The sliver of sky framed by the cliffs overhead abruptly turned a deep purple.
Then a bolt of lightning struck straight down from above. As thick as a bucket and so purple it was nearly black, the pillar of lightning was wrapped in densely packed arcs that crackled and burst out to either side.
The bolt landed squarely on the green jade paving half a foot in front of Du Busi, blasting an entire slab into fragments and spraying debris all over one of his trouser legs.
Du Busi froze in place with one foot raised, failing to set it down for a long while.
Xu Jingyao was also stunned for a moment and looked up at the sky.
That purple cloud was still there, seemingly waiting for Du Busi to continue speaking. It was as though it would keep striking if he failed to satisfy it.
Du Busi drew his foot back and lowered his head to examine the small holes blasted into his trouser leg. His expression shifted several times.
He turned around to look at Xu Jingyao, opened his mouth, closed it, then opened it again.
"Ahem." Du Busi cleared his throat. His voice was considerably quieter than before, but his words came much faster. "Well, you see, I just gave it some thought. This whole direct-disciple arrangement isn't really appropriate."
Xu Jingyao raised an eyebrow.
Du Busi looked up at the sky, then down at the crater in the ground, and said earnestly:
"Look, given the caliber of your Martial Soul, having a sect master like me take you directly as my disciple would be selling you a little short. That instantaneous Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill of yours nearly split me apart when you were only level 49. In another few years, I wouldn't have anything to teach you as your master. It wouldn't sound good if word got out, would it? So, I've decided to change things a little."