...
"Hold on tight, brother will take you flying."
Xuanhao squatted down, gesturing for Na'er to climb on top.
Na'er obediently wrapped her arms around his neck, rested her little head on his shoulder, and rubbed against him.
"rise!"
With a thought, Xuan Hao began to circulate his soul power.
"Buzz—"
A pair of brilliant golden dragon wings suddenly unfolded from his back, with a wingspan of three meters.
Each scale shimmered with a metallic luster, exuding a sense of power.
As soul power increases, these dragon wings will become stronger and stronger.
only...
"Hmm, it still feels a bit awkward."
Xuanhao tried flapping his wings, his body swayed twice, and he almost fell over.
Although it is theoretically possible to fly, it would require a lot of practice to control these extra limbs as flexibly as a bird.
"Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone Skill - Flight".
Xuan Hao's mind stirred again, and a blue light flashed at his right leg.
A light, effortless power instantly surged through my body, and the feeling of weightlessness vanished, replaced by a sense of ease and comfort, like a fish in water.
Soul Bone skills are like skill books in online games; you can use them immediately by clicking on them, without needing to gain proficiency.
"This Soul Master system is really easy to use."
Xuan Hao silently complained to himself.
Whether it's a soul bone or a soul ring, it's essentially like a quick-learning skill book.
The more powerful the soul ring or soul bone, the higher the level of the skill book.
Once acquired, you can directly master that skill without needing to understand or study it; you can use it immediately.
Because of this situation, Soul Masters in Douluo Continent below the Soul Saint level almost never truly delve into the study of Martial Souls in their own cultivation.
After all, you can get a high-level skill by absorbing a soul ring, so why bother to painstakingly develop and cultivate it yourself?
Only when a Soul Master reaches the Title Douluo level, has all their Soul Rings, or has reached the limit of their potential and can no longer increase their Soul Power, will they truly dedicate themselves to studying their Martial Soul.
Therefore, anyone who can develop their own soul skill at a young age can be called a person of extraordinary talent.
Moreover, self-created soul skills are almost always developed by soul masters based on their own martial souls.
Unless they have the same martial soul, or even the same soul rings and cultivation direction, other soul masters cannot learn them.
The existence of spirit rings and spirit bones makes the cultivation of spirit masters in Douluo Continent simpler and more direct, requiring less thought.
However, this also makes the cultivation system of human spirit masters distorted.
In comparison, the cultivation of soul beasts is far more serious than that of soul masters.
After all, they cannot acquire any soul skills and can only develop and research various combat skills based on their own talents and bloodlines.
Let's go!
Xuan Hao gathered his thoughts, his dragon wings flapped suddenly, and he became like a golden meteor, carrying Na'er straight into the sky, flying towards the treehouse halfway up the mountain.
...
Halfway up the mountain, in front of the treehouse.
Dugu Yan, who was anxiously pacing in front of the treehouse, looked up when she heard the sound of something cutting through the air and her eyes widened in surprise.
A golden light descended from the sky and landed steadily in front of her.
The pair of dazzling golden dragon wings slowly retracted, revealing Xuan Hao's slightly apologetic smile and the unharmed little girl in his arms.
"Hey! Yanza! Long time no see!"
Xuan Hao landed steadily, retracted his dragon wings, and waved to Dugu Yan.
"Xuan Hao?!"
Dugu Yan turned around abruptly and saw Xuan Hao unharmed.
She was initially delighted, but then her gaze fell on Na'er on his back, and she was completely stunned.
"Na...Na'er?!"
Dugu Yan rushed over, scooped Na'er off Xuan Hao's back, and examined her thoroughly, her voice trembling.
"Where have you been?!
Do you know how worried we've been these past few days?!"
"My grandfather searched through all the poisonous miasma around here; he almost leveled this mountain!"
"I..."
Na'er nestled in Dugu Yan's arms and weakly explained, "At that time... there was a sudden earthquake, I was so scared, and then I fainted.
When I woke up, I was already at the bottom of that valley..."
"Below the valley?!"
Dugu Yan stared wide-eyed at Na'er in disbelief, then looked at Xuan Hao.
"You mean... in my grandfather's medicine box?"
"Hmm…" Na'er nodded.
"How is this possible?!"
Dugu Yan felt her worldview being shaken.
"That's a forbidden zone that even Great Soul Masters can't stay in!
How could a little girl like you with no soul power survive there?
And for three days?!"
"And how did you get down there?"
Xuan Hao awkwardly touched his nose beside him.
This really doesn't make sense.
But you can't exactly say that this girl is the Silver Dragon King, and that she went down to hold a meeting with her two old subordinates, can you?
"Ahem, um..."
Xuan Hao cleared his throat, abruptly interrupting Dugu Yan's questioning, "This matter is indeed quite bizarre.
I guess... it's possible that the environment down there is special, forming a relatively safe area, and Na'er was lucky enough to fall in."
"Good luck?"
Dugu Yan looked at her with an expression that seemed to say,
"Are you kidding me?"
"Oh, it's good that everyone's alright."
Xuan Hao waved his hand.
"Where's your grandfather? Hasn't he come back yet?"
"Not yet." Dugu Yan sighed.
"Grandpa thinks Na'er was taken away by those soul beasts that were shaken by the earthquake, and he's following the trail to find her."
"I'll send a signal for him to come back right away."
As she spoke, Dugu Yan took out a green signal flare from her soul tool and fired it into the sky.
"Bang--"
A brilliant turquoise firework exploded in the air, forming a spiraling turquoise snake pattern.
Not long after.
Hiss—
A green figure swept in from afar like a whirlwind.
"Yanyan! What's wrong?!
Has a soul beast attacked...?"
Before he could finish speaking, he saw three figures—one large and two small—standing in front of the treehouse.
Dugu Bo froze, especially when he saw the silver-haired boy waving and smiling at him.
"this..."
Dugu Bo rubbed his eyes, pointed at Na'er, and his voice changed, "Where...where did you find this girl?"
"I didn't look for it."
Xuan Hao shrugged.
"She's been staying with me downstairs the whole time."
"under?!"
Dugu Bo's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"You mean... she stayed by that ice and fire pool for three days?
And without a scratch?!"
"Hmm." Xuan Hao nodded.
"..."
Dugu Bo looked at the innocent-looking Na'er, then at the calm-looking Xuan Hao, and felt his head buzzing.
What the hell are these monsters?!
One can eat poisonous plants raw and bathe in a spring, while the other can sleep soundly in a deadly place without any soul power.
"Alright, alright, let's not dwell on these details."
Xuan Hao stepped forward, interrupting Dugu Bo's existential doubts, "Old Poisoner, let's get down to business first."
"These past few days, while I was soaking in that hot pot, I had a stroke of luck there.
The earthquake you mentioned was actually something that was sleeping under that hot pot, which I woke up and turned over."
"A hot pot with two broths..."
Dugu Bo's lips twitched.
This kid really did give that extraordinary place a rather... unique name.
"No, you just said... that the earthquake that day was because it woke up something that was sleeping underground?"
At this point, Dugu Bo's voice unconsciously lowered a few decibels, his eyes revealing a deep sense of apprehension and a hint of barely concealed desire:
"Is... the remnant soul of a true dragon hidden down there?"
"Huh?"
This time, it was Xuan Hao's turn to be surprised.
He blinked and looked at Dugu Bo with curiosity, "Old Poison Master, you're amazing!
You could even guess that?
I thought you only knew how to play with poison."
"Hmph, don't look down on me."
Dugu Bo rolled his eyes at him, annoyed.
"There's a legend in the Soul Master world that even if a true dragon dies, its soul will never perish.
Wherever an ancient true dragon falls, there will be strange phenomena and great opportunities."
"That absolute suppression from the depths of my blood that day, that sense of fear that made even the Azure Phosphorous Serpent King want to kneel down... what else in this world could do that besides the legendary ancient dragons?"
"only..."
Dugu Bo sighed, his tone becoming somewhat resentful, even carrying a hint of sourness:
"I've lived here for decades, guarding that pool every day, and I've never seen it react.
How come you, young man, just arrived, and even just jumped in, and you've already awakened the dragon spirit below?"
"So all these years I've spent guarding this place have been for nothing, just to benefit others?
This place was actually waiting for you, the one destined to be here?"
Dugu Bo shook his head. Although he complained, he actually understood.
Opportunities are something you can't force.
Although he didn't receive the Dragon Soul inheritance over the past few decades, he survived by suppressing the poison in this treasure land and even cultivated to the level of a Title Douluo, which is already a great blessing.
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