Taking the hair ornament, Dugu Yan found herself liking it quite a bit."It looks rather delicate, and it even seems to have some kind of effect. Could it be a soul tool?"
"Who knows?" Dugu Bo replied. "But if it's something Xiao Yan gave, it shouldn't be bad. Go ahead and put it on. Your grandfather still has something to discuss with Xiao Yan—go sit in his room for a bit."
Dugu Bo followed Xiao Yan with a strange look in his eyes. Giving jewelry on the first—no, second—meeting… was this inviting a wolf into the house?
Then again, if that wolf were Xiao Yan, it didn't seem like such a bad deal.
In truth, Xiao Yan had simply spent a long time around women and was very familiar with their clothing and accessories. Among all the materials, the Blue Silver Emperor condensed the fastest.
"How's your reading of the Xuantian Technique coming along?" Xiao Yan asked directly once Dugu Yan was gone, dropping all pretense.
Recalling what he had read the previous night, Dugu Bo still felt deeply immersed, unable to pull himself out of it.
The Xuantian Technique was truly profound. Even after reading only part of it, he had benefited greatly—far beyond what ordinary meditation methods could offer.
"It records many of the essential paths every soul master must walk," Dugu Bo said thoughtfully. "After reading it, I gained a lot of insight. But there's too much content. If I want to cultivate it properly, I'll need some time."
"As long as you can understand it, that's enough," Xiao Yan nodded in satisfaction. Of the three humans who had cultivated the Xuantian Technique, aside from Meng Yiran—who relied on rote memorization—no one had truly practiced it through normal means.
"Later, take your granddaughter back and teach her the Xuantian Technique first. She won't need to wear that soul tool anymore after that, and she'll also be able to enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes. This place has a special environment—those who cultivate the Xuantian Technique will only benefit from it, and the results will be even better."
Dugu Bo stroked his chin. "Soul tool? What's that? I've only heard of soul-guiding tools."
Xiao Yan explained, "A soul tool is something I condense using the Blue Silver Emperor. It can be a weapon or something else entirely. Your phone and the weighted clothing are both types of soul tools.
"Unlike the weighted clothing, your phone—and the hair ornament I gave your granddaughter—are second-generation soul tools. Their effects are considerably stronger."
Then Xiao Yan's expression suddenly turned serious. "The Xuantian Technique is an important cultivation method of the Soul Hall. Don't let your granddaughter speak about it casually. Not only could it bring deadly trouble, but if it spreads on a large scale, it would drastically increase the cultivation speed of soul masters, accelerating the extinction of soul beasts. That would be detrimental to the entire Douluo Continent."
Dugu Bo thought about it carefully and could easily imagine such a scenario. Even if soul masters only reached one-thousandth of Xiao Yan's level, they'd still need several soul rings.
"This old man understands that naturally. Still, wouldn't it be better for you to teach Yan Yan personally? You've cultivated it longer than I have—you must understand it better. And besides, don't you still need to check her physical condition? You'll have to spend time together anyway."
Xiao Yan: Me teach her? I've taught six already—five of them ended up cultivating straight into my bed. One more and there won't be any room left.
"Do you really think your precious granddaughter would listen to me?" Xiao Yan shook his head. "As for cultivating the Xuantian Technique, reading the book is enough. It mainly depends on memory. Right now, my primary task is researching the herbs here—I don't have time for anything else."
To be honest, after arriving at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes, he had suddenly formed a rather outrageous hypothesis.
Blue Silver Grass—something that grows everywhere—could cultivate into a soul beast and even transform into human form. The Soft-Boned Rabbit had produced a transformed soul beast as well. According to records, even the Thousand-Jin Ant—just an ant in the Douluo world—was a soul beast.
Multiple real examples proved that even the most ordinary lifeforms on the Douluo Continent could cultivate into soul beasts.
So here was the question—
The immortal herbs of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes grew incredibly fast. One year here was equivalent to more than ten years elsewhere.
If one were snapped off, was it possible that it might produce a soul ring?
Ordinary medicinal herbs could be ignored for now—their growth time was too short. The first test would be on the top-tier immortal herbs.
If even the highest-grade immortal herbs didn't produce soul rings, then the ordinary ones wouldn't be worth considering either.
Dugu Bo thought it over and felt that made sense. No matter how capable Xiao Yan was, he was still just one person—he couldn't split himself in two.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll go cook something."
"You can cook?" Xiao Yan sized up Dugu Bo, whose entire body seemed steeped in snake poison. Compared to this, dark cuisine and snake-poison cuisine felt evenly matched.
"What kind of look is that?" Dugu Bo snorted. "I live alone—of course I can cook. If I didn't eat, do you think I'd be one of the herbs here?"
Xiao Yan raised a hand and rubbed his nose. Honestly speaking, you're not that far off.
Ever since the birth of the Blue Silver Eternal Tree, if he didn't deliberately eat, he technically no longer needed food.
Xiao Yan rejected the idea outright. "I don't really have an appetite right now. Let's talk about it tonight—I'm going to continue researching the herbs."
Grabbing Xiao Yan, who had just crouched down, Dugu Bo pushed him toward the vine hut. "Stop messing with the herbs for now. Go check on my granddaughter first. She hasn't eaten either, and she's free right now."
"I know, I know. You old poison freak—stop pushing me." Xiao Yan sighed and turned back toward the hut.
He was right there—he wasn't going anywhere. What was the rush?
Pushing open the door to his small hut, Xiao Yan saw Dugu Yan folding his bedding. He was genuinely surprised."You're…?"
"Don't misunderstand," Dugu Yan said, turning around and pointing at the pale-gold hair ornament in her purple hair. "Don't get the wrong idea. This is me returning the favor for the soul tool. I'm not the type to take things for free."
Xiao Yan couldn't help but laugh. If that really were a soul tool, then that little hand of yours was extremely expensive—folding a quilt was worth about ten thousand gold soul coins.
"Why are you the only one back? Where's your grandfather?" Dugu Yan asked.
"He went back to cook. He'll call you later. I'll check your pulse first." With a thought, Xiao Yan condensed two chairs and a round table.
This vine hut was built purely for sleeping—aside from a bed and a bathroom, there was nothing else inside.
Dugu Yan froze. "Your Blue Silver Grass martial soul can be used to this extent?"
"So-so," Xiao Yan replied casually. "Sit down and extend your wrist."
"Just that? You can diagnose illness like this?" Dugu Yan sat down skeptically. "My body's full of snake poison. If you're trying to take advantage of me, you'll be the one who suffers."
Xiao Yan felt both amused and helpless. It was just checking her pulse—what was she thinking? This wasn't some overly conservative harem novel.
His fingers gently rested on Dugu Yan's snow-white, supple wrist as he focused and began to feel her pulse.
Due to long-term erosion by snake poison, Dugu Yan's physical condition was rather average. She was nothing like a battle soul master—more similar to an auxiliary soul master like Ning Rongrong.
No wonder she lost most of her combat ability once the poisonous aura was neutralized.
Separating a thread of inner energy, Xiao Yan guided it into Dugu Yan's meridians and circulated it slowly.
Her meridians were intact. It was simply the lingering snake poison that had weakened her body—there were no special abnormalities.
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