Chapter 12 First Soul Skill: Jade Phosphor Halo!
At this moment, Dugu Bo noticed the change in his grandson's soul power and couldn't help but turn his gaze to the corpse of the Black-Striped Poisonous Flood Dragon. He thought to himself, 'Perhaps this mutated soul beast isn't a Poisonous Flood Dragon at all; perhaps it could be called: the Ink Flood Dragon.'
Dugu Bo laughed, "The first soul skill can increase all attributes by 20%, and also enhance poison resistance by 50%, which is many times stronger than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's skills! When you reach the Title Douluo level, the first skill can give you a 100% increase in all attributes! Hahaha~ No wonder you have two thousand years of experience in the first ring! Just the first soul skill can surpass four or five soul skills of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!"
"Grandpa, I really like this soul skill too. Black-striped Poisonous Dragon Soul Skill: Jade Phosphor Halo, what a pleasant surprise!"
"Hiss~~"
At this moment, the meter-long Jade Phosphor Serpent swam back and rubbed against Dugu Lin's thigh, like a child seeking praise.
"Yes, you're amazing too!"
Dugu Lin praised him, then had the Jade Phosphor Serpent coil around his arm, and the Jade Phosphor Serpent affectionately rubbed against Dugu Lin's chin.
Dugu Lin rubbed the little head of the Jade Phosphor Serpent and said with a smile, "It's time to give you a name. What should we name you? We can't keep calling you Little Snake."
Dugu Bo asked, "Lin'er, your soul power seems to be more than level eleven, doesn't it?"
"Hmm! My soul power should be around level fourteen now, but I'll have to test it to be more specific."
"Level 14 soul power?!"
Dugu Bo was very surprised after hearing Dugu Lin reveal his soul power level.
Dugu Lin explained with a smile, "Grandpa, after absorbing the Eight-Petaled Fairy Orchid, I reached level ten soul power! Now I've absorbed a soul ring from a poisonous dragon that's over two thousand years old, and I also ate two pieces of thousand-year-old Whale Glue and one piece of thirty-thousand-year-old Whale Glue before, so level fourteen soul power is perfectly normal!"
"That's right! Hahaha~~"
Dugu Bo laughed heartily. Who said his grandson only had half a level of innate soul power? He just awakened his martial soul and already has level 14 soul power. Who can compare to him?
"Alright, let's go back. Yan'er is getting impatient!"
"Wait! Grandpa, aren't you going to check if there's any soul bone inside the poisonous dragon's corpse?"
"Um... how could I be that lucky?"
Sure enough, even after chopping up the venomous dragon's corpse, they couldn't find a single soul bone. Moreover, the black-striped venomous dragon was already poisonous, and having been poisoned by Dugu Bo, its flesh was definitely inedible.
'How could there be no soul bone?' Dugu Lin, who was flying in mid-air with Dugu Bo, couldn't understand it.
Wasn't it supposed to be that absorbing a spirit ring from a higher level would result in a spirit bone? And a particularly precious external spirit bone at that!
'Does truly absorbing a spirit ring beyond one's level mean exceeding the body's limits? My physical limit is around 2,500 years, while the spirit ring is only a little over 2,000 years old, so isn't this absorbing a spirit ring beyond one's level?'
'Is there a real way to absorb a spirit ring that's higher level than you, or a fake way?'
Or is it just Tang San's protagonist halo at work?
...
Returning to the Ying Yang Ice And Fire Eyes with questions in his mind, Dugu Yan excitedly exclaimed, "Grandpa, you're finally back! Little brother, let me see the purple soul ring!"
Dugu Lin was speechless, so he could only play with his sister for a while.
Then... Dugu Yan became dejected!
Her younger brother's soul power was higher than hers!
She is eight years old now, and her soul power has just broken through to level 14, but her younger brother has caught up with her!
Then...then Dugu Yan snatched Dugu Lin's martial soul, wrapped it around her hand, and exclaimed, "The little snake has grown so big! So cute~~~ Little brother, your martial soul is mine! By the way, little brother, the little snake is so cute, has it been named yet? I'll give it a name, hmm...how about Little Lin? What do you think? Sounds good, right?"
Dugu Lin: "...."
As long as you're happy.
Little Lin: Hiss~ I object!
Dugu Lin: Hehe~ It's no use me objecting, so just give up!
Evening.
Dugu Bo asked, "Lin'er, should we go back to Heaven Dou City first, or stay here? This place is beneficial for your cultivation."
"Let's go back to Heaven Dou City."
Dugu Lin planned to take some time to calm down and allow himself to adapt to the rapidly expanding power within his body before refining the Blazing Apricot Blossom and the Eight-Cornered Mysterious Ice Grass. After obtaining his second soul ring, he would continue to recuperate for a while before consuming the Beautiful Silk Tulip.
During the foundation-building phase, Dugu Lin knew he couldn't be too impatient, but... he glanced reluctantly at the Beautiful Silk Tulip, desperately wanting to devour it immediately. The temptation of martial soul evolution was simply too irresistible! Even an old-timer like him couldn't resist such temptation.
Then, Dugu Lin paused for a moment and said, "Grandpa, actually, to completely resolve the problem of the backlash from the martial soul poison in you and my sister, we still need to use the soul bone."
"Soul Bone?"
"Hmm! After I eat those two Immortal Herbs and clear the toxins from your bodies, the venom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent will continue to invade your bodies. At this time, we need to force all these toxins into the soul bones, essentially treating the soul bones as the venom sacs of the serpent."
"A poison sac? That makes sense... Sigh..."
A glint flashed in Dugu Bo's eyes, then his expression instantly darkened as he thought of his son, Dugu Xin.
If he had thought of using the soul bone to store the poison earlier, his son would not have died from the poison and could have survived until now to completely resolve the defect in his martial soul.
"Grandpa, the dead cannot be brought back to life, let's look forward!"
Dugu Lin immediately saw what the old man was thinking. He himself had also thought that if he could awaken the mystery of his birth six months earlier, his father, Dugu Xin, in this life might not have died.
But that's fate!
"Yes, the dead can't be brought back to life! Sigh..." Dugu Bo shook his head helplessly, his heart filled with bitterness. Fortunately, he still had two grandchildren to keep him company; otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to go on living like this.
...
They returned to Heaven Dou City and rested for the night.
Early in the morning, Dugu Yan went to the Elementary Soul Master Academy.
Dugu Bo didn't ask Dugu Lin if he wanted to go to school. Putting aside whether he had already mastered that knowledge after being reincarnated, Dugu Bo wouldn't let others know about his first soul ring, which had been around for two thousand years, in a short time.
"Grandpa, let's go to the pavilion together and think about our future plans in peace."
"Good."
Dugu Bo nodded, sat down in the pavilion, and first used his soul power to conceal himself before saying, "Grandpa has been thinking about this for several days. According to what you said, we still have plenty of time to prepare. However, the most important thing right now is to obtain information about Immortal Herbs!"
"Grandpa, what are you going to do?"
"I'll go find that old man Ye Renxin first and ask him. He's in Heaven Dou City. If he doesn't have it, then we'll start with the other two."
"Alright! Oh, and Grandpa, buy some more Whale Glue, the more the better."
"Yes, Grandpa has gone out first."
After witnessing the effects of Whale Glue, Dugu Bo no longer had any prejudice against it. In fact, he planned to personally make a trip to a coastal city like Hanhai City in the future to buy more Whale Glue. Even if he didn't use it himself, he could sell it for money and was sure to make a fortune.
[end of the chapter]