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Under the threat of the Nine-Section Jade, Xuan Ming acted according to Dugu Bo's request.
First, he went to fetch water from the nearby river and made a fire. Then, according to Dugu Bo's instructions, he poured all those messy medicines into the water and boiled them.
Before I knew it, it was dark.
After a day of contact, Xuan Ming also discovered that Dugu Bo was abnormal. He was seriously injured and had been practicing internal energy to heal his wounds. He couldn't even stand up.
The medicine he was asked to prepare should be used to speed up recovery from his injuries.
"huhh!"
After taking a bowl of medicine and an hour of recovery, Dugu Bo's injuries seemed to have improved significantly.
"Give me one." Dugu Bo looked at Xuan Ming who was squatting by the campfire roasting fish.
Xuan Ming looked at the eight fish on the grill that he had caught with great difficulty. After thinking for a while, he picked up the smallest one and handed it to Dugu Bo.
"Look at how stingy you are. It's not like I don't want to pay you." Dugu Bo raised his hand and grabbed the largest fish directly.
Xuan Ming didn't say anything, sat back and continued to grill his fish.
"Pah!"
Dugu Bo just took a bite and spit it out.
"What are you baking?"
"The big fish is not cooked yet." Xuan Ming ate the small fish in his hand and turned the big fish on the simple grill.
Dugu Bo frowned, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"You stole it yourself, how dare I say anything?" Xuan Ming said.
Dugu Bo's expression froze, "Give me a roasted one."
Xuan Ming took out a grilled fish and handed it to Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo took a tentative bite and said, "It's hard to swallow."
Having said that, he still swallowed it.
Neither of them spoke any more and just kept eating. Before long, all the fish on the grill was eaten up.
Most of them went into Xuan Ming's stomach. Ever since the Black Dragon Martial Spirit was fully awakened, his appetite has been growing. These eight fish could only fill his stomach, but now half of them were going to be snatched away by Dugu Bo.
"Can I leave now?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Boil the medicine three more times tomorrow, and you can leave." Dugu Bo closed his eyes and continued to practice internal energy to heal his wounds.
"Are you a soul master?" Xuan Ming asked.
"I am Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo." Dugu Bo said indifferently.
"oh."
"…"
Dugu Bo opened his eyes and looked at Xuan Ming's unresponsive appearance. He felt inexplicably unhappy, "You haven't heard of my name?"
"I've heard it, Poison Douluo, didn't you just say that?" Xuan Ming said.
Dugu Bo was choked and closed his eyes again, not wanting to bother with this country boy who had never seen the world.
"Were you beaten?" Xuan Ming asked.
"There are two of them, and I can't defeat them." Dugu Bo said.
"Why did they beat you?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Did you provoke them?"
"Hmph!"
Dugu Bo snorted coldly, and an invisible wave of soul power suddenly spread out, almost suppressing the campfire.
"I am an idle wanderer who has little concern for worldly affairs. How could I provoke them?"
"They are the ones who are causing trouble for me!"
"Oh." Xuan Ming added some wood to the fire.
The one who could beat Dugu Bo like this, two against one, must be Yue Guan and Gui Mei from the Spirit Hall...
wrong!
Xuan Ming subconsciously glanced at Dugu Bo.
He remembered that Dugu Bo was a person who would not be persuaded by soft or hard words, had a narrow mind, would do things without leaving any trace of trouble, would definitely cut the weeds completely, would not care about face, did not mind bullying the weak, and his first reaction when facing someone who would threaten him was to kill them.
In the original novel, if Tang San didn't have Tang Hao as his father, he would have been killed by Dugu Bo long ago.
Now, this old poisoner is being hunted by Yueguan and Guimei, and is seriously injured. Will he risk his whereabouts being exposed and let him go alive? After thinking for a while, Xuan Ming asked tentatively, "Senior, you are a soul master, can you teach me how to practice?"
Dugu Bo raised his left eyelid slightly and glanced at Xuan Ming, "You have level 10 soul power, but you don't know how to practice?"
Xuan Ming shook his head, "No."
"No?"
Dugu Bo opened his eyes.
"You just woke up?"
"Yeah." Xuan Ming nodded.
Dugu Bo paused and said, "Come here."
Xuan Ming stood up nervously and walked over.
Dugu Bo suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Xuan Ming's wrist. After sensing it, his expression changed slightly.
His bone age was just right, but his soul power was running bumpy, so he really hadn't practiced at all.
Innate level 10 full soul power?
Thinking of this, Dugu Bo looked at Xuan Ming with a look that was mixed with something else, "Where are you from?"
"Olai City, Baiyu Village." Xuan Ming said.
"Olai City?" Dugu Bo frowned slightly.
"It's at least three days' walk from here to olai City. How come you, a person who just awakened your martial spirit, are here?"
"I was sold." Xuan Ming said.
"Just escaped."
"Sell?" Dugu Bo raised his eyebrows.
"Tell me about it."
Xuan Ming sat down and briefly told Dugu Bo what happened after his martial soul awakened.
"Two thousand gold soul coins?" Dugu Bo couldn't help but laugh.
"Do you think it's funny that I was sold?" Xuan Ming asked.
"I am laughing at the Spirit Hall patrol deacon for not knowing the value of something. A beauty like yours, if taken to the Imperial City Auction House, would be worth at least 200,000 gold soul coins, but he sold you for only 2,000 gold soul coins." Dugu Bo said.
"However, it is normal for people in border areas and rural areas not to know the value of things."
When the martial soul awakens, the body mutates and takes on a different appearance from that of ordinary people. The probability of this happening is very low, and therefore, this type of people are like rare treasures that can be collected and shown off.
This kid's martial soul mutation is so peculiar and his appearance is also excellent, he can indeed be sold for a good price.
Xuan Ming looked at Dugu Bo speechlessly, "You don't want to sell me out too, do you?"
"I am a Titled Douluo, and those worldly money and things are not worthy of my attention. However..." Dugu Bo looked at Xuan Ming carefully.
He is indeed good-looking and talented. Even when faced with such a dangerous situation, he was able to sow discord and find a way out for himself. He is quite smart.
Although the part about killing the great soul master is a bit exaggerated, it is not impossible.
Yanzi is not young anymore, even though she is a few years older than this boy, but if I take her home now and raise her...
"Learn my posture and sit cross-legged." Dugu Bo said.
Xuan Ming did as he was told.
"Close your eyes, clear your mind, concentrate, and feel the flow of soul power in your body." Dugu Bo said.
"Then what?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Concentrate your mind, guide the flow of soul power, and speed it up." Dugu Bo said.
Xuan Ming concentrated his mind and, as Dugu Bo said, focused his thoughts to guide and accelerate the flow of soul power in his body.
"Nothing has changed."
"This is your first time, why are you in such a hurry?" Dugu Bo said.
"Concentrate your mind on one point and guide your soul power to flow throughout your body."
"Soul power will flow through the meridians in your body, but some meridians are either fragile or narrow. It will be very difficult for soul power to pass through these places. When you encounter them, you have to bypass them. Otherwise, if you are not careful, your meridians will be damaged."
"Everyone's martial soul is different, and the innate soul power flow route is also different. When circulating soul power, you must rely on the feeling of the martial soul to circulate soul power. For beginners, that is the easiest. Don't change the route randomly, unless you want the soul power to collide, the meridians to go backwards, and your body to explode and die!"
"Also, if you take a shortcut at a fork in the road and return to the fork, you should choose a new direction from that fork until you find the path that allows you to travel throughout your body. This is the most basic meditation practice for a soul master."