Dugu Xin finally couldn't help himself, and turned his head to look at the direction of the 'Wushan Mountain' which was blocked by the towering trees along the way and could no longer be seen, and once again spoke to Dugu Bo: "Dad?"

This time, Dugu Bo did not remain silent. He frowned and said in a low voice:

"Just now, I sensed that there was something on that mountain spying on us!"

"Spying?" Dugu Xin frowned slightly when he heard this: "Is it a soul beast? Or a soul master?"

"It's hard to say—" Dugu Bo shook his head, squinted his eyes, and said: "If my "Green Phosphorus Snake" martial spirit was not sensitive enough to the aura, then the existence that is hidden so deeply may not be discovered!"

"However, no matter whether it is a soul beast or a soul master, I will take you out of the forest and you can go back to the city. I will go back and take a look..."

Hearing Dugu Bo's words, Dugu Xin did not object, just like he did just now under the 'fog mountain'. He just nodded obediently and said, "Dad, be careful. Brother Yi said that as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Safety comes first!"

"Don't worry." Dugu Bo raised his hand and rubbed Dugu Xin's head. He chuckled and said, "Dad is at least a level 69 Soul Emperor. Now he is only one step away from level 70. Even if he encounters a 50,000-year-old soul beast and cannot defeat it, he can still run away."

"Don't forget, I have also practiced those body-building secrets of Ling. If I use the third style, Hongfei Mingming, I will be able to catch up with the Soul Emperor of Agility in a short period of time with the amplification."

Even though both father and son are control-type soul masters, and their martial soul "Green Phosphorus Snake" is known for its poison, when it comes to agility, snake martial souls have always had a considerable racial advantage.

Dugu Xin was well aware of this, so he nodded without any hesitation and said nothing more.

After sending Dugu Xin to the outskirts of the Sunset Forest and watching him walk out of the forest, Dugu Bo turned around and headed in the familiar direction again.

This time, without Dugu Xin around, Dugu Bo was much faster. In just over two hours, he returned to where he had stopped before.

Unlike before, this time Dugu Bo made use of the characteristics of his snake martial spirit, restrained his own aura as much as possible, hid in the crown of a big tree, and observed silently.

One minute, a quarter of an hour, one hour, two hours...

Time passed slowly, the light in the sky gradually dimmed, and the western sky was stained blood red, as if foreshadowing something.

When the moon was at its zenith, the sounds of insects chirping and beasts roaring could be heard throughout the "Sunset Forest". Dugu Bo was like a clay sculpture, lying motionless in the crown of the big tree, his entire aura blending into one with the tree.

"Swish—"

suddenly!

A dark shadow was wandering in the forest, approaching the "Misty Mountain".

On the mountainside, a pair of scarlet eyes opened and looked down at the forest below the mountain.

In the forest, in the treetops that were more than 30 meters high, Dugu Bo squinted his eyes and looked at the ground dozens of meters to the right with his peripheral vision.

There, a long black worm as thick as an adult's waist was swimming in a winding manner. At a glance, it seemed to be no less than twenty meters long!

"Green water viper"?

Judging from his body shape and length, it must have taken him more than five thousand years to cultivate, right?

With the sparse moonlight in the forest, Dugu Bo saw the face of the black shadow clearly and thought secretly in his heart.

It was a tragedy, paronychia, pus was squeezed out from the side of the nail of the ring finger of my left hand. I went to the hospital at ten o'clock in the evening, and they prescribed a bottle of iodine to soak my finger, and also took cephalosporin anti-inflammatory drugs.

I'll finish this chapter tonight, and I'll continue writing tomorrow when my fingers feel better~

Goodnight everybody

Chapter 265 Tiandouxue Family

"Brother Yi, where are you going?"

In a small courtyard in the east of Tiandou City, Dugu Xin looked at Ling Yi who was about to go out and asked.

"Oh, I'm going to visit someone--" Ling Yi turned around and said to Dugu Xin with a smile.

Ling Yi arrived yesterday. He learned from Dugu Xin and others that Dugu Bo had spent most of his time in the "Sunset Forest" in the past month and seldom returned to the city. Once he went, he would stay for more than seven or eight days.

The last time Dugu Bo went out was exactly two days ago.

Therefore, Ling Yi did not plan to wait for Dugu Bo to return in the courtyard, but walked around in "Tiandou City" first.

After half an hour.

In the inner city area, about three or four miles away from the imperial city, Ling Yi and Dugu Xin stood side by side in front of a large mansion.

Looking up at the plaque above the gate, Ling Yi walked to the door with a friendly smile on his face and said to one of the guards:

"Please inform the master of your house that Ling Yi, a friend of Count Eltimos, is here to visit..."

Upon hearing this, the guard looked Ling Yi up and down, paused for a moment on the face that made people feel good at first sight, and responded calmly: "Please wait a moment."

After saying that, he nodded to another guard, then turned and ran back into the mansion.

Ling Yi watched the guard leave, then turned around and nodded with a smile to the guard who stayed behind.

Yesterday, I learned from the [Blacksmith Association, Tiandou Branch] of [Tiandou City] that the owner of the mansion should be at home today and not go out.

And considering the relationship between the other party and Eltimos, the possibility that he is willing to meet me is more than 80%!

Soon, Ling Yi, who was mentally deducing what he would do next in "Tian Dou City", saw the guard who had just run into the mansion running out again.

When they came to Ling Yi and Dugu Xin, the guard's attitude was very polite and said: "Your Highness, please come in and talk."

Seeing this, Ling Yi cupped his hands and said with a polite smile, "Thank you for the message, little brother."

The guard didn't expect Ling Yi to be so polite. He almost didn't react. He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no... Please follow me into the mansion."

As he spoke, he stretched out his arm and made an inviting gesture towards Ling Yi and Dugu Xin.

Under the guidance of the guard, Ling Yi and his companion entered the mansion of this wealthy family.

About five minutes later, the group of three finally walked into a grand and majestic hall, and Ling Yi also saw the person he was going to visit.

[Tiandou Empire] Royal family, the son of the current Tiandou Emperor Xuerong, the ninth prince Xuexing!

He looked to be in his thirties, wearing a simple and elegant red and yellow uniform, with his golden hair neatly combed behind his head. Although he was of medium build, he had a straight back and stood like a pine tree. With his handsome appearance, he gave people a sense of vigor and vitality.

"【Shuimu Principality】Ling Yi, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince——"

Ling Yi performed aristocratic etiquette and spoke in a reserved and polite manner.

Behind him, Dugu Xin subconsciously widened his eyes. Fortunately, his state of mind had made great progress over the years. He reacted immediately and made a gesture of greeting commonly used by spirit masters, saying, "Dugu Xin, greetings to His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince—"

"No gift."

The Ninth Prince Xue Xing waved his hands without putting on airs. Instead, he spoke in a very familiar manner:

"Ling Yi, right? I heard Altimos mention you before. He praised you to the skies, saying that you were a rare genius in the world. Today I finally got to see you in person—"

"Thank you, Your Highness the Ninth Prince~" Ling Yi showed a smile like the warm spring sun on his face, and said modestly: "Count Eltimos is too kind to me. Ling Yi is unworthy of it. I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it..."

As the ninth son of Emperor Xue Rong, although Xue Xing was not as talented as the third prince Xue Ye, nor as favored as the fifth prince Xue Lie, he was the closest to the imperial military.

In terms of age, Artimos is four or five years older than Xuexing, but when they were studying at Tiandou Royal Academy, the two formed a team for a short time.

At that time, Xue Xing's talent and strength naturally prevented him from entering the two main teams, Team One and Team Two, but with his status as a prince, he could easily put together a team that could showcase themselves on stage.

Eltimos, who was about to graduate at the time and whose strength was above average among his peers, was invited to join the team because of the special nature of his martial soul. He was responsible for treating the injuries of his teammates, which not only solved their worries but also increased the team's combat endurance.

For a school like Tiandou Royal Academy, teaching the children of nobles to become successful is secondary. After all, when it comes to martial spirit cultivation, the elders in each family are the best teachers. The most important thing is that it provides a platform for the children of imperial nobles to communicate and make connections.

Eltimos' family is a long-established military family in the [Tiandou Empire]. Although they have never occupied a high position, due to the healing ability of their martial spirit "Holy Beetle of Light", they have always had considerable influence in logistics.

As for Xue Xing, his identity as the ninth prince is naturally an excellent signboard. When he takes the initiative to show goodwill, there are very few forces and individuals in the empire who can refuse.

That is to say, on the Douluo Continent, the strength of the army and the personal strength of high-level spirit masters each have their own merits, and the latter is even more important. Otherwise, the Ninth Prince Xue Xing might not be without the possibility of launching an attack on the throne.

In recent years, as Emperor Xuerong has grown older, undercurrents have emerged among the princes, and no one knows who will sit on that throne in the end.

Although Xue Xing had fantasized about it before, he was relatively clear-headed and had a relatively clear understanding of the possibility of his success.

Although the military has a friendly relationship with him, when it comes to the fight for the throne, they will most likely choose to remain neutral and stand idly by.

After all, no matter which prince comes to the throne, he will ultimately have to rely on the influence of various military factions to integrate the forces of all parties in the empire.

Therefore, if the princes of the Tiandou Empire want to ascend the throne, they must either rely on their own strength, have superb martial arts talent, and possess strength far beyond their other brothers; or they must be able to gain the favor of the old emperor, who is willing to pave the way for them, and contact the ministers of the empire's political affairs in advance to obtain support from all sides.

As for the latter, there is another premise, that is, there is no conflict with the former. That is, among the princes of the same generation, there is no one with extraordinary strength and talent.

Douluo Continent, after all, is a worldview where great power belongs to oneself.

Fortunately, compared to the cruel competition of the Xingluo Empire, which is like raising insects, the intensity of the fight for the throne in the Tiandou Empire is correspondingly smaller because the royal family does not have that kind of dictatorial ruling power.

Many princes who have little ambition for the throne, if they are really outstanding, will be given certain powers by the new emperor after he ascends the throne. What's more, it is not ruled out that a certain territory will be divided to allow the other party to establish an independent country, just like the [Barak Kingdom].

To a certain extent, the royal Xue family's actions are also intended to consolidate their own rule.

After all, when the Xue family established the [Tiandou Empire], they did not use force to conquer all parties like the Dai family of the [Xingluo Empire] did, but instead gained the ruling power over the northern territory of Douluo Continent through alliances.

There is only one chapter tonight. My left hand fingers are curled up all the time, which makes typing inconvenient. I have to operate with one hand like Yang Guo, which affects my condition quite a bit~

Finally, good night everyone~

Chapter 266 Eliminating the Breath

Ling Yi and Dugu Xin did not stay in the Ninth Prince Xue Xing's mansion for long. They said goodbye and left after more than an hour.

Although Xue Xing invited Ling Yi to stay for lunch several times, Ling Yi declined every time on the grounds that he had just arrived in Tiandou City and was busy with trivial matters.

After bidding farewell to Xue Xing who had escorted him to the gate of the Prince's Mansion, Ling Yi did not choose to return to the small courtyard in the east of the city, but went straight to the Tiandou Soul Fighting Arena in the city.

After reuniting with A Yin and Yang Xueli who had arrived earlier, Ling Yi and the other three, under the leadership of Dugu Xin, wandered around the various venues of the Tiandou Soul Fighting Arena.

During this period, Yin and Yang Xueli also signed up for a one-on-one single fighting spirit each, and formed a two-person team named "Kusanagi Combination" and signed up for a two-on-two fighting spirit.

Even though the two women had only recently broken through to the Soul Sect realm and their soul power was only at level 42, they easily won in both one-on-one and two-on-two soul battles. Whether the opponent was level 48 or 49, the two women's battles could be described as overwhelming.

In this world view that relies on martial soul amplification and one soul ring for one skill position, the "Beast Martial Soul·Xingyi Boxing" created by Ling Yi can be said to be a secret method that is enough to establish a school.

Not everyone can create their own soul skills.

The protagonist Tang San in the original work, not to mention that he has the "Xuantian Baolu" inheritance, there are very few self-created soul skills that are clearly recorded in the whole text. The more famous ones are "Haotian Nine Wonders" of the [Haotian Sect], "Forged Iron Hands" of the [Power Clan], and "Thirty-six Consecutive Slashes of the Wind Demon Wolf" of Feng Xiaotian, the shame of those with innate full soul power.

Others include the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" of the blacksmith profession and the "Distraction Control" secret technique inherited by the Ning family of the [Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect]. Although they do not involve soul power, the former relies on physical strength and the latter focuses on mental power, both of which are sufficient to allow a force to gain a foothold.

The basic and upgraded versions of "Beast Martial Soul·Xingyi Boxing Posture" created by Ling Yi have nearly twenty boxing postures, which means nearly twenty soul skills.

Among them, the primary version of the boxing stance is of mediocre power, only equivalent to the white soul ring soul skill, but the upgraded version of the boxing stance, with the enhanced power converted, already has the power of a hundred-year-level soul skill.

Not to mention, the most important thing about practicing these boxing postures is that they can strengthen the body. Under Ling Yi's special training, Yang Xueli and Ah Yin, two weapon spirit masters, have physiques that are not weaker than beast spirit masters of the same level.

After registering the victory points, accompanied by the two smiling girls, the four of them walked out of the Tiandou Soul Fighting Arena and headed towards the small courtyard in the east of the city.

On the road, Dugu Xin walked quickly in front to lead the way, keeping a distance of several meters from the three people behind.

It’s not that Ling Yi and Yang Xueli didn’t know the way, but Dugu Xin always felt like he was redundant and very uncomfortable being next to the man and two women behind him.

"If I had known this earlier, I would have asked Brother Yin and Brother Xin to come~" Dugu Xin thought.

……

Time passed quickly, and soon it was five days later.

Ling Yi did not waste these five days. Instead, he visited many people in "Tiandou City" through his old acquaintances in the Tiandou border army, such as Eltimos, Lianlain, and even Mulong.

Although the identities and status of these people are not as noble as the Ninth Prince Xue Xing at the beginning, but after being integrated, it is also a very influential network in "Tiandou City" and even in the entire [Tiandou Empire].

Of course, over the past few days, Ling Yi had only become familiar to these people. It couldn't be said that they had a close relationship, let alone taking advantage of their situation.

But this is not a problem for Ling Yi. All he wants is just a stepping stone.

Sometimes, the difficulty of accomplishing the same thing for people inside and outside the circle is completely different.

Besides, dealing with people, building relationships, and even becoming close friends step by step, is not easy for Ling Yi, but it is something he can do with ease.

……

On the evening of the seventh day after Ling Yi arrived in Tiandou City, Dugu Bo finally returned from Sunset Forest.

As soon as they met, Dugu Bo sent Nie Rong to guard outside the yard, and sent Qingqiu Xin and his two companions, as well as Yang Xueli and her two daughters, to their respective houses.

Only Ling Yi, Dugu Xin, and Dugu Bo himself were left in the hall of the courtyard.

"Senior, with such a big scene, it seems like you have something important to say?"

Ling Yi glanced at the doors and windows that had just been closed, and said to Dugu Bo with a smile.

Dugu Bo didn't care. He closed his eyes first, mobilized his soul power to amplify his five senses, and listened attentively, sensing all kinds of movements around him.

After a long while, he finally opened his eyes and whispered, "Well, no one is spying within a 300-meter radius."

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