Chapter 37: Dugu Yan's Curiosity

Sunset Forest, Hot Springs Pool, and Cold Yin.

"So beautiful…" Dugu Yan said while being amazed by the sight he saw in person.

It wasn't just Dugu Yan, but Lily, Ciel, and Ning Fenzhi who had just come to the location of the Hot Springs and Yin Cold Springs were all shocked by the beauty that was before their eyes. As for Shirou, Dugu Bo and Chen Xin who had come here before just stared intently at the scene in front of them.

"Lily, you use your soul power to keep the scent of this medicinal plant from entering you so as not to provoke your soul beast instincts to awaken," Shirou said.

"Meow~" Lily nodded and followed the orders Shirou gave her. He directly manipulated his soul force covering the mouth and nose area to limit the scent of the medicinal plant evoking his soul beast instincts.

The shocked Dugu Yan immediately woke up and looked at Dugu Bo with a sullen look, "Grandfather, you never said that you had such a beautiful location like this."

Dugu Bo sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to say it. I still haven't had the time to tell you these things. I have the desire to tell you this once you have reached the Soul Sect level, just about to tell you this as this location itself is very dangerous. Even with you with me, this location can still threaten the safety of both of us."

The words at the end of Dugu Bo's sentence contained serious words. Dugu Yan who listened to this tone knew that Dugu Bo was not joking and immediately nodded while looking around the area curiously.

"Master, this area… There is a lot of heavens and earth energy around the location. This place is very suitable to be used as a training center" Ciel said in amazement as he could well feel the scattered and abundant energy of heaven and earth in that location.

Ciel can feel this because he has absorbed an Immortal Plant, namely the 10,000-year-old Edelweiss Etile Flower. Because of that, Ciel's senses were several times stronger than many people and could easily sense the vast amounts of energy in his surroundings.

Shirou nodded "Yes. This location is indeed very suitable to be used as a training ground"

"Master Dugu Bo, if possible" Ning Fenzhi who had awakened in his mind immediately stepped forward and could not wait to see the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower that could upgrade the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect's martial soul to Nine Treasure Title Glazed.

Dugu Bo nodded and said, "Come with me"

Dugu Bo immediately led them to the direction where the Delicate Silk Tulip Servant Plant grew. It didn't take long for them to arrive at that location as Dugu Bo pointed towards the front of a flower that was extremely beautiful and radiated a great deal of heaven and earth energy.

"Sect Master Ning, it's the Delicate Silk Tulip," said Dugu Bo.

Ning Fenzhi's eyes showed happiness, joy, and joy upon seeing the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower that was now in front of his eyes.

"This…" Ning Fenzhi suddenly felt an extremely strong resonance between his martial soul and the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower.

"Uncle Ning must have sensed it, right? The Seven Treasure Title Glazed martial soul resonated with the Delicate Silk Tulip." Shirou asked as he stood beside Ning Fenzhi.

"Yes. This resonance is so strong, even these seven Glazed Treasure Titles are asking me to immediately absorb that Delicate Silk Tulip Flower." Ning Fenzhi said as he nodded and looked at Shirou and said, "Xiao Shi, please."

"No problem." Shirou nodded and immediately stepped forward to pick up the Delicate Silk Tulip.

Dugu Yan who was listening to the whole conversation became confused, Dugu Yan immediately turned to Dugu Bo and asked, "Grandfather, what is the meaning of the resonance between Sect Master Ning's martial soul and the Flower in front of it?"

"The resonance between the two means that there is a very good relationship between Sect Master Ning's martial soul and also the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower that is now in front of us. The resonance was just like two martial souls complementing each other. The same is true for Sect Master Ning's martial soul that resonates with the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower."

"So, could Sect Master Ning's soul absorb the Flower in front of it, Sect Master Ning's martial soul will grow stronger?"

Dugu Bo nodded and said, "Yes. Just like doing the related fusion of two martial souls that have two very good relationships. Sect Master Ning's martial soul would also grow stronger if Sect Master Ning absorbed the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower. However, it is different from the fusion performed by two martial souls which have a usage time limit. By the time Sect Master Ning absorbed the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower, it was likely that Sect Master Ning's martial soul would increase from Seven Treasure Title Glazed to Nine Treasure Title Glazed. That way, the curse that previously existed in the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect that any of their Soul Masters who possessed a Seven Treasure Title Glazed martial soul could not advance to a higher level than a Saint Soul was finally finished with Sect Master Ning's martial soul rising. become Nine Seven Treasure Title Glazed. This will allow the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect to increase the strength of the Title Douluo behind them."

Dugu Yan was speechless at the information Dugu Bo had given him. Dugu Yan slowly began to absorb all the information, suddenly he said, "Grandfather, don't you feel wronged by giving that flower to the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect?"

"Harmed?" Dugu Bo asked strangely, suddenly he smiled and said, "No, I am not at a loss by giving them this. The Delicate Silk Tulips didn't have any good benefits for the two of us to use. We'd better give it to Sect Master Ning who has the benefit of increasing their martial soul. Moreover, by giving this Delicate Silk Tulip Flower to the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect, our Dugu family will now become allies of the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect and also the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect owes this debt to us. And also the best benefit is that we get to know Xiao Shi."

Dugu Yan was surprised to hear that their family was allied with the Seven Treasure Title Glazed Sect. Who wouldn't be surprised by a small family of only 2 having an ally of one of the strongest Sects on the Douluo continent? Even the Sect owed them a debt of gratitude. However, it was Dugu Bo's last words that made Dugu Yan feel very strange.

"Grandfather, why do you say that the best benefit is getting to know, Xiao Shi? from the conversations we had and also I saw, nothing was interesting about the child. Even I am a little weird seeing Grandpa, Sect Master Ning, and Venerable Sword Douluo praising that kid." Dugu Yan said strangely while looking at Shirou who was picking up the Delicate Silk Tulip Flower with various quite complicated methods.

"Little girl, you're saying this because you don't know how much of a monster the boy named Shirou is." It wasn't Dugu Bo who answered Dugu Yan's question, but rather Chen Xin who walked towards them.

"Your Excellency Sword Douluo?" Dugu Yan was surprised because he didn't expect that the person who answered his question would be Chen Xin.

Chen Xin looked at Dugu Yan and looked back at Shirou and said in a nonchalant tone, "Little Girl, if I may say so. The talent that Xiao Shi has, is indeed very frightening. It is not impossible, if this talent possessed by Xiao Shi is to be heard in this Douluo continent, there will be a bloody storm to try to recruit Xiao Shi to join their force."

"What?" Suddenly Dugu Yan was surprised to hear Chen Xin's words. If it was someone else who said it, perhaps Dugu Yan wouldn't believe it, but the people who said this were a Title Douluo who possessed the highest combat power in the Douluo Continent. There was no way they would lie to a child like him.

"Yan Yan, the words from Old Sword are true. If this talent possessed by Xiao Shi were to be heard in the Douluo Continent. I am afraid that there will be a bloody storm on this continent to fight for Xiao Shi to join their forces. You see, the one who requested this meeting was Xiao Shi himself, even the one who helped Sect Master Ning to raise his martial soul that would become Nine Treasure Title Glazed was Xiao Shi himself."

"..." Dugu Yan fell silent again.

Chen Xin nodded and said, "To be honest, we were quite lucky that that kid took the time to come to this Tian Dou City. Otherwise, likely, we would never have met this child. We can meet, but it won't be possible to see the talent this kid has."

"Venerable Sword Douluo, if I may ask, how can you see this talent of Xiao Shi?" Dugu Yan asked again cautiously and began to slowly take an interest in the individual called Shirou.

Chen Xin and Dugu Bo looked at each other and had bitter smiles on their faces. This was also seen directly by Dugu Yan who directly asked Dugu Bo, "Grandfather?"

Dugu Bo sighed and immediately said, "Yan Yan, say it. Have you ever tried to see what level of soul power Xiao Shi belongs to?"

"I've tried it once." Dugu Yan said and paused for a moment as he continued in a low tone, "However, I can't sense Xiao Shi's level of soul power. If I hadn't seen him fly before, I would have assumed Xiao Shi was not a Soul Master at all."

Dugu Yan paused again and looked at Dugu Bo, "Grandfather. Do you know what level of soul power Xiao Shi belongs to?"

A bitter smile instantly appeared on Dugu Bo and Chen Xin's faces. Dugu Bo shook his head and said, "No, I don't know."

"Do not know? Can't Grandpa see it?" Dugu Yan asked again.

Dugu Bo shook his head and said, "No, Grandpa can't see Xiao Shi's soul power. Not only Grandpa, but Sect Master Ning as well as Old Sword couldn't see Xiao Shi's level of soul power."

"...." Dugu Yan fell silent again listening to this word from Dugu Bo. Dugu Yan was very surprised that a kid who was 4 years younger than him could hide his level of soul power under the gaze of a Title Douluo.

Chen Xin and Dugu Bo immediately smiled bitterly and their faces were slightly embarrassed at the memory of them trying to sense Shirou's level of soul power.

Dugu Yan again remembered someone who was always near Shirou even he was a student of Shirou. Dugu Yan immediately turned his head towards Ciel who had been listening to their conversation but chose to remain silent.

"Xiao Ci, you are Xiao Shi's disciple, right? Do you know the strength level of that teacher of yours?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.

Chen Xin and Dugu Bo who listened to this question secretly turned their focus towards Ciel to know this. Ciel nodded and said, "I do know it. Master once showed it to me. However, the Master asked me to keep this a secret. Therefore, I apologize for not being able to tell you this."

"Hmph! Are you not going to tell this Big Sister?" Dugu Yan asked with a sullen tone.

Ciel hugged his chest and said "I won't say it. I promised Master not to say this. Even if it's Big Sister Yan, I won't tell you about this."

"Then, tell me honestly. My current strength has reached the 23rd level of a great Soul Master. If you compare with your teacher? Who is stronger among us? You don't need to answer specifically, just tell me who is stronger." Dugu Yan didn't want to give up on getting the answer he wanted.

"By Senior Sister Yan's level of soul power. If you compare it to Master's strength, Older sister Yan will be defeated by Master directly" Ciel said proudly recalling the level of strength Shirou had shown him earlier.

"Ha? Aren't you kidding?" Dugu Yan asked in a dissatisfied tone.

"No, I'm not kidding. Master can beat Older Sister Yan easily"

Chen Xin and Dugu Bo looked at each other. They also felt that Ciel's words did not contain any elements of lies, seen from Ciel's proud face.

" Could it be that Xiao Shi's strength level is above Yan Yan's? If that was the case, an 8-year-old child who possessed the Soul Master level of a Great Soul Master as well as possessed an extremely wide range of knowledge. This kid is scarier than I thought" Dugu Bo thought with a face full of surprise and also a little satisfied considering that he had set Shirou to be his future son-in-law no matter what.

" Old Poison's granddaughter has a Great Soul Master level of soul power. Regardless of what Ciel had said earlier, there was a possibility that Xiao Shi's soul force level was at a level above the Old Poison Grandson's Granddaughter. For an 8-year-old who had the soul force level of a Great Soul Master, this kind of talent was terrifying. Coupled with the knowledge he possessed, this kid was more terrifying than any monster talent. Could it be that Xiao Shi has a dual martial soul?" Chen Xin thought seriously.