Chapter 74: Dugu Yan's Doubts (Part 2)
After the holiday ended, Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy from home.
Only this time, she was a little different from usual. Something weighed on her mind, because during this visit home, her grandfather had not used his spirit power to nourish her body the way he usually did.
That made her feel a little strange.
She remembered it very clearly. Every so often, her grandfather would use his spirit power to nourish her body. Every time he finished, his face would turn noticeably paler. Even for Dugu Bo, with his Titled Douluo cultivation, such a session was clearly very draining.
Although her grandfather had never explicitly told her why he did it, Dugu Yan could feel that after every nourishment session, her whole body would feel relaxed for a period of time, and her condition would improve significantly.
Silently, she made up her mind. The next time she returned home, if her grandfather helped nourish her body again, she would definitely ask him for a clear explanation.
It was not as though she had never asked before.
Out of curiosity, she had pestered her grandfather several times in the past. But every time, Dugu Bo would brush her off with some vague excuse, saying it was to clear her meridians and help her cultivate, or simply saying it was beneficial to her body, never explaining the real reason.
After enough times, although Dugu Yan still did not know what he was hiding, she could already guess that there was definitely something more to it.
It was just that the spirit power nourishment really did benefit her, so although she was curious, she had never pressed too hard.
What she did not know was that this so called spirit power nourishment was actually Dugu Bo using an extremely crude method. Relying on his Titled Douluo level spirit power, which came from the same source as hers, he was forcibly helping her suppress the increasingly active Jade Phosphor Serpent poison in her body.
Dugu Bo himself was also suffering from this poison, and he had been searching for a way to completely resolve the toxins in both himself and his granddaughter.
Unfortunately, after trying countless methods, he had still found nothing.
Left with no other choice, he could only resort to this inferior strategy, using a method that treated the symptoms but not the cause to temporarily delay the outbreak of the poison in Dugu Yan's body.
Every nourishment session was a struggle against that poison buried deep in the bones. What it consumed was not only his spirit power, but also his already limited energy.
On the other side, Lin Mo and Ye Lingling also ended their holiday and returned to the academy.
The lives of the two quickly returned to their usual rhythm. They attended classes, trained, and cultivated in the Mimicry Environment. There were very few ripples in their daily routine.
However, every time Qin Ming saw Lin Mo, he could not help grinding his teeth, feeling an exceptional headache.
By common logic, Qin Ming possessed the Fiery Gray Wolf Martial Soul and was a Rank 58 fire attribute Power Attack System Battle Spirit King.
Within the entire Heaven Dou Royal Academy, at least in terms of Spirit attribute, he should have been the teacher most suited to guiding Lin Mo.
But the real problem was that Lin Mo's Martial Soul was simply too strange.
That fire attribute External Beast Martial Soul called Charmander could not be judged by ordinary logic at all.
First, there was its combat ability.
Charmander's spirituality was frighteningly high. Many times, it did not even need Lin Mo's verbal commands. It could judge the situation on its own and make the most appropriate choice, whether that meant attacking or dodging.
Relying on that combat instinct alone, it could already suppress Yu Tianheng, whose spirit power was clearly higher than Lin Mo's.
Sometimes Qin Ming even felt that if he went onto the field himself and fought at the same rank, without relying on Spirit King level suppression, he might not even gain any advantage against Charmander.
But that still was not what shocked Qin Ming the most.
What truly left him speechless was Charmander's talent in the field of Self created Spirit Skills.
For an ordinary Spirit Master, comprehending a Self created Spirit Skill that could actually be used in battle required years of repeated thought and experimentation.
And in the process, it would heavily delay one's own spirit power cultivation.
Yet Lin Mo's side was completely absurd. His external Martial Soul itself was a genius when it came to understanding Spirit Abilities.
Especially in the field of fire, its talent was shockingly high.
Without Lin Mo needing to put in much effort at all, Charmander could figure out new Moves on its own.
And the power of those Self created Spirit Skills was one after another more outrageous than the last, not inferior at all to spirit ring abilities.
It left Qin Ming so envious that he even began to question his life.
He had cultivated bitterly for so many years, yet in the end, he was not even as good as the things an external Martial Soul could figure out by itself?
Then there was the matter of Lin Mo's External Beast Martial Soul. Charmander's intelligence had already reached a level that was hard for ordinary people to comprehend.
To what extent?
To the point that Lin Mo could usually ignore it entirely and let it go on its own to the Mimicry Environment specially prepared for fire attribute Spirit Masters in Heaven Dou Royal Academy to cultivate.
Qin Ming still remembered the first time he saw Charmander waddling alone toward the entrance of the mimicry area.
At the time, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, or that Lin Mo was hiding nearby and planning to play a prank.
He had even deliberately circled the area several times and released his spirit power to examine the surroundings. Lin Mo truly was not there. It was Ye Lingling who had dropped Charmander off.
After confirming that, Qin Ming had stood there frozen on the spot.
"A Martial Soul... can also cultivate on its own?"
After observing Charmander for a period of time, Qin Ming could only arrive at this conclusion, one that even he found hard to believe.
As absurd as it sounded, he had no choice but to accept it.
Because aside from that explanation, he really could not figure out how someone like Lin Mo, whose Innate Spirit Power was only Rank 6, had managed to cultivate to Rank 29 at this age.
In the end, he could only comfort himself again and again.
"Maybe... this is just a unique talent of External Beast Martial Soul Spirit Masters. After all, this kind of Martial Soul is far too rare. Since it is so rare, having some special traits... should be normal, right?"
At the entrance of the fire attribute mimicry cultivation area, Charmander turned its head and opened its mouth toward Qin Ming, who was standing not far away.
With a soft whoosh, it blew out a small puff of harmless flame.
It counted as a greeting.
Then it turned around again, the flame on its tail swaying as it slowly walked into the entrance of the environment simulated as a volcanic zone.
Watching Charmander's disappearing back, Qin Ming's face showed a helpless smile.
Subconsciously, he raised his hand and waved back, even though the other side was only a Charmander.
Shaking his head, he also prepared to go in and cultivate. But before entering, he looked up at the sky.
The sky was gloomy, and a fine drizzle had been falling for several days in a row.
Although his Martial Soul was wolf type, it was a rare fire attribute mutation, the Fiery Gray Wolf.
Because of his own attributes, he disliked this cold, damp weather. In this kind of environment, he always felt that the spirit power in his body circulated a little more sluggishly than usual.
"This damned weather..." he muttered under his breath, shaking his head as if trying to cast off that discomfort.
Only then did he step into the mimicry area.
At least inside, it was hot and dry, far more comfortable than outside.
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