Chapter 80: Twin Martial Souls
As Dugu Bo finished swearing his oath, the tense atmosphere in the room finally eased a little.
Lin Mo let out a faint sigh of relief, though his gaze remained calm as he looked at Dugu Bo.
At that moment, Ye Linyuan, who had been standing to the side, smiled and stepped forward as well.
"Since that is the case, I may as well join in."
"I, Ye Linyuan, swear upon my Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul that I will never reveal anything I see or hear here today to any outsider. If I violate this oath, may my Martial Soul suffer backlash and my cultivation be utterly destroyed."
The moment those words left his mouth, Lin Mo was genuinely startled. He turned to look at Ye Linyuan, and a trace of emotion flashed through his eyes.
He truly had not expected his teacher to go this far for him.
Dugu Bo gave a cold snort at the sight, but his expression clearly softened a little more.
"Well, brat, can you talk now?" Dugu Bo's green, serpent-like pupils locked onto Lin Mo once more. His tone still carried pressure, but the killing intent in it had lessened. "How exactly did you see that Yanyan was suffering from the poison of her Martial Soul?"
Lin Mo took a deep breath and answered honestly, "Senior, it actually was not difficult to guess. The key lies in Senior Sister Dugu Yan's hair and eye color."
He paused, organizing his thoughts.
"Purple hair and green eyes. That is absolutely not something a normal Spirit Master should have. Even a Spirit Master who specializes in poison could not possibly develop hair and eye colors like that."
"The only explanation is that something changed her from the root, and that change is deeply ingrained."
"Combined with the fact that Senior Sister Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul is itself a poisonous existence, the conclusion becomes obvious."
"She is poisoned, and the poison is closely tied to the origin of her Martial Soul. It has already seeped deep into her organs, to the point that even her outward appearance has been affected."
"So, for me to conclude that Senior Sister Dugu Yan was suffering from Martial Soul poison was not difficult."
"Hmph. So you do have some eyesight." Dugu Bo gave a noncommittal snort, then immediately asked the question he cared about most. "Then how did you do it? When Yanyan returned, I personally examined her."
"The method you used, although it only suppressed it temporarily, was even more delicate than mine."
"I rely on spirit power from the same source as the Jade Phosphor Serpent to forcibly suppress the poison in her body when it becomes restless."
"But you, a fire attribute Spirit Master with that Charmander of yours, how could you possibly accomplish that?"
Dugu Bo's voice was filled with confusion. This was the point he could not understand no matter how much he thought about it.
Lin Mo did not answer at once.
He glanced at Ye Lingling. Ye Lingling subconsciously clasped her hands together, her eyes equally full of curiosity.
Ye Linyuan stroked his beard, clearly waiting to see what Lin Mo would say next.
Lin Mo slowly raised his right hand and gently pressed it over his heart.
In the next instant, a series of low, powerful thumping sounds echoed through the quiet room.
It was the sound of his heartbeat, and it was astonishingly clear.
Then, before everyone's eyes, Lin Mo's right palm gradually began to glow with a faint red light, while thick qi and blood power spread outward from it.
The red light slowly condensed above his palm.
First it became a tiny blood-colored knife, then a small axe, and finally settled into a crimson blood needle as thin as a cow's hair, condensed without dispersing.
It was exactly the same blood needle Dugu Yan had seen before.
The room instantly fell silent.
Dugu Bo's pupils shrank slightly. Ye Linyuan's hand, which had been stroking his beard, froze in place. Ye Lingling's eyes widened as well.
All of them were experienced and knowledgeable people. They immediately realized that this was likely the secret Lin Mo had guarded so carefully, to the point of forcing even Dugu Bo to swear an oath before he would speak.
Lin Mo dispersed the blood needle in his palm, and the thick qi and blood aura slowly withdrew as well.
He looked at Dugu Bo and explained steadily, "This junior has studied medicine under my teacher for about half a year. I would not dare say I have mastered it, but I have learned some superficial knowledge of the human body, its meridians, and the flow of qi and blood."
"When I helped Senior Sister Dugu Yan suppress the poison earlier, I used a small technique I devised myself, taking my own qi and blood as a guide, condensing it into needles and sending it into her acupoints to temporarily soothe and suppress the toxin raging inside her body."
Then his tone shifted.
"However, relying on medical skill alone, it would have been absolutely impossible for me to suppress the poison inside Senior Sister Dugu Yan."
"The true reason I succeeded lies in my Martial Soul."
The moment he said that, Dugu Bo interrupted him with a frown.
"Your Martial Soul? Yanyan told me that your Martial Soul is that external fire attribute Beast Spirit called Charmander."
"Brat, do not try to fool me. How could a fire attribute Spirit Master possibly help Yanyan suppress the poison in her body?"
He did not believe Lin Mo's explanation in the slightest.
If fire attribute spirit power came into contact with Jade Phosphor Serpent poison, it would already be fortunate if it did not trigger a more violent backlash. To claim it could suppress it was pure nonsense.
Lin Mo gently shook his head.
"Senior has misunderstood. The Martial Soul I am referring to is not Charmander."
Not Charmander?
Those four simple words were like thunder crashing inside the room.
Except for Ye Lingling, who had been somewhat mentally prepared and could still remain relatively calm, everyone else's faces changed dramatically.
Even Dugu Yan cried out in shock, "Lin Mo... what do you mean by that? Could it be... could it be that you have another Martial Soul?"
Lin Mo nodded slowly.
"I do indeed possess another Martial Soul, and it is precisely because of this second Martial Soul that I was able to barely help Senior Sister Dugu Yan temporarily suppress the poison."
His decision to reveal the secret of his twin Martial Souls at this moment had not been made lightly.
To gain the trust of an old monster like Dugu Bo, who was suspicious by nature, empty words would never be enough. He had to show a level of sincerity great enough to satisfy him.
Twin Martial Souls were undoubtedly a sufficiently weighty bargaining chip.
This secret was destined to be revealed sooner or later. Lin Mo could not hide his second Martial Soul forever.
In Lin Mo's eyes, using the secret of his twin Martial Souls in exchange for the trust of a Titled Douluo was a worthwhile trade.
What was more, Dugu Bo had something in his possession that Lin Mo had coveted for a very long time.
As Lin Mo personally admitted it, silence instantly descended over the room.
The shock on Dugu Bo's face slowly faded, replaced by an extremely complicated look.
Ye Linyuan looked at his disciple, and a trace of gratification flashed through his eyes. At last, he understood why Lin Mo's qi and blood were so far beyond that of ordinary people.
"So that is how it is..." Dugu Bo let out a long breath, his voice carrying a hint of relief. "Twin Martial Souls. No wonder your attitude was so firm before, forcing this old man to swear an oath..."
He finally understood why Lin Mo had been so adamant earlier.
A monster not yet 10 years old, with spirit power already close to Rank 30, and possessing twin Martial Souls on top of that. If such news were to spread, what kind of shockwave would it send across the continent?
Just as Lin Mo had said, what would await him then would be endless attempts to recruit him, or worse, to stifle him before he could mature.
No great power would allow a genius capable of changing the future balance of the continent to wander around freely.
Either they would try everything to pull him into their camp, or they would destroy him before he could grow.
If Meng Shenji and the others had known earlier that Lin Mo possessed twin Martial Souls, they probably would have treated him like some precious ancestor and never let him leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy so easily.
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