Chapter 82: Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well
Facing Dugu Bo's questioning, Lin Mo remained calm. He simply raised his right hand and extended two fingers.
"Martial Soul evolution, or what you would call a beneficial mutation," Lin Mo said evenly, as if he were stating an ordinary fact. "I have already experienced it twice."
"Twice?!"
The moment those words left his mouth, not only were Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan stunned, even Ye Lingling and Ye Linyuan at the side instinctively exchanged glances, shock written across their faces.
A flicker passed through Ye Lingling's violet eyes. She immediately recalled the information she had once seen in Lin Mo's spirit master handbook.
She looked at him, uncertainty in her voice. "Lin Mo, one of those times, are you referring to your Egg Martial Soul hatching into Charmander?"
Lin Mo nodded. "Exactly. Going from an egg to Charmander was itself an evolution."
Ye Lingling immediately caught the key point. "But you said twice. Do not tell me your second martial soul also mutated?"
In the eyes of most people on the Douluo Continent, a Martial Soul's form was fixed the moment it awakened.
Changes acquired later were extremely rare, and such changes were collectively called Martial Soul mutations.
A beneficial mutation was naturally the dream of every Spirit Master, but it was rare to the point of absurdity.
Lin Mo nodded again, confirming Ye Lingling's guess. "Yes, my second martial soul also evolved once. You can call it a beneficial mutation."
He paused, then added, "As for when it happened, Teacher and Sister Lingling, you both already know."
"It was when you accompanied me to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain my second spirit ring."
"My second spirit ring?"
Ye Lingling frowned slightly and tried to recall the details of that day.
Ye Linyuan's hand, which had been stroking his beard, suddenly stilled. He seemed to have thought of something.
Lin Mo did not keep them in suspense any longer.
"When I absorbed that spirit ring, I was fortunate enough to obtain an external Spirit Bone. I call it the crimson heart."
As he spoke, he lightly pressed a hand against his chest.
"It was precisely because I absorbed this crimson heart, which perfectly matched my Martial Soul, that my second martial soul underwent a beneficial mutation."
"It evolved from merely the heart into my five viscera and six bowels, every internal organ in my body, along with the blood flowing through them."
"What?!"
Dugu Bo's pupils contracted violently. He stared at Lin Mo, his voice trembling with disbelief.
"You have been hiding a second martial soul that is part of your own body?!"
This revelation shook him even more than learning that Lin Mo possessed twin Martial Soul. A body part as a Martial Soul was something he had never even heard of.
"Exactly," Lin Mo admitted openly. "Because of that, I call my second martial soul a Body Martial Soul."
"Body Martial Soul... Body Martial Soul..." Dugu Bo muttered the unfamiliar term to himself.
At the side, Ye Linyuan's face lit up with sudden understanding.
"So that was it. No wonder, no wonder!"
He looked at Lin Mo with a deeply complicated gaze.
"After you absorbed that second spirit ring, I personally examined you because I was worried there might be side effects."
"Even then, I noticed that your vitality was abnormally vigorous, and your five viscera and six bowels were far stronger than those of Spirit Masters at the same rank. It was practically unbelievable."
"I only assumed you were born with a special physique. I never imagined the root of it lay here."
He shook his head, half amazed and half helpless.
"You little rascal, you really do hide your cards well."
At this point, no matter how unbelievable Dugu Bo found it, he could no longer deny the reality in front of him.
Besides, even if the ideal method of Martial Soul evolution proved impossible in the end, the first two methods Lin Mo had mentioned were still by no means worthless to him.
Especially for Dugu Yan, whose cultivation was still shallow, both the Spirit Bone method and the slow cultivation method were feasible paths.
This trip had already not been in vain.
Taking a deep breath, Dugu Bo forcefully suppressed the turmoil in his heart and looked at Lin Mo with unprecedented gravity.
Out of caution, he still asked the most critical question.
"Fine. Even if the Martial Soul evolution you speak of truly exists, how exactly do you plan to help Yanyan and me achieve this so called beneficial mutation?"
That was the real crux of the matter.
Knowing was one thing. Accomplishing it was another.
Hearing this, Lin Mo quietly exhaled. The most important moment had finally arrived.
His voice remained steady.
"The method is both difficult and simple."
"The first path is similar to my own experience. Absorb a spirit ring or a Spirit Bone that perfectly matches your Martial Soul."
"A spirit ring is relatively easier. Kill a suitable Spirit Beast, and a spirit ring will naturally appear."
"But to find one whose attributes and age are both perfectly suited, and which can also stimulate the origin of your Martial Soul to evolve, is exceedingly difficult."
"As for Spirit Bones, Senior, you know better than anyone how rare they are. To find one that is perfectly compatible with the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul would be even more unlikely."
Dugu Bo listened in silence, his expression grave.
Of course he knew how precious Spirit Bones were. What Lin Mo required was even more excessive, a Spirit Bone that not only matched the Martial Soul, but matched it perfectly.
That kind of thing simply depended on luck.
But Lin Mo soon changed directions and offered another path.
"If spirit rings and Spirit Bones are both too difficult, then there is still another way."
He paused, then said each word clearly.
"Absorb a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth that perfectly matches your Martial Soul. In other words, a Heaven and Earth Treasure."
"Heaven and Earth Treasure..." Dugu Bo repeated softly, and a huge wave surged in his heart.
He abruptly raised his head, his eyes turning resolute.
"If it is a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth, then perhaps this old man truly has a way of obtaining one!"
The instant he spoke, everyone in the room turned to look at him.
Dugu Bo stared fixedly at Lin Mo.
"But for a treasure capable of evolving the very origin of a Martial Soul... Lin Mo, I will need you to judge whether it can help me!"
By now, Lin Mo's performance had already won over the notoriously eccentric Poison Douluo.
He was willing to believe that this young man in front of him really possessed such ability.
He looked directly at Lin Mo.
"If every word you have spoken today is true, and if you really can remove the poison from Yanyan and me, then my previous promise still stands."
"From this day onward, you, Lin Mo, will be my greatest benefactor."
"As long as I, Dugu Bo, still breathe, no one on this continent will be allowed to lay a hand on you!"
"Deal," Lin Mo replied without the slightest hesitation.
The place Dugu Bo had in mind for those Heaven and Earth Treasures could only be the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
And that place had been Lin Mo's true target from the very beginning.
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