"Child, we have told you all of this with only one goal in mind: we hope that you can lead us out of this space. In exchange, we will provide you with a sufficiently generous reward," the Ice Dragon King said softly at last.
Gu Xuan was lost in thought for a moment before asking, "And what exactly is this reward?"
Looking at this shrewd brat, the two Great Dragon Kings felt a sense of helplessness. Subsequently, the Fire Dragon King spoke slowly, "You can accept our inheritance. Since your Martial Soul is a mutated Dragon-type Martial Soul, you are capable of receiving it. Furthermore, you have consumed the two spirit herbs nurtured by the essence blood of myself and the Ice Dragon; our compatibility naturally goes without saying."
"Once you accept our inheritance, your strength will advance by leaps and bounds. After you reach the Titled Douluo realm, the Ice Dragon and I will fuse our entire essence into you—which is what you humans call soul bones—to lay the foundation for your godhood."
Hearing this, Gu Xuan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. The inheritance and soul bones of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings? What kind of world-shaking power-up was this?
Had he really gained the favor of two Great Dragon Kings so easily?
"So, the final thing I need to do is take you with me when I ascend to the Divine Realm, then reconstruct your bodies and resurrect you, correct?" Gu Xuan said calmly.
At these words, the pupils of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings both constricted. They hadn't even mentioned this yet, and the little fellow had guessed it on his own?
Was this really a twelve-year-old? What twelve-year-old brat has this kind of logical thinking? What child possesses this level of scheming?
When they pulled Gu Xuan into this space, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had already examined his bone age, so they knew for a fact he was only twelve.
Reaching Rank 33 at twelve was already enough to be called extraordinarily talented. Now that Gu Xuan had consumed the spirit herbs that absorbed their essence blood (the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot), if he also had their inheritance, he might truly be able to touch that ultimate realm in the future.
After all, humans possessed a unique talent for cultivation; a mere century of their progress could often rival hundreds of thousands of years of a soul beast's cultivation.
Of course, the primary reason was that the Asura God's killing intent was too overbearing. If things continued like this, it wouldn't be long before their souls were completely ground away by the Asura Divine Power, leaving behind nothing but true dragon corpses.
And in all these years, Gu Xuan was the only human who met all the requirements and possessed such exceptional talent.
First, the successor had to possess a dragon bloodline—a Dragon-type Martial Soul—and its quality could not be low, or it would be unable to withstand their power or achieve a god position.
Secondly, Gu Xuan's Martial Soul possessed innate spatial power. This was actually the most critical point because it was the only reason they could pull his spiritual body into this space.
Furthermore, to enter this space in the future to inherit their soul bones, one would need sufficiently powerful spatial control and enough strength.
This was why they had chosen Gu Xuan so directly. For Gu Xuan, this was a gift from nature, but for the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, it was the same. In fact, Gu Xuan's appearance had made them incredibly excited and surprised because it took a perfect alignment of time, place, and people for someone to meet every single condition.
Now, hearing Gu Xuan's words, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings naturally stopped treating him like a mere child. What brat could be this calm and experienced?
However, this was exactly what they wanted to see. They only had this one chance; if they gambled wrong, everything would be lost. Thus, they hoped Gu Xuan would be mature enough to develop steadily step by step.
Hearing Gu Xuan, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings finally sighed and said, "Indeed. Although you are human and we are Divine Beasts, you will certainly not lose out by cooperating with us."
Gu Xuan smiled and replied, "That is natural. Besides, I don't have such a strong prejudice against soul beasts. Humans hunt soul beasts to increase their strength, so soul beasts are naturally hostile to humans, but in my eyes, these are secondary concerns. After all, the world is like this: the strong survive, and the weak die."
"If you can bring me enough benefits, cooperation is not impossible. But how can I trust you?"
The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings found it somewhat amusing. This little thing was already starting to negotiate terms with them?
But the truth was as he said; Gu Xuan was their only hope for resurrection.
With this in mind, the two Great Dragon Kings nodded slightly. "In that case, let us give you a little taste first, otherwise a clever boy like you won't truly trust us."
As they spoke, a streak of light shot out from the forehead of each dragon. The Fire Dragon King's light occupied the left half of Gu Xuan's body, while the Ice Dragon King's light occupied the right.
Gu Xuan immediately felt his Spiritual Power increase significantly, and two surges of power flooded his body.
When he finished absorbing these two lights, his spiritual body underwent a change, and his physical body within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well changed along with it.
His originally black hair turned red, with two blue locks like dragon whiskers falling over his forehead. His left eye became as blood-red as flame, with fire seemingly dancing in the pupil.
His right eye turned a frozen blue, with only a heart-chilling coldness remaining in the pupil. A crimson dragon brand appeared on the back of his left hand, and an ice-blue dragon brand appeared on his right.
Having received the two lights, Gu Xuan's mind was also filled with several secret techniques. These were inheritance techniques from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings that he now mastered as if they were innate.
"This is?" Gu Xuan asked, though he was inwardly thrilled.
"Hehe..." The Fire Dragon King chuckled. "This is a sliver of the divine soul inheritance from the Ice Dragon and me. It will be more than enough until you reach Rank 70. Once you reach that level, we will pass on the corresponding knowledge."
"This way, your strength can quickly break through to the Titled Douluo realm, and then you can absorb our soul bones to achieve the foundation of a god."
After the Fire Dragon King spoke, the Ice Dragon King added, "However, before Rank 70, you must try your best to compress your soul power to improve your physical fitness. Although you humans are uniquely gifted in cultivation, your bodies are far inferior to our Divine Beast clan."
"Only once you possess a sufficiently powerful physique will your Martial Soul Avatar be able to stand equal to us after you obtain your seventh soul ring at Rank 70. Only then can you truly receive our full inheritance."
Gu Xuan understood now. This inheritance wasn't so easy to take; he had to possess enough strength of his own to inherit it.
Of course, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings didn't mention that he was their only gamble. This forced Gu Xuan to work hard for their inheritance.
After all, they couldn't reveal all their cards at once; if they did, they would be completely at his mercy.
Gu Xuan, having received some of their inheritance, was indeed elated because the secret techniques he now possessed were too powerful—they already surpassed the strength of his own soul skills.
However, precisely because they were too powerful, his current physical fitness and soul power were far from enough to use them. To unleash even a sliver of their might, he would likely need to reach the Soul Ancestor or even the Soul King level.
After Gu Xuan accepted the inheritance, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings gave him a few more instructions before kicking him out. The sliver of divine soul just now had exhausted them greatly, and they needed to sleep to recover.
Since they were suppressed by the Asura Divine Power and could not naturally recover, such exhaustion meant that if they didn't sleep, they might fade away before Gu Xuan even grew up.
Gu Xuan, whose spiritual body had been kicked out, began to wholeheartedly refine the medicinal effects of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot while practicing the secret techniques from the Dragon Kings in his mind.
(Flashback End)
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