"Father, Mother."
Without beating around the bush, Xu Tianming got straight to the point:
"This is Mu Ye, the original form of Douluo, who will be my teacher from now on."
These words stunned Xu Xiang and Kong Yue into silence.
The True Form Douluo?
teacher?
My son just got his first spirit ring and he hardly ever leaves the house. Where did this teacher come from?
After a long while, Xu Xiang finally reacted, his eyes widened, and he slammed his hand on the table and stood up.
"I remember the current Body Douluo of the Body Sect should be called Poison Undying, right?"
The title of "Original Body" is inherited, just like the title of "Angel" from ten thousand years ago.
Only the person who succeeds as the sect leader of the Body Sect can inherit the title of Body.
Xu Xiang, after all, was a member of the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire, and he was quite familiar with the major forces on the continent.
"snort!"
With a soft hum, Makino stepped forward.
The unique pressure of a Title Douluo suddenly erupted from him, forcing Xu Xiang, who had stood up, to sit down again.
At the same time, nine spirit rings appeared one after another at Mu Ye's feet: black, black, black, black, black, red, red, red, red.
"Four...four 100,000-year soul rings?"
Xu Xiang's face was flushed, and his eyes were wide open. He almost used all his strength to utter those words.
Meanwhile, Kong Yue, her face pale, stared at the nine soul rings at Mu Ye's feet.
Although the 100,000-year spirit rings of the Douluo Continent era were not as precious as they were 10,000 years ago, that only applied to the titled Douluo of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms.
None of the titled Douluo in their Sun Moon Empire have ever possessed a 100,000-year soul ring!
"Although I am not the sect master of the Body Sect, my title is Body. Do you have any objections?"
Mu Ye's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded like thunder to Xu Xiang and Kong Yue.
Under the pressure of Mu Ye's titled Douluo aura, neither of them could speak, and they could only shake their heads repeatedly to indicate that they had no objections.
"Elder Mu, they are, after all, my parents."
Xu Tianming coughed lightly, sounding somewhat reproachful.
Upon hearing Xu Tianming's words, the spirit rings and the pressure of a Title Douluo on Mu Ye's body dissipated.
Xu Xiang and Kong Yue were panting heavily, looking at Mu Ye with terrified eyes.
For a brief moment, the two of them truly felt the threat of death.
"Father, Mother, Elder Mu's martial soul is also a physical martial soul."
Seeing that his parents hadn't yet recovered from Mu Ye's earlier intimidation, Xu Tianming walked to their side and whispered:
"My martial soul is also a mutated martial soul. When it comes to cultivating one's original martial soul, no one on the continent can compare to Elder Mu."
"Elder Mu was attracted by the unusual phenomenon when I awakened my martial soul, and after observing me for a period of time, he decided to take me as his disciple."
After taking two deep breaths, Xu Xiang slowly recovered.
Hearing his son's words again, his expression became complicated.
He was merely a seven-ring Soul Saint and a level seven Soul Master, so he naturally knew that he had no right to refuse in front of a Title Douluo like Mu Ye, who possessed four 100,000-year Soul Rings.
Even the life and death of one's entire family are at the mercy of the other party's single thought.
"Your Majesty, I do not trust you!"
Even knowing the difference in strength between the two sides, Xu Xiang still gritted his teeth and said.
"Your Douluo Three Kingdoms have a long history of enmity with our Sun Moon Empire. I don't believe that the Soul Masters of your Douluo Three Kingdoms will properly train the Soul Masters of our Sun Moon Empire!"
Even at this time, Xu Xiang's biggest worry was that Mu Ye wouldn't be able to properly raise his son.
"Who said I belong to the Douluo Three Kingdoms?"
Makino shook his head with a strange expression.
"If you don't believe me, I can swear on my martial soul that I am not a soul master from Douluo Three Kingdoms."
The Sun Moon Federation evolved from the Sun Moon Empire, so by that logic, Mu Ye is not actually from Douluo Three Kingdoms.
"Tianming's talent is the most outstanding I have ever seen in my life."
Makino pointed at Xu Tianming and said:
"You can rest assured, I will take good care of him!"
In the Douluo Continent, swearing an oath to one's martial soul is a very serious matter.
Martial Soul is another aspect of a Soul Master.
If a Soul Master breaks the oath he made to his Martial Soul, his strength may never improve further in his entire life.
Especially for someone like a Title Douluo, it's even less likely that they would easily swear an oath with their Martial Soul.
"Your true form isn't from the Douluo Three Kingdoms?"
Xu Xiang asked with some surprise:
"Could they be from my Sun Moon Empire?"
"I am indeed a Soul Master of the Sun Moon Empire... Don't ask me anything else."
Makino clearly didn't want to explain anything further, and he didn't know how to explain it either.
"You have no objections to my taking Tianming as my disciple, do you?"
Xu Xiang and Kong Yue exchanged a glance and both fell silent.
"Father, Mother, please allow me to learn from Elder Mu."
Seeing that his parents remained silent, Xu Tianming immediately bowed deeply to them.
"You...you..."
Xu Xiang looked at his son with complicated emotions, and after a long while, he finally sighed.
"In that case, you shall learn from this true form."
His own son was willing, and the other party was a Title Douluo with four 100,000-year soul rings, and not even a Soul Master from Douluo Three Kingdoms.
Under these circumstances, Xu Xiang had no reason to refuse.
"Your Majesty, I was very rude just now."
"I'm entrusting my good-for-nothing child to you for upbringing."
As they spoke, Xu Xiang and Kong Yue bowed to Mu Ye at the same time.
"Don't worry, I will do my best to train Tianming."
With a slight lift of his hand, Mu Ye straightened the figures of Xu Xiang and Kong Yue.
"However, the cultivation of our original martial soul is extremely difficult, and you are not allowed to interfere with it in any way from now on."
"Of course!"
Xu Xiang nodded heavily; he had also heard a little about some of the cultivation methods of the Body Sect.
In her heart, she also largely believed that Makino would raise her son well.
"Today is not only the day that Tianming successfully absorbed the first ring beyond the limit, but also the day that he found a teacher like His Majesty the Main Body."
Xu Xiang invited Mu Ye to take the seat of honor and personally poured him a glass of wine.
"From now on, he will entrust his true form to His Majesty."
After saying that, he raised his cup to Makino and then drank the wine in his cup in one gulp.
"Don't worry, Tianming's future achievements will definitely surpass mine."
Makino also obliged by drinking the wine that Xu Xiang poured for him.
A family dinner that should have been extremely joyous ended in this eerie atmosphere.
Xu Xiang arranged for Makino to stay in a guest room not far from Xu Tianming's room, but his brows remained furrowed.
"Since things have come to this, don't think about it anymore."
Kong Yue gently stroked her husband's brow with a touch of tenderness.
"It is a rare opportunity for Tianming to be accepted as a disciple by a Title Douluo powerhouse with four 100,000-year soul rings."
Upon hearing this, Xu Tianming's brows finally relaxed slightly.
"Indeed, what could a powerful expert with a title of Douluo with a ten-thousand-year history possibly want from us?"
"Perhaps this true form of His Majesty has truly taken a liking to Tianming's talent?"
(End of chapter)