Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 1: Marrow Washing Sutra

In the morning, the sky is bright.

The manor was shrouded in mist, floating everywhere, making it seem like a fairyland that was unreal.

On both sides of the street, rows of green plants have sprouted new buds at some point; the new buds are green in color, and appear to be full of life in this early spring season.

tick~
On spring nights, cold dew drops from the tips of green leaves into the dust, silently moistening the soil in the forest.

Deep in the manor, between two banyan trees, there is a three-story wooden house. The ancient exterior walls are covered with green vines, exuding the charm of time and vitality.

On the second floor, near the window, there was a young child sitting cross-legged on the bed.

The child was about six years old, wearing a moon-white pajamas and robe, with long black hair casually draped behind his head. He had a childish and pretty face, and was sitting barefoot on the bed with his eyes closed in meditation.

After a few breaths, the sound of light footsteps was faintly heard outside the door.

"Click~", the wooden door was pushed open.

"Your Excellency the Duke, the martial spirit awakening ceremony is ready. Please change your clothes."

The voice was old and steady. The child opened his eyes and looked forward.

In front of me, there was an old man in a black robe with a ruddy complexion, gray hair and beard. In his hands he held a tray, on which was placed a complete set of sky blue silk robes.

Seeing this, the child nodded slightly, and then said helplessly:

"Grandpa Yu, didn't I tell you?"

"When there are outsiders around, you call me Your Excellency the Duke and I call you Uncle Yu; when there are no outsiders around, you call me Young Master and I call you Grandpa Yu."

"How come you forgot again?"

"Haha!" Upon hearing this, the old man in black robe smiled gently and explained:

"Young Master, there are two important events today. One is your sixth birthday, and the other is the awakening of your martial spirit."

"I am the steward of the Duke's Mansion, and you are the Duke of the Duke's Mansion. It is reasonable for me to call you the Duke."

As he spoke, the old man in black robe walked to the bedside and helped the child change his clothes.

The boy's surname is Lin, which means "Rong". He is the owner of this manor, Lin's Duke's Mansion. The old man in black robe is the housekeeper of the Duke's Mansion, named Yu Yuan.

The Lin family has a distinguished family background and is the hereditary duke of the Tiandou Empire.

The family inherited martial spirit "Dragon Soul Vine" is a top-level plant-based martial spirit.

A top-level martial soul must be accompanied by innate soul power, and the minimum level will not be lower than level five, and levels seven or eight also often appear.

Therefore, every two or three generations, the Lin family will produce a Soul Douluo.

The most recent Soul Douluo of the Lin family is Lin Rong’s biological grandfather, whose soul power is as high as level 85, but his grandfather had passed away before he was born.

Thus, the title of Duke of Lin family was inherited by Lin Rong's father. However, his father encountered a beast tide while hunting soul beasts and unfortunately died.

Fortunately, Lin Rong's mother was able to escape the disaster because she stayed in the Duke's Mansion to take care of her baby while pregnant with him; and because his father passed away, he automatically inherited the hereditary Dukeship of the Lin family before he was born.

Finally, his mother was depressed during her pregnancy because her husband left, which made her sick. Not long after giving birth to him, she went to the underworld to be with his father.

At this point, Lin Rong was the only one left in the Lin family.

Fortunately, the old butler Yu Yuan was loyal to his duties. He not only managed all the affairs of the Duke's Mansion, but also personally raised the young master Lin Rong.

The Lin family has a long heritage and owns many businesses, but no one has taken advantage of the Lin family's low point to seize the family business.

The reason for all this is that Lin's old butler Yu Yuan is also a powerful Soul Douluo. Even though Lin Rong, the current Duke of Lin's, is still young, no one dares to offend him.

"Grandpa Yu." Lin Rong sat upright on the bed, looked down at the old housekeeper, and asked softly:

"What kind of martial spirit do you think I will awaken?"

"The spirit is inherited from parents." The old butler kept moving his hands, putting on shoes and socks for the young master, and answered in a gentle and unhurried tone:

"Your parents' inherited martial spirits are Dragon Soul Vine and Thousand Leaf Banyan respectively. The former is a top-level martial spirit, and the latter is a high-level martial spirit."

"In the inheritance of martial spirits, only the strong are respected. Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, the young master will awaken the Dragon Soul Vine."

"Of course, the quality of Dragon Soul Vine and Thousand Leaf Banyan is not much different, and they meet the requirements for awakening twin martial souls; therefore, it is possible for the young master to awaken both Dragon Soul Vine and Thousand Leaf Banyan at the same time."

Twin martial spirits? Is that all?

Lin Rong narrowed his eyes and thought:
"That's right. Unless you awaken a mutant martial soul, twin martial souls are indeed the best solution."

"Moreover, most of the mutated martial spirits are malignant mutations, and only a very small number are benign mutations." "The lower the quality of the martial spirit, the lower the probability of malignant mutation; the higher the quality of the martial spirit, the lower the probability of benign mutation."

"But I have practiced the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, and perhaps my martial soul may undergo a benign mutation."

The Xisui Sutra is one of the many scriptures of the Blue Star Dragon Kingdom.

Lin Rong knew about the Xisui Sutra, so he was naturally not from this world, but a time traveler.

In addition to reading novels, I also enjoy rock climbing in the wild.

The reason for the crossing was that he accidentally fell during a rock climbing trip, and then his eyes went black and he lost consciousness.

When Lin Rong regained consciousness, he became a fetus.

The fetus was less than a month old, so his consciousness was extremely weak and he was in a deep sleep for more than eleven hours out of the twelve hours a day.

When I am awake, I occasionally hear some vague words, which I cannot understand but I can understand their meaning.

Lin Rong extracted some key words from these vague words, such as: "Martial Soul", "Martial Soul Hall", "Pope", "Haotian Sect"...

This made him realize that he had traveled to the Douluo Continent, and to the Douluo One timeline.

In Douluo Continent, martial spirit reigns supreme.

In this world, everyone has a martial soul, but only those who have awakened their innate soul power are qualified to become soul masters.

In most cases, the quality of the martial soul determines whether a person has innate soul power.

The martial soul is inherited in the blood, and after thousands of years of selection, if the common people want to awaken their innate soul power, the only way is for the martial soul to undergo a benign mutation.

However, the probability of a martial soul mutation is only one in a million, let alone a benign mutation.

Therefore, very few civilians can awaken their innate soul power.

When Lin Rong thought of this, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

What if he was born in a civilian family in this life and he had not awakened his innate soul power? Even if he knew the plot and opportunities, it would be of no use.

In view of this, Lin Rong had no choice but to work hard to find a solution in the womb.

During this period, he was very envious of Tang San who came with the "Xuantian Baolu" which was a heaven-defying plug-in. It not only contained many unique skills such as Xuantian Gong and Ziji Magic Eye, but also knowledge of medicine and poison, including detailed records of immortal herbs.

But this also reminded Lin Rong that he might be able to try to practice the scriptures he remembered from his previous life.

In my previous life, out of interest, I memorized a lot of Taoist and Buddhist scriptures.

But those scriptures are too obscure and difficult to understand, so I can only memorize them by rote. If I don’t review them for a few days, I will almost forget them.

There was only one chapter of the Xisui Sutra, which Lin Rong memorized on the day before he traveled through time, so he remembered the entire text.

From then on, Lin Rong began to practice the Xisui Jing.

At the beginning of the practice, no effect was noticed.

During this period, Lin Rong also heard someone calling his mother "Duchess". He knew that if nothing unexpected happened, he would definitely awaken his innate soul power. He wanted to give up practicing the Xisui Sutra several times.

But he had nothing to do in the womb, so he persisted.

A few months later, the fetus was formed, and Lin Rong finally felt the effect when practicing the Xisui Jing.

Seeing the effects, he devoted extra effort to practicing the Xisui Jing.

Because the fetus was born with fetal breathing, Lin Rong had a smooth journey during the practice without encountering any obstacles, and the eight extraordinary meridians were opened before he was born.

Thinking of this, he felt particularly happy and confident:

"I don't know if my martial soul will undergo a benign mutation!"

"But the innate eight meridians are all open. If this aptitude does not have innate full soul power, then there is no innate full soul power in this world!"

　The settings in the original Douluo Dalu are self-contradictory. In order to ensure the logic, I can only downplay the contradictory settings of Douluo Dalu 1 as much as possible, and only adopt the worldview of Douluo Dalu 1.

　　The settings of the second, third, and fourth sequels of Douluo Dalu will not be adopted.

　　For example: Soul Core, Ten Great Beasts, Dragon Valley, Silver Dragon King...

　　None of these books have it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)