Douluo Dalu: Ice Snake Martial Spirit, Infinite Evolution

Chapter 171
"Dugu Han, Wu Ming!"

When Zhang Lexuan saw the two of them come out, she smiled and waved, then led Han Ruoruo over.

"Le Xuan!"

Dugu Han smiled and opened his arms, looking at her expectantly, waiting for her to throw herself into his arms.

Zhang Lexuan found this scene somewhat amusing, but she still obliged, laughing as she threw herself into his arms: "Did you miss me?"

"Think about it!"

Dugu Han didn't say much, but after he finished speaking, he cupped her cheeks and kissed her.

Zhang Lexuan wasn't shy at all, and skillfully wrapped her arms around his neck in a warm response.

Han Ruoruo, who was standing next to her, had a hint of envy in her eyes when she saw this scene.

"Want to start a relationship?" Wu Ming asked with a smile as he moved closer to her.

"I've thought about it, but there aren't any suitable ones!"

Han Ruoruo shook her head with a wry smile. Among the three of her best friends, she was the oldest.

It was only because she had spent most of her time in the inner courtyard's library and later in the Sea God Pavilion's ancient book room that she had very little contact with men.

"Shall I introduce one to you?"

Wu Ming chuckled and pulled her aside, saying, "He's handsome, incredibly talented, and a sure thing that he'll reach the Limit Douluo level in the future. Plus, he's generous and has a powerful background."

"Pull him down!"

Han Ruoruo rolled her eyes at her: "If a man like that really existed, you would have made your own move!"

"I've already made my move!"

Wu Ming silently apologized to herself. She glanced at Zhang Lexuan, who was passionately kissing Dugu Han, and silently said sorry again.

"correct!"

Han Ruoruo asked curiously, "How many years did it take you to absorb your eighth spirit ring?"

"One hundred thousand years!"

Wu Ming became excited as soon as she mentioned this: "Dugu Han found me a 100,000-year-old immortal herb with the ultimate fire attribute, called Blazing Apricot Blossom. After it was sacrificed to me, it has already upgraded my Golden Crow Sacred Flame to the ultimate fire!"

"Sacrifice!"

Han Ruoruo looked at her in surprise, then subconsciously glanced at Dugu Han.

How did he persuade the soul beasts to sacrifice themselves for humans?

Zhang Lexuan, who had just finished a passionate kiss with Dugu Han, looked at Dugu Han in surprise after hearing Wu Ming's words and asked, "How did you manage to make a soul beast sacrifice itself for a human?"

"Coercion and bribery!"

"That 100,000-year-old immortal herb is very weak in combat. It only has 100,000 years of cultivation, but it is far from having 100,000 years of combat power."

Dugu Han gave a brief explanation, then smiled and said, "I think you shouldn't be focusing on the soul beast sacrifice, but rather on Wu Ming's ultimate fire."

"That's right, you've upgraded your Golden Crow Sacred Flame to its ultimate level?"

Zhang Lexuan looked at Wu Ming in surprise.

Han Ruoruo also looked at her, but then looked at Dugu Han with surprise and doubt.

She had previously speculated that Zhang Lexuan had gone to the far north and, upon returning to the academy, her martial soul had evolved into the Silver Moon.

After Dugu Han appeared at the academy, Ma Xiaotao's martial soul evolved into the Ultimate Flame, and after Ning Tian got together with him, his martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Now, Wu Ming's Ultimate Fire has been added to the list.

Why are you staring at me like that?

Seeing that Han Ruoruo was staring at him, Dugu Han smiled and asked, "Is there something dirty on my face?"

"No, he's very handsome!"

After smiling, Han Ruoruo turned her gaze to Wu Ming.

"It's already been upgraded to the ultimate fire level. Um... let's go inside and talk!"

Wu Ming felt immense pressure from Zhang Lexuan's gaze and dared not look her in the eye. After speaking, she lowered her head and went inside.

Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo looked at her back and felt a strange feeling, but they couldn't quite put their finger on what was wrong.

"What happened to Wu Ming?"

Zhang Lexuan asked doubtfully, "I feel like there's something strange about her."

"I'll talk to you tonight, let's go in first!"

Dugu Han smiled and took her small hand, then said to Han Ruoruo beside him, "Sister Ruoruo, let's go inside first!"

"it is good!"

Han Ruoruo followed them inside.

After entering, Dugu Han first showed them around the mansion to familiarize them with the place.

When they were familiar with each other, Wu Ming never dared to look Zhang Lexuan in the eye and would always subconsciously avoid her gaze.

Then they arranged a room for Han Ruoruo, right next to Wu Ming's room.

Seeing that he hadn't arranged a room for her, Zhang Lexuan asked, "Where am I staying?"

"You can stay in my room!"

Dugu Han pointed to the room next door: "It's warm in winter and cool in summer, and most importantly, I'll warm your bed."

"Screw you!"

Zhang Lexuan rolled her eyes at him.

They even warmed her bed, making it sound like she got a great deal.

"By the way, Xiaotao asked me to bring you the corpse of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear."

Zhang Lexuan suddenly remembered the corpse of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in her storage soul tool, so she went to the empty courtyard and took it out.

The three-meter-long dark gold dinosaur landed with a thud, kicking up dust.

Although nearly ten days have passed, its dark golden fur still gleams with a cold, hard luster because it has been kept in a storage soul tool, showing no signs of decay over time.

"You brought it!"

Dugu Han was somewhat surprised to see the intact Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear corpse.

"Xiao Tao asked me to bring this to you. She said she wanted you to leave her a bear paw," Zhang Lexuan explained.

"Keep either one!"

Dugu Han excitedly walked to the corpse of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and began to check if there was any external soul bone attached to the right palm bone.

To make the performance more convincing, he said, "The body is intact, but it seems you haven't checked the soul bones yet."

"After the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear died, Dean Cai didn't even have time to examine it before Xiao Tao put it away."

Han Ruoruo walked over and explained.

Wu Ming walked over curiously: "Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, why are you carrying this?"

"Dugu Han said he wanted to try the meat of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, so Xiao Tao and I took advantage of Xiao Xiao and the others from the outer courtyard hunting souls and brought the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's corpse with us," Han Ruoruo explained.

“Indeed, bear paws are the best food among bear-type soul beasts. The paw of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is the best among bear-type soul beasts.” Dugu Han echoed, his hand touching the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s huge right paw, dismembering it and taking out a piece of the right palm bone that was shimmering with light.

"External soul bone!"

Zhang Lexuan and the other two girls exclaimed in surprise as they looked at the right palm bone he took out.

Han Ruoruo stared in shock at the shimmering right palm bone.

It was just a soul beast that was about two thousand years old. Even for the most top-tier soul beasts, the probability of having a soul bone was not high, and the probability of having an external soul bone was even lower.

That is a truly rare treasure, one in a hundred years.

As a result, the treasure dropped from the corpse of a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that they casually brought back to eat.

What kind of incredible luck is this?
"Looks like we're very lucky!"

Dugu Han smiled and took out clean water from the Moon Goddess's Tears, rinsing away the bloodstains remaining on his right palm bone.

"It's so good it's explosive!"

"In all my life, besides your Ice Emperor Wings, this is only the second external soul bone I have ever seen."

Wu Ming excitedly took the right metacarpal bone in her hand and examined it carefully.

Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo also gathered together, carefully examining the right metacarpal bone.

Not to mention Wu Ming, this is the second external soul bone they have seen.

The first piece is Dugu Han's Ice Emperor Wings.

"This is the first time I've touched an unabsorbed external soul bone. But it feels cool to the touch, and it doesn't feel any different from the soul bones we absorb."

"There's a big difference. At the very least, external soul bones don't occupy any of the six major soul bone positions, and they don't have any age limit, so they can grow along with the soul master."

"To get an external soul bone like this is really incredible luck, it's unstoppable."

The three women huddled together, marveling at the right metacarpal bone.

Dugu Han stood to the side, and after they had examined it carefully for a long time, he reached out and took back the right palm bone, saying, "That's enough for now. I'll take it and absorb it first."

None of the three women had any objections to him absorbing the external soul bone.

Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming naturally sided with him, and Han Ruoruo still owed him two 100,000-year-old soul bones, so she would definitely side with him as well.

After returning to his room with the right palm bone, Dugu Han immediately placed it on his right hand and began to absorb it.

Unlike ordinary soul bones, the right palm bone of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear did not directly merge into the hand bone. Instead, after being absorbed, it turned into a pool of dark gold viscous liquid that slowly enveloped the entire palm.

Immediately, Dugu Han felt a special sense of comfort coming from his right hand, but soon that comfort was mixed with a stinging and burning sensation.

However, this discomfort was very slight, and Dugu Han quickly adapted to it.

……

While Dugu Han was absorbing the external soul bone, Zhang Lexuan and the other two girls began to dissect the corpse of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, preparing to use it as their dinner.

They didn't ask the servants in the manor for help. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's defensive capabilities were very strong. Even though it was only a two-thousand-year-old soul beast, it was not something an ordinary person could break through its defenses.

Even ordinary Soul Masters cannot break through its defenses.

"I'll take this bear paw back to Xiaotao; she specifically asked me to do so before I came."

Zhang Lexuan cut off the left paw of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and put it into Ice and Snow Romance.

Then he cut off the right paw and the entire right arm of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and handed them to Han Ruoruo next to him, asking her and Wu Ming to process them and roast them for dinner.

The three-meter-long dark gold dinosaur was quickly cut up with the combined efforts of the three women.

Well... you could say it's the two women. Wu Ming was always a bit absent-minded and didn't help much.

"I'll be cooking tonight, Wu Ming, can you take me to the kitchen to get some things?"

After washing her hands, Han Ruoruo got up and pulled Wu Ming out of the courtyard.

Wu Ming led her to the kitchen in the adjacent courtyard.

The kitchen was fully equipped, and there were several chefs who were imperial chefs sent by the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire.

"You guys go out first!"

Han Ruoruo smiled and dismissed the imperial chefs. Then, while selecting kitchen utensils for the evening, she asked Wu Ming, "Is something wrong? You seem distracted all day."

"Really? No, I'm fine!" Wu Ming said subconsciously.

"What exactly happened?"

Han Ruoruo put down the kitchen utensils in her hands and frowned. The more Wu Ming said that, the more she felt something was wrong.

"Oh dear, nothing's wrong!"

Wu Ming forced a smile, then put his arm around her shoulder and said, "How was that suggestion I made to you at the door? He's an absolute gem, cherish him, sis!"

"If such a man really exists, why don't you win him over yourself instead of introducing him to me?"

Han Ruoruo looked at Wu Ming with suspicion.

She remembered that Wu Ming had complained more than once that she wanted to be in a relationship, but all the men in the inner courtyard were blind and none of them were willing to pursue her.

"Isn't this what it means to be best friends forever!" Wu Ming said with a double meaning.

Han Ruoruo still looked at her suspiciously. Seeing that she was unwilling to say more, she thought for a moment and asked, "Where is he from? What is his name? What is his cultivation level? How old is he?"

"He's from the Heavenly Soul Empire, and he's definitely no more than twenty years old, but he's already a Soul Emperor at level sixty-something. Moreover, he has an incredibly powerful background, is very generous, and most importantly, he dotes on his woman."

Wu Ming tried to vaguely describe Dugu Han's information.

Han Ruoruo pondered after hearing this.

They are no more than twenty years old, much younger than me, but age is not a problem among Soul Masters.

With a Soul Emperor level of over 60 who is no more than 20 years old and a powerful background, breaking through to the Title Douluo level in the future is a sure thing, and with some good fortune, breaking through to the Super Douluo level is also not a problem.

Soul Masters who can cultivate to the level of Title Douluo can generally live to be around a hundred years old, and Super Douluo can generally live to be over a hundred and fifty years old, so it doesn't matter if they are a little older or younger.

Just... I love my woman!

Han Ruoruo pondered the meaning behind those words, her brows furrowing as she asked, "What does it mean to 'love one's own woman'? Does he have a woman now, or was it before?"

“Yes, we do now, but that’s not a problem. Look at Dugu Han, he still has both Le Xuan and Ning Tian!”

While Wu Ming was making excuses, she added to her mind the thought of herself.

"Do you think anyone can compare to Dugu Han?!"

Han Ruoruo glared at her, somewhat annoyed, and said, "Are you still my best friend? I thought you were introducing me to a good man, but it turns out he's a married man."

"What if he is Dugu Han?" Wu Ming hesitated for a moment and asked weakly.

Han Ruoruo was taken aback upon hearing this.

She stared at Wu Ming in disbelief: "You...you said you were going to introduce me to Dugu Han?"

How about I introduce him to you?

Wu Ming whispered, "You know that Dugu Han is exceptionally talented, has a powerful background, is generous, and dotes on his woman."

"you……"

Han Ruoruo looked at her best friend in disbelief.

Dugu Han is Le Xuan's man!
(End of this chapter)