Douluo Dalu: Ice Snake Martial Spirit, Infinite Evolution

Chapter 211 Zhang Lexuan's Background
Dugu Han pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then asked, "I want to know first about Elder Kong's relationship with this Moon Goddess's Tear, as well as that head soul bone. As far as I know, it came from Elder Kong's teacher, the 100,000-year-old Illusion Moon Butterfly King he once hunted."

"Master Kong's teacher had no descendants, and Master Kong was his only direct disciple. Logically speaking, this head bone should be in Master Kong's hands. Why is it outside?"

Dugu Han was puzzled by this and hoped that Kong Deming could enlighten him.

Kong Deming hesitated for a moment before explaining, "The head bone of the 100,000-year-old Illusionary Moon Butterfly King and the Tear of the Moon Goddess are both mine, or rather, they were passed down to me by my teacher before he died."

"And then?" Dugu Han pressed.

"later……"

A hint of pain appeared in Kong Deming's aged eyes, and he stopped speaking.

Seeing this, Dugu Han did not urge him, but waited quietly.

After a moment, Kong Deming lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Later, my only child was born. I doted on him and named him Kong De."

"At the same time, after his birth, I began to prepare for his future, trying every means to collect suitable soul bones, and put them together with the head soul bone of the 100,000-year-old Illusion Moon Butterfly King into the Tear of the Moon Goddess and gave it to him until he was six years old."

"Wait a moment!"

Dugu Han couldn't help but interrupt, "Are you saying that the Moon Goddess's Tear and that soul bone from the head of the Illusionary Moon Butterfly Emperor were both prepared for your child?"

Kong Deming nodded silently.

"Besides the head bone of the 100,000-year-old Illusionary Moon Butterfly King, what kind of soul beast did the other left arm bone and left leg bone you prepared come from?" Dugu Han pressed.

A bold idea suddenly popped into his head.

"The left arm bone of a 50,000-year-old Howling Moon Silver Wolf and the left leg bone of a 50,000-year-old Starlight Unicorn."

Kong Deming said in a low voice, "These are soul bones that I specially collected for him. Although they are only 50,000 years old, they are all soul bones of perfect quality."

Upon receiving confirmation, Dugu Han couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

He remembered the three soul bones he found in the Moon Goddess's Tears: the head soul bone of the 100,000-year-old Illusionary Moon Butterfly King, the left leg bone of the 50,000-year-old Howling Moon Silver Wolf, and the left leg bone of the 50,000-year-old Starlight Unicorn.

"Could Le Xuan be a descendant of Confucius?"

Dugu Han stared at Kong Deming for a moment, then sensed something was amiss.

Kong Deming has one-quarter of the royal blood of the Sun Moon Empire, is a genius soul master, and is the head of the Sun Moon Empire's Hall of Worship, so he can definitely be considered a member of the royal family.

His descendants are certainly clearly recorded in the Imperial Clan Court of the Sun and Moon Empire.

However, when Elder Xue went to the Imperial Clan Court of the Sun Moon Empire to inquire, the result was that there was no royal bloodline outside the palace, not even in remote areas.

"Mr. Kong!"

Dugu Han thought for a moment and asked, "What happened to your child afterward?"

"He grew up healthily until he was six years old, the day he awakened his martial spirit. On that day, I participated in the development of the first level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell. As a result, the level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell exploded due to the instability of its internal structure."

Sorrow appeared in Kong Deming's eyes: "My wife had already prepared everything needed for awakening the martial soul, and then she took the child to pick me up so that I could awaken the child's martial soul."

"The explosion of the level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell destroyed everything around it. Even with my level nine defensive soul-guided device protecting me, I was critically injured and on the verge of death in that explosion, and my wife and children..."

Kong Deming closed his eyes, his mind filled with the happy days of the three of them in the past.

Unfortunately, the explosion of that level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell ruined everything.

His wife even scattered the child's remains on the ground to protect them. Although the child was protected and retained a healthy body, he was no longer alive.

Dugu Han listened quietly to Kong Deming's story.

He had to admit that it was a very tragic thing that his wife and children had died from the fixed-mount soul-guided cannon shells that he had helped develop.

But at the same time, he was even more puzzled. Since Kong Deming's son was already dead, how did the Moon Goddess's Tears and the three soul bones inside the Moon Goddess's Tears leak out?
Whether it's the Moon Goddess's Tear controlled by mental power or the head soul bone of the 100,000-year-old Illusionary Moon Butterfly King, they are treasures among treasures and could never be leaked out through trade or other means.

Seemingly seeing through Dugu Han's doubts, Kong Deming calmed his somewhat agitated emotions and slowly said, "That explosion left me severely injured and on the verge of death. His Majesty collected my wife's remains and buried her with the child, along with the Moon Goddess's Tear and the soul bones inside."

"Years later, after I regained my mobility, the first thing I did was go to pay my respects to them, but..."

Kong Deming cried out in anguish, "They're gone! My wife's remains and my child's body are all gone!"

"Ok?"

Dugu Han looked at him in surprise. What did it mean that the body was gone?
“When I went there, there were signs that the grave soil had been turned over. I felt something was wrong, so I dug it up, but it was completely empty, including the burial items given by His Majesty.”

When Kong Deming mentioned this, he subconsciously clenched his fist, but then he seemed to remember something and relaxed his hand.

"Could it be that someone is robbing a tomb?" Dugu Han thought for a moment and said.

In mainland China, there are also tomb raiders who make a living by robbing the tombs of nobles.

"I once had the same suspicion, and for that reason I killed all the tomb raiders in the world."

Kong Deming said in a deep voice, "It wasn't until I came out for some fresh air this time that I learned you had the Moon Goddess's Tear, the head soul bone of the Illusion Moon Butterfly Queen, and the news about that girl named Zhang Lexuan."

"You don't actually think that Le Xuan's ancestors stole your child's grave and then ran off to settle in the Heavenly Soul Empire, do you?" Dugu Han raised an eyebrow.

If that's the case, then it's a bit ridiculous!
"no!"

Kong Deming shook his head, staring at Dugu Han seriously, and said, "I suspect my child was resurrected on his own, but lost his memory and accidentally ended up settling in the Heavenly Soul Empire, and Zhang Lexuan is his descendant." "Resurrected from the dead?"

Dugu Han was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he looked at Kong Deming with disbelief in his eyes.

Compared to Zhang Lexuan's ancestors, who stole the grave of Kong Deming's child and were then resurrected, the absurdity is even greater.

Seeing that he didn't believe him, Kong Deming said, "I have two martial souls."

“I know!” Dugu Han nodded. This was not a secret; all the older generation of Soul Masters in the Sun Moon Empire knew it.

Kong Deming asked, "My first martial soul is Silver Moon. Do you know what my second martial soul is?"

Dugu Han shook his head. He hadn't specifically investigated this, so he really didn't know.

"My second martial soul is the Moon Worm!"

"Moon worm?"

Dugu Han had a vague recollection of it; he remembered seeing a record of this martial spirit in the ancient book room of the Sea God Pavilion.

"I think I've seen a record of this martial spirit before. It's a martial spirit that's very weak in the early stages but becomes extremely powerful in the later stages."

"That's right, but besides that, it has a life-saving ability that can only be used once in its lifetime, called a lunar eclipse."

Kong Deming hesitated and said, "After using this life-saving ability, the martial soul will be destroyed. However, before the martial soul is destroyed, it will try its best to absorb external energy to restore itself. I was seriously injured and dying at the time, and it was through this ability of the second martial soul that I was able to survive."

"So you suspect that your child was resurrected through this ability?"

"Yes, because he had just turned six at the time. Although he hadn't awakened his martial soul, he had met the conditions for awakening it. Under the stimulation of a life-or-death crisis, it was possible for him to awaken his martial soul on his own, and it was even possible for him to awaken my second martial soul."

"But even if he had awakened his martial soul on his own, he was already dead at the time, and the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire at that time would definitely have someone check and confirm that there was no mistake before he was buried."

Dugu Han frowned. He didn't believe that an emperor of a country could bury the child of his country's genius soul master so casually. At the very least, he would have checked repeatedly.

"But it's possible that he didn't die completely at the time, but relied on this martial spirit to hold on to his last breath and fall into a state of suspended animation."

Kong Deming speculated: "After His Majesty buried him and my wife, his Moon Worm Martial Soul came into close contact with my wife's remaining soul bones and absorbed the energy from those fragmented soul bones, which could have resurrected him."

"There is also the Tear of the Moon Goddess. The Tear of the Moon Goddess is different from ordinary storage rings. It can only be opened with mental power. Apart from my wife, my child, and me, no one else knows about it."

"In addition, there is Zhang Lexuan's Moon Martial Soul, which is a unique martial soul of the imperial family."

Kong Deming said in a low voice, "After I learned the news, I went to the Imperial Clan Court to investigate. Not a single member of the Imperial Clan's bloodline was left outside the palace."

"Perhaps it's a mutation of the martial soul!"

Dugu Han thought for a moment and said, "The Star Crown Martial Soul of the Star Luo Empire's royal family, as well as other Star Martial Souls, could all mutate into Moon Martial Souls if they were to mutate."

"It is possible, but it is absolutely impossible that she or her family's martial soul just happened to mutate, that the Moon Goddess's Tear just happened to be in her or her family's hands, and that they just happened to know how to use the Moon Goddess's Tear."

Kong Deming said firmly.

Even though Dugu Han didn't admit that the Moon Goddess's Tears belonged to Zhang Lexuan's family, he had already tacitly accepted it in his heart!

"It's indeed very difficult for that possibility to occur!"

Dugu Han nodded. Martial soul mutation is extremely rare. It's impossible for Zhang Lexuan's family to accidentally obtain the Tear of the Moon Goddess and for their martial soul to mutate into the Moon Martial Soul.

Not to mention that their family also knows how to use the Tears of the Moon Goddess.

Generally speaking, apart from spirit-type soul masters, soul masters below the title of Douluo have difficulty controlling their own spiritual power. Even genius students from the inner academy like Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming need to undergo systematic learning to achieve this.

Therefore, it's impossible that Zhang Lexuan's family accidentally touched the Moon Goddess's Tears with their spiritual power and thus learned how to use them.

However, to conclude that Zhang Lexuan is a descendant of Kong Deming based solely on this would be far too hasty!

Moreover, Zhang Lexuan is currently undergoing a divine test, so we shouldn't disturb her with something like this.

After pondering for a moment, Dugu Han looked at Kong Deming, whose eyes were burning with determination, and said, "Elder Kong, I can tell you clearly that the Tear of the Moon Goddess is a family heirloom of Le Xuan's family, and her family has been the Moon Martial Soul for a hundred years, but we don't know what happened a hundred years ago!"

“I don’t care about those things. I want to know where Zhang Lexuan is right now. I want to see her, immediately,” Kong Deming said seriously.

"Feel sorry!"

Dugu Han shook his head slightly: "Le Xuan is currently in deep seclusion and will not be out of seclusion for a while."

"When will she emerge from seclusion?"

"It will take at least three to five years!"

Dugu Han wasn't sure when the Moon Goddess's divine test would end, but he casually gave a timeframe that wasn't too far off, just to keep Kong Deming calm for now.

"Three to five years!"

After thinking for a moment, Kong Deming nodded.

He doesn't mind spending three to five years, and he can use that time to specifically research a soul guide device for intergenerational bloodline recognition.

All that he said before was just his personal speculation. Although it had some basis, it still needed to be verified with a soul tool.

(End of this chapter)