Douluo: Martial Soul Nine-Tailed Fox, I am the White Fox Emperor

Gu Yuena looked at him with a half-smile: "Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling... these three never married because of you, and now they're helping you raise your child. Hu Bai, doesn't your conscience hurt?"

Hu Bai awkwardly touched his nose, then grabbed his two wives by the waist, desperately trying to survive, and said:
"Ahem... Your husband is just that charming, there's nothing I can do about it. My heart belongs only to you! And to our daughter!"

"I feel at ease knowing that the children are being taught by them."

Hu Bai shook his head helplessly. He had no ulterior motives for being kind to the three of them back then.

They were very talented, so he recruited them to the Spirit Hall.

In addition, we will provide them with some resources to make up for the deficiencies in their martial souls.

That was it; he and the three women had hardly ever spent time alone together.

Hu Bai could only sigh, "It's all because of his good looks."

It's already easy for him to have both Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena at the same time, so why would he actively seek out other suitors?

Hu Bai's eyes were deep as he looked in the direction of the Martial Arts Academy.

……

Three months have passed since Hu Nuannuan and Hu Nuonuo enrolled in the Holy Dynasty Martial Arts Academy.

Over the past three months, all the teachers and students of the Martial Arts Academy have gone through a mental journey from "shock" to "numbness" and then to "reverence".

In the classroom of Class 1, Grade 1.

"Hu Nuannuan! Stand up right now!"

The teacher in charge of teaching "Theoretical Foundations of Martial Souls," a scholar in his fifties, pushed up his glasses, his beard trembling with anger.

Hu Nuannuan, dressed in a fiery red outfit, had one foot on a stool and was twirling an expensive soul-guiding pen in her hand. Upon hearing this, she slowly stood up with an innocent look on her face: "Teacher, what's wrong? The answer to this question is C. If you choose A, that's the old theory from before."

The old scholar choked on his words. Indeed, although this girl didn't pay attention in class, she could answer every question fluently and even draw inferences from one instance to another, pointing out the outdated parts of the textbook.

"I'm not talking about the question! I'm saying, can you please stop leaving that upperclassman hanging outside the window? He's been dangling in the wind for the entire class!" the teacher roared, pointing out the window.

Outside the window, a third-year student was bound by a golden rope of soul power, swaying in the wind, looking utterly hopeless.

"Oh, that?" Hu Nuannuan pouted. "He tried to snatch Nuonuo's snacks after class, so I taught him a lesson. Don't worry, teacher, I used a clever trick. He won't die, he'll just be a little dizzy."

teacher:"……"

Right next to Hu Nuannuan's seat, in the sunniest corner.

Hu Nuonuo was fast asleep, lying on the table covered with a velvet cushion. A snot bubble rose and fell with her breathing.

Within a one-meter radius around her, a strange vacuum zone seemed to have formed.

Any chalk dust, spittle, or even noise will be automatically broken down or repelled by an invisible elemental force once it enters this range.

"And Hu Nuonuo! Sleeping in class! It's just..." The teacher was about to get angry.

"Shh-"

The whole class put their fingers to their lips in unison. "Teacher, don't shout! Nuonuo will be grumpy when she wakes up!"

The teacher recalled the painful experience of last week when the PE teacher woke up Nuonuo by blowing his whistle too loudly, and was then transported to the toilet by a spatial rift that appeared out of nowhere. She swallowed the rest of her sentence.

These two little devils, one is a troublemaker, and the other is an untouchable sleeping god.

This class is impossible to attend!
……

Given that the two sisters were already far beyond the curriculum in the regular classes, Dean Shui Bing'er decided to give them extra tutoring.

In the afternoon, at the special training hall.

"Your father has already instilled the basic theories in you, so learning them again would be a waste of time."

Dugu Yan, dressed in a neat training uniform, toyed with two daggers in her hands, and looked at the two young girls in front of her with a smile. "So, let's get straight to something practical. Let's learn some skills for killing and self-defense."

Hu Nuannuan's eyes lit up: "Great! I want to learn the best one!"

"Nuan Nuan, your martial soul is the Twelve-Winged Blazing Sun Angel," Dugu Yan analyzed. "Although you possess powerful mental charm, it's merely an auxiliary ability. Do you want to learn from your father's heroic feat of breaking through all laws with a single sword strike?" (Shura Sword)
"Yes!" Nuannuan's face flushed with excitement.

“Very good. Qian Renxue’s Angelic Holy Sword is fierce and unparalleled, while your father’s sword intent is elegant and agile. What you need to learn is to combine the two.”

Dugu Yan tossed Hu Nuannuan a heavy black iron wooden sword.

"You are not allowed to use your soul power. First, swing your sword ten thousand times."

"Huh? Ten thousand times?" Nuannuan's face instantly fell. "Aunt Yan... oh no, Sister Yan, isn't that too boring?"

Dugu Yan sneered, "Boring? Your father was in the City of Slaughter back then... cough cough, anyway, if the foundation is not solid, the earth will shake. If you don't practice, and you encounter someone with higher soul power than you in the future, and your charm fails, are you just waiting to die?"

Although Nuan Nuan is mischievous, she has an indomitable spirit deep down.

"Let's train! Who's afraid of who!"

From that day on, every morning and evening on the martial arts academy's training ground, a small red figure could be seen wielding a wooden sword taller than herself.

"One sword can cleave mountains and rivers!"

"One sword cleaves the stars!"

Although the slogans were a bit childish, Nuannuan's swordsmanship underwent a qualitative change over time.

She no longer relied solely on the burst of power from her martial spirit, but began to learn to control it.

Three months later.

Inside the special training hall.

Nuan Nuan held a wooden sword, facing the phantom image of a green phosphorescent snake released by Dugu Yan.

Her gaze sharpened, and a strange light flashed in her pink-gold pupils.

"First move: Phantom Crimson Lotus Slash!"

Nuannuan's figure vanished in an instant, leaving only afterimages in the air. That was the speed and alluring steps of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

The next second, she appeared at the snake's vital spot.

There was no fluctuation of soul power on the wooden sword in his hand, but a faint layer of crimson-gold flames burned on it.

puff!
The wooden sword pierced precisely, and the snake's shadow vanished.

"Excellent!" Dugu Yan couldn't help but cheer. "You've incorporated charm into your footwork and angelic fire into your sword intent. Nuannuan, your talent in swordsmanship is even more terrifying than your father's."

Nuannuan wiped the sweat from her forehead and gave a bright smile: "That's right! I'm my dad's daughter!"

……

Compared to the warm and lively atmosphere, the style on Nuonuo's side is extremely bizarre.

In the meditation room.

Shui Bing'er sat cross-legged, surrounded by ice crystals, looking sacred and solemn.

"Nuonuo, your martial soul is the Nine-Tailed Chaos Dragon God, which controls all elements," Shui Bing'er patiently instructed. "Elemental control requires precision; it's about communicating with heaven and earth..."

She opened her eyes and looked across at the other side.

Hu Nuonuo was lying on the futon, drooling in her sleep.

"Hu! Nuo! Nuo!" Shui Bing'er took a deep breath, and even with her excellent composure, veins bulged on her forehead.

"Ugh... Aunt Bing... It's so cold..." Nuonuo rolled over sleepily, muttering, "Turn the ice element down a bit..."

Shui Bing'er was furious: "I'm teaching you to control the elements! And you're sleeping?!"

Nuonuo rubbed her eyes, sat up, and looked aggrieved: "But... they can move by themselves."

"What?" Shui Bing'er was taken aback.

Nuonuo stretched out her chubby little hand and casually drew a circle in the air.

"The fire element said it was too hot and wanted to play with the water element... The wind element said it was tired from running around and wanted to rest for a while..."

As Nuonuo whispered, a magical scene unfolded.

The fire elements floating in the air actually became docile, automatically condensing into a warm fireball.

The water element transformed into a stream that swirled around the fireball. Surprisingly, the two elements did not cancel each other out; instead, they formed a strange balance.

Shui Bing'er's pupils constricted sharply. This...this is elemental resonance?!

Even for a Title Douluo-level elemental soul master, achieving harmony between water and fire is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

But this six-year-old girl actually managed to do it by "sleeping" (actually communicating with the elemental source in her dreams)?
"Nuonuo, how...how did you do that?" Shui Bing'er's voice trembled slightly.

Nuonuo tilted her head, looking innocent: "Just... talk to them. They're very obedient. As long as I don't let them fight, they're very well-behaved."

This is the domineering power resulting from the combination of the Dragon God's and the Celestial Fox's bloodlines.

She is the monarch of the elements, not their user. When a monarch issues a command, how dare the subjects disobey?

"Then... learn an attack skill," Shui Bing'er suggested tentatively.

"Attacks are so tiring..." Nuonuo sighed, then pointed her little hand at a target in front of her.

"Hey, why don't you go blow it up?"

The voice just fell.

That originally gentle ball of water and fire energy instantly became unbalanced!

Boom!

The red and blue light exploded, and the specially made steel target instantly turned into powder, leaving not even a trace.

Shui Bing'er looked at the empty ground and swallowed hard.

This isn't laziness; this is absolute control taken to the extreme of laziness!

"Alright, Nuonuo." Shui Bing'er smiled helplessly, "Go to sleep if you want. As long as you can maintain this 'communication,' you will be the strongest elemental mage."

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the two sisters have been studying at the martial arts academy for half a year.

In the past six months, their physical fitness and understanding of martial spirits have reached a critical point.

Although Hu Bai had set up a seal, the feeling of an impending breakthrough grew stronger and stronger.

"Aunt Yan, I think I'm about to break through."

After training that day, Nuannuan said breathlessly that her soul power was surging wildly within her body.

"Me too...it feels so swollen..." Nuonuo also clutched her chest, looking uncomfortable.

Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, and Ye Lingling rushed over upon hearing the news.

"It seems it's time to condense the first spirit ring." Ye Lingling examined the area and her expression turned solemn.

"Are you two little ones confident?" Shui Bing'er asked.

Nuannuan gripped the wooden sword tightly, golden flames burning in her eyes. "If I can't even do this, how will I protect Daddy and Mommy in the future?"

Nuonuo nodded, still looking as soft and cute as ever, but her tone was unusually firm: "I want to... I want to become stronger... so I can sleep more soundly."

Looking at the two stubborn little girls, the three teachers seemed to see the white-clad figure who once fought alone against the world.

"Alright!" Dugu Yan smiled. "Then our sister will protect you!"

……

The back mountain of the Martial Arts Academy is a forbidden area.

The three titled Douluo joined forces to set up the strongest defensive barrier, isolating all auras.

Hu Nuannuan sat cross-legged on the left, and Hu Nuonuo sat cross-legged on the right.

"let's start!"

With a sweet shout, Nuan Nuan unleashed the twelve-winged blazing sun angel martial spirit behind her!
But this time, instead of releasing her soul power, she began to compress it frantically!

Absorb external energy and compress all the abundant soul power, spiritual power, and blood energy within the body towards the dantian!
"Gather... everyone!"

She recalled the ten thousand, even a hundred thousand, sword swings she had wielded over the past six months! That indomitable sword intent became the core of her soul ring.

boom!
A crimson-gold halo slowly formed beneath her feet.

It was a pure, metallic reddish-gold color!

As the halo appeared, the wooden sword in Nuannuan's hand could not withstand the divine power and shattered instantly.

Instead, a crimson gold holy sword formed from pure soul power was created!
Meanwhile, on the other side, there's Nuonuo.

Unlike her sister, she did not struggle painfully, but instead fell into a strange "deep sleep".

Around her, all the natural elements began to surge, and then, drawn by some mysterious force, began to arrange themselves in an orderly fashion.

Space was distorted, and time seemed to stand still around her.

Nuonuo's body seemed to have turned into a black hole, greedily devouring all the elements around it.

A nine-colored, glazed halo quietly appeared.

"What...what color is this spirit ring?"

Outside the barrier, Dugu Yan and her two companions were completely dumbfounded.

They are knowledgeable and have seen the spirit rings that other spirit masters have created over the years, but most of them are still the same old yellow, purple, black and other colors.

Such crimson gold and nine-colored glazed soul rings are unheard of!

"As expected of my daughter."

A gentle voice suddenly rang in the ears of the three.

The three women turned around abruptly, only to find Hu Bai standing behind them. He looked at his two daughters inside the barrier, his eyes filled with pride and heartache.

……

A moment later, the barrier dissipated.

The two little ones slowly opened their eyes. Although they looked somewhat weak, their eyes were brighter than ever before.

"Daddy!"

Upon seeing Hu Bai, the two sisters immediately rushed over.

"How did it go? Did it succeed?" Dugu Yan asked impatiently.

Nuan Nuan straightened up, and with a thought, the crimson-gold soul ring beneath her feet slowly rose.

"First Soul Skill: Sword of Judgment!"

She condensed her soul power into a sword in her hand and swung it fiercely.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, but a huge rock a hundred meters away was silently and neatly cut in two, the cut surface as smooth as a mirror, and burning with an inextinguishable red lotus karmic fire.

"Single-target burst damage, with added mental lock and karmic fire burn, ignoring fifty percent of defense," Nuannuan proudly introduced.

The three teachers gasped in astonishment. The first soul skill ignores defense? That's too overpowered!
"Where's Nuonuo?" Shui Bing'er asked Nuonuo.

Nuonuo yawned, and the nine-colored soul ring beneath her feet lit up.

"First Soul Skill: Dragon Language - Elemental Stripping".

She pointed with her small hand to the giant rock burning with karmic fire in front of her.

In an instant, the raging red lotus fire suddenly went out as if it had lost its fuel! Even the boulder itself decomposed, turning into the most primitive dust.

"Forcefully strips away any one or more elements within a designated area. Without the fire element, the fire goes out; without the earth element, the stone disappears," Nuonuo explained softly. "It's perfect for defense and sleeping; no one can hit me then."

Ye Lingling smiled wryly: "This isn't defense, it's a concept-level soul skill!"

Hu Bai stepped forward, picked up his two daughters on either side, and kissed them hard on the cheek.

"Great! You've really made your father proud!"

"As a reward, Daddy will personally cook a full-course feast for you all tonight!"

The two sisters cheered excitedly: "Yay! Daddy's the best!"

...(End of chapter)