Douluo Continent begins with the destruction of the spirit rings.

Chapter 22 The Invitation of the Nobles of Soto

"Sleep, may I ask you a question?"

In the evening, Yu Tianheng found Su Xing, looking somewhat hesitant.

"Can!"

Su Xing nodded.

"Although it may be presumptuous, I still wanted to ask. If I can't answer, just pretend I didn't say anything, since it was I who offended you!"

"How did you manage to condense lightning into your physical body using your self-created soul skill? Won't that harm yourself?"

Yu Tianheng had wanted to ask this for a long time, so he quickly asked it.

"This is related to my extraordinary encounter!"

"I once ate a magical fruit and discovered that I was immune to lightning! However, I'm only immune to my own lightning; I'm not immune to the lightning of my enemies!"

Upon hearing Yu Tianheng's words, Su Xing smiled slightly and then explained.

This was an answer he had already thought of!

Soul Masters in Douluo Continent cannot be immune to their own lightning, and Su Xing certainly knew this. He himself was able to condense lightning into his body and develop the Lightning Armor after undergoing lightning tempering and gradually adapting to it.

The lightning-forged body technique is something Su Xing would never reveal, so Su Xing had already figured out how to explain it.

Anyway, there are some magical plants in this world. Tang San's martial soul, Blue Silver Grass, can even be immune to both water and fire!

"...A serendipitous encounter?"

"I see!"

Yu Tianheng sighed with some disappointment, then felt relieved. Indeed, without a fortuitous encounter, no Soul Master could integrate lightning into their physical body without being injured.

"Are there any more fruits left?" Even though he had given up hope, Yu Tianheng still asked with a glimmer of expectation.

"No, I later found out it was a treasure and went to look for it again, but unfortunately I couldn't find it!"

Su Xing shook his head. "It's something that doesn't exist in the first place, how could it possibly exist!"

Yu Tianheng could only leave disappointed.

Seeing this, Su Xing could only apologize. He would never reveal the fact that lightning-forged body was his most important and powerful asset.

Besides, even if he said it, Yu Tianheng might not believe it or dare to try it, because to master lightning body tempering, one must first destroy the soul ring.

……

"Tianheng, how's it going? Did he tell you?"

After Yu Tianheng left, Dugu Yan should have been waiting for him outside.

"I did tell you, but that's because he gained his ability through a fortuitous encounter..." Yu Tianheng shook his head, still with a hint of regret, when he saw Dugu Yan and knew what she was asking.

Then Yu Tianheng relayed Su Xing's answer to Dugu Yan.

"A mysterious fruit?"

"My grandfather has many exotic flowers and herbs, but most of them are highly poisonous, so he doesn't dare to touch them!"

"However, some of them aren't poisonous, but we don't know what the effects would be if we ate them. Should I take you to see a doctor sometime?"

Upon hearing Yu Tianheng's words, Dugu Yan couldn't help but think of her grandfather Dugu Bo's secret herb garden.

"Your grandfather's herb garden? Well, forget about it!"

Upon hearing that it was the place of Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, Yu Tianheng immediately lost interest, subconsciously assuming that the place was full of poisonous flowers and herbs planted by Dugu Bo.

"Fine, forget it. Without the antidote, ordinary people can't even get in. My grandfather set up a poisonous miasma there!"

Dugu Yan snorted in annoyance upon hearing this, knowing that Yu Tianheng didn't really want to have contact with her grandfather.

Yu Tianheng gave an awkward laugh, said nothing more, and quickly changed the subject.

Anyway, Dugu Yan's grandfather, Dugu Bo, is still too afraid to see him. Who knows if he can accept that his granddaughter has a boyfriend?

……

"As expected, Dugu Yan knew of the existence of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and had even been there!"

"That's true. That place is beneficial for those who practice poison techniques. It's only natural that Dugu Bo would take his granddaughter there, given how much he loves her!"

"I just didn't expect that Dugu Bo would actually set up a poisonous miasma there; that's something I hadn't considered!"

After Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng left, Su Xing emerged from the hiding place behind them.

Su Xing wasn't eavesdropping on purpose; he just happened to be going out anyway.

Who knew they would overhear Dugu Yan's words.

This confirmed Su Xing's suspicion that Dugu Yan indeed knew the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

They also learned that Dugu Bo had set up a poisonous miasma around the treasure land, making it very dangerous.

If you go in unprepared, you won't even know how you died.

"This is a bit of a problem! I don't know any poison techniques, so I can't make an antidote!"

Su Xing then realized that even if he successfully found the treasure land of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he would not be able to enter it easily.

"But it's not too difficult. All you need is a protective suit and a gas mask."

"Or perhaps there's another way: get the antidote from Dugu Yan!"

When a problem arises, there will naturally be a solution.

The most important thing is to identify the problem.

……

Over the next few months, Su Xing was able to relive his time at the academy.

However, things weren't pleasant. The Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's discrimination against commoners had always existed, and such gazes had never left Su Xing.

Even if they knew that Su Xing had joined the first team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Martial Soul Team, it would still be the same.

This situation made it impossible for Su Xing to integrate into the academy.

Su Xing simply stopped caring and decided to just study on his own.

Besides his daily cultivation, Su Xing spends most of his time reading.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy is quite good in this respect; the academy has collected a lot of books and materials, covering all sorts of topics, from geographical environments to the distribution of soul beasts...

Many of these are things that you couldn't buy even if you had the money before you woke up.

Unfortunately, no records of medicinal herbs of exceptional quality can be found!

Su Xing was disappointed but not surprised, as not only the academy had none, but even the Heaven Dou Empire did not.

If the Heaven Dou Empire possessed such a thing, Dugu Bo, as a guest minister of the Heaven Dou Empire, would certainly know it.

However, Dugu Bo could not recognize those celestial herbs, which shows that there is no information about celestial herbs in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Of course, if you say that Dugu Bo himself didn't collect them, then I can't help it.

Absolutely impossible. Who would sit around with a bunch of powerful herbs without researching and learning about them?

In just over four months, Su Xing's soul power broke through the 30-level bottleneck and soared to level 33!

However, Su Xing knew that this would not significantly improve his strength.

His strength lies in his physical power. He's still around level 40, though he's improved quite a bit. He's currently around level 48, but hasn't broken through level 50 yet.

Of course, compared to people of the same age, it is already quite terrifying.

However, in the Douluo Continent, the physical body level and soul power level of soul masters are generally equal and have never been distinguished, so no one knew that Su Xing's overall strength was about to reach level 50!

"Four months have passed, and all I know is that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is located in Sunset Forest!"

"Dugu Yan has never been there, or if Dugu Bo took her there, then it's beyond my ability to find out!"

"Today, some nobles from Soto City contacted the school and invited us to compete in the Soto City Grand Arena!"

"We're about to run into the Shrek Seven Devils!"

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(End of this chapter)