I collect fragments in Douluo Continent

Chapter 79 Soul Core

"However, one needs to be of noble birth to join the Royal Academy." Dugu Bo stroked his chin, a sly smile playing on his lips.

"I am a guest minister of the Heavenly Dou royal family. How about this: you call me 'Grandpa,' and I'll give you special treatment. What do you say?"

Lu Feng looked at Dugu Bo expressionlessly, slowly stretched out his hands, and said, "Give it back to me."

"Hmph, you little rascal, you have absolutely no sense of humor."

Dugu Bo poured the pill into his palm and asked, "Are there any special precautions for taking this pill?"

Lu Feng crossed his arms and said with a faint smile, "The two main ingredients used to refine this pill gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and absorb the essence of the sun and moon. It would not be an exaggeration to call them immortal herbs."

"However, high-end pills often only require the simplest method of consumption: just swallow them directly. If you wish, you can mix them with some soy sauce or dip them in vinegar."

"Smack!" Dugu Bo slapped Lu Feng on the head. "You brat, you're never serious."

"Hiss," Lu Feng rubbed his head, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes.

Humor or serious, is this old man just trying to find an excuse to give me a piece of his mind?

Dugu Bo put the pill into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it. Then he sat cross-legged and began to meditate.

Time passed by slowly, and half an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.

Dugu Bo sat there quietly, his posture relaxed and composed. A faint golden light covered his body, shimmering with a mysterious and noble radiance.

A faint white mist rose from his skin, swirling and undulating around his body.

White mist and golden light faintly intertwined in the air, and combined with his unique appearance of youthful face and green hair, he looked quite extraordinary and like a highly accomplished sage.

The next moment, Dugu Bo suddenly opened his eyes, and a burst of emerald green light erupted from his body.

Immediately afterwards, his tall, thin body soared upwards in the emerald light, breaking directly through the stone house.

His body unfurled in the wind, and nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—suddenly rose up and floated slowly around him.

"Boy, I've broken through to level 92! Hehehe!"

Dugu Bo laughed loudly, his tone slightly arrogant.

His laughter echoed through the valley, startling a flock of birds which quickly fled the area.

ten years!

Dugu Bo was stuck in the 91st grade for a full ten years!

Now that he has finally broken through the bottleneck, how could he not be happy?

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Lu Feng popped his head out of the ruins and spat out the dirt in his mouth.

"You old bastard, I'll remember you!" Lu Feng muttered to himself 'fiercely'.

"Hahaha!" Dugu Bo suppressed his aura, slowly landed on the ground, and couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw Lu Feng's disheveled appearance.

For him, breaking through to level 92 and making Lu Feng look so miserable was like a double blessing!

"You old man, you must have done it on purpose!" Lu Feng thought to himself.

"Senior Dugu, congratulations!" Lu Feng gave Dugu Bo a perfunctory bow.

At this moment, Dugu Bo said solemnly, "Young Tang, your pills are truly miraculous! Just now, I felt a special spiritual energy within my body, and the toxins in my body actually avoided it."

"I originally thought that the toxins in my body would be purified, but I didn't expect that the spiritual energy would only nourish my physical body and nurture my soul. My toxins were not weakened, but instead increased by three points."

Lu Feng nodded. The Qiluo Tulip, this immortal herb, could not be described as anything less than noble.

Poison, such a low-level attribute, is naturally avoided at all costs.

However, when the tulip meets the eight-petaled orchid, it's like a fairy descending to the mortal world.

A noble lady falls in love with an ordinary farm boy.

The luxuriousness of tulips combined with the elegance of orchids create a synergistic effect that benefits any Soul Master, bringing about the purest enhancement of their essence, energy, and spirit.

Dugu Bo moved his body, and the previously rampant toxins in his body had calmed down.

Dugu Bo felt that this was the most relaxed moment he had experienced in decades.

"Young Tang, my poison is cured. I owe you a favor. Feel free to ask for anything, and I'll keep my word," Dugu Bo said proudly.

"Hmph, it's too early to talk about a complete cure. I don't mind if you owe me another favor, senior," Lu Feng snorted and said teasingly.

"Young man, what makes you say that?"

"Senior, you're only suppressing your toxins now because of your increased soul power. The toxins in your body are constantly being produced, and they will eventually erupt again one day."

Dugu Bo's eyes flickered uncertainly. "Boy, are there any other places that have this herb? If one pill isn't enough, make ten; if ten aren't enough, make a hundred."

Lu Feng crossed his arms and shook his head. "This thing should only exist in heaven; how often can one hear of it in the mortal world?"

"this"

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo frowned.

He knew the herb was precious, but Dugu Bo was unwilling to give it up.

He never wanted to experience that feeling of being worse than dead again.

"Senior, do you remember the 'Soul Core' hypothesis I mentioned to you?" Lu Feng said calmly.

"You mean my inner core?" Dugu Bo asked, puzzled.

"Indeed, I once read in an ancient book that if you compress soul power from a liquid state into a solid state and immerse it in the soul master's dantian, that is the soul power core."

"The speed at which a soul core absorbs soul power is much faster than that of a martial soul. Therefore, in ancient times, soul masters who condensed soul cores were much stronger than ordinary soul masters."

"Senior's inner core already possesses the foundation of a soul core. If you can fuse the toxins with your soul power and control it at will, then the toxins will actually become a great help to you," Lu Feng said confidently.

"What you're saying is something I've never heard of before. Young man, how confident are you in this method?" Dugu Bo asked in a deep voice.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Regardless of whether it can improve his strength, as long as it can solve his own poison problem, even if he only has a 50% chance of success, Dugu Bo is willing to give it a try.

Lu Feng's eyes darkened, and he held up three fingers. "I am at most 30% confident. On this path, you are the number one person today."

If it's just about detoxification, Lu Feng has other methods.

There are still a few immortal herbs suitable for Dugu Bo in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire. If he is unwilling to try to condense a soul core, Lu Feng can refine several other pills to help him detoxify.

Lu Feng and Dugu Bo got along fairly well. Dugu Bo was a man who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment and valued his promises.

If you were to lend a hand to Dugu Bo when he was at his weakest, it would be an extremely profitable deal!

"Thirty percent success, thirty percent success, I'll give it my all! Kid, what will happen if I fail to condense it?" Dugu Bo said loudly.

"They'll die without a burial place!" Lu Feng said in a deep voice.

"Hiss~!"

Dugu Bo gasped in shock.

Soon, his face regained its arrogant expression. "Hahaha, I should have died thirty years ago when I fell off the cliff. But death wouldn't take me."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo looked at Lu Feng seriously, "Boy, if anything happens to me, I'll leave Yan Yan in your care."

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy is known as the number one academy in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Of course, this doesn't refer to its strength.

As the sun sets, the sky is ablaze with rosy clouds. Against the backdrop of the crimson sunset, the lake at the foot of the mountain and the towering peaks, reaching a thousand meters high, create a scene reminiscent of a secluded paradise.

This entire mountain range is within the Royal Academy's jurisdiction.

At the foot of the mountain, a man and a woman walked on a road paved with white jade.

Lu Feng was dressed in a light blue outfit, his long black hair tied up, exuding a dignified air. His face was slightly youthful, but at 1.67 meters tall, he already looked like a teenager.

Dugu Yan, dressed in light green, paired with her dark purple short hair, looked incredibly dashing.

The two walked side by side, looking like a perfect couple.

"How is it? Isn't our academy beautiful?" Dugu Yan said with a smile.

Lu Feng nodded, took a deep breath of fresh air, and said, "As expected of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the scenery is beautiful."

He turned to look at Dugu Yan and said with a faint smile, "Of course, she's a good person too."

"Hmph!" Dugu Yan snorted lightly, her two thin eyebrows arching playfully upwards. She swung her little hands lightly and took small steps to stand in front of Lu Feng.

Seeing this, Lu Feng's lips curled up slightly, and he followed her at a leisurely pace.

"Hey? Isn't that my sister-in-law?" A young man in a light yellow school uniform pointed at Dugu Yan from not far away.

Yu Tianheng's pursuit of Dugu Yan has become the talk of the entire Royal Academy.

Because Yu Tianheng was the top student in the academy, the students privately called Dugu Yan "sister-in-law." Of course, Dugu Yan never acknowledged this.

"Who is that guy? He doesn't look like he's from our college."

"Holy crap! Boss Yu's base has been raided!"

(End of this chapter)