Douluo Continent: I am a biologist, and I have awakened a weapon spirit?

"Where did you see this? Was it just a painting or did you see the actual object?"

"I am from..." Flander was about to answer when a strong and powerful voice came from outside.

"Feng Zhi, what's the urgent matter that you need to see me about?"

As the voice entered, a handsome man with waist-length white hair walked in.

“Uncle Jian, you’ve come at the right time. Look at this, Dean Flander brought it.” Ning Fengzhi stood up and walked towards Chen Xin, handing him the painting in his hand.

The moment Chen Xin saw what was in the painting, he flashed and appeared in front of Flander, grabbing his shoulder and asking urgently:

"Where did this thing come from? Have you seen it in person?"

"Uncle Jian, calm down." Seeing the pain on Flander's face, Ning Fengzhi quickly stepped forward and grabbed Chen Xin's hand.

Chen Xin snapped out of her daze, released her grip on Flander's shoulder, and Flander took two steps back, clutching his shoulder as he said:

“Sword Douluo, this painting is not mine. It was given to me by my friend Yu Xiaogang. He saw the real thing and painted it.”

"Yu Xiaogang? Where is he now?" Chen Xin asked.

"In Nottingham."

Chen Xin turned to Ning Fengzhi beside him and said, "Sect Master, I would like to go to Notting City."

"I'll go with you to take a look," Ning Fengzhi said.

"it is good."

After arranging the sect's affairs and informing Bone Douluo that he was going out, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin followed Flander to Notting City.

......

Martial Spirit Hall.

Dressed in white robes and wearing a crown, Bibi Dong sat high on her throne. She placed a newspaper aside and asked the people below:

"Ghost, have you found out where this paper came from?"

“From Notting City.” The slender Ghost Douluo, dressed in black, answered with his head down. “In addition, I also found out that three people in Notting City have awakened their innate full soul power this year, but they have all refused to join the Spirit Hall.”

"The three children's martial souls are Blue Silver Grass, Rabbit, and Sword, respectively. One of them is named Chen Feng. I wonder if he is related to the author of this paper."

Ghost didn't think the two were the same person, because Chen Feng, who was born with full soul power, was only six years old. If a six-year-old child could write such a paper, Ghost felt he might as well go find a block of tofu and kill himself.

It's shameful to be alive.

“Notting City…he’s there too, could it be…” Bibi Dong murmured softly.

After a while, she asked:

"You said one of these three children has a sword as his martial spirit? Is it the child named Chen Feng?"

“Yes.” Ghost understood the Pope’s question and replied, “However, this child was born in Holy Soul Village, and the Sword Douluo family is a single-lineage family. I think it is unlikely that the two of them are related.”

"But we can't ignore this possibility either." Bibi Dong thought for a moment and said:

“Ghost, go to Notting City right now and find out the details of this ‘Dust Blade’. See if he is a member of the Sword Douluo clan and if he has any relationship with… that person. If there is no relationship, bring this ‘Dust Blade’ back. Also, deal with those three children with innate full soul power in the same way.”

"Yes." The ghost bowed its head in response, and then its figure disappeared from the hall.

He was very perceptive and didn't ask what would happen if he had a relationship with the master, because the answer was obvious.

Bibi Dong withdrew her gaze from the hall and landed on the newspaper beside her, on which she could vaguely see words such as "Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus" and "Martial Soul Mutation".

Her gaze gradually drifted into the distance, as if she were recalling the past.

"Xiao Gang, perhaps there is hope for the healing of your martial spirit..."

……

Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, Council Hall.

A young man dressed in a tight-fitting outfit was holding a newspaper and reading aloud its contents:

"...Based on the characteristics of biological martial souls having stronger growth and mutation capabilities, I have summarized two evolutionary paths for biological martial souls. The first is bloodline sublimation, and the second is attribute maximization."

"Bloodline sublimation is achieved by absorbing the soul rings of higher races to improve one's own bloodline, thereby raising the level of one's martial soul race. The representative force of this evolutionary path is the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"The so-called higher races usually refer specifically to dragons. Both serpent dragons and lizard dragons have the ability to improve their bloodlines to a certain extent, while other races do not have this effect. The specific reason is unknown, but it is preliminarily speculated that it may be related to the origin of our world."

"In other words, apart from dragon-type soul beasts, when acquiring a soul ring, the owner of a biological martial soul should pay more attention to the compatibility between the soul ring and their own martial soul, rather than focusing too much on whether the race of the soul beast is the same as the race of the martial soul, or even the difference between plants and animals. The master's theory of martial soul mimicry also points out this point."

"Bloodline sublimation is a path that can fundamentally strengthen biological martial soul races, but it is not perfect. Because dragons themselves have the versatile characteristics of being able to grow large or small, and to rise or hide, the enrichment of dragon bloodlines can lead to a high probability of mutation in offspring."

"This kind of mutation can be good or bad. If the parent's soul ring has a certain attribute, the offspring may mutate under the guidance of this attribute. However, if the energy of this attribute is insufficient, it will make the mutation malignant, that is, a weakening mutation."

"If we want to avoid this kind of malignant mutation, the range of choices for parental soul rings will be greatly narrowed, and it may not be possible to completely eliminate this, because there may be generational inheritance or inheritance across multiple generations."

"Therefore, compared to the bloodline sublimation route which is extremely unstable, I recommend the path of maximizing attributes."

The young man was about to continue reading when he was interrupted by the person sitting in the main seat of the hall.

Where was this paper submitted?

“We went to ask the editor of the Tiandou Weekly, and he said the paper was submitted to Notting City, the patriarch,” the young man replied.

“Notting City… Xiao Gang was mentioned in the thesis. Could it be that he also got involved?” Yu Yuanzhen pondered.

Yu Luomian spoke up from the side:

"Clan leader, this paper is different from Xiaogang's ten core competencies. The ten core competencies are mainly a summary of the laws of martial spirits. Since they cannot directly enhance strength, their influence is not very great, and many people do not even believe them."

"But this paper..."

"Yes, the evolution of a martial soul can directly affect strength. This is a talent."

Yu Yuanzhen didn't hesitate for long before speaking:

"Luo Mian, take some men to Nottingham City and see what happens."

"Yes."

Chapter 40 Dugu Bo's Box Weapon

In a manor outside Tiandou City.

A man dressed in a black robe, with a handsome yet eerie face and a red mark between his eyebrows, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

He stared blankly at the scenery outside, lost in thought.

This manor was a gift from Prince Xuexing. It is not far from Tiandou City, making it convenient for him to visit his granddaughter at any time, and also for his granddaughter to come back and keep him company.

Dugu Yan is Dugu Bo's granddaughter and his only family member. She is currently studying at an intermediate academy in Tiandou City.

Her soul power is about to break through to level 20, and she will soon obtain her second soul ring.

But this did not bring Dugu Bo any joy, because his son, Dugu Yan's father, had suddenly died when he broke through level 50 and obtained his fifth spirit ring.

Afterwards, Dugu Bo discovered that his son had actually died of poisoning.

The source of this poison was his genetics.

Dugu Bo had always known that his martial soul would poison him, but as a titled Douluo with great strength, although he would often feel pain due to the effects of the poison, he was not in any danger to his life.

But what he never expected was that his son would inherit his poison and eventually die.

Not only that, his daughter-in-law was also affected by the toxins due to frequent contact with her son, and she passed away early after her son's death.

Now, this poison has been passed down to his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.

From the moment Dugu Yan awakened her martial spirit, she was racing against death.

Stopping cultivation is not an option, because this poison has already penetrated deep into Dugu Yan's bone marrow and will gradually become stronger over time, making it impossible for Dugu Yan to escape death.

Only by continuing to cultivate can she have a glimmer of hope, but the growth of her soul power will also trigger this poison. If Dugu Yan fails to win this race against death, she will follow in her father's footsteps.

Faced with certain death on either side, Dugu Bo ultimately chose to let his granddaughter gamble on that sliver of hope.

But in his eyes, every time his granddaughter Dugu Yan obtained a soul ring, she was getting one step closer to death.

There were few servants in the manor because Dugu Bo preferred peace and quiet, and the poison in his martial soul made it difficult for anyone to live with him.

This made the manor desolate and quiet, just like Dugu Bo's mood at that moment.

However, a gentle smile soon appeared on his face as a familiar figure came into view.

"grandfather!"

"Hey, Yanyan, you're back!" Dugu Bo opened the French windows and jumped out, embracing his granddaughter in his arms.

"Grandpa, I'm home from school." Dugu Yan snuggled against her grandfather, then suddenly seemed to remember something, took a newspaper out of her pocket, and said:

"By the way, Grandpa, I have something to show you."

"What is this?" Dugu Bo asked curiously, taking the newspaper.

"Look here, Grandpa, the situation described here seems very similar to our family's."

Dugu Bo looked in the direction his granddaughter was pointing and saw this passage:

"...The path of attribute perfection, as the name suggests, is to purify the attributes of one's biological martial soul and develop it towards a single attribute. The typical example of this is the Four Elemental Academies."

"However, the training path of the four elemental academies still has flaws, because they have ignored the growth characteristics of biological martial souls themselves and have not made full use of the strengths of biological martial souls, which makes it difficult for many soul masters to reach the ultimate attributes."

"My solution to this situation is to attach a soul ring that absorbs the corresponding attribute energy to the biological martial soul in the early stages, so that the biological martial soul master can use this soul ring to enhance and purify the attribute energy of their own martial soul at all times."

"I call this cultivation method the Foundation Building Method, which is to build the foundation for cultivation. This soul ring that allows biological martial soul masters to absorb energy is called the Foundation Building Ring."

"However, there is one thing to be careful about when pursuing the path of attribute extremes. If the energy of certain attributes exceeds the martial soul's own capacity, it will have a negative impact on the soul master. The most typical example is the poison attribute. This issue needs to be paid special attention to."

Dugu Bo flipped through the newspaper in his hand but found no further content.

He asked, somewhat puzzled:

"Where's the back?"

“That’s all,” Dugu Yan said.

"He didn't offer a solution?" Dugu Bo's eyes widened.

"No, no," Dugu Yan answered honestly.

"That bastard! How could he break it in a place like this?" Dugu Bo threw the newspaper on the ground, intending to stomp on it, but then thought better of it and picked it up.

He said to Dugu Yan:

"I'll handle this, Yan Yan. You stay home and be good. I'll be back soon."

Dugu Bo turned and left the manor. He was going to the Tiandou Empire newspaper office to find out where the author of the article was.

In other words, he's going to open the author's box.

It doesn't matter if the update stops at crucial points; Dugu Bo has his own ways of making that scoundrel of an author spit out the rest of the story.

The scene shifts to the newspaper office of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

The newspaper editor was tidying up his desk and was about to leave work when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

The newspaper editor was so frightened that his legs went weak and he sat down on the stool. Looking at the figure in front of him, he felt his calves cramping.

"Poison, Poison Douluo."

"I'm asking you, where did this article come from?" Dugu Bo pointed to a certain spot in the newspaper in his hand and asked with a gloomy expression.

The newspaper editor-in-chief didn't even look at it before answering:

"Yes, they came from Nottingham."

"Do you know which article I'm talking about?" Dugu Bo frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the editor-in-chief's perfunctory attitude.

"Yes, I know, because many people have asked about this today," the newspaper editor-in-chief said, trembling.

He now feels regret, deep regret, that he shouldn't have published the article.

When the manuscript was first received, the editor-in-chief felt that the paper seemed to have some merit, so he reported it to Prince Xuexing.

As a result, Prince Xuexing ordered him to confiscate the paper, and the editor-in-chief complied.

However, not long after, Prince Xuexing sent another order, instructing him to publish the paper in the newspaper as soon as possible, because Xingluo Weekly had already published it.

If their Heavenly Battle Weekly falls behind, they probably won't earn a single copper soul coin.

To put it bluntly, it's like eating shit before it's even hot.

Now it seems that this paper is indeed very problematic, even drawing out the usually reclusive Poison Douluo.