Chapter 31: A Year of Rapid Progress
Time flew by, and a year passed in the blink of an eye.
During this year, Dragon Chen and Dugu Bo's relationship deepened.
With Dragon Chen's help, Dugu Bo gradually managed to control the invasion of toxins in his body, breaking through the bottleneck of Level 91 spirit power and reaching Level 92.
After a Spirit Master reaches Level 90 and becomes a Titled Douluo, each subsequent level is a huge bottleneck.
Dugu Bo had been stuck at Level 91 for a long time and finally achieved a breakthrough.
He was very grateful to Dragon Chen, who not only helped him control the toxins in his body but also assisted him in increasing his spirit power.
During this period, he also guided Dragon Chen in his cultivation.
For Dugu Bo to reach the Titled Douluo level, he must have extraordinary qualities.
Dragon Chen humbly accepted his guidance.
Day after day, soaking in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the medicinal properties of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot Velvet were absorbed even better.
Coupled with the effect of Dugu Bo's elixir and his guidance on cultivation methods, Dragon Chen's spirit power advanced by leaps and bounds in this year, increasing by five levels to reach Level 47.
Less than fifteen years old, Level 47.
Across the entire Douluo Continent, this was an unprecedented achievement.
At this point, only a little over a year remained until the Soul Master Competition.
Dragon Chen felt it was time to go back.
He knew that, according to the timeline, the Tian Dou Royal Academy Team would encounter the Shrek Seven Devils at the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena and lose to them.
Ye Lingling would be threatened by Tang San during the competition.
Dragon Chen wanted to prevent all of this; he absolutely could not let Tang San succeed.
"Long Chen, what are you thinking about?"
Dugu Bo suddenly descended from the sky.
Dragon Chen came back to his senses, saw Dugu Bo looking refreshed, and smiled:
"Bro Bo, the toxins in your body are finally under control. Although they haven't been completely forced into your Spirit Bone, they no longer pose a threat to your life."
"Hmm, with your help, my body has adapted to the potent poison to a certain extent. A little bit of toxin is fine; if there were none at all, I wouldn't be used to it."
Dragon Chen pointed to the patch of herbs.
"That narcissus jade muscle bone has also grown well; it can be picked now."
"Really? That's great; it can detoxify Yan Yan."
Dragon Chen frowned and sighed:
"After picking that narcissus jade muscle bone, its vitality must be maintained. Unfortunately, I don't have a spirit tool that can store living things for a long time. If worst comes to worst, I can only bring Dugu Yan here to detoxify her. However, there's only a little over a year until the Soul Master Competition, and she's so competitive; she might worry about affecting her training and only be willing to come here for detoxification after the Soul Master Competition ends."
Hearing this, Dugu Bo chuckled.
"I thought you were worried about something else; it's just this. What's so difficult about it? I'll give you something."
As Dugu Bo spoke, he pulled out a blue leather pouch from somewhere and threw it to Dragon Chen.
The pouch was only about the size of two adult palms and was designed to be hung on a belt.
Dragon Chen knew that this was the spirit tool capable of storing living things, the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse.
"Bro Bo, is this a spirit tool? Are you giving it to me?"
Dugu Bo nodded and explained:
"This is no ordinary spirit tool. It can hold living things—animals, plants—as long as they're alive, it can hold them."
"That's excellent. This way, there's no need to worry about storing the narcissus jade muscle bone."
"Hmm, this way you can take that herb out to detoxify Yan Yan."
Dragon Chen chuckled, his gaze fixed on the herb garden.
"Bro Bo, besides the narcissus jade muscle bone, I'd like to pick a few more herbs to keep for future use. Is that alright?"
"How many do you want to pick?"
"Not many, just seven or eight."
"Alright. As long as you have a use for them and don't waste them, it's fine."
"How could I waste such precious herbs? Thanks!"
Dugu Bo was quite generous.
Dragon Chen was not greedy either.
Besides the narcissus jade muscle bone, he only temporarily picked the Yearning Heartbroken Red, Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, Serene Fragrance Qiluo Immortal Product, Qiluo Tulip, eight petal immortal orchid, and Snow-Colored Swan Kiss.
Although Dugu Bo felt a little heartache, he could only go along with Dragon Chen's wishes.
After all, he didn't understand the uses of those herbs.
After picking those Immortal Herbs, it was time to leave this herb garden.
Dragon Chen looked at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well reluctantly, joking:
"After soaking in this bath for over a year, I'm actually a little reluctant to leave."
"Haha~ Only you, kid, can soak in that extremely hot, extremely cold, and highly toxic spring water. I'll cultivate in this mountain; if you ever get bored, you can come find me anytime."
"Bro Bo, come out and play with me. The Soul Master Competition is coming soon. Don't you want to see Dugu Yan's performance in the Soul Master Competition?"
Dugu Bo stroked his beard and said via WeChat:
"To be honest, compared to Yan Yan, I'm more looking forward to your performance in the Soul Master Competition. Your spirit power is currently Level 47, and at your rate of spirit power increase, you'll be able to break through Level 50 before the Soul Master Competition and participate as a War Spirit King. In the three previous Soul Master Competitions, neither Spirit Hall Academy nor the academies of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires have ever had a War Spirit King level participant. Your appearance will surely cause a sensation and attract attention."
"So, I need you even more. With you escorting me, no one will dare to secretly harm me."
"Alright, I'll go with you then."
"Okay, then let's go find Dugu Yan first."
Dragon Chen knew that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy main team, as one of the three seeded teams, did not need to participate in the Heaven Dou District's preliminary and promotion rounds and would directly enter the final grand finals.
This also meant that his strength would not be exposed too early and would only be showcased in the grand finals.
Dragon Chen could have left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well earlier and returned to the academy, but he deliberately delayed until now.
Because he didn't want to get too close to his teammates.
When he was at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dragon Chen often took leave to return to Guang'an Hall to develop medicines.
To cope with this situation, a new member, Shi Mo, was added to the team.
Over time, Shi Mo spent more time training with everyone and became more coordinated, while Dragon Chen seemed like an outsider.
Dragon Chen knew that Qin Ming would lead the Royal Fight Team in practical combat training at the Great Spirit Arena in Heaven Dou City, and they would earn silver spirit battle badges.
When he returned, his position on the team would be somewhat awkward.
However, to protect Ye Lingling, he would participate in the Soul Master Competition.
He knew that the championship reward for the Soul Master Competition was three Spirit Bones, which Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong had specially prepared for the Spirit Hall Three Heroes.
Among them was a Mind Condensing Wisdom Skull of over 50,000 years in quality.
If he could absorb that Spirit Bone, his mental force would be greatly enhanced.
Dragon Chen naturally wanted it too.
But taking a Spirit Bone from Spirit Hall was by no means easy.
The prerequisite was to win the Soul Master Competition championship and have strong backing.
Therefore, Dragon Chen wanted Dugu Bo to accompany him.
The two first returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, learned that Qin Ming had taken the team to the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena, and then hurried to Soto City.
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