Chapter 112

On the way back to the villa, Gu Xuan was thinking about the problem he had discussed with Dugu Bo when he came.

The dragon egg of the Sword-Winged Magic Dragon roughly needs three months to hatch; the dragon blood in the dragon blood pool has already been absorbed two-thirds, and the life force of that dragon egg is continually increasing.

Moreover, the body of the Space Magic Dragon for Gu Xuan's fourth soul ring hasn't been placed inside yet; Gu Xuan has already handed it over to Dugu Bo, asking him to finish the transfer procedures for Du Gu Yan before heading to Sunset Forest.

With the dragon blood of two 90,000-year-level dragons plus one 30,000-year-old dragon nurturing it, Gu Xuan estimates that this Sword-Winged Magic Dragon's strength will be extraordinary after birth.

After all, when the Sword-Winged Magic Dragon was incubating its egg, it merely found some decent heavenly treasures and crystals; where could such strength come from this nurturing method? While thinking, Gu Xuan quickly arrived at the villa; it was noon, and barring any accidents, Yu Tianheng and the others should return to rest after their meal.

As expected, when Gu Xuan entered the villa, he heard Àosīluó's voice: "Vice-captain, you said the captain has been away for so long—what exactly did he go do? Now you've broken through to Soul Ancestor; when the captain returns, you and he will fight—then won't the captain actually be you?"

Hearing Àosīluó's words, Yu Tianheng helplessly shook his head and replied, "If you have the idea to challenge the captain, go ahead—don't drag me into it. This Primordial Pill was brought back by Yanyan; she personally said it's a pill refined by the captain. Do you think the captain wouldn't refine one for himself?"

"Or do you think only you have improved, while the captain hasn't?"

Yu Feng also speechlessly patted Àosīluó's dog head: "Rest assured, I'll tell the captain when he returns."

Shí mó and Shí mò, standing aside, laughed unkindly.

Ye Lingling, listening to their conversation with myriad thoughts, as an inheritor of the Nine Heart Begonia Family, naturally well-versed in the art of alchemy, after taking the Primordial Pill she was stunned; among the ingredients were at least three stalks of top-grade ten-thousand-year medicinal herbs, not to mention the other top-grade auxiliary medicines.

Although their Nine Heart Begonia Family has long remained secluded, they still possess a foundation; however, after such a long inheritance, the entire family has only five stalks of ten-thousand-year medicinal herbs at most, and these are treated as priceless treasures—who would dare to use them directly for alchemy?

Moreover, what surprised her was that the effect of the Primordial Pill and the mastery of its refinement seemed like the work of an expert, yet Du Gu Yan claimed it was refined by Gu Xuan.

Now Ye Lingling is full of interest in Gu Xuan; she could never imagine that a teenager in his teens possessed such pill-refining skill, and she also wanted to know where these medicinal ingredients came from.

Furthermore, what Gu Xuan didn't know was that after Ye Lingling took the Primordial Pill and voiced these thoughts, everyone's gratitude toward Gu Xuan increased another notch.

Although they are now good friends and brothers, they have always been the ones receiving Gu Xuan's favors, which has made them feel a bit guilty toward him.

"Cough, cough." At that moment, a coughing sound came from the doorway.

Immediately, a voice came: "I heard someone is eyeing my captain's position? Come on, let me see which clueless brat is jumping up and down."

Upon hearing this, Yu Tianheng and the others' eyes lit up; Yu Tianheng looked somewhat surprised at the doorway: "Xiao Xuan?"

Gu Xuan entered the hall; everyone looked at Gu Xuan, each face filled with doubt.

Damn, is this Gu Xuan?

I admit Gu Xuan was handsome before, but what's going on now? He's almost as good-looking as the readers' elders—did you get plastic surgery these few times?

Especially Ye Lingling, staring at Gu Xuan without blinking; she wasn't attracted by his current handsomeness, but by his heterochromatic pupils and hair color.

Moreover, thinking about the ingredients of the Primordial Pill, Ye Lingling faintly harbored some speculation in her heart.

From Gu Xuan's pill-refining method, it's clear it's not some makeshift technique; there must be a lineage behind it.

And since there is a lineage, they must know the preciousness and extraordinariness of those medicinal ingredients. Although the few members of the Royal Battle Team are indeed on good terms, frankly, in Ye Lingling's heart it has absolutely not reached that point, because she deeply knows the preciousness of these ingredients.

Then the only other possibility is that Gu Xuan lacks nothing of this medicinal ingredient—in other words, his family has a mine; as for how that mine came to be, that is also a concern of Ye Lingling.

"Are you Xiao Xuan?" Yu Tianheng looked at Gu Xuan in disbelief, expressing doubt.

Shí mó and Shí mò, as well as Àosīluó and Yu Feng, were all like that; perhaps only Ye Lingling acted somewhat normally.

Gu Xuan nodded, soul power surging across his body, martial soul manifest!

A person's appearance can change, but the martial soul cannot.

Gu Xuan's body was enveloped in a silvery-white soul power shield, his hands turned into pure white bone claws; he did not release his soul rings, lest he shock these inexperienced kids.

"Really the captain!" Àosīluó finally confirmed Gu Xuan's identity.

"Captain, how did you change so much? You were already handsome enough; now this is unbearable for us!" Àosīluó exclaimed directly.

It seemed intended to divert the topic, making Gu Xuan forget his scheming with Yu Tianheng to seize power.

Gu Xuan smiled faintly: "It's a long story to tell now; two months ago I had Yanzi bring back the Primordial Pill for you to aid your cultivation, and now it's also a good time to test your strength. I won't say more—let's start with you, Aosiluo."

Gu Xuan didn't bother catching up with them; he went straight for a show of force. Someone like Aosiluo, who likes to float around in the sky whether they have something to do or not, needs a good thrashing, or else they'll never amount to much in the future.

"Ah?!" Aosiluo's face instantly turned miserable.

"He heard that, right? He definitely heard it!" Aosiluo thought helplessly.

After saying that, Gu Xuan turned and left the hall, heading to the training ground in the villa's courtyard.

The others were all trying not to laugh as they watched Aosiluo—let the kid float? Looks like he's reaping what he sowed now.

Although Aosiluo felt helpless, he didn't dare not go, and to be honest he also wanted to see just how strong Gu Xuan was now.

Three minutes later, on the training ground Gu Xuan and Aoluo stood facing each other; Aosiluo stared at Gu Xuan with a solemn expression, and two yellow and two purple soul rings rose from his body.

That's right, he's already level forty-one.

When Gu Xuan left, Aosiluo was level thirty-six; over the next nearly eight months he trained his soul power to the peak of level thirty-seven, and after taking the Primordial Pill he broke through by a bit more than two levels to reach level forty, then in the following month and a half he returned to his family and obtained his fourth soul ring.

The others were similar to Aosiluo, each making considerable progress; the Primordial Pill mainly boosts soul power and consolidates the foundation, and while it doesn't greatly increase talent, for them it's enough to lift them from ordinary talents to somewhat outstanding talents.

Their current level is roughly what they would have reached two years later in the original story, at the elite tournament of the continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Academy; it can be said that thanks to Gu Xuan's arrival, each of them has made a huge improvement, and their futures will differ greatly from the original.

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

Always being reviewed, yesterday that chapter was rewritten, feeling awful, want to cry! (End of chapter)