Chapter 53: Deepening

After Zhou Heng finished speaking about the knowledge he possessed regarding the Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine, he turned his head to look at Dugu Bo.

A series of sharp glints flashed in Zhou Heng's eyes.

"Grandpa Dugu, if I am not mistaken, your talent in terms of mental power shouldn't be very strong? One could even say it is a bit poor.

You tell me, am I right?"

Dugu Bo nodded and said, "Indeed, before me, the ancestor with the highest cultivation in our Dugu Family was only a Soul Saint of over level 70.

And I, after awakening the Bilin Snake Martial Soul, have been constantly searching for a way to resolve the flaws of the martial soul, so I never studied the basic knowledge of these Spirit Masters at all.

Therefore, the cultivation of mental power was delayed.

However, I accidentally obtained a Head Spirit Bone, which should have made up for a portion of my deficiency in mental power."

After Dugu Bo finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Heng, waiting for Zhou Heng's words.

A wry smile appeared on Zhou Heng's face, "I always thought you hadn't absorbed a Head Spirit Bone, but now that you have, your mental power is still not up to standard.

From this, it can be seen that your talent in terms of mental power is truly very poor."

Zhou Heng's words caused Dugu Bo's body to involuntarily stiffen.

"Impossible, I am a Title Douluo; could my talent really be that poor?" Dugu Bo retorted loudly.

Zhou Heng did not care about this at all, and looking at the Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine in his hand, he said, "You also know that with the Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine present, condensing a Dragon Pill can basically be considered a sure thing.

But you failed to condense the Dragon Pill; doesn't this prove that your talent is very poor?"

Sometimes, lies do not hurt people, but the truth is a sharp blade.

Zhou Heng's words caused Dugu Bo to completely break down; Dugu Bo squatted on the ground and began to reflect on whether his talent was truly that poor.

However, Dugu Bo then thought of a way to prove his talent.

Dugu Bo opened his mouth and spat out a bead that was ink-black all over, with Jade Phosphorus Snake Emperor patterns on its surface.

"Little Heng, take a look and see if this Poison Pellet of mine is a Dragon Pill?" Dugu Bo placed the Poison Pellet in front of Zhou Heng and asked excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Heng looked at the Poison Pellet in Dugu Bo's palm, and after examining it carefully, he said with a tone of disappointment, "A perfectly good Dragon Pill failed to form, and was later taken over by the origin of the Bilin Snake Martial Soul, becoming the current Poison Pellet.

If this Poison Pellet had been able to form a Dragon Pill, your Bilin Snake Martial Soul might have been able to evolve into a Jade Phosphorus Poison Dragon martial soul.

In that case, you might not even need to worry about the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in your body; you would have directly mastered it, and it wouldn't even have been able to resist."

Zhou Heng's words made Dugu Bo feel incomparably pained; he had missed a great opportunity. Just thinking that if he could have formed a Dragon Pill, he might not have provoked the trouble that is Zhou Heng.

And he wouldn't have been beaten up by six Title Douluo powerhouses of the same level, nor would he have had to drag his granddaughter into it.

Thinking of this, Dugu Bo could no longer hold on; he lay on the ground, his hands constantly pounding the earth, feeling incomparably regretful.

Watching Dugu Bo in this state, Zhou Heng said speechlessly, "Old man, stop pretending!"

Zhou Heng's words caused Dugu Bo, who was lying on the ground, to turn his head to look at Zhou Heng, and then he asked, "What is it?"

Zhou Heng shook his head and said with a bit of disappointment, "Old man, what are your plans for this Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine?"

Hearing that it was about the Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine, Dugu Bo immediately understood the meaning in Zhou Heng's tone and said, "Are you talking about Yan Yan?"

"Yes, I don't intend to let Dugu Yan use it right now. After all, Dugu Yan's current soul power level is too low and she cannot perfectly exert the medicinal power of this Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine.

It would be very easy for her to end up like you, with the Dragon Pill condensation failing and her soul power suffering great damage."

Hearing Zhou Heng use his own situation as an example, Dugu Bo didn't say much else and asked, "Then can this Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine be consumed again?"

Zhou Heng recalled the pharmaceutical knowledge he had learned in the Offering Hall and the descriptions in the encyclopedia of Heavenly Treasures, and said, "Of course this Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine can be consumed multiple times, but only the first time it is consumed can it exert the greatest efficacy of the Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine.

Afterwards, consuming it again can only improve the quality of the martial soul, but cannot make the martial soul evolve."

Hearing that this Nine Origin Dragon Transformation Vine could actually make a martial soul evolve, Dugu Bo shouted out directly: "A martial soul can still evolve again?"

"Of course it can. Usually, by cultivating in an environment suitable for the martial soul's characteristics, then adding Soul Rings that adapt to the martial soul's characteristics, plus some Heavenly Treasures, and at some life-and-death moments, one might be able to stimulate one's own potential, giving the martial soul a not-insignificant chance of evolving," Zhou Heng explained to Dugu Bo.

It was also the first time Dugu Bo learned that an already awakened martial soul could evolve again; the matter of the Bilin Snake Martial Soul evolving into a Jade Phosphorus Poison Dragon martial soul that Zhou Heng had mentioned earlier was directly cast to the back of Dugu Bo's mind.

Although he had heard some news that might have been about martial soul evolution in the past, no one had ever been able to prove it, and Dugu Bo had also thought it was just false information. Plus, his energy had been focused on dealing with the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison, so he hadn't seriously investigated these reports.

Now that he knew a martial soul could actually evolve, a wild ambition appeared in Dugu Bo's heart.

If he could make the Bilin Snake Martial Soul of his family grow into the Jade Phosphorus Poison Dragon martial soul that Zhou Heng spoke of, wouldn't his family be able to become a sect that does not lose to that Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family?

Just thinking that his family would become a sect in the future, and that when descendants performed ancestral rites, he, the first Title Douluo of the family and the old ancestor who promoted the evolution of the Bilin Snake Martial Soul, would definitely be ranked in the top position—thinking of this, Dugu Bo was even drooling!

Looking at Dugu Bo's old and lecherous face, Zhou Heng resisted the urge to punch him and said loudly, "Old man! Stop daydreaming!"

After waking Dugu Bo from his fantasies, Zhou Heng said, "Let's go, let's continue walking deeper. I have already thought of the reason for the mutation of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison in your body.

I intend to think a bit more, and then I will figure out how to gift you a great opportunity."

Hearing that he could still have an opportunity, Dugu Bo no longer hesitated and led Zhou Heng deeper inside. At the same time, he divided his attention to observe Zhou Heng's condition, so that he could provide protection to Zhou Heng the moment any problem arose.

Zhou Heng mobilized his soul power, and the three organs in his body—the spleen, kidneys, and liver—constantly emitted special life fluctuations. The extremely Yin and extremely soft icy cold energy from the outside world was absorbed by Zhou Heng's body and resolved by the three organs into pure energy to be absorbed.

These energies could not only enhance Zhou Heng's physical fitness but also help Zhou Heng in his comprehension of the Yin and Yang Dao.