LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 79: Chapter 80
Chapter 80 Xingluo City
One month later.
Xingluo Empire, Xingluo City.
Xia Liang was wearing a black suit. As soon as he stepped into the city gate, he heard bursts of noise coming from the city.
Compared with Tiandou City, Xingluo City is more lively. People on the streets talk loudly, and each of them has a loud voice. Listening to them talk, you will feel energetic and not feel bored at all.
Every passerby walking on the street looked well-trained, and no matter whether male or female, young or old, they all seemed to have learned some combat and self-defense skills.
According to the original novel, the Tiandou Empire should be governed by culture, education, rituals and music. Therefore, the martial spirit inherited by the Tiandou royal family is the noble swan martial spirit, and they will also open a ritual school like "Yuexuan" that teaches culture, education, rituals and music.
The Xing Luo Empire advocates ruling the country by force, so the inherited martial spirit of the Xing Luo royal family is the White Tiger martial spirit, which symbolizes strength. In the Xing Luo Empire, the Great Fighting Spirit Arena is the most popular facility, and only those with strong strength are worthy of being called nobles.
Reviewing the plot and settings of the original novel, Xia Liang unknowingly walked into a morning market in the city.
Ten days ago, he had already arrived in the Xingluo Empire and came to Xingluo City under the guidance of passers-by.
In the next ten days, Xia Liang spent the day in the city asking for news about the Min clan, and at night he went outside the city to summon a large number of Haunters to help find the Po clan's secluded place.
After ten days of information collection, he finally figured out the details of the Min clan.
Just as the original novel said, the Min clan was very poor. After leaving the Haotian Sect, in order to make a living, they could only send some of the clan members with outstanding practical skills to fight in the big fighting arena to make money.
Because the Min clan is a pure speed-based agility attack spirit master, their combat power is not very strong, so they basically lose more than they win in the spirit fighting in the big spirit fighting arena. With such a record, it is difficult to make a lot of money to maintain the survival and development of a spirit master family.
There were many times when the Min clan would seek help from other clans.
Among them, the Po clan is one of the main people the Min clan seeks help from.
Xia Liang has already investigated and found out that the residence of the Min clan is just a hundred miles away from the north gate, at the junction of Xingluo City and Longxing City.
The Pozhi clan is located at the foot of a hill twenty miles east of Xingluo City.
The purpose of this trip to Xingluo City is to obtain the Min clan's heirloom crystal blood dragon ginseng and the Po clan's herbal knowledge.
Walking among the crowd at the morning market, Xia Liang saw a familiar old man with dark green hair. This man was Dugu Bo who had just arrived from Tiandou City.
"Senior Du!" Xia Liang waved to Dugu Bo who was walking towards him.
Dugu Bo's emerald green eyes immediately locked onto the voice that called him. When he found out it was Xia Liang, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The two met at the Xingluo City morning market, and after exchanging information, they learned about each other's experiences in the past month.
During the negotiations in a teahouse, Xia Liang and Dugu Bo had a clear division of labor.
Dugu Bo personally went to purchase the Min clan's heirloom crystal blood dragon ginseng.
Xia Liang, in the name of Poison Douluo, took a large amount of anti-poison pills to the Pozhi Clan to exchange for herbal knowledge.
In fact, during the negotiation, Dugu Bo suggested that they go to the Min clan first and then go to the Po clan together.
But Xia Liang refused. Naturally, he had his own reasons for doing so.
Dugu Bo did not ask too much about the reason, but just gave Xia Liang a token engraved with the words "Bi Phosphorus" for self-defense.
It is said that this token also has a special piece of clothing, which is a symbol of honor and status that a soul master will receive during the title-conferring ceremony.
Seeing the token engraved with the words "Bi Phosphorus", anyone with insight would immediately recognize it as belonging to Poison Douluo.
When an uninformed person sees this token and hears the name of Poison Douluo, he will be somewhat terrified.
Especially some soul masters who have families and sects, they absolutely dare not challenge the authority of Poison Douluo and risk being exterminated.
Dugu Bo gave this identity token to Xia Liang in order to prevent the Pozhi clan from making things difficult for him.
After determining their respective tasks, Xia Liang went to the Po clan, and Dugu Bo went to the Min clan.
Two days later.
The two met again in a teahouse at the Xingluo City morning market.
Inside the teahouse.
Xia Liang and Dugu Bo were drinking tea.
After spending a night at Dugu Bo's residence, their relationship became better and better, and their way of chatting became more relaxed.
Sometimes Dugu Bo would jokingly call Xia Liang "Skeleton Boy".
Xia Liang asked Dugu Bo whether he should call him Old Monster or Old Deng?
Dugu Bo asked Lao Deng what he meant.
Xia Liang explained that Lao Deng was the strong man of the older generation who had reached the top.
After hearing this explanation, Dugu Bo became very interested and couldn't wait to ask Xia Liang to call him Lao Deng.
Therefore, sometimes Xia Liang would really call Dugu Bo "Old Deng" instead of calling him "Old Monster" like Tang San did in the original novel.
After they sat at the tea table and drank a cup of tea, they couldn't help but talk about the last time they drank together.
As they chatted, Xia Liang deliberately asked why Dugu Bo suddenly left the mansion and came back the next morning.
Dugu Bo did not say that he left in a hurry because the alcohol stimulated the snake venom to bite back into his body. Although he believed Xia Liang, he was still vigilant.
Poison Douluo was bitten by his own snake venom. Dugu Bo would never tell this secret to any outsider easily, even if that outsider might be his grandson-in-law.
Drink tea for more than ten minutes.
After both of them told their experiences in the Min clan and the Po clan, Dugu Bo took out a jade box from the Qingnang soul guide and placed it on the table.
"Boy, the things in this box are what you want. I have tested it when I bought it, and it is definitely genuine."
As he spoke, Dugu Bo pushed the jade box to Xia Liang's position.
There were many people in the teahouse, so Xia Liang did not open the jade box immediately. He believed in Dugu Bo's judgment. Besides, since Poison Douluo was present, how could the Min clan dare to fool them with fake things?
Therefore, what is contained in this jade box must be the genuine top-grade immortal herb, Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
Xia Liang put the jade box into the Ruyi Treasure Bag and asked curiously, "Senior, you didn't pay them, did you?"
Dugu Bo tapped Xia Liang's head with his index finger and said unhappily, "Do I look like that kind of person? Even if I robbed someone on the street, I would give him some benefits as a token of my appreciation. I would never rob him for nothing."
Xia Liang gave a thumbs up and said, "Senior, that's awesome."
Dugu Bo was already used to this kind of weird compliment, and asked curiously, "Tell me about it. How are things going over there? Are the Po Yi clan willing to make a trade?"
"Yes. The Po Yi Clan has agreed to exchange herbal knowledge for a large number of anti-poison pills. However, since herbal knowledge involves a wide range of areas and they are unwilling to provide books, I must stay in the Po Yi Clan to study for a while. Senior, you should go back to Tiandou City first. I will rush back as soon as I finish learning the knowledge."
Xia Liang's eyes revealed a somewhat determined look, "Although I haven't started to learn those herbal knowledge yet, I can guarantee that as long as the Po Yi Clan teaches me the real thing, I will definitely find a way to solve the backlash of Yan Yan snake venom!"
"Since you want to stay in the Po Yi Clan to study, you can keep my identity token for now."
Dugu Bo reminded, "Kid, remember, don't trust others too much, especially a soul master family that does business. They are definitely not good people."
Xia Liang nodded, "Well, thank you for the reminder, senior."