The next morning, after making all the arrangements, Wang Chengkun took Wang Teng to Sunset Forest to obtain a spirit ring.
The carriage traveled along the wide road, and Wang Teng was in high spirits. Being able to attach a spirit ring to his martial soul was even more exciting than finding a girlfriend.
After all, even a Title Douluo, unless they possessed twin martial souls, only had nine spirit rings. Those "Harem King" type spirit masters with many girlfriends—their number of girlfriends even exceeded their own number of spirit rings?
At least Wang Teng knew that Dai Mubai, the "Evil-Eyed Lustful Tiger" whom everyone addressed as "Young Master Dai" in the original work, changed girlfriends almost as often as clothes, and Ma Hongjun, the "Evil Fire Chicken," had definitely had his share of girlfriends. Compared to him, their number of spirit rings was far less.
Of course, Wang Teng, would never be such a scumbag. After all, Wang Teng was a loyal person.
However, thinking of all the beautiful girls in Douluo Continent, Wang Teng couldn't help but feel conflicted—who should he choose?
"Only children make choices, adults want it all!"
Wang Teng, still a child, naturally had to make a choice. However, his indecisiveness kicked in again.
"Pah! Pah! Pah! I'm still a pure child! I can't think about this!"
Thinking about finding a girl in the future, Wang Teng couldn't help but blush. Just then, a powerful soul force pressure suddenly emanated from afar. Caught off guard, the horses pulling the carriage were startled and almost overturned.
Not only the horses, but Wang Teng himself felt extremely uncomfortable. Fortunately, the soul force pressure wasn't close and wasn't specifically targeted, otherwise Wang Teng would have made a fool of himself. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo was riding high. A few days ago, in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he finally broke through the level 89 threshold and advanced to level 90, a quasi-titled Douluo.
Due to Dugu Bo's eccentric personality and dislike of the constraints of powerful factions, he didn't join any of the major forces on the Douluo Continent.
Without a Title Douluo-level expert leading the way, and despite his previous eight spirit rings achieving a barely optimal ratio, their age wasn't particularly outstanding, failing to reach the limit for absorbing spirit rings, leaving his strength rather lackluster.
Alone, Dugu Bo encountered a spirit beast over 70,000 years old in Sunset Forest. After hunting it down, the beast became his ninth spirit ring, successfully advancing him to Title Douluo. Fortunately, his luck wasn't bad; although the spirit ring's age was a bit low, his spirit power level still reached 91, preventing him from becoming the unprecedented level 90 Title Douluo.
While his combat power might indeed be somewhat lacking in one-on-one combat, he was still a Title Douluo-level expert, so Dugu Bo was in a good mood.
Thus, flying back to Heaven Dou City from Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo unabashedly unleashed the spirit power pressure befitting a Title Douluo.
After reaching the Title Douluo realm, Dugu Bo had already decided on his title; since he was a master of poison, he would use "poison" as his title.
"From this day forward, I am the Poison Douluo!"
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"Father, what's going on?"
Wang Teng sensed the powerful soul force pressure emanating from afar and immediately asked his father.
"Teng'er, it seems Dugu Bo has advanced to the Title Douluo level. Title Douluos truly live up to their reputation as the pinnacle of Soul Masters. From now on, the Douluo Continent has gained another esteemed figure."
Wang Chengkun noticed earlier than Wang Teng, and although he was farther away, he still recognized who it was. After all, Dugu Bo was a Soul Douluo-level expert with a considerable reputation, and Wang Chengkun knew of such a person.
"A Title Douluo?"
In the past, Wang Teng felt that Title Douluos were nothing special, since quite a few Title Douluos in the original Douluo Continent perished later on, and even some gods fell. However, now that he could feel the powerful aura of a Title Douluo from a distance, Wang Teng no longer thought so.
Faced with this overwhelming aura, Wang Teng couldn't even muster the will to resist; the difference in strength was simply too great.
Moreover, this Dugu Bo was among the weakest of the titled Douluo, making it difficult to imagine the prowess of the three remaining peerless Douluo on the Douluo Continent.
Seeing his father's slightly envious expression, Wang Teng immediately flattered him.
"Father, you will also become a titled Douluo in the future."
Wang Chengkun hadn't expected his son to say such a thing.
"Haha, Teng'er, I know my talent is basically gone. But you're different. Dad believes you will definitely become a titled Douluo. Then I'll have a titled-level son, and who won't envy me!"
Wang Chengkun was very open-minded. Although he himself was basically out of the running for titled Douluo, having a titled-level son was already quite good!
"..."
Indeed, without external help, Wang Chengkun's chances of becoming a Title Douluo are slim. He might be stuck at level 89 for life, as his innate level 8 soul power and high-quality martial soul are far inferior to those geniuses with innate full soul power and top-tier martial souls.
However, Wang Teng possesses the Soul Core Condensation Method. As long as he follows the steps, becoming a Title Douluo shouldn't be a problem.
Not to mention, Wang Teng has his eye on Dugu Bo's herb garden. If his parents advance to Title Douluo in the future, wouldn't that be a sure thing? Of
course, this is just wishful thinking for now. Even if Dugu Bo is a bottom-tier Title Douluo, he's still not someone Wang Teng can handle. Even if his parents were tied together, they couldn't defeat him.
Fortunately, Dugu Bo is the number one illiterate person on the Douluo Continent. He doesn't know the uses of immortal herbs at all, completely unaware of the treasure he possesses.
Dugu Bo's luck is quite strong; otherwise, why hasn't anyone else discovered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well that has existed in the Sunset Forest for so many years? He was incredibly lucky.
Unfortunately, even with such good fortune, not knowing the effects of the immortal herbs was useless, and Tang San benefited from it all.
This shows that an excellent Soul Master not only needs great strength but also a profound cultural foundation.
This is why Wang Teng, even with his cheat-like abilities, didn't stop learning various kinds of knowledge.
At this moment, Wang Teng, feeling the oppressive aura released by Dugu Bo, silently made a small goal in his heart—if he didn't completely wipe out all the immortal herbs in Dugu Bo's herb garden, he would be letting Dugu Bo down!
Meanwhile, Dugu Bo was celebrating becoming a Title Douluo! He was clearly unaware that his precious herb garden was being targeted.
Speaking of which, in the original story, Dugu Bo drove the Shrek Seven Devils out of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. From this, we can see that although Dugu Bo's strength was not considerable among Title Douluos but, his personality was still quite arrogant.