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"What's going on?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.
"This is the knee-jerk reaction. When certain parts of your body are subjected to some external stimuli, they will react on their own without your subjective judgment. The two dragons behind me are in a similar situation." Xuan Ming said.
"If you reach out and touch them without my knowledge, they will automatically fight back."
"Is that so..." Dugu Yan nodded, as if she believed Xuan Ming's words.
"So, you can control them so they don't bite people randomly?"
Xuan Ming hesitated for a moment, "Okay."
"That's good. Now control them and don't let them move." Dugu Yan said.
Xuan Ming looked at Dugu Yan in silence, "Men and women should not touch each other."
"How can a little kid like you be so aware of the importance of personal connection?" Dugu Yan frowned.
"Hurry up and control them. If they dare to bite me again, hehe!"
"This green phosphorus snake of mine is not a vegetarian!"
Xuan Ming took a deep breath and chose to obey.
Dugu Bo attaches great importance to Dugu Yan. If Dugu Yan dislikes him, even if there is some so-called favor, the old poisonous guy will not treat him well. He might even slap him to death when he is in a bad mood.
He had endured being almost bitten to death by the Nine-Section Jade, so this time would not be a problem.
"I just wanted to touch it. Are you so angry?" Dugu Yan looked at Xuan Ming with a strange expression, as his aura became increasingly lonely and cold.
How come it was as if she was forcing a virgin girl to submit? Xuan Ming did not say anything, but the eyes of the two black dragons lying on his shoulders became colder and colder.
Dugu Yan was a little flustered when being stared at, "Okay, okay, I won't touch you anymore, is it okay if I don't touch you?"
What the hell?
She was actually afraid instinctively? Could it be that the bloodline of this mutant black dragon was higher in level than her green phosphorus snake?
"…"
Xuan Ming still didn't say anything, but just stood beside Dugu Yan, motionless. However, the two dragons on his shoulders no longer exuded the same hostility as before.
"You..." Dugu Yan's eyes changed slightly, and he had some guesses.
Could it be that the two dragons behind this guy are reflecting his truest thoughts?
"Are you hungry?" Dugu Yan asked.
"How about I take you to dinner first?"
"It's not convenient for me to go out in this condition." Xuan Ming said.
"Inconvenient?" Dugu Yan was stunned and looked at the two dragons behind Xuan Ming.
"Are you worried about that?"
"Don't worry, I'm here, nothing will happen."
"Come on, sister will take you to a feast."
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"By the way, my grandfather said that he picked you up. Is that true?"
Since Dugu Bo likes quietness, the place where the grandfather and grandson live is somewhat remote, and some distance away from places like restaurants and hotels.
Dugu Yan led Xuan Ming walking on the street. The latter's peculiar appearance always attracted strange looks from passers-by.
As if feeling a little awkward, Dugu Yan was the first to speak and break the silence.
"Fake." Xuan Ming said.
"Then how did you two know each other?" Dugu Yan slowed down and came to Xuan Ming's side.
Her grandfather's personality was such that he would never talk to strangers, let alone a child like this.
"He was injured and I passed by. He threw the Nine-Section Jade at me and forced me to help him make medicine to heal his wounds." Xuan Ming said.
Dugu Yan was stunned. "Injured? How could my grandfather be injured? He is a Titled Douluo, who could let him get hurt?"
"A sissy with a chrysanthemum martial spirit, and a living dead man who is completely black and neither human nor ghost." Xuan Ming said.
"Chrysanthemum martial spirit, the living dead..." Dugu Yan's face changed.
Could it be Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo from the Spirit Hall?
But why would the Spirit Hall chase her grandfather?
"What happened next?" Dugu Yan asked.
"He drank a few doses of medicine, and those two people caught up with him. He took me with him and ran away. Finally, he hid in the barracks of the Tiandou Empire army and was rescued by Prince Xuexing." Xuan Ming said.
"Then he brought me back."
"Gone?" Dugu Yan was confused.
Being chased by two Title Douluo! Such a thrilling thing, and you finished it in just one sentence?
"He also let the Nine-Section Jade bite me and almost bit me to death." Xuan Ming said.
Dugu Yan's eye twitched.
No wonder this guy is still in a bad mood.
"Why would my grandfather let the Nine-Section Jadeite bite you?" Dugu Yan asked puzzledly.
Although her grandfather has a very bad temper, he would not hurt anyone for no reason.
Moreover, even after using the Nine-Section Jade, how is it possible that this kid is still standing here alive?
"He is sick." Xuan Ming said dimly.
Dugu Yan was subconsciously a little angry, but when she thought about the child who had just been bitten by her grandfather with the Nine-Section Jadeite...
It's understandable, children say nothing.
"Where is your home?" Dugu Yan asked, changing the subject.
"No more." Xuan Ming said.
"Gone? What does that mean?" Dugu Yan asked puzzledly.
"Literally." Xuan Ming said.
The village where he was born was not a good place. As it was located on the border of two empires and there were constant wars, there were less than twenty households in the entire village. Most of the people were either the elderly or women and children. The few young men were all relatives of the village chief.
After his mother passed away, the village chief's family often helped him on the surface, but in fact, in less than half a year, they took away all the farm tools, kitchen utensils and anything else of value in his house.
Even his wooden house was taken away by the village chief's son, so he could only sleep in a small adobe house.
If his mother had not distributed the little money and chickens they raised to his neighbors before she died, allowing him to work for them so that he could get something to eat, he would have starved to death long ago.
Clearly, his mother knew what would happen to him after her death.
If those things that could barely be considered family property were not distributed voluntarily, he, a child alone, would not be able to keep them, let alone save his own life.
"So miserable..." Dugu Yan looked a little reluctant.
"So you met my grandfather after awakening your martial spirit?"
"No, I was sold out by the patrol deacon who helped me awaken my martial soul." Xuan Ming said.
"It's just that I was lucky. I escaped and then I met your grandfather."
"Sold?" Dugu Yan was stunned.
"Two thousand gold soul coins." Xuan Ming said.
"But your grandfather said that if I were taken to Tiandou City, I could be sold for at least 200,000."
"Two hundred thousand?" Dugu Yan's eyes twitched slightly.
"Although you are indeed good-looking, there is no way you can sell that many, right?"
Xuan Ming glanced at Dugu Yan and asked, "Then how much do you think I'm worth?"
"I have never sold or bought it, so how would I know?" Dugu Yan said.
"But if you package yourself well, you might be able to sell for thousands of gold soul coins."
"I heard that many noble ladies in Tiandou City like you very much~"
"Really? It's really an honor." Xuan Ming said lightly.
Dugu Yan was a little embarrassed, "Ahem, I was just joking."
"…"
It's really funny! Dugu Yan curled her lips, quickened her pace a little, and walked to the front to lead the way.
She could see that Xuan Ming deliberately slowed down his pace, waiting for her to lead the way.
Be careful.