Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

Chapter 19 Tang Yuehua

It wasn't until evening that Tang Yuehua finally emerged from her grief.

Di Hong lit a campfire and set up two tents. During the day, Di Ming, who was worried, sent a soul master to look for him, but he did not leave because he still needed to search for the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

So he explained the situation to the Soul Master who came to find him and let him leave.

After adding firewood to the campfire, he began to roast the meat.

Tang Yuehua sat on a rock nearby. The forest was quite cold at sunset, and a gust of wind made her shrink back. She kept rubbing her arms with her hands. Her dress was torn, and she had no spare clothes to change into.

"Here, I've never worn this before. If you don't mind, you can wear it for now." Di Hong took out a shirt from his soul tool and tossed it to Tang Yuehua.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Tang Yuehua draped the coat over herself, and instantly felt much warmer.

The two sat around the campfire in silence. They were not familiar with each other and did not know what to talk about. Although Di Hong knew that she was Tang Yuehua's aunt and the future founder of Yuexuan, the two were now just strangers.

"Is this sachet yours?" After a while, Di Hong took out the sachet he had found during the day and handed it to Tang Yuehua.

“It’s mine.” Tang Yuehua took the sachet.

"I bought this when I was in Tiandou City, but I lost it when I was running away during the day."

Pointing to the sachet, Di Hong explained, "The reason you were attacked by soul beasts during the day was probably because of the fragrance emanating from this sachet. It contains spices specifically designed to lure soul beasts."

"Spice to lure soul beasts?"

At first, Tang Yuehua didn't quite believe it. If this was a spice used to lure soul beasts, she couldn't possibly not smell it.

Upon closer inspection, a slightly different fragrance was indeed detected. This fragrance was the kind of scent that only spices specifically designed to lure soul beasts possessed; otherwise, it would be impossible to detect.

"How could this be?" Tang Yuehua was incredulous. He had bought the sachet in Tiandou City, and the merchant shouldn't have made such a basic mistake.

She didn't add any other spices.

She thought of a possibility.

"That merchant deliberately sold me this sachet."

Looking at the sachet in her hand, Tang Yuehua felt that it was not a sachet, but a deadly poison.

At this moment, she was extremely angry and threw the sachet directly into the fire. If it weren't for this sachet, Tang Yun, Tang Lin, and the others who were with her wouldn't have died.

After her anger subsided, she fell into deep self-blame. If she hadn't bought the sachet, none of this would have happened, and they could have returned to the sect smoothly.

"You don't need to blame yourself," Di Hong comforted her.

"They're obviously after you. Even without the sachet, they'll find a way to lure the soul beasts over."

"And don't you think about it? How could a mere sachet attract so many soul beasts?"

In fact, Tang Yuehua understood that over the years, the Haotian Sect had become famous and was the number one sect in the world. Naturally, some people were unhappy with it, but there was nothing they could do. After all, the Haotian Sect was too powerful. They were unhappy but dared not provoke it.

Some people want to suppress the Haotian Sect, but they don't dare to do it openly.

No one wanted to provoke Tang Chen, this peerless expert.

"Are they from the Spirit Hall?" Di Hong asked. If there was any force on the continent with the most motive to do this, it would only be the Spirit Hall. The strength of the Clear Sky Sect had already threatened the Spirit Hall's position.

They have the best reason to believe it.

Tang Yuehua shook her head: "Not sure."

She couldn't be completely sure whether it was the Spirit Hall's doing or Qian Daoliu's doing. If nothing unexpected happened, it was probably someone below acting on their own.

As far as she knows.

Qian Daoliu is an upright and trustworthy person; he would never do such a despicable thing.

Di Hong didn't ask any more questions. He wasn't interested in such matters. Neither the Clear Sky Sect nor the Spirit Hall were things he could afford to offend right now, and he had no interest in provoking these two major forces.

For him, nothing is more important than being powerful.

Especially given the war that will happen decades later, he will inevitably be affected by it.

Since he couldn't avoid it, he tried to make himself stronger, even to the point of becoming a god.

After a while, he handed the fragrant roasted meat to Tang Yuehua.

"Have something to eat. After you finish eating, get a good rest for the night. I'll take you back to the Haotian Sect tomorrow."

Now that Tang Yuehua is by his side, the matter of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well can only be put on hold for the time being. He can't possibly take her to find it. Not to mention that the two are meeting for the first time, even if they were very familiar with each other, he would not take her to find the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

First: Sunset Forest is very dangerous, and it is home to many ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Second: Tang Yuehua is not a Soul Master. The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is a place that ordinary people cannot withstand. If she were there, it would be no different from courting death.

Third: He was not familiar with Tang Yuehua. Even if he knew about Tang Yuehua, it was only because he watched anime in his previous life. Anyone would be tempted by the rare medicinal herbs in that place, so he had to go there by himself.

So he planned to send Tang Yuehua back first, and then come back to look for her, since his second brother had already sent word back.

Tang Yuehua took the roasted meat and started eating.

She was stunned after taking just one small bite, because she had never eaten such delicious roast meat before.

Unexpectedly, Di Hong, a prince, possesses such culinary skills.

She naturally knew about Di Hong, after all, his reputation had spread far and wide. He was born with full soul power and was a Soul King at the age of twelve. Now she also knew about Di Hong's soul ring configuration.

Her fourth spirit ring is a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, a spirit ring configuration that neither of her two older brothers possessed.

Her second brother has been hailed as a genius that the Haotian Sect has seen once in a century, but compared to Di Hong, he is really inferior. Her second brother is twenty years old this year and is only a Soul King. His soul power level is only three levels higher than Di Hong's.

The future Emperor Hong will surely become a Title Douluo.

After eating her fill, she went to rest in the tent. She was still wearing Di Hong's clothes, and she was actually a little reluctant to take them off.

Di Hong did not rest that night, but sat outside cross-legged to cultivate. Since this place was near the depths of Sunset Forest, someone had to keep watch at night. Tang Yuehua was not a Soul Master, so it was naturally his turn to keep watch.

Tang Yuehua didn't rest either. She sat inside the tent, but her gaze kept drifting to the figure outside. That figure now gave her a great sense of security, and even in the dangerous Sunset Forest, she didn't feel the slightest bit of fear.

She felt that as long as Di Hong was there, there would be no danger, even though it was the first time the two of them had met.

As Di Hong cultivated, his body was surrounded by fiery red soul power. Tang Yuehua's eyes held a hint of envy. Although she was a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect, her martial soul was not the Clear Sky Hammer, because her martial soul mutated during awakening.

This prevented her from ever breaking through to level ten.

The path of a Soul Master was destined to be out of her reach.

If she could, she would also like to become a Soul Master.

Chapter 20 Tang Yuehua's Mutated Martial Soul

Nothing happened that night, and no soul beasts came to disturb him. Di Hong cultivated peacefully all night.

Tang Yuehua was so exhausted that she finally fell asleep late at night, after all, the day had been too dangerous, and she had almost lost her life.

The next morning.

Di Hong exited his cultivation state.

Last night, his soul power level broke through one level, reaching level fifty-four.

He got up and stretched his stiff body. As he moved, his bones cracked and popped. After a while, he felt much more relaxed.

At this moment, Tang Yuehua also came out of the tent. She was still wearing the clothes that Di Hong had given her yesterday, as she really had no other clothes to change into.

Seeing that she looked a little haggard, Di Hong couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"Huh?" Tang Yuehua was taken aback by the sudden concern, and then shook her head.

"No, I rested very well. I just had some nightmares, but I'm fine now. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

Last night, she did have a nightmare. She dreamed of the sect disciples who died in the mouths of soul beasts, and she also dreamed of being chased by soul beasts. However, at the end of the nightmare, Di Hong appeared. In the dream, Di Hong saved her like a god descending to earth.

If Di Hong knew about her dream, he would definitely complain, "Could it be any more melodramatic?"

"I'll take you back to Haotian Sect. Also, Miss Yuehua, you don't need to call me Prince, just call me by my name."

Tang Yuehua nodded.

"You don't need to call me Miss Yuehua anymore. We're the same age. Just call me Yuehua."

Di Hong didn't say anything. After breakfast and getting ready, the two left the camp.

Before returning, Di Hong helped to burn the disciples of Haotian Sect, and then collected their ashes separately. Tang Yuehua planned to take them back to Haotian Sect for burial.

Di Hong put the ashes into the soul tool at his waist, and Tang Yuehua had nothing left.

"Let's go."

The two headed east. Haotian Sect was still two hundred miles away. If he traveled at full speed, he would arrive in half a day at most, but since he was with Tang Yuehua, he could only walk slowly.

Throughout the journey, Tang Yuehua was not in good condition and looked very downcast.

Di Hong was also bad at coaxing girls, so he was powerless to do anything about it.

The two walked side by side for a long time. This stretch of road was not long for Di Hong in the past, but for him now, it was an incredibly long road.

so boring.

Although he doesn't like crowds, it doesn't mean he doesn't want to talk; he's not mute.

Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Yuehua, what brings you to Tiandou City?"