Chapter 82: Changes of Royal Combat Team (2)
Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling nodded at Bai Chenxiang, then turned to Dugu Yan and asked.
"Other than a new member, are there any other changes in the team?"
Dugu Yan's expression became complicated when she heard the question, Xu Shuang saw this and asked worriedly.
"What's wrong? Did something big happen when I was away?"
Dugu Yan finally sighed and decided to tell Xu Shuang all the changes that happened since the day that she left.
"On the day that you two left Heaven Dou City, I went back to the Inn and went to get the box that you hid."
"And when I went to absorb the fairy herb that you left for me, my martial spirit evolved and became much stronger."
After saying that she summoned her martial spirit and a jade dragon appeared in her hand, it had four claws and a round emerald inlaid on its forehead that glows in jade, with a tail in the shape of a trident.
"My spirit evolved into a Jade Phosporous Flood Dragon, now all the poison is stored in the gem of the flood dragon and now my body is stronger than before, I should now be able to be considered as a Strong attack type spirit master."
"And not only that..." Yet before she could finish explaining, Xu Shuang already covered her mouth with her hand.
"Why are you telling me all of this, Yanyan? You should know that even though we are close, there are some things that one must keep to oneself."
"Even a husband and wife have certain secrets against each other, much less two best friends."
Dugu Yan whose mouth was covered didn't panic, instead, she waited for Xu Shuang to release her, after being released she gave Xu Shuang a big bear hug.
"What are you doing, Yanyan?" Xu Shuang asked with a wry smile, she didn't know why she was suddenly being hugged by the other party.
"Xuxu, you're so nice to me, but, I'll still tell you everything because you save my life." Dugu Yan spoke softly, even the nickname was directly changed to Xuxu.
"Saved your life? How?" Xu Shuang pretended to be confused even though she already knew what Dugu Yan was talking about.
"This... It's not easy to explain, you and Lingling should come with me first, I'll explain it to you two in a while." Dugu Yan said while pulling Xu Shuang and Ye Lingling to her house.
"Ah, Chenxiang, remember to come by my house later when you have time." Xu Shuang said to Bai Chenxiang before she got pulled away by Dugu Yan.
Bai Chenxiang nodded and then continued to train after she watched the three enter Dugu Yan's house.
After having them sit down in the living room, Dugu Yan went to the kitchen to brew tea and make some snacks for the three of them.
Dugu Yan then set up the table with tea and snacks, she then sat down on one of the sofas in the room when Xu Shuang finally ask about the situation.
"How could you say that I saved you? Aren't you so healthy and fine before?"
"Right, you're as healthy as a bull before and even more healthy now, how could Xuxu end up saving you?" Ye Lingling also asked as she was also confused about the matter.
Seeing that they were the only ones here, Dugu Yan slowly explained the reason, how her martial spirit is slowly killing her, and how the fairy herb that Xu Shuang gave her saved her.
By the end of the story, Ye Lingling was already hugging Dugu Yan with tears in her eyes as she repeatedly comforted the other.
"Huhuhu, Yanyan how could you not tell me that you've been suffering for so long? We've been teammates for so many years and you didn't even tell me?!" Ye Lingling complained while hugging Dugu Yan tightly.
Dugu Yan was helpless and can only stabilize Ye Lingling with Xu Shuang first so that the conversation can continue.
"So that's what happened, not only did you save my life, but you also give me a chance to undergo rebirth and become stronger than before." After saying that Dugu Yan possessed her martial spirit.
Her body became covered with jade scales all over her body and a dragon tail popped out behind her, her hands also morphed into dragon claws that gleaned with sharpness, and lastly a round emerald appeared on her forehead.
"Because of the evolution of my martial spirit, all my skills have undergone an evolution too, making them different from the skills I had in the past."
"Not only that, but I also broke to Spirit King three months ago." After saying that 5 spirit rings floated up from under her, 2 yellow, 2 purple, and 1 black spirit ring.
"Then with the addition of you, plus me and Xu Shuang, doesn't that mean that the Royal Combat Team has 3 spirit kings to participate in the Continental Elite Spirit Academy Tournament?" Ye Lingling exclaimed in surprise when she saw Dugu Yan's 5 spirit rings.
"Wait, Yu Tianheng isn't far from breaking through to Spirit King when we left, right? So if he already broke through, then wouldn't there be 4 spirit kings in the team?"
Dugu Yan's face became complicated when she heard what Ye Lingling said about Yu Tianheng, Xu Shuang noticed this and asked worriedly.
"What's wrong, Yanyan? I noticed that you seem to have something on your mind."
Dugu Yan sighed and finally said what's been on her mind for a while now.
"It's about Tianheng, he quit the team a month after you two left to train somewhere."
"What? Why did Yu Tianheng suddenly quit the team?" Xu Shuang asked a bit surprised since this didn't happen in the original.
So, Dugu Yan told them what happened when she first went to the academy after her martial spirit evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon and Yu Tianheng noticed the change.
Then Yu Tianheng started pestering her about the evolution of her martial spirit how it evolved and so on.
But, Dugu Yan refused to tell him, cause even she knew the value of something like a fairy herb that can turn a waste into a genius.
At first, Yu Tianheng was conservative about it, but when an elder from his family visited him, his attitude suddenly changed.
He became more and more pushy on wanting to know how Dugu Yan evolved her martial spirit, but after his plans failed one after another.
He then tried to tie the knot with Dugu Yan, but, Dugu Yan isn't poisoned anymore, and naturally, she is not so anxious about such things as marriage anymore.
In the end, they fought more and more, and things finally went downhill when Yu Tianheng was drunk and he tried to force himself on her.
It's good that Dugu Yan's martial spirit has evolved and she adapted into being a power-type spirit master that she was able to stall Yu Tianheng.
Once Dugu Bo found out about the matter, he was so furious that he directly went to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus' mountain gate.
No one knows what Dugu Bo did, but the next day after he returned Yu Tianheng submitted his resignation letter the next day and left the team.
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