Douluo Dalu: The Legend of Heavenly Ruler

--- Chapter 7 ---

"Serena Water Art, huh..." Yunlong muttered as he arrived at his mother's room.

"Yunlong? Do you need anything?" Bibi Dongxue's voice comes into Yunlong's ears, which caught him off guard a little bit.

"Uh, how did mother know I was here." Yunlong suddenly asked, to which Bibi Dongxue responded with a chuckle.

"You should enter my room first." Bibi Dongxue responded as the door got opened by her.

"Mm, okay," Yunlong said as he entered the room.

Yunlong's eyes wandered around the room, and to his surprise, this room is just a casual room with many bookshelves and one table on the side, which had beautiful tea set kits on it.

'Mother usually never let me into this room.' Yunlong commented while he shifted his gaze to his mother, who is smiling at him.

"So, you want to know, how did I feel your presence, right." Bibi Dongxue stated, making Yunlong nodded his head.

"Well, it was easy, to be honest. You only have to train your sense." She added while pointing at his nose and ears.

'Sense, huh.' Yunlong thought while thinking about something.

'Wait... Serene water art.' He added in his heart while suddenly inhaled a significant amount of oxygen into his lungs.

'What is he trying to do?' Bibi Dongxue tilted her head while curiously staring at her son.

'Hmm, this breathing pattern is different from the Mibu or Turtle breathing techniques, but there are some similarities.' She added in her heart with a frown as she realises something.

"Don't tell me he fused the two techniques into one." Bibi Dongxue muttered while covering her mouth in wonder.

Yunlong is calmly entering a calm state as his sense got enhanced by several folds, and his eyes are tranquil while his breathing is peaceful.

"Genius..." Bibi Dongxue whispered in her heart while staring at her soon.

'I know that he's very different from any child since he was born, but to think he would be this amazing.' She thought before walking toward her son's side.

"How is your feeling." She asked, to which Yunlong responded with a smile.

"Hmm, I can only describe it as "Amazing!" I guess..." Yunlong responded while staring at her.

"I see..." Bibi Dongxue nodded her head while observing his breathing pattern before asking, "You combined the two breathing techniques I give to you, didn't you."

'Ahh, crap.' Yunlong thought while internally facepalming himself.

He's thinking about something for a little bit as his mother is curiously smiling at him.

Yunlong sighed in his heart before nodded his head and said, "Mm, I combined the two techniques into one."

'Well, technically three, and it was my system who fuse it, I can't tell her that, though.' Yunlong thought as his system is the most important secret that he shouldn't share with anyone.

"Hehe, my son is the best, after all." Bibi Dongxue hugged him before letting out a happy laugh.

'Safe...' Yunlong thought while enjoying his mother's hug and released a sigh of relief in his heart.

---- Two years later ---

Yunlong, who looks like six years old boy right, is walking beside his mother on the village street.

"Hmm, the village had grown bigger in these years," Yunlong commented while looking around as his mother nodded her head.

"Mm, this village is slightly far away from two empires, and because of that. There are so many merchants and travellers who stay in this village for a while." Bibi Dongxue stated while staring at the carriages at the gate of the village.

'Well, my prediction is correct.' She thought while shifting her gaze to her son.

'Two more years and Yunlong would awaken his martial soul...' She added in her heart while thinking about her son's abilities in these years.

[Host, there is something that may be useful in that stall]

Neo's voice suddenly appeared in Yunlong's head as a virtual blue arrow pointing at a small stall near an alley.

'Oh, interesting...' Yunlong thought while shifted his gaze to the stall before tugging his mother's clothes.

"Mother, can we go to that stall." He said while pointing his finger at a small stall in the small alleys.

"Sure." Bibi Dongxue replied as both of them walked toward the stall.

As they arrived at the stall, Yunlong's eyes instantly scanned through the goods and noticed a few things that caught his attention.

The first thing he noticed is a big chunk of rock covered by dirty dry muds.

[Name: Deep Black Iron Ore]

[Type: Material]

[Grade: Uncommon]

[Description: An uncommon ore, which is more durable and sturdier than iron and can be forge into an accessory, weapon, or armour]

'Well, it's not bad.' Yunlong commented while checking other goods, which are two old books.

[Name: Sakura One-Sword Style(incomplete)]

[Type: Sword Arts]

[Grade: Low-Rare]

[Description: A lost sword art invented by a lonely swordmaster, who had a high mastery over a sword, but because of an unknown accident, half of this sword art is gone]

[Name: Thunder Severing Sword Art]

[Type: Sword Arts]

[Grade: Low-Rare]

[Description: A sword arts that mimic the movement of lightning and thunder, this sword art invented by a swordsman and focused on one aspect, which is speed]

'Okay, I hit the jackpot...' Yunlong thought with a smile in his heart.

'Who would think I will find two rare sword arts.' He added while thanking his system and thinking his Reincarnator title is not faulty as he thinks.

"Hmm, how much for this rock," Yunlong asked the merchant while pointed his finger at the rock.

"Well, it's two gold coins." The merchant responded while smiling at him.

"Ehh? Isn't that too much just for a random rock?" Yunlong stated while staring at the merchant with doubt.

"This rock should be only ten copper." He added, which makes the merchant's mouth twitching because of his words.

Bibi Dongxue frowned a little bit while staring at the merchant, who is suddenly shuddering for no reason.

"Then what about these books?" Yunlong asked while pointing at the two sword arts.

"Four gold coins." The merchant replied, which makes Yunlong staring at him with a questioning look.

"From where did you get these goods?" Yunlong asked.

"Cemetary." The merchant calmly replied while shrugging off his shoulder.

'This man...' Yunlong thought while staring at the merchant with a frown.

"You're lying, didn't you,'' Yunlong asked, to which the merchant calmly responded with a shake of his head.

"No, I'm not." The merchant once again replied.

"Let's go, Mother. This merchant is ridiculous." Yunlong suddenly said while grasping his mother's hands.

As he about to walk away, he then suddenly said, "Hmph, I will tell the neighbourhood's housewives in this village that this merchant is scamming people around with his goods."

The merchant is staring at Yunlong with wide eyes as he doesn't expect this little boy would threatening his business in this kind of way.

As a merchant, he knows that the power of this village housewife gossip is severe for his business, so when he heard Yunlong's words, a grimace emerges on his face.

"W-Wait!" He suddenly said, which makes a smirk emerged on Yunlong's face.

"I will sell these three items for two gold coins." He added as he tried to catch Yunlong's attention.

"Seventy silver coins," Yunlong responded while turning his back.

Bibi Dongxue is staring at this scene with an amused smile before shaking her head.

'To think my son would be this mischievous.' Bibi Dongxue commented while staring at her son.

"O-One gold and seventy silver coins." The merchant stated.

"Fifty silver coins."

"One gold and twenty silver coins."

"Well, say goodbye to your business. I will tell aunt Su Linger about this." Yunlong suddenly said with a sly smile on his face.

"Fine! One gold coin! I can't lower the price more than this." The merchant sighed while making a sad expression.

"Deal!" Yunlong responded while he shifted his gaze to his mother.

Bibi Dongxue nodded her head while giving the merchant one gold coin.

After taking the stone, and two sword arts, Yunlong and Bibi Dongxue walked away from the stall, leaving the sad merchant alone.

'Hehehe... What a foolish child, those items not even worth three silver coins.' The merchant laughed in his heart while happily staring at the gold coin in his hand.

If only he knew the worth of the items he just sold to Yunlong, he would probably cry and then coughed a mouthful of blood right now.