Cultivation Chamber, Gravity Amplification

The next day, Yu Jian came calling while Yu Tianlin was still eating breakfast.

"Good morning, Young Madam." After greeting Yu Rou, Yu Jian said to Yu Tianlin, "Tianlin, according to the sect master's instructions, starting today, you'll be training with me."

Yu Tianlin quickly shoveled down the last mouthful of food, got up, and said, "Got it. Let's go."

"Yu Jian, don't be too strict. Leave Little Lin a little time to rest when appropriate." Yu Rou looked at Yu Tianlin worriedly and said, "And you too, Little Lin. Don't overdo it. Don't train too hard and wear yourself out."

"Understood, Young Madam."

Yu Jian nodded, but judging by his indifferent expression, anyone with eyes could tell he was only humoring Yu Rou.

Yu Tianlin found it both funny and exasperating. Scheduled intensive training like this was obviously going to be harsh. Hadn't they even excused him from classes for the sake of training? If he rested at every turn, how would that be any different from ordinary training?

But Yu Tianlin could understand. After the day before, the matter of him absorbing the wrong Soul Ring had spread completely. His mother, after hearing about it, was afraid he would be under too much pressure, so saying this now was only her way of trying to keep him from pushing himself too hard.

"All right, Mom, I know." Yu Tianlin smiled at Yu Rou, then waved and left with Yu Jian. "Bye, Mom."

After leaving the house, Yu Tianlin followed Yu Jian toward the sect's Training Ground.

Along the way, everyone they ran into cast all sorts of looks at Yu Tianlin—some surprised, some regretful.

Yu Tianlin could even faintly hear their discussions.

"I heard Young Master Tianlin only added a ten-year-level White Soul Ring when he went out this time."

"Heh, that's not all. They say Young Master Tianlin's Soul Ring even came from a plant-type soul beast, without the slightest trace of dragon bloodline."

"Really? Then that's such a shame..."

Looking at the passersby walking away, Yu Tianlin felt a little speechless. This setup where a genius became trash and the attitudes of passersby changed—why did it look so familiar?

Was the next step supposed to be his fiancée coming to break off the engagement, and then him shouting, "Don't bully the young and poor"?

Uh, no, no, Yu Tianlin, wake up! You didn't have a fiancée at all!

He shook his head. After pulling himself out of his fantasy, Yu Tianlin shot Yu Jian beside him an annoyed look and said, "Uncle Yu Jian, the two of us only came back yesterday, and today the whole sect already knows about this. You really do have a loose tongue."

"Ahem." Hearing Yu Tianlin say that, Yu Jian gave a somewhat guilty dry cough and explained, "You can't blame me for that. After I reported to the sect master yesterday, I had barely stepped out of the Council Hall before I was called over by several elders."

"When the elders asked me, I could only tell the truth. After that, I never mentioned it to anyone else. As for how this matter spread, I don't know."

Yu Tianlin's heart stirred, and he understood what was going on.

Since Yu Jian had not spread it, then it could only have been those elders who had leaked it, then fanned the flames.

As for why those elders had done this, Yu Tianlin could more or less guess. It was nothing more than them being afraid that his grandfather, as the sect master, would ignore the rules, break his word after the fact, and directly give him the Dragon Source Fruit. So now they had let this news slip out and secretly pushed it along, expanding its influence and creating a general trend within the sect so Yu Yuanzhen could not abuse his status as sect master and act recklessly.

Yu Tianlin did not know what to say to that.

Those elders were way too petty. Wasn't it just one Dragon Source Fruit? Was there any need to make things like this?

Fine. The more you don't want to give it to me, the more I just have to have it. Just wait. Four months from now, I'll crush Yu Tianqing head-on and let you see what I can do!

As for Tianqing, don't blame me if you get beaten up. If you want to blame someone, blame your grandfather. Your grandfather was the one who nominated you to fight me.

Thinking of this, Yu Tianlin instantly became full of motivation.

When Yu Tianlin and Yu Jian arrived at the sect's Training Ground, many people had already gathered there, sparring and exchanging pointers. When they saw Yu Tianlin, they all focused their gazes on him.

Yu Tianlin ignored them completely and followed Yu Jian into the Cultivation Chamber beside the Training Ground.

The Cultivation Chamber was large and spacious, with no unnecessary decorations. There was only a one-meter-tall stone pillar in the center of the chamber, and he had no idea what it was used for.

As soon as they entered the room, Yu Jian said, "Tianlin, starting today, you'll be training in this chamber all day."

Yu Tianlin asked, "Uncle Yu Jian, what should I do? What's the training plan?"

"Heh, don't be in such a hurry."

Yu Jian chuckled and walked toward the center of the chamber, arriving in front of the stone pillar.

"Tianlin, do you know what this is?"

Yu Tianlin shook his head and replied, "How would I know something like this?"

"Since you don't know, I'll let you experience it yourself. Then you'll naturally understand."

As he spoke, Yu Jian directly injected his own Soul Power into the stone pillar. A burst of earth-yellow light instantly lit up on the pillar, then that light suddenly spread out, enveloping the entire chamber.

After the earth-yellow light swept over him, Yu Tianlin immediately felt as if he had sunk into a mire. His whole body was burdened by a heavy pressure, and caught off guard, he nearly fell flat on the ground.

Fortunately, Yu Tianlin reacted quickly enough. He rapidly drove his own Soul Power to resist that pressure, avoiding making a fool of himself in front of Yu Jian.

"Haha, you react pretty fast, kid!" Not seeing Yu Tianlin fall flat on his face, Yu Jian burst out laughing and said, "Tianlin, how is it? Now that you've experienced it, do you know what's going on?"

"It's Gravity Amplification, right?" Feeling the pressure on his body, Yu Tianlin answered, "And from what I can feel, it should have been doubled."

Yu Tianlin's current body weight was about fifty jin, and the pressure he now felt over his whole body was also around fifty jin. From a simple deduction, gravity should have doubled.

Yu Jian nodded. "Correct. Right now, in the area enveloped by the earth-yellow light, the gravity is one times greater than normal."

"Uncle Yu Jian, how is this done?" Yu Tianlin turned his gaze to the one-meter-tall stone pillar in front of him and asked in puzzlement, "What material is this stone pillar made of? Why can it produce an area-of-effect Gravity Amplification just because you inject Soul Power into it?"

Yu Jian explained, "Tianlin, the important thing isn't this stone pillar. Its main function is to conduct Soul Power. As for the Gravity Amplification, that's produced by the thing underneath."

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