I Have a Bold Idea (Please Keep Reading on Tuesday)

In the best hotel in town, in the finest suite.

"Dad, what are you doing here?"

Yu Xiaowei knelt on both knees, tugging on his earlobes with both hands as he asked solemnly.

"A fifteen-thousand-year Crimson Gold Tiger."

"My good son, you've got guts."

Yu Luomian sat on a comfortable sofa, holding an iron rod and occasionally lightly tapping it against his palm.

"You can listen to my explanation—"

"Heh. What did you say last time? Yu Family Members don't lie to Yu Family Members?"

As he spoke, Yu Luomian straightened up, picked up the iron rod, and walked toward Yu Xiaowei with ill intent.

"Go ahead and hit me. It may hurt the son's body, but it pains the father's heart."

Facing the rod raised in midair, Yu Xiaowei straightened his back with an utterly unconcerned expression.

Sure enough, Yu Luomian held up the rod for ages, yet could not bring himself to swing it down.

After a brief standoff, he could only sigh helplessly and say irritably,

"Get up!"

"Hehe."

Yu Xiaowei hurriedly stood and ran behind Yu Luomian to massage his shoulders.

Ever since he was little, whenever he made him angry, this was how Yu Xiaowei placated him.

And it worked every single time.

Yu Luomian sat back down on the sofa and leaned back comfortably, enjoying his son's massage before asking with a smile,

"What did you come here for?"

"Don't tell me you came all this way just to hunt a Soul Ring."

"Heh, just talking about this makes me mad. If your elder brother hadn't sent word, I wouldn't have known you little brat dared to pull something so reckless."

Seeing that Yu Luomian was about to lose his temper again, Yu Xiaowei shrank his neck and explained awkwardly,

"It was an accident."

"I didn't expect to suddenly advance to level 40."

Yu Luomian raised an eyebrow and asked doubtfully,

"Then what are you here for?"

"Someone is going to see my sister. I have to stop him."

Liu Erlong was not here, and there was nothing Yu Xiaowei needed to hide from his father, so he told him the truth.

"That useless bastard?"

"Yeah."

"Hmph. He still dares to seduce your sister? If I hadn't gotten there in time back then, that useless bastard would have succeeded."

The moment Yu Xiaogang was mentioned, Yu Luomian's good mood was utterly ruined.

Back then, the youngest son of his elder brother's family had awakened a Martial Soul that looked like a pig, and his Innate Soul Power had been only half a rank.

The second branch and collateral branches, who had long coveted the position of clan head, were immediately overjoyed.

Although Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian had done everything they could to suppress the mocking voices within the clan, it was a great clan of nearly two thousand people after all, and the rumors still spread.

Because Yu Xiaogang was Yu Yuanzhen's youngest child, Yu Yuanzhen doted on him immensely and tried every possible method. He even spared no expense in using his own cultivation resources, hoping to see whether that pig Martial Soul could evolve again.

Yu Luomian also feared that Yu Xiaogang would become insecure because of his Martial Soul. Every day, he took him out to play, doing everything he could to care for and protect him.

At the time, Yu Luomian's eldest son had died not long before. In his heart, Yu Xiaogang was already like half a son to him.

However, as Yu Xiaogang grew older, the clan's rumors affected him more and more.

He gradually became withdrawn, spending all day in the clan library, often remaining there for days at a time.

Especially after Yu Yuanzhen spared no resources for him, Yu Xiaogang, who had possessed only half a rank of Innate Soul Power, actually obtained his second Soul Ring at the age of twenty.

This only made the clan members increasingly jealous.

Claims such as Yu Yuanzhen giving the clan's best resources to a pig became even more rampant.

Finally, when Yu Xiaogang was twenty-one, he ran away from home.

Yu Yuanzhen was heartbroken over it for a long time, and Yu Luomian was deeply dejected as well. But Yu Xiaogang had chosen his own path, so there was little they could say. The only thing they could do was send people to secretly protect him.

Yet to their surprise, after traveling for two years, Yu Xiaogang actually joined Spirit Hall.

But members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could not enter Spirit Hall, so all information about Yu Xiaogang was completely cut off.

They had no idea what a Soul Master who was practically a third-rate cripple like Yu Xiaogang could possibly do in Spirit Hall.

The only thing they knew was that whenever Spirit Hall sent people to awaken Martial Souls for commoners, he would accompany them.

Then, later on, an article signed by Grandmaster, titled "Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul," appeared.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan discovered in shock and fury that nearly half the evidence and theories in that article overlapped with the clan's inherited knowledge.

This grave leak of clan secrets enraged Yu Yuanzhen beyond measure.

But when the spies returned and reported that Grandmaster was Yu Xiaogang—

Yu Yuanzhen fell silent.

The entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan erupted.

Calls to expel the traitor Yu Xiaogang filled every corner of the clan grounds.

When Yu Luomian learned the news, he felt that he had become a sinner of the clan, because he had been the one to approve Yu Xiaogang's entry into the clan library.

From then on, the way he addressed Yu Xiaogang changed from "good nephew" to "that useless bastard."

Later, under pressure from the clan, Yu Yuanzhen announced that Yu Xiaogang would be expelled from the family and his name removed from the family register.

Yu Luomian had thought that was the end of it, that he and Yu Xiaogang would never have anything to do with each other again for the rest of their lives.

But when the spies reported that Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender had formed a Golden Iron Triangle and even created their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill—

Yu Luomian felt as though his heart and lungs were about to stop.

But he endured it. Yu Xiaogang was still practically half a son to him. No matter how furious Yu Xiaogang made him, Yu Luomian had no intention of forcibly breaking the three of them apart.

He was even somewhat pleased for Yu Yuanzhen. That useless bastard had finally found some use, so his elder brother would not have to worry so much.

Until one day, the spies brought new information.

Yu Xiaogang was going to marry Liu Erlong.

At the time, Yu Luomian had wanted to kill Yu Xiaogang.

After bringing disaster upon the clan, he was now coming after his daughter.

At the same time, he could not understand how his proud and arrogant daughter had fallen for such a useless bastard.

So he traveled through the night, racing across a thousand miles until he reached Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong's wedding venue, where he personally watched his daughter and nephew drink their ceremonial nuptial wine.

Consumed by rage, Yu Luomian smashed up the venue they had prepared for the wedding on the spot.

After Yu Xiaogang fled, he argued with Liu Erlong. It was also the first time he had ever slapped his daughter.

Yet he had never expected Liu Erlong to be so deeply devoted to Yu Xiaogang that she would even fall out with him and publicly declare that she was severing their father-daughter relationship.

All these years later, aside from when she delivered Yu Xiaowei to the academy, Liu Erlong had not even spoken a single word to him again.

Having grown up under Yu Luomian's influence, and having read the original work and understood Yu Xiaogang's character, Yu Xiaowei shared the same attitude toward Yu Xiaogang.

Huff—

Huff—

Yu Luomian took several deep breaths and calmed down. Then he patted Yu Xiaowei on the shoulder and said,

"As an elder, your father cannot act against that useless bastard."

"And your sister's emotional knot is something I cannot undo for her either. She is already over forty years old. She can't keep going on like this forever."

"So, son, this time I'm counting on you. No matter what method you use, make sure that useless bastard stays far away from your sister."

"And one more thing. Your uncle has treated you so well, so you need to show some mercy to his son."

"Breaking both his legs is enough, but you absolutely cannot break the third one."

A father knew his son best. Yu Xiaowei understood Yu Luomian's intentions perfectly. He patted his chest and gave a wicked grin.

"Leave it to me."

"Dad, I won't hide it from you. I actually have a bold idea about this."

"If it works, my sister will definitely leave that Yu Xiaogang."