Heaven Dou City

Yu Yuanzhen did not think much of it. It would be good to visit the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire.

If he took Kong around for a while, those people would give Kong some respect for Yu Yuanzhen's sake when they saw him in the future!

"Fine. Tianheng, that little brat, happened to run off to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. We can see how he's doing."

Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin were known as the "Thunder Twins," the twin stars of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The title had been copied from the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Xiao and Tang Hao had once been known as the Clear Sky Twins, and in the end, both became Titled Douluo.

From the title given to Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, it was easy to imagine the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's expectations for them!

However, with a monster like Kong around, whatever achievements the two of them attained no longer mattered.

After graduating from Thunder Elementary Soul Master Academy, Yu Tianheng had come alone to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in order to shake off the title of Thunder Twin.

"Grandpa, are we going to laugh at Brother Tianheng?"

Kong asked instinctively.

Yu Yuanzhen: "..."

That was right. Were they not going there to laugh at Yu Tianheng?

Wouldn't it have been better for him to stay at Thunder Academy? With the learning environment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, could Yu Tianheng really cultivate diligently?

When Yu Yuanzhen had previously said he would send Kong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he had regretted it the moment the words left his mouth. Fortunately, Kong had refused in the end.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy was a place for foolish nobles with no real combat ability. Yu Yuanzhen disdained such a place.

He had gone through countless life-and-death battles to attain his current status and strength. If Yu Tianheng could still remember the glory of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in that greenhouse, it would already be good enough.

After all, Yu Tianheng was his biological grandson. Yu Yuanzhen still had fairly high hopes for him.

"That's right. We'll give him a proper blow and let him understand what diligent cultivation means!"

Yu Yuanzhen nodded calmly as he spoke.

"Strange. Logically speaking, part of Yu Tianheng's reason for going to Heaven Dou Royal Academy was at Grandpa's and Yu Luomian's instigation."

"As long as he won Dugu Yan over, they could draw in a wild Titled Douluo. If they could bring Dugu Bo into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, its strength would certainly soar. On the surface, it would stand alongside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect as a sect with two Douluo."

Only the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect truly had merely a few Titled Douluo on the surface.

More than a decade later, the Clear Sky Sect, including Tang Hao, had more Titled Douluo than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan combined!

Could it be that they hadn't considered this yet?

Kong was right to think so.

At present, Yu Yuanzhen and the others truly had not put much thought into Yu Tianheng. He could do whatever he wanted.

Much less had they considered plotting against Dugu Bo.

If Kong had not appeared, they might really have done such a thing.

Yu Tianheng was one year younger than Yu Tianxin and nearly six years older than Kong.

In other words, Tang San and Kong were the same age...

Once they had a destination, Yu Yuanzhen and Kong naturally picked up their pace.

With Yu Yuanzhen, an old man who looked like trouble, accompanying them along the way, no one foolish enough to provoke them appeared.

After roughly twenty days, the two finally arrived at Heaven Dou City, covered in dust from their journey.

"Please pay one Gold Soul Coin as the city entrance fee."

The words were not directed at Kong and Yu Yuanzhen, but at the person ahead of them who wished to enter Heaven Dou City.

That person did not seem to care. He casually took out a Gold Soul Coin and placed it on the table before openly walking into Heaven Dou City.

To the people of Heaven Dou City, a single Gold Soul Coin was nothing at all.

Soon, it was Yu Yuanzhen and Kong's turn to be inspected.

When the guards saw the clothing Yu Yuanzhen and Kong wore, they could not help but freeze slightly.

Under normal circumstances, disciples of sects wore their sect uniforms to represent their identities.

No one would impersonate such clothing, because once discovered, it would become a fight to the death.

Powerful sects disdained impersonation, while weak ones did not dare to do so. That was how things had gradually become what they were today.

Yu Yuanzhen and Kong looked travel-worn, but their clothing was exceptionally valuable.

Most of it was made from the scales of Blue Scale Armored Beasts, and it bore the Clan Emblem of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!

The token issued by Spirit Hall also bore the Clan Emblem of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan—that dragon was...

"Greetings, Lord Soul Masters of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan! Please enter the city!"

After coming to his senses, the guard hurriedly spoke with utmost respect.

They knew whom they could offend, and they also knew whom they could not.

Could guards stationed at the city gates afford to offend the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, known as the Number One Beast Martial Soul?

Besides, this elder clearly looked like no harmless man. Within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he definitely held a certain status!

Seeing this, Yu Yuanzhen nodded in satisfaction and led Kong straight into Heaven Dou City.

This was a privilege granted to great sects by the imperial family. It was not only the case in the Heaven Dou Empire; the Star Luo Empire was the same.

After Yu Yuanzhen and Kong had gone far away, the guard beside him could not help asking, "Captain, can people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan really enter without paying the entrance fee? Isn't that bullying?"

Upon hearing this, the captain looked at his subordinate as though he were an idiot.

With that mindset, with that brain, how had he been assigned to guard the city gates?

Had they bullied them?

This was a privilege the Empire had voluntarily granted them! If one of the Upper Three Sects had to pay an entrance fee just to enter the city, would they hold any goodwill toward the Empire? They could defect to another empire at any moment...

Besides, was the Empire short two Gold Soul Coins, or were they short two Gold Soul Coins? This was about face!

Stupid, ignorant, utterly hopeless!

"Tomorrow—no, report back to the recruit camp now. Return only after you've properly understood the imperial regulations."

The guard captain spoke expressionlessly.

"Captain, why?"

"I'm saving you. If you stay here, you won't even know when you die..."

Most importantly, it would not matter if this man died. He just had better not drag them down with him!

"???"

The guard looked at the other team members and found that they were all looking at him as though he were an idiot. In that instant, he matured considerably.

"Yes!"

Later, after this guard understood the imperial regulations, he realized that the guard captain truly had been saving him!

Heaven Dou City was the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire and also one of the most prosperous cities on the Douluo Continent.

The Heaven Dou Empire was better at enjoying itself than the Star Luo Empire, so it was not without reason that Heaven Dou City was more "prosperous" than Star Luo City.

However, the Star Luo Empire's military strength was beyond what the Heaven Dou Empire could hope to match.

"Kong, the atmosphere in Heaven Dou City is far too lax..."