City Lord's Son, Part One

City Lord's Son, Part One

But as the son of Tang Hao and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor, how powerful were the origins of both? Moreover, the Blue Silver Emperor was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast renowned for its abundant Life Force. So even with only one martial soul, Tang San should inevitably have possessed Innate Full Soul Power. The only explanation for this situation was the abuse Tang Hao had inflicted on him during his childhood.

Drinking thin porridge every day was considered low-quality carbohydrates in the medical field, not to mention the wretched living conditions. How could his Innate Soul Power not have declined?

Therefore, Ye Wen proposed a hypothesis: a martial soul's Innate Soul Power was closely related to nutritional intake during the fetal stage, as well as one's living environment and diet after birth.

But a hypothesis was only a hypothesis. Even Oscar, an orphan in the original work, had Innate Full Soul Power. Who knew whether other factors might have affected it? As for Oscar's Innate Full Soul Power, Ye Wen guessed that he had probably accidentally consumed some heavenly treasure before awakening his martial soul as a child. Otherwise, with poor food, poor lodging, and not even a family, there was no way Oscar should have possessed Innate Full Soul Power.

Time flew by, and before he knew it, school had begun. By then, Ye Wen's Soul Power had reached level 20.

As for his control over Soul Power, he had already gone to Spirit Hall before the holiday and tricked them into giving him the monthly allowance of one gold coin. Soul Masters really had it good. One gold coin was enough for an ordinary family of three to eat well for several months.

At school, Ye Wen's identity was that of a Soul Master with level 11 Soul Power.

Ye Wen was in no hurry to hunt for his Second Soul Ring, because his target for it was a Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Though that was somewhat shocking to Soul Masters of this era, the Douluo World ten thousand years later had already proven that it was possible.

Aside from Tang San's cheat-enabled patchwork-monster daughter, the most eye-catching example was Long Aotian of the Body Sect, whose martial soul was his skin.

At this point, Ye Wen's body's limit had reached 1,000 jin, but he felt it was still not enough. To deal with unexpected situations, he decided to train his strength up to 1,300 jin before obtaining his Second Soul Ring. In any case, even without a Soul Ring, he could continue cultivating his Soul Power, so there was no need to rush. Besides, the target for his Second Soul Ring was not some powerful Soul Beast. It could wait.

As for Ah Yin, she condensed her own second Soul Ring and obtained the Soul Skill: Blue Silver Raging Waves.

It was not an offensive Soul Skill. On the contrary, it was a defensive one.

It gathered a large amount of Blue Silver Grass before her. If there was already Blue Silver Grass nearby, she could directly stimulate its growth to save Soul Power. It formed waves that blocked enemy attacks and could also hinder an enemy's movements. It was a battlefield-control skill capable of both defense and control.

And if used within Ah Yin's Blue Silver Domain, the strength of this Soul Skill would increase further. Ye Wen estimated that even ordinary Soul Elders might not be able to get close to Ah Yin under this skill. Well, except flying-type Soul Masters.

Furthermore, Ah Yin's spiritual power was not yet high enough for detailed control over Blue Silver Grass, so she could not weave armor or anything similar. But basic control was still possible. She could directly make the Blue Silver Grass into a shield, or turn it into a cage to protect herself within it. Even flying-type Soul Masters would find it difficult to threaten Ah Yin.

And although Ah Yin's offensive capabilities were very weak, paired with a pulley Hand Crossbow and assisted by her Second Soul Skill, it was still somewhat possible for her to assassinate a Soul King.

So what the hell had Grandmaster taught Tang San in the original work? He could not even grasp such a simple Control System approach.

Wasn't the core of the Control System to preserve oneself as much as possible while disrupting the enemy? Look at how Tang San had been raised. Things were fine when the wind was at his back, but once things turned against him, he could only rely on his hidden weapons to protect himself. Ridiculous. Truly ridiculous.

Just as Ye Wen slowly studied his martial soul and quietly lived out his daily student life,

those nobles who looked down their noses at everyone finally made a move against their entire dormitory.

No one knew which noble had something wrong with his brain. Dormitory Three, where Ye Wen lived, had clearly never had any conflict with them, yet he believed that not causing trouble for Dormitory Three was an insult to noble status. Then he saw Ah Yin's exquisite face when she washed up.

Evil Thoughts immediately surged within him—

"Little sister, with your qualities, mixing with these mud-legged peasants is such a waste. Come be my wife. You will live a life far more comfortable than you do now."

A narrow-eyed youth spoke to Ah Yin with a wicked smile on his lips. Behind Ah Yin stood everyone from Dormitory Three.

Even Ye Wen slowly stepped forward.

Ye Wen sneered at the noble's words. Political marriages among nobles were hardly news. Marry Ah Yin as his wife? Taking her as a concubine was more likely. She might not even qualify as that.

"I am living very well right now. Please leave. Do not disturb my studies and daily life," Ah Yin said coldly and dismissively.

But this noble youth, who had always held his head high and acted recklessly, was clearly not so easy to send away. He spoke loftily.

"My taking a liking to you is a blessing bestowed upon you. I advise you not to be so ungrateful. I am the son of Nuoding City's City Lord."

Seeing this, Ye Wen frowned.

He did not care about this noble, but if the other party was the son of Nuoding City's City Lord, things would become troublesome. Ah Yin had no sense of social hierarchy when it came to human nobles. If she could not hold her tongue for a moment, it might cause serious trouble. So Ye Wen decided to step in now.

"According to imperial law, no noble may use their status to forcibly marry a commoner Soul Master. Offenders face at least one year in prison and a fine of one thousand gold coins. Does Young Master intend to break the law himself?" Ye Wen interjected calmly.

"Boss!!!" everyone in Dormitory Three shouted in unison.

The display startled the noble youths, who were usually used to being lax and undisciplined.

Xiao Lie, the City Lord's son, had not expected anyone among these mud-legged peasants to understand imperial law. Coupled with that shout, he was momentarily at a loss.

Seeing this, Xiao Lie's lackey inwardly cried that things were bad and hurried forward to whisper to him.

"Young Master, you have not married her yet. It was only an invitation. You have not broken the law."

Xiao Lie's expression settled, and he once more said with composed calm, "I was merely professing my love to this little sister. I did not forcibly marry her. Listen here, you lowborn, do not slander me so casually, or the City Lord's Mansion will make you regret it."

"So Young Master knows that much. But my younger sister has clearly rejected you. May I ask what other business you have here?" Ye Wen continued indifferently.

Xiao Lie once again did not know what to say. He had originally come looking for trouble, but after seeing Ah Yin's beauty, lust had risen in him. Now it was awkward for him to suppress Dormitory Three, since his two goals ran in completely opposite directions.