Yu Xiaogang's lips trembled.
"I tried."
"I fed Three-Eyed Demon some Earth Dragon Lizard meat..."
"Not only did it fail to evolve, it threw up..."
Yu Luomian: ...
He had seen incompetence before, but this was the first time he had seen someone as utterly useless as Yu Xiaogang.
He was genuinely curious how Yu Xiaogang from that other world had become a Titled Douluo.
Looking at Yu Xiaogang sprawled limply on the ground, Yu Luomian's mouth twitched wildly.
He had considered countless ways this could fail, such as it needing time to digest.
But he had never imagined the answer would be that it threw up from eating meat!
"It... threw up?"
Yu Luomian pointed at Three-Eyed Demon, which was whimpering and farting beside his feet.
A surge of absurdity shot straight to his skull.
"Are you a pig? Oh, right, your martial soul really does look like one..."
"Didn't the Sky Screen say replenishing dragon bloodlines worked? How could it throw up?"
Although Yu Luomian looked down on Yu Xiaogang, he was no fool.
Even Yu Xiaotian from that world had succeeded, proving this path was viable.
The only variable was the person.
Flender and Zhao Wuji exchanged looks, both seeing the awkwardness in each other's eyes.
Tang San was even more shaken.
Was Teacher's theory really perfect?
If the theory was invincible, why could he not even take the first step?
"Could it be..."
A terrifying thought flashed through Tang San's mind:
"Deep down, Teacher simply does not acknowledge Three-Eyed Demon at all?"
[The Sky Screen shifted.] [Yu Xiaogang of the White World also began taking five-hundred-year Whale Rubber.] [After all, his body was not as strong as Yu Xiaotian's.] [When he took thousand-year Whale Rubber for the first time, Yu Xiaogang's Three-Eyed Demon also began to change.] [A faint golden hue began to appear on Three-Eyed Demon's body.] [Yu Xiaogang was overjoyed.] [He recalled the first time he had fed Three-Eyed Demon Sub-dragon meat. He had been frantic.] [Because his Three-Eyed Demon had fiercely resisted it, while his elder brother's Three-Eyed Demon had wolfed it down.] [Yu Xiaogang had nearly cried in desperation: Big Brother! It won't eat! Am I really beyond saving?] [At that moment, a palm heavily smacked White Xiaogang's head.] [**Smack!**] [Yu Xiaotian's voice, full of frustration at his failure to meet expectations, came through.] [What do you take it for? A beast that only knows how to eat? Or proof that you are worthless?] [Yu Xiaogang froze, clutching his head. It is my martial soul.] [Yu Xiaotian sneered, crouched down, and gently stroked Three-Eyed Demon's head.] [Faced with Yu Xiaotian, Three-Eyed Demon was actually more affectionate than it was with its own master.] [Yu Xiaotian said: Look at it, Xiaogang! Look into its eyes.] [You despise it in your heart.] [You think it is a pig. You think it is a burden. You think it is why the clan looked down on you.] [A martial soul is an extension of a Soul Master's soul!] [You despise yourself, so how could Three-Eyed Demon possibly evolve through eating?] [It senses your disgust, which is why it rejects itself!] [Those words instantly woke White Xiaogang up.] [Yu Xiaotian said: Use your soul to tell it—you are a dragon, not a pig!] [Do not think of feeding it! Think of symbiosis!] [With tears in his eyes, Yu Xiaogang fiercely embraced the filthy Three-Eyed Demon.] [I'm sorry... Sanpao... I'm sorry...] [As the knot in his heart came undone.] [A miracle happened.] [**Roar—!**] [Three-Eyed Demon, which had resisted eating, suddenly opened its mouth wide and swallowed the basin of dragon meat in one gulp!] [Even with its mouth stuffed full and on the verge of choking, it still tried its best to swallow!]
White World.
"So this was Sacred Dragon Douluo's first awakening?"
"That was so awesome! You are a dragon, not a pig! That line was absolutely devastating!"
"So the key was not what it ate, but its mindset!"
"Lord Yu Xiaotian truly deserves to be called the strongest. His understanding of martial souls is simply beyond this era!"
Yu Xiaogang of the White World watched the scene, his eyes slightly red.
He turned to look at Three-Eyed Demon beside him.
It was now the majestic Sacred Dragon.
"Yes! If Big Brother had not scolded me awake back then, I might have spent my whole life despising Sanpao."
He gently patted the dragon's head, and the Sacred Dragon affectionately rubbed against him.
No medicine could replace that feeling of souls intertwining.
Black World.
Inside Shrek Academy, there was utter silence.
Yu Xiaogang's face could no longer be described as pale. It was ashen.
Every word on the Sky Screen was like a sharp blade stabbing viciously into his heart.
"You despise it in your heart."
"You think it is a pig. You think it is a burden."
"I despise it?"
Yu Xiaogang trembled as he looked at his Three-Eyed Demon.
Three-Eyed Demon was currently cowering behind his legs.
Its eyes held a trace of fear and ingratiating pleading.
Yes.
He despised it.
Though he always said, "There are no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters."
Deep down, he had hated this failed mutation every moment of every day.
He had desperately researched theories just to escape the reality that his martial soul was worthless.
But he had never truly embraced Three-Eyed Demon.
Never treated it as the half of himself he could be proud of.
"So... I was the one who had been wrong all along..."
"It wasn't talent, it wasn't resources. It was me..."
Yu Xiaogang spat out a mouthful of blood and toppled backward.
This was not an injury to the body. It was the shattering of his Dao heart.
Even Ning Rongrong, as sharp-tongued as she was, could not bring herself to mock him now.
Yu Xiaogang had truly ruined a good hand beyond repair!
Flender was completely dumbfounded upon seeing this!
Tang San reacted the fastest.
Seeing Teacher spit blood, he hurriedly supported Yu Xiaogang.
Tang San's heart was also in turmoil.
The Master's theory he had always revered as sacred scripture had developed a massive crack at that moment.
Teacher had taught him how to identify soul beasts and match soul rings.
But he had never taught him.
How to love his own martial soul.
He had always harbored misgivings about his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
After all, it was universally acknowledged as a useless martial soul.
But today's Sky Screen told him that if he himself did not acknowledge his martial soul, how could he speak of evolution?
"Accept it with your heart!"
Tang San murmured.
He looked at the Blue Silver Grass in his palm, as if he had gained a new insight.
The Blue Silver Grass seemed to respond to him as well.
Its blue fluorescence grew brighter.
Yet the one most shaken of all was Yu Luomian.
He looked at the majestic Three-Eyed Demon on the Sky Screen.
Then he looked at his useless nephew on the ground, foaming at the mouth.
His mentality collapsed.
It collapsed completely.
Yu Luomian felt utterly speechless.
"If I had learned of this method sooner, even if I had to break Yu Xiaogang's legs, I would have forced him to love that pig!"
Yu Luomian took a deep breath and looked at the unconscious Yu Xiaogang.
A trace of resolve flashed through his eyes.
He no longer cared about saving face.
He grabbed Yu Xiaogang by the collar.
He lifted him like a chick.
Then he turned to the people of Shrek and said:
"I'm taking him away."
"Whether he wants to or not, even if I have to chain him up with iron shackles, I will lock him back in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
"Train according to the Sky Screen! If he does it wrong, beat him! Beat him until he develops feelings for that pig!"
Flender opened his mouth, wanting to stop him.
But when he saw the murderous look in Yu Luomian's eyes.
He sighed.
"Take him. Perhaps this is what is best for him."
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