Luo Sanpao's Independent Cultivation

"We still have important things to do."

Yu Xiaogang continued stubbornly.

"You..."

Bibi Dong was left speechless.

Xia Yang stepped in at the right moment to break up their standoff. "If you have something to do, just say so."

"I actually don't have anything particularly important."

Bibi Dong shot Yu Xiaogang an irritated glance, then turned to explain to Xia Yang, "I just wanted to get to know you."

"Bibi Dong, since we're all students of Martial Soul Academy, there's no need to rush. We have plenty of time ahead of us."

Xia Yang said politely yet distantly, "We really do have something important to handle today, so we'll be taking our leave."

"G-goodbye."

Bibi Dong nodded instinctively.

Watching Xia Yang and Yu Xiaogang turn and walk into the dormitory, Bibi Dong lingered where she stood for a moment before finally turning away as well.

The dormitory door closed softly behind Xia Yang, completely shutting out the noise from outside.

Yu Xiaogang and Xia Yang hurried back to their room.

The moment he entered, Yu Xiaogang impatiently set the bag in his hand on the floor.

"Close the door!"

Without looking back, Yu Xiaogang urged him as Soul Power already began circulating through his hands.

"It would be best if outsiders didn't see our research on Luo Sanpao."

Xia Yang casually shut the door. When he turned around, he saw a gentle pale-purple glow gather and take shape in the room—Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao.

"Luo Luo! Luo Luo!"

The instant Luo Sanpao appeared, it happily circled Yu Xiaogang, its round body rubbing against his trouser leg.

"Come, take a look at this."

Yu Xiaogang crouched down, took out the Spirit Beast meat he had just bought, and carefully held it out before Luo Sanpao.

Then he asked somewhat nervously, "Can you eat this?"

Luo Sanpao first backed away half a step warily, then curiously leaned forward, its pink nose twitching softly.

As an animal Martial Soul that existed outside its owner's body, it seemed to retain certain animal instincts.

After sniffing it carefully for a moment, Luo Sanpao suddenly opened its mouth wide and bit down on the raw meat in Yu Xiaogang's right hand.

"Luo Luo! Luo Luo!"

Luo Sanpao suddenly cried out excitedly and began wolfing down the Spirit Beast meat.

"Eat slowly. There's more."

Yu Xiaogang excitedly stroked Luo Sanpao's soft fur while taking another bag of Spirit Beast meat from Xia Yang.

As Luo Sanpao continued eating, Yu Xiaogang could clearly sense that its dependence on his Soul Power was visibly weakening.

At that moment, Luo Sanpao still needed Soul Power to sustain itself, but its consumption of his Soul Power had greatly decreased.

This also meant that Luo Sanpao could remain outside his body for a longer period.

In other words, Luo Sanpao could finally cultivate on its own.

"Looks like the experiment succeeded?"

Xia Yang sat down by the bed and asked with a smile.

"It succeeded!"

Yu Xiaogang was so excited that he dropped straight onto the floor.

Then, while using his foot to push more Spirit Beast meat toward Luo Sanpao, he grinned foolishly.

"I feel like the road ahead has suddenly become much brighter!"

After a while, Yu Xiaogang suddenly sat up from the floor. "Xia Yang, don't you think Luo Sanpao has changed a little?"

"What change could there be?"

Xia Yang answered casually.

In truth, Luo Sanpao had indeed undergone a subtle change.

Not in its physical form, but in its temperament.

Having ravenously devoured raw meat, its mouth and fur were stained with bright red blood.

Those scattered specks of crimson gave the originally adorable Luo Sanpao a touch of wildness.

"Oh, right."

Xia Yang suddenly remembered something and reminded him, "Don't forget about buying Whale Rubber for me. It's very important to me."

"Don't worry, I won't forget."

Yu Xiaogang dusted himself off and walked toward the desk. "You helped me so much. How could I forget your matter?"

"I'll write to my Dad right away and have him use the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's channels to buy it for you."

"While I'm at it, I'll tell them about Luo Sanpao's changes."

With that, he bent over the desk and began writing the letter.

About a quarter of an hour later, Luo Sanpao had finished all four large bags of Spirit Beast meat. It lay on the floor with its round belly sticking out, grunting in contentment.

Yu Xiaogang had finished his letter as well and stood up to head outside.

"Aren't you taking Luo Sanpao back into your body?"

Seeing Yu Xiaogang about to leave directly, Xia Yang hurriedly asked.

"No."

Yu Xiaogang shook his head. "I could already tell earlier that Luo Sanpao can now not only maintain its form for longer, but also move much farther away from me."

"I'm only going downstairs to mail the letter. Such a short distance shouldn't be a problem."

Sure enough, just as Yu Xiaogang had said, Luo Sanpao did not automatically return to his body even after he left the room.

Before long, Yu Xiaogang returned. "The letter has been dropped into the school mailbox."

"The school will mail it out together. At most three months from now, the high-year Whale Rubber you need will definitely arrive."

After saying that, Yu Xiaogang walked over to Luo Sanpao, gently stroked its swollen belly, and quietly said something to it.

Xia Yang guessed that he was probably trying to have Luo Sanpao meditate and cultivate outside his body.

After watching for a while, Xia Yang grew bored and lay back on the bed, his thoughts drifting to Bibi Dong, whom they had met earlier.

In fact, Xia Yang had taken the initiative to provoke Jin Chen earlier largely because he had caught sight of Bibi Dong.

He had instinctively wanted to draw her attention, or at least become friends with her.

Xia Yang had not done so because he wanted to pursue Bibi Dong. Rather, he hoped to meet Chrysanthemum Douluo through her, perhaps even take him as his teacher, and thereby learn about Immortal Herbs.

As for why he had refused to continue speaking with Bibi Dong and instead returned with Yu Xiaogang, it was naturally because Xia Yang did not want to appear too eager.

After all, what came too easily was never valued.

At this thought, Xia Yang could not help recalling Bibi Dong's fate in the Original Work.

She had first fallen in love with Yu Xiaogang, only to be forcibly separated from him by Qian Xunji.

Following that, after Yu Xiaogang left without saying goodbye, she was forcibly taken by Qian Xunji while resisting.

From then on, the seed of destroying Spirit Hall was planted in her heart.

Later, Bibi Dong killed Qian Xunji while he was seriously injured.

Afterward, she became the Pope.

In the end, Bibi Dong launched a war that swept across the entire Douluo Continent.

Although Bibi Dong was ultimately destroyed by Tang San, she fulfilled the truest desire in the depths of her heart—destroying Spirit Hall.

Once her experiences were sorted through, it became clear that she was essentially a woman driven to mental collapse by repeated blows, who then pursued destruction.

"Let me change your fate."

Lying on the bed, Xia Yang's lips curled slightly upward.

"Xia Yang? Xia Yang!"

Yu Xiaogang's call pulled him back from his thoughts.

Xia Yang sat up from the bed and asked, "What is it?"

By then, it was already around eight in the morning.

Yu Xiaogang had begun meditating and cultivating together with Luo Sanpao, and without realizing it, two hours had passed.

Luo Sanpao had already been recalled into his body.

Yu Xiaogang was extremely satisfied that after eating Spirit Beast meat, Luo Sanpao could meditate outside his body for more than an hour.