I Know I Was Wrong, but I'll Do It Again Next Time!

Xu Yuan flashed in front of the two men and caught them, preventing them from kneeling.

"Don't be like this, Uncle Yu.

"These people dared to kill in Tianxing City, so they should have been prepared for this. It was what we ought to do."

That was true enough, but aside from one's parents and relatives, what in this world was truly owed to anyone?

Lao Yu engraved all of this in his heart.

As the saying went, without comparison, there was no harm. Compared to the arrogant, domineering noble brat Xue Celou, Xu Yuan was practically the embodiment of kindness.

He was humble and courteous, able to distinguish right from wrong, and hated evil as if it were his enemy...

Lao Yu had never thought much of nobles and powerful figures to begin with, and now his disgust for them deepened even further.

It was just a pity for his A Da. Such a wonderful child, yet those damned Heaven Dou nobles!!!

By now, Ghost Douluo had crushed the throats of every Heaven Dou Empire man at the scene, Xue Celou included.

Having spent years at Bibi Dong's side handling assassinations and disposing of corpses, he dealt with the matter with practiced ease.

Before long, he had cleaned up the scene completely.

Hu Liena had watched everything from beginning to end. Her shock was beyond words, and only two words remained in her mind.

Professional!

Meanwhile, as Xu Yuan looked at the grief-stricken Lao Yu, he voiced the question that had been troubling him.

"By the way, Uncle Yu, I haven't asked yet. What exactly did they come for? They were even willing to kill over it!"

At those words, Lao Yu regretted it bitterly.

"They came for that ring."

For the Storage Ring?

Xu Yuan frowned. "Hadn't you already given them the ring? Were they like me, trying to find out where it came from?"

"Exactly."

Lao Yu nodded in sorrow and indignation. "The moment they arrived, they asked where I got the ring. I didn't like them, so naturally I didn't want to tell them.

"Who would have thought those beasts would directly lay hands on my A Da, intending to use him as a threat!

"Luckily, you all arrived quickly, Young Master. Otherwise, my entire family would have..."

Hearing that,

Even though the evildoers were already dead, Xu Yuan could not help but feel furious. Those people had been utterly lawless!

The laws and regulations he had always followed in his previous life made it impossible for Xu Yuan to watch such things happen before his eyes and remain indifferent.

But Xu Yuan also understood that holding onto such ideals would make it difficult to survive in a world where the strongest fist ruled.

All he could do was refrain from committing evil, refuse to aid evil, and keep living.

Only when he stood at the peak of the continent and possessed the power to make the rules could he truly change the living conditions of the weak across the entire continent.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Yuan temporarily suppressed those thoughts and looked at Lao Yu again.

"Uncle Yu, we actually came this time because of your younger son.

"Didn't you say he would be able to awaken his Martial Soul this year?

"We happened to bring Awakening Stones with us. If his aptitude is good enough to cultivate, I'd like to take him to Spirit City. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Yu finally understood why Xu Yuan's group had come looking for his family again after they had parted ways.

If not for what had happened with Xue Celou, he would have been overjoyed. Though he was still happy now, he could not bring himself to feel happy when he thought of his eldest son.

With a sigh, Lao Yu had his wife make the necessary preparations for his eldest son's funeral, then beckoned his younger son over.

"I'm troubling you all, making you come all this way. We could have gone to Spirit Hall to awaken his Martial Soul ourselves."

"We're already here. It's no trouble."

Xu Yuan turned his gaze toward Hu Liena.

Xu Yuan had not yet learned how to help someone awaken a Martial Soul, so Hu Liena naturally had to step in.

As for Ghost Douluo, Gui Mei...

Having him awaken a Martial Soul would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Awakening Stones.

These were items Spirit Hall Soul Masters needed to carry with them, so that if they encountered children who were eligible to awaken their Martial Souls but had not yet done so, they could help them awaken at any time.

Although she had performed it many times in class, this was Hu Liena's first time doing it in practice.

She was a little flustered, but she did not make any mistakes.

Inside the Yu Family's living room.

Yu Xian stood in the center of an Awakening Formation formed by six Awakening Stones, his eyes tightly shut.

He was clearly nervous, his hands clutching the hems of his clothes tightly at both sides.

Hu Liena stood behind Yu Xian, gently pressing her palm against the center of his back as the Soul Power fluctuations around her gradually intensified.

"Don't be afraid. Relax."

The next moment,

Accompanied by a fox's cry, Hu Liena instantly completed Martial Soul Possession. At the same time, the six soul stones beneath Yu Xian's feet burst forth with brilliant golden light.

A golden barrier directly enveloped his entire body.

Watching the scene in the center of the living room, Lao Yu grew nervous and kept wringing his hands.

Just then, the twang of a bowstring suddenly rang out from within the golden barrier.

"It worked!"

Xu Yuan murmured softly.

The barrier faded, and Hu Liena and Yu Xian reappeared before them. Unlike before,

A large bow with an ancient texture and exquisite design floated quietly above Yu Xian's left palm.

A longbow?

That was not a common Martial Soul on the continent.

Hu Liena smiled faintly, feeling rather accomplished as she took a Spirit Power Testing Crystal Ball from her Storage Bracelet and handed it over.

"Come on, let's test your Soul Power."

Buzz—

Soft white light spread through the living room. Though it still fell somewhat short of the limit, it was not weak.

Lao Yu did not understand much about it, so he looked over anxiously.

"How is it?"

"A top-tier Tool Spirit, a bow, with Innate Soul Power at level eight. His aptitude is exceptionally outstanding!" Xu Yuan explained, somewhat surprised.

He had originally estimated that Yu Xian's Innate Soul Power would only be level five, yet it was actually level eight!

Hu Liena also let out a long breath at the sight.

"I did not fail my mission!"

"Good, good, good!"

Lao Yu slapped his thigh forcefully, tears immediately welling in his eyes. Someone from the Yu Family had finally made something of himself!

At that thought, he could not help remembering his eldest son again. If not for that damned noble brat, how wonderful would that have been?

His hatred for those nobles deepened once more.

They had initially agreed to return to Spirit City after helping the Yu Family's younger son awaken his Martial Soul, but plans could never keep up with changes.

After something like this happened, they naturally had to wait until the Yu Family's eldest son had been buried.

Thus, Xu Yuan and Hu Liena remained in Tianxing City for another day. Only after the Yu Family had settled all their affairs did they bring Yu Xian back to Spirit City.

The moment they returned to Spirit Academy, Xu Yuan had Ghost Douluo take Yu Xian to the academy's academic affairs office to complete his enrollment procedures.

Then he personally showed Yu Xian around the campus.

Once he had settled him in more or less, Xu Yuan headed back toward his own dormitory.

The moment he reached the entrance,

A golden figure flashed out from the side.

After not seeing him for several days, Yue Guan was still as effeminate and sinister as ever, without any change.

"Come on, Little Yuan. His Holiness the Pope wishes to see you."

Knowing why Bibi Dong wanted him, Xu Yuan did not really want to go.

"Um... can I not go?"

"What do you think?"

Yue Guan directly draped an arm over his shoulder and smiled darkly.

"You were quite decisive and brave when you had Old Ghost do things for you. Now you know fear?

"There's no medicine for regret in this world!"

Regret?

"No, no, no."

Xu Yuan raised a finger and shook it. "If I had to do it again, I'd still do the same thing."

How did that saying go again?

I know I was wrong, but I'll do it again next time!