Poison Douluo Dugu Bo was famous across the continent for holding grudges.
He was just as famous for doting on his granddaughter.
If someone provoked Dugu Yan and earned the Poison Douluo's hatred,
who knew when he might use some trick to send them to their grave?
After all, that Titled Douluo was no man of principle.
The old man knew all too well the fearsome reputation he had earned.
So when Dugu Yan pointed at him and berated him, the old man was seething inside, but could only silently swallow his rage.
Yu Yuanzhen frowned.
Clearly, he was somewhat displeased by Dugu Yan's scolding as well.
But unlike the old man, he wasn't particularly wary of Dugu Bo.
After all, his own strength spoke for itself.
In a one-on-one fight, Yu Yuanzhen was certainly far stronger than Dugu Bo.
But unless absolutely necessary, Yu Yuanzhen didn't want to offend Dugu Bo either.
After all, he wasn't completely confident he could kill Dugu Bo.
And if he couldn't kill him in one strike, the other members of his clan would be in danger.
The Poison Douluo's individual combat strength might not amount to much among the Titled Douluo.
But when it came to killing low-ranked Soul Masters, he stood above all the rest.
To a Titled Douluo, almost any Soul Master below the Soul Saint level counted as low-ranked.
If that lunatic Dugu Bo really lost his mind and poisoned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan,
killing off nearly every Soul Master below Soul Saint rank,
then the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's legacy would be severed for good.
So Yu Yuanzhen didn't look at Dugu Yan or bother arguing with her.
Instead, his gaze returned to Yu Shuangbai.
"Your resentment toward the clan is understandable."
"But the clan can make amends for all of that."
"After all, the blood of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan flows through your veins."
"If you return to the clan, I can promise you all the privileges afforded to its most elite core disciples."
"I can also deal with the people responsible for rejecting your application to hunt for a Soul Ring back then."
"What do you say?"
Yu Yuanzhen thought he had shown considerable sincerity.
As for the people involved in rejecting Yu Shuangbai's Soul Ring hunting application, he could deal with them.
Even if Yu Shuangbai wanted them all wiped out, Yu Yuanzhen wouldn't care.
Yu Shuangbai was clearly worth far more to the clan than they were now.
Those insignificant people were nothing compared to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's future plans!
That was Yu Yuanzhen for you—and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's way of doing things!
Sure enough.
Years had passed, but the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was still as disgusting as ever.
Yu Shuangbai wasn't tempted in the slightest by Yu Yuanzhen's offer. He only felt sick.
Back then, he had meant nothing to the clan.
So they had dismissed his application with contempt.
Now that he had proven his worth,
Yu Yuanzhen was all too willing to abandon those who were worth less than him.
So Yu Yuanzhen had never wanted him to return to his roots because of the blood of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in his veins.
It was only because Yu Shuangbai could bring the clan greater benefits.
That behavior sickened Yu Shuangbai.
A clan bound together by blood?
How could this place even be called a clan?
It was nothing but a gathering of people united by pure self-interest!
"Bloodline?"
Yu Shuangbai laughed.
"The only blood in my veins is my parents'."
"That's all."
Hearing what he meant, Yu Yuanzhen's expression darkened at once.
"You would forsake your ancestors and betray your clan?"
His voice turned heavy.
He thought Yu Shuangbai was being ungrateful.
He was the dignified clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He had lowered himself to apologize and offered Yu Shuangbai so many benefits.
Yet Yu Shuangbai was still unmoved. He was truly ungrateful!
"That's right."
Yu Shuangbai couldn't be bothered to waste words with him and admitted it openly.
He set down the white jade cup in his hand, his ice-blue eyes meeting the gaze of the renowned Thunder Douluo without the slightest hint of backing down.
"I have nothing to do with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan anymore."
"Sect Master Yu, please go back the way you came."
"I won't see you out."
Yu Shuangbai coldly ordered him to leave.
Seeing how Yu Shuangbai refused to budge, Yu Yuanzhen flew into a rage.
"Boy, do you have no sense of kinship or loyalty to your clan?!"
"Kinship?"
As if he had just heard some absurd joke, Yu Shuangbai couldn't help but sneer.
"Sect Master Yu, you're talking to me about kinship now?"
"When the clan rejected my application for a Soul Ring and forced me to go alone to the Far North at the age of eight, where was this so-called kinship?"
His expression turned cold.
Only then did Dugu Yan learn that Yu Shuangbai had such a past.
She couldn't help feeling a pang of sympathy.
He had gone to the Far North, that place known as a forbidden zone for humanity, at just eight years old.
How many times must he have faced death there?
For a moment, Dugu Yan felt an urge to pull Yu Shuangbai into her arms and comfort him.
"Sect Master Yu, from the moment I stepped alone into the Far North, my ties to the clan were already severed."
"And what about the care the clan gave you?" Yu Yuanzhen challenged.
"Care?"
Yu Shuangbai sneered.
"Do you mean the Gold Soul Coins the clan gave me after my parents died in its service—coins whittled down layer by layer until they were worth less than the subsidies Spirit Hall gave ordinary Soul Masters?"
"I don't believe I owe the clan anything."
"That was what my parents left me. It was rightfully mine!"
Moral coercion?
Yu Shuangbai thought it laughable.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had shown him no kindness whatsoever. What right did it have to guilt-trip him?
Yu Yuanzhen was at a loss for words.
For a moment, he couldn't respond.
On these matters, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had indeed been in the wrong.
The anger in Dugu Yan's eyes burned even brighter.
She had once felt a little goodwill toward the clan because it possessed the world's greatest Power Attack System Martial Soul.
But after learning what had happened to Yu Shuangbai today,
all her goodwill toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan vanished.
All that remained was disgust.
How could such a heartless, ungrateful clan have the nerve to demand that Yu Shuangbai return to his roots?
Seeing that words wouldn't change Yu Shuangbai's mind,
and unwilling to let this peerless genius born of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan remain outside,
Yu Yuanzhen paused and made up his mind.
If words wouldn't work, he would try another way.
At the very least, he would get Yu Shuangbai into the clan.
Once Yu Shuangbai was inside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he would have time to gradually make him one of their own again!
"Come with me!"
Yu Yuanzhen reached out.
"Don't you dare!"
A sharp cry rang out.
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