Madam Fights Yun'er, Two Women Make a Show!

"To think that on your very first day, you would be so ill-mannered and refuse to be disciplined... How did that woman, Huo Yun'er, raise you? If the young masters of the White Tiger Duke Mansion cannot even show respect to their teacher, wouldn't it be a laughingstock if word got out?"

Xu Feiyan sighed, a smile appearing on her pretty face that looked like a devil's to little Huo Yuhao, as she scrutinized the child she found detestable in every way.

"Huabin, your younger brother is so stubborn and refuses to be disciplined. As his older brother, shouldn't you teach him a lesson?"

Xu Feiyan yawned and said lazily.

"Hehe!"

Dai Huabin immediately jumped up in excitement, clenching his fists until they made a "pop" sound. Meanwhile, Dai Yueheng remained kneeling where he was, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

The sound of fists and kicks landing, accompanied by the boy's unyielding sobs, echoed within the Sky Screen.

"This... this is too cruel. Why go this far against a child?"

Among the commoners, many could not bear to watch, feeling that the Duchess was far too ruthless.

As for those from the great sects, most were merely cold onlookers. They were more curious about how Huo Yuhao, as the Son of Destiny, would manage to survive given such a start.

Could it be that he has to wait for the day Dai Hao suddenly returns? If Dai Hao never returns, does he still have a chance to rise?

"Alright, that's enough for today. A lesson is sufficient. Next, what I am going to teach you today is the White Tiger Clan's ancestral fist technique, as well as the breathing meditation method of our Star Crown Clan. You must all watch carefully and learn well!"

The Duchess's expression became a bit more serious as she began to demonstrate. Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng both watched intently, imitating the movements from time to time.

Little Huo Yuhao, however, lay on the ground, clutching the places where he had been beaten and groaning; what energy did he have left to learn?

"Even if you beat me to death, I won't learn anything from you villains!"

Little Huo Yuhao turned his head away, covered his ears, and said bitterly.

Early the next morning, just as Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng were performing their daily salutations, something happened that surprised all three of them.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, his eyes red as he knelt down and kowtowed three times.

"Please... please, Teacher, teach me how to cultivate."

Huo Yuhao clenched his teeth and said in a muffled voice.

In his mind, at this moment, the words spoken while applying ointment to his wounds the previous night flashed through his thoughts once more.

That's right... my mother and I must endure humiliation. I will learn your techniques first. Sooner or later, I will use your own methods to take revenge for everything you have done to us!

The Duchess looked deeply at Huo Yuhao and said indifferently, "Very well, get up. It seems you have grown a little. Learn well, and don't bring shame to our White Tiger Duke Mansion!"

The scene in the Sky Screen skipped forward rapidly by two and a half years.

"Dai Luoli, Soul Power Level, twelve!"

"Dai Tian, Soul Power Level, fifteen!"

"Dai Yunfeng, Soul Power Level, seventeen!"

"Dai Huabin, Soul Power Level, twenty-four!"

After completing the Soul Power Level test and hearing the examiner announce his rank, Dai Huabin puffed out his chest with pride. The collateral descendants of the Dai family nearby all showed expressions of envy and awe.

"As expected of the Duke's legitimate son..."

"Innate Full Soul Power is just different from us commoners. Sigh!"

At this moment, a boy with bright, determined eyes stepped forward and reached out to grasp the crystal ball.

Compared to two and a half years ago, the boy had grown significantly taller, only slightly shorter than Dai Huabin now. He was almost a different person from the frail boy of two and a half years ago.

Looking at this boy, the pupils in Dai Huabin's usually arrogant eyes shrank slightly, revealing a hint of wariness!

"I want to see exactly what your Soul Power Level is now!"

Dai Huabin stared fixedly at the crystal ball. As he watched the crystal ball grow brighter and brighter as Huo Yuhao poured his soul power into it, his expression turned increasingly gloomy!

"Dai Yuhao, Soul Power Level... Soul Power Level..."

The examiner seemed unable to believe the number he had measured, stuttering and unable to speak it out at once.

"Exactly what level is it?"

As the Duchess's cold, impatient voice rang out, the examiner shuddered and finally read out the terrifying number:

"Twenty-two!"

In an instant, the entire crowd was in an uproar, filled with disbelief! Dai Huabin felt the hair on his body stand on end, wishing he could pounce on this "younger brother" right now and strangle him to death!

It seemed he still held a two-level advantage in Soul Power Level. But this younger brother was a full half-year younger than him!

In other words, at the same age, he had already surpassed him!

And this was despite the fact that his mother had always been biased, giving him and his older brother all sorts of special treatment and detailed answers to every problem, while for that damned Dai Yuhao, she had always been dismissive, or simply left him to figure things out on his own!

Doesn't this mean that this Dai Yuhao's talent is truly far superior to his own?

In an instant, intense unwillingness and jealousy nearly tore his heart apart! At this moment, his resentment toward Dai Yuhao had almost nothing to do with his family or his background anymore!

As for Xu Feiyan, her gaze toward Dai Yuhao held a hint of complexity in addition to wariness.

Ever since that day, this child had never openly defied her again. No matter how she made things difficult for him, he endured it silently, focusing only on quietly learning and honing the skills she imparted.

As a teacher, she even had to admit that the diligence Dai Yuhao showed in his learning and cultivation was far more than double that of her own son.

Anything she demonstrated just once, he would firmly commit to memory, then rehearse it over and over again until he had thoroughly grasped it, even innovating upon it.

Sometimes, the variations in techniques and insights this child developed on his own even made her eyes light up.

For a fleeting moment, she even thought, if only this child's mother hadn't been that bitch, how wonderful that would have been!

"Enough."

After a period of silence, Xu Feiyan opened her eyes again, her beautiful eyes filled with nothing but resolve.

"That woman has always kept a precious Level 6 melee Soul Tool hidden away."

Xu Feiyan said indifferently. Dai Huabin's eyes widened instantly.

"A Level 6 melee Soul Tool?"

The Star Luo Empire was not the Sun Moon Empire; almost all high-level Soul Tools were spoils of war seized from the Sun Moon Empire, or rare smuggled imports. Even within the White Tiger Duke Mansion, there were not many to be found.