Dugu Bo's Shock

The next morning.

Dugu Bo's residence.

Yu Tianshuo and Dugu Bo sat opposite each other, two cups of brewed tea resting on the table between them.

"You're saying that you can rapidly increase your soul power through body tempering, and you want me to whip you to assist your cultivation?"

Dugu Bo's expression turned peculiar as he spoke.

"While I know children these days have all sorts of strange ideas, are you absolutely certain you don't have some sort of special fetish?"

With that, Dugu Bo picked up his tea and took a small sip.

Unable to stand Dugu Bo's bizarre interpretation, Yu Tianshuo corrected him.

"Master, I truly don't have any strange fetishes. I simply need this to temper my physical body, and it is a fact that I grow stronger when I take a beating."

Dugu Bo glanced at Yu Tianshuo and sighed.

"Stop thinking about those stories from pulp novels."

"You should just focus on cultivating properly with me. Learn a bit of my poison arts; it will be beneficial when you go out to gain experience later."

"Once you've finished learning what you need to, go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to study properly, and later you can participate in..."

Seeing Dugu Bo like this, Yu Tianshuo finally understood who his senior brother inherited his talkative nature from.

Seeing that Dugu Bo was already planning which faction he should join in the future, he could finally take it no more.

He stood up abruptly.

He interrupted Dugu Bo mid-sentence, and before his master could even ask, he spoke directly.

"Master, whip me!"

Having said that, he stripped off his upper garment, walked to the center of the hall, and assumed a horse stance.

Looking at his disciple's appearance, Dugu Bo couldn't help but sigh.

He stood up, retrieved a leather whip from his Soul Tool, and said one final thing.

"If this is some sort of weird habit, don't show it when you go out in the future. I can't afford to lose face like that."

Sigh, he had to accept the disciple he had taken, even if it meant crying.

With that mindset, Dugu Bo swung the whip.

"Snap!"

Although Dugu Bo had held back a certain amount of strength, a purple-red welt still appeared on Yu Tianshuo's body.

Yu Tianshuo didn't cry out in pain; he simply signaled for Dugu Bo to continue whipping him, and to speed it up!

Dugu Bo didn't say anything, merely holding back a bit more strength while increasing the speed of his strikes.

"Snap-snap-snap-snap!"

The whip descended like a violent storm, covering Yu Tianshuo's upper body in welts.

Dugu Yuan was awakened by the noise, rubbing his head as he walked out of his room.

However, the scene before him left him completely bewildered.

"Father! Father, you can't beat a child like that! The methods you used to discipline me when I was young won't work on a child today. Please, calm down!"

Dugu Bo ignored his foolish son and silently increased the speed of his whipping.

Hearing this, Yu Tianshuo finally understood why Dugu Bo was so practiced at whipping; it was a family tradition.

Just as Dugu Yuan was about to put in a good word for his little junior brother, a wave of soul power emanated from Yu Tianshuo.

The sudden change forced Dugu Bo to stop.

He released his own soul power to probe the changes in Yu Tianshuo's, and to his shock, the boy's soul power had actually increased!

He had leveled up!

Throughout history, he had truly never seen such a miraculous way of growing stronger.

Thinking of this, Dugu Bo couldn't help but grow excited. With a method of growth like this, how high could his disciple's future achievements reach?

Title Douluo?

Super Douluo?

Limit Douluo?

Or perhaps becoming a legendary god?

Seeing the gradually fanatical look in Dugu Bo's eyes, Yu Tianshuo quickly spoke up.

"Enough! Enough! Master, my martial soul's ability can only trigger once a month. Even if you keep whipping me, my level won't increase anymore!"

"So you mean that aside from the level, other aspects still improve normally?"

"There are minor improvements, but..."

Before he could finish his sentence, an even more violent barrage of whips landed on Yu Tianshuo's body.

"Ow! Master! Please calm down, pull your strength back! Pull it back!"

Dugu Bo did not speak, only continuing to swing his whip relentlessly.

Yu Tianshuo did not run either, simply enduring it in silence.

His Tycoon Armor could indeed raise his level by one after stacking fifty layers, but there were conditions.

First, the upgrade effect could only be triggered once a month, though the health and defense bonuses remained.

Second, attacks that were too weak could not stack the layers.

When he was being beaten by his family, the leveling was fast at first, but it slowed down later on; only the occasional heavy blow could trigger a stack.

If there were no restrictions, he would have had to endure until he reached the peak of Title Douluo before wiping out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family.

"Why is it still so noisy? Yanyan has been woken up."

A beautiful woman walked out of the living room, holding the two-year-old Dugu Yan.

Hearing his wife's voice, Dugu Yuan finally remembered that he had come to break up the fight.

However, based on the information he had just heard, he found it difficult to interrupt the "intimate interaction" between his old man and his little junior brother.

But before he could continue to struggle with the decision, Dugu Bo recovered from his self-absorbed state the moment he saw his little granddaughter.

Storing the whip back into his Soul Tool, Dugu Bo flashed over to his daughter-in-law and took Dugu Yan into his arms.

"Oh, oh, oh, Yanyan be good, hurry and call for Grandpa."

Yu Tianshuo watched Dugu Bo's transformation, his jaw nearly hitting the floor.

Seeing this scene, Dugu Yuan also revealed a helpless expression.

It wasn't the first time he had seen his old man like this; he still remembered that he never received such gentle treatment when he was a child.

The whip used to lash his little junior brother was even a leftover from when he used to be whipped in the past.

Watching that heartwarming scene, Yu Tianshuo couldn't help but feel a sense of envy.

A powerful grandfather, an interesting father, a gentle mother.

He had once experienced one of these.

Seeing his little junior brother standing there, Dugu Yuan beckoned for him to come over.

Until Yu Tianshuo walked closer, Dugu Yuan handed Dugu Yan to him, ignoring the fire spitting from his old father's eyes.

"How is it? Our Yanyan is very cute, right? Let me tell you, when she grows up, she will definitely be a top-tier beauty in this world."

"Tch, you brat, hurry up and put your clothes on, and fix your hair; don't scare Yanyan."

"Hahaha, Tianshuo, I can call you that, right? You must protect Yanyan as her big brother in the future."

"Hmph! Why would she need him? As long as I break through to Title Douluo, no one on this continent will dare to bully Yanyan. I'll kill anyone who tries."

"Hahahaha."

Yu Tianshuo held Dugu Yan, standing there foolishly.

In this instant, he felt a warm current slowly flow into his heart.

It was very warm, making him want to shed tears.

He didn't cry when he was beaten.

He didn't cry when he was called a bastard.

He didn't cry when he was looked down upon by his own brother and father.

He had clearly sworn before his mother's grave that it would be the last time he cried, and that when he returned to the family, it would be their end.

The laughter gradually faded away.

Master's rough hand stroked his head.

They didn't say anything, simply offering silent comfort to the boy who was shedding tears in silence.

"Bro~ther~"

"Ah! Yanyan called you brother!"

"Damn it! Why did Yanyan call you brat first! Come over for extra training later!"

"Tch, don't be so stingy, old man. Little junior brother, you must get stronger quickly; the task of protecting Yanyan in the future will fall on us."

Feeling this heartwarming scene, Yu Tianshuo broke into a smile through his tears.