Yu Xiaogang Learned to Endure

Yu Mingxiao returned to the side residence. The moment he entered, he saw Shui Xiwei sitting on the sofa in the reception hall, her slender legs gently swinging as she looked somewhat reserved.

Yu Mingxiao softly asked, "Is this your first time visiting our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"

"Mhm." Shui Xiwei nodded slightly.

"You don't need to be so restrained. It's not like I'm going to eat you."

After thinking for a moment, Yu Mingxiao said, "You probably aren't familiar with this place. How about I arrange for someone to show you around the clan?"

Shui Xiwei blinked and said softly, "You're the master here. Aren't you going to show me around yourself?"

Yu Mingxiao raised a brow and rubbed the tip of his nose. "Though that is indeed rather impolite toward a guest, I just broke through to level forty and need to consolidate my cultivation. In three days, I'll be hunting for a soul ring, so I don't have the time for now."

"Yu Mingxiao, you've already broken through to level forty?" Shui Xiwei cried out in shock.

Yu Mingxiao grinned. "I merely got lucky."

Shui Xiwei: "..."

After a moment of silence, she could not help rolling her eyes prettily and muttering with displeasure, "Looks like I came at the wrong time."

"I'm going back to my room to cultivate first. Make yourself at home." Yu Mingxiao ignored the girl's complaint, turned around, and disappeared into his bedroom.

Shui Xiwei was utterly speechless. She had already made up her mind to leave first thing tomorrow morning.

Three days later.

After Yu Mingxiao and Yu Yuanzhen finished breakfast, they left the clan together and headed for the Star Dou Great Forest.

This scene happened to be witnessed by Yu Xiaogang, who was running laps around the clan grounds.

Three years had passed. With the resources supplied by the clan, his Soul Power Level had risen to level seven. In another year, he believed he would be able to break through level ten and obtain his first soul ring.

"Damn it! Why did Father and Big Brother leave the clan so early in the morning? Could Big Brother have broken through?"

Yu Xiaogang stared at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon figure gradually vanishing into the sky, his teeth clenched and fists tightly balled.

But he quickly forced down that thought.

How could anyone break through that quickly? At Big Brother's age, he could be no higher than level twenty-something. There was no way he could have reached level thirty so soon.

Father must have taken him somewhere else.

If Big Brother had really broken through level thirty, it would hurt more than killing Yu Xiaogang himself.

He had cultivated bitterly for three years and relied on the clan's resources, yet he had only gained seven levels during the Soul Scholar stage, when cultivation was at its easiest. Meanwhile, Yu Mingxiao was already about to obtain his third soul ring.

His elder brother, Yu Mingxiao, was exactly what Yu Xiaogang had always imagined he himself should have become.

Exceptionally gifted and high-spirited.

Yet the more dazzling and outstanding his brother became, the more bitter Yu Xiaogang felt inside.

They were clearly twin brothers born of the same mother, yet the difference between them was like that between clouds and mud, as vast as heaven and earth.

Yu Xiaogang even wildly speculated in his heart that Yu Mingxiao must have stolen the talent that should have belonged to him.

Otherwise, why would his martial soul awakening have failed, leaving his martial soul degraded into a fat pig with no future?

Other than letting out a few useless foul farts, this fat pig was completely worthless. Even the wild boar martial souls of certain outer clan disciples were stronger than it.

Smack!

The ruler came down. A crisp sound rang out, followed by pain spreading through his body. Yu Xiaogang sucked in a breath and abruptly turned to look at the two guards watching him.

The guards stared at him closely. "Young Master Xiaogang, slacking off again? We've been following right behind you."

"Hmph!" Yu Xiaogang touched his swollen, aching back, shot them a dark look, suppressed his fury, and continued running.

Over the past three years, he had grown accustomed to being beaten. He had also secretly learned how to endure.

Once he obtained his first soul ring and his strength greatly increased, he would make those two bastards who monitored him every day repay today's actions, along with all their past humiliation, a hundredfold!

He already had an idea for his first soul ring. It would surely allow his martial soul to turn back into the Golden Sacred Dragon!

As the saying went, two flowers bloomed, each on its own branch.

Yu Mingxiao and his father entered the Star Dou Great Forest once more.

The familiar air and gentle aura of life made every pore on Yu Mingxiao's body seem to come alive, opening up in joyful excitement.

Ancient trees stood scattered throughout the forest, their layers of branches and leaves blocking out the sunlight, leaving only fragments of light to spill through the gaps.

Yu Yuanzhen directly led Yu Mingxiao deep into the Mixed Zone. It was impossible for the Outer Zone to contain any soul beast that met their requirements.

They searched from the Mixed Zone all the way to the area near the Core Zone. After an entire day, they still had not found a suitable soul beast.

Yu Mingxiao's martial soul was the Radiant Sacred Dragon.

Even if he did not deliberately search for a soul beast with Radiant Dragon Clan bloodline, finding a light-attributed soul beast of the appropriate age was not something that could be done so easily.

It was not until the following day, when they passed by a stream, that Yu Mingxiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

By the stream, where the grass was lush and tender, an unusual-looking deer was not grazing. Instead, it was hunting fish along the bank.

Its entire body was as lustrous white as jade. Its golden antlers bore patterns like dragon scales, while faint white dragon scales could also be seen across its limbs and body.

"A Jade Light Dragon Deer, with pure Radiant Dragon Clan bloodline. Father, my fourth soul ring will be this Jade Light Dragon Deer!"

Yu Yuanzhen's expression changed slightly. He hesitated before saying, "This Jade Light Dragon Deer is likely around thirteen thousand years old. Absorbing it at your level is far too dangerous."

"Father, I have complete confidence in my physique," Yu Mingxiao replied calmly.

Over the past three years, he had trained arduously almost every day. He had also consumed two pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber in succession, fused with a portion of the origin separated from the Dragon-Slaying Blade, and further strengthened his physique. Moreover, the immortal herb he had consumed before also had some effects that enhanced the body.

He believed there would absolutely be no problem absorbing this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Yu Yuanzhen said gravely, "A Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring differs from a thousand-year soul ring. Even if your physique can withstand the energy impact of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, you still have to overcome the trial of soul tremors."

"Soul tremors?" Yu Mingxiao's heart stirred. He said in a deep voice, "Father, the External Soul Bone I fused with has strengthened my spiritual power. On top of that, my spiritual power was naturally stronger than that of ordinary people. There won't be any problem absorbing this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

Yu Yuanzhen frowned slightly, gazed deeply at him, and sighed. "Fine. Give it a try. If you feel from the start that you cannot endure it, I will immediately intervene and stop it."

"No problem!" Yu Mingxiao smiled faintly and said softly, "Father, I'll go kill it myself. Stand guard at the side and keep it from escaping."

Yu Yuanzhen said in astonishment, "You want to kill it yourself?"

"Of course. It's a good chance to see whether my Dragon-Slaying Blade is sharp enough." A curve formed at Yu Mingxiao's lips.

"This... Fine, go ahead."

Yu Yuanzhen thought to himself that although this Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, with its powerful bloodline, was stronger than an ordinary five-ring Soul King, his son was also exceptionally capable. An ordinary Soul King might not even be his match. Now that he had obtained a second martial soul, this was the perfect opportunity for him to gain experience.

In any case, Yu Yuanzhen would be watching over him from the side. Nothing could go wrong.