Yu Tianheng's Choice

"Wait, it's this easy, this smooth?"

Qian Yu was truly stunned.

He had tried researching this himself, but had always fallen just one step short.

At the root of it, his cultivation was still insufficient, and his Soul Power was too low.

But he had never imagined that with just a little guidance from Xie Yue, he would already have achieved preliminary success.

"This is somewhat similar to the Soul Skill I created myself. I'd already had a few breakthroughs before, but I never seized the opportunity. I never thought to develop it in this direction."

Xie Yue answered honestly. He didn't think there was anything special about it.

"Looks like you really do have a talent for this path."

Qian Yu praised him, then outlined the general direction for Xie Yue to pursue next.

The rest would have to come from his own exploration. After all, Qian Yu hadn't mastered these things either. He had only the theory, not the practice.

The two quietly entered Heaven Dou City.

And yet again, they ran into Yu Xiaogang teaching his so-called theoretical knowledge.

Qian Yu was speechless.

How could Yu Xiaogang be so full of himself?

He was constantly showing off that so-called theoretical knowledge of his, as if afraid people might not know that he had taught a god.

How many more of these events could he hold with such little theoretical knowledge?

The key problem was that so many people still supported him.

To curry favor with this so-called master, Xue Beng, the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, spent a great deal of manpower, resources, and money supporting him every time.

"So this is the so-called Grandmaster?"

"His theories are riddled with mistakes!"

This was Xie Yue's first time seeing Yu Xiaogang in person. Hearing him speak so confidently onstage, he couldn't help giving his own assessment.

After all, he had received a formal education at Spirit Hall. How could his theoretical knowledge be lacking?

"You've got some nerve saying that!"

Qian Yu lowered his voice to warn him.

These days, Yu Xiaogang was synonymous with being right.

Even if his theories were wrong, and even if many factions secretly looked down on him, they still had to treat his words as gospel in public.

The reason was simple: he had taught a god.

And that god was no simple figure.

The nobles who had maintained their power in Douluo Continent for years could surely see what kind of person Tang San really was beneath the facade of "devoting himself to all living beings."

So they understood perfectly well that they couldn't let a god like that feel the slightest displeasure.

Anyone connected to a god had to be treated with the utmost respect, too.

Otherwise, they might not even know what had destroyed them.

Fortunately, Xie Yue was fairly level-headed. He knew he had to be careful what he said in a setting like this. He hadn't spoken loudly, and even the people beside him would have struggled to hear.

But someone still heard him.

In the crowd, Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan were listening intently to Yu Xiaogang's theories and teachings.

Dugu Yan naturally had no interest in them.

She had come along to accompany Yu Tianheng.

Hearing someone criticize his uncle's theories, Yu Tianheng instinctively turned to look.

At first, he had wanted to demand an explanation from the other person, but he couldn't make out who they were at all. So he held back and didn't make a scene.

He planned to look into them when he had time.

For now, he had something even more troublesome to deal with.

The reason he had asked Dugu Yan out was that he was torn and needed to make a choice.

Not long ago, with his uncle's help, he had retrieved the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's inherited Spirit Bone. After fusing with it, he had become a high-level Soul Douluo.

He was even more confident now that he could break through to the Titled Douluo realm.

That was when he had come up with the idea of rebuilding the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and discussed it with his uncle.

His uncle had given him full support and was even willing to ask others for help. But there was only one condition: he had to break up with Dugu Yan.

Yu Tianheng couldn't understand why, but his uncle told him that Dugu Bo had slaughtered so many people in the great battle that his reputation was already in tatters.

How many relatives and friends of the dead were still alive?

Given the current circumstances, they might not dare say anything now, but who knew what the future would bring?

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had to be rebuilt without a single stain. Dugu Yan was the greatest obstacle to that.

Of course, there was another, more important reason: Yu Xiaogang had learned from his disciple Tang San about the inheritance of Dugu Yan's Martial Soul.

If their children inherited the Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Soul in the future, wouldn't that be a blight on the bloodline of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?

Besides, Dugu Yan's talent was nothing special. She was completely unworthy of Yu Tianheng.

How could a dragon and a snake share the same den?

As for Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, he no longer posed any real threat to them.

He was the weakest of the Titled Douluo, and now he couldn't even defeat Yu Tianheng.

Yu Xiaogang hadn't taken him seriously at all.

Besides, with Yu Xiaogang's current reputation as a God Teacher, which Titled Douluo wouldn't show him some respect?

Even without help from the other Titled Douluo, Yu Xiaogang was no longer a good-for-nothing. If he joined Flender and the others to form the Golden Sacred Dragon again, even a mere Dugu Bo could be easily subdued.

Yu Tianheng had to admit that his uncle, Yu Xiaogang, was right.

But he truly couldn't bear to let her go!

They had been together for so many years. How could he just give up on her?

The problem was that reality was right there before him. For the sake of rebuilding the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and his own people, he had no choice but to give something up.

"Yanzi, let's break up!"

Looking at his uncle onstage, speaking with such confidence that he could sway the masses, Yu Tianheng suddenly felt emboldened and proposed the breakup.

"Ah!"

"Tian Heng, what did you just say?"

Dugu Yan hadn't heard him clearly at first. She thought she must have imagined it.

"I said, let's break up!"

"Dugu Yan, I have more important things to do. To rebuild the clan, I have no choice but to cut ties with you and your grandfather."

"You know that your grandfather slaughtered an entire city. He's already someone everyone wants to see brought to justice."

"Of course, we don't have to break up. But then you'd have to accept being wronged. At the very least, I couldn't marry you openly."

"We could be together in private!"

Yu Tianheng had sealed off the area around them as he spoke, so no one else heard what he said.

"Are you serious?"

Hearing Yu Tianheng say this, Dugu Yan laughed in disbelief.

She had thought Yu Tianheng was joking, but when she saw the serious expression on his face, she knew he meant it.

He was dead set on breaking up with her.

"I have no choice. Uncle said—"

"Shut up. Stop going on about your uncle this and your uncle that all the time."

"Yu Tianheng, if you want to break up with me because you don't want me anymore, just say so. Don't use your uncle as an excuse."

Hearing Yu Tianheng bring up that good-for-nothing, Yu Xiaogang, yet again, Dugu Yan flew into a rage. She snapped at him, cutting him off mid-sentence.