Xiao Chen, Show This Inexperienced Old Poison Freak What You Can Do

"That's right."

Yu Tianchen smiled and nodded.

His third Soul Skill allowed him to condense highly penetrative feathers from lightning and shoot them out.

The feathers could deal damage, and they would also retain their shape for an hour after being shot. They would remain connected to Yu Tianchen by a faint link.

Using that link, he could teleport directly to any of the feathers. There was no cooldown on teleporting, but the Soul Power it consumed depended on the distance.

In theory,

as long as Yu Tianchen had enough Soul Power to sustain the cost,

he could teleport an unlimited number of times.

Although it wasn't quite the speed-boosting Soul Skill he'd hoped for,

the mechanics of this Soul Skill were far more useful than those of a simple enhancement-type skill.

"Let your grandpa see what your Soul Skill can really do!"

Seeing the effects of Yu Tianchen's Soul Skill, Yu Yuanzhen grew interested.

With a sharp boom of breaking air,

Yu Yuanzhen shot toward Yu Tianchen at incredible speed.

Yu Tianchen didn't hesitate. He teleported at once, appearing beside the feather farthest from Yu Yuanzhen.

Yu Yuanzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. He restrained his Soul Power and began chasing Yu Tianchen using only the physical enhancement granted by his Martial Soul Possession.

Although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon wasn't a Beast Martial Soul focused on speed,

the speed Yu Yuanzhen gained from his Martial Soul Possession was still nothing to scoff at.

Even so, Yu Tianchen could rely on teleportation to keep Yu Yuanzhen from laying a finger on him.

Unless Yu Yuanzhen released the Soul Power pressure of a Super Douluo or unleashed a large-scale destructive Soul Skill to clear away the feathers on the ground and pin Yu Tianchen in place,

there was no way he could touch the boy.

"Hahaha! Good! Excellent!"

After testing the effects of Yu Tianchen's Soul Skill for a while,

Yu Yuanzhen burst into delighted laughter.

"With this trick to save your life, Grandpa truly has nothing to worry about when you go to the Star Dou Great Forest to train."

With a Soul Skill like this to keep him alive,

unless Yu Tianchen ran into a Soul Beast over a hundred thousand years old in the Star Dou Great Forest, there was basically no need to worry about his safety.

And with Dugu Bo having agreed to secretly protect him on this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest,

Yu Yuanzhen could finally set aside his worries about Yu Tianchen going there to train.

Yu Tianchen grinned too, recalled his Martial Soul, and said with a smile,

"Then, Grandpa, let's head back now."

"Dugu Bo should be back by now."

"All right."

Yu Yuanzhen nodded. Then the grandfather and grandson headed toward the valley where the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well lay.

When they returned to the valley,

they spotted Dugu Bo standing not far away.

He looked dusty from the road, so he clearly hadn't been back long.

"Heh, Old Jade Dragon, Tianchen, I thought I'd have to wait ages for you two."

Dugu Bo greeted them with a smile.

But when he saw Yu Tianchen, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Then a look of utter disbelief spread across his face.

"Level thirty-six?!"

"Tianchen, you went from level thirty to level thirty-six in just a few days?!"

Dugu Bo was genuinely stunned.

He'd been gone for a few days, not a few years!

What on earth had Yu Tianchen done to rise from level thirty to level thirty-six?

Even absorbing a Soul Ring couldn't possibly raise him that many levels.

Had the boy taken more of the rare herbs here while he was away?!

At the thought, Dugu Bo's expression turned serious.

"You didn't go and take more Immortal Herbs from here, did you?"

"Before I left, didn't I tell you that the two herbs you'd taken had already caused an energy buildup in your body?"

"If you take more rare herbs from here, it'll only do more harm than good! You—"

"What are you imagining, Old Poison Freak?"

Before Dugu Bo could finish, Yu Yuanzhen rolled his eyes.

"Do you think I wouldn't keep track of Xiao Chen? Would I let him go around taking herbs from here?"

Hearing Yu Yuanzhen, Dugu Bo, who had been getting worked up, calmed down a little.

But he was still baffled.

"Then what's the reason? Don't tell me Tianchen rose so many levels by absorbing a Soul Ring!"

"How could a Thousand-Year Soul Ring raise him that many levels?"

"Thousand-year? Come on, Xiao Chen, show this inexperienced Old Poison Freak what you can do."

Yu Yuanzhen's lips curled into a triumphant grin.

"Let him see what the greatest genius in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is capable of. No, the greatest genius on the entire continent!"

Seeing how eager his grandfather was to show off, Yu Tianchen could only smile helplessly.

But when he thought about it, he understood.

When Yu Tianchen had obtained a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his First Soul Ring, Yu Yuanzhen had already wanted to brag about it.

But back then, to protect Yu Tianchen, Yu Yuanzhen had forced himself to hold back, making sure his grandson could grow up safely.

Now Dugu Bo had, in a sense, become Yu Tianchen's protector. It was only a matter of time before he learned about Yu Tianchen's strength.

So Yu Yuanzhen finally had an audience to show off to and a chance to flaunt his grandson.

In the end, to indulge Yu Yuanzhen's desire to show off, Yu Tianchen released his Martial Soul and Soul Rings for Dugu Bo to see.

When Dugu Bo saw Yu Tianchen's purple-purple-black Soul Ring Configuration, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

"A thousand-year first ring... a ten... ten-thousand-year third ring?!"

Dugu Bo swallowed hard.

He looked at Yu Tianchen in disbelief.

"No... How is that possible?!"

"How did you do it?!"

"Just a little bit of luck, a whole lot of effort, and a tiny bit of good fortune."

Yu Tianchen recalled his Soul Rings and Martial Soul, then said with a smile,

"All right, Senior Dugu Bo. Since you're back, I take it you've prepared everything we need?"

"Let's get started. The sooner we finish helping you, the sooner we can leave."

It took Dugu Bo a good while to recover from his shock.

Hearing Yu Tianchen, he nodded along, but then something occurred to him, and he hurriedly said,

"My matter can wait. If possible, I'd like you to help Yan Yan with her poison first."

"Miss Dugu Yan?"

Yu Tianchen paused.

"You brought her here too?"

"Mm. But this place isn't suitable for Yan Yan, so I left her in a cave in the ravine nearby."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo stepped forward and put an arm around Yu Tianchen's shoulder.

"Now that I think of it, Tianchen, my granddaughter's only three years older than you. Why don't you two spend some time together? Maybe you could..."