Seeking Yu Qingfeng, Explaining the Choice

After politely declining the academy's help, leaving Xiao Wu enough money for her daily needs, and giving her a few reminders, Yu Yan left Balak Junior Soul Master Academy and headed toward Yu Qingfeng's residence in Balaque City.

"Hmph! Stupid Yu Yan, giving me so many reminders. Does he think I can't do anything without him? He's way too full of himself."

Watching Yu Yan disappear from sight, Xiao Wu let out a cold snort. She returned to campus, intending to find something to do and prove that even without Yu Yan by her side, she could still live well and happily.

After wandering around campus several times and growing bored, Xiao Wu eventually went to the library. Sitting in her usual seat, she picked up the unfinished copy of Travels of the Soul King.

While reading, Xiao Wu occasionally looked up at the empty seat across from her.

Hmph!

I'm not thinking about that stupid Yu Yan!

Meanwhile, following the address Yu Qingfeng had given him, Yu Yan arrived at a small detached house in the western district of Balaque City and knocked on the door.

"Who are you looking for?"

The moment Yu Yan spoke, a childish voice came from inside.

"You're Little Yu, right? I'm here to see your father. Is he home?"

While chatting in Fish Village, Brother Yu Qingfeng had mentioned that he had a four-year-old son.

"My dad isn't home."

Seeing that the visitor outside had accurately called his name, Little Yu immediately answered Yu Yan's question.

"Will your dad come home for lunch?"

Knowing that Yu Qingfeng was not home, Yu Yan had no intention of going inside. Instead, he asked whether Yu Qingfeng would return for lunch.

With a child at home, he should come back at noon, right?

"Dad will come back at noon."

Little Yu quickly gave him the answer, just as Yu Yan had expected.

"Thank you. I'll come back at noon. Don't open the door for strangers when you're home alone."

Knowing that Yu Qingfeng would return at noon, Yu Yan found a small teahouse nearby and waited for him to come back.

If I'd known he wasn't home, I wouldn't have come so early.

Having spent the entire previous night cultivating without sleep, Yu Yan began to feel drowsy as he sat in the teahouse. Looking toward Yu Qingfeng's home through the window, he started wondering what Xiao Wu might be doing at the academy right now.

Over the past few months together, Yu Yan had truly developed a fondness for Xiao Wu.

It was not a fondness born from any other reason, but simply a fondness for the real, tangible Xiao Wu before him.

Faced with a lively, innocent, pure, and adorable girl, it was difficult for Yu Yan not to like her.

The sun that had been strolling across the sky reached the center of its stage, blooming with its own brilliance and letting everyone feel its warmth through waves of heat.

Yu Yan, who had been waiting there all this time, saw Yu Qingfeng approaching from afar. A woman walked beside him, presumably his wife.

The person he had been waiting for had appeared. Yu Yan rose and left the teahouse, going to wait in front of Yu Qingfeng's door.

When Yu Qingfeng saw him, Yu Yan greeted him. "Brother Yu, good afternoon."

"Xiao Yan, why are you here?"

Seeing Yu Yan standing before his home, Yu Qingfeng's face was full of astonishment. He could not understand why Yu Yan had come to his door. Had he encountered some problem he could not resolve?

"Brother Yu, I've reached level ten. I came to ask you to help me hunt a Soul Ring."

Yu Yan spoke, giving an answer Yu Qingfeng could never have anticipated.

"What?"

"You've reached level ten?"

"Wasn't your Innate Soul Power seven and a half? How could you have progressed so quickly?"

Just like the teachers from the academy's Academic Affairs Office, Yu Qingfeng's first reaction upon hearing this news was doubt and disbelief. With Innate Soul Power of seven and a half, no matter how fast he cultivated, he should not have been this fast. It made no sense.

Yu Qingfeng remembered that a genius in his class back then, one with Innate Soul Power of seven, had taken more than a full year to reach level ten. Yu Yan had only been cultivating for a little over three months since awakening his Martial Soul.

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed impossible.

"Maybe my Martial Soul mutated, so my cultivation speed is a little faster. That should be a good thing, right?"

Having already faced this situation once, Yu Yan once again brought out his all-purpose excuse.

"That's possible. Some Martial Souls are indeed uniquely gifted in cultivation. Xiao Yan, you're really lucky."

Hearing this answer, Yu Qingfeng pinched his chin and thought for a while, then came up with a reasonable explanation that convinced himself.

Having reached an answer, Yu Qingfeng was sincerely happy for Yu Yan, and also delighted that he had invested in a genius.

"Mm, my luck is indeed pretty good." After replying modestly, Yu Yan asked, "Brother Yu, when are we leaving to hunt Soul Beasts?"

"Since you're already here, we'll set off this afternoon. We'll try to leave early and return early. Hahaha! Come to think of it, when I reached level ten back then, I immediately went to ask the academy teachers to help me hunt a Soul Ring too. I couldn't wait even a moment. Even now, I can still remember that sense of urgency."

After giving a definite time, Yu Qingfeng recalled how desperately he had wanted to obtain a Soul Ring. Obtaining a Soul Ring and becoming a Soul Master was the greatest wish of every Soul Scholar below level ten on Douluo Continent.

"Alright, thank you, Brother Yu."

Yu Yan once again sincerely expressed his gratitude, thanking Yu Qingfeng for being willing to help him obtain a Soul Ring.

"Alright, come inside and talk. Don't leave our guest standing outside."

The woman beside Yu Qingfeng interrupted him just as he was about to speak, inviting Yu Yan inside to talk.

"Right, right, right. Xiao Yan, come in and talk. We can't just keep standing outside." Yu Qingfeng opened the door and invited Yu Yan in, introducing his wife at the same time. "This is my wife, Li Rong. She's a very rare Support-type Soul Master."

"Hello, Sister Li."

Yu Yan obediently greeted Li Rong. One could never go wrong with courtesy, especially when he needed a favor from them.

"Hello, Xiao Yan. Don't listen to your Brother Li's nonsense. I'm only a little one-ring Soul Master. I'm nowhere near as rare as he makes me sound."

Li Rong smiled as she greeted Yu Yan and explained her situation.

After entering Yu Qingfeng's home, Yu Yan saw Little Yu, the boy who had answered his questions that morning. He was a chubby little boy, like a tiny ball of meat. He even called Yu Yan big brother. He was a very adorable child.

Li Rong went to the kitchen to prepare lunch, while Yu Qingfeng invited Yu Yan to sit down, intending to have a proper discussion about the Soul Ring.

Yu Qingfeng sat down in a chair, and Little Yu quickly ran over and climbed into his lap, wrapping his arms around him.

After playing with the child for a while, Yu Qingfeng looked at Yu Yan and asked, "Xiao Yan, since you came to ask me to help you hunt a Soul Beast, have you decided on a target?"

"Yes. I want to choose an Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard from the outskirts of Sunset Forest for my first Soul Ring. The Ice and Fire Twin Fish is a dual-attribute mutated Martial Soul, so the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard is very suitable and easy to find."

Before coming here, Yu Yan had already chosen a suitable first Soul Ring for himself.

The Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard was a Soul Beast with dragon bloodline. It lived on the outskirts of Sunset Forest, had a clearly defined range of activity, and was not especially rare.

As a Soul Beast with dragon bloodline, the reason the Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard had such clear records and a defined range of activity was because the Soul Skills it produced had very few suitable users.

Those who could choose an Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard as a Soul Ring had completely better options, so they would not choose one.

Those who could not choose an Ice and Fire Sub-Dragon Lizard as a Soul Ring would not provoke such a powerful Soul Beast for no reason.

This rather special Soul Beast was extremely suitable for Yu Yan's Ice and Fire Twin Fish.