Second Uncle, Our Martial Souls Are Different

Are you kidding me? Are you some kind of water ghost?

Why are you so obsessed with dragging people down into the water with you?

I just want to know, if I leave the clan with you, what exactly am I going to gain?

Am I going to gain access to your research that everyone in the great clans already knows about, or am I going to be forced to attach a ten-year Lone Bamboo as my first spirit ring?

If I leave the clan with you, even running into a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake would be a life-or-death struggle!

Yu Tianjue couldn't help but sigh. "Second Uncle, I've thought it over carefully, and I think your words make sense. There are no useless spirits, only useless spirit masters."

"Therefore, I have decided to cultivate diligently and defy the heavens to change my fate."

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang revealed a look of satisfaction. Just as he was about to nod, he heard Yu Tianjue continue:

"However... I don't believe that leaving the clan with you will allow me to obtain excellent cultivation resources. So, my answer is the same as it was during the day: I refuse to leave the clan with you."

Yu Xiaogang's expression instantly darkened, his face turning even more rigid.

What kind of talk is that!?

What do you mean you can't obtain excellent cultivation resources by leaving with me?

Do you really think that if you stay in the clan, they will spare no effort to cultivate you?

Who do you think you are?

Yu Xiaogang simply assumed Yu Tianjue was still young and ignorant. He forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly, "Your spirit is the same as mine—a mutated, useless spirit—and your innate spirit power is only level one. Even if you stay in the clan, you won't receive any real training."

"But leaving with me is different. Our spirits are identical, so I can provide you with sufficient experience and precisely control the future development of your spirit."

"Don't you understand yet? Leaving the clan with me is your best choice!"

What kind of experience can you give me, and what kind of development direction can you help me grasp... Are you going to make my spirit just like your Luo Sanpao, farting like thunder?

In the future, when the two of us run into enemies, we'll summon our spirits, blast them with a double-kick, and then suffocate them to death with the stench of a fart?

That image is just too beautiful... I can't even imagine it!

Yu Tianjue feigned ignorance, opening his big, curious eyes wide. "Second Uncle, you were the one who said there are no useless spirits, only useless spirit masters."

"But why do you keep calling it a mutated, useless spirit? You're contradicting yourself, Second Uncle!"

With just those two sentences, Yu Xiaogang instantly clenched his fists, his eyes filled with a mix of anger, helplessness, and resentment.

He wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

Those words had indeed come from his own mouth, but he had just said that both he and Yu Tianjue possessed mutated, useless spirits...

Didn't that mean he was indirectly calling himself a failure?

Yu Xiaogang's fists tightened, then tightened again. But soon, his grip suddenly loosened, and his whole body seemed to deflate, his spirit and energy instantly wilting away.

Is he already unable to handle the blow?

I've only said a few words, haven't I?

Tsk, his mental fortitude is really lacking!

Watching Yu Xiaogang's state, Yu Tianjue decided to add fuel to the fire.

He looked at Yu Xiaogang and said earnestly, "Besides, Second Uncle, you're wrong. Our spirits aren't the same at all."

As he spoke, Yu Tianjue flipped his palm, released his spirit, and summoned Xiao Hei.

Our spirits aren't the same?

Aren't they both pig-like, dog-like, useless spirits with only level one innate spirit power?

Could your spirit possibly be more noble than my Luo Sanpao?

Yu Xiaogang was extremely dismissive of Yu Tianjue's words, thinking it was nothing more than a child's prank.

But when Xiao Hei suddenly appeared before him, Yu Xiaogang's expression changed abruptly.

Reflected in Yu Xiaogang's eyes was no longer that familiar and eyesore of a pig, but a pitch-black creature that had grown several times in size and already possessed the form of a fledgling dragon!

Moreover, with Xiao Hei's appearance, the temperature in the room seemed to drop significantly, and wisps of cold air began to rise from its body!

This is...

What kind of spirit is this?

Yu Xiaogang was stunned at first, then felt it was somewhat unbelievable.

Yu Tianjue's spirit was definitely identical to Luo Sanpao; it was witnessed by everyone, so he couldn't possibly have remembered it wrong!

But in less than half a day, how had his spirit transformed into this?

Although it still wasn't the clan's ancestral Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon spirit, this was clearly a fledgling dragon!

This completely overturned his inherent understanding of spirits!

Yu Xiaogang was agitated and subconsciously took two steps toward Xiao Hei.

Perhaps sensing that Yu Tianjue held no affection for Yu Xiaogang, Xiao Hei let out a direct roar at him, which startled Yu Xiaogang and made him jump back.

Yu Xiaogang did not try to approach again, only staring fixedly at Xiao Hei.

"Tianjue, what is going on here? How did your martial soul end up looking like this?"

Yu Xiaogang's tone trembled slightly, even carrying a hint of hope.

Yu Tianjue saw through his thoughts almost instantly; it was nothing more than the belief that his own martial soul had undergone some inexplicable change, reigniting a sliver of hope within him regarding his own potential.

But what a pity, your martial soul could never evolve like mine.

Yu Tianjue scratched his head, putting on a look of utter confusion. "Second Uncle, I don't know either. After I returned to my room, I was feeling sad about my martial soul, but somehow, Xiao Hei just appeared on its own. Then, it changed inexplicably and became what it is now."

Listening to Yu Tianjue's explanation, Yu Xiaogang's brows knitted together instantly.

He did not even have a reasonable guess in his heart.

Before this, he had never heard of anyone suddenly undergoing a second awakening on the very day their martial soul was first awakened.

For the first time, Yu Xiaogang, who had always prided himself on his thorough research into martial souls, began to doubt himself.

After a long, silent contemplation, Yu Xiaogang finally offered his conjecture in a dry tone: "Perhaps... because you received some kind of stimulus after awakening your martial soul, it led to a beneficial secondary mutation, causing it to evolve into its current state. And... it even possesses an ice attribute."

"Looking at it this way, you only need to attach an ice-attribute spirit ring next. I know of a spirit beast called an Ice Silkworm that lives on the outer perimeter of the Far North. As an ice-attribute spirit beast, it is easy to hunt. If there are no other more suitable spirit beasts, it could serve as a candidate for your first spirit ring."

Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Yu Tianjue's mouth gradually fell open.

Huh?

No, did I hear that right?

You want to use an Ice Silkworm as a candidate for my first spirit ring?

Are you not joking with me?