???
Seriously, bro, are you a water ghost?
Do you love dragging people down with you that much?
I just want to know: if I leave the clan with you, what exactly do I stand to gain?
Access to research that everyone in those great clans already knows about, or a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo for my First Soul Ring?
If I leave the clan with you, even running into a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake turns into a life-or-death ordeal!
Yu Tianjue couldn't help sighing. "Uncle, I've thought it over carefully, and I think you have a point. There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters."
"So, I've decided to cultivate seriously and defy fate."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang showed a look of satisfaction. He was just about to nod when Yu Tianjue continued:
"But... I don't think I'll get excellent cultivation resources by leaving the clan with you. So my answer is the same as it was this afternoon: I refuse to leave the clan with you."
Yu Xiaogang's face darkened at once, growing even more rigid.
What kind of thing was that to say!?
What did he mean, he wouldn't get excellent cultivation resources by leaving with him?
Did he think the clan would devote all its resources to raising him if he stayed?
Who did he think he was?
Yu Xiaogang assumed Yu Tianjue was still young and didn't know any better. He barely suppressed his anger and said coldly, "Your Martial Soul is the same as mine—a mutated Trash Martial Soul—and your Innate Soul Power is only level one. Even if you stay in the clan, they won't invest much in you."
"But things will be different if you leave with me. Our Martial Souls are alike, so I can give you plenty of guidance and precisely determine the direction your Martial Soul should develop."
"Do you still not understand? Leaving the clan with me is the best choice!"
What experience could you give me, and what direction could you help me choose...? Were you going to make my Martial Soul just like your Luo Sanpao, farting like thunder?
Then, whenever uncle and nephew ran into an enemy, we'd release our Martial Souls, fire off a double kick straight at them, and stink them to death with our farts, right?
That picture was just too beautiful... I couldn't even bear to imagine it!
Yu Tianjue put on an innocent look and opened his curious, wide eyes. "Uncle, you're the one who said there are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters."
"But why do you keep calling your own Martial Soul a mutated Trash Martial Soul? You're contradicting yourself!"
Just those two sentences were enough to make Yu Xiaogang clench his fists. Anger, helplessness, and unwillingness showed in his eyes.
He wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to begin.
Those words had indeed come from his own mouth, but he had just called both Yu Tianjue's Martial Soul and his own mutated Trash Martial Souls...
Wasn't that basically the same as calling himself useless?
Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists tighter and tighter. But soon, his hands suddenly relaxed, and he seemed to deflate, his energy and spirit fading in an instant.
He couldn't take a little criticism?
I'd barely said anything!
Tsk, what a fragile mindset!
Seeing Yu Xiaogang like this, Yu Tianjue decided to add fuel to the fire.
He looked at Yu Xiaogang and said seriously, "Besides, Uncle, you're wrong. Our Martial Souls aren't alike at all."
As he spoke, Yu Tianjue turned his palm over and released his Martial Soul, bringing Xiao Hei out.
Our Martial Souls aren't alike?
Weren't they both useless Martial Souls, resembling pigs or dogs and with only level-one Innate Soul Power?
Could his Martial Soul really be more noble than my Luo Sanpao?
Yu Xiaogang was thoroughly disdainful of Yu Tianjue's claim, thinking it was just a child's nonsense.
But when Xiao Hei suddenly appeared in front of him, Yu Xiaogang's expression changed abruptly.
Reflected in Yu Xiaogang's eyes was no longer that familiar, yet painfully irritating, Piglet. Instead, there was a pure-black creature several times larger, already taking the shape of a young dragon!
And with Xiao Hei's appearance, the temperature in the room seemed to drop. Wisps of cold air rose from its body!
This was...
What kind of Martial Soul was this?
Yu Xiaogang froze, then found it hard to believe.
Yu Tianjue's Martial Soul had definitely been almost identical to Luo Sanpao. He had seen it with his own eyes—there was no way he could have remembered wrong!
But in less than half a day, how had his Martial Soul become what it was now?
Although it still wasn't the clan's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, it was clearly a young dragon!
This had completely overturned everything he thought he knew about Martial Souls!
Yu Xiaogang grew excited and unconsciously took two steps toward Xiao Hei.
Perhaps sensing that Yu Tianjue didn't like Yu Xiaogang, Xiao Hei suddenly roared at him, startling Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang stopped trying to approach and simply stared intently at Xiao Hei.
"Tian Jue, what's going on? How did your Martial Soul turn into this?"
Yu Xiaogang's voice trembled slightly, and there was even a hint of hope in it.
Yu Tianjue saw through him almost at once. No doubt, he thought that his own Martial Soul might undergo some inexplicable change, and a little hope for it had rekindled in his heart.
But unfortunately, your Martial Soul couldn't evolve like mine.
Yu Tianjue scratched his head and put on a bewildered look. "Uncle, I don't know either. After I got back to my room, I was feeling sad about my Martial Soul, but somehow Xiao Hei appeared on its own. Then, for no reason, it changed into what it is now."
At Yu Tianjue's explanation, Yu Xiaogang's brows knitted together.
He couldn't even come up with a reasonable guess.
Before this, he had never heard of anyone undergoing a Second Awakening on the very day their Martial Soul Awakening took place.
For the first time, this made Yu Xiaogang, who had always prided himself on his thorough knowledge of Martial Souls, doubt himself.
After remaining silent and pondering for a long while, Yu Xiaogang finally offered his guess in a somewhat strained voice. "Perhaps... after awakening your Martial Soul, you experienced some kind of stimulus that caused it to undergo a beneficial second mutation. That's how it evolved into its current form, and... and gained an ice attribute."
"Looking at it that way, all you need to do now is add an ice-attribute Soul Ring. I know of a Soul Beast called an Ice Silkworm that lives in the outer reaches of the Far North. It's an ice-attribute Soul Beast and easy to hunt. If there isn't a more suitable Soul Beast, it could be an option for your First Soul Ring."
Listening to Yu Xiaogang, Yu Tianjue's mouth gradually fell open.
Huh?
No, did I hear that right?
You want to make an Ice Silkworm one of my options for my First Soul Ring?
You've got to be kidding me, right?