The Bearing of a Title, Being Followed

The meditation method of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect differs from ordinary techniques; it enhances the practitioner's affinity for lightning-attribute energy.

This method was painstakingly developed by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, relying on their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul passed down through generations.

This enhancement is most potent for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, followed by other lightning-attribute martial souls. For all other martial souls, it provides no bonus and, conversely, interferes with cultivation.

Therefore, on the Douluo Continent, aside from long-standing families that have optimized their own meditation methods, everyone else cultivates using the same unchanging techniques.

After all, only such families possess stable, inherited martial souls. The martial souls awakened by ordinary people are diverse, and once a meditation method is slightly optimized, it becomes incompatible with some of those souls.

This is especially true for powerful martial souls; these souls have prominent characteristics, and once the meditation method is altered, incompatibility inevitably arises.

Interestingly, a strong martial soul means that once a person grows up, they become a powerful soul master.

No one wants to be the person discarded by the era, so whenever such a situation arises, that small group of people will move to nip it in the bud.

In the history of the Douluo Continent, such a situation has occurred twice, and the most recent instance indirectly led to the birth of two empires.

Casting aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Yu Hengqing began to circulate his meditation method. The already active lightning-attribute energy gathered around him in the blink of an eye.

The young woman had initially been worried about whether Yu Hengqing might get hurt, but upon sensing that he had achieved environmental resonance in a heartbeat, she immediately felt her concern was somewhat superfluous.

The young woman's companion was even more shocked; he had never imagined that Yu Hengqing could complete the resonance between his martial soul and the environment so quickly.

Although his talent was not comparable to a genius like Yu Tianheng, he was certainly in the upper-middle tier at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Even so, it had taken him nearly a quarter of an hour to complete the resonance between his martial soul and the environment.

The young man swallowed hard and said to the young woman, feeling somewhat incredulous, "I remember that even Yu Tianheng took a full five minutes to complete the resonance, right?"

The slightly stunned young woman nodded silently. They were both present when Yu Tianheng first came to the Thunder-Fire Hall to cultivate, so they naturally knew how long it had taken him.

Seeing that the young woman did not speak, the young man continued on his own: "Could it be that the little junior's talent is higher than Yu Tianheng's? No, it's also possible that the little junior has a dual lightning-fire attribute martial soul. I've heard that such martial souls resonate very easily in the Thunder-Fire Hall."

Upon hearing this, the young woman looked at the young man with a look that suggested he was a fool. Even if a dual lightning-fire attribute martial soul were easier to resonate with, it would be impossible to complete the resonance between the martial soul and the environment in one second without powerful talent, right?!

At this moment, Yu Hengqing was absorbing the lightning-attribute energy around his body while circulating the Cangming Lightning to neutralize the fire-attribute energy, preventing its concentration from becoming too high.

Despite the richness of the lightning-attribute energy in the Thunder-Fire Hall, Yu Hengqing's current cultivation speed barely reached one-third of an ordinary person's.

At this rate of cultivation, it would likely take him another two or three years for his level sixteen soul power to break through to level twenty.

As expected, accepting the Century-Old Purple Vein Ginseng from Dugu Yan was an absolutely correct decision.

After returning, Yu Hengqing would ask Yu Yuanzhen to grind it into powder for him to take during subsequent cultivation.

As for the instability of his foundation caused by taking medicinal herbs, Yu Hengqing could consolidate it while refining the Cangming Lightning.

This effect was something Leiyi had told Yu Hengqing about.

"When you refine the Cangming Lightning, it will temper the soul power within your body, allowing the quality of your soul power to improve."

When Yu Hengqing learned that the Cangming Lightning tempered soul power, he understood why the second Godly Trial had been delayed; it was likely because the quality of his soul power did not meet the standard, and he would have to wait for the Cangming Lightning to finish tempering it before the trial could continue.

As Yu Hengqing's cultivation time grew longer, others cultivating in the Thunder-Fire Hall also began to notice him.

In this Thunder-Fire Hall where everyone cultivated in groups, it was hard not to notice someone who suddenly appeared to cultivate alone and had been at it for so long.

However, the vast majority of people had not seen Yu Hengqing's instantaneous resonance earlier, so they assumed he was just a naive kid.

"How long do you think this little junior will last?"

"I feel like he won't last a quarter of an hour. How long has he been at it now?"

"Heh, you guessed wrong! This little junior is about to reach a quarter of an hour!"

"Damn, then this little junior's talent is higher than mine! I only lasted ten minutes back then."

For most aristocratic children, cultivation in the Thunder-Fire Hall was very dull. Finding a rare source of entertainment, they stopped their cultivation one after another to watch Yu Hengqing.

In the blink of an eye, a quarter of an hour had passed.

"It seems this little junior has good talent! Do you know which family he is from?"

"I don't know. None of the families I'm familiar with have someone like this."

"I don't recognize him either."

Watching Yu Hengqing's cultivation time grow longer and longer, more and more people gathered to watch the spectacle.

What could be more entertaining than watching someone with outstanding talent make a fool of themselves in public?

Until Yu Hengqing's cultivation time reached twenty-five minutes, about to hit the thirty-minute mark.

Those who had been watching for fun straightened their attitudes. If he could last this long on his first try, Yu Hengqing's innate soul power was guaranteed to be at least level six.

Soon, thirty minutes passed, and Yu Hengqing was still there cultivating quietly, showing no signs of wanting to leave.

The people present no longer had any desire to see Yu Hengqing make a fool of himself; they were now more curious about how long he could last.

The current record for students in the Thunder-Fire Hall was held by Yu Tianheng, who had cultivated for a full sixty-five minutes before finishing!

Someone who loved a good show had already taken out a pocket watch and started calling out the time!

Thirty-five minutes, forty minutes, forty-five minutes, fifty minutes! Fifty-five minutes!!

Watching Yu Hengqing's duration gradually approach an hour, the excitement in the eyes of everyone present could no longer be concealed. This was something they could brag about to their friends!

Even if Yu Hengqing couldn't break Yu Tianheng's record, being able to persist for an hour was still an impressive feat!

"An hour has passed!"

Someone in the crowd whispered, and the entire group suddenly grew tense, as if the person sitting there cultivating was not Yu Hengqing, but themselves!

"I have temporarily sealed your hearing with energy. Just focus on your cultivation now and don't let those people disturb you!"

Leiyi's voice rang out in Yu Hengqing's mind.

Yu Hengqing, who had been distracted by the chattering of the crowd, suddenly felt the world grow quiet.

Because of this, Yu Hengqing continued to cultivate until the Cangming Lightning could no longer neutralize the fire-attribute energy, causing his body to feel feverish, at which point he finally stopped.

The moment Leiyi restored Yu Hengqing's hearing, a wave of cheers erupted throughout the Thunder-Fire Hall.

"An hour and a half! It's actually an hour and a half! He's even more impressive than Yu Tianheng!"

"It's more than that! An hour and a half is a level that even many people with innate full spirit power haven't reached!"

"No way? If that's true, doesn't that mean our little junior has the potential to become a Title Douluo?"

"I think so. You have to realize that most of those with innate full spirit power have gone on to become Title Douluos!"

Yu Hengqing looked at the noisy crowd, feeling somewhat speechless; he had never imagined that coming to the Thunder-Fire Hall to cultivate would cause such a stir.

However, Yu Hengqing had no desire to entertain these people, and after declining several invitations, he left the Thunder-Fire Hall.

But not long after Yu Hengqing left the hall, Leiyi suddenly spoke up to warn him.

"Xiao Qing, someone is following you. Be careful!"