"Has our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan fallen into decline?"
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"Has our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan fallen into decline?"
Yu Hezai clearly hadn't quite processed it yet and instinctively responded to Yu Zhantian.
"No! In fact, our clan is at its peak! Who in the Soul Master World doesn't know that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is a top-tier Beast Martial Soul and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect is one of the Upper Three Sects?"
Seeing Yu Hezai actually take pride in this, Yu Zhantian angrily reached out and tapped him on the head.
Yu Hezai winced in pain and saw Yu Zhantian's dark expression. Though he didn't understand why Yu Zhantian was acting this way, he silently shut his mouth.
"Yu Hengqing, can I call you Little Qing from now on?"
Yu Zhantian shifted his gaze from Yu Hezai to Yu Hengqing and asked him in a calm voice.
"Of course."
"Good. Little Qing, I have a favor to ask of you. I hope you'll take on the position of sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect before you become a god."
"If you agree, I can guarantee that none of the Soul Bones you absorb from now on will be under a hundred thousand years old!"
As he spoke, Yu Zhantian's voice softened a little despite himself. He could tell Yu Hengqing wasn't interested in the position of sect master.
But if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was to truly rise again, Yu Hengqing becoming sect master was the best option. It would also fulfill the promise he'd made to Third Brother all those years ago.
"Ancestor, I'm sorry, but I can't agree to that. My ambitions lie elsewhere."
Sure enough, seeing the unwavering look in Yu Hengqing's eyes, Yu Zhantian realized he could only settle for the next best thing.
"Then who is the current sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and what is his Soul Power Level?"
"The current sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect is my father, Yu Yuanzhen. He's a level ninety-five Titled Douluo."
Seeing Yu Zhantian ask about his father, Yu Hengqing instantly guessed what he was planning.
Hearing that the sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had only reached level ninety-five, Yu Zhantian understood why even a Soul Douluo like Yu Hezai ranked among the sect's prominent figures.
"A level ninety-five Titled Douluo will do. Little Qing, once you return to the sect, remember to bring your father here to the rear mountain with you."
"The rear mountain? So your true body is in our sect's rear mountain, Ancestor!"
After hearing the Silver Dragon King say this earlier, Yu Hengqing had thought Yu Zhantian had gone to some secret realm to mend his soul. He hadn't expected this "secret realm" to be his own clan's rear mountain.
"As long as there's enough energy from heaven and earth, it's all the same wherever I mend my soul. That's why Third Brother hid me in the rear mountain back then."
"No wonder. The sect's rear mountain has always been considered forbidden grounds. Anyone other than the sect master and those he approves of who enters is punished extremely severely."
At this point, Yu Hezai, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly piped up.
Yu Hezai's words reminded Yu Hengqing of the days when he'd absorbed Whale Rubber. Of course, he'd assumed the rear mountain was where those old monsters went into seclusion.
He hadn't found any old monsters in seclusion, but he had found an ancestor mending his soul.
"All right, that's enough chatting for today. Go back and get ready. We leave for Sunset Forest tomorrow."
With that, Yu Zhantian turned into a wisp of green smoke and drifted back into the pearl.
"We're going to Sunset Forest? Little Qing, haven't you already completed the God Trial? Why aren't you going back to the sect?"
Hearing Yu Zhantian say they were going to Sunset Forest, Yu Hezai asked Yu Hengqing in surprise.
He'd thought that after completing the God Trial, Yu Hengqing would return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect with him.
"That's right. I still have to go with Poison Douluo to take care of something very important. Second Uncle, you should head back first. You can tell my father about my situation, so he won't worry too much."
A few days ago, Dugu Bo had told Yu Hengqing that he'd made some progress on the method of forming a core from poison, but that it needed to be carried out at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
As it happened, Yu Hengqing also wanted to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gather some Immortal Herbs to serve as a trump card for his plans down the line.
Hearing that Yu Hengqing would be going with Dugu Bo, Yu Hezai didn't say anything more.
Ever since learning that Dugu Bo, a Poison Douluo, was suffering from a severe poison—and that only Yu Hengqing could cure it—Yu Hezai had stopped worrying that Dugu Bo might harm Yu Hengqing.
More importantly, Yu Yuanzhen was standing behind Yu Hengqing.
"Very well. With Senior Poison Douluo accompanying you, I can rest easy."
The next morning.
Yu Hezai took Dugu Yan back to Heaven Dou City, while Dugu Bo took Yu Hengqing to Sunset Forest. The two groups set off along separate roads.
Yu Hengqing had originally planned to travel to Sunset Forest by carriage, especially since there was more than one carriage waiting to pick them up.
But Dugu Bo was already getting impatient. He urgently needed to test whether the method he'd worked out would succeed.
And so, travelers along the way witnessed a strange sight: Dugu Bo had Yu Hengqing tucked under his arm as he raced along at full speed.
Thanks to the footspeed of a Titled Douluo like Dugu Bo, Yu Hengqing was brought to the outskirts of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that very afternoon.
Standing at its outskirts, Yu Hengqing saw a thick miasma so dense he couldn't see through it at all.
"Little Qing, see that miasma? That's the barrier I set up. Only someone with strength at the level of a Titled Douluo can resist it for a short while."
"If your strength hasn't reached the level of a Titled Douluo, you'll be dead from the poison in less than a quarter of an hour."
As he spoke, Yu Hengqing could clearly hear the pride in Dugu Bo's voice.
But Dugu Bo had every right to be proud. In all the Douluo Continent, no one could surpass him in the art of poison—except Tang San, that cheat.
"Take this Detoxification Pill first, then stay close behind me. I'll use a Soul Power barrier to protect you as we go in."
The miasma was so potent that it caused Dugu Bo some trouble, too.
A Soul Master as weak as Yu Hengqing could easily suffer mild poisoning even without entering the miasma.
For that reason, Dugu Bo hadn't even dared to bring his own granddaughter, Dugu Yan, here, for fear she might be poisoned by accident.
"Mm, all right."
Yu Hengqing had been a little distracted, but after hearing Dugu Bo, he took the Detoxification Pill from his hand and popped it into his mouth without a second thought.
Only when an unprecedented bitterness burst across his tongue did Yu Hengqing come back to his senses.
"Ugh, why is this Detoxification Pill so bitter?"
"I'm not a candy seller or a cook. Why should I have to worry about how a Detoxification Pill tastes?"
Seeing Yu Hengqing complain about the bitterness, Dugu Bo retorted crossly.
"All right, all right! I've taken the Detoxification Pill. Now let's go in."
Yu Hengqing didn't want to waste the pill's effects, so he hurried Dugu Bo to take him into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
As Dugu Bo protected Yu Hengqing and led him into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yu Hengqing began talking to Yu Zhantian again.
"Ancestor, was what you said just now true? Did you really sense the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' auras here?"
The moment Yu Hengqing had stepped onto the outskirts of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yu Zhantian had eagerly sent him a message.
"Little Qing, I sensed the auras of the two Dragon Kings here. They're very weak, but I'm absolutely certain I'm not mistaken!"
Hearing the urgency in Yu Zhantian's voice, Yu Hengqing suddenly had a bad feeling.
Of course, he knew that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had formed from the bodies of the two Dragon Kings.
But Yu Zhantian's tone was all wrong. It gave him the impression that the two great Dragon Kings were still alive.
And considering that Yu Zhantian had also survived until now by relying on the Dragon Pearl and his remnant soul—
Yu Hengqing readily accepted the possibility that the two Dragon Kings weren't entirely dead.
If those two Dragon Kings really were still alive, Yu Hengqing would probably end up saddled with another pile of "side quests"!
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