A "Wasted Martial Soul" That Can Grow Is Merely Labeled as Such by Others!

Yu Xiaogang walked over. Facing Elder Yu, he was not all that timid; after all, he had once been a candidate for young clan leader.

"Elder Yu, I only heard that Yu Changge has been studying theory with you for the past six months, so I came over to take a look."

"Also, regarding the new effect of Whale Glue he discovered, I more or less owe him some thanks. That is why I came today—to give him a reminder."

Yu Changge was puzzled and looked at him. "What reminder?"

Yu Xiaogang said, "Your Martial Soul is the same as mine. They are both so-called Piglet Martial Souls, and we were both born with only half a rank of soul power. Right now, you and I are enjoying the same resources, so I came to advise you: put as much time as possible into cultivation."

Yu Xiaogang paused, stole a glance at Elder Yu, then continued, "I heard you study theory in the morning, train your body in the afternoon, and only meditate at night. You are doing too many pointless things. Studying theory and self-defense techniques can completely wait until your cultivation has risen."

"Look at me. I put all my time into cultivation, and now my soul power is already about to break through to rank three. Perhaps, in less than five years—even three years—I can reach rank ten. Wasting time like this, aren't you afraid of missing the best period for cultivation?"

Yu Changge: ...

Perhaps what Yu Xiaogang said was right. A soul master's best period for cultivation was only those twenty or thirty years. Those with low cultivation talent should spend more time cultivating.

But in truth, if one put it that way, shouldn't those with good cultivation talent spend even more time cultivating?

There were so many people outside whose talent was greater than Yu Xiaogang's, so why did they still study theory from childhood? If they spent those first twenty or thirty years entirely on cultivation, wouldn't they improve even faster?

But they did not. Could it be that all of them were fools?

When it came to cultivation, the only one who could be considered a bit unusual was probably Feng Xiaotian.

Twenty-four years old with rank forty-four soul power. It was said he had done it to wait for Huo Wu...

As for his Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Demon Wolf, if it had not just happened to be countered by Tang San, it was actually still fairly strong, though... its flaws were also very obvious.

Even powerful figures like Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian had never said one should spend all their time on cultivation right from the start.

The world of Douluo Continent was one where innate soul power determined everything, barring small-probability exceptions. If you were born with full soul power, a Titled Douluo was your guaranteed baseline. If you were born with half a rank, even becoming a soul master was difficult.

Even with his clan backing him, Yu Xiaogang's limit was rank twenty-nine. Of course, part of that was also because the soul skills his first two soul rings had given Luo Sanpao were wrong.

A dignified Golden Sacred Dragon hatchling, and its soul skill was actually farting...

Yu Changge said, "There's no helping it. Our Martial Souls are only piglets. We don't even know what they're specifically called. Do you think this Martial Soul will be useful even if your rank gets higher? It would be better to spend more time studying theory and finding a way out."

"Besides, it's not as if I've given up on cultivation. Low innate soul power means there is an extremely high chance of encountering bottlenecks, and those bottlenecks are not something you can break through just by spending time cultivating."

"Otherwise, look at the clan. How many people have been stuck at the same rank for many years?"

Yu Xiaogang: ...

"Heh. I can't make you understand. I think right now we only need to remember some basic theoretical common sense, and that will be enough."

"Moreover, there are no trash Martial Souls, only trash soul masters!"

"I will prove it to all of you. Even with only half a rank of innate soul power, there is still the possibility of becoming strong!"

"In half a year, I'm already almost rank three. As for you, based on your cultivation schedule, I'd guess you've only just broken through rank one, right?"

"Summer insects cannot speak of ice!" Yu Xiaogang snorted coldly and turned to leave.

His main purpose in coming today was actually not to thank Yu Changge for discovering the new effect of Whale Glue. Otherwise, he would have come long ago, rather than waiting until this point half a year later.

He had only wanted to come and ask Yu Changge what rank his soul power had reached after half a year of cultivation.

Part of him was curious, but more than anything, he wanted to use Yu Changge's lower cultivation as motivation for himself.

But now there was no need to check. He felt there was no getting through to Yu Changge.

Yu Changge was also somewhat speechless. So the line "there are no trash Martial Souls, only trash soul masters" had already come out of Yu Xiaogang's mouth this quickly.

He had even thrown in a classical saying. What was that supposed to mean? He nearly lost it.

Yu Changge looked toward his teacher.

Yes, not long ago, he had already formally taken Elder Yu as his teacher.

Do not assume that because Yu Ming was proficient in theory, his strength was lacking. No matter what, he was a Soul Sage-level powerhouse.

To the current Yu Changge, that was extremely strong. After all, it was not as if he could go take a Titled Douluo as his teacher.

Moreover, Elder Yu truly treated him very well. It could be said he taught him everything he knew. In cultivation, one could even say he offered slightly more insight than his father did.

"Teacher, could it be that I was wrong?"

Elder Yu sighed and shook his head. "No, you were not wrong. Yu Xiaogang is too arrogant. Just take it as him trying to find some sense of existence from you."

"You should also know that he is the clan leader's son, but his Martial Soul is not the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Instead, it is a mutated Piglet Martial Soul. This has made many people in the clan look down on him."

"Clearly, before he awakened his Martial Soul, some people were still very respectful to him. But after he awakened it, although their attitude did not change on the surface, they became much more distant from him. Privately, one could even hear the discussions."

"As for the elders' council, the clan leader is also under a great deal of pressure. The elders are all impeaching him, wanting to remove Yu Xiaogang's qualification as young clan leader."

"Of course, you do not need to pay attention to any of this. I told you today, but you can pretend you never heard it."

"As for that line, 'there are no trash Martial Souls, only trash soul masters'... just hear it and leave it at that. It can be used to motivate yourself, but you must never take it seriously."

"The law of the soul master world is that trash Martial Souls are always trash Martial Souls, and innate soul power basically decides everything. Those that can grow mean that Martial Soul was never a trash Martial Soul from the start. It was merely defined by people as a 'trash Martial Soul,' that's all."

"If there is no great opportunity, then the upper limit is actually set right there. No matter how one cultivates, it is impossible to break through the bottleneck."

As Elder Yu spoke, a trace of desolation flashed through his eyes as well, because he was exactly like that. He had been stuck at rank seventy-five for many years already. In this lifetime, this was probably as far as he would go.

Yu Changge sighed inwardly. This teacher of his truly was deeply learned.

After all, whether it was Luo Sanpao in the original work or Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, they had only been defined as trash martial souls. They were not truly trash martial souls.

Could a Golden Sacred Dragon hatchling really be a trash martial soul?

Could Blue Silver Grass with the bloodline of the Blue Silver Emperor really be a trash martial soul?

Perhaps only that Ji Juechen could more or less be considered the "oddball" who fit that saying!

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