Level Ten!

Elder Yu did not ask what Yu Changge's current Soul Power Level was. In his view, Innate Half-Level Soul Power was right there, after all.

Yet in the blink of an eye, a year passed.

Inside Yu Tianqing's home.

The family of three sat in the main hall, chatting leisurely in a warm atmosphere.

Yu Changge looked at his parents and said seriously, "Dad, Mom, my Soul Power has reached level ten. Can you take me out of the clan to hunt a suitable First Soul Ring for me?"

The two were instantly stunned. Looking at their son, they found it utterly absurd.

Innate Half-Level Soul Power, yet he had cultivated to level ten in a year and a half?

If some other family's child had come running over with such a claim, Yu Tianqing would have kicked him away long ago. But he knew his son's temperament, and he knew Yu Changge would never lie about something like this.

Yu Shuyao still asked instinctively, "Son, have you really reached level ten?"

Yu Changge smiled and nodded.

A year ago, he had been at level five Soul Power. After reaching level seven, the [Level Up] Hextech had automatically raised his Soul Power by another level, bringing him to level eight.

Now that he had reached level ten, barring any surprises, once he obtained his First Soul Ring, the energy bestowed by it, combined with the push from [Level Up] Hextech, would allow him to raise his Soul Power by at least four levels in one go!

After all, over the past year, he had gradually consumed quite a bit of Whale Rubber.

In this era, Whale Rubber was actually a relatively scarce resource.

Although the vast majority of Soul Masters only regarded it as an aphrodisiac, there were plenty of herbs and folk remedies on Douluo Continent that served that purpose. No one had to fixate on Whale Rubber.

Thus, the Whale Rubber normally found in the inland regions of the continent was generally only a few decades old. Those over a hundred years old were exceedingly rare.

Unless one went to a coastal city near the sea, like Vast Sea City, there might be more stock and higher-grade premium goods.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's territory lay in the Thunder Mountain Range in the southern part of the Heaven Dou Empire, deep inland.

To reach the boundless sea, they would have to travel west, crossing most of Douluo Continent. The journey was extraordinarily long.

Moreover, Sea Soul Beasts were often far stronger than land Soul Beasts of the same level, and they were exceptionally difficult to deal with.

When land Soul Masters went to the vast sea to fight Sea Soul Beasts, they lost their advantage in terrain, naturally multiplying the danger.

Over the past year, after Yu Changge discovered Whale Rubber's remarkable body-tempering effects,

the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had spared no expense in obtaining premium thousand-year and even Ten-Thousand-Year Level Whale Rubber.

Yu Yuanzhen secretly dispatched several elite hunting squads led by Soul Saints to the sea.

The weakest members of those teams were Soul Kings above level fifty!

Yu Tianqing's family naturally did not need to participate in such high-risk hunting operations. After all, their family had been the first to discover Whale Rubber's new use and report it to the clan.

Besides, a round trip to the sea was incredibly long and took at least several months, if not half a year.

How could Yu Tianqing and Yu Shuyao bear to leave their precious son for so long?

Half a year ago, the clan's first hunting expedition finally ended successfully, and the team returned covered in dust from their journey.

Not only had they brought back quite a bit of high-quality thousand-year-level Whale Rubber, they had even obtained two relatively rare pieces of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber!

To reward Yu Tianqing's family's contribution, Yu Yuanzhen bestowed one of those precious pieces of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber upon them.

According to clan members who had taken part in the hunt and spoken about it privately,

they had dispatched several Soul Saints to join forces just to kill that slippery ten-thousand-year whale-type Sea Soul Beast.

They had spent more than half a month wearing it down at sea before finally managing to kill it.

By level alone, several Soul Saints fighting a Soul Beast that had only just surpassed ten thousand years might have seemed like an overwhelming advantage.

But one must not forget that they were land Soul Masters and were not skilled at fighting on the sea.

Although they possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, they could only fly after activating their Martial Soul Avatar, which consumed an enormous amount of Soul Power.

And what about their opponent?

Once that ten-thousand-year whale realized it could not win, all it had to do was slap its tail and dive into the bottomless waters to escape. Land Soul Masters had no way to stop it.

They had only obtained those two pieces of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber after racking their brains and paying a price to lure and trap it.

And during the hunt, quite a few people had been injured as well.

After hearing his parents recount the stories they had heard, Yu Changge had long understood that Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber was indeed extremely difficult for Soul Masters of this era to obtain.

Tang San and the others in the original story might have killed the Deep Sea Demon Whale with ease, one Zhuge Crossbow arrow per whale, but that was because they had the spring water from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Otherwise, completing that task would have been extremely difficult even for the protagonists' group at the time. The Demon Soul Great White Sharks would likely have suffered more than half their number dead or injured before they could possibly complete that Divine Trial.

Yu Tianqing tested Yu Changge's Soul Power and confirmed that it had indeed reached level ten. His expression immediately became quite spectacular.

Yu Tianqing fell silent.

Yu Tianqing turned red with emotion.

Yu Tianqing was thrilled!

"Good, good, good! As expected of my son! With Innate Half-Level Soul Power, you actually rose to level ten in a year and a half! Who would believe that if we told them? Hahaha!"

Yu Tianqing's emotions were complicated, but joy outweighed everything else. Though he was already a grown man, his eyes grew faintly moist, and he could only tilt his head up slightly to hide it.

Yu Shuyao was more emotional. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then said to Yu Changge with a hint of reproach, "Your Soul Power increased so quickly. Why didn't you tell us sooner?"

Yu Tianqing also said, "Exactly, son. Yu Xiaogang is only at level four Soul Power now. You've cultivated for less time than he has, yet you're advancing several times faster?"

Yu Changge nodded. "Dad, Mom, you should know that I prepare Sub-Dragon meat for Xiao Huang every day, every meal, right?"

"Then I discovered that when Xiao Huang eats some Sub-Dragon meat, a portion of it somehow feeds back to me and increases my cultivation speed."

"However, when I started feeding him hundred-year Sub-Dragon meat recently, he could only eat it twice a day. Any more, and Xiao Huang couldn't stomach it."

"This should be related to my Soul Power Level."

"As for why I didn't tell you earlier, I wanted to give you both a surprise."

Yu Tianqing laughed and scolded, "A surprise? We think it feels more like a shock. We weren't mentally prepared at all."

Despite what Yu Tianqing said, he could not suppress the smile on his face.

But Yu Shuyao soon thought of something. "Still, it's a little strange. Yu Xiaogang has the same Martial Soul as you. His Martial Soul should also be able to consume Sub-Dragon meat to speed up his cultivation a little, so why is he still so much slower than you?"

Yu Changge:...