Bibi Dong's Negative Impression of Yu Xiaogang, One and a Half Years Later (Seeking Reads)

What Yu Yuanzhen did was even harsher than directly confining Yu Xiaogang, because Yu Xiaogang barely went out in the first place. Punishing him with confinement would have been the same as not punishing him at all.

But making Yu Xiaogang attend classes at the academy meant he would come into contact with other people every day, and a round of mockery was definitely unavoidable.

Yet Yu Yuanzhen wanted Yu Xiaogang to recognize himself. He felt his method might have been somewhat aggressive, but he believed he was not wrong.

He had to attend that academy. They could not let him keep wasting away at home like this.

His elder brother Yu Xiaogan went to the academy to study, so why should he not go?

Of course, Yu Xiaogan attending the academy was not just as simple as learning theoretical knowledge. After all, that was something they could hire a teacher to teach him privately, just like Yu Changge, who had never attended the academy.

But he still went, because this way he could make connections with some clansmen in the family, especially those with good talent.

This was also, in a roundabout way, paving the road for the future.

Afterward, Yu Yuanzhen dismissed the others present and kept Yu Tianqing and Shu Yao behind, inviting them into the main hall to sit down.

Yu Yuanzhen sighed and said, "Tianqing, Shu Yao, I hope you won't take offense. Xiaogang is simply too disappointing."

Yu Tianqing quickly waved his hand. "No, no, no, Clan Chief, please don't say that. How could I get angry with a child? Besides, he's your son."

Yu Yuanzhen shook his head. "So in truth, you're still angry in your hearts. It's only because he is my son that you're giving me face. On this point, I really have wronged you."

"Ever since Xiaogang's martial soul underwent a malignant mutation, his state of mind has been somewhat off. At first, I thought that since he wanted to become a battle soul master and had drive, that was a good thing. But later I discovered that it was nothing more than an excuse for him to escape reality. He's not as good as your son."

"So today, by using the opportunity to make him apologize to you, I also wanted to intervene and hopefully wake him up. But now it seems... I've instead damaged the bond between father and son, and between brothers as well."

Seeing that Yu Yuanzhen had spoken so sincerely, could Yu Tianqing really keep clinging to it? So he said, "They are all still children. Having some conflicts can also be a good thing. Perhaps they can motivate each other and improve together?"

"Besides, last time it was only a verbal dispute. Changge did not suffer any harm. Today, Yu Xiaogang has already been punished by you, Clan Chief. That is enough."

Yu Yuanzhen nodded. Today, he had at least made his stance clear.

"I hope the two of you husband and wife can break through to Soul Douluo soon. When the time comes, you will be able to enter the Council of Elders."

Yu Tianqing nodded and did not say anything.

With the talent the two of them had, how could it be that easy to advance to Soul Douluo? If things went smoothly, it would probably still take ten years.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Yu Tianqing and Shu Yao took their leave.

Not long after, Yu Changge also received a letter from Yu Tianqing, and it mentioned Yu Xiaogang's punishment.

He had been slapped by Yu Yuanzhen, and had even lost two teeth.

In the letter, Yu Tianqing also revealed how satisfied he felt inside.

Although Yu Xiaogang's apology had not been sincere, when he watched Yu Xiaogang get punished, he did not react at first. After he came back to his senses, there was only one word in his heart: satisfying!

After Yu Changge read it, he also smiled.

He understood that Yu Yuanzhen had already fulfilled the responsibility a father ought to fulfill, but Yu Xiaogang himself was useless. That could not be blamed on Yu Yuanzhen.

And Yu Changge now understood, more or less, why Yu Xiaogang was not liked in the family, and had even been unable to bear the family's voices and chosen to leave.

With that kind of attitude, if he did not leave, who would?

The relatives around him were all doing it for his own good, truly for his own good, and they were genuinely taking action and spending resources, not just paying lip service. Yet Yu Xiaogang had an attitude of "you all want to harm Us." Who would not feel chilled seeing that?

It gave off the feeling that everyone else was drunk while he alone was sober.

"What was written in that letter? Why do I feel like you're in a very good mood, smiling so happily?" Bibi Dong blinked from the side and asked with some curiosity.

She had just happened to come over to look for Yu Changge to play, and ran into the person delivering a letter to Yu Changge, so she took it over.

Yu Changge smiled and shook his head. "Nothing much. Just a small matter that happened in the family. Sister Dong'er, you might not necessarily be interested."

Bibi Dong shook Yu Changge's arm and said with a smile, "Tell me, come on. We're bored right now anyway."

During this period, when Yu Changge was studying theory, he would occasionally tell some of it to Bibi Dong as well, trying to present it in a relaxed and funny way, changing up the style as he explained.

So Bibi Dong was also very interested, and in her heart, she admired Yu Changge more and more. This knowledge, which she had originally found extremely dull and difficult to understand, now slipped into her head very easily.

Seeing this, Yu Changge briefly explained the sequence of events.

"Hmph! This person called Yu Xiaogang is way too awful. It's bad enough that he's wallowing in decadence himself, but how can he say that you studying theory is useless?"

"If it really were useless, then all these classics Spirit Hall has continuously collected and recorded in the Library Pavilion over the years would just be a pile of blank paper in his eyes, wouldn't they?"

"Then Teacher wouldn't tell me to read more books whenever I have time, either."

"Thankfully, you didn't listen to him. Otherwise, wouldn't I never have met you?"

Yu Changge looked at Bibi Dong and chuckled. "Sister Dong'er, you still have the nerve to say that? Who was it that didn't like studying before? The two of you are no better than each other."

When Bibi Dong heard this, she immediately pouted. "Fine, you actually dare laugh at your Sister Dong'er like that. I won't be coaxed unless you treat me to something delicious. No, two meals!"

The two of them passed the time playing around like this, while before Yu Xiaogang had even met Bibi Dong, his negative impression score had already been maxed out.

Even if Yu Xiaogang later really did, just like in the original work, encounter a bottleneck in his cultivation and resign himself to switching to theory, in front of Bibi Dong, it would not earn him any points at all.

Very soon, two years passed.

On Pope Mountain, at the Light Mimicry Cultivation Ground.

At this moment, Yu Changge was cultivating, while beside him, Xiao Huang was also under this dense light energy, eating the Sub-Dragon meat Yu Changge had prepared for him.

Perhaps it was because it had been immersed in the Mimicry Cultivation Ground for so long, but this dense light energy also had a stimulating effect on Xiao Huang.

Although Xiao Huang still could not cultivate on its own, the surface of its skin was actually able to absorb the light power diffused in the surroundings, then use it to strengthen itself.

Did that count as a form of autonomous cultivation? Even if it was unconscious, and therefore much slower, there was no doubt that it would also feed back into Yu Changge and increase his cultivation speed.

It was equivalent to gaining a small cultivation accelerator. Even if this accelerator seemed "insignificant" compared to the Mimicry Cultivation Ground, it still counted as progress.

And just then, some kind of bottleneck within Yu Changge suddenly broke, and a wave of soul power erupted from his body.

Rank twenty!