Yu Xiaogang, why are you here? (Seeking follow-up reads)

Yu Changge looked down at the Whale Glue in his hand. Without much hesitation, he tossed it beside Xiao Huang's mouth and let it eat it directly.

Xiao Huang sniffed it, and its eyes instantly lit up. With a few eager chomps, it swallowed it down like candy beans.

Over the past half a year, he had never fed Xiao Huang a single piece of Whale Glue.

He knew now that he had fallen into a misconception before. Since Xiao Huang's essence was the Golden Sacred Dragon, he had thought feeding it sub-dragon meat containing dragon blood energy would definitely be better.

As for other energy-rich items, he had felt their attributes did not match, so he had simply dismissed them.

But now that he had calmed down and thought it over carefully, that idea was far too narrow-minded.

In the end, whether it was sub-dragon meat or refined Whale Glue, once eaten, they were essentially just high-energy foods.

Unless he could get true dragon meat with an extremely high age or an extremely pure bloodline right now, then relying only on the ten-year or hundred-year sub-dragon meat he usually ate...

There was simply no way to fundamentally change the Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline inside Xiao Huang, which was currently innately deficient and temporarily sealed.

Since it could not change its bloodline, then as long as it could provide energy, whether it was dragon meat or Whale Glue, theoretically, it should all be the same.

While he was thinking, Xiao Huang had already completely digested that piece of Whale Glue.

Yu Changge immediately sat cross-legged on the bed, held his breath, focused his mind, and carefully sensed the condition of his body.

Time passed, second by second.

Yu Changge blinked, and the expression on his face became a little stiff, because he found that his body had not changed at all.

There was no full-body heat as he had imagined, no swelling of strength.

Yu Changge immediately looked utterly puzzled. "Did I guess wrong?"

Could it be that Xiao Huang eating that sub-dragon meat before had never been able to speed up his soul power cultivation in the first place?

Had all of this merely been his own wishful illusion, and the reason he cultivated quickly was truly just because he worked harder?

But even if he worked hard, at present, he still should not be able to compare to Yu Xiaogang.

His innate soul power was already lower. Blindly spending all his time on meditation might have some meaning, but in truth, not much.

If he found the right method, it could be much faster than "dead cultivation." For example... taking immortal herbs.

Yu Changge thought about it. According to the timeline, Dugu Bo should be around forty years old and probably had not yet discovered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest.

However, in his current state, it definitely was not convenient for him to go searching for it.

Sunset Forest was not small. No matter how much his parents doted on him, without solid evidence, it was impossible for them to carry out some kind of blanket search, right?

Besides, even if he found the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he still had to recognize those immortal herbs.

Although he knew the original story, at most, he could recognize a few immortal herbs with more obvious traits. As for the rest, there were still a whole pile he did not know.

As for records about immortal herbs, he could only see next whether he could learn a little from Elder Yu, or search in the clan's Library Pavilion.

However, Yu Changge felt that even if he could find relevant books, there probably would not be many records.

After all, in the original work, although most of Yu Xiaogang's theories were copied, it had to be said that he was indeed learned and knowledgeable. Yet even so, he did not recognize those immortal herbs.

When Tang San gave him the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, he could not identify it, let alone the others. He even had prejudices against immortal herbs.

Yu Changge sighed. For now, he could only try within the clan first. If there were no relevant records, he decided he would wait until he had some ability to protect himself, then find a way to have his parents take him to Sunset Forest.

At the very least, he would first pick the few immortal herbs he recognized. As for the rest, he would leave them there for the time being.

Later, he would look for an opportunity to see if he could go to Spirit Hall in the name of "research study."

Then he would think of a way to get records about immortal herbs from Yue Guan.

On this continent, only Yue Guan understood immortal herbs and all kinds of medicinal plants the best. Even Dugu Bo was no match for him.

He had sat on a mountain of treasure without realizing it, and Tang San had taken advantage of the opening.

Looking at Xiao Huang beside him, Yu Changge shook his head helplessly. "Forget it. Come back for now."

With a thought, Yu Changge directly took Xiao Huang back into his body.

However, the instant Xiao Huang merged into his body, a sudden change occurred!

After taking Xiao Huang back, he discovered that his physique seemed to have improved by another tiny bit.

Although with his current strength, he naturally could not sense exactly how much his physique had improved.

But it had indeed improved!

This discovery delighted Yu Changge. In that case, the sub-dragon meat he had fed Xiao Huang before had been somewhat useful after all.

And every time he meditated, it was after dinner in the evening. Most of the time, he fed Xiao Huang first before cultivating, so he had not noticed it.

In that case, Yu Changge felt he could give Xiao Huang more sub-dragon meat later and see where the upper limit of how much it could eat in a day was.

Because his physique had improved somewhat, the sub-dragon meat he ate now was all from beasts several decades old. Later, he could let Xiao Huang try hundred-year meat.

For the time that followed, Yu Changge still studied theory with Elder Yu in the morning and trained his body with Yu Tianqing in the afternoon. After half a year of tempering, his lower body could be considered quite stable, and that Dragon Roaming Rock-Crushing Hand had also progressed nicely.

According to his father, even if his martial soul could not possess his body, when he used this fist technique, attaching soul power to both hands could add at least some power.

And now, he could also learn a weapon. If possible, he wanted to choose the sword. After all, it looked cool.

But the main purpose of choosing a weapon to practice was self-defense, not offense, so his father suggested he choose a staff or club.

A blunt weapon like a staff was the most suitable: it could be used to attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

So his afternoons had now become a time for body tempering, practicing staff techniques, and one more rather important thing—something he had added himself.

That was to become extremely proficient at retracting and releasing Xiao Huang at will!

This point was crucial. For example, if Xiao Huang was very far away from him and he suddenly encountered danger where he was, could he instantly retract Xiao Huang, then release it right in front of him to block the attack?

He needed to shorten the time between retracting and releasing as much as possible!

And on this particular morning, while he was studying in Elder Yu's courtyard, Yu Xiaogang was acting somewhat sneaky outside.

Naturally, this could not escape Elder Yu's eyes. He glanced at him indifferently. "Yu Xiaogang, what are you doing here?"

Yu Changge also looked over at the sound and saw Yu Xiaogang poking his head in from the doorway with an embarrassed look on his face.

P.S. Regarding Dugu Bo's age, he was seventy-eight when he first appeared. At that time, Tang San was around thirteen, Yu Xiaogang was around forty-six, so Dugu Bo was roughly thirty-two years older than Yu Xiaogang. (If I calculated it wrong, I can change it, haha.)