"Only the Clear Sky Sect has one? Father, why is that?"
Yu Yuanzhen's words left Grandmaster even more confused.
Yu Yuanzhen felt it was time to let him know certain things. If Grandmaster uncovered them himself later, the father-son relationship they had worked so hard to repair would surely fracture again. Yu Yuanzhen decided to begin with Grandmaster's question.
"Xiao Gang, let me ask you something first. Among the current Upper Three Sects, the Clear Sky Sect is the only one with an attack-type weapon spirit. Why do you think that is?"
Grandmaster gave his opinion.
"Naturally, it is because weapon spirits are inferior to beast spirits in the early stages. Few attack-type weapon spirit masters can ultimately reach the later stages. To establish a sect, one must at least have a Soul Douluo-level soul master, and it also takes time to accumulate enough clansmen who are soul masters. Establishing a sect is naturally difficult, let alone becoming one of the seven great sects of Douluo Continent."
Yu Yuanzhen smiled.
"Then do you know how many weapon spirit sects exist outside the seven great sects?"
Grandmaster was not omniscient. He had indeed seen quite a few sects while traveling the continent in his youth, but he had spent decades quietly immersed in theoretical research. Apart from matters related to his feelings, he did not remember his younger days very clearly. He made a rough estimate.
"They should account for around forty percent of all sects, right?"
Yu Yuanzhen shook his head and sighed.
"Less than twenty percent."
"Only that many?" Grandmaster had not expected the number of weapon spirit sects to be half his estimate.
Yu Yuanzhen continued.
"Of that twenty percent, more than ninety percent are sects of auxiliary or control-type soul masters. As for the remaining strong attack-type