The Cornered Kitten

"Defeat the chief of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan = gain the respect of the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"Defeat the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Martial Soul = Start the coronation ceremony."

"Human nature is so complex."

Human nature is so simple!

Sitting on the throne of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader, Ye Qingcang was not arrogant. He knew very well that even though he was now the leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was willing to listen to him remained to be seen.

Not everyone dares to oppose a Deity.

Living things will find their own way.

When you are at a disadvantage, even blood relatives might betray you. Xiang Yu proved this point with Xiang Bo: "Since I have become the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, according to the rules, if the previous patriarch is still alive, he should step down and become the clan's Supreme Elder... However, I really have no interest in managing these trivial matters within the clan. Therefore, the position of patriarch will pass to the second-in-command, the second-in-command to the third-in-command, the third-in-command to the fourth-in-command, and so on. Furthermore, the second-in-command will continue to manage clan affairs, assisted by the third, fourth, fifth, and other patriarchs. Does anyone have any objections to this?"

The current second-in-command, Yu Yuanzhen, shook his head.

The current third-in-command Yu Luomian, shook his head.

The other current leaders all silently shook their heads.

Ye Qingcang's secondary division of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family's upper echelons was almost nonexistent. He simply pushed all the other upper echelons down one place in the rankings to make room for himself. Although these leaders all knew that this was just an appetizer provided by Ye Qingcang for all of them, the start was so good. There was no killing the chicken to scare the monkey, nor any transfer of power. Obviously, as long as they adhered to their duties, their treatment should be guaranteed.

"Since everyone has no questions, I'll continue with my plans for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family..." Ye Qingcang picked up a piece of paper from the table. It was actually just a thin sheet of white paper with a few dozen words written on it, mostly summaries. "I won't say anything about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's intelligence network. Over 55% of them are my people, and about 25% are from the Spirit Hall. I'm too lazy to investigate whose responsibility it is. I'll just say one thing: from now on, we are friends with the Spirit Hall. Anyone have a problem with that?"

Are more than 55% of your people?

About 25% are from the Spirit Hall?

Including Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian, all the high-ranking members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan are at the Red-Warm level. Adding these two figures together, 80% of the people in the intelligence department are not on their own side. What the hell is the point of this?

No wonder they can't keep up with the times!

With 80% of their ears plugged and 80% of their eyes blindfolded, even if those 80% were all low-level intelligence agents, the remaining 20% of upper-level leaders would be like blind men. Not to mention that Ye Qingcang was calculating based on percentages. Even if those 20% of intelligence agents were indeed providing information to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, as long as even one of their superiors was one of Ye Qingcang's men or a member of the Spirit Hall, this intelligence, which could potentially determine the life or death of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, would never be placed on the desks of Yu Yuanzhen and other high-ranking officials. Just thinking about it makes one tremble!

Yu Luomian also looked horrified.

It's true that he gave the Spirit Hall special treatment.

Twenty-five percent of them are from the bottom class.

How did Ye Qingcang arrive at that 55% figure?

So they infiltrated through sheer force of choice?

Yu Yuanzhen felt a chill run down his spine, but he quickly realized that it was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's good fortune and blessing that Ye Qingcang had such a high-level intelligence agency. At the very least, it proved that Ye Qingcang's intelligence agency was superior to that of the Spirit Hall. Even if Ye Qingcang and the Spirit Hall turned against each other one day, he wouldn't have to worry about supporting the wrong person or betting on the wrong thing.

Compared to a God Trial Taker only possesses strength.

He felt more at ease with God Trial Taker like Ye Qingcang.

"Since there are no problems..." Ye Qingcang waited four or five seconds, and seeing that no one questioned the alliance between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family and the Spirit Hall, he took out a thick book from his Storage Soul Tool and placed it on the table. He then took out a small booklet, which looked like a manual, from his Storage Soul Tool and placed it on top of the thick book, stacking the two books together. "The book on the bottom is the history of another world, which records how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family of that world was destroyed... I suggest you take a look as a reference, but don't believe it completely. The road is made by walking, and believing everything in books is worse than having no books at all; the booklet on top is the method of condensing Soul Core in another world, which can effectively help Soul Douluo break through bottlenecks and advance to the title level, but there is also a drawback, that is, the title Douluo who breaks through using this method generally cannot defeat the title Douluo breaks through normally."

Yu Yuanzhen: "???"

Yu Luomian: "???"

The other leaders. "???"

Are you speaking human language?

Title Douluo who break through using this method are not as strong as those who break through normally... When did this become a disadvantage, or Douluo it a disadvantage of secret techniques?

Don't all secret techniques have drawbacks?

Such secret techniques that can help Soul Douluo break through to the Title Douluo level, even if it requires burning ten years of lifespan to increase the probability of breakthrough by 10%, are treasures of the Soul Master World!

It's a divine skill that surpasses Great Sumeru Hammer!

There's no need to burn anything, it's just that the strength after the breakthrough is not as good as that of a Title Douluo like Yu Yuanzhen who broke through normally. Versailles should have a limit, please don't hurt people's feelings.

"Oh, right..." Ignoring the burning gazes of Yu Luomian and the others, Ye Qingcang handed the top booklet to Yu Yuanzhen, adding, "Title Douluo can also condense Soul Core without affecting their strength. To put it simply, Soul Core is a Soul Power organ that can purify Soul Power and accelerate recovery. For Soul Douluo, using this method to cross the threshold of level 89 means that their Soul Power Level is sufficient, but their physical fitness is insufficient. This is especially evident after advancing to Title Douluo, and it can even affect their original lifespan. Because their bodies haven't undergone a true self-transformation, Limit Douluo breaks through normally can live for a thousand years, while Limit Douluo breaks through using this method can only live for five hundred years, cutting their lifespan in half. Fortunately, it doesn't have much of an impact on Title Douluo break through normally and then switch to this method."

"That's enough!" Yu Luomian excitedly looked at the booklet in Yu Yuanzhen's hand, just like the other Soul Douluo leaders. "Level 99 is a realm that ordinary people can't reach anyway. This method only reduces the lifespan increase for each level after level 95. In other words, the difference in lifespan between Title Douluo who break through using Douluo method and those who don't will only become apparent after level 95. Everyone's lifespan is 200 years when they reach level 91, so it has no impact on us!"

Having bad talent has its advantages.

It gave them self-awareness.

Even if they were allowed to break through freely, how many of them could actually reach level 95?

As for the difference in strength... Title Douluo who uses secret techniques to break through are already inferior to others. Moreover, if you think about it carefully, if a secret technique has no cost, can it still be called a secret technique?

Yu Yuanzhen also very excited now.

Although the drawbacks of the Soul Core are obvious, even he, Super Douluo, could see them: focusing on Soul Power while neglecting physical development. However, the lifespan disadvantage couldn't offset the difference between the Eighth Soul Ring and Ninth Soul Ring. The flaws didn't detract from the overall value. "The Eighth Soul Ring has a lifespan of around 70,000 years, while the Ninth Soul Ring can be attempted for 100,000 years, or at the very least, 90,000 years. This means that even using this method to break through, a pseudo-titled Soul Douluo with nine Soul Ring can easily suppress ordinary Soul Douluo!"

As for how much improvement the Soul Core can bring him, and whether it can allow him to reach level 96, he dares not say for sure yet, but he sees the possibility!

On the path of cultivation, without guidance, the higher you go, the more you risk your life to explore and gamble!

Compared to the other world Ye Qingcang spoke of.

He envied the world as seen through the eyes of the God Trial Taker.

Are titled Douluo rare?

The God Trial Taker has plenty of ways to quickly become a Title Douluo!

The God Trial Taker can even use Title Douluo as cannon fodder!

Even if cannon fodder is useless to the God Trial Taker!

"Take the book home and read it slowly; remember, this isn't some precious knowledge... Even if it were, knowledge only has value when it's disseminated. Knowledge that no one cares about or knows is just a pile of blank paper and words, utterly useless." Ye Qingcang was never one to hoard knowledge. If he were, he wouldn't have put his Stellar Martial Arts into the Blue Tyrant Academy's platform shop. As long as you have the credits, you can learn it by climbing the ranks, even though it's a cruel method of nurturing talent. "Next, let's talk about the third key point, which is also the most important one right now, concerning the future..."

Upon hearing Ye Qingcang's serious words, Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Luomian, and the others immediately calmed down.

Intelligence agencies have been infiltrated like sieves.

This isn't the point for Ye Qingcang.

A secret technique that allows Soul Douluo to break through.

This isn't the point for Ye Qingcang.

So, for Ye Qingcang, just how serious is something that can be defined as an important matter?

"Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin." Ye Qingcang gently tapped the thick history book that hadn't yet been pushed out. He didn't tell Yu Yuanzhen Yu Yuanzhen the others about his plan, but only how they should act. Because Yu Yuanzhen and the others didn't need to know so much, or even... whether this was a test of loyalty or an operation destined to make great sacrifices. "The descendants of these two, after the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, founded the Sky Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate. The Sky Dragon Gate preserved the Yu surname, while the current sect leader and direct descendants of the Earth Dragon Gate all have the surname Nan. I don't care what their descendants think, and I don't need their explanations. Later, I will return to the Blue Tyrant Academy to see my mother and Violet. You write them a letter and ask them to come see me. Then, completely obey my orders and enter another world to see the Sky Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate. Those who are willing to the Returning to Ancestral Clan their ancestors should be prepared; those who are not, let them die."

The leaders fell silent.

In the end, it was Yu Yuanzhen, the titled Douluo, who uttered words that might anger Ye Qingcang: "It was Tian Heng and Tianxin's responsibility to reclaim the Sky Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate, but to kill two people who had little responsibility and were unwilling to the Returning to Ancestral Clan... wasn't that a bit hasty?"

"I meant annihilating the entire clan..." Because it sounded the same as his own pronunciation, Ye Qingcang was somewhat amused and exasperated by Yu Yuanzhen and the others' misunderstanding. "The split between the Sky Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate isn't their fault, why would I kill them both?"

Yu Yuanzhen and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, a new question quickly came to mind, "It's just an attempt to subjugate two sects; compared to the Soul Core Secret Technique, it doesn't seem like a big deal!"

"That's because, for me, knowledge is the cheapest thing!" Ye Qingcang shook his head, stood up, and walked out while twirling his Nine Sons of the Dragon bracelet, signaling the end of his first meeting since taking office. "Building a brand requires a master chef to cook hundreds of dishes, while destroying a brand only requires a trivial amount of perfunctory work; I'm never afraid that someone can surpass me with the knowledge I teach. On the contrary, that only fuels my fighting spirit to overtake them... Since both the Sky Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate claim to be the orthodox lineage, and since I am now the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, I cannot sit idly by, feigning deafness and dumbness to avoid conflict, or allow them to tarnish my reputation!"

Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Luomian, and the others nodded in agreement.

Got it, it's about saving face.

If they are the orthodox ones, then what are we?

We may be nothing, but for Ye Qingcang himself, he certainly cannot be nothing!

As for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family splitting into two factions after being destroyed, one Heaven and one Earth, all the high-ranking members, including Yu Yuanzhen, remained calm. Nothing in the world is unchanging, and children and grandchildren have their own fortunes. At most, they would find the descendants of the generation that was destroyed and hang them up and whip them.

It has nothing to do with the descendants who will have to clean up the mess later.

Etc!

Ye Qingcang just said that it was the descendants of Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin who established the Sky Dragon Gate and the Earth Dragon Gate. Could it be that Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, those two Little Rabbit, fought amongst themselves and ruined the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family in their generation?

Several leaders subconsciously glanced at the history book Ye Qingcang had left on the table. It was a thick book. If it weren't for the fact that Ye Qingcang hadn't left the main hall yet, they would have already rushed forward to find out which unworthy descendant had ruined the family.

As for why Ye Qingcang was in such a hurry to return to the Blue Tyrant Academy...

"A man who is unwilling to spend time with his family is definitely not a qualified man." Ye Qingcang, who had been teleported to the basement, pushed open the door and returned to his home, the villa at the Blue Tyrant Academy. Facing a completely unsurprised Violet, he put the Nine Sons of the Dragon bracelet back on his wrist and pinched Violet's cheek. "Hello... cough cough... I choked on my phlegm. I'm back. How have you been?"

Given Ye Qingcang's physical condition, he wouldn't have phlegm stuck in his throat.

However, it's fun to make a silly joke now and then.

"Master..." Violet's face showed a hint of speechlessness. She patted the back of Ye Qingcang Ye Qingcang, signaling him to let go, but gently did not pull his hand away. "Nothing has happened at Blue Ye Qingcang Blue Tyrant Academy recently. If there is anything, it must be that one of your previous pawns has reached its final move... Oh, right, there's also the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Aunt Liu did not sell any Tier 7 and Above Soul Tools to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but she did sell a few Soul Tool below level Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to them. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School purchased the blueprints for Soul Tool from level one to five, and also hired a group of the Soul Tool Department teachers and students to provide guidance at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Dean Liu approved 500,000 credits as compensation. The amount will be calculated based on the number of Soul Tool Master trained, and the equivalent credits will be paid. This is the second most important thing."

"And what about the most important thing?" Ye Qingcang asked subconsciously, then remembered that Violet had just told him, "A chess piece has reached its final move... That kid Dai Mubai is more capable than I imagined!"

"The price was that his reputation was ruined..." Violet rarely showed a hint of disgust. "He even paid some thugs to harass Zhu Zhuqing, having them accuse Zhu Zhuqing of having an affair with them. Then, he publicly questioned Zhu Zhuqing Zhu Zhuqing's chastity, forcing her to tear off her sleeve in public to reveal her Virginity Mark. After that, Zhu Zhuqing was so angry that she stayed in her dormitory for two days without eating or drinking. These days, she's been completely distraught. Although she's not completely insane, she's lost all her energy. That lifeless look in her eyes is more terrifying than madness..."

The fiancé publicly questioned his fiancée.

The fiancée proved her innocence.

Dai Mubai, this fiancé, isn't rotten, then who is?

"So..." Ye Qingcang showed no pity for Zhu Zhuqing: "As someone who witnessed everything firsthand, what did you learn from Dai Mubai's incident?"

"To survive, a person can give up everything except their own Goddess of Life!" Violet's tone became slightly complicated. "Don't believe your eyes!"

"And..." Ye Qingcang took a sip of water, fiddled with the Jade Seal Machine a couple of times, and smiled meaningfully, "When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you!"

"Understood." Violet nodded. "Then should I go and inform him to come over and pass on the Stellar Martial Arts to him?"

"Don't kill him afterward." Ye Qingcang waved his hand slowly, indicating that Violet could go and inform Dai Mubai: "He should die in the Star Luo Empire, in a grand drama, exchanging his life for Dai Weisi's..."