Tang Hao and Xiao Family Village

Xiao Wu gave Xiao Chenghe a rather disgusted look, then pulled Luo Yihe's hand and moved a little farther away from him.

As for Luo Yihe? His eyes lit up.

(✧ω✧) "Ahem!"

(Luo Yihe) quietly pried Xiao Wu's hand off his, then draped an arm over Xiao Chenghe's shoulder. "Big Bear, that's a pretty good idea. Hey, you know, doesn't that little vat's martial soul always fart? What do you think would happen if we found a sieve, plugged up Luo Sanpao's butt, and then forced that little vat to make Luo Sanpao fart?"

{Ding, negative emotions from Yu Xiaogang +699}

"Holy shit! Big Brother, what a great idea! That little vat doesn't look like he's got much backbone. We just need to do this, then this, and..."

"Luo Yihe, Xiao Chenghe—"

Yu Xiaogang's furious roar suddenly came from the room next door.

Xiao Chenghe was startled.

"Holy shit! They found out about our scheme."

"Run!"

With a whoosh, the two of them bolted toward the outside of the teaching building.

And Xiao Wu?

Her entire rabbit self had gone numb. What sin had she committed to actually take a liking to these living treasures? It was bad enough that they were discussing how to plot against Yu Xiaogang right outside his room, but Luo Yihe was actually interested in this sort of thing.

"If I have sinned, then let heavenly tribulation lightning strike me dead, but don't ever make me face a talking Luo Yihe again—ah."

The two brothers were still grinning foolishly when they returned to the dormitory.

Then they saw a somewhat dark-skinned, utterly ordinary-looking young man storming toward Luo Yihe and Xiao Chenghe.

"Luo Yihe, Xiao Chenghe, you two, stop right there."

Both Luo Yihe and Xiao Chenghe looked curiously at Tang San.

Luo Yihe asked curiously, "Little Blackie, what's up?"

Hearing the nickname Luo Yihe had given him again, Tang San's teeth itched with hatred, yet there was nothing he could do to Luo Yihe.

Ever since their first meeting, Luo Yihe had been picking fights with him in every possible way. Xiao Wu had nearly ended up sharing a bed with Tang San, yet it was all ruined by that damned Luo Yihe, who kept saying he was a prince wandering outside the realm, and that once the time was right, the entire Douluo Continent would have to listen to him, Luo Yihe.

That self-proclaimed prince and future ruler of the Douluo Continent had taken a fancy to Xiao Wu. He had even said he would NTR Tang San right in front of him. Though Tang San did not understand the term, he was one hundred percent certain it was not anything good.

As for how Tang San knew, the reason was simple. When he told Luo Yihe that he would NTR him someday, he had almost—just barely—been beaten to death by Luo Yihe.

What Tang San did not know was that his father, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, had already gone to avenge him that very day.

Only to be nearly skewered to death by Mew, transformed into Groudon, with a single move of Precipice Blades.

Naturally, Tang Hao refused to accept this. After recuperating for nearly two years, when he saw Mew and Luo Yihe again, he immediately opened with his seventh soul skill, Martial Soul True Body.

The result was that, under Luo Yihe's command, Mew transformed into Rayquaza and shattered Tang Hao's dream of Clear Sky with a single Dragon Ascent.

Luo Yihe was not like Mew, who thought everyone attacking it was merely playing a game with it. That very night, Luo Yihe made Clear Sky Douluo—father of the youngest in the continent and the future twin god, father of the future ruler of Douluo—Tang Hao experience what it meant to face malice from Aruba.

After that night, Tang Hao underwent a drastic change in personality. His hair became a huge "SB," his clothes turned into rags that could only cover his vital parts, and he willingly presented Ah Yin's hundred-thousand-year soul bone to Luo Yihe as a gift of introduction. Luo Yihe was also very polite, saying that he could conveniently take care of his sister-in-law as well. Tang Hao, as the elder brother, said that Little Brother Luo Yihe was far too courteous and that he had troubled Little Brother Luo Yihe too much—helping his elder brother cut his hair and even alter such fashionable clothes for him. As for his sister-in-law...

Just as Tang Hao was about to make one more attempt, Mew had already transformed into Kyogre and was preparing to unleash an Origin Pulse.

Tang Hao decided that the younger brother he had acknowledged was better suited to care for Ah Yin. He brought Luo Yihe and Mew over himself. The hundred-thousand-year soul bone was merely an excuse; he simply admired Ah Yin's gentle temperament.

And weren't the two most widely recognized forms of kindness helping the weak overcome hardship and encouraging those facing adversity to regain their confidence?

Ah Yin happened to possess a gentle temperament and a pitiful, delicate appearance that made people unable to resist wanting to protect her properly.

When Mew saw that Tang Hao was no longer fighting—or rather, no longer playing with it—it thought that they had just enjoyed a thoroughly exhilarating game, one that it had won again.

q(≧▽≦q) Beside Luo Yihe, it covered its mouth and let out laughter dripping with mockery.

Of course, Mew believed it was laughing secretly, where no one else could hear it. It had no conscious intention of mocking anyone.

Once Tang Hao handed Ah Yin and the hundred-thousand-year soul bone over to Luo Yihe, the matter was considered settled.

Afterward, Mew grew increasingly curious about this unfamiliar world. It would disappear from time to time, and if Mew did not wish to return, Luo Yihe had no way to forcefully control it.

After that, Mew appeared before Luo Yihe less and less often. It would vanish for very long periods, and eventually, Mew was never seen again.

Tang San noticed this as well. It was not because he was particularly clever; Luo Yihe had simply suddenly become well-behaved. In the past, even the big yellow dog at the school gate would get kicked twice whenever it saw Luo Yihe. Now, while he was not exactly obedient, Luo Yihe would at least greet Tang San and the teachers when he saw them.

Just when Tang San thought he could finally take revenge, Luo Yihe awakened a system and drew a single ordinary hair from the demigod Volibear. It could evolve any bear-type martial soul on the Douluo Continent once and grant it the power of lightning.

During his childhood, Luo Yihe had been taken in by the people of Xiao Village and raised on food from every household.

Luo Yihe found an opportunity to return to Xiao Family Village and told the village chief that he had obtained a treasure of great use to bear-type martial souls. The village chief thought he was trying to repay them and sternly refused, but Luo Yihe smiled indifferently. "Grandpa Village Chief, this is an incredible treasure. If someone in our village has a bear-type martial soul and uses it, their minimum achievement would be becoming a legendary Titled Douluo."

"If Xiao Family Village wants to become better in the future, then a direct descendant of the Xiao Clan must use it, so they can represent the Xiao Clan and become its strongest pillar."

"Wouldn't it be better if you used it, Xiao Yi? No one in our Xiao Family Village has ever had innate soul power above rank two! How could we use such a treasure? How dare we use it? If we ruined it, this old man would die without peace."

The village chief spoke those words with helplessness. How could he not know that this was Xiao Family Village's fastest chance to rise? If a direct descendant of the Xiao Clan could become a Titled Douluo, he could scarcely imagine how glorious the Xiao Clan's future would be.

But he did not dare gamble. The strength of innate soul power was an understanding engraved into the bones of these natives. The amount of innate soul power one possessed represented how far one could travel along the path of a soul master.

If they wasted such a treasure, the village chief could not guarantee that Luo Yihe would continue taking care of Xiao Family Village in the future. Therefore, the village chief chose the safer option.

That was to refuse this goodwill. In the old village chief's eyes, the benefits brought by a Titled Douluo might only be slightly greater than those brought by the lord of Notting City. He had never seen a Titled Douluo clan, nor had he even heard of one.

Therefore, the old village chief felt that once Luo Yihe developed in the future, the indirect benefits he brought to Xiao Family Village might not necessarily be less than what someone of uncertain potential to become a Titled Douluo could bring.