Must Not Be Less Than a Thousand Years

Tang Hao figured Ye Yu probably didn't even know such energy existed inside him, and he likely wouldn't remember anything that had just happened.

Early the next morning, when Ye Yu woke, he indeed had no memory of what had happened last night and was very puzzled.

"Hm? Grandpa, when did I come back? Is it already dawn?"

Ye Yu looked outside through the window. The sun was already high in the sky. He had actually slept this long.

Usually, with his body, he would have woken up early. But now that he was awake, he still seemed a little tired, which surprised Ye Yu. It was the first time he had ever felt fatigue.

At the same time, he looked at his left hand. It felt a little numb.

Ye Yu was utterly stunned. What had happened?

Seeing Ye Yu wake up, Old Jack stepped forward and asked with concern, "Xiao Yu, how does your body feel? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

Ye Yu shook his head. "No. It's just unprecedented—I feel a little tired, even though I clearly slept until this hour."

Old Jack said, "Then you must have been training too much lately."

Ye Yu didn't think so. He felt something must have happened. He had clearly gone beneath the small hill outside the village, so why was he sleeping at home now? What had happened in between?

Ye Yu thought back carefully, but he couldn't recall a thing.

Ye Yu stopped dwelling on it, and his expression darkened.

"Grandpa, my mother—where was she buried?"

Old Jack shook his head. "I don't know that either. After giving birth to you, she left. She said she wouldn't live for more than a day, and that after she died, she wanted to be with your father."

"Could my father also be..." Ye Yu's brows knitted tightly, and a vicious glint flashed in his eyes.

Old Jack reminded him, "Xiao Yu, though I don't know what your mother's Martial Soul was, if you find out in the future, don't go looking for it directly."

Ye Yu knew what Old Jack was worried about and promised, "Don't worry. If I find out in the future, I won't go searching before I have enough strength. That would only be walking right into a trap."

Old Jack nodded, relieved.

Ye Yu naturally knew that his mother's Martial Soul had to be Nine Hearts Begonia. And his own Martial Soul was Nine Spirit Black Tang, a mutation of Nine Hearts Begonia. As for why it had mutated, perhaps it had something to do with the genes he inherited from his father.

Ye Yu felt that the reason he possessed this powerful body might also be because of his father.

"Grandpa, did my mother ever tell you anything about my father?"

Old Jack shook his head. "No. I've told you everything I know. As for your father, I know nothing at all. Xiao Yu, your mother didn't want me to tell you, nor did she want you to become a Soul Master. She wanted you to live as an ordinary person. It must have been because the enemy she faced back then was extremely powerful, and she didn't want you to be dragged into it."

As Old Jack spoke, he stopped himself.

Ye Yu said firmly, "Grandpa, I know you're worried I'll be discovered by our enemies in the future. But no matter what happened, I must find out. And I will definitely avenge this!"

Old Jack had no choice but to nod. In his heart, he could only pray for Ye Yu.

Old Jack told Ye Yu what he had seen last night, and after Ye Yu learned of it, he went to the small hill outside the village.

When he arrived, he saw that the entire small hill had indeed become ruins, and Ye Yu was shocked.

"What happened? Could it be because of Tang Hao?"

Ye Yu knew Tang Hao's identity: the son of the Clear Sky Sect's Sect Master, the Clear Sky Sect's most outstanding genius, and the youngest Titled Douluo in history.

If it was Tang Hao, then this small hill would naturally have been destroyed effortlessly.

Ye Yu went to the Blacksmith Shop, wanting to understand what had happened. Tang Hao definitely knew.

After he arrived, Tang Hao's gaze when he looked at him was very calm, without the slightest oddity, as if nothing had happened at all.

Ye Yu knew Tang Hao was definitely covering it up.

"Uncle, though I don't know what happened last night, thank you."

Ye Yu knew Tang Hao had definitely helped him.

Tang Hao said, "You fainted, and I happened to find you. That's all. A small matter."

Ye Yu asked, "Nothing else happened?"

Tang Hao said meaningfully, "Even if the current you knew, it wouldn't mean much. If you really want to know, I'll tell you."

Hearing this, Ye Yu understood and didn't continue asking.

Ye Yu left. After that, he began training hard every day.

Since he knew he might have powerful enemies, Ye Yu had to work even harder and grow stronger even faster.

He trained day after day, and as he improved, the intensity and number of repetitions constantly increased as well.

Before he knew it, three months had passed.

Huff, huff, huff...

The Heavy Iron tied to Ye Yu's hands and legs had already doubled. Each of his four limbs now endured two thousand jin of weight. Yet under such terrifying gravity, his punches and kicks were still extremely fast, slicing through the air with fierce force.

Afterward, he arrived beneath the hundred-meter waterfall. Bending both legs, he kicked off violently and shot upward. Wherever he passed, the waterfall split apart. Three breaths later, he had charged to the top of the waterfall against the terrifying impact force.

After that, he came to a long stretch of great piles of rubble.

Originally, this place had been a range of small hills. But because he used the hills as targets to practice his punches every day, after three months, eight small hills had already been destroyed, becoming pile after pile of ruins.

Tang San was currently on the last small hill, sitting cross-legged and facing the east where the sun was rising.

When Ye Yu reached the foot of the mountain, he threw a punch straight out. In an instant, the entire hill shook, startling Tang San so badly that he thought there had been an earthquake.

Looking down, Tang San smiled wryly and shouted, "Brother Yu, please go easy on it! This is the last hill left."

Ye Yu glanced upward and said, "Xiao San, you're up there? Then I'll stop here for today. I'm heading back to pack. Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy is recruiting students today, so don't forget."

Tang San yearned for the outside world, so of course he would not forget.

"Got it. See you at the village entrance in a bit."

After breakfast, Ye Yu followed Old Jack to the village entrance. Before long, Tang San arrived with his bundle slung over his shoulder.

Old Jack felt very proud. This year, Holy Soul Village had produced two Soul Masters.

Because Tang San and Ye Yu both had Innate Full Soul Power, Old Jack already regarded them as Soul Masters. As long as they obtained a Soul Ring, they would become true Soul Masters.

Old Jack sighed softly and said, "After you two enter the junior soul master academy, you should be able to graduate within six years and go on to cultivate at an intermediate soul master academy."

Tang San was curious. There was still a great deal he did not understand about this world.

"Grandpa Jack, what's the difference between a junior soul master academy and an intermediate soul master academy?"

Old Jack explained, "An intermediate soul master academy teaches more advanced things, and the teachers there are stronger too. The first two Soul Rings before level twenty can be obtained with help from other Soul Masters. After level twenty, if you want to obtain a Soul Ring, you have to rely on yourself to hunt for one."

Tang San understood. Since the first two Soul Rings could be obtained with help from other Soul Masters, then naturally, the stronger the person helping, the better, allowing him to obtain a more powerful Soul Ring.

Tang San knew that for a person's first Soul Ring, the limit the human body could withstand was a Soul Ring under four hundred-some years. If it was too high, with one's own strength, one would be unable to endure it and would explode to death.

Tang San had already decided that his first Soul Ring would be no less than a hundred years old.

At the same time, Ye Yu had also already decided what kind of Soul Ring he wanted to obtain.

His first Soul Ring would be no less than a thousand years old!