An Extraordinary Body

Ye Yu arrived before the waterfall, the roar of rushing water growing even louder.

It was a waterfall forty meters high. The swift current poured down, smashing onto the smooth boulder below with a sound like muffled thunder, sending countless sprays of water flying.

Ye Yu took off his shirt, revealing a lean, powerful body. Though still so young, the outlines of his muscles were already visible.

Ye Yu bent his body slightly, then stomped hard with his right foot, leaving a sunken footprint in the ground.

Ye Yu shot up from the ground, leaping two meters high, crossing the pool five meters away from the boulder and landing on top of it.

After being battered by the rapid current for so long, the boulder was extremely smooth. Even an ordinary adult would have trouble standing steady on it, let alone jumping onto it.

Yet Ye Yu landed steadily on the boulder as if walking on flat ground.

From the moment he jumped to the moment he landed steadily, everything displayed how extraordinary Ye Yu himself was.

When he was four, Ye Yu had discovered that he possessed great strength and a powerful body. Later, after finding this waterfall, he had wanted to give it a try.

Back then, with a single leap, he had landed on the boulder. At first, when he landed, he could not stand steady and would stagger because it was too slippery, but he quickly adjusted and did not fall.

Strength, body, reaction speed—everything seemed innate, as if he had been born different from ordinary people.

Because of that, Ye Yu was very curious about his identity, as well as his martial soul.

"My body is extremely extraordinary. When I awaken my martial soul, will it be a Beast Martial Soul?" Ye Yu guessed.

Those who possessed Beast Martial Souls had bodies different from other types of Soul Masters. However, that would only happen after Level 30. When Beast Soul Masters used Martial Soul Possession, the changes to their bodies would be greater than before, making Beast Soul Masters' bodies extremely powerful.

Those who possessed Beast Martial Souls would have their bodies grow stronger as they cultivated. Conversely, Ye Yu wondered whether the fact that his body was already so powerful now might mean it was possible he had a Beast Martial Soul.

"Forget it, I won't think about it. I'll know in three days. If Old Jack still won't let me go then, I'll just have to tie him up at home."

Ye Yu stood beneath the waterfall. The forty-meter-high torrent had no weak impact.

The current slapped against his body, but Ye Yu's tyrannical flesh felt no pain at all, and his body remained steady atop the boulder.

Bracing against the force, Ye Yu began holding a horse stance, practicing stability in his lower body.

Half an hour later, he began doing a thousand squats.

Ye Yu placed his hands behind his back, squatted all the way down, then quickly stood up. Doing this tempered the muscles in his legs, and it could also strengthen and improve cardiopulmonary function while promoting blood circulation.

However, after two years of training day after day, Ye Yu had not felt his cardiopulmonary function improve at all. Perhaps it was because his own functions had already been very strong to begin with...

After finishing a thousand squats, he did a thousand push-ups. The waterfall's rapid current slapped across a large area of his back, increasing the pressure on his body by quite a lot.

Even so, Ye Yu seemed very relaxed, as if there were no pressure at all.

After a thousand push-ups, he did a thousand one-handed ones, and then a thousand with two fingers...

After finishing, Ye Yu stopped, straightened his body, and lifted his head to glance upward.

"Let's see if I can succeed this time."

Ye Yu bent his knees, exerted force through his legs, and pushed off the rock with all his strength.

With this leap, Ye Yu shot up from the ground against the powerful impact of the forty-meter waterfall, his body splitting the waterfall vertically into two halves.

In two breaths, Ye Yu rushed from beneath the waterfall to the top and landed above the mountain waterfall.

Ye Yu glanced down and could clearly see several cracks appearing on the boulder.

Not only was Ye Yu's body unusual, his five senses were as well.

"My body is stronger." Ye Yu muttered to himself, "Continuing to train here won't have much effect anymore. Looks like I'll have to change methods in the future."

Ye Yu's gaze flicked toward a one-meter-tall boulder on the shore, and he thought to himself, I'll use that to train from now on. That's it for today. Time to go back.

Ye Yu had already trained for two and a half hours and did not continue, heading home with light steps.

It was not because he was tired. To others, the training just now would have been high intensity, but Ye Yu did not feel the slightest bit exhausted. The reason he stopped was because he was hungry.

Ye Yu arrived at the entrance to his home and said impatiently, "Grandpa Jack, what delicious food did you make today?"

Before he could even enter, an old man in his sixties walked out.

The old man had a thin, tall figure and was hale and hearty. His brown clothes were clean and neat, and his hair was combed extremely tidily.

This old man was the village chief of Holy Soul Village, Old Jack.

Old Jack, who was usually amiable, now wore a stern expression, his brows furrowed.

"Xiao Yu, you went to train again? Didn't I tell you not to go?"

"Grandpa Jack, I want to become stronger, so of course I have to train every day. When I become a powerful Soul Master in the future, won't that also be the glory of Holy Soul Village?"

Old Jack said sternly, "I told you, if you go again, I won't let you eat from now on! Training or future meals—you can only choose one!"

"I choose training." Ye Yu did not hesitate, saying firmly and decisively, "Even if I, Ye Yu, starve to death after training in the future, I still won't eat a single bite of food made by you, Old Jack!"

As soon as Ye Yu finished speaking, he touched his stomach, which had started growling, turned, and was about to leave. In his heart, he thought he could go to Tang San's house to freeload a meal.

Old Jack was helpless. This move was completely useless. He rubbed his forehead, unable to do anything about Ye Yu. As for not letting Ye Yu eat, he could not bring himself to be that cruel.

"Fine, come in."

As soon as Old Jack spoke, Ye Yu suddenly turned around and rushed into the house like a gust of wind.

When Old Jack entered the house, Ye Yu was already wolfing down food and eating, grinning at him.

"Dinner today smells amazing."

Old Jack was helpless inside and sighed. "Ah, I really don't know what to do with you."

Soon, Ye Yu finished eating and asked curiously, "Grandpa, you dressed so cleanly and neatly today. Is it because the Soul Master in charge of the awakening ceremony is coming?"

Old Jack nodded. "Mm."

"Then I'll be able to awaken my Martial Soul." Ye Yu was full of anticipation.

Old Jack said firmly, "You can't go when the time comes. From now on, just live steadily as an ordinary person. In the future, you can inherit the position of village chief of Holy Soul Village."

Ye Yu had no interest in being village chief at all. "Grandpa, other parents all hope their children will become great. Why do you always want me to be an ordinary person? To inherit your position as village chief in the future? Just tell me the reason. About my background—you're definitely hiding something."

Old Jack shook his head directly. "I'm not hiding anything. About everything to do with you, all I know is your name. Back then, the note in your swaddling clothes had only one line: the child's name, Ye Yu. I don't know anything else."

"Grandpa, just let me go when the time comes. Maybe what I awaken will be a Waste Martial Soul, and then I won't have any Soul Power at all, so I won't be able to become a Soul Master, and I'll give up. Didn't you say before that out of ten children, it's hard for even one to have Soul Power?"

Old Jack's brow twitched. "Absolutely not."

Ye Yu said nothing more. He got up and left, while the corner of his eye glanced at a coil of hemp rope in the corner of the wall.