The Importance of Tempering Oneself

Innate Full Soul Power Level 30 meant he could directly obtain three Soul Rings and become a Soul Elder!

Right now, he did not even have a single Soul Ring, so he could not make use of the soul power beyond Level 10.

Ye Yu felt that his current strength was enough to deal with some Ten-Year Spirit Beasts, even Ninety-Year Spirit Beasts. However, with the Talent of Innate Full Soul Power Level 30, the Mutated Martial Soul Nine Spirit Black Tang, and his formidable body, he at least needed the optimal Soul Ring configuration. Naturally, he would not hunt Spirit Beasts below a hundred years old.

Even Hundred-Year Spirit Beasts were beneath Ye Yu's notice.

Ye Yu began tempering himself. Since his Martial Soul was clearly a support-type Martial Soul, as a Support System Soul Master, he needed to train and improve himself even more.

Support System Soul Masters often believed they did not need much personal training or improvement. They only needed to find powerful companions to protect them while they handled support. However, companions could not stay by one's side every moment for an entire lifetime. Without the strength to protect oneself, death rendered even the strongest Martial Soul support abilities useless. Therefore, Support System Soul Masters had to work even harder than Soul Masters of other systems to temper and improve themselves.

Ye Yu walked up to a massive boulder one meter tall. Soul power surged into his arms, and he grabbed the boulder, lifting it without much effort.

Before awakening his soul power that morning, it had been extremely difficult. Even taking a single step had been hard. Now, he could lift it effortlessly and walk quickly with it.

Ye Yu felt that simply carrying the boulder around no longer served much purpose in tempering himself. However, he could do this instead.

Ye Yu tossed the boulder upward, then lay prone on the ground and prepared to do push-ups. With a bang, the boulder landed on Ye Yu's back, making his body sink slightly.

The one-meter-tall boulder completely covered Ye Yu. Unless one bent down and looked carefully, it was impossible to see that there was a person beneath it.

"The weight is just right—not too light, but not beyond what I can bear."

Ye Yu's gaze was resolute. "Then, one thousand two-handed push-ups!"

Ye Yu began doing push-ups. From afar, all that could be seen was the boulder moving up and down.

After finishing one thousand, he switched to one hand, then two fingers. Beads of sweat covered Ye Yu's face, dripping onto the ground and soaking the earth.

Afterward, he did not stop. Instead, he found some hemp rope and tied the boulder to his back, then came beneath a sheer cliff, preparing to climb!

Ye Yu began searching for protrusions on the cliff face and started climbing. The difficulty was considerable. He could not use loose protrusions, or they would be unable to bear his weight and break off. That would throw off his center of gravity and cause him to fall.

With his powerful body, even if he fell from a height of a hundred meters with nothing on him, he would be fine. But now, he was carrying a three-ton boulder. If he fell backward, it would be alright, since the boulder would hit the ground first. But if he fell vertically or face-first, then it would be his feet or the front of his body hitting the ground.

His body was incredibly tough. He had never felt pain, exhaustion, or soreness before. But if he fell from a hundred meters—or even higher—like this, he would probably still suffer some injuries.

Therefore, Ye Yu climbed with extreme caution.

By noon, the blazing sun hung high in the sky.

Ye Yu had already climbed to a height of one hundred meters, with another fifty meters remaining before the top of the cliff.

However, the area around him and above him was smooth, and there were no longer any protrusions to grab onto. Ye Yu curled his right hand into a claw and viciously drove all five fingers into the rock. With a crack, shards of stone scattered as his five fingers pierced into the cliff wall.

If it were another Soul Warrior, or even a Soul Master, trying to do this using only their body and soul power, it would not be the rock that shattered, but their finger bones.

Even Soul Warriors with Beast Martial Souls would not dare do this without summoning their Martial Soul Possession.

This was the terrifying aspect of Ye Yu himself, and it further convinced him that he possessed more than just Nine Spirit Black Tang as his Martial Soul.

Nine Spirit Black Tang was a support-type Martial Soul and had nothing to do with his powerful body. There had to be another reason.

A quarter of an hour later, Ye Yu reached the top. He let out a breath, wiped the sweat from his face, and looked down.

"Then I'll go back down and head home for lunch."

Descending was more difficult than climbing up. Ye Yu began making his way down with the boulder on his back and realized that it truly was harder, but that suited him perfectly.

Only difficulty could serve the purpose of tempering oneself.

An hour later, Ye Yu successfully reached the ground, removed the boulder, and left at a brisk pace.

Ye Yu's body felt exceptionally light, and each step carried him five meters.

When he arrived home, Old Jack had already prepared lunch. Seeing that Ye Yu's clothes were completely soaked, he said helplessly, "Went under the waterfall again?"

Ye Yu grinned but said nothing, instead wolfing down his food.

As he ate, Ye Yu said, "Grandpa, my appetite is getting bigger and bigger. Are you sure you still want me to stay at home? Aren't you worried I'll eat you out of house and home?"

Old Jack had indeed noticed that Ye Yu's appetite was growing larger and larger. His body was unusual, and his appetite was astonishingly huge as well.

Old Jack sighed. "Even if I wanted to stop you, I no longer have the ability to."

"Grandpa, are you still not going to tell me about my identity? Even if you don't know everything, you should know something, right?" Ye Yu asked expectantly, wondering whether Old Jack would finally relent this time.

Old Jack hesitated inwardly, wondering whether he should speak plainly and tell Ye Yu the little he knew.

After wavering for a while, Old Jack said nothing and turned to return to his room to rest.

Ye Yu shrugged helplessly. He did not press the matter and simply let things take their course.

After lying down, Old Jack remained deeply conflicted. Every year, the village had one work-study student quota that allowed someone to enter Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. He had originally planned to give that quota to Tang San, but he knew he could no longer stop Ye Yu.

He was worried about leaving Ye Yu alone and letting him go out by himself.

"Ah, I'll make a trip to Nuoding City tomorrow and apply for another quota."

Early the next morning, Ye Yu got up and hurried toward the outskirts of the village. Once there, he carried the boulder on his back and continued training.

At this time, the sun was gradually rising. Tang San had finished cultivating Purple Demon Eye and was heading home when he suddenly stopped.

Five hundred meters away, a massive boulder was moving up and down. An ordinary person would certainly find such a sight bizarre and be startled, but Tang San had already cultivated Purple Demon Eye to the minute observation stage.

Tang San looked carefully and discovered that there was someone beneath the boulder. Because the person was small, he was almost entirely concealed by it and difficult to see.

"He is..."

Tang San's eyes widened at once, his gaze filled with intense shock!

"It's Brother Yu!"

Tang San was utterly stunned. The boulder looked to weigh three tons, yet six-year-old Ye Yu was doing push-ups while carrying it on his back! And he was doing them one-handed!

If it were him, even using both hands would be difficult. After all, his strength was still low, and he too was only six years old.

Tang San was deeply shocked. He knew Ye Yu was a monster with an incredibly powerful physique, but he had never expected him to be this formidable.

Is he even more terrifying because he has Soul Power now? Tang San wondered.

In his previous life, he had also trained diligently at this Age, but compared to Ye Yu, the gap was considerable. Ye Yu worked even harder than he did.

Before long, Ye Yu switched from one hand to supporting himself on just the index and middle fingers of his right hand, leaving Tang San even more astonished.

Once the shock passed, Tang San felt heartfelt admiration. He believed that Ye Yu would surely become renowned throughout Douluo Continent in the future.