My Disciple Spread My Name, and the Lie Still Became Truth!

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang remembered that he still hadn't told his father about becoming someone's disciple. He scratched his head sheepishly and hurriedly recounted what had happened to him recently.

Yu Yuanzhen's expression changed as soon as he finished listening.

"Level ninety-nine? Love Sword Douluo?"

He had never even heard that title before.

If a Limit Douluo with Twin Martial Souls had truly walked the continent, how could he have heard nothing about him?

Yet the fluctuations of level-twelve Soul Power coming from his son were unmistakable. What concerned him even more was the change to Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul.

"Sanpao grew scales?"

Yu Yuanzhen rose and said gravely:

"Release your Martial Soul and Soul Ring. Let me see."

"Yes!"

Yu Xiaogang nodded at once.

As his Soul Power circulated, a Yellow Soul Ring slowly rose beneath his feet, and the golden Luo Sanpao appeared in the study.

"Luo luo!"

The little creature had barely cried out before Yu Yuanzhen stepped up to him.

Bending down, he fixed his gaze on Luo Sanpao's shoulders and back. A tiny scale was clearly visible among the golden fur, glinting faintly as the creature moved.

Yu Yuanzhen reached out and gently touched it, then examined his limbs and tail.

As his father, he knew exactly what his son's Martial Soul had looked like before. Yu Xiaogang could not have made up these changes!

"It really has changed..." Yu Yuanzhen could barely hide the delight in his voice.

"Father, Sanpao's First Soul Skill is called Sacred Dragon Breath. He can shoot golden light from his mouth!" Yu Xiaogang couldn't help adding.

"This disciple... I've tested it. He shattered a boulder half as tall as a person!"

Hearing his son slip into addressing him as his teacher, Yu Yuanzhen felt no displeasure. Instead, he laughed and patted Yu Xiaogang on the shoulder.

"Good, good!"

Over the years, he had sought countless ways to help his son, but little had worked.

Now, in a short span of time, his son had gained his First Soul Ring, and the Martial Soul that had troubled him for so long had begun to improve.

When Yu Yuanzhen looked again at the Yellow Soul Ring, his doubts about Yu Xiaogang's story finally eased a little. He murmured:

"Love Sword Douluo..."

"Could there truly be a hidden expert I've never heard of? If so, becoming his disciple might really change Xiaogang's fate!"

At the foot of the mountain.

Inside a thatched cottage, Li Qingshan sat at a wooden table, leafing through the Soul Beast Atlas.

While choosing Yu Xiaogang's First Soul Ring, he had realized that although his knowledge of the original story was useful, he still needed to learn more about the continent's many Soul Beasts.

Just as he turned a page, a panel of light suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Yu Yuanzhen has begun to believe in the host's identity.]

[Truth-realization progress increased: 5%.]

[Current truth-realization progress: 25%.]

[Stage ability manifested: a wisp of a Limit Douluo's Spiritual Power!]

[It has merged into the host's Sea of Consciousness. The effect is permanent!]

[Each activation currently lasts no more than three breaths. After use, it must recover for twelve hours before it can be summoned again.]

"Yu Yuanzhen?"

Li Qingshan's hand froze mid-page. Before he could work out what had happened, a cool force suddenly poured into his mind.

His spirits lifted. Most of the fatigue from poring over the atlas vanished in an instant.

At the same time, he clearly sensed an unfamiliar wisp of power in his Sea of Consciousness. Though it was only a wisp, it carried an indescribable weight.

"So this is a Limit Douluo's Spiritual Power?"

Li Qingshan set down the atlas and instinctively closed his eyes, trying to draw on that wisp of power and send his senses outward.

The next moment, everything around him came into startling focus.

He sensed the soft scrape of leaves beyond the window, insects crawling beneath the eaves, even the faint disturbance left by a small beast passing through the grass behind the cottage.

As his senses extended, the trees and rocks outside took on hazy outlines in his mind.

Delight rose in Li Qingshan's heart, but before he could probe farther, three breaths had passed. That extraordinary clarity rapidly faded.

He hastily drew his mind back and examined his Sea of Consciousness. The wisp of Spiritual Power was still there, but it had fallen dormant and could not be summoned again for now.

"Three breaths, then twelve hours to recover after each use..."

Li Qingshan glanced at the system notice and understood. "Permanent" meant the power would remain his; once it recovered, he could use it again.

For now, though, he could summon it for only three breaths at a time.

Far from disappointed, he smiled.

Three breaths were enough to accomplish quite a bit in a real fight, especially since the Passionate Sword's Soul Skills excelled at affecting an opponent's mind and emotions.

If he drew on that wisp of power at a critical moment and combined it with a Soul Skill, it would surely prove invaluable!

"What a treasure. Too bad I can't use it whenever I want!"

Li Qingshan clenched his fist, thoroughly pleased. His Soul Power was still at level forty, but he now had another means of facing a powerful foe.

Once his excitement settled, however, he remembered the name in the system notice.

"I've never even met Yu Yuanzhen. How did he come to believe my identity?"

A moment's thought brought Yu Xiaogang to mind. After returning home, the boy had most likely told his father about taking Li Qingshan as his teacher and the changes to his Martial Soul.

But Li Qingshan had never claimed that identity to Yu Yuanzhen in person. Could he still gain truth-realization progress?

With that thought, Li Qingshan immediately asked inwardly, "System, does my lie work when someone else passes it on?"

[Progress toward making the claim true can accumulate as long as someone believes the identity the host has publicly claimed. The host need not meet that person face-to-face.]

Li Qingshan's eyes lit up when he read the notice.

The Lie-to-Truth System works that way too? Then I can rely on other people to build up progress!

If his disciple spread his title and others believed it, they could bring him progress all the same!

This time it was Yu Yuanzhen. What if the elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan saw Yu Xiaogang's transformation too?

The thought left Li Qingshan unable to concentrate on his book. The corners of his mouth rose.

"Looks like I need to take on a few more disciples soon."

A few days later.

At the foot of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's mountain.

Yu Xiaogang followed a path through the woods to a thatched cottage.

The cottage had been put up temporarily. A simple wooden fence surrounded it, and a wooden table and two stools stood in the yard.

Li Qingshan sat at the table reading. Hearing footsteps, he looked up.

"Teacher!"

Yu Xiaogang strode into the yard and bowed respectfully.

Luo Sanpao followed close behind, his four stubby legs moving at a blur. As soon as he entered, he called twice to Li Qingshan.

"Luo luo!"

Li Qingshan stroked his head, glanced over the scales on his shoulders and back, then pointed to a stool.

"Sit. There's something I'd like to discuss with you."