The Orange Tabby Soul on the Defense Path

"Mm! The Darkwild Finch isn't bad either. It can fly, and it's fast. I can become an agility-attack Soul Master. If I can't beat someone later, I can always run!"

"Perfect!"

"Maybe I'm exceptionally talented and can cultivate all the way to Titled Douluo! Besides, I have plenty of theories from my online friends in my past life. I shouldn't turn out too badly, right?"

"If it really doesn't work out, I can come back, inherit Dad's business, marry a few beautiful wives, and live out the rest of my life in peace. That wouldn't be bad either!"

After muttering a few words to comfort himself, Li Fei suddenly found the Darkwild Finch much more pleasing to the eye and began fantasizing about his future life as a Soul Master.

Just then, a mountain-like shadow approached and blocked out the sunlight. A gritted voice rang out.

"You brat, do you have a problem with our family's Orange Tabby Soul? Yes! It may not be some top-tier soul, but it still let your old man reach level 53 as a Defense-Type Battle Soul King by the age of thirty! Its defensive power isn't much worse than those top-tier defensive souls either. What more do you want?!"

The mountain-like shadow was Li Fei's father, Li Ming. And yes, you heard correctly: a Defense-Type Battle Soul King. Despite having a feline soul, he had chosen neither the power-attack path nor the agility-attack path, but the defense path. By continuously increasing the thickness of his fat, Li Ming's defense was first-rate even among Soul Kings.

"How could I not have an opinion? Look at your build, then look at all that flesh on your face. I really don't know what Mom saw in you!"

Li Fei jumped up and pointed at Li Ming as he loudly complained. There was no way he would ever become like Li Ming, even if it killed him. Though he knew Li Ming had become like this because he had taken the path of a Defense-Type Soul Master, and that he would not turn out this way as long as he chose the power-attack or agility-attack path after his Spirit Awakening, seeing his father like this still made him uncomfortable. How could anyone get this fat?!

"As Soul Masters, isn't strength all that matters? When I was young, I stood in front of your mother with this mountain-like body of mine and blocked an attack from a Ten-Thousand Year Earth Mad Lizard for her. That sense of security isn't something those power-attack or agility-attack Soul Masters can give!" Li Ming said proudly.

"Tch, so it was the classic hero-saving-the-beauty scenario!" Li Fei looked stunned.

"Bang!"

"You brat, got a problem with that?!"

Li Ming lightly tapped Li Fei on the head with his fist, but even that light blow hurt so much that tears nearly welled up in Li Fei's eyes.

"Just wait! I'm going to tell Mom you hit me!"

Leaving behind that threat, Li Fei pointed at Li Ming and ran toward his mother's room.

"You brat, Dad was wrong! Don't tell Xin'er. What if she makes me kneel on a washboard?!"

"You're a Defense-Type Battle Soul King. The ridges on a washboard can't break through your defense, and probably can't even make you uncomfortable!"

"But kneeling there is really uncomfortable!"

Hearing Li Ming's words, Li Fei ran even faster. In the blink of an eye, he dashed into Jiang Xin's room and began tattling to his mother, saying that his father had punched him because he liked the Darkwild Finch Soul but disliked the Orange Tabby Soul. He exaggerated the story and even showed her the bump on his head to make her believe him.

Jiang Xin's expression instantly turned cold. Black energy seemed to radiate from around her as a pair of black sparrow wings grew from her back. Three Spirit Rings—white, yellow, and purple—circled around her.

"Li Ming, explain yourself! What's wrong with the Darkwild Finch Soul? Your Orange Tabby Soul is ugly as hell. Do you want our son to end up like you too?!"

Her icy voice rang throughout the entire estate. Li Ming, who had been eavesdropping at the door, shuddered.

"Bang!"

Li Ming did not dare delay in the slightest. He rammed the door open directly, his enormous body carrying tremendous force as it knocked the door off its hinges and left it hanging from him.

Ignoring the door panel hanging from his body, he instantly arrived before the furious Jiang Xin and said sheepishly:

"Xin'er, don't listen to that brat's nonsense..."

"Brat?!"

"It's Fei Er, my son Fei Er! Xin'er, don't listen to his nonsense. I never said the Darkwild Finch Soul was worse than the Orange Tabby Soul. I only wanted to tell him that the Orange Tabby suited him better and could let him go farther!"

"Oh! So aren't you still saying the Darkwild Finch Soul is worse than the Orange Tabby Soul? Did I misunderstand?!"

"No! Xin'er, listen to my explanation..."

As he watched Jiang Xin steadily approach him, Li Ming waved his hands and backed away, terror appearing on his face. A man who doted on his wife as much as he did knew exactly what she was about to do.

"First Soul Skill: Phoenix Facing the Sun!"

The white Spirit Ring lit up. Li Fei saw a flash of red light ignite around his mother, Jiang Xin, and she instantly appeared before Li Ming. Grabbing his ear, she began twisting it.

"Xin'er, it hurts! I was wrong!..."

Dad, I knew from my past life that you should never reason with women, because they'll always be more reasonable than you!

Hearing his father's miserable cries, Li Fei secretly felt pleased and continued watching from the side. This sort of interaction between his father and mother happened about once every week, and his father was happy to indulge his mother's little tantrums.

Li Fei knew their relationship was very good. Otherwise, his father would not act like this.

"Kneel properly!"

Watching Li Ming kneel on the washboard, Jiang Xin said coldly.

"Mom, with Dad's defense, isn't a washboard letting him off too easily? How about this? If he cracks one, every crack adds an extra hour!"

Li Fei quietly walked over, pulled out the durian he had been hiding behind his back, and offered his suggestion.

"You brat, you..."

"What? Do you have a problem with that?!"

"No! No! How could I possibly have a problem with that!"

Li Ming had just been about to warn Li Fei when Jiang Xin suppressed him with a single glance. He obediently took the two large durians from Li Fei's hands and knelt on them.

Seeing this, Li Fei revealed a smug smile. After saying goodbye to his mother, Jiang Xin, he headed toward the kitchen. He had been training for so long that he was already starving and needed something good to replenish himself.

"You brat, just wait!"

Li Ming gritted his teeth in anger, thinking about how he would deal with Li Fei later.

"What are you thinking about?!"

"Nothing."

Only after seeing Li Ming back down did Jiang Xin nod in satisfaction and sit down nearby.

In the kitchen, Li Fei happily swallowed five jin of Soul Beast meat before returning to his room to begin meditating. There was only one week left until his Spirit Awakening. He had to adjust himself to peak condition so that after awakening his soul, he could begin cultivating according to his plans.

He was not worried about his father at all, because he knew his mother would definitely soften up. She also knew it was partly because of him, so she would make Li Ming get up after less than two minutes, and then the two of them would cling to each other affectionately.