"Blue Silver Grass..."
The corner of Yu Xiaogang's mouth twitched.
He thought, What use is attaching a Soul Ring from such a worthless Soul Beast to your Martial Soul? Once you get a useless Soul Skill, you'll realize just how wrong you were.
But on second thought, Caterpie was undoubtedly a Trash Martial Soul, and it was possible that he could not withstand having a Poison-type Soul Ring attached.
Although Yu Xiaochuan's choice would render his Soul Skill useless, it was also safer, so Yu Xiaogang had no intention of saying much more.
Besides, Yu Xiaochuan was prepared to help him verify his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory. What a good nephew he truly was. How could he criticize him!
He merely sighed inwardly. There would be one more piece of trash.
There were no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters.
Although he often kept those words on his lips, Yu Xiaogang believed that he, who had no way to continue breaking through, was also a piece of trash-at least when it came to cultivation.
He was a piece of trash, and Yu Xiaochuan would undoubtedly be one too.
He could not help feeling a little more comforted.
Seeing Yu Xiaogang hesitate to speak, with something not quite right about his gaze, Yu Xiaochuan knew he was talking smack about him in his head, but he did not particularly care.
After seeing Yu Xiaogang off, Yu Xiaochuan began Caterpie's special training in addition to feeding him aged Blue Silver Grass.
After all, Caterpie came with skills from birth.
Through experimentation, Yu Xiaochuan discovered that his Caterpie was no different.
He had two skills: Tackle and String Shot.
Although both were trash skills, Yu Xiaochuan was already quite satisfied. Unlike Tang San, he did not need to attach a Soul Ring just to learn Mother's Entanglement.
Win!
"Caterpie, use String Shot on the roof beam!"
Yu Xiaochuan's words had barely fallen.
Caterpie understood exactly what Yu Xiaochuan wanted.
After briefly gathering the power for String Shot, he shot a thread toward the roof beam with a whoosh. It stuck to the beam, and his body immediately soared up, hanging in midair from the thread.
"Good, just like that. Caterpie, try moving with String Shot. Swing over from here onto that table."
After hearing Yu Xiaochuan's words, Caterpie nodded, wriggled his body to start swinging, flung himself toward the table, and severed the thread.
He flung himself onto the table in one go.
"Very good, just like that. You're just a little slow, but that's not your fault. Try again, and use Tackle this time."
Seeing that Caterpie had a windup, Yu Xiaochuan thought for a moment before having him use Tackle, which carried propulsive force and was faster.
Under Yu Xiaochuan's training, results soon showed.
Caterpie streaked through the room like a bolt of green lightning. The threads in the air were so fine that anyone who did not know would have thought he was flying!
Seeing Caterpie perform like this gave Yu Xiaochuan a little more confidence. At least he was not completely without fighting ability.
In the woods, Caterpie would undoubtedly be an expert at ambushes.
This unusual way of moving, created by combining String Shot and Tackle, resembled Spider-Man's method of travel and was also very similar to the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment in Attack on Titan.
It could be said that he had blazed a new trail to solve the problem of being too slow.
As for offensive power, it was still somewhat lacking. Once he reached level nine and learned Bug Bite, incorporating that skill should raise it somewhat.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had a clan school.
After awakening his Martial Soul, Yu Xiaochuan enrolled in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's school.
However, compared to a prominent figure like Yu Tianheng, who had a large crowd following him wherever he went, Yu Xiaochuan had very few people around him.
After all, he was a widely known piece of trash.
Yu Xiaogang's name as the Grandmaster had spread far and wide, and his reputation as trash followed him like a shadow. Yu Xiaochuan, who had likewise awakened an External Beast Martial Soul and possessed innate half-level Soul Power, was clearly trash in the making.
He did, however, attract quite a few insect enthusiasts.
As everyone knew, many boys were bug catchers when they were young. Far from disliking Caterpie, they liked him very much.
The girls, of course, were different. They were very afraid of a big bug like Caterpie.
It was worth mentioning that Yu Xiaochuan and Yu Tianheng shared a desk.
Who knew what he was thinking, but rather than sitting with those children who had good talent, Yu Tianheng had sat beside Yu Xiaochuan instead.
Afterward, the seating arrangement was settled.
"Eat some more. Grow up quickly!"
A large pile of aged Blue Silver Grass sat on Yu Xiaochuan's desk.
And in that pile of Blue Silver Grass lay Caterpie, his mouth working nonstop with crunching sounds.
Watching Caterpie eat Blue Silver Grass so diligently, Yu Xiaochuan felt very gratified. This was helping him cultivate.
Compared to when he had first awakened, Caterpie had grown considerably larger. During his growth, Caterpie could shed his skin.
Through observation, Yu Xiaochuan found that his Caterpie shed his skin once per level, though he was only level two at present.
That was right. After just a few more days, Caterpie had leveled up again.
His leveling speed could be described as outrageously fast.
Yu Xiaochuan was quite accustomed to this. He was a bug, after all, so growing a little faster was perfectly normal.
"Xiaochuan, why don't you put Caterpie away? It wouldn't be good to disturb our classmates."
Yu Tianheng's body stiffened somewhat as he looked at Caterpie. To be honest, he simply could not bring himself to like bugs. He found these wriggling little things utterly terrifying.
"No. Caterpie grows by eating. Haven't you seen me reach level two in just a few days? If you're afraid of bugs, sit farther away."
Yu Xiaochuan glanced at Yu Tianheng. Why is this kid sitting beside me if he's afraid of bugs? I really don't get it.
"Haha, I-why would I be afraid of bugs! Caterpie might be a big bug, but he doesn't bite. Hahaha-"
Yu Tianheng laughed awkwardly, glanced at Caterpie, then turned his gaze back to the front. No, even just looking at him feels so scary.
"Oh, really? You're not afraid of bugs? You said it yourself!"
The corners of Yu Xiaochuan's mouth rose, and he took an interest in teasing the child.
He reached out, grabbed Caterpie, and thrust him right in front of Yu Tianheng's eyes. Yu Tianheng's face instantly went white.
"Eeeek-Xiaochuan, get him away!"
For someone afraid of bugs, what was it like to have a palm-sized green bug shoved right in front of their eyes?
Yu Xiaochuan did not know, but Yu Tianheng certainly experienced it.
That big green bug, still wriggling, was right before his eyes, as though he might land on his face at any moment.
Yu Tianheng leaned his head back, utterly terrified. His face was whiter than paper, and his body trembled violently.
"Looks like you're still scared! You're a proper man. What's this about being afraid of bugs? Caterpie is very well-behaved. Tian Heng, try getting along with him."
"No, no, no, no, no-get him away!"
"Xiaochuan, don't bully Tian Heng! You're going too far."
The girls in class liked Yu Tianheng very much, and quite a few had secret crushes on him. Even though Yu Xiaochuan was a little more handsome, Yu Tianheng had innate level-nine Soul Power, and his Martial Soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
Even though the girls were also afraid of Caterpie, out of her "love" for Yu Tianheng, one girl still bravely stepped forward and grabbed Yu Xiaochuan's arm.
She wanted to move Caterpie farther away and play the hero rescuing the beauty.
"Hey, don't pull me."
Yu Xiaochuan struggled against the girl, not daring to exert force with his hand. After all, he was holding Caterpie. What if he crushed him to death?
Thus, Yu Xiaochuan's grip on Caterpie was very light. With the girl interfering like this, his hand loosened, and Caterpie fell from his grasp.
He landed on Yu Tianheng's face.