Over the following days, Dugu Yan trained and studied alongside Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an.
Clearly, Dugu Yan was a competitive girl too. Although her training intensity fell far short of Yang Podi's and Yang Ping'an's, she still managed to struggle through it.
Niu Jinfeng also sought Yang Podi out in private. "Son, what do you think of Yanyan?"
Yang Podi was a little puzzled. "Sister Yanyan is pretty good, I suppose. She's hardworking and fairly talented. The poison in her body is troublesome, but it's not impossible to resolve."
Niu Jinfeng was speechless at his answer. "Son, I'm asking what you think of Yanyan's personality. Is she pretty? How do you feel when the two of you spend time together?"
"I think it's pretty nice. Sister Yanyan is a good person, and we all have a lot of fun together."
"Then, son, have you ever thought about making Yanyan your wife?"
"Mom, what are you talking about? I'm only eight! Isn't it a little too early to talk about this?"
"It's not too early. Plenty of young people get married and have children before they're twenty. You don't have that many years left yourself. It's time to give it some thought."
Yang Podi was speechless at that. "Mom, I'm still young. I'm not considering that for now."
In the end, the conversation came to a hasty close. Yang Podi simply insisted that he was too young and did not want to think about such things yet, leaving Niu Jinfeng helpless.
After their conversation, Yang Podi thought to himself, In the original story, Dugu Yan ended up with Yu Tianheng, and their families also intended to form an alliance. Now that the Breaking Clan can treat the Dugu Family's hereditary Martial Soul poisoning, could the two families be planning a marriage alliance?
I'm still young, only eight years old, and I haven't even met all those beauties from the original story yet. It feels a little hard to accept.
A dozen or so days later, with his treatment complete, Dugu Xin took Dugu Yan home. In the end, Dugu Yan was rather reluctant to leave, crying like a little girl until she was a tear-soaked mess as they parted. Still, both sides agreed to get together and play often in the future.
Time flew, and three years passed in the blink of an eye. Yang Podi was already eleven and a half.
Quite a few major events occurred during those three years. First, under Yang Wudi's and Yang Wushuang's treatment, the poisoning in Dugu Bo's body eased considerably, leaving him with almost no lingering effects in the short term. Dugu Bo also seized the opportunity to finally break through to Titled Douluo.
Since Dugu Bo had always been a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, the Heaven Dou Empire now publicly had a Titled Douluo of its own.
However, Dugu Bo was exceptionally proud and unrestrained. He had only become a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family to repay Prince Xue Xing for helping him back then. As for how much help he would provide at a critical moment, that was difficult to say.
Dugu Bo's own life was very monotonous. He either cultivated at his residence, visited the Breaking Clan to research poisons, or ventured into the forest alone to temper himself. He could truly be called a lone wolf.
Second, earth-shaking changes had also taken place within the Breaking Clan. His grandfather, Yang Wudi, had reached rank 86, while his second grandfather, Yang Wushuang, had reached rank 85. Both were now advancing roughly one rank a year and probably would not encounter any bottlenecks in the short term.
His father's progress was even more astonishing. He had actually reached rank 85 as well, increasing his Soul Power faster than either grandfather. At this rate, he would surpass them both sooner or later.
His two grandfathers were now feeling some pressure. If their own son or nephew surpassed them in Soul Power Level, it would be rather hard to save face. How would they continue serving as clan leader afterward?
Thus, the two had recently been spending more time cultivating, even greatly reducing the time they spent refining medicine. This left Dugu Bo speechless when he visited. What happened to researching the art of poisons together? Why have you both devoted yourselves to cultivation? Besides, you didn't cultivate diligently when you were young, yet now that you're old, you're putting your hearts into it. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?
That said, Dugu Bo did not like Soul Fighting against Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang. Both were battle maniacs, or even battle freaks. Their Soul Power Levels were only at Soul Douluo, yet even Dugu Bo himself could not defeat them in combat. Was he really going to cement his reputation as the weakest Titled Douluo?
As for the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma contributed to the clan, after some discussion, the two grandfathers ultimately decided to use it together with numerous valuable medicinal herbs. They even took quite a few herbs from Yang Podi and refined them into pills. Reportedly, on the day the pills emerged from the furnace, both grandfathers acted as though they had gone mad.
Of the six elders, two broke through to Soul Douluo, while the other four became high-ranking Soul Saints.
His mother's Soul Power also increased extremely quickly, even to a somewhat astonishing degree, as she had already reached rank 79. She had advanced six ranks in just three years. If word of that speed got out, it would frighten a whole crowd of people to death.
Of course, both grandfathers had lived through the Clear Sky Sect's rise and decline and understood the consequences of attracting too much attention. They instructed everyone in the clan to keep a low profile. In particular, the news of their two new Soul Douluos was completely concealed.
None of these, however, was the biggest event for the Breaking Clan. Its biggest event came from little Princess Tian, Yang Tianyue.
Yang Tianyue had always been very cute and dearly loved by the family's elders. She also loved spending her days running around with a group of children, chasing cats and teasing dogs, leaving even the chickens and dogs without peace. She could truly be called the Breaking Clan's little tyrant.
Yet the family's elders all spoiled her tremendously. Whenever she made a mistake, all she had to do was put on a tearful expression, and they would let it slide, unable to bear punishing her.
Yang Tianyue seemed exceptionally gifted with the spear. At five, she began joining Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an for their morning spear training. In just one year, she wielded it with such competence that Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an began questioning their own talent for the spear.
The elders were even more delighted, especially Second Grandfather Yang Wushuang, who doted on her all the more. He always liked holding her and could not help clicking his tongue in admiration. "As expected of my granddaughter! As expected of an heir of our Yang family! She'll definitely bring the Breaking Clan to greater heights in the future."
Yang Podi and Yang Ping'an were left speechless beside them. Wasn't this far too much preferential treatment?
Especially when it came to her Martial Soul Awakening, Yang Tianyue actually underwent it separately, with only their family present.
During her Martial Soul Awakening, Yang Tianyue indeed awakened the family's inherited Martial Soul, the Soul Breaking Spear. But when she placed her hand on the Soul Power testing crystal ball, the entire ball filled with energy.
Innate full Soul Power! Yang Tianyue actually had innate full Soul Power. She was also the only person in the Breaking Clan's history to possess it.
Seeing this, his parents and two grandfathers grew even more excited, as though they could already see the Breaking Clan's rise.
The two grandfathers also began arguing, each insisting on teaching Yang Tianyue to cultivate, looking very much as though they intended to raise her as their own successor. They even nearly came to blows, showing none of the comportment of brothers.
In the end, they decided that the two of them would jointly train and educate Yang Tianyue from then on. His father and mother were left speechless; their right to educate their daughter had already been taken away.
Of course, Yang Tianyue was still publicly said to have rank-nine innate Soul Power. To conceal the truth, the two even deliberately waited another two months before helping Yang Tianyue obtain her Soul Ring. Both accompanied her, too-a privilege even Yang Podi envied.