"Our Meng Family has a thousand-year legacy, and our ancestors knew prosperity too. Basically, a Titled Douluo was born every three generations."
"According to the records in our genealogy, the thirteenth head of our Meng Family cultivated all the way to the Super Douluo realm!"
"That ancestor's Soul Power reached Level 97!"
"Over more than a thousand years of development, our Meng Family also gathered a complete set of inherited Soul Bones, including some supreme-quality ones."
Meng Zhongqi led Meng Qianqiu into the ancestral hall, then took out five lead boxes, all containing inherited Soul Bones.
"These Soul Bones are treasures left behind by our Meng Family's ancestors-the Titled Douluo among them!"
"This right arm bone is eighty-nine thousand years old."
"This right arm bone came from our first family head. He was our Meng Family's first Titled Douluo, our founding ancestor!"
"He obtained this right arm bone unexpectedly while hunting for his ninth Soul Ring. It came from an Ice Demonic Wolf King in the Far North!"
"This inherited Soul Bone is a left arm bone, passed down by the Meng Family's sixth head. It is seventy-five thousand years old!"
"This left arm bone came from a Cold Pool Ice Flood Dragon."
"This right leg bone came from a ninety-thousand-year Ice Spike Snow Leopard, while this left leg bone came from a sixty-thousand-year Frost Snow Rabbit!"
"This torso bone came from a ninety-eight-thousand-year Ice Heart Jade Toad. It was a gift from our twelfth-generation ancestor."
"Besides these, there is also a hundred-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast skull bone. Your father has already absorbed that Soul Bone."
Meng Zhongqi went on at length beside him, recounting the precise origins of these inherited Soul Bones. Among them, the hundred-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast skull bone caught Meng Qianqiu's attention.
"A hundred-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast skull bone!"
Hearing this, Meng Qianqiu was stunned too. The Meng Family's foundations ran far deeper than he had imagined. They actually possessed a Blood River Treasure.
Moreover, it was an exceedingly rare hundred-thousand-year gem-type skull bone, something far rarer than an ordinary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
"That's right, a hundred-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast skull bone!"
As he ran his hands over the lead boxes, Meng Zhongqi's eyes filled with pride and excitement. These were all the family's glory.
"Our Meng Family's thirteenth head had Soul Power as high as Level 97. That ancestor's ninth Soul Ring was a hundred thousand years old!"
"Not only did that ancestor inherit the Meng Family's inherited Soul Bones, he also possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone."
"Thus, he became the strongest person on the continent at the time. Even an organization as powerful as Spirit Hall had to dance to that ancestor's tune."
As the family head, Meng Zhongqi had not forgotten a shred of the Meng Family's glorious history. This had also been one of the Meng Family's finest hours.
"According to our family rules, only those with innate Level 8 Soul Power who reach Level 70 are qualified to absorb the inherited Soul Bones."
"As head of the Meng Family, I meet all those requirements. By rights, I am fully qualified."
"But your father's natural talent surpasses mine, so after cultivating to Soul Saint, I chose not to absorb the inherited Soul Bones."
Meng Zhongqi was both a father and a family head. Not only was he a good family head, he had fulfilled his responsibilities as a father too.
Meng Zhongqi shook his head. He knew his own circumstances best.
After so many years of cultivation, vast amounts of cold poison and fire poison had accumulated in Meng Zhongqi's body. One careless moment could leave him dead on the spot.
Even if he broke through to Titled Douluo, Meng Zhongqi would not have many years left to live. That would result in a tremendous waste of resources.
If he absorbed these inherited Soul Bones, it would mean fewer cultivation resources for the more talented Meng Yunping.
Besides, absorbing these inherited Soul Bones would not benefit Meng Zhongqi much. It would be far too extravagant.
He might as well leave them for his son to absorb.
"Grandpa..."
At this point, Meng Qianqiu could not help being moved.
Over the years, Meng Zhongqi had suffered terribly from the cold poison. He knew full well that he would not live long, which was why he devoted himself to planning for his descendants.
"But things are better now!"
"Thanks to my grandson, all the cold poison and fire poison in my body have been expelled. These old bones of mine are like withered wood meeting spring again."
"In my current condition, once I break through to Titled Douluo, I'll have at least seventy or eighty years left to live. Honestly, that's more than enough!"
"Hahaha!"
Meng Zhongqi laughed heartily. With the fire at his brows extinguished and an opportunity to break through to Titled Douluo before him, he was in excellent spirits.
"Your father's Martial Soul is the Manggu Vermilion Toad, so he cannot absorb ice-attribute Soul Bones. He can only absorb a skull bone."
"In the end, these inherited Soul Bones have still fallen to this old man. It seems this is heaven's will. No one can be blamed!"
Meng Zhongqi's eyes brimmed with excitement as he spoke again.
"Grandpa!"
"The sooner you make your breakthrough, the better!"
"Once you've absorbed these inherited Soul Bones and your Soul Power breaks through to Level 90, our Meng Family will have hope."
A Titled Douluo was an undisputed supreme powerhouse!
On the Douluo Continent, a saying was widely circulated: until you become a Titled Douluo, you remain an ant!
That alone showed the importance of strength.
"Qiu'er!"
"I originally wanted to leave these inherited Soul Bones for the family's outstanding talents, so future descendants could benefit from them. But alas, worldly affairs are fickle, and fate toys with people. Our branch has suffered another upheaval."
"Both your Martial Soul and your father's have mutated. Our branch has struggled to carry on its lineage. Our household has declined, our blessings are meager, and offspring came late."
"Outside, we have no close, powerful relatives within the prescribed degrees of mourning; inside, not even a five-foot servant boy to answer the door. I never imagined this opportunity would fall to me."
Meng Zhongqi sighed, seemingly lamenting as well.
Then Meng Zhongqi pointed with his broad hand and looked at Meng Qianqiu. "You have Innate Full Soul Power. With your innate aptitude, cultivating to Level 90 in the future will be no great problem."
"As for your father, with your mother looking after him, he might well step into the Super Douluo realm one day if sufficient opportunities come his way."
"Now that you have awakened your Martial Soul, your innate aptitude is certain to draw covetous eyes from other major powers!"
"What step to take next, and how to take it, is a matter of life and death for the Meng Family."
"But once I break through to Titled Douluo, the Meng Family will have the capital to negotiate. Then you will be safe."
A Soul Douluo might not be able to protect an unparalleled genius with Innate Full Soul Power, but a Titled Douluo could!
This was the confidence Meng Zhongqi spoke of!
With the cultivation potential of the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul, once Meng Zhongqi broke through to Titled Douluo, he would rewrite the history of the entire family.
As the saying went: an ordinary man is innocent; possessing jade is his crime.
Meng Qianqiu's innate aptitude was simply too heaven-defying. Without a Titled Douluo's protection, he would struggle to grow into his potential.