Damn, what's going on? I could actually earn Heavenly Mandate Points by teaching cultivation techniques to others!
Then why bother going to all that trouble to complete missions? Couldn't I just find a few people and teach them the technique? If I could spread it across the entire Douluo Continent, wouldn't my Heavenly Mandate Points be an inexhaustible supply!
At the thought, Yu Tianheng was overjoyed.
Remembering what Yu Xiaogang had said earlier, Yu Tianheng chuckled and said, "Uncle, there's no need for that. The Innate Skill is extraordinary, and it can improve a Soul Master's cultivation. It would be considered rare in the outside world, but among the Martial God's inheritance that I obtained, it really isn't much. There are plenty of stronger cultivation techniques, but I'm too weak to obtain them right now."
"But once I grow stronger in the future, I'll obtain them one by one."
"So, apart from the fact that I obtained the Martial God's inheritance, there's no need to hide anything else. If there are people we can trust, we can teach them the Innate Skill too."
Yu Xiaogang said, "All right, I understand what you mean. I'll try cultivating the Innate Skill first. If it really has the effects you described, I'll pass it on to suitable people and help the path of the Martial Dao flourish."
Yu Tianheng nodded slightly.
After uncle and nephew chatted a little longer, Yu Xiaogang took his people and left, returning to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yu Xiaogang and his companions continued their travels across the Douluo Continent.
In the carriage on the way back, Yu Tianheng opened the Heavenly Mandate System interface. With the Heavenly Mandate Points he had earned from completing missions issued by the system and teaching the cultivation technique, he now had 510 points in total. As for the points he had collected before, he had spent all of them on cultivation resources.
For the current Yu Tianheng, 510 Heavenly Mandate Points was no small sum.
But, to be honest, it wasn't much either. After all, that many points weren't even enough to buy an earth-grade cultivation technique from the system shop.
Forget it. I'll worry about earning Heavenly Mandate Points later. The most pressing matter now is to bring the Innate Skill to completion first.
The Innate Skill was a profound-grade cultivation technique with six levels in total.
With each level, the speed at which it absorbed the world's Origin Qi doubled.
Reaching the sixth level meant the technique had been brought to completion.
At present, Yu Tianheng's Innate Skill was only at the second level.
His cultivation speed was already four times that of an ordinary person.
If he brought the Innate Skill to completion, his cultivation speed would be twelve times that of an ordinary person.
His cultivation efficiency would increase enormously.
Yu Tianheng immediately selected the technique upgrade button.
He spent 40 Heavenly Mandate Points to raise the Innate Skill to the third level.
He spent 80 Heavenly Mandate Points to raise the Innate Skill to the fourth level.
He spent 160 Heavenly Mandate Points to raise the Innate Skill to the fifth level.
Altogether, he had spent 280 Heavenly Mandate Points, leaving him with 230.
But bringing the Innate Skill to completion would cost another 320 Heavenly Mandate Points. He didn't have enough to raise it to the sixth level yet.
Yu Tianheng had no choice but to give up for now and wait until he had enough Heavenly Mandate Points to continue upgrading it.
There was still a considerable distance to travel before they reached the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, so for convenience, Yu Tianheng had Wang Yushan buy a carriage.
These past few days, he had spent his time in the carriage circulating the Innate Skill to cultivate, stopping only to eat and drink.
Hooves clopped rhythmically along the main road. The muscles of the fine horse pulling the carriage were taut, and each stride kicked up a puff of dust.
Yu Tianheng sat upright in the rocking carriage, his eyes closed and his presence restrained.
Inside the carriage, Yu Tianheng sat cross-legged on a soft brocade cushion, the soles of his feet, his palms, and the crown of his head facing the sky. He wore a fitted black outfit, with a blue dragon embroidered on its hem that appeared and vanished in the dim light. His hands slowly formed a seal before him, palms facing each other, thumbs lightly touching, and the other four fingers naturally extended.
As the seal took shape, Yu Tianheng began circulating the Innate Skill. In an instant, he felt a warm current stirring within him, slowly rising from his lower dantian. The current was like a newly kindled flame, small yet containing boundless energy. It traveled slowly along his meridians, and wherever it passed, Yu Tianheng could clearly feel a gentle force washing through them. A tingling sensation spread from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
As he circulated the technique, Yu Tianheng noticed the world's Origin Qi outside the carriage slowly gathering toward him. As though answering some summons, the Origin Qi flowed through the cracks in the carriage in fine wisps and entered his body. It mingled with the warm current within him, making it grow ever stronger. Like trickling streams joining to form a river, it surged ceaselessly through his meridians.
Suddenly, the carriage jolted violently, and Yu Tianheng's concentration wavered slightly. But he quickly steadied his mind, took a deep breath, and expelled his distracting thoughts, immersing himself in cultivation once more. By now, the Innate Skill had completed one full circulation within his body, and the warm current flowed repeatedly through his meridians, steadily strengthening his body.
As his cultivation deepened, Yu Tianheng's breaths grew longer and longer, until they were almost imperceptible.
A faint glow appeared on the surface of his skin, as though a layer of soft light enveloped him. Sweat slid down his forehead and soaked the front of his robes, but he was completely unaware of it. He was now entirely immersed in the world of cultivation, one with heaven and earth.
He cultivated arduously like this for seven days straight.
His strength improved considerably.
He opened the Heavenly Mandate System interface:
Name: Yu Tianheng Age: 8 Affiliation: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Realm: Soul Master level: level 22 Power Attack System Soul Master; Martial Dao realm: Flesh Refining Realm, sixth stage Skills mastered: Thunder Dragon Claw, Thunderous Might Cultivation techniques mastered: Innate Skill (fifth level), Tyrant Dragon Body Tempering Art (first level) Heavenly Mandate Points: 230 Inventory: Body Tempering Liquid, several Origin Stones.
The fifth level of the Innate Skill truly was beyond comparison with the second. In just seven days of cultivation, both his Soul Power and his Martial Dao realm had risen by one level.
If he continued cultivating at this speed, it probably wouldn't be long before he broke through to the next realm.
After returning to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Tianheng went to his father Yu Xiaolong's study to report back, informing him that he had successfully broken through to become a two-ring Soul Master.
Yu Xiaolong was delighted to hear it and urged him to cultivate diligently and strive to become a three-ring Soul Master before the age of twelve. If he did, the position of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's next patriarch would be his for the taking.
To encourage him, Yu Xiaolong also gave Yu Tianheng a gold card containing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, which could be redeemed at any bank in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Yu Tianheng naturally accepted it without hesitation. The clan was, after all, one of the Upper Three Sects of the Douluo Continent, a Soul Master faction with immense power and influence. How could it not have some assets?
A mere ten thousand Gold Soul Coins was nothing to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He might as well take it while it was being offered.
After resting for a few days,
Yu Tianheng resumed his dull, monotonous cultivation.