"Cut the nonsense!" Yu Tianheng asked irritably. "Have you found any leads on the person I asked you to find?"
Song Guan smiled and stopped teasing Yu Tianheng. "I had people look into the information on every student at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. They didn't find anyone named Dugu Yan, or any Soul Master with a Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul."
Hearing this, Yu Tianheng nodded. She wasn't there, so it seemed Dugu Yan was most likely still cultivating with Dugu Bo and had yet to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
In that case, he would wait a while longer. Presumably, it wouldn't be long before she arrived.
"By the way, Brother Tian Heng, what are your plans from here?" Song Guan asked.
"What plans?" Yu Tianheng was somewhat puzzled.
"Your plans for dealing with the current trouble, of course," Song Guan said. "I've heard that quite a few of Lan Lingmeng's admirers have taken a dislike to you and want to catch you at an opportunity to give you a thorough beating."
"They're all children of the Heaven and Earth Empire's top nobles, and their talents are outstanding as well. Their Soul Power Levels are all at least level thirty. Though your talent is extraordinary, you're still young. With so many people coming after you, I'm afraid you'll have a hard time fending them off."
A look of disdain appeared on Yu Tianheng's face. "What a joke. They're nothing but a rabble. You think I can't fend them off?"
"If they dare come, I don't mind taking some time to teach them how to behave and show them why the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul is called the number one Beast Martial Soul under heaven!"
Hearing that, Song Guan could hardly say anything more.
"All right, I'm going back to cultivate. Keep sending people to look into Dugu Yan. If you get any information on her, come tell me immediately." With that, Yu Tianheng turned and left.
Song Guan smiled helplessly and left as well.
As a noble academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy had excellent accommodations for its students. Each had a private room, and Yu Tianheng, as a student in the Heaven Dou Grade elite class, had even better accommodations: an entire building to himself. With that, Yu Tianheng didn't have to worry about being disturbed while cultivating.
After returning to his residence, Yu Tianheng opened the Heavenly Mandate System's character panel as usual to check his attributes.
Name: Yu Tianheng Age: 12 Affiliations: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Heaven Dou Royal Academy Realms: Soul Master level: level 31 Power Attack System Battle Soul Master; Soul Ring Configuration: two yellow, one purple; Martial Dao realm: Sinew Refining Realm First Layer Skills mastered: Thunder Dragon Claw, Thunderous Might, Dragon Claw Hand, Aura Concealment Technique Cultivation arts mastered: Innate Skill (perfected), Tyrant Dragon Body Tempering Art Heavenly Mandate Points: 5,250 Backpack: Body Tempering Liquid, several Origin Stones
When he saw the Heavenly Mandate Points field, Yu Tianheng's eyes instantly lit up.
Whoa, what's going on? How did I suddenly get so many Heavenly Mandate Points?
I remember having just over a thousand Heavenly Mandate Points a while ago. Now I have four thousand more.
Yu Tianheng selected the system's Heavenly Mandate Points collection record.
Earlier, to avoid being disturbed, Yu Tianheng had turned off the system's notifications for collecting Heavenly Mandate Points. Only when he received more than a hundred points would the system make a notification sound. Amounts under a hundred were credited directly, without a notification.
From the record, Yu Tianheng learned that the reason so many Heavenly Mandate Points had been credited was that many collateral family members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had also been taught the Innate Skill. However, they had only learned its first two layers, so he could only receive four Heavenly Mandate Points from each.
The amount was small, but there were a lot of them. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had two or three thousand collateral disciples. If all of them cultivated the Innate Skill, Yu Tianheng could earn at least ten thousand Heavenly Mandate Points. Yet he had only received a little over four thousand, which showed that his cheap father, Yu Xiaolong, had only taught about a third of the collateral family members.
He believed plenty more Heavenly Mandate Points would be credited later.
To be honest, suddenly having so many Heavenly Mandate Points made Yu Tianheng feel like a nouveau riche. He immediately opened the System Shop.
He intended to buy himself something good.
The System Shop was divided into four main categories: cultivation manuals and secret techniques, cultivation resources, divine weapons and sharp implements, and wondrous items.
Yu Tianheng thought for a moment and selected the divine weapons and sharp implements category.
In the world of Douluo Continent, aside from ordinary people, few Soul Masters used weapons or similar tools to assist them in battle.
Generally speaking, the weapons used by Soul Masters with Tool Martial Souls were their Martial Souls themselves. The Clear Sky Hammer and Seven Kill Sword, for example, were both Martial Souls and could be used as weapons.
Soul Masters who awakened Beast Martial Souls also fought without weapons. They usually used Martial Soul Possession and fought directly in that form. For example, when a Soul Master with a wolf Martial Soul used Martial Soul Possession, both hands would transform into sharp claws, and their power was not to be underestimated.
Under these circumstances, weapons were essentially optional for Soul Masters.
But Yu Tianheng also cultivated the Martial Dao, and aside from tempering oneself, having a weapon suited to one's Martial Dao was also very important to cultivation.
He opened the System Shop's divine weapons and sharp implements interface.
All kinds of weapons met his eyes: sabers, spears, swords, and halberds, a bewildering variety.
These weapons varied in quality and were likewise divided into grades.
They were mainly divided into four tiers: low, middle, high, and supreme. There were higher grades above these, but for certain reasons, the system had locked them, preventing him from examining them closely.
Low-grade weapons were called Mortal Weapons: forged from ordinary metal or ore with simple craftsmanship, they had no special properties. They met basic combat needs and were widely used by ordinary martial artists, with examples including common sabers, swords, and spears. They were suitable for martial artists in the first three Martial Dao realms.
Middle-grade weapons were called Spirit Weapons: made with small amounts of spiritual materials, they began to develop spirituality. They could absorb the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth on their own, strengthening the weapon. Their users could draw on that spiritual Qi to perform simple martial techniques, greatly increasing their power compared to ordinary weapons. They were suitable for martial artists in the fourth and fifth Martial Dao realms.
High-grade weapons were called Treasure Weapons: forged through special methods using a combination of rare spiritual materials, they possessed unique attribute bonuses, such as increasing their users' true Qi or granting special attack effects. They were suitable for martial artists in the sixth, seventh, and eighth Martial Dao realms.
Supreme-grade weapons were called Immortal Weapons: refined from countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures through wondrous forging methods, they possessed minds of their own and could communicate with their users' hearts. They could unleash powerful divine abilities capable of destroying heaven and earth and were top-tier weapons rarely seen in the world. Such weapons were supreme armaments that only peak martial artists in the Human Immortal Realm were qualified to wield.
Low-grade weapons cost around one hundred Heavenly Mandate Points, while middle-grade weapons required thousands and high-grade weapons tens of thousands. Even the cheapest supreme-grade weapons cost seventy or eighty thousand Heavenly Mandate Points, and the more expensive ones cost over a hundred thousand.
Given Yu Tianheng's current finances, he could only choose a middle-grade weapon.
At that, Yu Tianheng could only smile bitterly. There was nothing he could do but find a way to earn more Heavenly Mandate Points later.