These changes in the clan were largely within Yu Tianheng's expectations.
After pondering for a moment, Yu Tianheng slowly spoke.
"From now on, even if someone in the clan has low Innate Soul Power, a Mutated Martial Soul, or a Trash Martial Soul, we can't give up on nurturing them."
"Young clan leader, this... I'm afraid the clan elders will object."
The guard trembled slightly, seemingly already anticipating the scolding he would receive when he told the clan elders later.
The young clan leader's plan would consume far too many of the clan's resources.
In a top-tier clan like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, survival of the fittest was essentially a rule everyone took for granted.
Only this way could the clan direct its resources toward those with true talent.
And nurture more powerful individuals.
As for those cast aside, they either left the clan like Yu Xiaogang or took up ordinary jobs.
From then on, they lived and died without accomplishing anything.
If this rule were actually put into effect, countless people would surely protest.
"What do the money and resources earned from Soul Tools have to do with the clan elders?"
Yu Tianheng took a small sip of tea, his expression indifferent.
His blunt words immediately silenced the guard.
At present, more than half the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's assets had come from Yu Tianheng's sale of Soul Tools.
That alone was enough to silence the clan elders' objections.
After the guard left, Yu Tianheng stretched.
He set off toward the separate courtyard where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were staying.
More than half a day had passed now, and he wondered how the two girls were doing.
He had no worries at all about Ning Rongrong.
After all, the Aromatic Silk Beauty was almost perfectly suited to her.
Yet as Yu Tianheng approached the courtyard, he suddenly sensed a faint threat.
Along with it came a low dragon's roar.
Yu Tianheng frowned slightly, instinctively assuming the two had encountered some danger.
He shot into the courtyard like lightning, the Ember Dust Sword ringing as it appeared in his hand.
Flames seemed to roll across his skin, leaving a blackened scorch mark wherever he passed.
But when he saw the two women holding hands, seemingly sharing a whisper,
Yu Tianheng froze.
Why was it so different from what he had sensed?
Before the two women looked up, Yu Tianheng dispersed the flames burning around him.
He asked, somewhat puzzled,
"What are you two doing? What was that dragon's roar just now?"
Dugu Yan's eyes curved with her smile as she leaned in toward Yu Tianheng with an air of mystery.
"Tian Heng, I prepared a surprise for you."
"What surprise?"
Yu Tianheng instinctively took a step back. Why did he feel as though Dugu Yan was cooking up some mischief?
Dugu Yan wasn't annoyed. She used Martial Soul Possession, and two Yellow Soul Rings slowly appeared.
Only this time, it wasn't an emerald-green Jade Phosphorous Serpent coiled behind her.
It was a massive green dragon, imposing without showing anger.
The dragon had a single enormous horn and bore some resemblance to Yu Tianheng's Martial Soul.
Yu Tianheng remained silent for a long time.
He knew his blood would be an enormous help to Dugu Yan.
But he truly hadn't expected a Martial Soul Evolution so complete it was like shedding one's mortal body and being reborn.
Seeing that Yu Tianheng wasn't speaking, Dugu Yan tilted her chin high, her face full of smug pride.
"Well? Are you surprised? I didn't lie to you, did I? Grandpa's going to go crazy with joy when he sees it."
From snake to dragon, an evolution of this magnitude had never happened before. Its value spoke for itself.
Yu Tianheng considered the dragon's roar and the pressure of the Martial Soul he had just sensed.
Objectively speaking, Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Martial Soul had already surpassed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon in strength.
Aside from an almost bug-like existence such as the Thunder Dragon King,
the Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon could easily be called the continent's number one Beast Martial Soul.
"What level is your Soul Power now?"
After pondering for a moment, Yu Tianheng slowly asked.
"Hehe, I'm already at level twenty-eight. Surprised? Didn't expect that, did you?"
A full six-level increase might previously have taken Dugu Yan more than half a year, or even a whole year, to achieve.
Yu Tianheng knew that the Thunder Dragon King bloodline in his body was very thin, unlike the bloodlines of the two great dragon kings of water and fire, both of which had already become complete.
Otherwise, it might have raised Dugu Yan's Soul Power even further.
After ruffling Dugu Yan's hair and praising her, Yu Tianheng turned his gaze to Ye Lingling, who stood nearby.
From the moment he entered the courtyard until now, apart from the burning look in her eyes,
Ye Lingling had made almost no other movement.
"Lingling, how about you?"
The Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul's support abilities were in no way inferior to those of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile.
But both of these great support Martial Souls had fatal flaws. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile could never break through level eighty in its entire lifetime.
As for the Nine Heart Begonia, only two Soul Masters with this Martial Soul could exist in the world at the same time.
Unless one of them died, their descendants would never have the same Martial Soul.
If this drawback could be overcome, the Nine Heart Begonia's standing on the continent would surely rise significantly.
"My Soul Power increased by five levels, but my Martial Soul doesn't seem to have changed much."
As she spoke, Ye Lingling released her Martial Soul.
A pink begonia appeared in her hand, its petals white and pink and exquisitely beautiful.
Its stems swayed in the breeze, making Ye Lingling look even more like a fairy standing apart from the world.
Yu Tianheng keenly noticed that the Nine Heart Begonia's originally pale-pink center was now surrounded by a faint golden glow.
As for whether it had broken through that restriction, there was no way to find out right away.
"By the way, Tian Heng, didn't you prepare medicinal herbs for Ning Rongrong too?"
Without him noticing when, Dugu Yan suddenly leaned close to Yu Tianheng's ear.
The warm breath from her mouth startled Yu Tianheng into flinching.
He didn't conceal anything, however, and honestly told Dugu Yan about giving Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
"Ning Rongrong should be about done absorbing it by now, right? We're all going to be one family in the future, after all. Why don't we go see how she's doing?"
The words themselves were perfectly normal, but coming from Dugu Yan, they always made Yu Tianheng feel that something wasn't quite right.
But he couldn't withstand Dugu Yan's persistent coaxing, and in the end, the three of them came to the door of the secluded cultivation room.
"Rongrong hasn't come out yet. Let's wait a little longer."
When cultivating in seclusion, concentration was essential.
The consequences of being disturbed rashly were impossible to measure!
Just as Yu Tianheng was speaking, the door to the secluded cultivation room was suddenly pushed open.
A layer of dazzling golden light surrounded Ning Rongrong.
If she hadn't been so young, she might truly have looked like a heavenly maiden descended to the mortal world.