Liu Erlong's Rose-Tinted View of Gangzi Begins to Crack, Skinny Monkey: Hurry Back to the Village and Get Brother Shi Yan!

Yu Xiaogang had just said that he had finished recording the Stone Village Body Tempering Fist Technique.

So neither Zhao Wuji, Liu Erlong, and Flender nor Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun had expected Yu Xiaogang to say on the sky screen that he had not finished recording them.

Yu Xiaogang was somewhat embarrassed.

He had not expected the slap in the face to come so quickly.

But he was one of the few surviving direct descendants of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

In Yu Xiaogang's view, the pressure to rebuild the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was immense!

Although their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's inherited Martial Soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, was already considered the continent's number one Beast Martial Soul, giving them a formidable foundation.

In the future, with proper nurturing, it would be enough to produce countless experts.

But if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was to return to the ranks of the Upper Three Sects as soon as possible,

Yu Xiaogang still believed they needed to keep working and build up a stronger foundation for the sect!

And in Yu Xiaogang's view,

with the sky screen's descent,

the cultivation system in the sky-screen world was incredibly powerful!

At its peak, the very first realm alone could grant terrifying strength that would rank among the best even among Titled Douluo!

As it happened, their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul was also a Power Attack System Beast Martial Soul and needed strength.

So, in Yu Xiaogang's view, he naturally had to keep the Stone Village Body Tempering Fist Technique he had recorded for his nephews Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, as well as the other surviving members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

That would also be enough to salvage the image he had cultivated in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

As for actually printing them and sharing them with other commoner Soul Masters, as he had done with the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and the Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory,

wouldn't that weaken the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's foundation?

That was absolutely out of the question!

But the image he had always cultivated was that of a true grandmaster who cared about commoner Soul Masters.

For the sake of that image, Yu Xiaogang could hardly say so outright. He could only cough awkwardly a few times and say,

"Well... I have indeed finished recording Stone Village's body-tempering fist techniques."

"But they really aren't quite perfect yet!"

"So I can't rashly share them just yet. What if something goes wrong?"

"Besides..."

At this point, Yu Xiaogang could not resist slipping in his own agenda.

"I worked hard to record this Stone Village Body Tempering Fist Technique."

"It's not as though those commoner Soul Masters lack eyes, hands, or feet. Why can't they record them themselves?"

"Recording this Stone Village Body Tempering Fist Technique took a lot of effort!"

"In this world, no one has a responsibility or obligation to share what belongs to them for free."

"As people with clans and sects, I think we should be giving more thought to our own clans and sects..."

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi and Dai Mubai both nodded.

Their positions were the same as Yu Xiaogang's, so naturally, the perspective from which they considered the matter was much the same as his.

Liu Erlong, however, could not help staring in surprise.

A trace of bewilderment and disbelief flashed through the beautiful eyes in her strikingly handsome face.

Xiaogang!

How could Xiaogang be like this!

When Liu Erlong had first met Yu Xiaogang, she had fallen for him partly because of his melancholy air and his habit of talking about how people had looked down on him as a child and how he had been hurt in love.

That had made Liu Erlong feel deeply sorry for him.

On the other hand, Yu Xiaogang had called himself a grandmaster of Martial Soul Theory and said he had put forward the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and the Soul Ring Absorption Limit Theory for the benefit of commoner Soul Masters everywhere.

Liu Erlong had always lived with her mother before then.

For quite a long time, Liu Erlong had lived on the Douluo Continent as a commoner Soul Master.

So when she discovered how much Yu Xiaogang cared about commoner Soul Masters, she had come to admire and look up to him.

But now, Liu Erlong found that

the Xiaogang before her seemed somewhat different from the Xiaogang she had known before and held in her heart!

The rose-tinted view Liu Erlong had of Yu Xiaogang had begun to crack.

In the sky-screen world.

After plunging into the old forest, the children continued toward the cliff.

The trees along the way grew sparser, while boulders gradually became more numerous around them.

The ground was littered with the remains of giant beasts.

As they walked through the stone forest, Skinny Monkey said,

"This is the place!"

"I heard Uncle Lin Hu and the others say its nest was built on a cliff face deep in the stone forest."

Shi Dazhuang lowered his voice and said,

"These giant beasts' remains were probably left behind after it finished eating."

"Although it probably isn't in its nest at this time, we still have to be careful. We absolutely can't let it find us, or we'll be in danger!"

The children darted nimbly through the stone forest, using the boulders as cover as they approached the cliff.

There were more and more giant beasts' bones along the way.

At last, a stone cliff appeared before them.

Not a blade of grass grew on the cliff. There was only an enormous nest built of black wutong wood, over ten meters across.

On the Douluo Continent.

"Hiss!"

Seeing this, countless Soul Masters could not help sucking in a breath of cold air.

"What kind of Ferocious Beast is this? Its nest alone is over ten meters across!"

"Judging by the nest, it should be a bird."

"But the nest alone is over ten meters across."

"Doesn't that mean this ferocious bird's wingspan is at least ten meters too?"

"On our Douluo Continent, even a hundred-thousand-year-old bird Soul Beast wouldn't necessarily be that big!"

"These children really have guts as big as the heavens!"

"They're so young, yet they actually dare sneak into the nest of such a powerful ferocious bird!"

"What are they trying to do?"

In the sky-screen world.

"We found it! That's the place!"

After sneaking up to the cliff, the children gazed excitedly at the enormous black bird's nest.

"This Green-Scaled Eagle has been here for a long time."

"I'm afraid Uncle Lin Hu and the others were right. This Green-Scaled Eagle has probably laid eggs!"

The children's eyes lit up.

"According to Uncle Lin Hu and the others, the male Green-Scaled Eagle hasn't shown up for a long time. It probably died in some accident."

"And every day at noon, the female Green-Scaled Eagle goes out to hunt for food."

"If we want to go over there, now's our best chance!"

The children first picked up boulders and threw them out to test whether the Green-Scaled Eagle was in the nest.

After they found there was no response,

the children grew excited and divided up the work.

Some watched the sky, standing guard and keeping lookout.

Others headed straight for the cliff, ready to climb it.

Shi Dazhuang, Skinny Monkey, and the other older children had originally planned to climb up themselves and leave Shi Hao below to keep watch.

But Little One, Shi Hao, wanted to go up and take a look first too.

"You're just a baby who hasn't even been weaned. Stay here and watch. We'll go up!"

Shi Dazhuang said with a laugh.

Little Shi Hao was furious. Wrinkling his nose and glaring with his big, round eyes, he retorted,

"Don't look down on me!"

"I've been eating meat for ages. I only drink beast milk instead of water once in a while!"

Though Little Shi Hao looked furious, he was clearly not very confident as he spoke.

Clearly, he drank beast milk more than just once in a while!

But Little One knew that Shi Dazhuang and the others were really just protecting him and looking after him.

Before Shi Dazhuang and the others could agree, however,

Little Shi Hao sprang straight onto the cliff like a little monkey and quickly climbed up.

Shi Dazhuang and the others had no choice but to hurry after him and start climbing.

Soon, Little Shi Hao was the first to reach the top of the cliff and arrive in front of the enormous black bird's nest.

He walked over and saw that the black nest was full of large bones streaked with blood.

Inside were also three bird eggs, green as jade.

"Eggs! There really are eggs!"

The children were thrilled at the sight.

"Let's hurry and take them back! If we raise them well, maybe we can raise powerful Green-Scaled Eagles to help us hunt and bring back prey!"

With that, the children took out three animal-hide bags, put the three eggs inside, and prepared to head down the mountain.

But just after they had left the stone forest and were walking through the old forest,

before the children had been happy for long,

a sharp cry rang out from the sky, filled with rage.

"Bad news! The Green-Scaled Eagle's returned to its nest and found its eggs missing. It'll go mad!"

The children panicked and immediately ran like mad toward Stone Village.

But soon,

a giant green bird caught up with them in the sky.

It was seven or eight meters long, with a wingspan of fifteen meters. Its entire body was covered in green scales like a dragon's, gleaming with a metallic sheen.

Sharp bone spikes protruded from its birdlike head, and its eyes were filled with rage and a cold glint.

"Screech!"

After spotting the children and sensing the presence of its eggs, the Green-Scaled Eagle let out a furious cry and swooped straight at them.

"Quick, get out of the way!"

The children scrambled aside.

The Green-Scaled Eagle swooped down, its steellike wings smashing dozens of towering trees to pieces.

It pursued the children madly through the forest.

The towering ancient trees that filled the area could not stop the Green-Scaled Eagle at all; it smashed them apart in its frenzy.

In the blink of an eye, the Green-Scaled Eagle had destroyed a vast stretch of forest. It beat its wings and soared into the air again, fixing its cold, slit-pupiled eyes on the children fleeing below.

"This Green-Scaled Eagle is too fast, and it can fly!"

"If we stay together, I'm afraid we won't make it back!"

"Little One, we'll lure this Green-Scaled Eagle away. Hurry back to Stone Village and get Brother Shi Yan!"

Realizing they could not escape the Green-Scaled Eagle's pursuit, Shi Dazhuang, carrying the animal-hide bag containing a Green-Scaled Eagle egg on his back, was out of breath. He could only look at Little One, Shi Hao, and speak.

"Right, right!"

"This Green-Scaled Eagle is too powerful. I'm afraid even Uncle Lin Hu is no match for it!"

"Little One, hurry back to Stone Village and get Brother Shi Yan!"

Skinny Monkey said hastily as well.