Chapter 365: The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Recent Situation
Because it was only a sparring match, the fight between Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin did not cause too much commotion and ended quickly.
With Ning Fengzhi's help, Chen Xin's strength, speed, spirit power, defense, attack, and attributes were all amplified by eighty percent. Therefore, although his current spirit power cultivation was only rank 97, his combat power could indeed rival rank 98.
Of course, "rival" was still only "rival." It was ultimately an external boost, so there was still a slight difference compared to a true rank 98. However, Chen Xin's Martial Soul was the Seven Kill Sword, a Tool Spirit, while Yu Yuanzhen's Martial Soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, a Beast Spirit. Once a Spirit Master cultivated to the later stages, Tool Spirits held a slight advantage over Beast Spirits. Because of this, Chen Xin managed to close that small gap.
Furthermore, Yu Yuanzhen did not use his Spirit Bone abilities, so his combat power was equivalent to an ordinary rank 98. As a result, his battle with Chen Xin was perfectly even, with neither side gaining the upper hand.
After they fought for a while, once Chen Xin had gained enough understanding of the rank 98 realm, he voluntarily called a halt to the match.
Thus, the sparring session ended in a draw. However, everyone could see that Yu Yuanzhen had clearly held back. For one thing, in a real battle, Yu Yuanzhen could have tried to attack Ning Fengzhi directly, which would have greatly restricted Chen Xin and led to Yu Yuanzhen's victory. It was only because this was a sparring match that Yu Yuanzhen did not do so.
After the sparring session, Yu Yuanzhen, without even flushing or gasping for breath, began discussing the specific details of the alliance with Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xue Xing.
Because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan possessed five Titled Douluo, and Yu Yuanzhen himself was extremely powerful, coupled with the recent favor given to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan gained a little more say in this alliance and secured some advantages.
However, since it was an alliance, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan gained advantages, it naturally also made sacrifices and took on greater obligations. If a major conflict with Spirit Hall truly broke out, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would deploy the most Titled Douluo.
Based on this point, Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xue Xing both tacitly accepted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's advantageous position.
With everything settled and the alliance against Spirit Hall formally established, Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xue Xing departed. They needed to make their own adjustments for the alliance, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan continued building its new clan grounds.
Because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had ample manpower, along with support from the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, construction of the new clan grounds progressed very quickly. In just one month, the work was mostly complete, with only some minor details remaining.
During this period, because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's prestige had risen greatly, it attracted many Spirit Masters who wished to join. Even with the clan's strict recruitment standards, it still absorbed seven or eight hundred Spirit Masters.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had only lost over 1,300 people during the Soul Hunting Operation. Now, after absorbing seven or eight hundred Spirit Masters, a significant portion of those losses had already been recovered. In just a little more time, all the losses would be fully made up.
It could be said that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's current situation was excellent.
In this situation, Yu Tianlin did not do much. He only quietly stayed inside the clan and cultivated.
After reaching the Spirit Saint realm, Yu Tianlin's cultivation speed inevitably slowed down. He had broken through to rank 75 before the Soul Hunting Operation, yet after cultivating for all this time, he was still at rank 75. Yu Tianlin could also feel that he was still some distance away from breaking through to rank 76.
This speed was truly slow, forcing Yu Tianlin to extend his daily cultivation time in order to slightly increase his cultivation speed.
One day, while Yu Tianlin was cultivating in his cultivation quiet room, Ye Lingling suddenly came looking for him.
Ye Lingling did not directly wake Yu Tianlin. Instead, she injected spirit power into a light blue stone slab at the entrance of the quiet room.
This light blue stone slab was a unique soul tool. Injecting spirit power into it would cause it to emit subtle vibrations, waking up a Spirit Master who was cultivating inside.
"Hm…"
Yu Tianlin, who was meditating, felt the vibration and knew someone was looking for him. He withdrew from his cultivation state and slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi.
Opening his eyes and seeing Ye Lingling standing at the entrance of the quiet room, Yu Tianlin could not help asking, "Sister Lingling, is something important happening? You came to wake me so suddenly."
Ye Lingling nodded slightly and explained, "Grandpa Yu sent someone to call you over."
"Grandpa is looking for me?" Yu Tianlin was a little surprised. Then he stood up and walked out of the cultivation quiet room with Ye Lingling, heading toward the main hall as he asked, "Did he say what it was about?"
"He did not say." Ye Lingling shook her head and walked beside Yu Tianlin. Then she suddenly asked, "Tianlin, how has your cultivation been recently?"
"After reaching rank 70, my cultivation speed became much slower than before," Yu Tianlin said with a slightly helpless expression. "I estimate it will take a few more months before I can break through."
"Take your time," Ye Lingling comforted him. "Cultivation cannot be rushed. Besides, Tianlin, it is already very impressive for you to have this level of cultivation at your current age."
As they chatted, the two arrived at the main hall. Yu Tianlin then followed the clan disciple who had come to find him and headed toward the deliberation hall.
Upon entering the deliberation hall, Yu Tianlin saw a scene he had never witnessed before.
Besides his grandfather, Yu Yuanzhen, sitting high on the Clan Head's seat, another person was standing below.
It was none other than Yu Xiaogang.
Seeing that Yu Xiaogang was also there, Yu Tianlin was immediately surprised and asked, "Second Uncle? Why are you here?"
Although Yu Xiaogang had nominally returned to the clan, he had never actually come to the clan grounds. Instead, he had been staying at Blue Tyrant Academy.
Some time ago, due to the clan's relocation, Thunder Academy merged with Blue Tyrant Academy to make room for the clan, and the merged academy still retained the name Thunder Academy. Therefore, Yu Xiaogang should have been at Thunder Academy right now.
Why had he suddenly returned to the clan and appeared in the deliberation hall? It seemed something important was happening.
Yu Tianlin began to speculate.
Before Yu Xiaogang could answer Yu Tianlin's question, Yu Yuanzhen smiled and said, "Tianlin, Xiaogang came here specifically to find you this time."
Seeing Yu Yuanzhen's smiling expression, it was clear that he was very happy about Yu Xiaogang's return.
"Looking for me?"
Yu Tianlin became even more confused.
He had not interacted much with Yu Xiaogang, his nominal second uncle, so what could Yu Xiaogang possibly want with him?
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