Chapter 12 Martial Soul Awakening, Changing Innate Soul Power
Yu Yuanzhen's jealousy was unknown to outsiders.
However, at this moment, most fathers with sons, like Yu Yuanzhen, felt jealous that their counterpart had such a sensible son.
Thinking back to what my son was doing when he was five years old, I can only say that comparisons are odious and worthless!
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Having completed his first day's running task, Yu Xiaogang was so exhausted that he collapsed on the ground, too tired to move.
Seeing this, Yu Yuanzhen stepped forward, picked up Yu Xiaogang, and then walked towards a room that was constantly emitting steam.
As members of a large family, after completing the basic training, a medicinal bath is an essential step.
[Medicinal baths can not only quickly restore energy but also prevent injuries.]
[It can also further strengthen the body after exercise.]
As the sect leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Yuanzhen has access to top-tier resources.
Although Yu Yuanzhen inevitably overheard the elders' nagging while mobilizing these resources,
But he's willing!
[His son was so sensible, and he was worried that his lack of talent would make him, as his father, lose face, so he started training him before his martial soul was even awakened.]
In this situation, if I, as a father, don't fully support my son, wouldn't I be letting him down?
Upon arriving at the medicinal bath room, Yu Yuanzhen checked the water temperature and, finding it pleasant, nodded. He then placed Yu Xiaogang into the water.
"Ouch! It's so hot!"
[As soon as he entered the water, the scalding hot medicine made Yu Xiaogang sit up involuntarily, his grimacing face making Yu Yuanzhen burst into laughter.]
"Haha, just bear with it. After all, this is the only way you can better absorb the medicine's effects!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang forcibly suppressed his urge to get up, enduring the pain, and sat down in the medicinal bath.
Soon, as the medicinal bath continued, Yu Xiaogang, having adapted to the water temperature, began to feel the stimulation of the medicinal solution on his body.
[Especially his legs, which had been sore from running, were now aching and throbbing under the stimulation of the medicine, causing Yu Xiaogang to constantly change his expression, much like a mask being changed on a performance.]
Time passed second by second, and just when Yu Xiaogang thought he would stay in the water forever, Yu Yuanzhen spoke up:
"Okay, you can come out now!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He quickly emerged from the water, then looked at the potion with lingering fear.
[This is the first time in my life I've felt that taking a bath is such a painful experience.]
"Well? If you still insist on cultivating, everything that happened today will become your daily routine in the future."
Yu Yuanzhen's voice carried a hint of pressure.
"I can keep going!"
Without even a second's hesitation, Yu Xiaogang said decisively.
"Excellent! As expected of my son, Yu Yuanzhen!"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Yu Yuanzhen nodded in satisfaction, then stroked Yu Xiaogang's head again.
How could he not be gratified to have such a son?
In the morning, Yu Xiaogang completed his physical exercises and medicinal bath. In the afternoon, under the guidance of Yu Yuanzhen, he underwent meditation training.
As a top sect in the Douluo Continent, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan naturally has its own exclusive meditation methods.
Unfortunately, the meditation method of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is more suitable for those who have awakened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
At the very least, it should be a lightning-type martial soul.
Therefore, Yu Xiaogang can only use basic meditation methods nowadays.
Even so, the basic meditation method he used was far superior to the common techniques circulating throughout the Douluo Continent.
Under Yu Yuanzhen's guidance, Yu Xiaogang began meditating, absorbing the soul power of heaven and earth into his body and transforming it into his own soul power.
Unfortunately, because he hadn't awakened his martial soul, Yu Xiaogang didn't sense any changes after his meditation; everything remained the same as before.
However, Yu Xiaogang was not discouraged. If one could immediately perceive changes simply by meditating for a couple of seconds, then cultivation in the Douluo Continent wouldn't have started only after the awakening of one's martial soul.
After completing his daytime cultivation, Yu Xiaogang spent his evenings studying the knowledge of the Douluo Continent.
Although Yu Yuanzhen taught Yu Xiaogang a great deal about the Douluo Continent over those five years, it was only a superficial explanation.
To truly understand this, you still need to learn from books yourself.
[In this learning process, Yu Xiaogang did not work in isolation.]
Whenever he encountered something he didn't understand, he would immediately ask Yu Yuanzhen for help, and then try to figure it out on his own.
For example.
"Father, according to family records, the maximum age for obtaining the first spirit ring is around four hundred years, but some people have failed when trying to absorb a three-hundred-year-old spirit ring."
"What do you think influenced these factors?"
[Yu Xiaogang looked at Yu Yuanzhen beside him and asked.]
"Oh, that's simple. The record for the highest age belongs to a genius from our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He possessed a beast martial soul."
"Beast martial souls are mostly born with strong physiques, so the age of the spirit rings they acquire can be higher."
"But weapon-type martial souls don't have the same advantage as beast-type martial souls in this regard. Even the Clear Sky Hammer, the number one weapon-type martial soul in the world, is no exception."
Yu Yuanzhen said with a proud expression.
"In other words, a strong physique is a necessary condition for obtaining a high-level spirit ring..."
Yu Xiaogang secretly noted this information down, and then continued to review the sect's records.
For the next six months or so, Yu Xiaogang began his fulfilling daily routine.
His actions, however, drew frequent shakes of the head from the members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
[His martial soul hasn't even awakened yet, and he's already in a hurry to cultivate. Looks like his head isn't fully clear.]
And so, the time came for the awakening of the martial soul.
Because there weren't any outstanding figures in the martial soul awakening this year, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan didn't hold a grand awakening ceremony.
Perhaps Yu Xiaogang's status as the son of a Title Douluo made him dazzling enough, but because of his years of aimless wandering, no one thought that Yu Xiaogang could awaken any powerful martial soul.
And indeed, things turned out exactly as everyone predicted.
When Yu Xiaogang stood in the center of the awakening formation, golden light enveloped him, dragons roared, and then the light shattered with a deafening crash.
A small, pig-like beast appeared at Yu Xiaogang's feet.
[Those who never had any expectations were naturally not disappointed by this result, except for Yu Yuanzhen, whose eyes remained filled with deep worry as he looked at his son in the awakening array.]
[Then, the innate soul power test was conducted, and the final result was Level 1.]
[Yu Xiaogang's awakening ceremony has ended.]
At the same time, all forces under the sky were in an uproar!
[end of the chapter]