Chapter 29 The True Use of the Detached Beast Martial Soul
Having resolved how to defy fate, the next step, naturally, is cultivation.
After all, no matter how many ideas you have, you still need to reach a certain level.
Thus, Yu Xiaogang's daily routine became cultivation, study, study, cultivation again.
During this period, the elders kept their word; they delivered the resources the very next day as promised, treating him like a Contra Master.
[This didn't cause Yu Xiaogang any further worry.]
[It was another early morning. Yu Xiaogang, having risen early, arrived at the summit of the mountain behind his family's residence. Bathed in the rising sunlight, he meditated continuously, refining his soul power.]
["Call..."]
[Letting out a long breath, Yu Xiaogang opened his eyes, sensed his barely increased soul power, and immediately frowned.]
"Too slow."
More than a month has passed since my martial soul awakened, and during this time, I have never relaxed my cultivation.
Even while conducting whale glue experiments, my training continued.
However, the barely increasing soul power within him once again reminded Yu Xiaogang just how poor his talent was.
"The golden age for a Soul Master to cultivate is between the ages of six and twenty."
"At this rate, I'd probably be over ten years old before I could cultivate to level ten."
"At this rate, I'm going to waste all my prime years for cultivation."
Yu Xiaogang was unwilling to accept this; having missed the golden age of cultivation, his subsequent progress would be even slower.
["Luo Luo"]
Just as Yu Xiaogang was worrying about his cultivation speed, a bouncy little dragon came to his side carrying a stone in its mouth.
[A pair of large eyes stared at Yu Xiaogang. Only after Yu Xiaogang reached out did Xiaolong place the stone he had been carrying in his mouth into Yu Xiaogang's hand.]
It was a rock shaped like a chicken leg. Looking at the rock, Yu Xiaogang shook his head and chuckled.
"You're such a glutton!"
Stroking the little dragon's head, Yu Xiaogang thought to himself that his martial soul was far smarter than the pets he had in his previous life.
Ultimately, Xiaolong is also a part of me.
"But speaking of which, Little Dragon is clearly a part of me, yet it has its own consciousness. What's the state of its consciousness? Is it another version of myself?"
[This is what Yu Xiaogang thought to himself.]
[But the moment he thought of this, he suddenly froze.]
"Another version of myself?"
Yu Xiaogang glanced at Xiaolong subconsciously, a multitude of thoughts flashing through his mind.
However, thinking about it a lot is not as good as actually doing it.
So he picked up the little dragon and looked directly into its eyes.
"Xiaolong, you should be able to understand what I'm saying, right? Nod if you do."
Xiaolong nodded upon hearing this.
"Very good, now, Xiaolong, do as I say."
Suppressing his excitement, Yu Xiaogang began to explain the methods of meditation to Xiaolong.
[At first, fearing that Xiaolong wouldn't understand, Yu Xiaogang explained the most basic and simplest meditation method to it.]
To Yu Xiaogang's surprise, the little dragon easily understood the meditation method he was explaining to it.
After explaining the method, Yu Xiaogang instructed Xiaolong to practice using meditation.
And Xiaolong actually began his cultivation.
Seeing the little dragon meditating with its eyes closed, Yu Xiaogang even forgot about his own cultivation.
He stayed by Xiaolong's side, quietly waiting for the results of Xiaolong's cultivation.
An hour passed quickly in this atmosphere of one dragon cultivating while one person watched.
When Xiaolong opened his eyes again, Yu Xiaogang eagerly ruffled Xiaolong's head before pulling him back into his body.
In an instant, Yu Xiaogang felt his soul power increase slightly.
Although it's only a tiny bit, its significance is completely different from a tiny increase in one's own cultivation.
"Little Dragon can cultivate too, and he can increase my soul power as well. This means that in the same amount of time I cultivate, I get twice the results as others!"
"I never expected this! A detached beast martial soul could have such an incredible effect!"
In Shrek Academy.
Upon hearing Yu Xiaogang's words from the sky, the master stood there, his eyes glazed over.
Can Luo Sanpao cultivate?
Luo Sanpao can actually cultivate?
Why did I never think of letting Luo Sanpao try training?
The master, who had been in a daze for half a day, was in complete confusion, and his body began to sway.
When Flander saw the master's condition, he quickly went forward to help him up.
"Xiaogang, how are you?"
"I'm fine, come out here, Luo Sanpao!"
The master waved his hand, then, ignoring Flander, directly summoned Luo Sanpao.
Luo Sanpao, who appeared beside the master, looked bewildered, but then the master rushed forward and said directly:
"Luo Sanpao, hurry up and start cultivating! Cultivate the way I usually do! Hurry up and start cultivating!"
The master urged him anxiously, but unfortunately Luo Sanpao had no idea how to cultivate and could only stand there dumbfounded.
Seeing his good friend's anxious look, Flander reminded him, which made the master realize what was happening.
"Yes, yes, we have to teach it, we have to teach it."
So the master began to teach Luo Sanpao in detail how to meditate and how to cultivate soul power.
During this time, everyone was watching the master.
After the master finished his instruction, Luo Sanpao, like Xiaolong, began to close its eyes and meditate.
During this time, the master stayed by Luo Sanpao's side with a hopeful expression, praying that Luo Sanpao's cultivation would help him break through his bottleneck.
Time passed by, minute by minute, and soon an hour had gone by.
When the time came, the master couldn't wait to stop Luo Sanpao's cultivation and put it back into his body.
However, when Luo Sanpao returned, the master's expression froze for a moment, and finally his body swayed and he collapsed to the ground.
"Why, why just not?"
The master muttered to himself, lost in thought.
Luo Sanpao cultivated for an hour, but when the master withdrew it from his body, his soul power did not fluctuate at all.
Not even a trace, not even the slightest bit.
Just like the results he's had over the years after trying meditation every time he found a method he thought was suitable.
The gate to level 30 still stood in his way, preventing him from making any progress.
"Why, why did you do this to me? Why did you discover so early on that I wasn't the one who could cultivate?"
The master stared at Yu Xiaogang in the sky, who was overjoyed to find that Xiaolong could cultivate with him. His eyes were filled with resentment and jealousy that he could not suppress.
Why were all these things discovered by the parallel world's own self, especially since the other side discovered them when he was just starting out in his cultivation?
These discoveries could truly have a huge impact on his future.
Why didn't I discover these things myself? If I had, I would have been the one to become the Dragon God Douluo!
[end of the chapter]