[Finding Flender was a complete accident.]
[Yu Xiaogang wouldn't change all his future plans just because of Flender.]
[Thus, Flender was presented with two choices.]
[Follow their team to Heaven Dou City.]
[Or go to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect by himself.]
[Of course, Flender could also choose not to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, but he immediately ruled that option out.]
[It wasn't until then that Flender realized just how thick the "thigh" he was clinging to actually was.]
[The Young Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the son of the Thunder Douluo!]
[The future heir of one of the Upper Three Sects, with a Titled Douluo standing behind him.]
[In Flender's view, this background was simply mind-blowing.]
[And as someone who shared a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Yu Xiaogang, what kind of treatment would he enjoy in the future?]
[Just thinking about it made Flender's mouth water.]
[He didn't understand the high-level situation of the Douluo Continent, but he knew that the face of those great powers were their own Titled Douluo.]
[The stronger their Titled Douluo, the more confidence their Sect would have.]
[As the Young Sect Master, Yu Xiaogang's talent certainly couldn't be underestimated.]
[Perhaps he would become a Titled Douluo in the future.]
[At that time, when competing with other Titled Douluo, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill would be Yu Xiaogang's trump card.]
[And the strength of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill was determined by both parties involved in the Fusion.]
[The stronger he and Yu Xiaogang were, the stronger the final Martial Soul Fusion Skill would be.]
[Then, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect would definitely invest certain resources in him to make him even stronger.]
[A Spirit Saint, or even a Spirit Douluo...]
[Anyway, at the thought of receiving the cultivation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect in the future, Flender's heart surged with excitement.]
[He had already decided that he would be a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect from now on, and in the future, he would spend his life defending everything about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect!]
[He wouldn't allow anyone to speak ill of his Sect!]
[Loyalty!!]
[With such thoughts, the option of not joining the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was naturally ruled out immediately.]
[Then, between the two options of following Yu Xiaogang or going directly to the Sect.]
[Although Flender really wanted to go directly to a so-called Upper Three Sect to experience its prosperity.]
[Flender knew very well that his joining the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was entirely dependent on following behind Yu Xiaogang.]
[Without Yu Xiaogang, with his current strength, he probably wouldn't amount to anything if he joined the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect alone.]
[And according to Flender's analysis of those great powers, the larger the power, the more internal factions and such there would be.]
[Even the landlord's Family in the village where he was born would argue all day because several sons were dividing the rooms.]
[In a Sect as large as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the struggle for power and resources would likely be even more intense.]
[Maybe His Excellency Thunder had a large group of sons, all of whom were eyeing Yu Xiaogang, looking for a chance to pull him down from the position of Young Sect Master.]
[If he went to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect alone at this time, who knows if he would be dealt with in advance by those brothers who wanted to compete with Yu Xiaogang.]
[Therefore, Flender chose to follow Yu Xiaogang without hesitation.]
[Yu Xiaogang, who didn't know that Flender had imagined a bunch of internal Sect struggles—and who was actually one of only two sons of Yu Yuanzhen, with no one able to challenge his position as Young Sect Master—nodded upon hearing Flender's choice.]
[Anyway, there were many people in the Spirit Hall Second Team, so one more wouldn't matter.]
[So Yu Xiaogang told Flender the time they would leave Sanders City, letting Flender arrange his own affairs.]
[Who knew that Flender had nothing to arrange at all.]
"My parents passed away early due to overwork. It's a pity they didn't get to enjoy the days after I became a Spirit Master."
[Flender sighed as he mentioned his parents.]
[His parents' passing was Flender's biggest regret in life so far.]
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine, it's fine. Although it's a pity, at least after I became a Spirit Master, everything got better. I'm sure they would be very happy to see me as I am now."
[Flender waved his hand and said with a look of relief.]
"Speaking of which, with your current strength at level forty-five in your twenties, why are you idling around in a place like the Treasure Market?"
"Clearly, with your talent, not to mention great powers, at least those small families and nobles would welcome you."
[Yu Xiaogang asked his biggest doubt.]
[Although Flender's talent wasn't top-tier, he definitely had talent.]
[Such a person really shouldn't be like this.]
"Tsk, it makes me angry just thinking about it."
[Hearing this question, a look of disgust appeared on Flender's face.]
"I once thought about joining a power, and back then, some nobles did indeed invite me."
"But those nobles were all arrogant and selfish, with their eyes on the top of their heads, as if my joining them was a blessing I had earned over eight lifetimes."
[Yu Xiaogang was aware of this situation; whether it was the Heaven Dou Empire or the Star Luo Empire, local nobles always had a mysterious kind of arrogance.]
[They looked down on Spirit Masters of humble origins, and even Spirit Masters from small powers were categorized as lowly figures in their eyes.]
[This was very difficult for Yu Xiaogang to understand. Clearly, those nobles had little strength, yet the Spirit Masters they looked down upon had the ability to take their lives. Where did they get their confidence?]
[Just because the Empire would avenge them after they were beaten or killed?]
[But the problem is, you're all dead. Even if they avenge you, you won't come back to life.]
[It's very baffling.]
"If it were just that, I could have gritted my teeth and endured it."
"But the problem is that after those nobles recruited me, the condition they gave me was to become a Sacrificial Guard under them, to serve them like serving a master."
"To hell with them! I'm someone who can become at least a Spirit Emperor in the future, and they want me to be a slave to a bunch of weaklings?"
"They really have some nerve to even think of that."
[Flender cursed as he mentioned those nobles.]
[Compared to those people, Flender felt that he was truly a good person.]
"I see. So that's why you said you wouldn't accept being a Sacrificial Guard or a slave."
"But then again, you're so eager to cling to my 'thigh,' aren't you afraid I'm the same kind of person as those nobles?"
[Yu Xiaogang asked with a smile.]
"You're different. Although we just met, the temperament you have is countless times better than those nobles."
"If nothing else, when those nobles come to our Treasure Market to buy things, they never look us merchants directly in the eye."
"But you even bargain."
"Besides, the two of us have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"To use this thing, both of us have to be willing."
"If you were the same kind of person as those nobles, this Martial Soul Fusion Skill wouldn't work."
[Flender said with a shrewd look.]
[Of course, Flender still held something back.]
[Like his earlier action of grabbing Yu Xiaogang's leg and wailing about being good brothers—that exaggerated behavior was actually a form of testing.]
[If Yu Xiaogang were one of those arrogant nobles, he wouldn't be able to accept such an action.]
[And as it turned out, Yu Xiaogang only showed a look of annoyance toward him.]
[This was enough to prove that Yu Xiaogang was at least a normal person, a normal person with the same way of thinking as the commoners of the Douluo Continent.]
[Wealthy and with a background, no noble habits, and a normal person.]
[With such a 'thigh,' what reason did he have not to cling tight?]