Yu Xiaomen walked out of the Awakening Hall, watching Yu Xiaogang run off into the distance.
Yu Xiaogang tripped over a stone, then struggled to his feet and continued running.
He looked up at the bright sunlight in the sky, reaching out his hand as if to grasp the warm light.
"What a show I've seen," Yu Xiaomen murmured, then seemed to recall something, "Mother, I didn't disappoint you; I awakened a powerful Spirit, but this Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon..."
At the end, a look of disgust appeared on Yu Xiaomen's face.
Then, he said happily, "Hmph, it doesn't matter, I don't want to leave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for now."
...
"How did he manage with such low Innate Soul Power?" Huo Yuhao was somewhat puzzled.
Innate Soul Power determines the upper limit of future growth, and logically, Yu Xiaogang's talent should have been enough for him to cultivate to the Spirit Master realm.
However, in the original work, before consuming the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, Yu Xiaogang had managed to reach the Spirit Grandmaster realm.
Many works attribute this to the consumption of a large amount of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan resources, which might be a reason, but how could ordinary resources achieve this?
If he relied solely on rare treasures to break through the limits of his talent, forcefully raising Yu Xiaogang to level 29, then Yu Xiaogang could, in a sense, be considered a genius who created a miracle.
After all, have you ever seen anyone with Innate Soul Power like Yu Xiaogang become a Spirit Grandmaster?
So, was Yu Xiaogang a genius?
From the plot of Douluo Continent's First World, Yu Xiaogang was completely unrelated to being a genius.
Yu Xiaogang's growth must have been peculiar.
Although Huo Yuhao could deduce Yu Xiaogang's future fate, it was like watching a drama; if you knew the answer from the beginning, the subsequent plot would be boring.
...
Three days, or even less than three days, everything changed.
The young Yu Xiaomen, who was originally cautious within the Sect, easily trampled upon by any servant, had now become the most talented person of the younger generation in the Sect.
If he grew smoothly, he would surely occupy a place in the Douluo Hall in the future.
His father's attitude towards him was no longer indifferent, but full of warmth and concern.
Upon learning everything Yun Niang had suffered, Yu Yuanzhen immediately became furious, ordering the execution of all servants who had bullied Yun Niang.
The other branches of the Sect all urged their descendants to curry favor with Yu Xiaomen.
Although Yu Xiaomen's status as Young Master had not yet been confirmed, he had already received the treatment Yu Xiaogang previously enjoyed.
Wherever he went in the Sect, people had to humbly say, "Young Master Xiaomen."
On this day, Yu Yuanzhen handed the Sect Master's token to Yu Xiaomen and said, "Xiaomen, this token will be yours from now on.
With this token, you can go anywhere within the Sect, and you can also use it to claim cultivation resources and request a Sect Elder to hunt for souls for you."
After explaining this matter, Yu Yuanzhen walked in a certain direction.
"Father, are you going to see Big Brother Xiaogang?" Yu Xiaomen asked with concern.
Yu Yuanzhen sighed and said, "He is also my other son, your brother.
He has locked himself in his room for three days without eating or drinking."
"Yes, Father, you must properly counsel Big Brother Xiaogang," Yu Xiaomen also said with concern.
Yu Yuanzhen nodded, then went directly to Yu Xiaogang's room.
A faint sobbing sound came from inside the door.
Yu Yuanzhen frowned, then recalled the scene of the Awakening Ceremony—the initial awakening of Yu Xiaogang's Spirit could not deceive anyone; it was a Golden Holy Dragon, but then something changed, and it mutated into the Spirit Luo San Pao.
Although it was a Waste Spirit, Yu Yuanzhen vaguely felt that this Spirit had some mysterious connection with the Golden Holy Dragon.
Regarding the reason for the Spirit's mutation, he already had some guesses in his mind.
After all, Yu Xiaogang was once the child he loved the most and gave the most attention to.
Yu Yuanzhen felt that Xiaogang, this child, might still be salvageable.
He directly twisted the doorknob and broke into the room.
Inside the door was pitch black, and as the light from outside shone in, the dust rising in the air was clearly visible.
Yu Yuanzhen stood in the light, his gaze quickly locking onto Yu Xiaogang, who was curled up in the quilt, trembling.
He said, with a tone of disappointment, "Xiaogang, what are you doing cooped up in this room?"
Yu Xiaogang's eyes were bloodshot, and his cheeks were streaked with tears.
He said painfully, "Dad, why did I awaken Luo San Pao? It was clearly a Golden Holy Dragon at first..."
"Even if you cry from dawn till dusk, and dusk till dawn, can you cry the Golden Holy Dragon back?" Yu Yuanzhen retorted.
"With your talent, it will be difficult to become a Spirit Master.
Even if the Sect had the ability to help you break through to Spirit Master in one go, the resources consumed would not be worth it," Yu Yuanzhen continued.
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang immediately shivered.
He said eagerly, "No, no, I want to become a Spirit Master, I don't want to be an ordinary person.
Father, are you going to abandon me?"
The gap between a Spirit Scholar and a Spirit Master is a huge class divide, representing the fundamental difference between 99% of the ordinary people on the Continent and that small handful of Spirit Masters.
For Yu Xiaogang to be an ordinary person would be worse than death.
Although Yu Xiaogang did not have the courage to commit suicide, dying of old age was also a form of death.
Yu Yuanzhen looked at Yu Xiaogang's pleading expression, suppressing his displeasure, and said, "Listen to me first.
Do you remember the half-formed Golden Holy Dragon when your Spirit awakened?
That was a crucial moment that determined your life.
Your Spirit seemed to be hindered by something; one step forward would be a vast sea and sky, but failing to take that step would plunge you into the abyss.
Your physical quality, mental force, and so on were insufficient to support your Spirit mutating towards the Golden Holy Dragon, so it regressed, malignantly mutating into Luo San Pao."
"Therefore, do not underestimate your Spirit.
There must be some connection between Luo San Pao and the Golden Holy Dragon."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang suddenly realized, and then a hatred for Luo San Pao grew in his heart.
He thought to himself: You should have been a Golden Holy Dragon, why did you degenerate into Luo San Pao? Why!
Yu Yuanzhen continued, "Since the Golden Holy Dragon can malignantly degenerate into Luo San Pao, then there must be a way to evolve Luo San Pao into the Golden Holy Dragon."
"What's the way?" Yu Xiaogang asked eagerly.
Yu Yuanzhen shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
"Now I give you two choices: do you want to become a dragon, or do you want to be a pig?
If it's the latter, the Sect's cultivation direction for you will be to train you to become a management talent.
You will be responsible for managing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's industries in the future; as long as I am alive, your life will not be too bad, and the Sect will not make things difficult for you.
If you want to become a dragon, the help I can provide you is to do everything within my power, but the path must be forged by yourself.
You must put in two hundred times more effort than other Spirit Masters to explore this thorny path."