As Dugu Bo left, only Dugu Yan and Ignaz remained inside the tent. The atmosphere was extremely delicate. Ignaz spoke first:
"Little sister, let's go to sleep!"
At these words, Dugu Yan's imagination ran wild, and she shyly grabbed and fidgeted with her hands. Only then did Ignaz realize he might have said something wrong again.
"Can't worry about all that—sleep first!"
Ignaz directly placed his right hand on Dugu Yan's body. Dugu Yan was immediately startled, her heart racing with nervousness. Brother Iggy is going to kiss me! Should I respond? Otherwise, Grandfather will scold him afterward.
She slowly closed her eyes and leaned forward toward Ignaz. Suddenly, her body seemed to meet resistance, and she was quickly straightened, then tilted to the side. The two ended up lying face-to-face on their simple beds.
"Little sister, hurry up and sleep!"
Hearing this, Dugu Yan quickly opened her eyes and looked at Ignaz with an angry expression of facing an opponent, laughing awkwardly.
Is this Ignaz afraid to die? During this time, Grandfather has valued you—don't you understand what the old man means? Even if you did something improper to me, he wouldn't really hit you. Is it necessary to be so rule-abiding? What a blockhead—stupid and cowardly!
Then Dugu Yan immediately turned around, facing away from Ignaz with her arms crossed, her mind frantically anticipating Ignaz's next move.
"This young lady will give you one more chance. If your hand still doesn't reach over, I... I'll..."
Before Dugu Yan could finish thinking, there was a rustling sound as Ignaz also turned around with his back to her. At this moment, Dugu Yan was expecting something, but after waiting for a long time, Ignaz still made no move. She pretended to be uncomfortable and turned as if wanting to change positions to look at Ignaz and see what was wrong with him.
When she turned, she discovered the distance between them was almost six feet, which filled her eyes with anger. She wanted nothing more than to poison him right now—poison this extremely cowardly man to death.
Suddenly, a snoring sound arose, practically igniting Dugu Yan's fury to its peak.
"This young lady hasn't fallen asleep yet—how dare you, cowardly person, sleep so soundly?"
She kicked heavily toward Ignaz's back.
"Who? Who dares kick me?"
Ignaz, who had just calmed down and finally fallen asleep, was directly kicked awake by this heavy foot.
When Ignaz turned around, he only saw Dugu Yan with her back to him, motionless, her right foot actually swung backward at nearly 70 degrees. He helplessly moved several steps to the left, lay down again, and muttered to himself:
"This little sister has such a bad sleeping posture. If I marry her in the future, I'll need to be more careful. It'd be best to tie up her legs."
At this moment, seeing Ignaz so clueless, Dugu Yan finally vented her anger and also fell asleep.
At the same time, 200 miles away at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan,
A fierce-looking old man with graying whiskers looked at Yu Tianheng lying angrily on the bed, directly crushing a corner of the stone bed with his fingers, saying furiously:
"What nerve—that Ignaz and old poison master, daring to severely injure my grandson like this! If I, Yu Yuanzhen, don't get some payback, I don't deserve to be called Thunder Douluo!"
"Big brother, Dugu Bo is someone our clan has been trying hard to win over. If our two families hurt their relationship over this, that would be troublesome. Moreover, Tianheng's injuries are no longer serious, so there's no need for you to personally take action, right?"
Yu Luomian looked worriedly at the hot-tempered Yu Yuanzhen. Winning over Dugu Bo was like adding thousands of troops to the clan. Moreover, injuries were inevitable in sparring—if anyone was to blame, it could only be Yu Tianheng for being useless.
"Yu Luomian, now a nobody, has suddenly appeared and gained that old poison master's attention. If this continues, will Tianheng still be able to marry Dugu Yan? Will Dugu Bo still stand on our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's side?"
Yu Yuanzhen grew angrier as he spoke. Tianheng was his grandson from his direct lineage. If he didn't teach that boy a lesson, wouldn't everyone in the spirit master world be able to step on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in the future?
"Yu Luomian, I'll leave clan affairs to you and Yao'er. After Tianheng's injuries heal, I'll take him to Heaven Dou City to settle accounts with him."
...
Seeing Yu Yuanzhen's resolute appearance, Yu Luomian no longer tried to stop him from settling accounts with Dugu Bo. After all, he had advised him—if the clan master wouldn't listen, what else could he do? This way was actually most beneficial to their branch lineage.
His grandson Yu Tianxin's talent was originally higher than Yu Tianheng's, but Yu Yuanzhen was too biased, letting Yu Tianheng absorb the external spirit bone purchased with half the clan's wealth.
That was an extremely rare external spirit bone. Since the clan master couldn't treat people fairly, then let things take their natural course, causing Yu Tianheng to be unable to marry Dugu Yan and thus unable to gain a Titled Douluo's support.
This way, as long as he made more contributions within the clan and relied on his position as the clan's second-in-command, he could definitely make Tianxin the new clan master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in the future.
...
Late at night, in Thunder Canyon,
As thunder rumbled across the sky, Ignaz sat up with a start. Looking at Dugu Yan sleeping spread-eagled beside him, his anxious mood finally calmed.
"Thank goodness it was just a dream!"
Ignaz got up and walked toward Dugu Bo, who was sitting by the campfire outside.
"Senior, you should go inside and sleep. It's my turn to take the late-night watch!"
"You boy, at least have some manners—you didn't do anything to Yanyan."
Dugu Bo handed Ignaz a grilled fish, then continued:
"Just standing watch—this old man can still handle it. You should hurry back to sleep! The day after tomorrow, when we return to Heaven Dou City, I'll help you get another invitation letter."
"Thank you, Senior."
Looking at the lightning constantly being released throughout Thunder Canyon, Ignaz hesitated for a long time before finally speaking:
"Senior, I want to cultivate in this environment for a while before going to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to study."
"This place is too dangerous. Not only are there large numbers of ten-thousand-year spirit beasts, but it's also too close to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. You'll encounter Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples from time to time. If I'm not here, you could very likely be captured or directly killed by people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
Dugu Bo showed a worried expression. He couldn't possibly guard Ignaz's side at all times—only by having him go to Heaven Dou City could he better protect his safety.
"Senior, I understand everything you're saying, but this really is the most suitable place for me to cultivate. Don't worry—I can protect myself."
Ignaz still refused to give up such a good cultivation site. This was crucial to further strengthening his constitution and key to whether he could absorb a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring in the future.
Although other places also had thunderstorms, none had the dense thunderstorm atmosphere of this place.