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Yu Tianheng went to see Qin Ming.
"You want to take leave?" Qin Ming was surprised.
This was the sprint phase of the last half-month before the planned departure. Did Yu Tianheng have some urgent matter that required him to pause his cultivation?
However, Yu Tianheng was the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Sometimes, matters within the clan did indeed frequently cause him to be unable to complete his training.
"Alright. Can you return within three days?"
"No problem."
"Good."
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yu Tianheng personally returned to the clan and sought out his grandfather, the current Clan Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and its only Titled Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen.
"Tianheng? Is there some important matter for you to return to the clan personally?" Yu Yuanzhen was also curious why his grandson had come back to report in person.
Usually, if he needed anything, Yu Tianheng would communicate with the clan via letter.
"Grandfather, Little Wen has returned to the academy. And with the help of Senior Poison Douluo, his spirit power has already reached level thirty-nine."
"What!?" Yu Yuanzhen shot up from his seat.
"That's right. His spirit power has reached level thirty-nine. And from the sparring over the past two days, it's clear that his third spirit skill is also exceptionally strong."
From Yu Tianheng's expression, Yu Yuanzhen could guess that Su Wen's combat power at the same rank had already surpassed Yu Tianheng, who possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon spirit.
Even with the same spirit, there were differences in quality. Direct descendants of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan awakened the clan spirit, but there were varying degrees of quality. Yu Tianheng had undoubtedly awakened a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon of the absolute highest quality, top-tier even when looking across the entire continent.
And yet, Su Wen, with a Book Spirit, was strong enough to suppress Yu Tianheng at the same rank...
This made Yu Yuanzhen inwardly alarmed.
"Your aunt hasn't started teaching Su Wen yet. Did you ask Su Wen for his opinion?"
Yu Yuanzhen immediately thought of the fact that the clan's investment in Su Wen had not yet been delivered.
In his view, Su Wen couldn't be blamed for not going sooner.
After all, Su Wen had obtained the opportunity to cultivate with the Poison Douluo for a year and a half. This was more precious than Liu Erlong's guidance, and the results were clearly astonishing—going from just obtaining his third ring to level thirty-nine in just a year and a half!
At the same time, this forced Yu Yuanzhen to take the Poison Douluo seriously.
"That old fellow definitely possesses some extraordinary medicinal formulas." Medicine and poison were inseparable; no one had ever doubted the Poison Douluo's level in pharmacology.
It was just that now, Yu Yuanzhen was truly certain that the Poison Douluo absolutely possessed medicinal formulas capable of rapidly increasing a Spirit Master's spirit power.
Without side effects.
At the very least, it was effective in the short term, and this limit was likely below level forty.
The fact that Su Wen didn't stay with the Poison Douluo until level forty to get his fourth ring before returning to the academy was good proof of this.
It was a pity that Yu Tianheng had already missed this opportunity.
He was already level thirty-eight. Even if he secured the Poison Douluo's help, he wouldn't be able to maximize the benefits.
"Grandfather, Little Wen also said that Yan-yan will have a period of rapid spirit power growth in the near future," Yu Tianheng said.
Dugu Yan was also already level thirty-eight, yet Su Wen still said this.
Yu Yuanzhen frowned, overturning his previous guess.
Perhaps it wasn't limited to below level forty, but rather a one-time effect.
Of course, it was certain that the lower the spirit power rank, the more obvious the effect would be.
In fact, many factions had such methods. The Clear Sky Clan had a technique of sealing one's cultivation to temper oneself, and then breaking through multiple levels in succession upon unsealing—and that was used at the Spirit King and Spirit Emperor stages.
However, regardless, the Poison Douluo should also be of great help to Yu Tianheng.
Seeing his grandfather pondering for a long time, Yu Tianheng continued.
"Grandfather, I also asked Little Wen. He said that after we return from our tour of the major cities for spirit battles, he will go to cultivate with Aunt."
Yu Yuanzhen stroked his beard and nodded.
"Actually, this isn't my main purpose for returning this time." Yu Tianheng took a deep breath, embellished what Dugu Yan had said, and then told Yu Yuanzhen.
"I see." Yu Yuanzhen first resolved a doubt—the doubt about why Dugu Bo suddenly decided to use external objects to accelerate Dugu Yan's cultivation.
Previously, Dugu Yan had never used any methods to accelerate cultivation besides mimicry environments and combat.
Yet Su Wen directly said she would soon experience it.
Connecting the dots, Yu Yuanzhen's doubt was cleared.
He also learned from Yu Tianheng's words the reason why Dugu Yan hadn't used medicinal baths before.
"No wonder Su Wen could gain that old fellow's favor."
Yu Yuanzhen's thoughts were methodical. Although he was startled by Dugu Bo's request, he still pondered the issues one by one.
After all, rushing wouldn't help now; it would only scramble his thoughts.
Finally, he focused his attention on the ten-thousand-year dragon-type spirit bone Dugu Yan needed.
Dragon-type spirit bone!
This was the type of spirit bone the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan valued the most.
And a ten-thousand-year one at that.
If Dugu Yan needed just a top-tier ten-thousand-year spirit bone, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could provide one. But if it involved a dragon-species spirit bone, and one of excellent quality, then even he, Yu Yuanzhen, couldn't agree easily.
Even as the Clan Master, he needed to convene the Council of Elders and pass it by vote.
"I will convene the Council of Elders immediately."
The clan did indeed still have three ten-thousand-year dragon-type spirit bones.
But according to Dugu Bo's requirements, only one was of top-tier, flawless quality.
And this spirit bone was a true supreme treasure, one could even say it was part of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's foundation.
Yu Yuanzhen currently had two spirit bones, and neither conflicted with the slot of this top-tier bone in the treasury.
In other words, Yu Yuanzhen could absorb it, and it was extremely compatible with him.
The reason he hadn't used it yet was mainly for the sake of the clan as a whole; he was saving it for Yu Luomian.
There were two Spirit Douluo in the clan, but both were aged, with minuscule hope of sprinting to Titled Douluo. Yu Luomian, however, with his level seventy-nine spirit power, could serve as the Great Elder, and his age was the most crucial point.
This spirit bone was reserved for him.
If he could break through to level eighty through his own cultivation, then with this spirit bone, his hope of sprinting to Titled Douluo afterward would be extremely high.
But if he remained stuck at level seventy-nine, Yu Yuanzhen would absorb the bone himself.
This spirit bone had never been considered for outsiders from the start.
Even Yu Luomian's ability to reserve the right to this bone was related to him being Yu Yuanzhen's biological younger brother.
The spirit bone belonged to the Clan Master—Yu Yuanzhen—and Yu Yuanzhen, considering the clan, was temporarily holding onto it, observing Yu Luomian's cultivation progress before making a final decision.
This was the current status of this spirit bone.
However, the request brought by Yu Tianheng from Dugu Bo truly put Yu Yuanzhen in a difficult position.
Ten-thousand-year, flawless, top-tier dragon-type spirit bone.
With all the years of accumulation by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, there were only three such bones that only successive Clan Masters were eligible to absorb.
"Sigh. It still depends on what your Second Grandpa thinks." Yu Yuanzhen sighed, ordered the Council of Elders to be convened, and took Yu Tianheng to the meeting room early to wait.
(End of this chapter)