Chapter 70: Persuading Grandpa
"What? You want to go to the Star Luo Empire?"
Yu Yuanzhen stared at his grandson, eyes full of disbelief.
Although he was shocked, he quickly calmed down. His brows knitted together as he asked, "What are you planning this time? Why do you suddenly want to go to the Star Luo Empire?"
"Ahem, it's nothing big, just some things I need to handle," Yu Tianlin coughed lightly and put on a relaxed look. "It's only a trip to the Star Luo Empire. What's the big deal?"
Seeing him trying to gloss things over, Yu Yuanzhen's tone hardened. "No. Unless you give me a proper explanation today, I will not agree."
Faced with his grandfather's firm attitude, Yu Tianlin felt a headache coming on.
How was he supposed to explain this? It was not easy to casually make up a lie for something like this.
In the end, everything traced back to the immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Logically speaking, those immortal herbs currently belonged to Dugu Bo. But he did not recognize them, nor did he know how to use them. He was basically guarding a treasure mountain without being able to take anything from it.
Yu Tianlin knew the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and he had the backing of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. His grandfather was a rank ninety six Title Douluo whose strength completely crushed Dugu Bo.
If Yu Tianlin did not care about turning Dugu Bo into an enemy, he could simply tell his grandfather about the value of immortal herbs and have him directly seize the place.
However, with the current relationship between Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng, Dugu Bo could already be considered half an ally. Unless they had no other choice, it was better not to fall out with him.
Moreover, Yu Tianlin himself did not truly recognize the immortal herbs.
He knew their names. Once he saw the herbs, he could roughly match some of them by comparing the name and appearance. For example, an eight petaled immortal orchid would naturally be an orchid with eight petals.
But that alone was not enough. Yu Tianlin remembered clearly that immortal herbs had very strict requirements for harvesting and preservation, and he did not know those details. Even if he recognized them by sight, there was a high chance he would ruin them while picking them.
On top of that, he had no idea how to properly prepare or consume them.
In short, there were a lot of problems.
At this point, he needed a professional. The person Yu Tianlin had chosen was Yang Wudi.
Yang Wudi should be familiar with the types of immortal herbs, their harvesting methods, storage requirements, and methods of consumption. He should also have the ability to cure Dugu Yan's poison.
So Yu Tianlin's plan was very simple.
First, he would find Yang Wudi to learn about immortal herbs and find a way to treat Dugu Yan.
After that, he would go to Dugu Bo and use the excuse of "needing to carefully manage the herbs to cure Dugu Yan" to gain access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and finally get his hands on the immortal herbs.
Perfect.
As for how to get Yang Wudi to teach him medicine, that could be dealt with once he found him. There was always a way.
After thinking everything through, Yu Tianlin finally said, "Alright, Grandpa, I will tell you the truth."
Yu Yuanzhen's expression did not change, but his gaze sharpened slightly, as if saying, "Go on then, let me hear what you come up with."
"Do you still remember the information I asked you to gather on those medicine masters some time ago?" Yu Tianlin asked. "The reason I want to go to the Star Luo Empire is to visit one of them."
Yu Yuanzhen asked directly, "Who?"
"Yang Wudi, patriarch of the Breaking Clan," Yu Tianlin answered.
"You want to see him?"
Hearing that name, Yu Yuanzhen frowned. "Tianlin, what do you want with him? You are not seriously planning to study medicine, are you?"
"I do know about the Breaking Clan," Yu Yuanzhen continued. "They were once an affiliated clan of the Clear Sky Sect. After the Clear Sky Sect sealed itself away, Spirit Hall attacked all of its affiliated clans, and the Breaking Clan suffered the worst losses of them all."
His gaze deepened as he looked at Yu Tianlin.
"The Breaking Clan is extremely accomplished in medicine research, and clan head Yang Wudi is one of the best among them. But precisely because he threw himself so completely into researching medicine, his cultivation speed inevitably fell behind. He was already a rank eighty one Spirit Douluo ten years ago, yet even now he is still only rank eighty one. His cultivation has barely advanced."
"Even at the Spirit Douluo level, your cultivation speed will slow down, but staying at the same level for ten whole years is too much. It can only mean he has barely put any effort into cultivation at all and poured everything into researching medicine."
"Grandpa, I understand what you mean," Yu Tianlin said. "You are worried that I will end up like Yang Wudi, obsessed with medicine and neglecting my cultivation, right?"
Yu Yuanzhen did not speak, but his silence was equal to agreement.
Yu Tianlin continued, "Grandpa, you are overthinking it. I have no intention of going that far into medicine. I will not relax my cultivation just to study it."
"If that is the case," Yu Yuanzhen asked, clearly puzzled, "then why are you looking for Yang Wudi?"
Yu Tianlin did not answer him directly. Instead, he asked in return, "Grandpa, you used all of the Dragon Origin Fruits in the clan to cultivate, hoping to break through to rank ninety seven. Did you succeed?"
Yu Yuanzhen sighed and shook his head. "Breaking through to rank ninety seven is not that easy. I felt like I was just a little short, but I still failed in the end."
"I knew it would be like that," Yu Tianlin said, as if he had expected this answer. "The reason I want to find Yang Wudi is to see if he can help you break through using medicine. If you can reach rank ninety seven, our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan will be much better prepared to face the turbulent situation brewing on the continent."
"Tch, you just want to go to the Star Luo Empire and you drag me into your excuse."
Yu Yuanzhen snorted, clearly annoyed. "Fine. It is not a big issue anyway. If you want to go, then go."
"Thank you, Grandpa!"
Yu Tianlin's face lit up with joy.
"Wait. I have not finished."
Yu Yuanzhen waved his hand and cut off Yu Tianlin's thanks. "If you want to go to the Star Luo Empire, you will have to agree to a few conditions first."
Yu Tianlin froze for a moment, then said honestly, "Uh, Grandpa, please go ahead."
Yu Yuanzhen raised one finger.
"First, you cannot go right now. You are already at rank twenty eight. Stay in the clan, cultivate until you reach rank thirty, and obtain your third Spirit Ring. You can leave after that. How about it?"
"No problem."
Yu Tianlin agreed without even thinking about it. "I also want to stay in the clan for a while and properly strengthen my first Spirit Ring."
Yu Yuanzhen nodded, then raised a second finger.
"Second, I will arrange an experienced guard to accompany you. If you run into any sort of accident while traveling, you are to listen to him. No arguing. How about that?"
"That is fine," Yu Tianlin replied. "If we really run into danger, I definitely will not act recklessly. I will do whatever the guard tells me to do."
Yu Yuanzhen raised a third finger.
"Third, to prevent you from actually slacking off on cultivation, you must promise me one thing. Before you turn fifteen, you must break through to rank forty. Do you have confidence?"
Yu Tianlin smiled confidently. "Grandpa, you really do not need to worry about that. I think I can reach rank forty by the time I am fourteen."
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