Chapter 44 Chen Yao Faces Reality
"That damned Chen Yao! He's abusing his power because of Dong'er's background!"
Yu Xiaogang said angrily, gritting his teeth. But then, as if remembering something, he quickly spoke up.
"Don't worry, Erlong, I'll go find Second Uncle right now and ask him to rescue you!"
However, Liu Erlong shook her head without hesitation, a bitter smile on her face.
"It's useless. He's never considered me his daughter. He severed ties with me long ago, and he doesn't even allow me to use the surname Yu. Under these circumstances, how could he risk offending the Spirit Hall to rescue me?
Besides, he told my mother that he would be in seclusion within the sect in recent years, trying to break through to the Title Douluo realm. Under these circumstances, even if you go, you won't be able to see him."
Yu Xiaogang was stunned upon hearing this. He hadn't expected the relationship between Liu Erlong and her father to be so complicated.
"Damn it, Second Uncle is so foolish!"
Yu Xiaogang clenched his fist, cursing inwardly.
"Ahem! Actually, there's no need to be so pessimistic. The situation isn't that bad. Since those enforcement teams from the Spirit Hall are targeting Erlong's shop, they might as well just close it down. With Xiaogang and me helping out, there shouldn't be any major problems.
After some time, that guy who had a conflict with Erlong will forget about it, and then we can leave Spirit City together."
Seeing that Yu Xiaogang's temper was about to flare up again, Flander quickly spoke up, analyzing his own perspective.
Actually, he was only captivated by Liu Erlong's charm in every gesture, which had deeply ensnared him.
Otherwise, Flander wouldn't have invested so much time and money; he would have left long ago, staying far away from this troublesome situation.
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang felt that Flander's words made some sense. He gradually calmed down, nodded, and said helplessly,
"It seems that this is the only way now."
Liu Erlong stood to the side, head bowed, silent, her hair falling over her forehead, obscuring her eyes and making it impossible to see her expression.
"In that case, let's go eat first. I haven't eaten anything after accompanying you on such a long walk around Wuhun City this morning!"
Seeing that Yu Xiaogang agreed with his point of view, Flander breathed a sigh of relief. He was genuinely afraid that Yu Xiaogang would cause some trouble again.
"Okay, let's go. I know a restaurant that's pretty good."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang nodded. Like Flander, he hadn't eaten either, and the mention of it made him feel a little hungry.
However, Liu Erlong's expression froze upon hearing about eating. She hadn't forgotten what Chen Yao had told her before leaving.
"I...I've already eaten. You guys go eat. I've been through too much today, I'm a little tired. I'm going back to rest..."
With that, Liu Erlong walked towards the dilapidated shop, leaving the two bewildered expressions on her face.
How could she not know that Chen Yao's refusal to let her eat anything else, forcing her to accept his food, was an attempt to humiliate her like livestock.
Liu Erlong was filled with boundless hatred, yet helpless. She dared not resist, nor did she want to tell Yu Xiaogang and the others.
Telling them would only elicit a few pointless curses from Yu Xiaogang, serving no purpose.
In Wuhun City, with the backing of the Holy Maiden Bibi Dong, Chen Yao was practically invincible to them; they couldn't defeat him.
...
Midnight, Wuhun Hall, Bibi Dong's residence.
"Roar!"
At this moment, a low, hoarse roar echoed in the bedroom.
Chen Yao finally felt that the effects of the whale glue in his body had completely dissipated.
"I'll avoid touching this stuff as much as possible in the future!"
Looking at Bibi Dong, whose delicate body was still twitching intermittently and who was almost completely paralyzed, with tears streaming down her face, a hint of lingering fear flashed across Chen Yao's face.
As the saying goes, too much of a good thing is bad.
Chen Yao was already incredibly vigorous, and with the added benefit of the whale glue, which had miraculous effects on certain areas, he almost overdid it.
The feeling of his internal energy being so full it was almost explosive, while bringing him extraordinary results, was also quite unpleasant.
Bibi Dong also suffered greatly because of it.
"Phew!"
Letting out a long sigh, wiping the sweat from his forehead, Chen Yao cleared his mind of the chaotic thoughts, then sat cross-legged to sense the state of his body.
Soon, a smile appeared on Chen Yao's lips.
Besides the miraculous effects that even nobles coveted, whale glue also had the effect of strengthening the body, enhancing muscles, bones, and meridians.
The limit of the age of the soul ring absorbed was also directly linked to the strength of the body.
His original first soul skill, Dark Body, was to reduce the impact and pressure generated when absorbing soul rings.
Now, with the improvement of his body by this incomparably precious ten-thousand-year-old whale glue...
With the two combined, his ability to withstand spirit rings had reached a terrifying level.
However, Chen Yao had anticipated this outcome, so he didn't lose his composure and quickly recovered.
He was now more concerned about whether the whale glue had improved his absurdly poor aptitude.
If his cultivation speed remained as slow as before, then absorbing spirit rings of many years beyond his level and acquiring powerful spirit skills would be useless.
Without the support of spirit power, even the most powerful spirit skills were nothing but a dream, easily shattered.
However, a moment later, Chen Yao opened his eyes, revealing a gloomy look in them.
"Damn it, what's going on? My spirit power growth rate hasn't improved at all. Is my aptitude as trash as Yu Xiaogang's? Am I the clown?"
Chen Yao was momentarily doubtful, but then he realized that he and Yu Xiaogang were different.
At least, he wasn't stuck at a bottleneck like Yu Xiaogang, with his spirit power stagnating for years or even decades.
Although his soul power increased slowly, he never encountered a bottleneck.
At least from the beginning of his cultivation until now, each level he advanced had been without any hindrance, a natural progression.
But… what's the use?
It was natural, but the progression was far too slow!
And the difficulty of increasing soul power gradually increases with each level.
Chen Yao even doubted whether, at this rate of cultivation, he would ever be able to break through to the Soul Emperor realm in his lifetime.
It seemed he wasn't much better than Yu Xiaogang!
The two were useless in their own unique ways!
"Could it be that I'm really not cut out for this?"
Chen Yao thought sullenly, then looked at Bibi Dong, who was still in the afterglow of her cultivation, feeling a surge of frustration he couldn't vent.
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