In Douluo Continent, Tang San raids my base right from the start.

Chapter 118: Swinging back and forth between hope and despair.

Yu Xiaogang felt a sudden jolt in his heart, and a strange sense of resistance arose within him. But remembering that Zhu Wu's martial soul was also a separated martial soul, he forced himself to remain calm.

With a calm expression, he nodded and gently waved his hand, causing a faint purple light to emanate from the floor beside the table.

"Gurgle, gurgle." With a few pig-like squeals, a strange creature appeared, resembling a dog in appearance but with the body of a pig, a bulge on its head, and a waist and body length that were almost equal in width, all reaching 1.5 meters. After looking around, it rubbed against Yu Xiaogang's calf, looking quite happy.

It was a pig! How ugly! Ning Rongrong's eyes widened.

Zhu Wu, however, pretended to be surprised.

"This is the aura of the Golden Sacred Dragon!"

"Golden Sacred Dragon?" Tang San was taken aback.

Yu Xiaogang could no longer remain calm and quickly replied, "Yingtian, do you know about the Golden Sacred Dragon?"

"Of course I know." Zhu Wu's expression returned to calm, and he nodded slightly. "In the history of my Beast Illusion Sect, there have been people who have mutated and awakened this kind of martial soul."

At this point, he looked at Yu Xiaogang with a strange expression, "Master, if I'm not mistaken, your martial spirit should have evolved positively. But because of your congenital physical deficiencies, it degenerated."

"Master, your father must have been married to a close relative, right?"

Long Ling'er immediately looked at Yu Xiaogang with a shocked expression. According to the rules of the Illusionary Beast Sect, they should both be drowned in a pig cage.

Flanders remained silent.

"I guess you could say that," Yu Xiaogang said, looking somewhat awkward. His cousin was indeed related to him.

"No wonder." Zhu Wu nodded. "Consanguineous marriage can indeed cause the bloodline of offspring to mutate in a positive direction, or even revert to its ancestral form. Your Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul should be a result of this bloodline mutation. However, consanguineous marriage also carries a certain probability of causing physical defects in offspring, such as deformities, organ failure, or congenital weakness. Your body should fall into one of these categories."

"If the physical body's strength is not matched with the martial soul, or if the martial soul cannot be continuously nourished, the martial soul will have a chance of degenerating."

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang's expression darkened. He was indeed weaker than normal children when he was born.

"Of course, it's not beyond saving!" Zhu Wu suddenly changed the subject.

"What method?" Yu Xiaogang looked up immediately and asked urgently.

"Soaking in medicinal herbs for nourishment," Zhu Wu said matter-of-factly. "Before the martial spirit awakens, one should soak in a medicinal bath that strengthens the body and bones."

"I've soaked it for a while, but..." Yu Xiaogang felt a pang of bitterness. He was still only level 0.5, which was one of the reasons why his clansmen didn't welcome him after his martial soul awakened.

He spent a lot of sect resources to nourish his body, but what he awakened was a useless martial soul, which was very difficult for his clansmen to obtain.

"That means you haven't soaked it enough; it's not enough to maintain your martial spirit," Zhu Wu said calmly.

"The Golden Sacred Dragon ranks among the True Dragons, belonging to the Super Martial Soul category. It cannot be supported by an ordinary physical body. True Dragons are beings qualified to become gods."

Yu Xiaogang, who was qualified to become a god, stared wide-eyed, feeling very upset and unwilling.

He should have had the potential to become a god!

Flander, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong were also shocked. They glanced at Luo Sanpao on the ground, who was just like the other three. They realized that this martial soul had such great potential!

Unfortunately, it has degenerated.

Flander couldn't help but sigh, "But before his martial soul awakened, who could have imagined that Xiao Gang possessed such a top-tier martial soul?"

"Actually, it's possible to make up for it later after the martial spirit awakens," Zhu Wu suddenly added.

"!!?" Yu Xiaogang felt his heart leap into his throat and hurriedly asked again, "What method?"

"Firstly, the spirit ring. The Golden Sacred Dragon's attribute is light, so a spirit ring with the light attribute can make up for the loss of the original essence due to the degeneration of the martial soul."

"Secondly, the fire attribute, as light and flame are both yang in nature, can also play a certain role," Zhu Wu replied.

Flander immediately gave a wry smile. "Xiao Gang, no wonder our Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Erlong transformed your Martial Soul into the Golden Sacred Dragon. It turns out that her Martial Soul's fire attribute compensated for your Martial Soul's origin."

Yu Xiaogang felt even worse.

Because his family's inherited martial soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, he and his father both assumed that his martial soul was a degeneration of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Therefore, his first spirit ring was a lightning-attribute spirit ring, and his spirit skill had a lightning shock effect, but it manifested as farting. For this reason, his second spirit was poison-attribute, and his skill had a hypnotic effect.

The initial idea was simple: to increase the range of farting and, incidentally, to have some control effect.

Crucially, he himself suggested the second spirit ring.

Having missed two opportunities, and now facing another bottleneck in leveling up, I feel even more heartbroken.

I regret it so much!

"Oh right, Zhu Wu just mentioned one method, is there a second method?" Thinking of this, he quickly asked, "Yingtian, besides this one, is there any other way?"

Where's the master I was promised? How come he can't even identify the spirit's attribute, and the spirit rings are all wrong? Zhu Wu chuckled inwardly, but kept a calm expression on his face, nodding and continuing, "Yes, your spirit is clearly an detached spirit, which means it can absorb energy by consuming food in the real world. Light attribute herbs are hard to find, but fire or yang attribute herbs are not difficult to find."

"Surely you can find a powerful tonic for yang energy, right?"

Tang San subconsciously recalled the scene of Luo Sanpao gnawing on a radish, and felt that this method might really work!

"Yingtian, you said before that you wanted my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to help collect supplies, could it be medicinal herbs?" Ning Rongrong suddenly asked.

"That's right." Zhu Wu nodded. "But it's not for my martial spirit; it hasn't degenerated. It's prepared for the other children in the sect. Although our sect forbids marriage between close relatives, it's permissible beyond five generations. Even though many generations have passed, it's hard to say there won't be any accidents, right? For example, me and Long'er. Better safe than sorry, so I have to consider this in advance."

"When I have children in the future, I don't care if there are any problems, but I can't stop taking the medicinal baths."

Ning Rongrong thought it made perfect sense.

Both of them possessed dragon martial souls, so their bloodlines must have some connection to each other.

Flanders was speechless. This solution was a complete blunder, a display of sheer arrogance!

"Perhaps I should start making money too," Tang San mused, recalling the hidden weapon deal Ning Rongrong had mentioned to him last night. He thought, "After I have a child with Xiao Wu, taking a medicinal bath to strengthen my body will definitely be beneficial."

In addition, rebuilding the Tang Clan in this world also requires funds.

Yu Xiaogang ignored him, his heart pounding with excitement, eager to try immediately. Although nearing 50, he believed that if he could evolve his martial soul into a Golden Sacred Dragon, with its divine aptitude and his intelligence, he might very well become a Title Douluo in the years to come. After that, he only needed to comprehend a realm beyond his current level and cross the final threshold to extend his lifespan by several hundred years.

Yu Xiaogang still has a chance to reach the pinnacle of the Soul Master world. At that time, he will personally prove it to the world.

He, Yu Xiaogang, is not a waste!

I had fed my Martial Soul medicinal herbs before, but there was no change. It seems I haven't been feeding it enough... I thought to myself.

Then Zhu Wu's voice came through, "However..."

"Master, given your current physical condition, this second method may be risky."

Yu Xiaogang's expression froze instantly, and he asked subconsciously.

Why?

"Every medicine has its side effects, especially a medicine that greatly replenishes pure Yang." Zhu Wu sighed. "Master, judging from your appearance, you must be nearly 50 years old. Your body is no longer young, and its functions must have declined. You may not be able to withstand the Yang attribute energy that comes with the martial soul after it is retracted into your body. In other words, even if your martial soul successfully evolves into a golden holy dragon, your current physical body may not be able to withstand it."

"One careless move could lead to the pain of internal fire burning, damage to the lungs and internal organs, and even death."

Yu Xiaogang, are you surprised or not by the constant shifting between hope and despair?

Sure enough, after hearing Zhu Wu's words, Yu Xiaogang's face turned deathly pale, and his eyes revealed despair and resentment.

Seeing this, Flander quickly comforted him.

"Xiao Gang, how about we find some minor tonics for your martial spirit first? We can take it slow, right? Even if your martial spirit can't evolve into a Golden Sacred Dragon, something less powerful will still help you break through your cultivation bottleneck, isn't that a great thing?"

Yu Xiaogang's expression softened slightly, and he nodded gently.

Tang San remained silent, no longer intending to mention taking out his savings to buy medicine for his teacher.

Yes, eat more. Zhu Wu raised his chin slightly.

"It's worth considering."

He didn't believe Yu Xiaogang's martial soul had the ability to refine impurities; after all, even a true golden holy dragon didn't have that ability, let alone a degenerated version. He even suspected that Yu Xiaogang's level was being held back because he had fed his martial soul some random stuff in the past.

he does not know!

However, it is almost certain that if Yu Xiaogang were to feed his martial soul any more Yang-attribute herbs, it would do more harm than good.

Why do you think I brought up a highly potent tonic for yang? Well, I've already mentioned the consequences, I thought to myself.

If you eat yourself to death, don't blame me!

Thinking this, he picked up the large meat bun and continued eating.

Everyone remained silent for a moment, until about fifteen minutes later, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Zhu Wu turned his head and saw Dai Mubai and the others who had gotten up and rushed over.

"Do you even know what time it is? The sun's practically high in the sky! With your lazy attitude, you think you can become strong?" Flander slammed his hand on the table, his eyes widening. "Each of you will run ten laps around the village later. No lunch until you've finished!"

"Huh!?" The faces of the group immediately fell.

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