Douluo Dalu: Transforming Soul Rings into Soul Veins

Yu Yuanzhen's voice echoed in the main hall of the sect.

A group of elders looked at each other. The inhuman figure before them, plus the familiar smell of Luo San Pao, all indicated that this fellow was undoubtedly Yu Xiaogang.

An elder frowned, stepped forward, and asked, "Sect Master, these three have no background at all. We have already gone to the Spirit Hall branch to inquire at the first opportunity."

"This pestle martial soul, bra martial soul, sanitary napkin martial soul—their strength, age, and appearance simply do not match."

"These three martial souls are already rare to the extreme," speaking to this point, the elder unconsciously paused, as if even mentioning these bizarre martial souls made him feel incredible. "Not to mention they appeared on three people who were gathered together at the same time."

"And the autopsy has already been done. Nothing was found. These three are simply rootless duckweed. How can we investigate?"

Hearing this, Yu Yuanzhen's eyes were deep. After a moment of contemplation, he slowly said, "The Mating Apes, they usually live in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests. How could they have attacked this rebellious son for no reason? There must be a reason in this. Looking at this rebellious son's physical condition, it's clear that he has already... been subjected to that kind of thing for a long time."

Another elder interjected, "I have heard of the Southern Yin family, Du family... could these three have come from the Star Luo Empire side?"

"Yu Xiaogang said he was going to travel, but he is, after all, just a level 29 Soul Grandmaster. If he were to casually walk into a mountain forest, it's possible he could be killed and robbed. Looking at his body's appearance, it's as if he has been soaked in 'medicinal liquid' for a long time. By these three..."

"Perhaps today was another time they were doing this kind of thing, and the leading disciple had seen that scar-faced man taking off his pants, but it just so happened that we discovered them?"

Yu Yuanzhen's face was gloomy. "You mean to say that if our people hadn't disturbed them, these three, after they were tired of playing, could have still rescued this rebellious son from the hands of the Mating Apes?!"

The elder hurriedly waved his hand. "No, Sect Master. That was not my meaning. I mean, these three perhaps had originally planned to abandon Yu Xiaogang to the Mating Apes after they were done using him. Our appearance may have just accelerated this process."

Hearing this, Yu Yuanzhen was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath, as if to calm the anger and grief in his heart.

He slowly spoke, his voice low, "No matter where these three come from, or what faction is behind them, my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect will absolutely not let this rest. This matter must be thoroughly investigated to the end, to seek justice for Xiaogang!"

He no longer called him a rebellious son. This change in address made the group of elders stunned for a moment, and they then immediately lowered their brows and nodded.

Yu Luomian looked at the already-dead Yu Xiaogang, his heart filled with pity for a moment, and then a wave of joy welled up. Finally, that daughter of mine has no one to miss anymore. I should quickly find a man for her to marry.

Although he was not very willing to admit it, Yu Luomian really wanted to say a sentence: Yu Xiaogang, you died well~

"Sect Master, then what should we do now?" an elder asked.

"First, I will properly bury Xiaogang's remains, so that he may be at peace. Then, immediately mobilize the power of the sect to fully investigate the origin and background of those three people."

"Spirit Hall, also, will not be spared."

"Spirit Hall?" Yu Luomian looked over with surprise.

Yu Yuanzhen didn't even turn his head. "Naturally, it is Spirit Hall. Don't forget, Xiaogang had a grudge with the former and current Pope. And, Spirit Hall's intelligence network is spread all over the continent. They may be able to provide some information that we cannot reach."

"Not to mention, the fact that they actually don't know who the owners of such bizarre martial souls are is in itself suspicious."

"On the Douluo Continent, besides the royal nobility and some sects, all children of the appropriate age of six, regardless of their origin or aptitude, must go to Spirit Hall for their martial soul awakening and registration. Since those three could cultivate to this point, they were by no means born out of thin air. Spirit Hall must have their records."

"This old one doesn't believe that this matter has nothing to do with Spirit Hall at all!"

A group of elders all retreated.

At this time, Yu Luomian walked over. "Big Brother, my condolences."

Yu Yuanzhen glanced at him. "Mmm," he turned to walk towards Yu Xiaogang's remains, and without turning his head, said, "By the way, Erlong should be coming back when she hears this news. Find a way to keep her. At any rate, she is a high-level Soul Sage. What's with her being outside all the time?"

"The young disciples in the sect, and the suitable candidates from the factions that are on good terms with the sect, you go and take a look at them all. The sect now is short of people."

The corner of Yu Luomian's mouth twitched. As expected of Big Brother. Although his son is dead, he can still handle the important matters of the sect with composure.

"Yes," Yu Luomian replied, but he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, Big Brother's heart is so hard. Xiaogang is dead, and he's like nothing happened. He's still thinking about how to use Erlong and find new people.

Only Yu Yuanzhen was left in the great hall. He closed his eyes. "After eating so many of your old man's resources, and being piled up to level 29 by me, it would have been fine if you had just caused trouble in Spirit City."

"It would have also been fine if you had published that laughable martial soul theory. But now, to have died in such a way, you have truly thrown away all the face of my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect!"

Yu Yuanzhen's voice echoed in the great hall, carrying a trace of an imperceptible tremble. His tightly clenched fists revealed the anger and unwillingness in his heart, but more so, a helplessness for Yu Xiaogang's ill-fated destiny.

"However," his tone changed, his eyes becoming gloomy. "No matter what, you are my, Yu Yuanzhen's, son, and a disciple of my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect."

"Your revenge must be taken! Those three people, no matter where they come from, or what faction is behind them, don't even think of escaping the pursuit of the sect!"

After speaking, Yu Yuanzhen strode out of the great hall and began to arrange for Yu Xiaogang's funeral and the subsequent investigation work.

At the same time, the news spread like a wildfire throughout the entire Douluo Continent. Yu Xiaogang's encounter caused widespread shock and discussion.

"The first soul master in history to be seen to death by a group of Mating Apes. Heavens, are you talking about a continental text?"

"Holy crap! Yesterday my brother and I were even saying that for our next soul ring, we planned to find a Mating Ape. Have these soul beasts become like this now? Who would still dare to go and hunt them?"

"What are you looking for a Mating Ape's soul ring for? That kind of soul beast's soul ring, even if you gave it to me, I wouldn't want it."

The person chuckled. "You don't know. I wanted to gamble if this soul beast's soul ring could bring me an amplification of that ability."

"...Awesome."

"But, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect this time is really going to be laughed at by the continent. And that Grandmaster, now he's really become 'Grandwet'."

Yu Yuanzhen's face was gloomy. He knew that the situation of Yu Xiaogang's death and how he had died would be spread out. These disciples below, in the end, couldn't keep their mouths shut. Now it was good. The entire continent was watching the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's joke.

But this also further strengthened his determination to avenge Yu Xiaogang. Not only to shut up those who were laughing at them, but also to make those who had harmed Yu Xiaogang pay the price.

Yu Xiaogang's remains were solemnly placed in the ancestral hall, awaiting the final funeral.

And Liu Erlong, after learning of Yu Xiaogang's death, was as if struck by lightning, overcome with grief. She had rushed back to the sect at almost the fastest speed.

Her eyes were filled with sorrow and anger. It was an indescribable pain, as if the entire world had lost its color.

She silently stood before Yu Xiaogang's remains, her hands clenched tight, her nails digging deep into her palms, yet she felt no pain.

"Xiaogang, how could you just leave like this! Without you, how can I live~~~" Liu Erlong knelt before Yu Xiaogang's remains, tears rolling down like a broken string of pearls. Her voice was hoarse, filled with endless sorrow.

At this time, Flender's figure quietly appeared at the entrance of the ancestral hall. He looked at Liu Erlong's grief-stricken appearance, a complex light flashing in his eyes.

He knew that this was an opportunity, an opportunity that could let him get closer to Liu Erlong, and even win her heart.

"But... Xiaogang and I are brothers. How can I do this kind of thing at the time of his death..."

Flender slowly walked forward and comforted her in a soft voice, "Erlong, my condolences. We are all very sad about Xiaogang's passing. But you have to believe that the sect will surely seek justice for him."

Liu Erlong raised her head, her teary eyes hazy as she looked at Flender. She suddenly stood up, grabbed Flender by the collar, lifted his entire person high, and said angrily, "Flender! Why didn't you tell me when Xiaogang came to the sect! And you didn't tell me when he said he was going to travel before! Even now, at the time of his death, it's actually someone from the sect who came to tell me the news! Are you still our brother?!"

"Sorry," Flender closed his eyes in pain. "Erlong, it's my fault. I should have told you the news of Xiaogang's return earlier. But I really didn't expect that things would turn out like this..."

Liu Erlong released her hand. Flender slowly landed. She turned around and once again looked at Yu Xiaogang's remains, tears once again welling up. Flender looked at her back, his heart filled with guilt and self-blame. He knew that no matter how he explained, he could not make up for the pain in Liu Erlong's heart.

"Erlong, I will always be by your side, to support you, to help you. We will surely avenge Xiaogang's death!" Flender said firmly. "As long as you need me, I will come at any time. Whatever you want me to do, I am willing."

Liu Erlong did not turn her head. Her body trembled. A flame had already begun to fill the area around her, and her soul power fluctuation began to become violent.

Flender was greatly shocked. "Sister Erlong, what are you trying to do? This is the ancestral hall! You absolutely cannot lose control here!" Flender hurriedly came forward, trying to calm her emotions.

Liu Erlong's two eyes had already turned crimson. A flame was leaping around her entire body, as if it would lose control and erupt at any moment.

"I want to avenge Xiaogang! I want to make those who harmed him pay the price!"

"Where are the corpses of those two dogs? This old lady wants them to suffer the punishment of being whipped and burned! And that scar-faced man and the people behind the scenes, I won't let a single one of them go!"

A restless flame flew out and had already ignited a spot.

Seeing this, Flender hurriedly swung out a stream of soul power, extinguishing the place that had caught fire. He was secretly anxious in his heart. He knew that Liu Erlong's grief and indignation at this moment had already made her lose her reason. If she was not stopped in time, I'm afraid it would cause irreparable consequences.

"Erlong, calm down! We will surely avenge Xiaogang's death. You must not release your soul skill here!" Flender tightly held Liu Erlong's wrist, trying to make her calm down.

A trace of a struggle flashed in Liu Erlong's eyes, but it was soon drowned by anger. "Let me go, Flender! This damn family hid the news of Xiaogang from this old lady!"

"And just now, they even told me that they wanted me to come back here and incorporate the Blue Tyrant Academy under the sect."

"They said the management rights were still with me. It's clearly stealing my results and wanting to use me. Now Xiaogang is dead. What else do you want?!"

"Erlong, listen to me!" Flender's voice raised a few points. He forcefully pulled Liu Erlong into his embrace and held her tightly. "The most important thing for us now is to find out who killed Xiaogang. If you are like this now, you will only put yourself in danger and make the Xiaogang in the netherworld even more worried."

Liu Erlong struggled a few times in Flender's embrace, but in the end, she powerlessly fell onto his shoulder, tears once again welling up. "Xiaogang, my Xiaogang..."

Flender gently patted Liu Erlong's back and comforted her, "Erlong, don't cry. Xiaogang wouldn't want to see you like this."

He smelled the fragrance in his embrace, and his heart trembled. Is this the thing he pursued, and the thing Yu Xiaogang didn't want? If only I could hold Sister Erlong forever. he thought to himself.

Perhaps because she was overly sad, Liu Erlong directly cried herself into a faint. And Flender, who had come to the ancestral hall with her, had just like that, reasonably become the one to take care of her.

He picked up Liu Erlong by the waist, and without anyone knowing, took another sniff of her scent. He walked out of the ancestral hall but found that Yu Luomian was standing outside.

His heart couldn't help but beat like a drum. The action of me secretly sniffing just now, it wouldn't have been seen by him, right? I'm dead...

However, to his surprise, Yu Luomian glanced at the fainted Liu Erlong in his arms, then patted his shoulder and said, "Yu Xiaogang was disaster-prone and sickly and has now passed away. You should encourage yourself."

After speaking, he turned and left. Flender was stunned, his gaze flickering non-stop. Finally, before he could completely lose sight of Yu Luomian's figure, he transmitted his voice to him, "I will."

Flender held Liu Erlong, his heart filled with mixed feelings. He understood that this moment of gentleness and closeness was perhaps just because of Liu Erlong's vulnerability in her grief, but he selfishly hoped that this closeness could last longer.

He gently placed Liu Erlong in her room, covered her with a quilt, and then sat quietly by the bed, gazing at her sleeping face. In this quiet moment, he could almost hear the sound of his own heartbeat. Every beat seemed to be telling his feelings for Liu Erlong.

As time went by, Liu Erlong gradually woke up from her deep sleep. She opened her hazy eyes and saw Flender sitting by the bed. A complex emotion welled up in her heart.

She was both grateful to Flender for accompanying her when she was at her most sorrowful, and also unable to forget the great pain that Yu Xiaogang's passing had brought her.

"Boss Flender, thank you. Just now... sorry," Liu Erlong's voice was a little hoarse.

Flender smiled faintly and held her hand. "Erlong, don't thank me. I just hope you can get better. We will surely avenge Xiaogang's death. I will always be by your side."

Liu Erlong frowned and, without changing her expression, pulled her hand back. "Boss Flender, you know, the one I've always liked is Xiaogang. It was like this before, and it will be like this in the future."

A pain in Flender's heart, but on his face, he still maintained a gentle smile. "Erlong, I know. But Xiaogang is already gone. You need time to slowly heal. I just hope you can let me be by your side. No matter in what capacity, as long as you need me, I will be there."

Liu Erlong sighed, her eyes revealing an endless sorrow. "Boss Flender, I appreciate your good intentions. But now, I really cannot accept any emotional matters."

Flender nodded in understanding. "Erlong, I understand. Whatever help you need, I will do my utmost."

"You should go out first. I want to be alone for a while."

He turned and left, as if having made some kind of decision. Walking on the streets of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Flender's heart was filled with sorrow.

"Giving up already?"

Yu Luomian's voice sounded in his ear, making his whole body tremble. "Uncle, you..."

"I'll just ask you one question. Do you love her?"

Flender let out a bitter laugh. "Love? Of course I love her. For more than ten years, how could I forget?"

"Good."

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In the Slaughter City, Tang San, who was already known as the Asura King, sat on his own "throne," enjoying the special service of a maidservant. But his thoughts had long since drifted far away.

"To become a god is just to re-walk the path I have come. The Douluo Continent is all in my grasp!"

He closed his two eyes, and the image of Yu Xiaogang appeared in his mind. The teacher who had once given him knowledge and guidance, yet whose fate was so ill.

"Teacher, oh teacher. The meridian route you gave me in this life has really harmed me. It has made me so bloodthirsty and cruel. But, who made you my teacher? I'll just reward you and Liu Erlong in this life to no longer be a 'spiritual couple', but a real couple!"

"Hahaha, to do something against human ethics, just thinking about it is so exciting. Before that, you'd better not die. Otherwise, my fun will be much less. Everyone related to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, I will drink their blood and eat their flesh!"