Chapter 62: Yu Yuanzhen Passionately Brags About His Son
["How much?!!!!"]
[Ye Hengchuan's voice sounded somewhat cracked due to his urgency.]
[But at this moment, no one cared about that.]
[Ye Hengchuan's gaze was fixed tightly on Yu Yuanzhen, who had a smug smile on his face; his heart was filled with disbelief.]
[If he hadn't misheard just now, Big Brother said that Xiaogang's spirit ring was just over a thousand years old.]
[Just over a thousand years? Is it the second spirit ring?]
[But Xiaogang was clearly only Level 10; he only went out for a short while, how could he have directly reached Level 20?]
[In other words, it really is the first spirit ring.]
[A thousand-year first spirit ring!]
[At the thought of this, Ye Hengchuan's face became somewhat flushed.]
["Big Brother, are you sure you're not joking? Xiaogang's first spirit ring is really a thousand-year one?"]
[Ye Hengchuan repeatedly confirmed with Yu Yuanzhen, but Yu Yuanzhen could also understand Ye Hengchuan's disbelief.]
[If it were himself, even after witnessing Yu Xiaogang successfully absorb a thousand-year first spirit ring with his own eyes, he couldn't help but pinch himself multiple times afterward to make sure it wasn't all a dream.]
["I'm certain, I watched Xiaogang absorb his first spirit ring with my own eyes."]
["It's precisely because he absorbed this thousand-year first spirit ring that he ended up injured like this."]
[Hearing Yu Yuanzhen's words, Ye Hengchuan finally believed everything completely.]
[He sat dazed on his chair for a long while, then glanced at Yu Yuanzhen's smug smile.]
[Only then did Ye Hengchuan realize the reason why Yu Yuanzhen had rushed to the Thunder Dragon Hall without even stopping at home upon returning to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.]
["Fine, I was wondering before—even if I did say a few words before you and Xiaogang set off, telling you not to forget to let me know the results when you returned..."]
["...telling me the results is just a matter of a single sentence, there was no need for you to come in person, Big Brother."]
["Not to mention Xiaogang is still injured."]
["So it turns out you ran over here just to brag about your son, Big Brother?"]
[Ye Hengchuan gave Yu Yuanzhen an annoyed look.]
["Hahaha, good brother, your Big Brother Yu has had countless friends over the years, but there are only a few I can truly call good brothers."]
["You are one of them. If I don't tell you about such an interesting matter, who else can I tell?"]
[Yu Yuanzhen was finally able to laugh out loud; he had truly waited too long for this moment.]
[From the moment Yu Xiaogang successfully absorbed the thousand-year first spirit ring and was confirmed to be unharmed, Yu Yuanzhen had been thinking in his mind about what kind of posture to use to tell others about this matter and leave them shocked.]
[For a good brother like Ye Hengchuan, he had to use this kind of casual chatting method to mention it 'unintentionally'.]
[Look at that, wasn't the effect just now great?]
[In fact, the moment Ye Hengchuan sprayed out his tea, Yu Yuanzhen already wanted to burst out laughing, but he held it back.]
[As for ordinary friends, Yu Yuanzhen also had to prepare a set of rhetoric.]
[For those old rivals and enemies who had mocked him in the past, Yu Yuanzhen had to think even harder about how to tell them.]
["Alright, Big Brother, stop laughing and tell me quickly, what exactly happened?"]
[Seeing Yu Yuanzhen laughing incessantly, Ye Hengchuan couldn't help but interrupt him urgently.]
[A thousand-year first spirit ring! This kind of thing could be said to have set a precedent for the Douluo Continent.]
[Such an experience, no matter which power on the Douluo Continent it occurred in, would be stored as top-secret intelligence.]
[If someone from Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had done this, Ye Hengchuan could only sigh and feel envious.]
[Even if it were someone close to the Elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect who did this, Ye Hengchuan wouldn't try to ask.]
[But with Yu Xiaogang doing it, the meaning was completely different for him.]
[As Yu Yuanzhen's good brother, Yu Xiaogang's uncle, and the person who once helped Yu Xiaogang complete the Whale Glue Experiment...]
[...Ye Hengchuan could be considered Yu Yuanzhen's die-hard confidant.]
[Sometimes even biological brothers weren't as close as his relationship with Yu Yuanzhen's family.]
[Therefore, Ye Hengchuan could ask about the details without hesitation.]
["Being able to accomplish this was mainly because Xiaogang himself is promising."]
[Yu Yuanzhen didn't act coy and began to recount what happened after they left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, from meeting members of Spirit Hall in the Star Dou Great Forest to encountering the Crimson Blood Flying Dragon later on.]
[Especially after encountering the Crimson Blood Flying Dragon, Yu Yuanzhen's narration became even more detailed.]
["...At that time, there were two Crimson Blood Flying Dragons, one was seven hundred years old, and the other was just over a thousand years old."]
["I was originally thinking of continuing to look for other Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, but at that moment, Xiaogang stood up, pointed at that thousand-year Crimson Blood Flying Dragon, and said he wanted that one."]
[Hearing this, Ye Hengchuan felt as nervous as if he were there himself.]
["Big Brother, you didn't stop him? That was a thousand-year Spirit Beast!"]
["Of course I tried to stop him, but Xiaogang said that on the path of a Spirit Master, one must take risks to achieve a Breakthrough."]
["What kind of Spirit Master are you if you don't take risks?"]
["Besides that, he also remembered all the mockery and ridicule from others in the Sect over the years, directed at him and at me, his father."]
["He wanted to win some honor for himself and for me, his father."]
["For that, he was willing to die there."]
[Yu Yuanzhen got more and more excited as he spoke; by the end, he even embellished the process to a certain extent.]
[And yet, Ye Hengchuan, who was beside him, nodded repeatedly as he listened.]
["That's right, that is indeed something Xiaogang would do."]
["Mm, as expected of your son, Big Brother; to have such determination at such a young age."]
["Not bad, not bad at all. Xiaogang is a real man!"]
[In Ye Hengchuan's heart, the Yu Xiaogang described by Yu Yuanzhen was exactly the Yu Xiaogang he imagined, so he believed whatever Yu Yuanzhen said.]
[Hearing about Yu Xiaogang absorbing the spirit ring later and being covered in blood, Ye Hengchuan's eyes couldn't help but turn red.]
[Finally, hearing that Yu Xiaogang had succeeded, he let out a long breath.]
["Whew, I didn't expect such a major event to happen to Xiaogang in just these few days."]
["Big Brother, you said earlier you wanted me to get a batch of nourishing medicinal herbs for Xiaogang?"]
["Leave this matter to me; I'll definitely get the best ones for Xiaogang, and they'll all be for nourishing Qi and blood!"]
[Ye Hengchuan patted his chest repeatedly as he guaranteed.]
["Hahaha, how could I not trust you?"]
[Yu Yuanzhen patted Ye Hengchuan's shoulder and said with a face full of trust.]
[But just then, Ye Hengchuan's eyes darted around.]
["Say, Big Brother, Xiaogang isn't that young anymore. Should we start thinking about his future matters?"]
["I think my daughter is quite suitable."]
[Ye Hengchuan revealed a 'you know what I mean' expression.]
[Through Yu Yuanzhen's narration, he understood all too well how limitless Yu Xiaogang's future achievements would be.]
[For a favored child of heaven like this, if you don't make a move now, you won't have a chance in the future.]
[Hearing Ye Hengchuan's words, it was Yu Yuanzhen's turn to spray out the tea he had just sipped.]
["Good grief, if I remember correctly, your daughter is only three years old this year, right?"]
["So what? Xiaogang isn't even ten yet. It's close enough. This kind of relationship is better nurtured from a young age. Let's consider it settled!"]
[Ye Hengchuan waved his hand, directly leaving Yu Yuanzhen no chance to refuse.]
[Looking at Ye Hengchuan's appearance, Yu Yuanzhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.]
["Good son, don't blame your father. With your talent, you are destined to go through this."]