Chapter 126: The One Whose Heart Is Abundant Walks Alone Yet Like the Crowd

After parting from Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Yuehua, Qian Renxue went to the pavilion at the highest point of Fulong Mountain.

She sat quietly in the pavilion, her expression slightly thoughtful, her gaze calmly fixed on the distance, overlooking the whole Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Sect in the rain.

She was not hurrying to cultivate now, but carefully pondering the insights gained in the Storm Sword Realm; many of her abilities had greatly improved, and integrating them would not be achieved in a single day.

At this moment, dense black clouds filled the sky, and fine rain threads fluttered down.

The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Sect appeared somewhat hazy in the rain; between the mountain ridges, mist rose, shrouding the buildings.

Rain struck the ancient eaves, gathering into curtains of water that dripped down.

Distant peaks were faintly visible through the rain curtain, like a far view in an ink painting, adding a touch of mysterious charm.

The entire Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Sect seemed immersed in a tranquil yet slightly sorrowful atmosphere, and Qian Renxue's figure stood especially solitary and profound within the rainy scenery.

"Pat‑pat—"

A heavy gasp and hurried footsteps came from the mountain foot, and Yu Tianheng, bruised and swollen‑faced, lowered his head and rushed up the path.

But his overall condition now did not seem very good.

Purple‑blue bruises covered his handsome face, his dark‑blue tousled hair was messy, and his usually proud eyes held an unmistakable pain; he rubbed his right arm while dashing in to shelter from the rain.

Resulting when he lifted his head, he happened to meet the calm, indifferent gaze of the one sitting in the pavilion, and he was stunned.

"Why are you in—"

Yu Tianheng stared in shock at his sister, who had just been in the room; at this hour, Yu Tianlin should have been cultivating in the room, playing with that green snake.

Usually she would either be playing the lute or going for a night run, so she shouldn't be in this pavilion; it was the secret base he and Yu Tianxin once shared.

When he recovered, he clenched his teeth and turned his head away, clearly not wanting the other to see his disheveled state.

Or rather, it didn't matter who saw him in this condition.

But only in front of this sister, who already despised and ignored him because of his weakness, he didn't want her to see his disheveled self.

What Yu Tianheng didn't expect was that whether in his ridiculous disarray or his proud, powerful demeanor, the sister he longed to please had never once given him a proper look.

Qian Renxue crossed her black‑silk‑clad legs; a blue little snake twined affectionately around her arms, while a red snake glared at Yu Tianheng with displeasure, as if blaming him for disturbing their purity.

Qian Renxue's gaze was cold; she merely flicked a peripheral glance at him, showing complete indifference, and continued to watch the rain calmly.

What a joke! Facing her bruised‑and‑battered younger brother who had been fighting outside, she showed not a hint of concern,

only coldness and indifference.

Thinking this, Yu Tianheng couldn't help biting his teeth tightly.

Again this repeated coldness; when Yu Tianlin regarded his younger brother, his gaze was either condescending or just a fleeting peripheral glance, and such contempt and silence drove him utterly mad with anger.

"Yu Tianlin!"

Yu Tianheng suddenly called out his sister's name.

He flashed a fierce, lion‑like stare, fixed on Qian Renxue, clenched his fists, and issued a challenge invitation to her.

"In two years! When I'm ten, just like you! I'll challenge you!"

Rain formed puddles that reflected the dim light of the sky.

Trees swayed in wind and rain, their leaves laden with sparkling droplets; occasionally a bead fell, splashing tiny spray onto the ground.

Amid the roaring rain, Yu Tianheng was surprised he actually had the courage to say that, because he understood what it truly meant.

No one could know his genius sister better; even Yu Tianxin could make him drink a pot, let alone the family's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Soul Masters capable of dragon transformation, who are beyond what someone of his age can handle.

After all, the entire Douluo Continent knows that a Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Soul Master who has achieved dragon transformation possesses the true number‑one beast martial soul, and the family's strongest are those with dragon‑transformation ability.

As for his sister, Yu Tianlin, the girl revered by all clan members as a True Dragon, she possesses dragon‑transformation ability, with combat talent and physique so perfect even her grandfather envies.

Yu Tianlin, such a prodigy who can fight beyond level thirty, is regarded by the family's Soul Kings as a benchmark.

He had once witnessed her battle a Soul King of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur martial soul without being outmatched, and the opponent who held back was his own sister. "How did you do it? You're only two years older than me, yet you can overpower a Soul King," and in Yu Tianheng's recent battle with Yu Tianxin, he lost miserably; a one‑year age gap was too great to bridge, and he still couldn't manage it.

Nevertheless, Yu Tianheng no longer wanted to maintain this status; he was fed up with Yu Tianlin's condescending coldness.

He wanted to fight properly once, and make his perpetually aloof, proud genius sister see for herself! Is Yu Tianheng truly a useless person!!!

Qian Renxue silently watched Yu Tianheng, whose eyes suddenly blazed with fierce fire, wondering what was wrong with the kid; to Yu Tianheng, Qian Renxue seemed aloof and disdainful, but in fact she was merely daydreaming at the rain, and usually felt she had nothing in common with a kid a few years older.

After all, Yu Tianheng was overly clingy; when Qian Renxue gave a simple reply, he would start chattering for a topic, so she usually just ignored him, keeping herself a bit cleaner.

How to put it, Yu Tianheng's current situation seems like the prelude of a past‑life underdog protagonist striving to rise and reverse his fate.

Aren't you an innate ninth‑level Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur martial soul? Not following the typical dragon‑proud path is one thing, but why start a worthless path? Unexpectedly, Qian Renxue's usual coldness and disregard actually sparked Yu Tianheng's fighting spirit.

He set aside Yu Tianxin, who should have been a future rival, and instead treated Qian Renxue as the opponent to chase and surpass.

Qian Renxue understood that Yu Tianheng valued her attitude, perhaps because he saw them as kindred companions, both entrusted with high hopes by Yu Yuanzhen, leading him to place a different emotional reliance on her.

However, Qian Renxue never cared; this kid, like someone lacking love, she herself treated poorly? Why stare at her? If he wants affection, he should go back to his mother for milk, she has none.

In a world where great power belongs to oneself, she can have subordinates, but does not need companions by her side.

It's not because Qian Renxue harbors some adolescent fantasy of enjoying solitude; it's just that companions are destined not to walk the same path forever.

Unless they are like Jin Huang'er or Hei Xue, who become entirely part of her, sharing the same interests, Qian Renxue would have expectations for them; as for other so‑called companions, she needs none.

Those whose hearts are abundant walk alone yet seem among many.

The next day, at dawn.

After the rain cleared, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Sect resembled a meticulously painted scroll, breathtakingly beautiful.

The sky was crystal‑clear like a gem, a pure azure without a hint of impurity, as if nature gifted it after the rain; sunlight poured down, cloaking the area in radiant golden light.

The sect's trees, after the rain's baptism, grew even more verdant; at the gate of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Sect, Yu Jingcheng led a convoy waiting there, its brocade banners bearing the soaring‑and‑dancing "Yu" character fluttering in the wind.

The massive convoy stretched out, arranged to board nine colossal ships.

Each vessel measured about two hundred meters long and over sixty meters wide, already exceptionally grand among sea ships; a close look revealed a thick iron armor beneath the iron‑gray paint protecting the hull.

At the front rode four towering, majestic century‑old red‑scale horned horses, armored, their iron tassels cascading like waterfalls; the sunlight that day illuminated the tassels, flashing sharp, icy light, and their horns rose sharply as if to pierce the heavens.

Ordinary horses cannot compare to the untamable red‑scale horned horse soul‑beast; such beasts are rare in the Tian Dou Empire, and only the rugged Xingluo Empire commonly uses them to pull carts.

In the Xingluo Empire, the red‑scale horned horse is a symbol of noble families, priceless; the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Sect's convoy using them to haul goods shows the Yu family's considerable influence on Douluo Continent.

Many family disciples in blue were guarding nearby.

Qian Renxue also arrived; the blue‑clad people around her, upon seeing her, all bowed with excited faces.

Yu Jingzhen waved at her, "Tianlin! Come here!"

Qian Renxue walked over slowly, "Old geezer didn't say there'd be such a big fuss; they all want to come with us to Thunderclap Canyon?"

Yu Jingzhen looked eagerly at Qian Renxue, "Today just happens to be the day the sect goes to Thunderclap Canyon to gather resources; the sect leader asked me yesterday to bring you to obtain a ten‑thousand‑year soul ring, little one, you're level thirty now?"

Qian Renxue nodded and asked strangely, "Is Thunderclap Canyon far? Isn't it near the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon family?"

Yu Jingzhen said a few words of agreement, then explained: "It's near the sect, just across a river; cross the river and you're at Thunderclap Canyon. With our big ship's speed, it usually takes about two weeks to get there."

The sect's original location was over by Thunderclap Canyon, but it was inconvenient for the tribe to go out and buy daily necessities, so later they moved to between the Nine Dragon Mountains.

Come, Tianlin, Uncle Jingzhen will arrange the best room for you on the ship; we'll board first, and once they've arranged everything in the storeroom, we can set off.

One week later, in a sea area with rolling waves.

White spray leapt high, then instantly shattered into countless crystal‑clear water droplets scattering about.

The sea water showed a deep blue, gradually shifting from light blue near to dark blue far away, until it met the horizon, making it hard to tell where sea ends and sky begins.

Qian Renxue stood at the topmost part of the cabin on the deck; the salty, bone‑penetrating sea breeze lifted her spirits considerably, thanks to the green snake.

Little Green actually gets seasick—it's a snake, after all, embarrassing its own kind; could it not be a water snake? Yet it clearly controls water and possesses the water attribute.

When the sea voyage first began, Little Green was far more excited than Qian Renxue, running around everywhere; if it weren't for the fact that everyone in the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Sect knows that Yu Tianlin keeps a green snake, it might have been caught and eaten.

But after just one day of frenzy, Little Green became listless, no longer clinging to Qian Renxue as before; now it lies belly‑up in the cabin, looking as if it's about to die.

Just then, a steady footstep sounded from behind Qian Renxue.

Yu Yizhou appeared behind her and asked, "Tianlin, you just had lunch; are you still up for fishing today?"

Indeed, Yu Yizhou also participates in this resource gathering; usually he follows Yu Jingzhen's Yu Wangshu, but he didn't come this time because he gets seasick.

Oh?

Qian Renxue raised her brows, a flicker of interest rising; she stood with her hands behind her back, emanating an inscrutable aura of a powerful expert.

You've asked the right person—at the pinnacle of fishing, upon seeing Tianlin the Way becomes empty! With me, Yu Tianlin, around, tonight's dinner will be a blessing for you.

Yu Yizhou chuckled, this girl's mouth is really stubborn—she caught nothing the past few days fishing, yet she's still putting on a show here.

Indeed, even geniuses have things they can't do; Tianlin's combat power may be explosive, but when it comes to fishing, he completely outclasses Yutianlin in every way—in other words, he's the man who pressed the true dragon, the clan's great hope, into the ground and rubbed it! From now on, he'll have plenty to brag about.

Seeing Qian Renxue walking toward them, everyone on the deck politely nodded at her, then began teasing her; most of those present were soul masters above rank fifty, so none failed to recognize Qian Renxue—when they had tried to capture her before, they had mobilized their entire forces.

Tianlin, you came to brag again?

Look at what you're saying; people can't just come to enjoy the sea breeze?

Qian Renxue ignored them; a great person is destined to be ostracized; they are jealous of her talent, afraid she'll keep improving.

She's a genius! Isn't fishing something that's easy as pie? The past few days the fish in the sea were just on vacation; they definitely went home to sleep, that's for sure.

She took the fishing rod amidst Yuyizhou's uncontrollable laughter; this rod is of extraordinary quality, specially prepared by Yuyizhou yesterday at Qian Renxue's request; the line is made from the silk of a thousand-year spider soul beast, appearing a faint silver in the sunlight.

Qian Renxue nodded satisfactorily, "With this divine weapon, I shall surely return full; earlier it was clearly the rod's problem."

After Yuyizhou tied the bait for her, Qian Renxue cast the rod, quickly throwing it several tens of meters away.

The few people nearby were stunned by her cast; the rod looked proper and skilled.

After a while, the wind calmed and the waves stilled.

Suddenly, Yuyizhou exclaimed, "Tianlin, a fish is hooked! Strange, you won't actually have a catch today, will you?"

Qian Renxue immediately began reeling in, but the immense force transmitted through the rod stunned her a bit; the sea soul beast still has quite some strength.

However, having long consumed various heavenly treasures and earthly materials, and with her body transformed by various soul bones and pink muscles, her strength has already reached an astonishing, world-shaking level.

She didn't move her body, nor adjust her balance, directly using brute force against its strength.

Wave after wave churned on the sea surface, and everyone on the deck had their attention drawn.

What's the situation? The newbie protection period finally arrived?

She's still a newbie? Is there a newbie who's been all talk for a whole week?

But don't say that; if the fish gets away, be careful Tianlin blames you—she's not the first time she's gotten heated, you all remember to eat but not to get hit.

With a pop, the sound of the fishing line broke rang out.

Qian Renxue examined the rod in her hand, puzzled, saying, "Sea soul beasts know how to use soul skills; look, even the line was cut by it—your line quality is no good? You got scammed?"

Yuyizhou looked at her speechlessly, "This was clearly you pulling it apart yourself; can you really blame this on me? Mr. Brag, enough already."

The worst part is, this girl obviously has terrible fishing skills, yet she doesn't seem to realize it; she's quite narcissistic.

Yuyizhou let out a light sigh, "You're invincible, kid."

4400, brothers (end of chapter)