[Shuiyue’er]: Hiss!
No way?
He was born mentally challenged?
Isn’t that even worse than Yu Xiaogang?
[Dugu Yan]: Indeed, it’s tragic.
But Yu Xiaogang was arrogant and domineering, and he deserved it!
Yu Chen was born this way, so he’s actually quite pitiful.
[Liu Erlong]: I knew it!
This Yu Chen is no match for Xiao Gang!
Watching the scene on the screen, some people expressed regret in the comments, some mocked like Liu Erlong, and most just watched the show silently.
Inside Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang almost burst out laughing.
He was initially worried that he would be outshone by this person he was comparing himself to and be ridiculed again.
Seeing that Yu Chen was actually a born idiot and a good-for-nothing, Yu Xiaogang’s tense nerves instantly relaxed, and he was filled with schadenfreude.
…
Meanwhile, inside the system space, Su Chen watched this simulated video.
Seeing his simulated state as a newborn, Su Chen couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
“The power of this entry is so great that it can even forcefully suppress the instincts of a newborn baby.”
He knew very well that Yu Chen in the picture was not born stupid, but rather that the influence of the “Absolute Rationality” attribute made Yu Chen abandon meaningless crying and fussing.
The light curtain shifts, and the simulated scene continues to unfold.
As the sons of the sect leader, Yu Chen and Yu Xiaogang were destined to live under the watchful eyes of everyone in the sect from birth.
In stark contrast to Yu Xiaogang’s outgoing and active personality from a young age, Yu Chen remained taciturn and never uttered a single word until he was three years old.
Soon, a consensus was reached within the sect.
Everyone hailed Yu Xiaogang as the pinnacle, seeing him as the future hope of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; while Yu Chen became the sect’s undisputed fool.
[Although both are sons of sect leaders, their situations are worlds apart.
Yu Xiaogang is arrogant and haughty, walking with a swagger, looking down on his peers, yet he is still fawned over and worshipped by countless people.]
In contrast, Yu Chen never caused trouble, yet he always heard the undisguised pointing fingers and mockery from those around him.
Yu Yuanzhen, the father, remained indifferent to all of this.
In his eyes, as long as one of the two was a genius capable of inheriting his mantle, that was enough.
Whether the other was a genius or a good-for-nothing, he didn’t care at all.
One day, Yu Yuanzhen and his two sons had a rare opportunity to be together.
Yu Chen, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke calmly, uttering his first words: “Father, could you tell me about martial spirits?”
Upon hearing his “foolish son” speak for the first time, Yu Yuanzhen showed no surprise whatsoever, simply replying indifferently, “It’s not too late to learn these things when you awaken your martial spirit at six.”
Yu Chen’s expression remained unchanged, and he did not speak again.
Suddenly, Yu Xiaogang jumped out, first glancing contemptuously at Yu Chen, then raising his chin and saying, “Father, please tell me!
If I master this knowledge in advance, I can start cultivating much faster than others after awakening my martial soul!”
Hearing this, Yu Yuanzhen’s cold face instantly broke into a smile, his eyes filled with satisfaction: “Hahaha, Xiao Gang is right!
In that case, I’ll tell you all about our sect’s Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul today!”
Seeing his father agree, Yu Xiaogang glanced at Yu Chen smugly, his eyes gleaming with pride: See?
As a fellow son of the same father, my word carries more weight than yours!
[Any other child, faced with their father’s favoritism and their brother’s provocation, would probably have burst into tears.
But Yu Chen’s innocent face showed no emotion; he simply sat silently to the side, listening attentively to every word Yu Yuanzhen spoke.]
[Yue Guan]: Ha, so this is the dignified leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?
Truly cold-blooded!
At this point in the video, only Yue Guan uttered a sarcastic remark on the huge screen.
But in every corner of the Douluo Continent, countless ordinary Soul Masters felt a surge of sympathy for Yu Chen, and their disgust for Yu Xiaogang’s smug and self-satisfied demeanor grew even stronger.
However, due to the prestige of Yu Yuanzhen, a Title Douluo, no one dared to casually criticize him in the comments section.
Inside the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Clan.
Looking at the images on the screen, Yu Yuanzhen frowned.
He did feel that he had made a mistake in the scene, but the mistake was not neglecting Yu Chen, but being blind and pouring all his heart and soul into that good-for-nothing Yu Xiaogang!
As for being indifferent to a son who was born mentally challenged?
Yu Yuanzhen didn’t see anything wrong with it.
As the head of a sect, he could only reserve his energy for valuable geniuses.
On the contrary, Yu Luomian had a different opinion.
In his opinion, Yu Yuanzhen in the video should not have been biased towards Yu Xiaogang.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Ning Fengzhi looked at the light screen and shook his head slightly.
He acknowledged Yu Yuanzhen’s sense of responsibility as sect leader, but in his view, such blatant favoritism was utterly inappropriate.
If it were him, he would never have handled things so poorly.
The person who was most deeply moved after seeing Yu Chen’s experience in the video was none other than Zhu Zhuqing.
When she saw Yu Chen’s ordeal, her father’s indifference, and her younger brother’s mockery in the video, she couldn’t help but think of herself.
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhuqing felt sympathy for Yu Chen, and at the same time, she couldn’t help but wonder what Yu Chen’s future path would be like.
After that conversation, Yu Chen never uttered another word until he awakened his martial soul at the age of six.
From then on, his life became a monotonous routine: eating, sleeping, and then immersing himself in the sect’s library.
In the blink of an eye, the day for awakening one’s martial spirit arrived.
Because of Yu Chen’s “stain,” Yu Yuanzhen even abandoned the idea of inviting other forces to witness the ceremony.
The square was already packed with people, and Yu Chen and Yu Xiaogang were placed at the very end of the line.
Yu Xiaogang stood behind, looking at his silent brother in front of him with disdain in his eyes.
He couldn’t wait to see Yu Chen awaken a useless martial soul and become a laughingstock.
As long as Yu Chen completely disappointed his father, and he himself subsequently awakened a top-tier martial soul, the position of young sect leader would be his for the taking!
An hour later, only the brothers Yu Chen and Yu Xiaogang remained who had awakened their martial souls.
“What kind of martial soul do you think this idiot will awaken?”
“Need I even guess?
It’s definitely a mutated, trash martial soul!”
“No way?
He’s the sect leader’s son, after all.”
“What do you know!
I heard from inside sources that a strange phenomenon occurred when the two brothers were born.
Young Master Xiao Gang absorbed all of Yu Chen’s wisdom and talent!”
“No wonder!
I was wondering why one was a genius and the other a fool!”
Before Yu Chen even reached the awakening array, a chorus of mocking and sarcastic comments had already begun to circulate around him.
Yu Yuanzhen, sitting on the high platform, did not say anything to stop them, and was even mentally prepared for his eldest son to embarrass him in public.
At this moment, Yu Chen paid no attention to the idle gossip and stepped into the awakening array without hesitation.