Chapter 39: Liu Erlong's Breakdown
Blue Tyrant Academy.
Liu Erlong was completely enraged.
"Damn it!"
"You bastards—are any of you even human?!"
"I'm going insane! I'm in the same group as all of you. Is there one normal person among you?!"
Liu Erlong was furious to the point of collapse.
What now?
Should she change her username… or not?
["My Surname is Not Yu" has been renamed to "Liu Erlong."]
[Hu Liena: Six.]
[Group Member No. 9: No wonder she wakes up every morning yelling at Bibi Dong, calling her an old hag! Turns out the jealousy burns extra bright when love rivals meet!]
[Su Yan: Since she's changed her name, let's skip the minor details and go straight to the real question—did Yu Xiaogang know Liu Erlong's identity beforehand?]
[Su Yan: Yu Xiaogang is the so-called 'Grandmaster.' Earlier, both Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong said he's talented. He was also humiliated since childhood, studied all the Blue Tyrant Dragon Clan and Spirit Hall records, and compiled the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls. Because his martial soul mutated into trash, he specialized in studying martial soul mutations, inherited martial souls, and the like.]
[Su Yan: Now, look at Liu Erlong—Yu Luomian's illegitimate daughter, also a case of martial soul mutation… Right. Liu Erlong, your mutated Fire Dragon martial soul should be recorded in your clan's documents, right? Wouldn't Yu Yuanzhen report a new martial soul mutation case to his actual son?]
[Everyone: ???]
[Su Yan: Fine! Let's assume Yu Xiaogang never saw those records. But Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender could even develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill together. Don't tell me the three of them weren't close?]
[Su Yan: And that Martial Soul Fusion Skill was even centered around Yu Xiaogang—the Golden Holy Dragon. You expect me to believe they developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill but never talked?]
[Su Yan: I'd guess they were strangers, didn't know each other at all. Otherwise, would Yu Xiaogang—who spent his life studying martial soul mutations—not recognize Liu Erlong as a member of the Yu Family?]
[Yan Zi is Not Swallow: My goodness! This this this???]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: They could develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, one centered on Yu Xiaogang… Liu Erlong, you really were brainless!]
[Cat in the Shadows: Pure stupid. Pure blind.]
[I Am an Orphan: Bibi Dong, you two are truly great sisters. Perfect duo. I propose that you two just live together from now on.]
[The Moon of My Childhood: I don't know much about cultivation… but I do know Martial Soul Fusion Skills are extremely difficult. Most require deep bonds—like between siblings or close blood relatives.]
[Group Member No. 9: Liu Erlong, did you really never suspect…? No, wait. Did you seriously never ask Yu Xiaogang what his surname was?!]
[Hu Liena: Isn't his name… Yu Xiaogang?]
[Everyone: ???]
However—
No one received a reply from Liu Erlong.
Did she even have the mood to type right now?
[Su Yan: Here comes another thing that makes me grit my teeth. On the day of their wedding, Liu Erlong's father, Yu Luomian, showed up, revealed the truth, and Yu Xiaogang ran away again, leaving Liu Erlong to vanish from the world.]
[Su Yan: Yes—ran again! Even ignoring whether he knew about her identity beforehand, the moment the truth came out, he fled and disappeared without a trace!]
[Su Yan: Imagine this—on your wedding day, your father tells you your groom is your cousin. And the cousin you love disappears, leaving you alone to face the world's mockery, your family's ridicule, and the pain of losing your beloved. What meaning does life have after that?]
[Everyone: Bro, are you polite?]
[Su Yan: Honestly, I admire Liu Erlong. Anyone else would've lost the courage to live. Most would've just slit their throat.]
[Su Yan: And Bibi Dong too—trapped in a dark secret chamber, tortured to the point of despair, wanting to die but afraid Qian Xunji would harm Yu Xiaogang. You two sure know how to simp—truly unbelievable!]
[Su Yan: That weak, spineless, irresponsible trash Yu Xiaogang ruined the lives of two women. Calling him a beast and scum—none of you disagree, right?]
[Yan Zi is Not Swallow: Just that one phrase—'ran again'—it makes me want to laugh and cry. Yu Xiaogang really is human garbage.]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, if I beat Yu Xiaogang to death, you're not stopping me, right?]
[Su Yan: Oh, right, Liu Erlong once slaughtered an entire soul beast forest. If Flender, the loyal dog, hadn't comforted her nonstop, she probably would've gone fully insane.]
[Su Yan: Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong—honestly, I really look down on the two of you. You blinded yourselves with your own choices, and now you want to vent on the whole world? Did the world wrong you? Who offended you?]
[Carrot Lover: Liu Erlong! Are you even human? Yu Xiaogang deceived you, so you take it out on soul beasts? You're not a good person either!]
Xiao Wu exploded with anger.
[Cat in the Shadows: I finally get it—Yu Xiaogang is either a useless scumbag, or he did all of this on purpose.]
[Group Member No. 9: On purpose? Explain.]
[Cat in the Shadows: Wasn't it mentioned before? He was humiliated since childhood, expelled by his clan. You think he wouldn't harbor hatred toward his own family?]
[The Moon of My Childhood: I understand now. Liu Erlong's father is from a side branch—the same branch that probably humiliated him the most.]
[I Am an Orphan: With how close they had to be to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, it's impossible they didn't know each other's identities. Someone must have been intentionally hiding the truth.]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: That actually makes sense. Even if Liu Erlong is stupid, there's no way she decided to marry the man and still didn't ask about his family background, right?]
[Hu Liena: Forget the family background—she didn't even question his surname?! Yu Xiaogang is surnamed Yu, the same clan you share a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with! Liu Erlong, you're even dumber—blinder—than my teacher!]
[Bibi Dong: ???]
Blue Tyrant Academy.
Liu Erlong was already completely hollowed out, standing there like a puppet, her eyes empty.
Thud.
She collapsed onto the grass, lying there without moving. When sorrow reaches the deepest point, you truly can't cry anymore.
This was truly the agony of the "Three Confusions":
Like a thorn in the back, like sitting on pins and needles, like a fishbone in the throat.
The truth was, these questions didn't just appear today. Liu Erlong's father, Yu Luomian, had scolded her for this before:
"His name is Yu Xiaogang. You never thought to ask which branch of the Yu Clan he came from?"
But back then, Liu Erlong was blinded by love. She never doubted Yu Xiaogang.
And—
Liu Erlong always treated Yu Xiaogang as someone hardworking, someone truly talented. She never believed he was trash.
If anyone dared call Yu Xiaogang a useless waste, she would immediately fight them. Those who mocked him—she said they simply didn't understand him, that they were jealous of him.
But now, here lies the real problem:
Yu Xiaogang suffered from a malignant martial soul mutation. Yu Xiaogang dedicated his entire life to studying martial soul mutations. Could he really know nothing?
Even if Su Yan calls him a waste over and over, Liu Erlong knew—Yu Xiaogang couldn't possibly be that incompetent.
Lies don't hurt. The truth is the sharpest blade.
Memories flashed again and again, cutting her heart into a thousand pieces.
Liu Erlong lay on the grass with her eyes closed, thoughts scrambled beyond repair. If Yu Xiaogang spent his entire life researching mutated martial souls… was he truly ignorant?
Or did he already know—and chose silence?
She didn't know what to think. She didn't know how to face anything anymore.
Deep down—
Liu Erlong desperately hoped Yu Xiaogang was simply a useless good-for-nothing.
A waste. A fraud who only plagiarized.
Anything would be better than him knowing and still allowing everything to happen.
Flowers were scattered around her—destroyed earlier in her rage. Now, lying among the broken petals, her despair created an eerie kind of beauty.
"Chrysanthemum petals fall, sorrow stains the land—
Your once-bright smile has long faded—
The flower falls, the heart breaks—
My thoughts lie quietly in silence—"
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T/N: From Today, I'll add only four updates
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