Tang Hao appears to snatch Xiao Wu!
“Child, follow me.”
After Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, he stared intently at Tang San with burning eyes.
Old Jack furrowed his brows, shielded Tang San behind him, and stared with high vigilance at the “ill-intentioned” Yu Xiaogang.
It was not Old Jack’s fault for judging a book by its cover; it was simply that Yu Xiaogang’s current appearance was truly uncomplimentary.
Yu Xiaogang’s clothes were tattered and creased, covered in dust and stains, his hair was messy, his complexion was haggard and sallow, his figure was hunched and dejected, presenting a down-and-out and impoverished appearance.
Coupled with the fact that his head was still wrapped in bandages, no matter how one looked at him, he didn’t look like an upright Master, but rather like a down-and-out vagrant who had received a thorough beating!
Even the village’s well-known slacker, Tang Hao, looked more respectable than him!
Just as Yu Xiaogang was about to open his mouth to explain, Tang San walked out from behind Old Jack and readily replied, “Alright.”
Old Jack was startled for a moment, hurriedly grabbed Tang San’s arm, and anxiously advised in a low voice, “Little San, have you lost your mind?
This person is ragged and looks like a beggar; at a glance, he has an improper background.
What if he deceives you…”
Tang San gently pulled his hand free from Old Jack and patiently explained, “Grandpa Jack, he stepped forward just now to help us out of our predicament; he certainly isn’t a bad person.”
The reason Tang San said such words was because he could sense that his secret had already been seen through by the ordinary-looking middle-aged man before him!
“But he was expelled from the academy!” Old Jack still couldn’t let go of his worry, his brows tightly locked.
Tang San softly replied, “Being expelled does not necessarily mean a lack of knowledge; perhaps it was due to conflicting philosophies and being squeezed out by others.”
Old Jack looked at Tang San, who was far more calm and perceptive than children of his same age, and froze for a long time.
In the end, he let out a long sigh and instructed in a deep voice, “Little San, you have always had your own opinions.
A Spirit Hall deacon is nearby, so you must protect yourself well when you are out!”
After Jack gave Tang San a few more instructions, he finally left.
Yu Xiaogang looked down at Tang San, squeezed out a smile on his face, pulled Tang San’s hand, and said, “Come with me!”
He brought Tang San to a dilapidated room near the academy.
This was originally a room he used to pile up sundries.
“Teacher, thank you.” Tang San said to Master.
“Teacher?
I am no longer a teacher of the academy.” Yu Xiaogang lowered his head to glance at Tang San, forcefully suppressing the bitterness in his heart.
Seeing that Tang San did not speak, he spoke gently again, “Like everyone else, call me Master.
Everyone addresses me that way.
I have even forgotten my own name.”
“The Spirit Hall certificate states that your name is Tang San, right?
Tang San, you must understand that the meanings of Master and Teacher are worlds apart; don’t call me the wrong thing in the future.”
“Unless…”
Speaking up to this point, his words paused, his gaze carrying anticipation and greed, “Unless you are truly willing to let me be your teacher.”
Hearing these words from Yu Xiaogang, Tang San frowned slightly.
He was not a “casual” person!
Yu Xiaogang was not surprised by Tang San’s behavior.
He raised his hand and familiarly rubbed Tang San’s head, saying with a serious face, “You are naturally endowed with extraordinary talent and are so smart.
It seems I must also be persistent for once.”
“No matter how you look at it, you are also the third Twin Martial Souls in these past hundred years.”
Hearing Yu Xiaogang’s words, Tang San was greatly shocked.
The gaze he looked at Master with instantly changed, and his left wrist had already been quietly raised, his eyes revealing a look of startled uncertainty.
As long as Yu Xiaogang used this secret to threaten him, the next second, a hidden arrow would appear on Yu Xiaogang’s neck!
“Are you very curious as to why I know you possess Twin Martial Souls?”
Seeing Tang San’s current appearance, Yu Xiaogang found it very gratifying inside!
Just wait!
I, Yu Xiaogang, will definitely prove my theories!
“It is precisely because of this certificate.
Perhaps other people cannot see the flaws within it, but if even I cannot see them, then I am not worthy of the two words Master.”
“I once investigated six hundred and forty-seven people whose Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass.
Among them, sixteen possessed Soul Power, a probability of less than three percent.
And even among these sixteen people who possessed Soul Power, not a single one had Soul Power exceeding rank one!”
Yu Xiaogang muttered to himself, not realizing at all that he was only a step away from death!
“Yet you are at rank ten with Innate Soul Power.
According to one of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls that I have researched—looking at how the magnitude of Innate Soul Power is directly proportional to Martial Soul quality—your Martial Soul quality is extremely high.”
“Blue Silver Grass clearly cannot satisfy this, so I can be certain that you should have another Martial Soul, and it is a very powerful Martial Soul.”
Speaking up to this point, Yu Xiaogang’s gaze became burning hot, and he raised his tone, saying, “Furthermore, in my eyes, there are no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters!
Even with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, I am confident I can push it to its absolute limit!”
“Even!
Even a Titled Douluo!”
Yu Xiaogang breathed heavily.
Right now, in his mind, there was only the thought of “taking Tang San as a disciple to verify my own theories”!
Tang San had already been bluffed by Yu Xiaogang.
This was the first time he had heard such crazy words as “the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul can also Cultivate to a Titled Douluo”.
Suddenly, he stepped back one step, opening up the distance between himself and Yu Xiaogang.
Immediately following, Tang San knelt on both knees on the ground and respectfully kowtowed three times to Yu Xiaogang.
“Teacher.”
Tang San respectfully called out, “Please take me as your disciple.”
Yu Xiaogang laughed!
He laughed triumphantly!
He forcefully suppressed his inner excitement, bent over to pull Tang San up, “Good, good, it seems I truly did not misjudge you.”
…
Outside the door, a tall figure stood quietly there.
He was dressed in a simple grey robe, with his black hair scattered and draped over his shoulders.
His face was weathered by the vicissitudes of life, and although he was nearly fifty years old, his gaze was as aged as a candle flickering in the wind.
This person was precisely Tang Hao, who was secretly protecting Tang San!
Listening to the commotion inside the room, a hint of a smile appeared on his face.
Although Yu Xiaogang was a two-ring trash, in his view, his theories still had their merits.
He was unwilling to let the still-immature Tang San get dragged into the confrontation with Spirit Hall too early; currently, having him taught by Yu Xiaogang could not be more appropriate.
Tang Hao withdrew his thoughts and cast his gaze toward the direction of the back mountain of Notting Academy.
He could sense that there seemed to be something extraordinary over there!
Thinking of this, Tang Hao no longer hesitated, his figure flashing as he flew toward the back mountain.
In a flash, Tang Hao sped to the depths of the dense forest in the back mountain of Notting Academy.
He moved forward following the flow of the heaven and earth’s primordial Qi, and after just a moment, he saw Xiao Wu sitting alone by a stone beside a clear stream.
At this moment, Xiao Wu was resting her chin in her hands while looking toward the direction of the large cauldron, her heart entirely preoccupied with Lu Xiao being refined inside the cauldron, completely unaware that danger had quietly descended.
Tang Hao’s turbid eyes suddenly narrowed, and a thunderclap exploded in the depths of his heart.
A hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast taking human form!
Thinking of this, Tang Hao’s breathing grew heavy.
A hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, whether taking its Soul Ring, digging out its Soul Bone, or abducting and domesticating it, was an irresistible supreme treasure to any Soul Master.
Especially when a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast voluntarily sacrificed itself, it could bring a massive cultivation boost to a Soul Master!
No one understood this better than him!
A trace of greed flashed across the depths of Tang Hao’s eyes, and his palms beneath the grey robe slowly clenched tight.
A majestic pressure silently locked down the entire stream valley, cutting off all of Xiao Wu’s retreats.
Just at the moment when Tang Hao wanted to make a move!
Du Busi abruptly appeared, blocking in front of him, the killing intent in his emerald-green eyes freezing cold.
“Such audacity!”
A low shout exploded boomingly, shaking the surrounding trees to rustle and tremble!
The air suddenly solidified!
Tang Hao’s pupils violently constricted, and without the slightest hesitation, he directly flashed backward.
He had unexpectedly failed to sense Du Busi’s aura!
The next second, a terrifyingly extreme Soul Power storm violently exploded from within Du Busi’s body!
Hum—,!
Ink-green poisonous mist crazily gushed out from his limbs and bones, instantly shrouding the mountain forest within a radius of dozens of zhang.
Wherever the poisonous mist passed, the green grass instantly withered and turned black, and the air was filled with a toxic aura sufficient to instantly kill an ordinary Soul Saint.