Upon hearing Flander's introduction,
Yu Xiaogang, who had just stood up, stiffened even more.
He liked being called "Master," that was true!
But he didn't like it when people called him "Master" just because they liked it.
He wanted genuine respect from others!
Zhao Wuji looked at Yu Xiaogang, who stood before him with his hands behind his back.
A thought struck him as he recalled some rumors about him.
The former good-for-nothing young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
The infamous swindler who once resonated throughout the Soul Master world.
He never expected that Tang San's teacher would be him!
Somewhat surprised, he looked at Yu Xiaogang, but still maintained his manners, extending his hands to greet him.
"So you are Master. Hello, I am Zhao Wuji."
Yu Xiaogang's tone was calm as he shook hands with Zhao Wuji.
A forced smile appeared on his stiff face.
He no longer cared about Flander's slip of the tongue.
Something was better than nothing!
His disciple Tang San would prove him to the world in the future!
"Immovable King, no need to be so polite. I wonder how Tang San and the others are?"
"Yes, Wuji, why did it take so long this time?" Flander was also puzzled.
He had led teams to hunt souls in the Star Dou Great Forest before, but it had never taken this long.
Hearing Yu Xiaogang mention Tang San,
Zhao Wuji's face showed difficulty.
Everyone else was fine, only he wasn't!
Flander raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong? Did Oscar's soul hunting encounter some problems?"
Yu Xiaogang also looked worried and anxious.
Zhao Wuji shook his head and found a seat.
"Oscar's luck is quite good. He snatched the fat meat from someone else's mouth. His third soul ring comes from a thousand-year-old Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent!"
"A thousand-year-old Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent?" Yu Xiaogang had just sat down again when the muscles on his stiff face twitched a couple of times.
The sensitive man had noticed Zhao Wuji's scrutiny and immediately seized the opportunity to prove himself.
"Then he must have obtained a soul skill related to speed! This is indeed a good gain, much better than the soul rings I expected that would suit him!"
Zhao Wuji's face showed a hint of surprise.
After all, he was a teacher, and his judgment was much better than Tang San's.
"As expected of a master, you are right, Oscar's third soul skill is flight! At the speed of a Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent, he can fly for one minute!"
"Haha. Xiao Gang's knowledge is quite extensive!" Flander was also very happy that Yu Xiaogang could gain the recognition of others.
Yu Xiaogang was surprised. Although he guessed that it was related to speed, he did not expect that Oscar's soul skill would be so powerful!
He couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"This child is indeed worthy of being a food-type soul master with innate full soul power, his future is limitless!"
"That's right! Don't you know where you are? This is Shrek Academy, which only accepts monsters!" A smile appeared on Flander's long face, proud of his academy.
As he smiled, his face darkened again.
Unfortunately, this would be the last batch of students.
Flander's funds were no longer sufficient to maintain the academy's operation.
Seeing Yu Xiaogang beside him, he chuckled again.
He believed that with Yu Xiaogang's addition,
these children would definitely become renowned powerhouses in the Soul Master world!
Within ten years, the name Shrek would surely shake the entire Soul Master world!
Yu Xiaogang ignored him, instead looking at Zhao Wuji with some curiosity.
"Teacher Zhao, did this child's process of obtaining his third Soul Ring not go smoothly? Why did he look troubled just now?"
"Yes! Just a thousand-year-old Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent shouldn't have taken long with you here! Did something else happen?" Flander also temporarily put aside his own fantasies about the future.
Zhao Wuji glanced at Yu Xiaogang and couldn't help but sigh.
Just one glance was enough to make Yu Xiaogang feel a great sense of unease!
Zhao Wuji smiled bitterly: "The trouble we encountered helping Oscar hunt souls was nothing compared to the biggest trouble we faced on this trip – a 100,000-year-old soul beast, the Titan Giant Ape!"
"A 100,000-year-old soul beast?! Wuji, you're not kidding me, are you?" Flander's glasses nearly fell off.
"What! The King of the Forest, the Titan Giant Ape?! Where's Xiao San? Is Xiao San alright?" Yu Xiaogang knew the Titan Giant Ape's terror better than Flander, and his heart pounded with fear in an instant.
"Why would I lie to you?!" Zhao Wuji still felt lingering fear when he thought about it.
"The Titan Giant Ape kidnapped Xiao Wu and Tang San!"
"But it threw them out halfway, and when we found them, they were both safe and sound."
Yu Xiaogang's face turned deathly pale, his heart pounding.
Hearing the second half of Zhao Wuji's sentence, his heart, which had been pounding, fell back down.
His back was already soaked with sweat.
Flander wasn't much better off.
Clutching his pounding heart, Zhao Wuji exclaimed, "Wuji, can you stop breathing so heavily? I was scared to death!"
"Phew~" Yu Xiaogang also breathed a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
"Hmph! If you'd experienced being slapped away by a Titan Ape, you'd be breathing heavily too!" Zhao Wuji scoffed.
After all, he had fought against a 100,000-year-old soul beast!
"Speaking of which... why did that Titan Ape attack you?" Flander chuckled, not denying it, and asked curiously.
Logically, a soul beast of that level shouldn't be outside the mixed zone.
"I don't know. I can't understand why they captured something of that level and then abandoned it!"
Zhao Wuji himself was still completely baffled.
Yu Xiaogang regained his composure.
After Zhao Wuji's explanation, he had some guesses
and didn't dwell on the matter further.
He looked at Flander with a serious expression, knowing he had to plan ahead for his disciple's safety.
"Flander, you know I'm here for Tang San. You have to promise me you'll go with him whenever he goes out hunting souls!"
"Don't worry, he should break through level 30 soon. I'll definitely accompany him then!"
Flander nodded with a smile; it wasn't a big deal.
"You have to wait until he reaches level 40 before you go," Zhao Wuji's voice rang out softly.
"What? Teacher Zhao, you mean Tang San has already broken through level 30?" Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up with rare wisdom, gleaming as he looked at Zhao Wuji.
A Soul Master under thirteen was already incredibly talented!
"That's right. When we found Tang San, he even hunted down a thousand-year-old Human-Faced Demon Spider himself!"
"A Human-Faced Demon Spider!? That's great!" Yu Xiaogang's stiff face lit up with joy.
This was one of the most suitable soul rings for Tang San's Blue Silver Grass cultivation plan!
Hope had seemed fading, but this time it was a blessing in disguise.
Tang San's Blue Silver Grass will definitely experience a qualitative leap!
However, before he could be excited for long, Zhao Wuji's words were like a bucket of ice water, instantly chilling his heart.
"Unfortunately, that Human-Faced Demon Spider's age has exceeded two thousand years! An accident occurred during the absorption process," Zhao Wuji said in a deep voice.
"Exceeding two thousand years!" Yu Xiaogang finally couldn't sit still and stood up abruptly.
Just as he was about to praise Tang San, Flander, whose combat power far surpassed his peers, also looked at Zhao Wuji in shock.
"How is Tang San now? Teacher Zhao!" The anxiety in Yu Xiaogang's eyes was almost overflowing.
No one knew better than him how serious the consequences of absorbing a spirit ring that exceeded one's own limits were.
It was almost certain death!
"Can you just finish what you're saying at once! You're making me anxious." Flander's heart couldn't take the ups and downs either.
"Don't worry, Tang San's life is not in danger, but ultimately his third spirit ring is a white ten-year spirit ring!"
"That's good, but no! Good for what?!" Flander nodded, but before he could even smile to comfort Yu Xiaogang, he realized what was happening.
His face was filled with disbelief, his long, narrow expression stretching endlessly.
"Wuji, are you sure you didn't make a mistake? Tang San! A Soul Master, and you're telling me his third Soul Ring is white?! What a joke!"
"I can't believe it either, but it's true!" Zhao Wuji pounded his palm, feeling a pang of heartache for Tang San.
"How could this be? How could this be!"
Yu Xiaogang's face turned deathly pale, and he slumped weakly back into his chair.
How could his proud student's third Soul Ring be white!
Tang San was his pride and joy.
He couldn't accept this fact!
"Teacher Zhao, could you tell me the whole story of this Soul Hunt in detail?"
Yu Xiaogang's voice was hoarse; he simply couldn't believe it and needed to understand the whole situation!
"Of course, no problem!" Zhao Wuji nodded decisively.
Next, he recounted the entire process of entering the Star Dou Great Forest to Yu Xiaogang and Flander in greater detail.
From capturing the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, confronting the Snake Granny Chaotianxiang, encountering the Titan Giant Ape, finding Tang San who fought against the Peerless Dragon Serpent…
to the final battle between Tang San and Ye Qiu at the inn.
He covered everything meticulously.
Yu Xiaogang listened intently, not daring to lose focus for a moment, his eyes constantly reflecting a thoughtful and solemn light.
Although his expression remained unchanged for eternity, everything Zhao Wuji described made his heart tremble.
Especially the horrific and perilous scene of Tang San absorbing the Human-Faced Demon Spider's soul ring, which left him with lingering fear.
As for Ye Qiu, whom Zhao Wuji mentioned
, although he had no recollection of him, he already harbored hatred for Ye Qiu.
How dare he repeatedly harm his beloved disciple and destroy his future hopes? He deserved to die!
At the same time, he trusted his disciple's judgment; Tang San, that child, had been intelligent since childhood and would never speak without reason!
The explosion that occurred when Xiao San absorbed his spirit ring was too coincidental.
Xiao San's third spirit ring must be related to him!
"Sigh~ That's the whole story!" Zhao Wuji's face showed worry, not knowing what fate awaited him.
As if remembering something, he took out a long, rectangular object wrapped tightly in black cloth.
"This is the spirit bone left behind after Ma Hongjun burned that skunk!"
Zhao Wuji walked to Flander's desk, holding his breath as he unwrapped the black cloth.
With Flander's cultivation, his five senses far surpassed those of ordinary people.
He naturally detected that faint stench.
His face, already etched with sorrow because of Tang San, darkened even more.
He calmly covered the black cloth again.
He sighed helplessly, "It seems Tang San's third spirit ring is ruined. If things go wrong, his martial soul might also be affected."
"Heh... Flander, you still underestimate Xiao San!" A sinister smile appeared on Yu Xiaogang's stiff face.
After the initial panic, he had recovered.
He understood Tang San; it was merely that his third soul skill had been affected, nothing serious to Tang San.
As long as the Blue Silver Grass martial soul could continue to be cultivated, he was destined to become a strongman!
Besides, there was a way to deal with that white third ring!
He already had a plan!
"Xiao Gang, I'm not just worried about Tang San, you know? Before you came, Wuji and I were both beaten up!"
"Yeah, now that Tang San is in this mess, who knows how that person will treat us," Zhao Wuji also scratched his head in frustration, never expecting that just leading a team out to hunt souls would cause so much trouble!
Yu Xiaogang looked at them in surprise: "I didn't expect you to have already met His Majesty!"
"Xiao Gang, you already knew Tang San's identity?" Flander was startled, and his gaze towards Yu Xiaogang suddenly became strange.
"Hehe. Just now, when Teacher Zhao mentioned why the Titan Giant Ape abandoned Xiao San and the others, I guessed that His Majesty Haotian had intervened."
With that, Yu Xiaogang took out a token from his robes, walked to the desk, and placed it on the table.
Six clear markings immediately appeared before Flander and Zhao Wuji.
"This is what His Majesty gave me, you know? What you've seen of Xiao San is far from all of him. Do you really think his martial soul is only Blue Silver Grass?"
A hint of arrogance appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face as he stood with his hands behind his back, facing away from Flander and Zhao Wuji.
"If that were the case, how could he be worthy of being my disciple!"
Flander was startled.
"Could his martial soul, Blue Silver Grass, be a mutated martial soul?"
"It should be, otherwise I've never seen anyone cultivate Blue Silver Grass to this level!"
Hearing Flander's guess, Zhao Wuji also thought it made sense.
Yu Xiaogang shook his head with a cold smile.
"No, it's not a mutation, just twins, twin martial souls."
"What!? Twin martial souls?"
Flander looked at him in shock, never expecting Tang San to have another martial soul!
Zhao Wuji was also astonished: "Could it be that his other martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer!"
"That's right! So Xiao San will be fine."
Yu Xiaogang was very satisfied with their reactions, turned around and put away the token.
He then picked up the soul bone on the table, frowned and examined it carefully.
He seemed to be thinking about something.
"I'm going to check on Xiao San!"
"Master, let's go tomorrow, he should still be unconscious!" Zhao Wuji looked at the sky outside the window, night had already fallen.
"Yes, Xiaogang, it's getting late, let the children get some rest!" Flander waved to Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang hesitated for a moment, but finally sat back down, having already put away the soul bone.
Flander, being a miser, naturally noticed this as well.
However, since it was Tang San who revealed this, he didn't say much.
Flander said to Zhao Wuji, "Wuji, you've really worked hard this time. You should go and rest!"
Zhao Wuji smiled slightly and said, "The academy doesn't belong to you alone! This is the result of everyone's hard work. No need for formalities. Just help me out when we get beaten up!"
After learning that Tang San had twin martial souls, he suddenly felt that Tang Hao probably wouldn't go too far.
"You wish! Your defense is far superior to mine. You should do more work!" Flander's expression changed; he didn't want to have his glasses smashed again.
"Don't worry, if His Majesty really comes, I will plead for you."
Yu Xiaogang smiled faintly; he was still somewhat confident in himself.
After all, he was Tang San's second father!
"Haha. Master is the most reliable. Thank you in advance! Flander, I'll be leaving now if there's nothing else!"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Flander's face also lit up with a smile. He laughed and scolded Zhao Wuji, "Get lost!"
While they were still worried about Tang Hao's difficult behavior, they didn't know that Tang Hao's seventh day memorial service was almost over!
After Zhao Wuji left the room, the room became quiet again.
Looking at Yu Xiaogang, Flander's expression was somewhat dazed.
He sighed, "Xiaogang, I'm really glad you could stay. It's a pity that Third Sister isn't here!"
Hearing Flander mention her, Yu Xiaogang's face changed, and a look of panic flashed in his eyes.