Chapter 148 - 40

! Chapter 40: Yu Xiaogang gets a violent beating!But he wasn't willing to give up! He desperately needed to prove himself, to prove that his theories weren't trash, and to prove that he, Yu Xiaogang, wasn't useless!At this moment, a girl named Xiao Wu, who also possessed Innate Full Spirit Power and the Soft Bones Rabbit Spirit, entered his sight."Innate Full Spirit Power, Soft Bones Rabbit?"Yu Xiaogang looked at the data in his hand, his brows furrowed deeply.How could a Spirit of the Soft Bones Rabbit's level produce Innate Full Spirit Power?He subconsciously avoided Fu Shiyan's discourse regarding the conditions for twin spirits and stubbornly believed:"This can't possibly be an ordinary Soft Bones Rabbit!It must have undergone a beneficial mutation!Or even... could it also be twin spirits?"This bold guess lifted his spirits, as if he had caught another life-saving straw.At Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu, having finished her morning classes, was humming a tuneless melody and skipping along, ready to return to the dormitory to find Tang San. Her long scorpion braid swayed happily behind her.Just then, a slightly gloomy figure blocked her path.Yu Xiaogang stood in the middle of the path, his face looking even more haggard than usual."Student Xiao Wu, please wait a moment."Yu Xiaogang's voice carried a deliberately crafted composure belonging to a scholar.Xiao Wu stopped in her tracks, her pink dress swirling in a light arc.She blinked her large, watery eyes, her face showing undisguised confusion:"Hmm? Are you calling me? Who are you? Is something wrong?"Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, displayed the data in his hand, and said solemnly:"I am an instructor of the academy, Yu Xiaogang.I have carefully studied your enrollment data. Innate Full Spirit Power, Soft Bones Rabbit Spirit..."He paused, his gaze locked onto Xiao Wu, his tone certain:"A Spirit like the Soft Bones Rabbit has absolutely no possibility of producing Innate Full Spirit Power!Your Spirit must have undergone an extremely beneficial mutation, or even... I suspect you are likely a one-in-ten-thousand possessor of twin spirits!"When he mentioned twin spirits, his voice rose slightly with excitement, and his eyes sparkled.He automatically ignored Fu Shiyan's discourse on the formation conditions of twin spirits, stubbornly believing his own judgment was the truth.The girl before him was his second hope for regaining his dignity and proving his theories!Hearing this, Xiao Wu's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her rosy little mouth curled.She already had little interest in the theories of human Spirit Masters, let alone this weird-looking uncle whose gaze made her feel a bit uncomfortable.She waved her fair little hand, her tone carrying a hint of impatience:"Oh, what mutation or non-mutation, twin or not twin? My Spirit is just a Soft Bones Rabbit!Uncle, if you're fine, I'm leaving. Little San is still waiting for me!"Seeing her turn to leave, Yu Xiaogang grew anxious. He subconsciously took a step forward, reaching out to grab Xiao Wu's arm, his tone becoming urgent and brook no refusal:"Child! You don't understand what your talent means!Blindly cultivating will only waste your potential!Only by receiving the most correct theoretical guidance can your future path as a Spirit Master be smooth!I have studied Spirit theories for decades and can certainly..."Faced with Yu Xiaogang's incessant guidance and intention to take her as a disciple, Xiao Wu's fiery temper wasn't as patient as Tang San's. Her willow-leaf eyebrows shot up, and she rejected him bluntly:"Hey, Uncle! Aren't you annoying?I've said it several times!I can cultivate on my own; I don't need you to teach me!"As her shrill cry rang out, Xiao Wu's figure flickered like a Gui Mei. Yu Xiaogang only felt a flash of pink light before his eyes, and a completely irresistible force came from his wrist!"Eh?!"He cried out in surprise, instantly losing his balance!The next moment, the world spun!Xiao Wu's seemingly slender and fragile body erupted with astonishing power and speed at this moment!She grabbed Yu Xiaogang's wrist and twisted her waist."First Throw!"Yu Xiaogang felt a massive force from his wrist. His body was swung uncontrollably, and his back slammed heavily onto the hard bluestone ground. Intense pain instantly spread through his body, and stars danced before his eyes."Second Throw!"Before he could catch his breath, another force came. He was lifted again like a broken sack and slammed violently to the other side!"Third Throw! Fourth Throw!..."Xiao Wu's movements were fluid and smooth, filled with a strange sense of rhythm, yet incredibly violent!Yu Xiaogang had no power to resist at all, being slammed onto the ground repeatedly like a toy."Eighth Throw!!"For the last one, Xiao Wu gave a soft shout, using all her strength to swing Yu Xiaogang high and then slam him fiercely into the ground!"Bang—!"Yu Xiaogang collapsed on the ground like a pile of mud, his bones feeling as if they had fallen apart. The intense pain made him curl up, and he didn't even have the strength to groan.At this moment, his hair was disheveled, and his robe was covered in dust and grass clippings, looking pathetic to the extreme.Xiao Wu landed lightly, clapped her hands, and looked down at the twitching Yu Xiaogang on the ground, saying huffily:"Hmph! I hate it most when people touch me without permission!I told you I don't want you to teach me!If you dare bother me again, I'll throw you every time I see you! Remember that, Uncle!"After saying that, she didn't even bother to look at Yu Xiaogang again. She flicked her signature scorpion braid and skipped away toward the dormitory.Some students around who were drawn by the commotion watched this scene from a distance, pointing and whispering, with suppressed low laughter mixed in.Yu Xiaogang lay paralyzed on the cold ground, the physical pain far outweighed by the humiliation and despair in his heart.The sunlight was still bright, but he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.Failing twice in a row before two "geniuses," especially in such a dignity-stripping way, completely shattered his last bit of pride.Having lost all face, Yu Xiaogang could only struggle to get up and flee back to his residence, disheveled and limping.After hitting a brick wall with both Tang San and Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang had almost become a laughingstock at Nuoding Academy.He felt he no longer had the face to stay.Just as he was disheartened and preparing to leave this place of sorrow, Nuoding Academy, he received a letter from his friend Flender, who was far away in Suotuo City.The letter mentioned that although Shrek Academy still adhered to the principle of only accepting monsters and recruitment was difficult, they had recently had some good luck and recruited another little monster with quite good talent.This new student was only twelve years old, yet his spirit power had already reached level twenty-six, making him a Spirit Grandmaster.His Spirit was the Demon Vine, a plant-type Spirit known for its attack power and toughness even among high-level Spirits, with extremely high quality.His first two spirit rings—one from a hundred-plus-year Ghost Vine and the other from a five-hundred-plus-year Blood-Devouring Overlord Flower—were a standard pairing.Moreover, his innate spirit power was level eight. Given his Spirit quality and current level, he could already be called a genius.Seeing this letter, a spark of fire reignited in Yu Xiaogang's dim eyes."Demon Vine... high-level Spirit... twelve years old, level twenty-six..."He murmured to himself, his fingers trembling slightly with excitement.In the eyes of many, this student's innate conditions were even more dazzling than Tang San's Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Spirit Power!