Without Benevolence, Righteousness, Loyalty, or Filial Piety! Yu Xiaogang Had Maxed Them All Out!

Bibi Dong appeared to be asking Liang Hao to point out Yu Xiaogang's flaws, but in truth, she wanted to take the opportunity to refute him and win him over.

Unfortunately, Liang Hao knew Yu Xiaogang far too well. He immediately explained:

"Teacher, Yu Xiaogang is utterly useless, of course."

"First, let's talk about his theories."

"Take the so-called 'Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul' he published. Never mind the mistakes; let's look at the common theories, the correct ones."

"Don't you think those theories of his are common knowledge that has circulated among Soul Masters since ancient times?"

"He published them and claimed them as his own."

"Stealing the achievements of those who came before him like that can only be called a lack of benevolence!"

"Moreover, Yu Xiaogang's theories are riddled with errors."

"For example, the Soul Ring age limits he established are completely wrong."

"The age of a Soul Ring one can absorb depends on physical and mental strength, yet he dismissed it all with a single statement and misled the world."

"He also said something as wrong as 'There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters.' It seems to give people hope, but actually leads them to waste their efforts."

"If he's right, then his own Martial Soul is poor. As a master theorist, couldn't he change that?"

"Wouldn't that mean he insulted himself twice with those words?"

"He published so much false knowledge. Wouldn't that harm both others and himself? That's a lack of righteousness!"

"So, just by looking at the theories he published, you can see that he's a man without benevolence or righteousness!"

Liang Hao spoke with sound reasoning and solid evidence, his words stern and righteous, afraid that Bibi Dong wouldn't understand.

On the contrary, Bibi Dong understood perfectly.

Although she viewed Yu Xiaogang through a filter, she wasn't actually a fucking idiot. Naturally, she knew the reality.

Indeed, the theories Yu Xiaogang had published were either common knowledge among Soul Masters or simply wrong.

Bibi Dong was naturally aware of these problems, but because of the filter she had viewed him through, she had never given them much thought.

Now Liang Hao's blunt assessment made her heart jolt.

It seemed he was right.

Bibi Dong knitted her brows and murmured, "Without benevolence or righteousness?"

"How could Xiaogang be a man without benevolence or righteousness..."

"Although many of his theories drew on the work of those before him, he also built on the old and brought forth the new, and..."

"His theories certainly have..."

"But with things like the Soul Ring age limits, he really did publish them rashly without verifying them."

"Could Xiaogang really...?"

As she went on, Bibi Dong herself unconsciously fell silent.

She truly wanted to refute him, and even wanted to use her authority to suppress him.

But when she tried to argue back, she couldn't find a single reason or excuse to defend Yu Xiaogang.

She was a Titled Douluo and knew better than anyone whether Yu Xiaogang's theories were right or wrong.

Yet Liang Hao was far from finished. Seeing that Bibi Dong was affected, he continued:

"Next, let's talk about how Yu Xiaogang usually conducts himself."

"I've heard that you and he once had feelings for each other, Teacher?"

"But you and Yu Xiaogang parted because of your respective identities, so you view him through a filter and think highly of him."

"In fact, I know that when Yu Xiaogang was traveling the continent to gain experience, he formed a group called the Golden Iron Triangle. One of its members was his cousin."

"His cousin's name was Liu Erlong. They didn't recognize each other at the time, so they developed feelings and got together, nearly reaching the point of marriage."

"And what happened? On their wedding day, Yu Xiaogang's second uncle appeared and revealed that they were related by blood."

"After Yu Xiaogang found out, he gave no thought to the woman he loved. He abandoned Liu Erlong and left her to bear everything alone."

"Teacher, wouldn't you say someone like that was disloyal to the person he loved?"

"Of course... there's also the fact that Yu Xiaogang is the son of Yu Yuanzhen, the head of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"Because of his Martial Soul Mutation, he received little attention, so he left the Yu Clan and didn't return to see his father once for many years."

"After wasting half his life, Yu Xiaogang has done nothing whatsoever to help his family or his father."

"He even sought fame and praise outside, bringing disgrace on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan instead."

"Isn't that unfilial?"

"So I have every reason to say he deceives the world to steal fame and is a man of corrupt character!"

"Teacher, you're intelligent too. It's perfectly understandable that he fooled you before, but today, if you look at things objectively and take another look at Yu Xiaogang..."

"Then you'll know that he truly is a man without loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, or filial piety. His crimes would exhaust the bamboo used to record them; he is utterly hypocritical, disregards human decency, and is the scum of mankind!"

"Now that I've said all this, Teacher, do you think I'm slandering him, or is he simply not what you thought?"

With that last sentence, Liang Hao asked a question whose answer was perfectly clear.

Bibi Dong's expression changed drastically when she heard it all.

Just hearing Liang Hao curse Yu Xiaogang with those words made Bibi Dong reflexively reach out to slap him.

But as soon as she raised her hand, she quickly stopped.

Because she knew better than anyone that Liang Hao was right, that his words had hit the mark.

Viewed objectively, Yu Xiaogang was a man without benevolence, righteousness, loyalty, or filial piety.

Even if she wanted to refute him, she had long since lost any opportunity to do so.

Unless she too was willing to be like Yu Xiaogang: utterly unreasonable, utterly given to empty boasting.

In the end, Bibi Dong said nothing more and merely let out a long sigh.

She looked at Liang Hao with a deeply solemn expression and asked, "Xiao Hao, did someone teach you to say these things?"

"No, Teacher. This is all what I know of Yu Xiaogang."

Liang Hao put on an earnest expression and said a few good words about himself as well. "Teacher, as your disciple, I will never allow you to be deceived."

"I know you'll surely blame me for saying these things."

"But I had to say them, had to speak! I couldn't bear to see you trapped like this, so I laid it all out for you from a bystander's perspective!"

"A bystander's perspective?" Bibi Dong murmured those words.

Liang Hao continued, nodding. "Those caught up in the game are blind, while bystanders see clearly!"

"There are countless people in this world who don't lack understanding; they simply refuse to understand. It's not that they can't see clearly; they simply refuse to..."

"But though deceiving yourself may bring you comfort for a time, it only leaves you lost for a lifetime, trapped without even knowing it."

The more Liang Hao spoke, the more he acted like a well-behaved disciple concerned for his teacher.

By putting it that way, Bibi Dong would have a harder time getting angry and making a move against him later.

Sure enough, after hearing him out, Bibi Dong fell into deep silence once more.

Perhaps Liang Hao's words today couldn't help Bibi Dong escape her predicament all at once, but they had at least planted a seed in her heart.

Bibi Dong wasn't stupid; she simply hadn't wanted to sort through the reality.

After Liang Hao laid it out, she could see that the real Yu Xiaogang was probably very different from the Yu Xiaogang she had imagined.

Sometimes even she wondered why she had fallen for Yu Xiaogang in the first place.

Looking at it now, she truly must have been young and naive.

Bibi Dong stopped arguing, and the air around them grew utterly still.

She needed some time to digest it all and to persuade herself...

But just as Liang Hao had mercilessly torn away the filter through which Bibi Dong viewed Yu Xiaogang in the instance,

Bibi Dong in the real Douluo world was also among those affected as they watched the screen outside.

And apart from those personally involved, the other Douluo characters watching the show all agreed with what Liang Hao had said.

This fellow's incisive assessment had shattered Gangzi's image into pieces...