Yu Xiaogang Proudly Introduces Tang San

He had gone to the Imperial Capital alone to handle some other matters.

He had not come to Shrek Academy with Tang San.

But he had not been worried about Tang San coming alone.

With the latter's talent, getting into Shrek Academy to study should have been quite easy.

Besides, before Yu Xiaogang left Notting City, he had given Tang San a letter.

He told him to hand the letter to Shrek Academy's dean after entering Shrek.

That was Flender, an old acquaintance of his.

In the letter, Yu Xiaogang stated that Tang San was his disciple. Given that connection, Flender would surely take better care of Tang San.

He never could have imagined it.

His beloved disciple, Tang San, had not passed Shrek's entrance examination at all.

And the only ten Gold Soul Coins he had on him had been used as a Life-Preserving Fee.

He was now forging iron at a blacksmith shop in Suotuo City.

A few days ago, he had shamelessly borrowed ten Gold Soul Coins from the blacksmith shop's owner, hoping to use them as capital to make his fortune at the Soto Fighting Arena.

Who would have thought that in his very first soul battle, he would encounter Shrek students who had come to the Soul Arena to train?

To make matters worse, Tang San had run into Xiao Wu, who had suppressed him for six years back in Notting City.

In the end, he was brutally thrashed.

Not only did he fail to earn any money, he even lost all the money he had borrowed.

After returning to the blacksmith shop, Tang San could only work himself to the bone forging iron to repay his debt with his wages.

His life now was even worse than it had been in Notting City.

Tang San had also wanted to contact his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, but there was simply no way to reach him.

When they had parted ways before coming to Suotuo City, his teacher had told him.

After some time, he would come to Shrek Academy to meet up with him.

But given the current situation, even if Yu Xiaogang came to Shrek Academy, he would not be able to find Tang San.

Thus, whenever Tang San had time off from forging iron, he would wander around Suotuo City in hopes of running into Yu Xiaogang, who had come looking for him.

Just yesterday, he had even sneaked around the entrance of Shrek Academy alone like a thief for two laps.

In the end, he had not seen a single soul.

Yu Xiaogang looked up at the horizon. Since it was still early, the sun had yet to rise completely.

The crimson morning clouds had dyed half the sky red.

Only a few villagers who worked the fields had risen early in the village.

As for Shrek's seven students, not a single one of them was awake yet.

One reason was that they had just returned from the Star Dou Great Forest and were all somewhat exhausted.

Another reason was that the teachers in the academy, even Dean Flender, had not gotten up yet.

If the teachers were not up, why should the students be? Yu Xiaogang glanced at Shrek Academy's purely decorative gate at the village entrance, then strode straight inside.

Wisps of cooking smoke rose into the air as some villagers had already started fires to prepare breakfast.

But there was no activity at all in the area where the academy stood.

Yu Xiaogang gently shook his head. This would not do.

If students did not rise early to train and study, would they not be wasting their precious time? Who would learn his invincible theories?

With that thought, Yu Xiaogang followed the route he remembered and headed straight for Flender's room.

Flender was still fast asleep, completely unaware that an uninvited guest was charging toward him.

"Bang, bang, bang—!"

Without another word, Yu Xiaogang stood at the door and began pounding on it.

After a two-second pause, a somewhat impatient voice came from inside. "Who is it, disturbing my sleep?"

There was a ninety-nine percent chance that anyone knocking on his door at this hour was not a student.

Only an academy teacher might have business with him, and the most likely culprit was that bastard Zhao Wuji.

"It's me!"

Hearing that somewhat familiar voice from inside, Yu Xiaogang answered.

Then, without the slightest concern for Flender's current state, he rudely pushed open the door and walked in.

"It's me, Yu Xiaogang!"

The moment he entered, their eyes met.

Then the atmosphere became utterly awkward.

Yu Xiaogang truly had not expected that Flender now slept without clothes on. Th-this-this... what kind of behavior was this!

He had no awareness at all that barging directly into someone else's room was an utterly shameless act.

Flender was completely dumbfounded. He never could have imagined that Yu Xiaogang would suddenly appear in his room at this hour.

What the hell was this!

Ever since the Golden Iron Triangle had fallen apart, the two of them had not seen each other for several years.

Why had this guy suddenly come looking for him? Something strange was definitely afoot! This fellow had shown up uninvited without even giving notice, and Flender truly could not guess what he wanted.

I already gave Liu Erlong to you, what the fuck else do you want?

Though he had countless questions in his heart, Flender remained relatively calm on the surface.

He quickly began getting dressed, while Yu Xiaogang rudely grabbed a nearby chair and sat down.

To break the deadlock in the room, Yu Xiaogang slowly spoke.

"Flender, you must be fairly satisfied with the new students Shrek Academy recruited this year, right?"

From what he knew, Shrek Academy's admissions standards were strict, so there were times when it could not recruit any new students at all.

So, with a student as talented as Tang San coming to Shrek Academy this year, Flender, as the dean, must have been delighted.

And such an outstanding student had been trained by me, Yu Xiaogang.

"Not bad. We recruited four new students this year, and all of them are quite talented."

Flender thought for a moment, then nodded without denying it. A rare satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Four?"

A trace of surprise flashed across Yu Xiaogang's stiff face.

Shrek Academy could recruit four students in a single year now?

When he arrived, the academy's facilities inside and out had looked rather run-down.

Could it be that the academy was struggling to stay afloat and had lowered its admissions standards?

Yu Xiaogang shook his head and asked instead, "How many students does the academy have now?"

By then, Flender had already finished getting dressed.

"Including this year's four freshmen, there are seven students in total."

"By the way, did you come all this way to Shrek Academy just to ask me these things?"

A trace of confusion appeared on Flender's face.

Yu Xiaogang had never come calling without a reason.

If he had come, there was definitely something going on.

As for whether it was good or bad, that was impossible to say.

"Yes, but not entirely."

Yu Xiaogang deliberately left him in suspense. A rare hint of pride flashed across his face as his gaze settled on Flender, and he said calmly,

"One of the four students Shrek Academy recruited this year is my disciple. I assume you already know that."

"So, how is it? Isn't my disciple's talent quite good?"

Yu Xiaogang had already put it in an exceedingly restrained and tactful manner.

According to what he truly thought, it could simply be called unprecedented and unmatched by anyone to come!

"Is that so?"

Flender froze. He truly had not known.

Looking at Yu Xiaogang, he hurriedly asked, "What is this disciple of yours called?"