Refusal

Notting Academy, inside a small detached loft.

Yu Xiaogang was in his study, reading seriously.

After who knew how long, Yu Xiaogang, mentally exhausted, finally put down the book in his hand and leaned back in his chair.

Rubbing his aching temples, Yu Xiaogang let out a long sigh.

He stared somewhat blankly out the window. He had been living these dry, tasteless days for a very long time now, hadn't he?

When he first came to Notting Academy, he had been invited by the dean as a guest lecturer.

At the start, he had indeed spent a fulfilling period there, enjoying his time teaching.

But good times never lasted. Once the academy's students began to learn of his past, one by one, they became unwilling to attend his lectures. Some even started mocking him, just like the people outside.

They only refrained from ridiculing him to his face because he was the Dean's friend.

And his position as a guest lecturer had become nothing more than decoration.

Yu Xiaogang had thought about leaving this place and going somewhere else.

But Yu Xiaogang could not think of anywhere he could still go, so he had kept dragging things out and shamelessly stayed here.

He was unwilling to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and he did not want to go to Shrek Academy, which Flender had founded, for fear that Liu Erlong would find her way there.

Besides, in his current state, he did not want to see those familiar people either!

"When will I be able to discover a genius, one who is willing to believe in me and accept my guidance..."

"If that happened, I could prove myself through the student I taught!"

Yu Xiaogang imagined it in his heart. He had already had this thought for a long time.

He simply had never been able to find one, and as for students with ordinary talent, he was unwilling to teach them.

"Master, Master!"

"Master, are you inside?"

Suddenly, a voice calling out to Yu Xiaogang came from outside.

"I'm inside. Wait a moment!"

Yu Xiaogang had not expected someone to actually come looking for him. After answering, he got up, left the study, and came to the door.

Creak~

"What is it?"

After opening the door, Yu Xiaogang discovered that the other party was the Gatekeeper of Notting City.

"Greetings, Master. It's like this. A child said he knew you and wanted to look for you!"

"So I brought him here. Master, please see if you want to meet him. If Master doesn't know him, I'll take him away at once!"

After seeing Yu Xiaogang, the Gatekeeper hurriedly and respectfully explained why he had come.

When the Gatekeeper finished speaking, he stepped aside, and only then did Yu Xiaogang notice that there was also a boy following behind him.

This left Yu Xiaogang somewhat stunned. He had not expected that it was actually a little brat looking for him.

"Xiaogang!"

At this moment, from the side where neither Yu Xiaogang nor the Gatekeeper could see her, Bibi Dong could not help calling out Xiaogang's name excitedly after seeing Yu Xiaogang's figure.

After realizing that Yu Xiaogang could not hear her voice at all, Bibi Dong finally reacted, and a strong trace of disappointment flashed through her beautiful eyes.

That was right. Xiaogang couldn't see her!

Still, as long as she could see Xiaogang, that was enough!

At Bibi Dong's reaction, Su Mo inwardly rolled his eyes.

How embarrassing!

She wasn't the least bit afraid that he would discover there was something not simple about her relationship with Yu Xiaogang!

"Hello, Master. I want to take Master as my teacher!"

Su Mo could not bear to keep watching Bibi Dong acting like a lovesick simp, so he raised his head and stated his purpose to Yu Xiaogang directly.

After saying this, Su Mo still believed in his heart that Yu Xiaogang would not accept him.

But if Yu Xiaogang truly did accept him beyond all expectations, Su Mo would not be unable to accept it either.

At the very least, if he truly became Yu Xiaogang's disciple, it should not be difficult to follow Master into Shrek Academy six years later.

And as Tang San's senior brother, as long as he built a good relationship with Tang San, after Tang San obtained the Immortal Herbs in the future, Su Mo would definitely get a share.

Thinking about it this way, Su Mo was not that resistant to becoming Yu Xiaogang's disciple.

Although he really disliked Yu Xiaogang and also disliked Tang San, he would not make life difficult for himself when Immortal Herbs were involved!

Su Mo himself had also considered obtaining Immortal Herbs through this route before.

A route like this was far more reliable than going off to find people from Spirit Hall to cooperate with.

Though Tang San was an extreme hypocrite, he was still very generous toward the people around him!

However, even though Su Mo knew Yu Xiaogang accepting him as a disciple should be more beneficial to him, in his heart, he still hoped more to see Yu Xiaogang reject him, so Bibi Dong could see exactly what the Yu Xiaogang she trusted really was.

"Become my disciple?"

"Little friend, are you serious?"

Hearing Su Mo's words, Yu Xiaogang's expression froze at once, then he spoke with some excitement.

After so many years, no one had ever taken the initiative to ask to become his disciple.

The Gatekeeper beside them, after hearing Su Mo's words, could not help glancing at Su Mo in surprise as well, his gaze filled with strangeness.

His respect for Yu Xiaogang was only on the surface.

Deep down, he was just like everyone else, looking down on Yu Xiaogang very much.

So when he saw someone wanting to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple, he was greatly astonished too.

Of course I'm not serious!

Su Mo grumbled inwardly, then said, "Yes, Master. I hope I can become Master's student!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Hearing Su Mo's words, Yu Xiaogang happily cried "good" several times in a row, appearing extremely pleased.

"Little friend, what's your name?"

"How old are you this year? Have you awakened your spirit? What is your spirit? What is your Innate Soul Power?"

In his happiness, Yu Xiaogang immediately began asking Su Mo in a gentle, kindly voice.

Immediately afterward, Yu Xiaogang turned his head and said to the Gatekeeper, "Thank you for bringing him in. You can leave him to me now!"

Yu Xiaogang did not tell the Gatekeeper to leave, but the meaning in his words was clearly asking the Gatekeeper to go.

"All right, Master. Then I'll be leaving first. Please go ahead, Master!"

The Gatekeeper understood at once when he heard this, then took his leave and departed.

Seeing this from the side, Su Mo did not immediately answer Yu Xiaogang's questions.

Only after Yu Xiaogang turned his gaze back to him did Su Mo speak. "Master, my name is Su Mo. I'm six this year. I've already awakened my spirit. It's the Soul Hunting Spear Spirit, and my Innate Soul Power is level 2!"

"Soul Hunting Spear, Innate Soul Power level 2!"

Yu Xiaogang, who had originally still been very happy, heard the spirit Su Mo had awakened and his Innate Soul Power Level, and his eyes instantly dimmed.

Looking at Su Mo before him, Yu Xiaogang began to ponder.

He thought about how he should refuse the Su Mo before him. After all, this was the only person in all these years who had taken the initiative to come and ask to become his disciple.

"Little friend Su Mo, I'm very happy that you want to become my disciple!"

"But I'm very sorry. I can't accept you as my student!"

In the end, Yu Xiaogang still chose to reject Su Mo directly.

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