Goodbye, Master

"Teacher!"

After returning to Shrek Academy, Su Mo and the others ran into Master right at the academy gates. Tang San immediately cried out in delight and hurried over to him.

Whoosh—

Bibi Dong's figure appeared behind Su Mo at some point, no one knew when.

"..."

Su Mo was utterly speechless. He decided to pretend he had not seen her!

"Who's that?"

"Xiao Wu, do you know him?"

Seeing Tang San's reaction, Ma Hongjun and the others immediately asked Xiao Wu beside them in curiosity.

"Mm-hmm. He's Third Brother's teacher, the Master everyone's heard of!"

Xiao Wu smiled happily.

"So he's Master..."

Hearing Xiao Wu's introduction, Dai Mubai and the others' eyes lit up.

They had always known that Tang San had a very impressive teacher guiding him, but they had never expected it to be the legendary Master.

"Let me introduce everyone. This is the teacher I've always told you all about!"

After Su Mo and the others came forward, Tang San formally introduced Yu Xiaogang to everyone.

"Hello, Master!"

"Hello, Master!"

Dai Mubai and the others greeted him one after another.

"Master, long time no see!"

Su Mo also smiled and greeted him.

Although he did not like Yu Xiaogang, there was really no need to hate him just because the man had refused to take him in.

"Yes. The last time I saw you was six years ago. I never expected you to grow so quickly, or to join Shrek Academy!"

"I admit that I underestimated you back then!"

When Yu Xiaogang saw Su Mo, he could not help speaking with emotion.

At the same time, he admitted that he had underestimated Su Mo back then.

Since Su Mo had joined Shrek Academy, he would be on the same team as Tang San and the others from now on. Yu Xiaogang did not want Su Mo to bear a grudge against him, which was why he spoke this way.

For Tang San's sake, he was able to set aside his pride.

For example, in the future, after Tang San exposed his Twin Martial Souls, he would rush to Spirit Hall at once, hoping to trick the secret of cultivating Twin Martial Souls out of Pope Bibi Dong before she received the news.

"It's fine. Compared with Tang San, I really am far behind!"

Su Mo smiled faintly, both self-mocking and carefree.

Su Mo admitted that his talent was inferior to Tang San's, but as for what would happen in the future, that was not necessarily set in stone!

That was why Su Mo's expression also carried a strong sense of pride and confidence.

It was precisely because he was confident that Su Mo could be so carefree.

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang looked deeply at Su Mo. He had to admit once again that the Su Mo before him truly was very different from other people.

Just like back then, after he had rejected Su Mo, Su Mo had not continued begging or anything of the sort. Instead, he had turned and left with great decisiveness.

Yu Xiaogang nodded. After that, he said nothing more and pulled Tang San away.

"Come on, tell us! What exactly happened between you and Master?"

"Yeah, Su Mo, hurry up and tell us..."

"..."

As soon as Yu Xiaogang and Tang San left, Ning Rongrong and the others could not help coming forward, full of gossip, to ask Su Mo about it.

From the conversation between Yu Xiaogang and Su Mo just now, it was not hard for them to tell that there was a story there—and a big one at that!

"It's actually nothing. Six years ago, before Tang San did, I took the initiative to ask Master to take me as his disciple!"

"Then after he learned that my Innate Soul Power was only rank 2, he refused!"

Seeing everyone's curiosity, Su Mo simply said it openly and generously.

He had no obligation to hide it for Yu Xiaogang.

"Ah..."

"Master actually rejected you..."

"No, wait, you said your Innate Soul Power was only rank 2?"

"How is that possible..."

"..."

After hearing Su Mo's words, Dai Mubai and the others' expressions all changed. None of them had expected there to be such a story between Su Mo and Yu Xiaogang.

Then they were shocked by Su Mo's Innate Soul Power level, each of them staring at him wide-eyed in disbelief.

This was also the first time they had learned that Su Mo's Innate Soul Power had actually been so low.

"You... aren't you the real monster here?"

"Your talent was that awful, yet you cultivated so quickly—and your combat strength is so strong!"

"You even came up with Soul Tool Fusion!"

"..."

Everyone was shaken by Su Mo.

Zhu Zhuqing was even more stunned. Her own talent could not really be called good either; at most, she counted as an ordinary genius.

But compared to Su Mo, her talent was practically top-tier!

Yet with such low talent, Su Mo had managed to reach his current achievements. For the first time, a trace of admiration appeared in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes as she looked at him.

Because only she understood better how much effort Su Mo must have put in along the way.

"Su Mo..."

What Zhu Zhuqing could think of, Ning Rongrong could think of as well. As she looked at Su Mo, a hint of heartache inevitably appeared in her gaze.

"Hmph, I really didn't expect Master to be that kind of person!"

"He knew Su Mo's talent was poor, so he rejected him!"

"And to think I used to believe he was really amazing!"

After that, Ning Rongrong gave a faint snort and began criticizing Yu Xiaogang.

"Master still has ability. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to teach such an outstanding disciple as Tang San! But I really didn't expect Master to have rejected Su Mo either..."

"Master also admitted just now that he misjudged him. Haha, Master must really regret not accepting Su Mo back then!"

"..."

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others also spoke up one after another. No matter what, at this moment, they were on Su Mo's side.

"Master... Master isn't that bad. Third Brother said before that Master accepted him in order to verify some of his ideas and knowledge, and only someone with talent like Third Brother's could better receive his guidance!"

Xiao Wu, however, spoke a good word for Yu Xiaogang.

And although she felt a little embarrassed, she also did not think Yu Xiaogang had done anything wrong by rejecting Su Mo back then. Su Mo's talent really had not been good to begin with!

"All right, everyone, that's enough!"

"Even I don't take it to heart, so don't bring it up again!"

Su Mo smiled and told everyone to stop talking about it.

After that, Su Mo returned to his own dormitory.

Once he was back in his dormitory, Su Mo activated Shared Vision, and sure enough, he immediately saw Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

Bibi Dong had indeed gone to Yu Xiaogang's place.

When he heard the voices of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang's conversation by his ear, Su Mo finally realized that what he shared from Bibi Dong included hearing as well.

"...So Su Mo actually went to Teacher to become his disciple back then!"

Tang San had just curiously asked Yu Xiaogang about his relationship with Su Mo. Only then did he learn that before him, Su Mo had once tried to take Master as his teacher too, only to be rejected by Master.

"Because his Innate Soul Power was only rank 2!"

"To be honest, Teacher really did misjudge him back then. But that was also because I had not researched the area of physical talent, which was why I misjudged him!"

"If he truly only had rank 2 Innate Soul Power, then he simply would not have been enough to carry my wisdom. Many of my concepts and research would not have been able to manifest through him at all!"