Dragon Gate Recruitment

Yu Xiaogang occasionally stepped forward to correct their training movements. Watching the Elite Class students sweat it out while he stood to the side directing them with gestures felt quite satisfying. Yu Xiaogang finally understood the pleasure instructors got from military training.

Time slipped away unnoticed, and the Elite Class students gradually completed the training regimen Yu Xiaogang had tailored for them. Yu Xiaogang instructed the students of the Elite Class:

"After yesterday's extreme training, the first Medicinal Bath had a very good effect. I found that many students' physical strength has improved considerably. Go to Teacher Ye in the infirmary to collect some lightly salted water and towels, then rest in the shade."

At that moment, some Elite Class students could no longer hold back. During the physical-strength examinations just now, the First Soul Rings of Su Yuntao and the other three had shockingly high age limits. Every one of them could absorb a First Soul Ring beyond the normal limit.

When it was their turn for the physical-strength test, most of them measured around 430 to 450 years. The gap was simply too great—especially Wang Dachui, that big fool, whose First Soul Ring could exceed 600 years. It had stunned everyone, and many Elite Class students were filled with doubts.

"Teacher Yu Xiaogang! Why are Wang Dachui and the others' First Soul Ring age limits so high? We all soaked in the same Medicinal Bath! Did you give them special treatment?"

Yu Xiaogang looked at this brave warrior who dared speak up for his Elite Class classmates and rather admired his courage. Wasn't he afraid Yu Xiaogang would make things difficult for him? Would anyone else tell him such a secret? But Yu Xiaogang had already regarded the Elite Class as Dragon Gate's reserve members. So he explained, "Good question. Then I'll introduce the sect I founded: it's called Dragon Gate! I did give Su Yuntao and the other four pills refined from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. That's why their improvement was so great."

Yu Xiaogang paused and saw the envious looks the Elite Class students were giving Su Yuntao and the other four. He began planning to recruit members for his Dragon Gate.

"You are all geniuses from Notting City. Would you be interested in joining the sect your teacher has just founded? Although Dragon Gate currently only has a name and everything must be built from scratch, I have Self-Created Soul Skills, a Soul Power Cultivation Secret Method, and Cultivation Secret Medicine as Dragon Gate's foundation."

"Dragon Gate is divided into the Outer Sect and the Inner Sect. The Outer Sect will teach you the Soul Power Meditation Method and Mental Power Meditation Method I've taught you. I've also recently been organizing a secret method for Mental Power Flying Knives. As Dragon Gate's unique attack method, it will be given to anyone who joins the Dragon Gate I founded. If you want something better, you'll have to join Dragon Gate's Outer Sect, work hard to contribute, and enter the Inner Sect."

After finishing his introduction, Yu Xiaogang felt his mouth was a little dry. He did not know whether putting Dragon Gate, this newly established force, out in the open like this was the right decision.

After hearing him out, the Elite Class students began whispering among themselves. A few who were close to Su Yuntao and the other three ran over to ask questions, keeping the four of them busy beyond measure.

A few had originally gone to Wang Dachui, but that guy only had one thing to say: "Whatever Sister Si Si says is right! I'll listen to her!" When Xiao Zhan heard that, he immediately felt that Si Si had stolen his little brother away.

After a period of commotion, the Elite Class students all expressed their desire to join Yu Xiaogang's sect, which barely had any members. This made Yu Xiaogang very happy. After all, these would be the foundation of his power on Douluo Continent.

Yu Xiaogang planned to write to Flender and Liu Erlong when the time came, calling the other two members of the Golden Iron Triangle over to serve as Dragon Gate elders. Flender also had a group of old brothers who could join Dragon Gate together. That way, they would have teachers as well. Yu Xiaogang only needed to grasp the overall direction and provide cultivation resources.

Liu Erlong was his second uncle's daughter—his cousin—and she had the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's resources behind her. Dragon Gate's initial funding would be secured. By now, Liu Erlong should have fallen out with his second uncle, right? She was probably planning to open an Advanced Academy in Heaven Dou City.

Flender had likely been disheartened after the original owner left without saying goodbye, and was planning to create Shrek Academy with a group of old brothers so they could retire in peace.

But that could wait for a while. If he brought them here now, they would not even have a place to stay. He only hoped Second Dragon Sister had calmed down and thought things through.

When the time came, Yu Xiaogang would have a proper talk with her. There was no possibility between them! This ill-fated relationship had to be severed! Otherwise, love that had only just begun to sprout might ferment and turn sour with time. Flender also admired his cousin Liu Erlong, so as a good brother, Yu Xiaogang had to give him a push! Yu Xiaogang watched the Elite Class students who had just joined Dragon Gate surround Sister Si Si, asking her all sorts of questions. Su Yuntao faithfully stood in front of Si Si, helping answer them. Xiao Zhan was over there gathering little brothers and forming his own clique—all boys, and all with martial souls from the Power Attack Department.

The girls naturally gathered around Si Si. At first, some boys had also crowded around Si Si to ask questions, but when they saw Xiao Zhan recruiting followers, they all ran over to him.

That left Su Yuntao in an awkward position, unable to leave yet unable to stay. Several bold girls even teased him about his relationship with Si Si. Seeing Su Yuntao blush crimson amid a flock of chirping girls, Yu Xiaogang could not help finding it amusing and had no choice but to rescue him.

"Alright, children! Now that you've all joined Dragon Gate, you don't need to call me Sect Master for now. Just keep calling me Teacher! I'll first build up your foundations, because Dragon Gate's secret techniques all have very high requirements. Study hard!"

The Elite Class students gradually quieted down upon hearing that. Seeing that these children's excitement had mostly passed, Yu Xiaogang continued the lesson on the fundamentals of Soul Power control.

"In this lesson, I'll teach you the most basic Soul Power control, allowing you to control every strand of Soul Power in your body as you wish. Use Mental Power to control the circulation of Soul Power and generate attraction and repulsion. I'll demonstrate first: use Mental Power to control Soul Power flowing to the soles of your feet, creating suction to climb a tree."

After saying that, Yu Xiaogang walked toward a large tree with his hands behind his back. Without pausing, he stepped directly onto it. His body moved sideways along the trunk, walking upward step by step until he reached a large branch halfway up the tree, where he hung upside down and looked at the Elite Class students below.

At first, the Elite Class students thought their Sect Master Teacher was joking. How could someone stick to a tree trunk with their feet? But when they saw Teacher Yu Xiaogang easily walk up the trunk as if he were on flat ground, they were all dumbfounded. A few even cried out in amazement.

Wang Dachui could not hold himself back and shouted in his booming voice, "Teacher! I want to learn that!"

The moment Wang Dachui shouted, he immediately sprang into action and started climbing a tree in imitation of Yu Xiaogang. But after only two steps, the bark was shattered by the impact of his surging Soul Power, exposing the wood underneath.

Wang Dachui was drenched in sweat as he concentrated his limited Mental Power to control his Soul Power. He lasted less than three seconds before falling down. With a flip, Yu Xiaogang landed lightly on the ground and said to him, "Wang Dachui, take it slowly. This depends greatly on Mental Power control. Come collect a cushion from me. Put it beneath the tree while you practice, and it won't hurt as much when you fall."

The Elite Class students all gathered around and took cushions from the pile Yu Xiaogang had long prepared in his Storage Soul Tool. Each student received one, then went off in groups of two or three to find large trees and practice this miraculous training method.

Fortunately, the training ground was on the Academy Back Mountain, where there were plenty of large trees.