Yun Lan, Little Lucky Star

Su Yuntao tightly clasped the porcelain pill bottle Teacher Yu Xiaogang had given him. After bowing deeply to Yu Xiaogang, he ran toward the Elite Class group.

Xiao Zhan walked over with a warm smile, threw an arm around Su Yuntao's shoulders, and gave him a thumbs-up. "Su Yuntao, you really did us boys proud! You've got guts! Xiao the Boss likes brothers like you who value loyalty most! Now that the four of us are Teacher's disciples, we can't bring shame to him! Si Si had her eyes on you the whole time you were speaking to Teacher just now!"

Then Xiao Zhan leaned close to Su Yuntao's ear and teased in a low voice, "Senior Sister Si Si was really impressed by you just now! Based on my experience, Si Si is definitely interested in you! Want your brother here to help you?"

Su Yuntao immediately flushed bright red. He raised his head slightly, stole a glance at Si Si in the distance from the corner of his eye, then quickly turned back and quietly asked Xiao Zhan, "Really? Xiao... Xiao the Boss?"

"Hehe! With me here, what are you afraid of? Leave it to me! But you have to tell me how you broke through just now. Don't worry, I won't try to copy you! Teacher already warned us. I'm just curious! Just curious!"

Xiao Zhan and the boys around Su Yuntao whispered among themselves. Si Si, standing some distance away, found it all rather baffling. Boys' thoughts really could be hard to figure out sometimes.

Si Si had seen everything Su Yuntao had done just now. The timid, submissive Su Yuntao of the past was gone. Ever since entering the Elite Class, he had become a completely different person—hardworking and ambitious. Of everyone in the Elite Class, Su Yuntao, despite his poor talent, had improved the most in this short time.

Si Si had always had many admirers, and Su Yuntao had once been just one insignificant one among them. But after they had become Yu Xiaogang's disciples together, Su Yuntao's personal charm had begun to show. Now, Si Si found herself noticing him from time to time as well.

Si Si had also admired Su Yuntao for kneeling before Teacher Yu Xiaogang in front of so many Classmates. It showed the qualities a disciple ought to possess. Besides, Teacher Yu Xiaogang truly taught her and the other three with great care.

As Si Si's thoughts wandered, Yu Xiaogang began calling names one by one for the tree-climbing Soul Power control assessment. Perhaps because of how much concern Yu Xiaogang had shown Su Yuntao, every student taking the assessment fought especially hard. This left Yu Xiaogang rather speechless, and he could only use Mental Power to catch the Elite Class students who fell after exhausting their Soul Power.

If not for the Life Soul Power provided by Yun Lan, the collective consciousness of the Blue Silver Grass Network that he had created yesterday, every last one of them would have ended up lying in the infirmary.

Yu Xiaogang also discovered that although Blue Silver Grass was rather useless, its vitality was truly tenacious! He had no idea why the Yu Xiaogang of the original story had made Tang San take the control route and even add poison attributes. If the Blue Silver King had not helped Tang San awaken the Blue Silver Grass Royal Bloodline, Tang San's first Martial Soul would have been useless.

Yu Xiaogang planned to begin researching a pure life-support Soul Ring configuration for Blue Silver Grass, and it was also time to reveal the true medicinal use of Whale Rubber. Otherwise, once every Elite Class student began absorbing Soul Rings beyond their limits, it would surely attract the attention of the major powers across the continent.

Yu Xiaogang would release news about Whale Rubber and keep them busy for a while, so they would stop focusing their attention on Notting City.

After helping the Elite Class students hunt and obtain Soul Rings, he would publish the Martial Soul Evolution Theory, the classification of Martial Soul origin attributes, the theory of Soul Power circulation through meridians, and a simplified Soul Power Meditation Method. That would prove Yu Xiaogang's reputation as a theory master and fulfill the original owner's obsession.

The original Yu Xiaogang had not completely disappeared, leaving behind an obsession with proving his reputation as a theory master. Recently, while cultivating in deep meditation, Yu Xiaogang had sensed that his Sea of Consciousness had been unable to reach completion.

Deep Blue had noticed the issue, which was why Yu Xiaogang planned to give the people of Douluo Continent something big! That would definitely draw the attention of Qian Xunji of Spirit Hall, so he would release Whale Rubber, something useful to all Soul Masters, to attract their attention.

Moreover, Deep Blue and Yun Lan had deduced a composition identical to artificially synthesized Whale Rubber. It used Yun Lan's Soul Power, rich in life aura, to imitate the medicinal effects of Whale Rubber. Yu Xiaogang had been overjoyed when Deep Blue told him. Yun Lan truly was his Little Lucky Star! When the Elite Class students exhausted their Soul Power and Mental Power during the assessment, Yu Xiaogang had tested Yun Lan's Life Soul Power, which imitated the medicinal effects of Whale Rubber. The results could be said to be identical. However, the imitation was limited to hundred-year Whale Rubber. Thousand-year and ten-thousand-year versions consumed too much of Yun Lan's Soul Power. For now, Yun Lan's main focus was still developing the Blue Silver Grass Network.

After two busy hours, only half of the Elite Class students had passed the tree-climbing assessment. Still, that was not bad. Achieving such results in less than half a month was already something worth boasting about.

Yu Xiaogang put away his notebook and pen, used Mental Power to control his body as he floated down before the Elite Class students, and said, "You've all done very well! Many of you passed the assessment. Those who didn't pass need not be discouraged. Just pass the next assessment. Keep cultivating diligently! Su Yuntao, Xiao Zhan, Wang Dachui, Si Si, step forward! As your teacher, I have rewards for you!"

Su Yuntao and the other three stepped forward with delighted expressions and stood before Yu Xiaogang, looking at Teacher Yu Xiaogang expectantly to see what rewards he would give them. Yu Xiaogang smiled, took out Thousand-Year Whale Rubber pills from his Storage Soul Tool, and gave each of the four a bottle. Then he said, "These are rewards from your teacher for your recent hard work in cultivation! Cultivate well, and do not disappoint me! In a moment, do not resist with your mental power. I will pass on to you a method for opening the Sea of Consciousness and a cultivation method for Mental Power. Remember, you must not pass it on without my permission!"

The four accepted the porcelain pill bottles floating before them and put them away. When they heard that Teacher Yu Xiaogang was going to teach them that Self-Created Soul Skill, they answered excitedly, "Yes, Teacher! We won't disappoint you!"

Yu Xiaogang nodded with a smile. He pointed forward, and four golden specks of light entered the foreheads of Su Yuntao and the other three, transmitting the cultivation methods Deep Blue had organized and deduced into their minds.

Seeing that the four were still closing their eyes to absorb the knowledge he had just transmitted, Yu Xiaogang used Mental Power to lift his body again. He then took out hundred-year Whale Rubber pills and several cultivation pills from his Storage Soul Tool, distributing them according to their assessment results.

Although only Su Yuntao and the other three were considered Yu Xiaogang's true disciples in the Elite Class, while the rest were Outer Sect disciples of the sect he had founded—in other words, nominal disciples—he still had to fulfill the rewards he had promised! The Elite Class students had originally watched Su Yuntao and the others receive Teacher Yu Xiaogang's rewards with envy and longing. After all, the four had formally taken Yu Xiaogang as their teacher. Who would have thought that after rewarding his disciples, Yu Xiaogang would have rewards for them as well? They were overjoyed! After accepting their own rewards, the Elite Class students bowed respectfully to Yu Xiaogang. "Thank you for the reward, Sect Master! We won't disappoint you either! We will continue cultivating diligently and defend the sect!"

The Elite Class students felt that they had followed the right person. Their Sect Master was truly generous. If they lacked cultivation methods, he gave them some. Passing an assessment also earned rewards. The Elite Class students' sense of belonging grew even stronger.