Master and Disciple Talk, Su He Returns to the City

Su He was speechless; Yu Xiaogang always had a thought process that was hard for ordinary people to understand.

Finally Su He clasped his hands in a fist salute to everyone. Before leaving, he glanced at Oscar, who nodded to him, and then strode away.

"Wait! You're not allowed to leave!"

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, however, mustered his courage from who knows where, and with the power of a level 29 Soul Grandmaster, he once again stood in front of Su He and blocked his way.

"You haven't found the Little San yet, so as the Teacher on night watch, you have an inescapable responsibility!"

"Utterly absurd!"

Su He laughed in exasperation, never expecting that there were people in the world so adept at distorting the truth.

"Before leaving, I had already set up an aura barrier around the camp, allowing only exit but not entry. Grandmaster, do you mean that in this habitat of Thousand-Year Soul Beast, some powerful being deliberately broke in and destroyed the barrier?"

"Get out of my way!"

Seeing that Yu Xiaogang remained stubborn, Su He's patience finally ran out. She suddenly raised her hand, her fingertips surging with Soul Power, intending to knock Yu Xiaogang down.

"Teacher, Dean, I'm back!"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a voice that surprised Su He rang out. Immediately afterwards, a ragged figure parted the dense bushes and appeared in everyone's sight. Who else could it be but Tang San?

"The Little San!"

Upon seeing Tang San return, Yu Xiaogang immediately forgot about Su He and rushed to Tang San's side.

"Little San, you really worried your master to death! Don't you know how dangerous the nights are in the Star Dou Great Forest?!"

Yu Xiaogang's tone carried a hint of reproach, but more so, it expressed his joy at his disciple's safe return.

Su He didn't know how much of Yu Xiaogang's concern for Tang San was genuine. Perhaps there was indeed some master-disciple affection between Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, but perhaps more than that, Yu Xiaogang saw Tang San as a symbol to prove his own abilities.

Indeed, the Master of Gods.

This is precisely how Yu Xiaogang was evaluated by later generations in the Original Work.

"Teacher, let's talk about it when we get back."

Tang San whispered to Yu Xiaogang, who nodded in understanding and led Tang San into the tent. Su He, seeing that the matter was settled, clasped her hands in a fist salute to everyone, then leaped and began to swiftly traverse the forest, embarking on her journey home.

"Xue'er, I'm here."

Two days later, at the Shrek Academy, in Yu Xiaogang's room.

"Teacher, look!"

Tang San closed the door and took off his shirt.

A purple, backpack-like object slowly emerged from Tang San's skin, startling Yu Xiaogang instantly.

"This is..."

Before Yu Xiaogang could finish his exclamation, eight spider legs of different lengths extended from inside the purple thing. Because Tang San didn't seem to be able to perfectly control the Eight Spider Lances, these spider legs swayed erratically behind Tang San, and even almost bumped into Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.

"Teacher, that bastard Su He secretly left with Oscar and the other two that night, and I followed them, but I was shaken off. Humph, if I hadn't been shaken off, how would I have faced that life-or-death crisis?"

As Tang San spoke, a look of resentment appeared on his face, as if Su He was responsible for the entire series of events, from his failed attempt to track someone down to his subsequent attack by the Man Faced Demon Spider.

"Then, on my way back to camp alone, I encountered a giant spider with white patterns on its abdomen resembling a human face. I think this is the Evil Slaughterer, the Man Faced Demon Spider, that my Teacher had mentioned to me before."

At this point, Tang San concealed the details of how he received help from the blood-red power and his conversation with the figure in the blood-red robe. To ensure the credibility of his words, he also changed the Man Faced Demon Spider's cultivation level to more than two thousand years.

"... That's how it happened. Fortunately, I had Hidden Weapon with me, which allowed me to catch the demonic spider off guard and kill it. After that, these strange spider legs grew out of my body."

Tang San calmly recounted his battle against the "two-thousand-year-old" Man Faced Demon Spider, making everything seem plausible. Yu Xiaogang listened without suspicion, and was instead overjoyed that Tang San had returned unharmed.

After all, in his view, Tang San, a Soul Master at the Soul Elder level, would almost certainly die if he encountered an existence like the Man Faced Demon Spider. This time, it could only be said that his disciple was very lucky to survive.

"You've really survived a Little San; you're sure to have good fortune in the future!"

Having recovered from Tang San's story, Yu Xiaogang fixed his gaze on the spider legs on Tang San's back.

"If I'm not mistaken, the spider legs on your back should be the extremely rare External Soul Bone obtained from killing this Man Faced Demon Spider."

The Grandmaster was slightly excited, for with his knowledge he naturally knew how precious External Soul Bone were in the Spirit Master world.

"The characteristic of External Soul Bone is that it does not belong to any of the six major soul bones. It has the potential to grow and evolves as the Soul Master's strength increases. It can also be detached. The rarity of External Soul Bone is second only to Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring in the Spirit Master world."

"And!" the Grandmaster suddenly changed his tone, using a warning.

"This External Soul Bone should not be revealed to anyone except in life-or-death situations, as it will attract the covetous eyes of countless powerful individuals."

Upon hearing this, Tang San nodded emphatically. Obtaining External Soul Bone was still quite good news for him, but he couldn't be happy at all.

"Teacher, my father..."

Tang San spoke again, his eyes filled with a hint of sadness and deep hatred.

"Your His Excellency Haotian? Is there news about him?"

The Grandmaster was somewhat surprised, for the last time he had seen Tang Hao was when the latter gave him the Pope's Token in Suotuo City, and there had been no further news of him since.

"He's dead..."

"What did you say!"

Once Su He left the Star Dou Great Forest, he donned his black robe. Except for some large towns with no-fly zones, Su He activated his External Soul Bone, the Radiant Crystal Wings, which greatly increased his travel speed.

Su He missed his Xue'er so much that he didn't care about the consumption of his Soul Power. Instead, he looked down at the earth and enjoyed the scenery while flying.

Watching ordinary people working hard in the fields, I couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.

Arriving near the city gate of Heaven Dou City, Su He folded his wings and walked into the Heaven Dou City. The guards at the gate bowed respectfully to him upon seeing the Crown Prince's exclusive token.

Rumor has it that Xue Ye is terminally ill and has been unable to attend court for Jiujiu. Currently, the government is almost entirely controlled by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. It is already a foregone conclusion who will inherit the throne. Naturally, they are extremely respectful to the Crown Prince's confidants, and have even arranged for Su He to have a private carriage enter the city.