New Theory Sells Big

"Heh heh, hahahahaha!"

"I succeeded!"

Shrek Academy.

A crazed laugh suddenly rang out from a dilapidated mud hut.

Ever since he had been forced to come to Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang had made the students undergo intense training every day while continuously researching new powers.

It was Ma Hongjun's power—Ma Hongjun's evil fire.

Although Ma Hongjun's Spirit was called the Evil Fire Phoenix, in terms of Spirit quality, more than half of its power came from the evil fire.

Without the evil fire, Ma Hongjun's Spirit would be nothing more than a flaming turkey.

Now that Yu Xiaogang had thoroughly researched Ma Hongjun's evil fire and believed revenge was finally within reach, he was naturally overjoyed.

"Xiaogang, are you saying you succeeded?"

Flender rushed out from the hut next door. He had only just managed to calm his frightened nerves when Yu Xiaogang's words shocked him again.

"Xiaogang, you truly deserve to be our pillar of wisdom. You accomplished with ease what ordinary people could never do."

Flender was thrilled. Ma Hongjun was his personal disciple, after all, and even he had been helpless before the Evil Fire Phoenix Spirit. Yet Yu Xiaogang had succeeded in researching it in less than two months?

Back when he had first taken Ma Hongjun in, he had once discovered the boy inexplicably trying to vent his fire late one night. It had worried him terribly at the time.

"It's nothing. Little Ma is my beloved disciple now as well."

Thinking of how Ma Hongjun had immediately acknowledged him, Yu Xiaogang, as his teacher after he gave the boy his Storage Soul Tool, Yu Xiaogang felt rather pleased.

Without further ado, Yu Xiaogang began explaining the effects of the evil fire to Flender.

"Although Little Ma's evil fire makes it difficult for him to settle down and cultivate, once he becomes accustomed to its torment, his mental strength will grow greater and his will become firmer."

Yu Xiaogang raised one finger. This was the first result of his research, but Flender merely looked at him with a puzzled expression.

If Ma Hongjun could possess a firm will, then he would not be Ma Hongjun.

Yu Xiaogang naturally understood Flender's strange look.

"Don't worry. I've already found a way to counter this evil fire."

"This evil fire does not merely torment Little Ma mentally. It also enhances the destructive power of his Fire Attribute Spirit and accelerates his cultivation."

"As long as we use ice to cool Little Ma down, the torment of the evil fire can largely be ignored. Then he can cultivate smoothly to the Soul Ancestor level."

"During this time, we only need to choose Soul Rings for Little Ma that control emotions and strengthen flames."

"Thanks to that Thesis by someone named Xiao Yan, I've decided to let Little Ma's Spirit continuously mutate until it eventually becomes a true phoenix."

As soon as Yu Xiaogang said this, Flender's eyes widened. After thinking it over for a moment, he also found the idea brilliant.

"But Xiaogang, the evil fire will definitely grow stronger as he grows stronger. Can you really remove it?"

"Why should we remove it? The evil fire allows for rapid cultivation. All we need to do is help Little Ma quickly master this power."

Yu Xiaogang smiled faintly, utterly confident in his theory.

Not only that, but Oscar's Sausage Spirit also had the same effect of assisting cultivation.

In Yu Xiaogang's view, Oscar, who possessed Innate Full Soul Power, likewise had limitless potential.

Even if Ma Hongjun's evil fire truly became impossible to control in the end, he still had Oscar.

Wouldn't it be enough to find a Soul Ring that could temporarily remove the effects of emotions—no, the negative effects?

If Xiao Lin had known Yu Xiaogang's plan at that moment, he would definitely have cursed Yu Xiaogang to high heaven.

What kind of garbage theory was this? Ma Hongjun's descendant, Ma Xiaotao, would later need Ultimate Ice to resolve her evil fire problem, yet instead of thinking of solving it early, he wanted to strengthen the evil fire.

Did he not know how he would die?

Even ten thousand years later, when technology and teaching resources were so much more advanced, they had been unable to solve it. Yet now he wanted Ma Hongjun to strengthen his evil fire.

Only Oscar's Innate Full Soul Power Food System Spirit might truly have a chance of resolving the evil fire's negative effects.

But that was not because Yu Xiaogang's theory was particularly good. It was because Oscar's talent was greater.

"This is bad, Headmaster! Ma Hongjun's evil fire has erupted again!"

At that moment, Zhao Wuji hurried to the hut where Yu Xiaogang and the others were and shouted at once.

"It's fine. I've already stocked Little Ma's Soul Tool with plenty of ice."

Yu Xiaogang waved his hand, his face brimming with confidence and carrying the air of a grandmaster.

"Oh, is that so? Then everything's fine."

Zhao Wuji immediately let out a relieved breath. As the vice headmaster, he cared deeply about the students.

Although Yu Xiaogang's reputation had been somewhat damaged now, who in the world today could truly be called a Grandmaster?

Yu Xiaogang's understanding of Soul Beasts far surpassed that of people like them, so Zhao Wuji chose to trust him.

However, Zhao Wuji quickly changed the subject and immediately pulled out a new copy of Spirit News.

"Oh, right, Grandmaster, Flender—the Spirit Hall has released a new issue of Spirit News. You should take a look."

Zhao Wuji handed the Spirit News in his hand to Yu Xiaogang, his expression slightly strange.

Yu Xiaogang and Flender knew Zhao Wuji would not bring up something casually, so they immediately began reading the Spirit News in earnest.

The circulation number of 19,735 on the Spirit News shocked them both.

"It sold that many?"

Yu Xiaogang and Flender spoke in unison, then turned their attention to the contents of the Spirit News.

"Super Limit Soul Ring Absorption?"

Upon reading the thesis's argument, Yu Xiaogang immediately revealed a hint of disdain. This was his greatest achievement—how could an ordinary person possibly overturn it?

Yet Zhao Wuji bluntly said, "Grandmaster, your thesis is outdated. According to intelligence, that Experimenter from the Star Luo Empire successfully absorbed a soul ring beyond the limit—a 443-year soul ring. A group of experts studied it and confirmed it."

"What!?"

"That's impossible!"

Yu Xiaogang immediately retorted in disbelief. Then, frowning, he began carefully reading its contents.

Halfway through, Yu Xiaogang's anger flared. Fine, fine, fine—this Lin Dong actually used him as a negative example.

Damn Lin Dong, and damn Xiao Yan.

Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth so hard they nearly shattered, continuing to read with hatred in his eyes.

In the end, Yu Xiaogang fell silent after finishing the Spirit News. He realized that the thesis written by Lin Dong did indeed conform to objective laws, especially since it had a successful case to support it.

Yu Xiaogang already knew that the title of Grandmaster could no longer belong to him.

And he would be nailed to the pillar of shame, humiliated by countless scholars of the Future.

Yu Xiaogang's face went ashen. He staggered and nearly fell backward.

"Xiaogang, are you alright?!"

Flender caught Yu Xiaogang, but no unusual emotion appeared on his face.

After all, in Flender's eyes, Yu Xiaogang had not conducted research for more than ten years. It was perfectly normal for later generations to catch up to him.

Like Zhao Wuji, he still believed Yu Xiaogang was among the very best Grandmasters, possessing wisdom second to none.

Not to mention the training plan Yu Xiaogang had made for his personal disciple, Ma Hongjun. Flender had seen it all and approved of it.

"I'm fine. Thank you, Flender."

"How could I not be fine? I'm the Grandmaster. I'll soon train one or two Monsters, one or two Titled Douluo. How could anything be wrong?"

A forced smile appeared on Yu Xiaogang's bloodless face.

Though he said that, with Yu Xiaogang's pride, he would definitely write a new thesis to strike back.

Damn Lin Dong, daring to use him as a negative example.