Yu Xiaogang Went Mad

"Aunt Erlong, Aunt, Uncle, do you have time? Ever since the Martial Soul Ranking was announced, my teacher suffered a blow and became mentally unstable. Even the medicine I prescribed for him has had little effect."

Tang San ran over. After politely greeting them, he explained his request.

"What? Xiaogang has gone mad?" Liu Erlong cried out. "Little San, why didn't you tell me sooner?!"

Tang San said bitterly, "Aunt Erlong, we only returned to the academy from the Star Dou Great Forest at noon today. As soon as I got back, I went to see Teacher. After taking his pulse, I discovered that his condition hadn't improved despite taking medicine for over ten days. I've been staying with him in his room for the past few hours. When I heard you had come out of seclusion, I hurried over to see you."

"Come on, let's go take a look."

Liu Erlong grabbed Tang San and strode toward the room where Yu Xiaogang was staying. Yu Xiaogang was, after all, her cousin and also a teacher at the academy. She could not simply stand by and do nothing. They would first assess his condition before considering how to treat him.

"Yuehua, come on. Let's follow them and take a look." Huang Tian gave a wry smile and led Tang Yuehua after them.

When they saw Yu Xiaogang's room, they found him lying flat on the bed, his hands and feet restrained. He kept repeating the words "impossible," clearly having suffered an enormous blow.

"Xiaogang, Xiaogang, it's me, Erlong. Can you hear me?"

Liu Erlong bent over beside Yu Xiaogang's bed and spoke to him, but no matter how she called out, Yu Xiaogang ignored her. His eyes were vacant as he kept muttering the word "impossible."

"Tang San, did you prescribe the wrong medicine? Why hasn't your teacher recovered after so long?" Liu Erlong suddenly turned around and shouted angrily at Tang San.

Tang San said in frustration, "Aunt Erlong, I didn't prescribe the wrong medicine. It's just that I haven't been at the academy lately and couldn't look after Teacher. I couldn't even keep track of the changes in his condition. I should have stayed at the academy. Otherwise, Teacher's condition might have improved."

Huang Tian said sternly, "Enough, Erlong. Don't take your anger out on the child. I think Grandmaster's illness is not simple. It isn't something that medicine alone can cure. We need to know why he fell ill before we can treat the root cause. Tang San, tell us what happened."

"Uncle, this happened because of you. When your three martial souls were revealed, Teacher felt that all the martial soul theories he had studied for decades were wrong. He couldn't accept the blow, and he went mad! I thought my Twin Martial Souls were already incredibly impressive, but I never expected you to be even more impressive. When only one of my martial souls made the ranking, I had trouble accepting it too. It was only after my father told me that the strongest Clear Sky Hammer martial soul wielder was my great-grandfather that I finally accepted it." Tang San spoke with some resentment.

"It was actually me?" Huang Tian pointed at himself in confusion. In his eyes, he was simply an anomaly. He had never expected Yu Xiaogang to lose his mind because his three martial souls had been revealed. Should he save Yu Xiaogang? But he had never treated insanity before.

"Yes, it was you," Tang San said firmly.

"Then hurry and send someone to find an excellent physician to treat Grandmaster! We aren't physicians, so how would we know how to treat him?" Huang Tian said irritably.

"Aren't you a god?" Tang San asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I'm a god, but what I comprehend is all related to combat." Huang Tian smiled. "Send someone to find a physician. If they really can't cure him, then ask a healing-type soul master for help."

"That's right, that's right. Little San, hurry and find Vice Dean Flender. Have him send someone to find the best physician in the entire empire to treat your teacher. If that still doesn't work, find a healing-type soul master," Liu Erlong immediately told Tang San after hearing Huang Tian's words.

"Understood, Aunt Erlong." Tang San immediately ran out of the room and headed toward Flender.

Huang Tian looked at Liu Erlong with a trace of jealousy. It was true that they were cousins, but before they knew each other's identities, they had even been lovers. Now that she had been married to him for more than three years, why was she still so concerned about him?

Tang Yuehua had navigated Heaven Dou Imperial City for more than thirty years and handled all kinds of interpersonal relationships exceptionally well. She had been able to move freely among so many factions entirely because of her sharp and perceptive mind. She had been watching Huang Tian's expression the whole time. The moment she saw his face change, she quickly pulled Liu Erlong aside and softly said, "Sister Erlong, you need to understand your current status. It would be best to keep your distance from him."

Only after hearing the implication in Tang Yuehua's words did Liu Erlong come to her senses. That was right—she was already another man's wife. She truly should draw a line under all her past experiences. No matter how magnanimous a man was, seeing his wife so worried about her former boyfriend would make him angry.

She stepped away from the bed, came to Huang Tian's side, wrapped her arms around his right arm, and said coquettishly, "Husband, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so nervous about his condition. It's just that he is, after all, my cousin and a teacher at the academy. We have a responsibility to cure him."

"Mm." Huang Tian said coldly, "Be more mindful of your identity and position in the future. Don't do foolish things on impulse. I have been magnanimous enough to let him live this long, but that doesn't mean I'll let him live healthily. Enough, I'm hungry. Let's go."

That's right, I can save him, but I just won't. Why? Because you still don't understand your place. Since you married me, don't care so much about your former boyfriend.

Liu Erlong understood Huang Tian's unspoken meaning and felt deeply regretful. She should not still care so much about Yu Xiaogang. They clearly no longer had any relationship, yet her actions now were too disappointing. Fortunately, there were no outsiders here. Otherwise, not only would she lose face, but her husband would be thoroughly humiliated as well. From now on, Yu Xiaogang and I will be strangers. I won't care excessively about him again, and there will never again be any actions that overstep my bounds.

In a private room on the second floor of the dining hall, Huang Tian, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua sat around a table covered with all kinds of exquisite delicacies. Liu Erlong picked up dishes and placed them in Huang Tian's bowl, piling them into a small mountain. Smiling apologetically, she said, "Husband, don't be angry. I promise I will absolutely never act as I did today again. I won't meddle in the academy's trivial affairs either. I'll leave everything entirely to Boss Flender."

"Mm. You need to understand that you are my principal wife. People watch every move you make and every word you say. If someone spread today's matter around, it would not only be you who lost face, but me as well. They would say that the first god of the Douluo Continent can't even discipline his own wife, allowing her to remain entangled with her former lover. If it were someone else, they would have long since gotten rid of all ties connected to their wife's former lover. What man is as magnanimous as I am? But you cannot keep testing my patience like this. I get angry too." Huang Tian slammed his chopsticks onto the table and spoke furiously.

Tears immediately streamed down Liu Erlong's face. Sobbing, she said, "Husband... I-I know I was wrong. Don't worry, I won't have even half a copper soul coin's worth of connection with him anymore. Tomorrow, I'll send him back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to be treated there. He and I will never meet again."

"Enough. It's good that you understand how serious the consequences are! Be good, eat. Today was supposed to be a celebration for your breakthrough to Demigod Title Douluo, but this incident ruined it." Huang Tian wiped away Liu Erlong's tears with his fingers, placed a pair of chopsticks in her hand, and spoke with some heartache.

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