Master's Past, Part Two

"During that time, Yu Xiaogang read a great deal of material on Soul Masters from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in order to break through his bottleneck."

"Could these be the Martial Soul records you mentioned?" Xiao Wu asked. At the same time, she began to understand why Master always looked so stern.

"No, this is only a portion of it. In order to break through his bottleneck, he did something even more excessive."

"What did he do?" Xiao Yun had thoroughly aroused Xiao Wu's curiosity.

"He took advantage of an innocent young girl's feelings and secretly learned much non-public knowledge about Soul Masters from her sect. After the girl was taken back by her sect, he abandoned her and fled on his own. Later, he organized part of what he had learned and passed it off as his own Ten Core Martial Soul Theories, publishing them for the world to see. He couldn't even handle food placed right in his mouth. He was such a fucking waste."

Xiao Wu had wanted to refute him, but remembering how this senior had thoroughly dismantled two theories Master often mentioned, she suddenly did not know how to argue back.

She could only approach it from another angle. "I don't believe Master would use someone else's feelings to do something bad."

Xiao Yun ignored her and continued, "After leaving the city where that girl lived, he gained some fame through the theoretical knowledge he published. Later, he formed a team with Flender, the headmaster of your Shrek Academy, and another young girl. In the end, the team developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill—the Golden Sacred Dragon. They eventually earned their own title through that skill: the Golden Triangle. Do you know about this?"

Xiao Wu did not actually know much about it. She had only occasionally heard the teachers mention it, but she had rarely heard Master or Headmaster Flender speak of it. So she answered, "It sounds familiar, but I rarely heard Master mention it."

"Why do you think Master was unwilling to mention such a famous group?" Xiao Yun asked.

Xiao Wu thought for a while but could not make sense of it. She could only hazard a guess. "Was it because of relationship problems?"

Xiao Yun had not expected this silly little rabbit to get it right. He asked curiously, "Why would you think of that?"

Xiao Wu did not know how to explain it. After thinking for a moment, she decided to tell the truth. "I read it in some storybooks. There are many groups with two men and one woman, and they always break apart because of feelings. Most of the time, two of them fall in love with each other, while the other can only withdraw sadly."

Xiao Wu's words immediately made Xiao Yun think of Douluo Continent. There were simply too many love triangles like this, one in every generation. The oldest generation had Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi. Then came Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Ah Yin, followed by Qian Xunji, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong. Below them were Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong. After that came Spirit Hall's golden trio. If Xie Yue had not been Hu Liena's biological brother, there probably would have been another love triangle there too. Because of Xie Yue, the author simply had Hu Liena become entangled with Tang San instead, determined to create yet another love triangle. He really did not know why that author loved love triangles so much.

Xiao Yun rubbed his nose. "You guessed right. Yu Xiaogang and Flender of the Golden Triangle both liked the remaining girl, the power corner. But that girl clearly preferred the handsome, charming Yu Xiaogang, who knew how to sweet-talk people, and had no interest in the more mature Flender. Your headmaster withdrew from the competition in sorrow and gave that girl to Yu Xiaogang."

"Wasn't that a good ending? Why didn't they end up together?" Xiao Wu became curious as well.

"When Master and that girl were about to hold their wedding, something happened that shattered everything." Xiao Yun suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Little rabbit, what do you think it was?"

Xiao Wu shook her head. She could not imagine why two people in love would separate, so she asked directly, "Why?"

"Lovers became brother and sister!" That was the tragic ending of their story.

The moment Xiao Yu said this, Xiao Wu was struck as though by a thunderbolt. She could not believe what she had heard and stammered, "Senior, you mean that girl and Yu Xiaogang were brother and sister? How could that be possible? No matter what, he couldn't possibly fail to recognize his own sister, could he?"

Only then did Xiao Yun reveal the girl's name. "That girl was named Liu Erlong. She was the illegitimate daughter of Yu Xiaogang's second uncle. Her Martial Soul was a Fire Dragon mutated from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. When the two of them were about to become husband and wife, Master's second uncle came to them and told them this cruel truth. It caused a pair of lovers to part ways on their wedding night. In order to escape from it all, Master hid away in the remote little city of Nuoding City."

After hearing Xiao Yun's explanation, Xiao Wu was dumbfounded. She had never expected such hidden circumstances. Having attended school for several years, she naturally understood that if a relationship between brother and sister were exposed, it would be a tremendous scandal for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. If Yu Xiaogang had not been the son of Yu Yuanzhen, the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he would probably have been beaten to death by Liu Erlong's father long ago.

"This can't be true, can it?" Xiao Wu found it hard to believe.

Xiao Yun had no intention of explaining further. "The other main character in this matter is currently in Heaven Dou City. If you get the chance, you should meet her soon enough."

Xiao Yun picked up his teacup again and took a sip. After talking for so long, his throat had become somewhat dry.

After finishing his tea, Xiao Yun threw out another fatal question. "Little rabbit, do you think Master knew Liu Erlong's identity beforehand?"

Xiao Wu immediately covered her mouth, afraid she would cry out in shock.

After a long while, once she had adjusted herself mentally, she answered uncertainly, "I don't know either. He probably didn't know, right?"

"Do you think he really didn't know Liu Erlong's identity?" Xiao Yun pressed again.

Without waiting for Xiao Wu to answer, Xiao Yun answered himself. "I think he might not have known at first, but after spending time with her, he definitely should have learned Liu Erlong's identity. Liu Erlong, on the other hand, might genuinely not have known Yu Xiaogang's identity. After all, she was an illegitimate daughter. She definitely had never stayed in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and could not possibly have had any relevant information."

"Then why do you think Master knew Liu Erlong's identity?" Xiao Wu asked in return. This was very important. If Master had known Liu Erlong's identity beforehand, it meant he had deliberately approached her, making him a true scumbag. If not, then at most he was innocent through ignorance, which meant his character was not quite so bad.