Master's Past III

Xiao Yun immediately began to analyze. "First, Liu Erlong's Martial Soul is a fire dragon, which is a mutation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. This is definitely recorded in their clan. Given Yu Xiaogang's time in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he would definitely have studied mutated Martial Souls, especially since his own Martial Soul had undergone a mutation. You can't deny this point, can you?"

Xiao Wu nodded. This truly was impossible to refute.

Xiao Yun continued, "Since he noticed that his companion Liu Erlong's Martial Soul might be the result of a clan Martial Soul mutation, do you think he would go and investigate in secret?"

Xiao Wu answered very frankly, "If it were me, I definitely would go and investigate this matter."

"As long as he investigated, he would definitely be able to discover Liu Erlong's identity. After all, given that woman Liu Erlong's temperament, she would never intentionally hide her identity."

Saying this, he paused, giving Xiao Wu a little time to think, before asking, "Since he knew Liu Erlong's identity, why did he continue to get close, and even deliberately make Liu Erlong fall in love with him?"

Xiao Wu's little brain at the moment was of no use at all. With her innocent mindset as a Soul Beast, she was completely unable to process this line of thought.

Seeing Xiao Wu looking so racked with a headache, Xiao Yun knocked her on the head once more. "Little rabbit, judging by your knowledge and experience, you could break your head and still never figure it out."

Xiao Wu could only cast a puzzled gaze at Xiao Yun, waiting for his answer.

Since he wanted to destroy Master's image in Xiao Wu's eyes, Xiao Yun naturally would interpret this matter from a special angle. "Little rabbit, what do you think is the thing Yu Xiaogang wants most of all? Is it power? Is it money? Is it love? Or something else?"

Xiao Wu thought about it carefully. It seemed like all three reasons above were it, yet it also seemed like none of them were.

Xiao Yun shook his head and said, "None of these. The thing he wants most is naturally power. Once he has power, he can have everything else. Therefore, when he discovered their trio's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, he wanted to control this power. To hold the dominant position among the three of them, he had to rope in one of them, and the best way was to tie Liu Erlong to his boat. Especially when he found out that Flender had also developed a fondness for Liu Erlong—in case the two of them ended up together, the leadership of the Golden Triangle would definitely not be in his hands. Thus, disregarding their identities, he launched an offensive against Liu Erlong, and quickly used his appearance and sweet talk to trick the naive Liu Erlong into handing her heart over to Yu Xiaogang."

"Unfortunately, on the day of their wedding, his behavior was finally discovered by Liu Erlong's father, who was also Yu Xiaogang's second uncle, and the matter was exposed directly. The result was that Yu Xiaogang couldn't face the two of them and had to leave, which directly led to the breakup of the Golden Triangle."

"This is just your guess. Master is definitely not that kind of person!" Xiao Wu was still persistent. After all, her Third Brother and Yu Xiaogang had been getting along for more than eight years, so naturally she wouldn't easily believe Xiao Yun's words.

Xiao Yun didn't expect to make Xiao Wu believe him immediately either, and said indifferently, "Believe it or not, but little rabbit, don't be foolish and listen to everything others say. You're a human now, you need to have your own independent thinking. Moreover, regarding the things I just said, in a little while, you can try and ask the other party involved yourself. You should be meeting her very soon."

"Really?" Xiao Wu was somewhat unconvinced.

"Within three days, you should be able to see the remaining member of the Golden Triangle, the Horn of Strength—Liu Erlong."

"Alright, I'll remember this. If you're lying, when we meet next time, don't blame me for being unpolite." With that, she waved her little fist to threaten Xiao Yun, forgetting what she looked like just a moment ago in her timid and cowardly state.

"Alright, alright, we forgot to talk about the real business!" Xiao Yun spoke up to draw Xiao Wu's attention.

"What real business?" Xiao Wu hadn't remembered any real business.

"It's about someone secretly vouching for you in the dark, keeping others from noticing your identity issue." Xiao Yun stated the serious matter they had been discussing earlier.

Xiao Wu indeed shook her head and said, "This is completely impossible. I don't know many people in human society, and there's simply no big shot who would vouch for me."

"Really none?" Xiao Yun said teasingly. "Think about the major power I mentioned earlier—is there any part of it that feels a bit familiar to you, and it's best to combine it with the naming issue I mentioned before?"

Xiao Wu began to recall, and finally she discovered a detail she had always not paid attention to: "You mean Third Brother's surname, Tang?"

"Right on, it's this one."

"Impossible," Xiao Wu shook her head repeatedly and said, "The Clear Sky Sect has been sealed off for more than ten years. How could Third Brother be someone from the Clear Sky Sect? Furthermore, the Martial Souls of the Clear Sky Sect are all Clear Sky Hammers. How could it possibly be a Blue Silver Grass?" Xiao Wu completely disbelieved what she had thought of.

"Then have you ever considered that your Third Brother has Twin Martial Souls? He even took out his Martial Soul and used it before. You'll understand as long as you think carefully." Xiao Yun continued to remind her.

With Xiao Yun's reminder, Xiao Wu immediately thought of when they had just entered Shrek Academy and fought against the instructor Zhao Wuji. Third Brother had indeed used a hammer as a weapon, and without thinking she blurted out, "You mean the hammer Third Brother used when fighting Zhao Wuji during the Shrek Academy entrance exam?"

"Right, it's that one." Xiao Yun immediately confirmed, "I didn't think you, this little rabbit, have a pretty good memory!"

Xiao Wu immediately retorted, "That's the hammer Third Brother uses for forging. How could it be the Clear Sky Hammer?"

Xiao Yun directly threw out a question that left Xiao Wu dumbfounded: "Do you think your instructor, a level-76 Soul Saint with the title of Immovable Ming King who possesses the Great Vajra Bear Martial Soul, would be sent flying by a teenager barely over level 20 using a tiny forging hammer? Wouldn't that be underestimating him far too much?"

"The reason he could send Zhao Wuji flying is precisely because that is the number one Tool Martial Soul under heaven, which not only possesses immense strength, but also carries a special suppressing force."

Xiao Wu fell into thought once again. She wanted to come up with a reason to refute Xiao Yun's words. After a good while, as if she thought of something, she asked excitedly, "If that really is the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, Instructor Zhao Wuji would definitely recognize it. Why didn't he say anything?"

Xiao Yun directly retorted, "Do you think he dared to say it?"

"Why wouldn't he dare?" Xiao Wu asked right back.

Xiao Yun was truly somewhat speechless at this little rabbit, and directly reminded her, "The day after that, you should have seen Zhao Wuji get beaten up fiercely. He looked all bruised and battered, but when asked, he didn't dare to speak."