Yu Xiaogang, Explain Yourself

"Alright, then let's fetch some well water and verify it."

Seeing that Feng Hao himself had said so, the principal decided to first investigate the well water.

"To prevent anyone from causing trouble, let's all go together!" Feng Hao suggested.

"Alright, a few teachers, come with us. You'll accompany me to the well." The principal addressed the teachers seated below.

The principal, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Feng Hao, Xiao Wu, eight teachers, and a crowd of students headed to the well.

The principal personally drew the water.

After he brought up the well water, Feng Hao said, "I can't tell whether this water is poisonous. Master, prove it to everyone."

"Bring a silver needle first!" Yu Xiaogang said.

"Master, I have one here." As Tang San spoke, he summoned a silver needle from his belt.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Tang San gently inserted the silver needle into the water.

There was no change whatsoever in the silver needle.

The principal looked at Tang San and demanded, "Is it poisonous?"

"No... it isn't. Perhaps the poison is particularly well-concealed. I'll use another method to examine it." As Tang San spoke, he took out a jar of wine.

He said to the principal, "Principal, if the water turns yellow later, it means someone poisoned it."

"Teacher Feng, what do you think?" The principal wanted to hear Feng Hao's opinion.

After all, the method sounded unreliable to him.

"It's fine. Do as he says." Feng Hao replied calmly.

Upon hearing this, Tang San poured the wine directly in.

After a while, the water remained as clear as before.

Other than a faint scent of wine, there was nothing unusual.

"Tang San?" the principal bellowed.

"This... this is impossible. Impossible." Tang San stared at the water before him and muttered.

Yu Xiaogang looked toward Tang San and hurriedly asked, "Xiao San, what's going on? Did we use the wrong method?"

"That's right, the method must be wrong. Let me think."

Tang San was panicking now, because he had no idea what to do.

He had clearly put poison in it. Why was there no trace of poison now?

"Principal, may I say a few words?" Feng Hao asked at this moment.

"Go ahead!" the principal said.

Feng Hao looked at Tang San with a regretful expression. "Xiao San, are you wondering why the poison is gone? The poison you put in has vanished."

"What nonsense are you talking about? What poison did I put in?" Tang San said, red-faced.

"You're getting so worked up. Your composure still isn't good enough. I don't know what Yu Xiaogang told you to make you hate me so much."

"You even wanted to poison the school and ruin my reputation."

"I saw you poisoning the place last night. How could I, your teacher, not recognize your little poison tricks? I cured the poison, and I had hoped to let the matter end there."

"You graduate today. You can go elsewhere to study, and I'll take Xiao Wu somewhere else as well."

"But today, you still tried to destroy me. Xiao San, do you know? My heart truly aches."

"From this day forth, you, Tang San, are no longer a disciple of mine, Feng Hao."

"If you want to rot alongside trash like Yu Xiaogang, then so be it!"

Having spoken those words in anguish, Feng Hao finally expelled Tang San.

After he finished speaking, he also obtained the Fourth spirit ring of the Sun True Fire.

After obtaining this spirit ring, his level rose directly to Level 43.

He had actually reached Level 40 long ago, over the past four years.

It was just that no mission had been triggered after Level 40.

Without obtaining a spirit ring, he had not wanted to seek out some trash spirit ring, so he had kept delaying it.

But he had continued cultivating, so once he absorbed the spirit ring, his cultivation immediately rose by three levels.

After hearing this, everyone around them was stunned.

They all stared at Tang San and demanded, "Tang San, were you really the one who poisoned it?"

"Tang San, why would you do this? Has Teacher Feng not treated you well enough?"

"Tang San, we thought you were a good student all these years. Who would have thought you were the kind of person who betrays his teacher and ancestors?"

Amid everyone's furious condemnation, Tang San finally erupted.

His eyes bloodshot, he looked at the crowd and said, "Yes, that's right. I, Tang San, planted the poison. But do you know why I did it?"

"Feng Hao is from Spirit Hall. He came to kill me because of the grudge between my father and Spirit Hall."

"Because of his arrival, my father had no choice but to leave. I still don't even know where he is. How could I not hate him?"

"The poison I used wasn't severely harmful. At most, it would have given you stomachaches for a few days."

"I have wronged you all. Today, I, Tang San, will submit to whatever you decide."

Seeing Tang San admit it, Feng Hao sighed inwardly. He had not completely fallen apart yet.

At the very least, he still dared to step forward and admit it.

In response to his words, someone questioned, "Who is your father? He has a grudge against Spirit Hall, and people from Spirit Hall want to harm you?"

The questioner's tone held more disdain than doubt.

Before Tang San could speak, Feng Hao said, "His father is Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo. That is precisely why I wanted to take him as my disciple and teach him properly. Who would have thought he would assume I was from Spirit Hall?"

"The Clear Sky Douluo?" Everyone older present stared at Tang San in shock.

Tang Hao's reputation was simply too great. After all, he was the man who had killed the previous Pope.

"You're not from Spirit Hall, yet you managed to obtain a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as your first spirit ring?" Tang San demanded.

"Tang San, Tang San! Don't you know that everyone has different opportunities? You have your own opportunities too. Do you think you're the protagonist of this world? That the whole world has to revolve around you?"

Feng Hao rebuked him. Tang San had indeed once been the protagonist, but after Feng Hao came, he no longer was.

"Opportunities? A normal person could never reach that level." Yu Xiaogang said coldly.

"Then please tell me, Master, why would being from Spirit Hall allow me to possess a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring?" Feng Hao asked.

"You are an experiment of Spirit Hall. Spirit Hall has always been researching ways to raise the age limit of the first spirit ring. I have looked into this before," Master said confidently.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Feng Hao applauded and narrowed his eyes. "Wonderful. Truly wonderful."

"Then, Master, I'd like you to explain my remaining spirit rings as well."

"Show me the rest of your spirit rings first," Yu Xiaogang said.

"Of course." Feng Hao turned to the principal and the others. "Principal, please step back a little."

"Alright!" Though the principal and the others did not understand why he wanted them to retreat, they did so anyway.

"Xiao Wu, go over there first too. In a moment, I'll teach this piece of trash a lesson for you." Feng Hao spoke gently to Xiao Wu.

"Alright, Brother Feng Hao." Xiao Wu nodded and stepped aside.

Feng Hao mobilized his Soul Power and released his spirit rings.

One spirit ring after another rose from beneath his feet.

The first spirit ring—black!

The second spirit ring—deep black!

The third spirit ring—red!

The Fourth spirit ring—red!

As the four spirit rings appeared, everyone present felt the pressure emanating from Feng Hao. The Golden Crow Martial Soul flew out above his head, stirring an urge in everyone to worship it.

"Yu Xiaogang, explain this to me now. Would the Pope give an experimental subject a 100,000-Year Soul Ring? Spirit rings over a hundred thousand years old?" Feng Hao roared as he demanded.

His powerful aura bore down on Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang stumbled backward and fell to the ground in a miserable heap.

"This... this is impossible... impossible..."

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