The Great Master was satisfied with his own masturbation.

Yu Xiaogang's face was filled with inexplicable confidence at that moment.

It was as if victory were already in his grasp.

He had even begun fantasizing about Gu Xuan kneeling before him, just like Tang San, to acknowledge him as master.

The corners of his mouth unconsciously curled upward.

Gu Xuan said nothing and merely nodded lightly.

At the same time, his expression appeared quite relaxed.

"Great Master, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving?"

Yu Xiaogang nodded casually.

According to his expectations, now that Gu Xuan knew he was willing to help him obtain his First Spirit Ring, he must have been thrilled and was already considering formally becoming his disciple.

In reality, Gu Xuan was thinking about how he should sacrifice Yu Xiaogang.

Originally, he truly had not been able to find a good opportunity.

But now, this guy Yu Xiaogang was actually planning to take him and Tang San to obtain their First Spirit Rings together.

If he remembered correctly, in the original story, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had nearly been killed by a Mandala Snake.

This was an absolutely perfect opportunity.

For the next while, Yu Xiaogang took Tang San through special training every day.

He even somehow got hold of two pills for Tang San to take, claiming they could increase Soul Power.

Though Tang San was somewhat reluctant, Yu Xiaogang insisted that the medicine had no side effects whatsoever.

Only then did Tang San obediently swallow them.

Two weeks passed, and finally, on the fourteenth day of special training, Tang San's Soul Power successfully broke through to level ten.

Yu Xiaogang had long since been unable to wait.

He immediately told Tang San that he would take him to obtain his First Spirit Ring the next day.

At the same time, he reminded him not to forget to bring Gu Xuan along.

Early the next morning, Gu Xuan and Tang San left the dormitory together.

The two headed straight for the academy gates.

From far away, Gu Xuan spotted Yu Xiaogang's figure.

Tang San had suddenly told him last night that Yu Xiaogang would take him to hunt for his First Spirit Ring.

And he had specifically named Gu Xuan to come along.

Naturally, Gu Xuan would not refuse such a good opportunity.

He agreed at once.

"Teacher, we're here."

Upon seeing Yu Xiaogang, Tang San immediately bent at the waist in a bow and offered his respects.

Gu Xuan was numb, but he still nodded symbolically and offered a greeting.

"Great Master."

"Mm, let's go."

Yu Xiaogang replied in a pretentious manner.

Only then did the three of them head out of the academy.

"Teacher, where are we going to find spirit beasts?"

Tang San asked curiously.

Yu Xiaogang's decision had been so rushed that he had made almost no preparations.

He did not even know where they were going.

"We're going to the Soul Hunting Forest, four hundred li northeast of Nuoding City. It's a place where spirit beasts are raised in captivity."

Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San with a smile.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced toward Gu Xuan beside him, wanting to see whether the latter had any reaction.

Then, he was disappointed.

Along the way, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang chatted endlessly.

Yu Xiaogang brought out his invincible theories, of which he was so proud, and explained them to Tang San.

The latter was extremely interested.

Gu Xuan, on the other hand, walked along by himself.

He seemed to have no interest in Yu Xiaogang's theories.

The apprenticeship ceremony he had imagined never happened at all.

There was not even the slightest sign of it.

Yu Xiaogang frowned slightly. Could he have misjudged things?

He quickly dismissed that guess.

The reason Gu Xuan's reaction was not strong enough was simply that he was not appealing enough to him.

He refused to believe that Gu Xuan could remain so calm after seeing Tang San absorb his First Spirit Ring.

A child was still a child, after all, with rather one-sided considerations.

When the time came, he would probably kneel and beg to become his disciple, asking him to hunt spirit beasts for him.

At that thought, a stiff smile unconsciously appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face.

Great Master was getting himself off on his own fantasies.

The three of them bought some supplies for the road in the city, hired a carriage, and then left town.

What puzzled Tang San the most was this:

Despite the carriage being so cramped, they had somehow made room for twenty jin of white radishes.

Even Gu Xuan, whose expression had remained calm all along, smiled when he saw that.

Because he truly could not hold it in.

The fact that he had managed not to burst out laughing was already quite impressive.

If not for those white radishes, he would really have forgotten Yu Xiaogang's martial soul.

The renowned Farting Pig.

It even had to eat two white radishes to settle its breath before it could use a spirit skill.

Without radishes, Yu Xiaogang's combat power was practically zero.

"Tang San, this is a storage Soul Tool, made up of twenty-four gemstones."

"Each gemstone has one cubic meter of storage space."

"Consider it the first gift from your teacher!"

Inside the carriage, Yu Xiaogang took off his belt in front of Gu Xuan.

Then he gave it to Tang San.

"How about calling it Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night?"

Tang San was exceptionally excited now.

He failed to notice at all that Yu Xiaogang was actually watching Gu Xuan.

"Good name!"

Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San and spoke with great solemnity, "As long as you are my, Yu Xiaogang's, disciple, there will be plenty of good things for you in the future!"

Gu Xuan naturally understood that those words had actually been directed at him.

The purpose was to make him take Yu Xiaogang as his teacher.

Looking at the belt in Tang San's hands, Gu Xuan laughed inwardly.

Twenty-four gemstones only amounted to twenty-four cubic meters of storage space in total, right?

Only Tang San would treat such junk like a treasure.

Yu Xiaogang could never have imagined it.

The inconspicuous Black Ring on Gu Xuan's hand had a thousand cubic meters of storage space.

In Gu Xuan's eyes, that precious belt of his—

Was nothing more than trash!

Soul Hunting Forest was four hundred li away from Nuoding City.

It was not until noon the next day that the three arrived at their destination.

After passing through the noisy marketplace outside the forest, they arrived at the entrance near its outskirts.

Yu Xiaogang put on an act and produced Spirit Hall's token, then entered Soul Hunting Forest without any trouble.

"Come out, Luo Sanpao!"

The moment they reached the forest's outskirts, Yu Xiaogang shouted loudly.

Immediately afterward, a pale purple Soul Power began to spread around his body.

Two yellow soul rings rose beneath his feet.

The next moment, a strangely shaped creature appeared out of thin air on the ground.

It looked like both a pig and a dog.

The moment Gu Xuan saw Yu Xiaogang's martial soul, he almost failed to hold it in.

It was just too damn absurd!

Even a mutated martial soul shouldn't mutate like this, should it?!

How could the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon turn into something like this?

Are you sure some old pig from next door hadn't dropped by back then?

Tang San, meanwhile, wore the same stunned expression.

Only because Yu Xiaogang was his teacher did he manage to keep a straight face.

If this thing had been anyone else's martial soul, Tang San would have burst out laughing.

"This is my martial soul. Its name is Luo Sanpao."

Yu Xiaogang explained it to the two of them, though he was somewhat lacking in confidence.

His martial soul really did undermine his image.

Especially since his only two soul skills were both farting.

Not only could it do so only three times in total, but it also had to eat White Radish first.

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang thought of Gu Xuan's martial soul again.

They were both mutations, so why the hell had his turned into this thing?!