Great Master Yu shamelessly copied down the circulation method for the Mysterious Heaven Skill while Tang San was away, looking as if even that wasn't enough. Little did he know that this hadn't been prepared for him at all. Tang San had originally intended to give the copy to Xiao Wu, but had forgotten to take it after finishing the transcription. That was why Great Master Yu had misunderstood.
As for Great Master Yu, Tang San hadn't thought of him at all after returning.
"This brand-new Soul Power circulation route clearly hasn't been published yet. If I publish it under my name, Yu Xiaogang, won't my reputation in the soul master world rise steadily? By then, countless wealthy female soul masters will surely be captivated by my talent! They'll be utterly infatuated with me! Won't the Gold Soul Coins come pouring in? Wouldn't that be faster money than painstakingly selling Hidden Weapons?"
Tang San was his disciple. Wasn't it perfectly reasonable for him to make a small sacrifice for his master?
I had already made so many sacrifices for him. One had to understand that a master was more important than the heavens! Could he really blame me?
With that thought, Great Master Yu immediately headed for Dean Shen He's office, deciding to discuss the publication and promotion arrangements with him properly.
"Dean Shen He! I've created an entirely new Soul Power circulation method! It can greatly increase the speed of Soul Power cultivation!"
"If this method is announced, we'll create a new chapter in the history of the soul master world!"
The moment Great Master Yu charged into Shen He's office, he waved the notebook he had used for copying and kept proclaiming that he had created an entirely new Soul Power circulation method, hoping the academy would cooperate with him in promoting it.
"Dean Shen He, as long as you use Shrek Academy's name, manpower, and resources to promote it alongside me, the soul master world will definitely remember both our names!"
"When the money comes in, we can split it twenty-eighty! I promise to help renovate the academy according to the finest soul master academy standards on the Douluo Continent!"
Looking at the extremely excited Great Master Yu, Shen He was also somewhat curious about what had given him such confidence. Not long ago, the so-called new training method created by Great Master Yu and Tang San had been harshly criticized and severely reprimanded by him.
He had originally thought the enormous compensation from the Great Soul Arena and his own extortionate interest demands would keep this shameless scoundrel quiet for a while. How long had it been? He was causing trouble again?
Had treating his little brother last night damaged his brain as well?
On the manual Great Master Yu had brought over, three untouched characters stood out clearly on the cover: "Mysterious Heaven Skill." Even Shen He couldn't help falling silent.
This was indeed a fairly impressive cultivation method, but you hadn't changed even one character! You had simply copied it wholesale? Did Tang San know about this? You even wanted to publicize the Tang Sect's manual and use it to make money? Were you truly tired of living?
Wasn't this exactly what Tang San kept muttering about when he said someone had a death wish?
And you still wanted an eighty-twenty split? My academy was investing so much manpower and resources, and you were giving me only twenty percent? So you did nothing but copy a book and took eighty percent? And you wanted to help renovate the academy—were you drawing me a pie in the sky?
Today, Shen He gained an entirely new understanding of Great Master Yu's shamelessness.
"Great Master Yu, I've looked over this new cultivation method of yours."
On the surface, Shen He accepted Great Master Yu's copy of the Mysterious Heaven Skill and flipped through it, putting on an expression as if he were carefully considering the feasibility of promoting it.
"This manual is indeed highly versatile. Basically, all soul masters can cultivate it. And if its effects are truly as described, I can indeed promote it for you! But isn't an eighty-twenty split a little small? Great Master Yu, you've put in so much effort, yet you're only taking twenty percent. Isn't that a little unfair?"
"Of course, I can also understand your desire to contribute to the academy, Great Master Yu! I'll immediately arrange for someone to assist you with the publicity and promotion!"
"No, no, no! The twenty-eighty split means twenty for me and eighty for you! No, I mean eighty for you and twenty for me!"
Hearing Shen He openly ask for eighty percent of the profits while looking so gratified, Great Master Yu explained excitedly.
"Good, good, good! I understand. Twenty for you, twenty for you! No need to keep emphasizing it."
After saying that, Shen He put on an expression that said he understood everything, blocking all of Great Master Yu's words.
"Great Master Yu, you can go back and prepare. I'll find someone to arrange it for you right now!"
Seeing Shen He leave the office without even looking back, carrying the copied manual as he went to find someone, Great Master Yu could only accept the twenty percent of the profits.
Forget it, forget it. I hadn't put in much effort anyway. Getting twenty percent for free wasn't bad.
Besides, his so-called cooperation with Shen He was only the smaller part. He had already thought of the real bulk of the profits, and he was about to set off to put his plan into action!
Little did he know that the assistant Shen He was going out to prepare for him was his good disciple, Tang San.
"Dean Shen, you said my master created an entirely new cultivation method for soul masters and wanted you to promote it. He was still short an assistant, so you came to find me?"
After Shen He stopped Tang San during his running training, Tang San wore an extremely strange expression.
After all, his teacher had still been treating his little brother yesterday, yet today he had produced an entirely new cultivation method for soul masters. Wasn't this nonsense? Or had the impact to his little brother led to an epiphany?
Most importantly, as his disciple, Tang San had actually needed Shen He to tell him about this before he knew anything.
"That's right. I've already read the contents, and they're quite impressive. With Great Master Yu's original cultivation method for soul masters, it will definitely create a new storm in the soul master world! What's more, he generously expressed his willingness to give the vast majority of the profits to the academy!"
As he spoke, Shen He handed Great Master Yu's handwritten copy to Tang San.
Tang San had still been wearing a bewildered expression, but the moment he saw the three familiar characters on the handwritten copy, his expression changed.
It was the Mysterious Heaven Skill from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, which he knew incomparably well and had gone to great lengths to steal in his previous life. It was the cultivation method on which he had built himself in this life, his greatest secret—one he hadn't even told his own father. Yet now, he was being told that his most trusted master had somehow obtained it and wanted to sell it behind his back.
Most importantly, the profits weren't even going to him, the original owner!
"The Mysterious Heaven Skill?"
Tang San ground out those three words through clenched teeth. Killing intent nearly overflowed from his entire body, and after he finished flipping through the obviously handwritten copy, that killing intent reached its peak.
His most trusted master had stolen his manual. He had even been unwilling to alter the name or contents, copying the original wholesale. He had deliberately avoided him as well. If not for Dean Shen He, Tang San might not have discovered who was responsible until the Mysterious Heaven Skill had become common knowledge.
"Master is short an assistant to promote it, is he?"
"That's right. You're his disciple, so you were the first person I thought of. I wonder what happened. Why didn't he tell you about such a major matter?"
"Of course he had to avoid me for something like this."
Tang San expressionlessly stored the handwritten copy in his Soul Tool.
"I'll go find him now!"
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