Can Talent Be Higher Than Su Han's?

"Can you stop bringing up that beast who betrayed his sect?!"

Flender roared in outrage, like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on.

In Flender's eyes, the Shrek Academy he had spent most of his life painstakingly building had been ruined by Tang San, that unfaithful little beast who had betrayed his teacher and defied his ancestors.

He trusted Mu Bai. His longest-serving senior disciple would never harbor thoughts of betrayal. Tang San must have manipulated him somehow!

"You can't talk about Xiao San like that. I told you, Haotian Your Excellency merely took him away for training."

"You said it yourself—Haotian Your Excellency took him away. Why would he need your protection, then?!"

Yu Xiaogang's expression darkened at Flender's words. He knew he was only a level-twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster.

Yet his closest friend had insulted him so bluntly. Yu Xiaogang, who prided himself on his unyielding integrity, found it unbearable.

"Flender!!! If you say one more word against Xiao San today, you and I are through!"

Flender stared at Yu Xiaogang for a long while. In the end, he sighed helplessly and turned toward Heaven Dou City.

Perhaps the Golden Iron Triangle had been a mistake from the very beginning.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Rongrong stared unwillingly at the Golden Ranking in the sky as it announced Tang San's name.

She could accept being ranked only sixteenth on the Golden Ranking, but how could the unruly Seven Treasure Little Princess endure seeing the disciple of Yu Xiaogang, whom she considered worthless, ranked ahead of her?

"Sword Grandpa, what are Twin Martial Souls? Are they that impressive?"

Ning Rongrong asked indignantly.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong exchanged a glance, both utterly shocked.

The grudge between Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao and Spirit Hall from years ago was unknown to the younger generation, but people of their status and strength knew it all too well.

"Tang Hao actually has a child."

Ning Fengzhi was somewhat surprised as well, but then he noticed Ning Rongrong's words.

"Rong Rong, do you know this person named Tang San?"

"Of course. He was my classmate at Shrek Academy, that useless Master Yu Xiaogang's student."

Tang Hao's son, Yu Xiaogang's student... Ning Fengzhi, always cautious and steady, felt his thoughts churn.

"With such a combination, along with the secret of what happened back then—a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and the son of a genius who once overshadowed an entire generation, guided by the Theory Master... how terrifying."

Ning Rongrong had no idea what her father was thinking. She merely tugged Chen Xin's hand, urging him to quickly take her to Great Wall Academy.

She had to prove that she was the most talented Support System Soul Master of this generation on the continent!

"Rong Rong, Twin Martial Souls are truly extraordinary. Only a handful have appeared in the past century—fewer even than those with Innate Full Soul Power!"

"Really? But Tang San looked pretty ordinary to me. He was kind of ugly, though his little sister was very pretty."

He even had a little sister!

Was heaven trying to revive the Clear Sky Sect?!

Ning Fengzhi felt his chest tighten. Even though the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had now broken through its limitation and could be renamed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

It was still, after all, a sect primarily composed of Support System Soul Masters. How could it contend with the Clear Sky Sect, which possessed the Clear Sky Hammer, the world's number one Tool Martial Soul?!

"Uncle Jian, we truly must do everything we can to get Rong Rong into Great Wall Academy. The title of leader of the Upper Three Sects should belong to our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"

"No, Fengzhi. It is the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect now. Rong Rong will certainly become an outstanding next sect master as well."

For a time, the entire Douluo Continent was speculating about Tang San's origins, unaware that Tang San himself had fallen into deep self-doubt.

If Tang San knew how highly Ning Fengzhi regarded him, he might have felt a little better.

"Fourteenth on the Talent Ranking... I can achieve great things and avenge Mother!"

Xiao Wu looked painfully at Tang San as he repeatedly smashed his head against the ground, not knowing how to comfort him.

"Third Brother, I believe in you."

"Xiao Wu."

"Third Brother."

Seeing Xiao Wu, Tang San recovered a little. Then Tang Hao suddenly spoke.

"If someone's Third Soul Ring were already a hundred-thousand-year one, wouldn't that make their talent overwhelmingly unmatched?"

Xiao Wu and Tang San fell silent. Fear showed in Xiao Wu's eyes, and her body began trembling again.

Sure enough, Tang Hao had known her identity all along.

It was not that she was unwilling to sacrifice herself. She would not hesitate to die for her Third Brother, but she could not bear to leave Tang San.

"How could that be possible, Dad? If it really could be done, then within twenty years, I would definitely return and repay Great Wall Academy for today's humiliation!"

Tang San's words made Xiao Wu tremble even more violently, and her resolve began to waver.

"Third Brother."

"What is it, Xiao Wu? We're about to leave the Northern Province. Once we reach a main city, we can rest properly. That Skywater Blazing Fire Divine Wind mentioned by the Golden Ranking—those academies should all be quite good. The two of us can work hard together. Are you willing to stay with me?"

"Yes. I'll stay with you."

Extreme North, Great Wall Academy.

Su Han watched Tang Hao and Tang San, father and son, enter the rankings one after another, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

"Dean, what are you smiling about?"

Shao Siyuan lay beside Su Han and asked curiously.

"That Ugly Man you beat up earlier was the fifteenth-ranked person announced by the Talent Golden Ranking. The one who kowtowed nine times to us was fourteenth."

"Then that boy has pretty good talent. Why didn't you take him in? His father was indeed crude, but a child shouldn't have any bad intentions."

"A child? Heh."

Su Han gave a soft snort. Looking at the puzzled Shao Siyuan, he explained.

"Do you think Great Wall Academy, under my leadership, lacks talented students?"

"Of course not. No matter how high someone else's talent is, it can't surpass yours, Dean."

"Exactly. So our academy only needs people with good character; talent is secondary. Zhu Zhuqing, the personal disciple of your Sister A'Li and Sister Chan'er, only had Innate Soul Power of level seven. Talent can change, but character is hard to alter."

As Su Han spoke, several women nearby were drawn over. Gongsun Li and Diao Chan heard their names and immediately moved close to Su Han.

"The dean is telling stories to Yuan Meimei, treating us like outsiders."

"Let's all listen together. I'll tell you what kind of people the father and son ranked fourteenth and fifteenth on the Golden Ranking really are."

Su Han cleared his throat and began describing, based on his memories, the things Tang San and Tang Hao had done.

"Several decades ago, Tang Hao was a genius of the continent. Together with his brother Tang Xiao, they were known as the Clear Sky Twin Stars. The two traveled across the continent together, until one day, they encountered a woman."

It was a very standard beginning to a story: geniuses meeting a woman. There were simply too many possible developments, and in an instant, it piqued the interest of Gongsun Li, Diao Chan, Shangguan Wan'er, and the others.

Even Hua Mulan, who stood nearby with a cold expression and her sword in her arms, quietly pricked up her ears to listen.