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Dark World, Shrek Academy.
As they watched Yu Xiaogang pretend to faint on the Heavenly Screen, everyone turned to look at the Yu Xiaogang beside them.
Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others in particular looked at Yu Xiaogang with expressions that were difficult to describe.
"Did he really think no one there would notice he was faking it?"
In the end, Ning Rongrong, the young lady of the group, voiced what everyone was thinking after seeing that scene.
A six-year-old child pretending to faint might have gotten away with it in an ordinary family.
But the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's awakening ceremony had invited powerful figures from every faction across the Douluo Continent.
Several Title Douluo had come, while Soul Douluo and Soul Sages were too numerous to count.
A six-year-old pretending to faint in front of people like that?
He would likely be exposed immediately, bringing even more unrestrained ridicule upon the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
At the same time, Yu Xiaogang's father, Yu Yuanzhen, had truly lost all face.
On the Douluo Continent, malignant mutations during Martial Soul Awakening were extremely common, and cases of people having no Innate Soul Power during testing accounted for ninety-nine percent.
The reason many powerful figures failed to pass down their Martial Souls was that their descendants had failed to inherit their talent.
But failing to inherit one's talent was nothing shameful. Like Yu Xiaogang, others might mock him as the son of a tiger who turned out to be a dog, but after a few laughs, it would pass.
Yu Yuanzhen was, after all, still a Title Douluo. Even if his son was disappointing, Yu Yuanzhen himself stood among the strongest figures on the Douluo Continent.
Yet Yu Xiaogang had put on a performance of faking a faint in front of everyone, deceiving himself as if that would let him escape everything.
He showed none of the upbringing expected of a member of a great clan, much less the bearing of a Title Douluo's son.
It could be said that when Yu Xiaogang's talent had proven poor, people had mostly mocked Yu Xiaogang himself, with hostile factions taking the chance to ridicule Yu Yuanzhen as well.
But now, people would ridicule the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Even a spoiled young lady like Ning Rongrong knew that her actions represented her sect. She could be arrogant and look down on anyone she pleased.
But tarnishing her sect's reputation was something she could never do.
"Huff... hiss... huff..."
Hearing Ning Rongrong's words and seeing the looks in Flender's and the others' eyes, Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists and panted heavily.
Perhaps he had not understood this principle in the past, but now he certainly did.
But what did understanding it change? Could the face he had already lost be recovered?
"Damn Heavenly Screen! Why did it have to replay everything from back then? This was clearly something people had forgotten long ago!"
Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot.
If he could, he truly wanted to rush into the sky and shatter the Heavenly Screen. But he could not. He could only watch as it displayed his ugliest past before everyone.
[The footage continued...] [Yu Xiaogang's fake faint did not deceive the people present. Perhaps the children who had just awakened their Martial Souls were frightened by him, but no one else was.] [The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan member in charge of the Martial Soul Awakening glanced at Yu Xiaogang lying on the ground, and intense disgust rose in his heart.] [The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had held this awakening ceremony to proclaim its prestige to the various factions of the Douluo Continent.] [They wanted to tell those eyeing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's position among the Upper Three Sects that their sect not only boasted countless powerful experts, but also possessed an abundance of rising geniuses.] [Disappointment, sorrow, even tears—everyone could understand such reactions. Martial Soul Awakening was simply that cruel.] [But choosing to fake a faint in front of everyone?] [That was avoidance. That was an unwillingness to face reality.] [Such a cowardly, pathetic person was actually their young sect master?] [He had utterly disgraced the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!] [Not knowing how to deal with Yu Xiaogang, the person in charge turned his gaze toward Yu Yuanzhen nearby.] [At that moment, Yu Yuanzhen was staring fixedly at Yu Xiaogang's fallen figure as he pretended to faint. He could not understand why his son had chosen to do this.] [Didn't he know that every action he took represented the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?] ["Hahaha, Brother Yu, what a pity. Your son failed to awaken a suitable Martial Soul. But perhaps this will let him live a quieter, more carefree life."] ["It's just that his conduct still needs much more tempering."] [A Title Douluo from Spirit Hall mocked him in a sarcastic tone. Yu Yuanzhen responded with eyes nearly filled with bloodshot veins.] ["All right, all right, Brother Yu. Your son must have fainted because he was too devastated by his Martial Soul Awakening. You should comfort him properly."] [Seeing that Yu Yuanzhen might erupt at any moment, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect immediately stepped forward to smooth things over.] [After glaring at the Spirit Hall Title Douluo for a long while, Yu Yuanzhen finally snorted coldly. He glanced at Yu Xiaogang, who was still pretending to be unconscious, then flicked his sleeve and left.] [A perfectly good awakening ceremony ended on an unhappy note.] [...] [After the awakening ceremony, the unconscious Yu Xiaogang was carried back to his room. He then shut the door tightly and never came out again.] [After Yu Yuanzhen had calmed down somewhat, he saw Yu Xiaogang curled up in his room without eating or drinking. He arranged for someone to bring him food, then went to argue with the clan elders.] ["You all saw what happened at the start of Xiao Gang's Martial Soul Awakening. That was absolutely what a Top-tier Martial Soul looked like, and the dragon roar afterward proved it."] ["Moreover, a Martial Soul existing independently after separating from its Soul Master's body is an unprecedented phenomenon."] ["Therefore, I believe Xiao Gang's Martial Soul is good. It is merely being held back by his Innate Soul Power. If we cultivate him, perhaps he will bring us an unexpected surprise."] [Yu Yuanzhen looked at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders in the room. His meaning was clear: even if Yu Xiaogang's talent was poor, he still intended to cultivate him.] [And that method of cultivation would naturally involve forcibly building him up with resources.] ["I disagree. He made our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan lose so much face, and he still wants to use the sect's resources? Impossible!"] ["I disagree as well. With only half a rank of Innate Soul Power, how many resources would it take to raise him up? Wouldn't those resources be better spent cultivating the more talented children from this year?"] [Sect Master, although your son's Martial Soul is indeed somewhat unusual, that is not enough reason for us to support him."] [Every elder opposed the idea. Some opposed it because of Yu Xiaogang's actions that day, while others simply believed it was not worth it.] ["...Then I'll use my own cultivation resources for him. You can't object to that, can you?"] [Hearing the elders' opposition, Yu Yuanzhen wanted to say more, but in the end, he could not bring himself to speak. After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said this.] [This time, though the elders still opposed him, they could no longer find a reason to object.] [Thus, Yu Yuanzhen came to Yu Xiaogang's door once again and told him of his plan.] [But Yu Xiaogang's response was a hysterical roar:] ["Aaaah! I'm not listening! I'm not listening! Get out! Get out!!"]
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