Yu Xiaogang: Little San, why are you so awkward?

After Yu Xiaogang woke up and finished a simple exchange of pleasantries, he began to ask about Tang San's cultivation progress.

Upon learning that Tang San could break through from level 26 to level 27 at any moment, he smiled with satisfaction.

"Right, I brought back something good for you this time that can assist with your spirit power cultivation."

He channeled spirit power into the storage Soul Tool bracelet on his left arm.

"Hm? Where is my storage Soul Tool!"

Yu Xiaogang froze for a moment, only then realizing that his storage Soul Tool bracelet was gone!

"San, did you see my storage Soul Tool bracelet?"

Tang San shook his head rapidly, turned his body to the side, and shoved both hands into his pockets before pulling them back out.

"I don't know, I'm not sure, I didn't see it."

Yu Xiaogang sighed once more.

"That thing contained all of my savings!"

"San, did you really not see it?"

Tang San denied it flatly.

"No, no."

Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San with a strange expression.

"San, why do you seem so awkward?"

Tang San shook his head for the third time.

"I'm not, I'm fine."

"I really don't know where your Soul Tool bracelet went, Godfather."

"Sigh," Yu Xiaogang let out a breath, "Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about it."

He asked Tang San again.

"Then San, do you know who attacked me?"

Tang San replied immediately.

"I don't know, how would I know that?"

"I had just stepped outside when I saw you passed out on the ground, so I quickly carried you here."

Yu Xiaogang pondered in his mind, thinking over and over, but he couldn't figure out who would have ambushed him; logically speaking, he had never offended anyone.

"Fine, let's return to Shrek Academy."

"Come to think of it, we haven't eaten breakfast yet; I'm starving."

Inside Shrek Academy, Ye Lin was eating breakfast in the cafeteria with a few others, though it was obvious that one person was missing.

That person was Tang San.

She muttered to herself, Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.

Two figures, one large and one small, appeared at the cafeteria entrance; they were none other than Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

"Godfather, you were injured and have just recovered, so your body is still quite weak. I'll go get you some food; you wait here for me."

"Good."

Yu Xiaogang nodded with satisfaction, swept his gaze over the others, and then sat down beside Ye Lin, beginning to coax her into becoming his disciple.

"Ye Lin, I heard from your dean that your cultivation progress is slow. Have you considered becoming my disciple yet?"

"If you can become my disciple, your progress will be much greater, and I can have Flender take you to hunt for your third Spirit Ring."

"The fact that you were able to obtain your second Spirit Ring this time was just an accident. A third Spirit Ring requires absorbing a thousand-year spirit beast; you definitely wouldn't be a match for one."

Part of the reason Ye Lin hadn't absorbed a second Spirit Ring back at Notting Academy was that no one had ever taken her to the Soul Hunting Forest.

Even when teachers had expressed the idea, Yu Xiaogang had used his relationship with the dean of Notting Academy to obstruct and block it.

His goal was to force Ye Lin to become his disciple; as long as she did, he could take her to obtain her second Spirit Ring.

Ye Lin refused without even thinking.

Want her to bow to Yu Xiaogang's coercion?

To lower her head to Yu Xiaogang?

To become Yu Xiaogang's disciple?

That was absolutely impossible!

Besides, she wasn't in a hurry anyway; she had originally planned on Tang San's third Spirit Ring, the Man Faced Demon Spider.

If someone had insisted on taking her to get her second Spirit Ring, she wouldn't have had a good reason to refuse, so Yu Xiaogang had actually done her a favor.

"Ye Lin? What do you think?"

"I can even let you become my adopted son, just like Tang San."

Ye Lin had a steamed bun in her mouth, a dish of pickled vegetables in her left hand, and a bowl of porridge in her right as she shifted to a different spot.

Yu Xiaogang froze for a moment, clenching his single arm tightly before shifting to the left to sit beside Xiao Wu.

But before he could even speak, Xiao Wu followed Ye Lin and moved to another spot.

What an annoying brat!

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong set down their bowls and chopsticks one after another and left the area entirely.

Dai Mubai followed in Zhu Zhuqing's footsteps, leaving as well.

It could be said that the only one left who wasn't familiar with the situation was Ma Hongjun.

"Little Fatty, I am Grandmaster. I wonder if you would be willing to take me as your teacher?"

Ma Hongjun quickly swallowed the bun in his mouth.

"Grandmaster, I am the Dean's direct disciple. If the Dean agrees, then I'll agree."

"Also, my name isn't Little Fatty, it's Ma Hongjun."

"This time, considering you're disabled and an old man, I won't lose my temper with you, but if there's a next time, I wouldn't mind bullying a disabled person."

Yu Xiaogang had been beaten up today, lost his storage spirit tool bracelet, lost his manhood, and had been rebuffed by several others; his temper finally flared up.

He glared furiously at Ma Hongjun.

"What did you say!"

"Is this how you speak to a teacher of the academy?"

"Do you have no respect for your elders and teachers at all?"

"San, teach this Little Fatty a lesson for me!"

Tang San, who had just finished getting his white porridge and pickled vegetables, was stunned. He pointed a finger at his own head.

"Me?"

Yu Xiaogang continued, "San, are you really going to watch as your father is bullied by him?"

Tang San had no choice. He really didn't want to fight, but he couldn't disobey his father's orders. He sighed, set down his porridge and vegetables, and said, "Ma Hongjun, come outside for a moment."

"Fine, San Gui, just in time for me to stretch my muscles!"

As soon as Ma Hongjun stepped out of the cafeteria door, before he could even release his martial spirit, Tang San, who had exited first, had already unleashed his first spirit skill.

The Tang Sect's unrecorded secret technique: the sneak attack!

"First spirit skill, Blue Silver Entanglement!"

Yu Xiaogang didn't look, simply waiting quietly inside the cafeteria.

Tang San's Blue Silver vines had already wrapped around that little fatty; there was no way he could lose.

According to his estimation, once someone was entangled, they couldn't possibly break free from Blue Silver Entanglement without the strength of a Soul Ancestor.

"I originally only wanted to spar with you, just a friendly exchange!"

"San Gui, you actually dared to sneak attack!"

"Second spirit skill, Desire Fire Phoenix!"

While releasing his Evil Fire Phoenix martial spirit, Ma Hongjun used his second spirit skill. A layer of phoenix flames flared up on his body, instantly burning Tang San's Blue Silver vines to ash.

"Second spirit skill, Parasite!"

Tang San quickly activated his second spirit ring.

Useless!

The Blue Silver Grass seeds that landed on Ma Hongjun were burned away just the same.

He closed the distance rapidly, throwing a flaming fist toward Tang San's head.

Tang San used the power of Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to deflect Ma Hongjun's right fist, simultaneously using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to move quickly behind him.

"First spirit skill, Phoenix Fire Line!"

Ma Hongjun opened his mouth and blasted a point-blank Phoenix Fire Line right into Tang San's face.

"The battle should be over now!"

Yu Xiaogang was full of confidence.

The next second, Tang San crashed heavily onto the ground right beside him with a loud thud.