Soon,
under everyone's surprised gaze, Yu Xiaogang carried two large plates of blue silver grass salad out of the kitchen.
"Did you cut the Blue Silver Grass into strips?"
Ye Lin looked at the contents of the plates in surprise.
Ma Hongjun glanced at them. "Can this even taste good?"
"It's blue, green, and black. Just looking at it kills your appetite."
Xiao Wu asked the question on everyone's mind:
"Can you even eat this?"
Yu Xiaogang set the salad on the table, picked up his chopsticks, and quickly put a bite into his mouth.
"What do you know!"
"Tool-type Martial Souls can all be eaten. They're a source of energy!"
"This plate of Blue Silver Grass salad is fresh, sweet, and delicious, with a hint of numbing spice!"
"It's just right!"
Tang San and Yu Xiaogang began wolfing it down.
"Godfather, why does my mouth feel all tingly?"
"I can barely feel it anymore."
Yu Xiaogang didn't give it much thought and answered casually,
"Maybe I added a little too much Sichuan pepper and numbing pepper powder. It does make your mouth tingle, but isn't that just right? It dulls the bitterness of the Blue Silver Grass."
He kept eating in big mouthfuls. He could feel his mouth going numb, and soon the sensation spread throughout his body—to his head, chest, legs, and even his only remaining left arm.
"I think I really did add too much. Why is it so numbing?"
Yu Xiaogang's vision swayed, and he could barely see clearly.
"Huh? Xiao San, why do you look like you have two heads?"
Tang San chuckled foolishly.
"Hehehe."
"Godfather, you look like you have two arms, too."
"I didn't know this Blue Silver Grass salad could heal people!"
"It can even heal arms."
Ye Lin: (⊙_⊙)
Flender: (☉☉)
Dai Mubai: (::)
They were stunned.
Everyone in the cafeteria was completely stunned.
What were those two babbling about?
When had Yu Xiaogang's right arm been healed?
All they could see was Yu Xiaogang waving his chopsticks around with his one remaining left arm.
Tang San stood up and started dancing, swaying his arms back and forth.
"Tang San?"
Flender called out, a little worried.
"Dean, what is it?"
Tang San turned to look at Flender, but kept moving. He danced seductively, swaying like a water snake.
"He looks fine,"
Flender said, just beginning to relax.
The next second,
Yu Xiaogang fell face-first onto the table, but his remaining left arm kept reaching forward.
"Great-grandma, Great-grandma, are you taking me with you?"
"Take Xiao San, too. You can't leave him behind."
He had eaten much more Blue Silver Grass than Tang San, and his body was weaker, too.
"Godfather! Godfather, what's wrong?"
Tang San saw Yu Xiaogang collapse and rushed over to push him. The next second, he toppled into the plate of Blue Silver Grass and went still.
Though he'd eaten less and was in better shape, even he couldn't withstand it.
"Dean, what's happened to them?"
"They were dancing and swaying just now. Why aren't they moving anymore?"
Dai Mubai looked at the two of them, puzzled.
"Could this be some new kind of performance?"
"Performance, my ass!"
Flender smacked Dai Mubai on the back of the head.
"Still talking about performances? They've obviously been poisoned!"
He rushed forward and yanked Tang San out of the plate of Blue Silver Grass salad.
"Oscar, where's your Little Sausage? Hurry!"
Flender quickly waved Oscar over.
Oscar didn't dare delay. His Second Soul Ring flashed, and a Little Sausage appeared in his hand.
He hurried over and stuffed it into Tang San's mouth.
Flender grabbed Tang San by the hair with one hand and by the chin with the other, struggling until he finally managed to make him swallow.
After taking the Detoxification Sausage,
Tang San's complexion quickly improved. He opened his eyes in confusion.
"What happened to me?"
"What happened?"
"You were poisoned, that's what happened!"
"What is wrong with you, eating just anything!"
Flender shot Tang San an annoyed look, then stuffed another of Oscar's Little Sausages into Yu Xiaogang's mouth and repeated the process.
Soon, Yu Xiaogang came around. He asked exactly the same question:
"What happened to me?"
"My great-grandma was taking me away, but then I got pulled back."
Flender shoved Yu Xiaogang aside.
"Exactly. If you hadn't been eating that Blue Silver Grass salad here, your great-grandma probably would've taken you with her for real."
He gave Yu Xiaogang a somewhat mocking look.
"You're a great theoretical master, and you even planned a development path centered on control and poison for Tang San. You absorbed a Ghost Vine Spirit Ring—did you not know Tang San's Blue Silver Vines were poisonous?"
"Luckily, Oscar can detoxify people. Otherwise, you two would've died here today."
Yu Xiaogang patted his head, trying to clear it.
"That can't be right. Tang San's Blue Silver Vines are only mildly poisonous. Their poison only causes slight numbness. How could we almost have been poisoned to death?"
"Did you poison us?"
"I kindly lent you the kitchen, and now you're saying I poisoned you?"
Flender was taken aback.
"Fine. In that case, the two of you aren't welcome here anymore."
He quickly drove Tang San and Yu Xiaogang out of the cafeteria, then took a thick brush from his Storage Soul Tool and rapidly wrote several large characters on the wall:
"Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and dogs are not allowed inside!"
"Next time, make sure you read it!"
Flender slapped the wall with a series of loud thuds, then went back into the cafeteria without looking back.
"Sister Lin, why were they poisoned?"
Xiao Wu asked Ye Lin curiously.
"I thought the poison in Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was weak. It didn't seem to have any effect."
Ye Lin rolled her eyes helplessly.
"Even when applied externally, Blue Silver Vines can cause numbness. They ate them directly. How strong do you think the poison would be?"
"If poison smeared on your skin doesn't poison you, do you think eating it will be harmless, too?"
Xiao Wu was stunned.
"I understand."
Without Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, the meal was very pleasant. Flender also brought up his earlier proposal: they would earn Gold Soul Coins by Soul Fighting at the Great Soul Arena, then use the money to help everyone improve.
Everyone knew the academy's finances were in poor shape, so no one objected. Besides, the money would ultimately be spent on them, which made them even less likely to object.
A little over ten minutes later, the bell rang for class, and everyone hurried to the field.
Tang San was nowhere to be seen. At that moment, Zhao Wuji and several other teachers were supervising him as he ran laps around Shrek Academy.
Even though Tang San had been poisoned, Flender still showed no mercy and didn't let him off his punishment.
Flender stood in the middle of the field with his hands behind his back.
"Starting today, you'll all go to the Soto Great Soul Arena every evening to take part in Soul Fighting. But that doesn't mean I'll go easy on you during the day."
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