"By the way, Teacher, where have you been all this time?"
After regaining his confidence, Tang San spent a while basking in affectionate closeness with Yu Xiaogang, savoring the "fatherly love" he had lacked yet desperately craved. Much later, he asked where Yu Xiaogang had been recently.
At his question, Yu Xiaogang's sunken face instantly grew even stiffer. Naturally, he could never tell Tang San about all the humiliation he had suffered at Spirit Hall.
Instead, he coughed twice and dodged the subject:
"Ahem, I had some personal business to attend to. There's no need to ask any further."
Although Tang San felt somewhat puzzled, he nodded and asked no more.
Yu Xiaogang had no desire to elaborate either. Patting Tang San's shoulder, he awkwardly changed the subject:
"Xiao San, I'll be putting you through special training next. Prepare yourself mentally."
Tang San's eyes lit up, and he nodded respectfully:
"Yes, Teacher."
A stiff smile immediately curled Yu Xiaogang's lips. Something seemed to occur to him as his eyes flickered, and his swollen, sausage-like lips parted to release a strange, grating voice:
"Oh, right. I heard Shrek Academy has a few other students with good potential. Is that true?"
Listening to Yu Xiaogang's drake-like voice, Tang San did not find it unpleasant at all. Instead, he enjoyed it as though hearing heavenly music. After all, it came from his teacher-a voice brimming with "fatherly love."
He nodded lightly and answered:
"Yes, Teacher."
"All the students at Shrek Academy have excellent potential. Every one of them could be called a monster."
"Besides Xiao Wu and me, Shrek Academy has four other students, and they're all very young."
"The oldest is fifteen. His name is Dai Mubai, his martial soul is the White Tiger, and his innate soul power was rank nine.