Slapping Yu Xiaogang's Face: Was Yu Xiaogang's Theory Plagiarized?

Because the livestream was filmed comprehensively by the system, the female leads could clearly see Su Ming and the other two.

They were all curious about what Su Ming looked like. They saw a little boy with black hair and handsome features, clearly a very handsome child, standing before a middle-aged man with stubble.

Beside the middle-aged man stood another six-year-old boy with dark blue hair and a somewhat skinny build. This should be Tang San.

At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong stared blankly at Yu Xiaogang in the livestream. Her eyes stung slightly as she murmured, "Xiao Gang, it's been so long since we last met. You've become much more haggard."

Meanwhile, those who had little to do with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San focused their attention on Su Ming. What a handsome little boy!

Su Ming looked at Yu Xiaogang with clear yet foolish eyes and asked, "Then, Master, could you tell me what your Soul Power Level is?"

"Since your theories are so impressive, your strength must be formidable too, right?"

The smile on Yu Xiaogang's face stiffened. He had thought he was about to fool another talented little boy into becoming his disciple, but Su Ming was not so easy to fool!

All the women awaited Yu Xiaogang's answer in the livestream. Only Liu Erlong's expression stiffened as well. She knew that Xiao Gang's Soul Power had remained stuck at level 29 for years without any growth.

"Ahem, I am a Theory Master, so my strength is not particularly impressive."

Yu Xiaogang said awkwardly.

Su Ming continued, "But since your strength is lacking, how did you research all those theories? Although I have not enrolled yet, I know that discovering some theories should require a Soul Master's own strength as support. Or perhaps, Master, your background is exceptionally powerful?"

"Did powerful Soul Masters assist you with your theoretical research?"

Haha, let's see how this Theory Master answers that. At this point in time, that saying about there being no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters, was complete nonsense!

Unless someone had heaven-defying resources, Innate Soul Power determined a person's upper limit.

Yu Xiaogang had not expected it. Su Ming's eyes had clearly held foolish innocence just now, so why did he suddenly seem rather shrewd?

So he said, "Although I am not strong, I used to belong to Spirit Hall. I had Spirit Hall's data as a basis, then organized it into my own core theories."

Su Ming immediately said, "So that means nearly all your theories were copied from Spirit Hall? You call yourself a Theory Master? You simply organized Spirit Hall's theories a little and made them your own?"

"Forget it. I don't think I need a teacher. Learning at the academy will be enough. Goodbye, Master."

With that, Su Ming turned and left, heading alone toward the dormitory assigned by the academy.

Yu Xiaogang was left standing there with an embarrassed expression. Not only had Su Ming rejected him, but he had also made him lose so much face. Yu Xiaogang had wanted to say something, but he remembered that he could not leave a bad impression on Tang San. He would still need Tang San to verify certain theories later.

Thus, he merely snorted before smiling at Tang San. "Tang San, Su Ming's refusal to become my disciple is his misfortune. With your talent, you will soon leave him far behind. When that time comes, help your teacher slap his face properly!"

Tang San nodded. "Understood, Teacher. Don't worry. Su Ming slighted you and refused to become your disciple. It is his loss!"

From Su Ming's exchange with Yu Xiaogang, Tang San understood that most of the theories his teacher had organized likely came from Spirit Hall and were not original. But what did that matter?

No matter where Yu Xiaogang's theories came from, the fact that he knew Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls meant that he likely knew more about Martial Soul cultivation than most people. That would be helpful to him.

Yu Xiaogang's theories could help him better understand this continent. Becoming his disciple was not a loss for Tang San; on the contrary, it was extremely beneficial.

As Su Ming walked toward the dormitory, he could barely suppress his laughter. Making Yu Xiaogang lose face felt so good!

The female leads watching the recording all had different feelings.

Liu Erlong's emotions were extremely complicated. Yu Xiaogang's theories were real, but they were not original.

She had always believed that Yu Xiaogang was weak in combat, so he had turned to theoretical research, and that the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul he proposed had all been researched by him.

It was precisely because of this that, while traveling the continent together as the Golden Iron Triangle, she had gradually been drawn to his wisdom. She had never expected...

As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong had been born into a wealthy family and was dearly loved by Ning Fengzhi, Sword Grandpa, and Bone Grandpa, so she knew quite a bit.

She found Yu Xiaogang's behavior deeply contemptible. If a theory was not one's own original discovery and had merely been refined or modified, one should clearly state where it had been referenced from and cite the source.

She had heard her father mention Yu Xiaogang before. At the time, although her father had called him a Theory Master, there had not been much respect in his tone. Perhaps this was one reason why.

That was merely her own guess for now. As for whether her father's attitude had other reasons, she did not know.

Haha, today felt so satisfying. Making that scumbag Yu Xiaogang lose face was fantastic. His theories were almost all copied from Spirit Hall, yet he grandly called it "organizing." How shameless. And he even wanted to take me as his disciple? Dream on!

And copying them would have been one thing, but Yu Xiaogang even published those theories, making ordinary commoners believe they were his original work. Then he became the continent's Theory Master.

But had Yu Xiaogang never considered the consequences of publishing those theories? Was he the only smart person on the entire continent who knew to publish them? Did he think the people of the other sects and Spirit Hall were all idiots?

Any reasonably capable Soul Master with a bit of intelligence could infer the correctness of certain theories through changes in their own body. With so many powerful experts in the major sects, would they not know?

For example, theories such as Innate Soul Power being directly proportional to the quality of one's Martial Soul, the optimal Soul Ring Configuration, being able to continue cultivating normally after reaching a bottleneck even without adding a Soul Ring, and the respective development paths of Soul Masters—these major sects all knew them. Did Yu Xiaogang need to research and organize them?

Why did the major sects not publish these theories? Naturally, it was to attract geniuses and cultivate talent within their sects. This was also one of the reasons sect disciples could widen the gap between themselves and commoners. The key was the information gap.

Only the current Pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong, had been young at the time and actually believed Yu Xiaogang was truly so wise. She had been drawn to him and later even wanted to leave Spirit Hall with him. All one could say was that Love Brains were terrifying!

Ning Rongrong, who was reading the diary, seemed to understand why her father had called Yu Xiaogang a Theory Master without showing much respect. So that was why!

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