"They're here, they're here! The big one's here!"
"Let me see exactly what happened when God King Tang first met his teacher!"
The Heavenly Curtain flickered as the film officially began loading.
But in the next moment, the image that appeared on the Heavenly Curtain left everyone gaping.
"What... What is that thing?!"
In the scene, Yu Xiaogang was squatting on the ground, holding up both hands in peace signs and sticking out his tongue. A pink tattoo was even etched onto his enormous forehead.
At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong stared blankly at Yu Xiaogang on the Heavenly Curtain and murmured:
"Xiaogang, after all these years apart, how... how did you end up like this?"
"So you've had it even worse than I have!"
Shrek Academy.
The Shrek Seven Monsters, who had just begun to feel some respect for Yu Xiaogang, watched him make a fool of himself on the Heavenly Curtain.
All the respect they'd felt vanished.
"Pfft—"
Ning Rongrong couldn't help laughing.
Once they heard her laugh, the others couldn't hold back either, and soon they were all laughing.
Tang San tried to stop them, but then realized the corners of his own mouth were turning up.
After all, Yu Xiaogang on the Heavenly Curtain was a world apart from the stern-looking Yu Xiaogang they knew.
When Yu Xiaogang saw that even his most prized disciple, Tang San, was laughing, blood rushed to his face, turning it bright red.
He shouted furiously:
"No laughing! None of you laugh!"
"This is fake! It's fake! I've never made a face like that!"
"And look, there's no tattoo on my forehead!"
"Someone must be messing with us. If you don't believe me, ask Little San. This Grandmaster isn't that kind of person!"
Before Dai Mubai and the others could ask Tang San to confirm it, the Heavenly Curtain continued playing.
"As everyone knows, Yu Xiaogang, a Soul Grandmaster stuck at level twenty-nine even at the age of fifty, raised Tang San, the future God King."
"But what kind of help did he actually give our God King Tang along the way?"
As the narration fell, the smiles on Dai Mubai and the others' faces froze.
Their laughter stopped as abruptly as if they'd slammed on the brakes.
"What? L-Little San, you became a God King?"
Everyone stared at Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, master and disciple, as if they were monsters.
Even Tang Hao, who had been secretly keeping an eye on Tang San at Shrek, froze in place.
The... the Heavenly Curtain said what?
His son, Tang San, would be raised into a God King by Yu Xiaogang in the future?
Not a god, but a God King!
"M-My Little San is a God King!"
Tang Hao repeated the words dazedly, his voice hoarse with excitement.
He was overwhelmed. He had thought that Tang San would become a Titled Douluo with Twin Martial Souls in the future.
He'd never imagined that Tang San would become a God King.
Nor had he imagined that Yu Xiaogang, so utterly unreliable, could be so capable.
After all, the Heavenly Curtain had clearly said that Yu Xiaogang had raised Tang San into a God King.
Back then, he had watched Tang San accept Yu Xiaogang as his teacher with his own eyes, only allowing it because Yu Xiaogang knew Bibi Dong.
Otherwise, even if you beat Tang Hao to death, he wouldn't have entrusted his genius son, who possessed Twin Martial Souls, to a level-twenty-nine good-for-nothing.
Now it seemed that he, Tang Hao, had been blind.
Su Yu's commentary sounded from the Heavenly Curtain again.
"Yu Xiaogang, a level-twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster, saved Tang San as soon as they met."
"Remember, this was the first time Yu Xiaogang truly saved Tang San through his own efforts—and the last."
On the Heavenly Curtain, Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back and led Tang San into Notting College, speaking with an imposing air.
"I have to say, our Grandmaster was incredibly lucky."
"Through sheer, astonishing luck, he guessed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, and used that to trick Tang San into becoming his disciple."
Shrek Academy.
"What? Little San, you have Twin Martial Souls?!"
Dai Mubai cried out in shock, looking at Tang San with astonishment and a hint of envy.
"Third Brother, is that true?"
Xiao Wu, leaning beside Tang San, raised her head slightly and looked at him curiously.
Faced with everyone's eyes, Tang San wanted to say something, but the Heavenly Curtain had already exposed everything.
Even if he tried to deny it, nobody would believe him.
So Tang San glanced at Yu Xiaogang, who stood not far away, then lowered his head.
That reaction was enough. Even without Tang San saying anything, Dai Mubai and the others understood that he truly possessed a Second Martial Soul.
"Little San, what's your Second Martial Soul? Show us!"
Ma Hongjun grinned, his smile looking a little lecherous.
"Now, now. Little San can't tell everyone about his Second Martial Soul just yet. When the time is right, he'll show you."
Yu Xiaogang quickly cut off Ma Hongjun's questions.
"Uh... Heh."
Ma Hongjun gave an awkward laugh, then looked at Tang San with a somewhat ingratiating smile.
"Fine, we'll wait until later. We're all teammates, after all."
Hearing that, Dai Mubai quickly chimed in:
"Right, we're all brothers."
They were all clever enough to understand what Tang San's future as a God King meant.
Dai Mubai especially. He and Zhu Zhuqing were currently being hunted by their older siblings, and their lives were in danger.
But if he could get close to Tang San, the future God King, his prospects would be bright!
Tang San clearly seemed like the kind of good brother who knew right from wrong.
The Heavenly Curtain continued playing.
"After being tricked into joining Grandmaster's school, Tang San soon reached the point where he needed to hunt for his First Soul Ring."
"What kind of Soul Ring would our Grandmaster choose for this future God King? And how would they hunt the Soul Beast once he'd chosen it?"
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi stared intently at the scene on the Heavenly Curtain, his expression full of anticipation.
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, quickly tell the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's disciples and elders to watch closely and see how Yu Xiaogang chooses a Soul Ring for a God King."
"I intend to have the disciples who are ready to hunt for their First Soul Ring follow Grandmaster's method!"
As the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi was prepared to go all in.
If they won the gamble, this generation of the sect's disciples would all have the foundation to become God Kings.
Even if they were wrong, they would only have wasted some disciples' First Soul Rings.
No, they couldn't be wrong.
As the teacher of a God King, no matter what kind of First Soul Ring he chose, he wouldn't waste the slot completely.
Spirit Hall.
"Chrysanthemum Douluo, gather all of Spirit Hall's talented disciples who are about to hunt for their First Soul Ring."
"Lead them yourself and hunt Soul Beasts using the method Xiaogang is about to show us on the Heavenly Curtain."
"No matter what kind of Soul Beast it is, don't question it. Just hunt it!"
Like Ning Fengzhi, Bibi Dong had realized how important the next part of the Heavenly Curtain's broadcast would be.
And with her first love and overwhelming devotion to him swaying her, she was even more certain that Yu Xiaogang's choice would be right.
"Now! Hurry! If we're late, the sects and the two great empires will beat us to it."
"Yes!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo didn't dare delay. With a flash, he vanished from Spirit Hall.
Every major force on the Douluo Continent, big or small, stared intently at the upcoming scene on the Heavenly Curtain.
"This is a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo. Its defining trait is resilience, which makes it well suited to your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul."
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