Yu Xiaogang's Ruined Reputation

Yu Xiaogang still had a certain degree of fame in Notting City. In particular, the members of the Notting City Martial Soul Branch knew him all too well.

Setting everything else aside, where did Yu Xiaogang get the information he used to fool Tang San? It could not have all been fabricated out of thin air, could it?

In truth, there was only one place where he could have obtained such information: Spirit Hall.

Over the years, Yu Xiaogang had used his status as an honorary elder to borrow Spirit Hall's Martial Soul awakening records every year in the name of Martial Soul research.

On top of that, Yu Xiaogang was clearly a level 29 good-for-nothing whose Martial Soul was a Farting Pig, yet he always acted arrogantly and showed no respect whatsoever even to Soul Masters in Spirit Hall whose Soul Power exceeded his.

If not for his status as an honorary elder, as well as Bibi Dong's prior instructions for the Notting City Spirit Hall to make things convenient for Yu Xiaogang, the Soul Elders in the hall would have dealt with him long ago.

For that reason, not a single Soul Master in the entire Notting City Spirit Hall liked Yu Xiaogang. Yet this fellow had no awareness whatsoever that he was disliked and continued doing whatever he pleased.

This time, the higher-ups had sent someone to announce the fact that Yu Xiaogang was a plagiarist and had directly stripped him of his honorary elder status. The entire Notting City Spirit Hall was jubilant.

Now that they saw Yu Xiaogang going mad, everyone present wore expectant expressions, wanting to see how the important figure from headquarters would deal with him.

"Insolence! How dare you make such a commotion in Spirit Hall!" With that rebuke, an immense pressure of Soul Power swept directly toward Yu Xiaogang.

With a thud, Yu Xiaogang dropped to his knees.

The next instant, everyone in Spirit Hall felt their vision blur. Then they saw a middle-aged man with shoulder-length gray hair and silver-white armor appear before Yu Xiaogang.

"Are you Yu Xiaogang?" the middle-aged man asked coldly.

Yu Xiaogang felt incomparably humiliated. He had actually been forced to kneel under Soul Power pressure in full view of everyone. To him, this was the greatest disgrace.

Yet he could not muster the courage to resist, because he recognized the middle-aged man's armor. It was the standard armor of the Angel Legion.

In other words, the man before him belonged to the Qian Family. The Qian Family and the Pope were at odds, so he would not show Bibi Dong any consideration.

Thinking this, Yu Xiaogang could only suppress the unwillingness and resentment in his heart and stiffly nod.

"Good. Then let me ask you: did your Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul contain plagiarism?"

"No, absolutely not!"

"Then why does your Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul overlap with Spirit Hall's accumulated books and records?"

"Th-this is because all paths of Martial Soul cultivation lead to the same destination. The further one cultivates, the more similarities there are."

"Is that so? Then let me ask you again: how did a good-for-nothing like you, who can never break through to Soul Elder in his lifetime, know the exact absorption years for Soul Rings after the third one?"

"These are materials I collected myself! I am the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's clan leader, and I once studied at Spirit Hall. Even if I cannot cultivate to Soul Elder, I can still learn the absorption limits of Soul Rings by asking others, can't I?"

"In other words, your theories were never verified through your own practice and were merely hearsay, correct?" The middle-aged man pressed him step by step.

Yu Xiaogang had already panicked. Just as he was thinking of how to patch things up, he heard the middle-aged man continue, "Even if your information regarding the maximum Soul Ring absorption limit came from hearsay, do you know what must be watched out for when absorbing a black Soul Ring?"

"One needs an exceptionally strong physique."

"Pfft—" The spectators in the hall could not hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.

At that moment, Sisi beside Su Yuntao spoke up. "When a master absorbs a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, there will be spiritual shock. If they cannot endure it, then even if their body can withstand the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, their spiritual power will collapse and they will become an idiot. This is common knowledge. As a master, you actually do not know this?"

Yu Xiaogang's face instantly turned deathly pale. His lips trembled for a long while, but he could not say a word.

At this point, anyone with eyes could see that Yu Xiaogang was a man who sought fame and reputation without deserving either.

The middle-aged man was finally satisfied. Soul Power surged around him as the phantom of a Four-Winged Angel Martial Soul emerged. Two yellow, two purple, and five black Soul Rings appeared in the standard nine-ring configuration.

"F-Fortitled Douluo!" Spirit Hall Deacon Ma Xiunuo cried out in shock.

The others were also stunned. This was a Fortitled Douluo! Such figures were elusive as divine dragons, and ordinary Soul Masters could go their entire lives without ever encountering one.

"I am Qian Yufeng, commander of the Angel Legion's Left Route Army of Spirit Hall. It has now been confirmed that Yu Xiaogang's Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul was indeed plagiarized. From this day onward, Yu Xiaogang is stripped of his status as an honorary elder. For such a man who chases undeserved fame, Spirit Hall will no longer provide him with any stipend. Yu Xiaogang, hand over your elder's token!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang instinctively covered his storage equipment.

Qian Yufeng snorted coldly and acted himself, snatching Yu Xiaogang's storage equipment away. After finding the elder's token inside, he tossed the storage equipment back to him.

"You two, throw this fraud out. From today onward, Yu Xiaogang is forbidden from entering Spirit Hall. Whoever dares let him in will be treated as an accomplice."

Qian Yufeng then gave Su Yuntao and Sisi a look. The two immediately understood and carried Yu Xiaogang out before throwing him outside.

Seeing how efficiently they acted, Qian Yufeng nodded in satisfaction and said, "You two did well. Consider these Gold Soul Coins your reward."

As he spoke, Qian Yufeng tossed out a card containing 1,000 Gold Soul Coins.

Su Yuntao accepted it with great delight. Now he had the money to marry Sisi.

After finishing all this, Qian Yufeng turned and left without lingering in the slightest.

He was extremely busy. If the Grand Elder had not personally spoken, such a trivial matter would never have required him to make the trip himself.

Very soon, as Spirit Hall's relevant decree was issued, everyone from the Upper Three Sects and the two great empires down to ordinary civilians learned what kind of fraud Yu Xiaogang truly was.

Smash! At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Clan Leader Yu Yuanzhen shattered a teacup.

"His book was actually copied? I thought he had compiled and summarized it based on our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's sect records. I never expected him to have copied it directly from Spirit Hall. He has disgraced our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan beyond measure!"

Yu Luomian immediately spoke from the side. "Big Brother, Xiaogang went too far this time. He has thrown the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's dignity to the ground and trampled all over it!"

"Second Brother, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"Big Brother, at present, we can only temporarily expel Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."