Reborn Yu Xiaogang (Seventh Update)

Old Jack finally came to his senses. He hurriedly grabbed Lin Yue's arm and asked in shock and delight, "Little Yue! You... when did you obtain a Soul Ring?! Why didn't you tell Grandpa?! That's a hundred-year Soul Ring!"

Tang San stared fixedly at Lin Yue as well, his eyes filled with shock and confusion.

He and Lin Yue had grown up in the same village and saw each other almost every day. He had never heard that she had gone hunting Soul Beasts, much less that her first Soul Ring had absorbed a hundred-year one. It was said that this required extremely strong physical fitness and Soul Power control. Even he would not have been completely confident without first learning more about the situation.

Lin Yue had long prepared an excuse. Hearing this, she smiled and casually made something up. "It happened three months before school started. I went to the back mountain every day to practice my spear, and I happened to encounter a wolf that had been severely injured by another Soul Beast. Its speed and piercing attributes happened to suit my War Spear Martial Soul. I gave it a try and actually killed it, then successfully absorbed its Soul Ring. I wanted to surprise you, Grandpa Jack, so I didn't tell you beforehand."

"Good! Wonderful!"

After hearing that, Old Jack instantly grinned from ear to ear. He excitedly slapped his thigh and said, "Holy Soul Village has truly produced treasures! Two with Innate Full Soul Power, and one who became a Soul Grandmaster at six years old! Amazing! Truly amazing!"

Tang San watched Lin Yue's calm expression. Although he still had some doubts, he did not ask any further questions.

Everyone had their own secrets. Just as he concealed his Twin Martial Souls and the Tang Sect's secret arts, there was no need to get to the bottom of it.

However, his opinion of Lin Yue rose by more than just one level.

A six-year-old Soul Grandmaster with a hundred-year first Soul Ring—such talent was rare even across the entire Douluo Continent.

Just then, a gentle voice came from within the gates. "Stop. It's only a misunderstanding. Let them get up."

Everyone looked toward the voice and saw a middle-aged man of average build and ordinary appearance slowly walking over in plain cloth clothes.

His hair was somewhat gray, and his face carried a sickly pallor, yet his eyes were extraordinarily deep, as though they could see through people's hearts. He was none other than Yu Xiaogang, who had been reborn not long ago.

He first glanced at the two gatekeepers kneeling on the ground and trembling, then frowned and said coldly, "The two of you have thoroughly disgraced the academy. You dared block people carrying Spirit Hall's official certification, and even dared lay hands on guests? Go receive your punishment. This month's pay will be deducted in full. If there is a next time, get out."

The two gatekeepers acted as if they had been granted amnesty. They repeatedly thanked him, then scrambled away in disgrace.

Only then did Yu Xiaogang turn around. His gaze first fell upon Tang San, and a trace of excitement and obsession flashed through his deep eyes, so quickly that no one could catch it.

He had been reborn. At the moment his lifespan had run out and he had died alone on the Douluo Continent, he opened his eyes and had somehow returned to the day Tang San was about to enter Nuoding Academy.

In his previous life, he had been Tang San's teacher, the master Tang San respected most. Relying on his theory of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, he had guided Tang San step by step from a country boy into the Sea God and Asura God, whose might shook the continent.

But what about him?

Tang San had become a god and ascended to the God Realm with his wife and father, yet he alone had been forgotten. Tang San left his teacher behind in the mortal world, where he could only watch as the world praised his theories while his own lifespan ran out and he turned into a pile of dust.

What were power, strength, and fame in the mortal world worth, no matter how glorious they were?

How could they compare to becoming a god and living forever?!

He was unwilling! Truly, utterly unwilling!

Thus, now that he had been reborn, he had to seize Tang San tightly. He had to change his own fate. He would follow Tang San and ascend to the God Realm with him. He would become a true god-level mentor and obtain true immortality!

Yet when his gaze swept over Lin Yue beside him, obvious surprise flashed through his eyes before turning into something thoughtful.

He had seen everything at the entrance clearly from inside the gates.

This little girl was only six, yet she was already a Soul Grandmaster. Her first Soul Ring was even a hundred-year one, and her War Spear Martial Soul was a top-tier assault-type tool Martial Soul. Her talent was not the slightest bit inferior to Tang San's Innate Full Soul Power.

She was someone who had never appeared in his previous life—an unexpected variable in this life.

But so what if she was an unexpected variable? One more genius meant one more path.

His goal in this life was to become a god by following Tang San. But if he could take in another top-tier genius like this as a disciple, not only would it make his theories more convincing, it would also give him another card to hold. Even if something unexpected happened on Tang San's side, he would still have a way out.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang revealed a gentle smile. He nodded slightly to Old Jack, then looked at Tang San and Lin Yue and said warmly, "I am Yu Xiaogang, a theory teacher at the academy. One of you has Innate Full Soul Power with Blue Silver Grass, while the other has Innate Full Soul Power with a War Spear Martial Soul and became a Soul Grandmaster at six. Both of you are rare talents. Come with me. I'll take you to the Academic Affairs Office to complete your enrollment."

The moment Old Jack heard that he was an academy teacher, he hurriedly thanked him over and over. "Thank you! Thank you, Teacher! I'll have to trouble you to look after these two children!"

Tang San looked at Yu Xiaogang and inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity, as though the man before him shared a deep bond with him.

Having lived two lives, he was exceptionally sensitive to such instincts. He bowed slightly to Yu Xiaogang and respectfully said, "Thank you for the trouble, Teacher."

Lin Yue nodded as well, though doubts arose in her heart.

Yu Xiaogang? The master? Why does that name sound so familiar? In my vague memories of Douluo, he seemed to be a very impressive theory master?

She did not think further about it. Together with Tang San, she followed behind Yu Xiaogang and entered the gates of Nuoding Academy.

Sunlight filtered through the academy's tree-lined path and fell across the three figures.

Yu Xiaogang walked at the front, the corner of his mouth lifting into a curve no one noticed.

In this life, he would not only seize Tang San—he would grasp every genius he could lay his hands on.

Everything he had lost, the immortality he desired—in this life, he would obtain it all.

Yu Xiaogang led Tang San and Lin Yue through the academy gates. He first brought them to the Academic Affairs Office, where they smoothly completed their enrollment using the Innate Full Soul Power certifications issued by Spirit Hall.

The teacher responsible for registration saw two six-year-old geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power, and his eyes immediately lit up. He repeatedly said that the academy had found treasure, becoming increasingly courteous toward Yu Xiaogang as well.

Once all the procedures were completed, Yu Xiaogang found an excuse to send away the Academic Affairs Office teacher, then led the two children down a turn into a quiet, tree-lined path deep within the academy.

The surrounding branches and leaves were lush, shutting out the noise from outside. There was no one else around, only the rustling of leaves in the wind.