Yu Xiaolong was only staying here temporarily.
So the dorm room wasn't very big.
There was just one bed.
And a desk.
"Teacher, let me help you make the bed."
As soon as they entered the teacher's room,
Shui Bing'er stepped forward.
She bent over, her hips raised toward Yu Xiaolong.
And got to work.
Looking at his young disciple's body,
Yu Xiaolong couldn't have been more pleased with her as his student.
Ten minutes later.
Yu Xiaolong glanced at the watch on his wrist. "It's about time. Let's go take a look at the Imperial Academy."
"Yes, teacher."
The two of them,
teacher and disciple,
walked together down the street.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
It stood at the very heart of the imperial city.
It belonged to the royal family.
The academy's enormous gates
soared high overhead.
They looked magnificent.
Even Skywater Academy
fell short of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's grandeur.
"Yu Xiaogang!?"
They had just reached the gates of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Yu Xiaolong was about to turn away
when he glanced to the side.
By pure chance, he spotted a familiar figure.
And that person had a group with him.
"Teacher?"
When her teacher didn't move,
Shui Bing'er came over and called to him softly.
Following his gaze,
she saw the people they had met in the Star Dou Great Forest a week ago.
What were they doing here, too?
Yu Xiaolong's gaze
wasn't on Yu Xiaogang.
It was on the blue-clad youth standing beside him.
Tang San!
He was still alive.
"As expected of the Son of Fortune. He's hard to kill."
Yu Xiaolong's eyes flickered.
The Arrow of Death hadn't killed Tang San.
There were two reasons.
First, Tang San had been lucky.
Second, Yu Xiaolong was only level 43.
The gap between them hadn't been wide enough.
Even a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring's Soul Skill
couldn't kill him in one strike.
"Teacher, it's him!"
Tang San spotted Yu Xiaolong at once.
His face darkened.
His gaze turned vicious as he stared at Yu Xiaolong.
The sincere, humble manner he'd shown the first time was gone.
He was brimming with hostility.
"Brother, are you all right?"
A girl with pink rabbit ears
came over to support Tang San.
Yu Xiaogang raised a hand to stop Tang San from rushing forward.
He frowned. "That's Shui Bing'er from Skywater Academy."
Through clenched teeth, he introduced her to his students.
"Shui Bing'er? Is she the one who injured Little San?"
Dai Mubai rolled his wrists.
He looked at Yu Xiaolong with open hostility,
as if itching for a fight.
Yu Xiaolong took in the group's attitude.
He didn't react.
He simply watched them calmly.
The two groups passed each other.
Yu Xiaogang couldn't stand Yu Xiaolong's contemptuous manner.
He walked up to him and suddenly stopped. "Yu Xiaolong! How dare you show your face in front of me? We're not done settling the score for injuring Little San!"
Yu Xiaogang pointed at him again.
He spat out every word,
his face turning black with rage.
"Last time, you asked me to give your disciple some pointers."
"I only made a light move. I didn't expect Tang San to fail to dodge that arrow."
Whoosh!
"Damn it!"
Tang San heard that
and his face turned livid.
His expression changed wildly.
Yu Xiaolong had clearly done it on purpose.
He still didn't know what had gone wrong last time.
That arrow had been completely ordinary.
He had used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
So how had he failed to dodge it!?
A trick!
He must have cheated!
Tang San gritted his teeth.
He glared at Yu Xiaolong.
"Xiaolong, let me advise you as your elder brother: you'd better apologize to Little San! As his senior, don't you feel any shame?"
Yu Xiaogang had lost face.
Yu Xiaolong was far too vicious.
All because of one thing he'd said,
he'd shot Little San with an arrow!
What Yu Xiaogang couldn't wrap his head around was...
Little San had 32 levels of Soul Power.
How could he have been no match for Yu Xiaolong!?
It made no sense!
He could rack his brain all day and still not figure it out.
Yu Xiaolong folded his arms across his chest.
He watched Gangzi rage helplessly.
His gaze was haughty. "Yu Xiaogang, don't talk about me. Look at yourself. You're a level 29 Soul Grandmaster, and you've only just reached forty. That's certainly something to celebrate."
With that,
he turned to Shui Bing'er. "Let's go."
Shui Bing'er gave the Shrek Academy group a cool glance.
Then she turned and left.
"Damn Yu Xiaolong!"
After the two of them had gone,
though they weren't far away yet,
Yu Xiaogang's eyes widened.
Only then did he realize
Yu Xiaolong had been mocking him for being level 29 at the age of forty!
"What gives Yu Xiaolong the right to laugh at me? His level is even lower than mine!"
Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth.
When they were young,
the two of them had been the sect's Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix,
and had been mocked from childhood onward.
Now this brat had turned around and ridiculed his level.
It made him completely lose it.
"Teacher."
"Don't be upset."
"Didn't you say that at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition, I'd lead the Shrek Team and prove myself with my strength?"
"I'll make sure Yu Xiaolong sees what a correct path your theories are!"
Tang San clutched his chest.
He tried hard to calm himself down,
so his anger wouldn't aggravate his wound.
Even so, anyone could hear
the venom in his voice.
"Mm."
After hearing Little San's words,
Yu Xiaogang felt much better. "Little San, you're right. My Ten Core Competitiveness Theories of Soul Masters are already well-developed. I'll train you from now on, and we'll prove what you can do!"
He patted Tang San on the shoulder.
"Yu Xiaolong is far too arrogant. He only has one disciple right now! For all we know, he won't even qualify for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition. He'll have to watch from the sidelines!"
As he said this,
Yu Xiaogang felt a sense of satisfaction.
It hadn't taken long
for him to assemble all the members of the Shrek Team!
They fully met the entry requirements for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition.
As for Yu Xiaolong?
Who knew where he'd tricked a student from Skywater Academy into following him.
But with just one person,
how could he compete?
What a joke!
"By then, Yu Xiaolong will have no choice but to watch me lead the team and shine onstage!"
"I'll make sure my family knows, and everyone across the continent knows, that I, Yu Xiaogang, am no good-for-nothing!"
He thought to himself.
Yu Xiaogang's eyes burned with renewed intensity.
He was brimming with confidence.
"Don't worry, Teacher. At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition, I'll show Yu Xiaolong who the strongest Soul Master of the younger generation is!"
Tang San still held a deep grudge against Yu Xiaolong for injuring him and nearly killing him.
"Third Brother's right! We've got this!"
"Our Shrek Team will definitely place highly in this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition!"
Ma Hongjun chimed in.
He burst into laughter, brimming with confidence.
On the way into the Imperial Fighting Team's academy grounds, Yu Xiaolong said nothing.
But he was already starting to make plans.
Yu Xiaogang had brought the members of the Shrek Team to the imperial capital, too.
That meant Tang San would be heading to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well before long.
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