Yu Luomian had always looked down on Yu Xiaogang the most, so he was even less willing to believe that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's chance to advance further would actually fall into this useless man's hands.
Yu Yuanzhen also furrowed his brows. He couldn't tell whether the Sky Screen exposing Yu Xiaogang now was a good thing or a bad thing.
In Spirit City, Qian Renxue was frowning deeply as well.
"Why is it this guy again?"
Hate the house and its crow: because of Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue loathed Yu Xiaogang to the bone.
By this time, Ouyang Kong and Nahida had already arrived in Spirit City. Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue had both seen them.
The two hurried forward to greet them.
"I, Qian Daoliu, Grand High Priest of the Angel God, pay my respects to Lesser Lord Kusanali and the Grand Sage."
Qian Daoliu adopted a very deferential posture, and Qian Renxue did the same.
"There's no need for formalities. I'm sure Scaramouche has already explained our purpose to you."
"Yes. We warmly welcome the Akademiya to establish a branch in Spirit City."
"Good. Then the branch's location..."
"It's already been arranged. I can take Lesser Lord Kusanali and the Grand Sage to have a look."
"There's no rush. The Sky Screen has updated again."
Everyone looked up. Sure enough, the scene on the Sky Screen had switched from Yu Xiaogang to Luo Sanpao, along with a written explanation.
[Luo Sanpao: Originally a Radiant Sacred Dragon, it was pushed to its current form by extreme degradation in order to adapt to its host, Yu Xiaogang.]
The meaning was obvious: it wasn't that the Martial Soul Luo Sanpao had held Yu Xiaogang back. On the contrary, Yu Xiaogang himself was so useless that he had dragged down Luo Sanpao, a Martial Soul that had originally been a Radiant Sacred Dragon.
Next, the Sky Screen showed another side of Yu Xiaogang that few had ever seen.
On screen, Yu Xiaogang summoned his Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, when he was alone, then vented all the dissatisfaction and other negative emotions he had bottled up inside onto it.
The Sky Screen also showed Luo Sanpao's two Soul Skills. They were called Soul Skills, but in truth, they were both just farting.
It also showed Yu Xiaogang feeding Luo Sanpao radishes so it would have gas to pass.
If Luo Sanpao really were just a pig, this scene wouldn't have been much of a big deal. But knowing that its true form was a Radiant Sacred Dragon made it a supreme humiliation.
And Luo Sanpao wasn't the only one being humiliated. He had even offended the notoriously protective Dragon Sovereign Clan. Some of the Ferocious Beasts by the Lake of Life were already thinking about how to tear Yu Xiaogang, that useless man, to pieces.
"Impossible! This can't be true!"
Yu Xiaogang was certainly unwilling to admit it. Ever since he was young, he had brainwashed himself into believing that he had become useless because his Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, had held him back.
If his Martial Soul had been a normal Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, then his achievements would surely have surpassed anyone else's.
But now the truth was telling him that it hadn't been his Martial Soul holding him back. On the contrary, he was the useless one who had dragged his Martial Soul down.
He couldn't accept it, no matter what.
In fact, the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill performed by Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender had already proven this.
The so-called Golden Sacred Dragon was actually Luo Sanpao using the Soul Power of Liu Erlong and Flender to unlock its original appearance.
"Xiaogang, don't get so worked up. You've never been useless. Flender and I both know that. Boss Fu, don't you agree?"
Flender finally snapped out of it and chimed in. "That's right, Xiaogang. You have your own strengths. Don't take what the Sky Screen says too seriously."
Easier said than done. If Yu Xiaogang could simply ignore it, he wouldn't be Yu Xiaogang. Before, he could have deceived himself. Now, he didn't even have an excuse left to cling to.
Meanwhile, at the Akademiya Branch in Heaven Dou City, Tighnari was using the Sky Screen to teach several students below him.
"What do you think might cause a Martial Soul to degrade like this?"
"Teacher, I know!"
"Collei, give your junior fellow students a chance to speak."
"Oh!"
Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu's mouths twitched. They'd rather not have a chance to speak at all.
"Xiao Wu, why don't you tell us? Just give a general explanation, drawing on what you've learned so far."
"The cause has to be Yu Xiaogang himself. He's useless. I've disliked him for ages."
"Cough, cough! No personal attacks. We're analyzing the problem. Sit down."
Tighnari then began his explanation.
"You've already learned the theory of the trinity of Martial Soul, spirit, and body.
"These three aspects affect one another. If a Martial Soul degrades, then something must have gone wrong with one of the other two.
"Yu Xiaogang is the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's leader. He must have grown up in comfort and luxury, so it's highly unlikely that the problem lies with his physical strength.
"So, this problem was largely caused by a mismatch between Yu Xiaogang's mental state and his Martial Soul.
"A person's mental fortitude shows itself in everyday life, too. For example, people with weak mental fortitude like to run away from problems."
As if to accompany Tighnari's lesson, the Sky Screen updated with another incident involving Yu Xiaogang.
When Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong saw the new scene on the Sky Screen, both of them trembled.
It showed their wedding. Yu Luomian had appeared at the ceremony and exposed their relationship as cousins, interrupting a wedding that violated all moral principles.
Yu Xiaogang's choice was also shown in full. He ran away. He didn't dare face the problem and chose to flee, leaving Liu Erlong behind to face her father, Yu Luomian, alone.
Now that this scandal had been exposed, the labels attached to Yu Xiaogang went beyond just "useless." At the very least, "scumbag" and "coward" had been added to the list.
"Look. This kind of behavior shows just how weak his mental fortitude is. He's not someone worth learning from."
"He actually did something like that? He left a woman all alone in a situation like that. Did he never think about how desperate she must have felt?"
As Zhu Zhuqing said this, she glanced at Dai Mubai. The meaning behind her indirect jab at him couldn't have been clearer.
"Exactly. But it's incredible that Dean Liu Erlong still gave her whole heart to Yu Xiaogang. It's truly incomprehensible."
The speaker meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart. Zhu Zhuqing now had some other thoughts of her own.
"Cough, cough! Quiet. That's enough on this topic. Let's get back to class..."
Qian Renxue looked at the scene on the Sky Screen and let out a cold laugh.
"Heh. We should really let that woman see just what kind of scumbag the man she likes is."
Ouyang Kong glanced at Qian Renxue, thinking to himself, Even if Bibi Dong saw these scenes, she wouldn't react much. There's just no cure for being love-struck.
"Please take us to see the branch location."
At Ouyang Kong's words, Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue came back to themselves and hurried ahead to lead the way.
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