"Who's this Grandmaster?" Xiao Wu asked Wang Sheng.
"Grandmaster's an adviser at the academy. He's on good terms with the dean," Wang Sheng said.
"So is he really only good with his mouth?"
Wang Sheng thought for a moment. "Maybe. Everyone says he's a master of theory, but as for actual combat... anyway, I've never seen him fight."
"Come on, let's go see," Zhang Tianyu said.
Yu Xiaogang getting beaten up! There was no way they could miss seeing that in person!
Now that was a surprise!
He'd originally only wanted to mess with Tang San, so he'd given him a Foul-Mouth Capsule and made his mouth stink. That way, he'd attract plenty of trouble.
Zhang Tianyu had also figured that since Yu Xiaogang had become Tang San's teacher, Tang San's foul mouth would bring Yu Xiaogang trouble too.
But he hadn't expected that trouble to arrive so soon!
Yu Xiaogang was already getting beaten up!
Good! Beautiful!
The training grounds.
By now, quite a crowd had gathered on the training grounds. At the center, surrounded by everyone, Yu Xiaogang and Director Su were facing off.
Both had already summoned their Martial Souls.
Compared to Director Su's imposing werewolf form, Luo Sanpao, standing apart from his master's body, was obviously more eye-catching.
After all, many people had only heard of Yu Xiaogang's Mutated Martial Soul; they'd never seen it with their own eyes.
It was certainly eye-catching, but it was also genuinely weak.
Director Su didn't seem hurt at all, while Yu Xiaogang was already in a sorry state. His clothes were torn in several places and spattered with blood.
Luo Sanpao's face was bruised and swollen too.
He'd already looked quite a bit like a pig, but now he looked even more like one.
"Do you have anything else to say now, Grandmaster?" Director Su sneered. "You're the famous Grandmaster, and yet you can't even beat a lowly director at a mid-level Soul Master Academy like me. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Yu Xiaogang was in such a miserable state, and so many people—especially all those young children—were watching him.
Yet he showed not the slightest embarrassment or shame. Instead, he still put on the airs of some worldly sage, looking at Director Su with a scornful expression as he asked loudly, "Do you really think that being good at fighting is everything? Have you only cared about strength and combat from beginning to end? With an attitude like that, are you fit to be a teacher, let alone a director?"
Zhang Tianyu:
Everyone: ...
Director Su:
Seeing that the atmosphere had gone quiet, Yu Xiaogang pressed on, raising his voice. "As a teacher, what you should care about even more is the all-around physical and mental well-being of the children! Strength is certainly important, but it isn't everything!"
"If you only care about strength and neglect teaching the children morality and how to conduct themselves, then they'll grow up to become violent, vicious thugs, and eventually end up on the road to crime!"
"While paying attention to strength, you should also care about the children's development in other areas. That's what you, as the director of education, ought to be doing!"
Everyone remained silent.
Director Su was completely dumbfounded!
Damn it, was Yu Xiaogang an idiot or something?
In a world like Douluo, where strength spoke for itself and the strong ruled, shouldn't strength be what mattered most?
Without strength, everything else was bullshit!
The strong did as they pleased; the weak accepted their fate!
Zhang Tianyu was utterly floored.
Yu Xiaogang's mouth really was incredible. And the man himself really had no shame.
How could he spout such crooked logic—and deliver it so righteously, so self-righteously?
Then again, it made sense.
That mouth was the only thing he had going for him.
Luo Sanpao looked like a pig, but in practice, he was worse than one.
You could at least slaughter a pig and make braised pork, pork belly with garlic sauce, Qiaotou ribs, or red-braised pork knuckles... Ahem. Anyway, a pig was useful for plenty of things.
But what could Luo Sanpao do?
All he could do was fart three times, and then he had to cool down.
And the power of those farts mostly depended on how bad they smelled. Catch a cold, and you could ignore his attacks entirely. He and his master Yu Xiaogang really were two useless fools made for each other.
A perfect match!
"I'm willing to accept that I'm not as strong as you. I admit that combat ability is my weakness. But is combat ability all that matters in life?" Yu Xiaogang continued, self-righteously trying to make himself look good.
"My theories are beyond your reach!"
Director Su sneered. "Your theories? You mean your nonsense and those unverified fairy tales, don't you?"
Yu Xiaogang's expression remained blank and detached. "One day, they'll be proven true."
Zhang Tianyu couldn't take it anymore.
The damn man was such a show-off!
Yu Xiaogang, Yu Xiaogang, why did you have to show off so much? Would it kill you to stop?
And yet some people had actually been convinced by him!
Zhang Tianyu noticed that quite a few students were looking at Yu Xiaogang with an inexplicable sort of admiration!
Sure, most of these students were only six or seven years old.
But being young didn't mean they were stupid!
On Earth, elementary school kids were young, sure, but damn, they were all clever!
So why were you people on Douluo Continent admiring this idiot?
"Alert: Quest received: [With Me Here, You Won't Get to Show Off!]. Quest objective: Yu Xiaogang is such a show-off that it's unbearable! Mess with him once and make a fool of him in front of all these people. Destroy the lofty image he's built up!"
"Quest reward: Soul Power Level +2, Reward Points +20."
Good! As expected of my trusty system buddy. You're thinking just like me!
Zhang Tianyu had already figured out how to make him embarrass himself in public!
I choose you, item—[Mountain-Opening Cannon]!
Select Yu Xiaogang. Use!
Use successful!
Yu Xiaogang was still showing off. "All my theories will be proven true in the future! Because they're the result of countless hours of hard work and research!"
"And that's just like what I've always told the children: as long as you work hard enough, you'll succeed! As the director of education, surely you understand that principle?"
The students around them gazed at Yu Xiaogang with even greater admiration.
Just then—
Yu Xiaogang's upright, noble expression suddenly changed. His brows furrowed.
The next second—
Bang!
Brrrrrrrrrrt!
A string of sounds like farts came from Yu Xiaogang's direction, ringing in everyone's ears!
At the same time, the clothes over Yu Xiaogang's backside visibly took the force of the blast, ballooning out into a bulge!
So,
That's right!
It was a fart!
And a thunderous, prolonged, winding, world-shaking fart!
The air fell silent.
Yu Xiaogang's impassioned speech came to an abrupt halt.
Everyone stared at Yu Xiaogang, utterly dumbfounded.
It wasn't just the onlookers—even Luo Sanpao looked dumbstruck!
Well done! No wonder you're my master, Luo Sanpao. That fart was even louder than mine!
Yu Xiaogang was completely numb. He stood frozen in place, at a loss.
The crowd of onlookers instinctively backed away a little.
The admiration in the students' eyes slowly disappeared too.
After all, who would admire a farting king?
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