"Impudent—!!!"
"You brat, you've got some nerve! That's absolutely outrageous!"
"Do you have any idea how deeply your words just hurt a scholar who devoted his entire life to theoretical research?"
"The Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul are the truth that will save the world! I, Yu Xiaogang, the greatest theoretical master on the continent, spent my entire life exploring and pouring my heart and soul into researching them! Do you know how many Soul Masters across Douluo Continent would have died from exploding after blindly absorbing Soul Rings if not for this great theory to fall back on?! They'd have been left without even a corpse!"
"And then there's the incredibly forward-thinking Martial Soul Mimicry Theory. I was the one who broke through the outdated conventions that had shackled us for thousands of years! Who says plant Martial Souls can only absorb plant Soul Rings? Who says Beast Martial Souls can't absorb plant Soul Rings?! As long as certain conditions are met, these two types of Martial Souls can absorb Soul Rings from the other category."
"Little San's Blue Silver Grass was frail to begin with. If he didn't absorb a snake-type Soul Ring to increase his Martial Soul's toughness, that Martial Soul of his would be utterly useless!"
"You don't understand a thing, yet you spout nonsense! How dare you slander such a peerless theory—one that saves lives and opens up a whole new world?!"
"Tell me, what exactly are your motives?"
At the entrance to Nuoding Academy, a farcical scene was unfolding.
A sexy young man with a buzz cut was glaring red-eyed at the cool, handsome youth before him, panting like an ox as he roared in fury.
When he first learned that a child in this year's intake named Tang San had Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power, his first thought had been that it was impossible!
But the proof from Spirit Hall couldn't possibly be fake!
So, after ruling out every impossibility, no matter how bizarre it seemed, this had to be the truth!
After his buzz-cut mind raced frantically, Yu Xiaogang arrived at an answer that nearly made him faint with happiness!
This child named Tang San must have another incredibly powerful Second Martial Soul. That was the only way he could have Innate Full Soul Power!
His dream-chosen disciple!
Yu Xiaogang was confident that only a peerless genius like himself, the greatest intellectual on the continent, could raise a child with such talent!
Because of the flaw in his Martial Soul, he had been unable to break through to level 30 his entire life. If he wanted his name to resound across all of Douluo Continent, he had to find another way.
Though Yu Xiaogang had already earned considerable standing by publishing his monumental work, the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, he was clearly not satisfied!
But then Tang San appeared, and everything seemed to fall into place!
If Tang San became an unparalleled powerhouse under the tutelage of the continent's greatest theoretical master, wouldn't Yu Xiaogang's name be passed down through the ages alongside Tang San's?
He had almost managed to fool the silly boy into becoming his disciple. But just as Tang San was about to accept him as his master, this pretty boy had appeared and ruined all his plans.
Though... what he'd said was all true.
But looking at how young the other guy was...
If he didn't immediately kneel and apologize, Yu Xiaogang would make this ignorant brat understand the might of a Soul Grandmaster!
The young man was named Jiang Li. After arriving in Douluo Continent, his system had left him with a Blue Silver King Martial Soul and a Ten Thousand Soul Banner... Ahem, a Human Emperor Banner that looked extremely cool, with black energy constantly billowing from it. Then it had gone dormant.
It wasn't until shortly before that, when he had absorbed his Seventh Soul Ring and become a Soul Saint, that his system had stirred back to life.
A single sentence appeared on the blue screen only he could see.
[Take Tang San as your disciple. Reward: First Martial Soul evolves into Blue Silver Emperor; Second Martial Soul, Human Emperor Banner, unlocks more wondrous abilities! As the bond between host and Tang San deepens, receive a series of rewards, including Soul Bones, Soul Rings, and a divine position!]
Jiang Li had originally planned to go to Nuoding City before the story began and claim the hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone for himself.
But the moment the system reappeared, he immediately changed his mind.
Wasn't it just taking Tang San as his disciple?
Done! He'd take Tang San as his disciple!
After all, if you had to point to the root of all evil during the Spirit Hall era in Douluo Continent—
Tracing things back to their source, it really wasn't that two-gods-in-one Little Scumbag.
You had to understand: if Gangzi hadn't pursued his ambition and provoked Bibi Dong when he was young, she wouldn't have turned evil.
If Bibi Dong hadn't turned evil, she wouldn't have fed Qian Xunji to the spiders. And Qian Daoliu had a promise to keep with Tang Chen, so even the matter of Ah Yin, that hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, wouldn't have driven things to such a pass with the Clear Sky Sect.
And then Tang San, raised in the Clear Sky Sect, wouldn't have been taught to become that pure-and-spotless Tang Buddha.
Yu Xiaogang: "Little San, your greatest weakness is that you're too softhearted."
Tang San: "I understand, teacher!"
Yu Xiaogang: "Little San, now that you've become a god, shouldn't you take me with you to the Divine Realm when you ascend, so your teacher can enjoy the good life?"
Tang San, the God King: "Gangzi, you broke through level 30. You're still not satisfied?"
His future beloved disciple had the Confucian classics carved into his very bones, and had always believed in the Confucian tenets of loyalty to heaven, ruler, parents, and teacher.
Having been an orphan in both lives, he was all too easily influenced by Yu Xiaogang's bizarre ideas.
But then again...
As the saying went, "One day a teacher, a father for life!"
And a teacher was a father, too. Jiang Li figured Ah Yin was still quite the alluring woman!
"Looks like you're getting desperate, Master Yu."
"Why don't you tell me how you, a useless man who could never break through to level 30, know the absorption limit for Soul Rings over a thousand years old?"
"And besides, a mere Soul Grandmaster couldn't possibly know this stuff."
Jiang Li chuckled, but his words struck Yu Xiaogang right in the lungs.
In an instant, his whole body flushed red. Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, even his breathing grew visibly more labored.
Of course he knew where his theories had come from. But in the end, could anyone call a scholar's work plagiarism?
"Brat, it seems I'll have to show you today that I, your senior, possess more than just peerless wisdom. My strength is formidable, too!"
"Come out, Luo Sanpao!"
Yu Xiaogang roared. At his shout, a strange creature, something between a pig and a dog, appeared at his feet and rubbed affectionately against his trouser leg.
"Roro."
Immediately afterward, two neat yellow Hundred-Year Soul Rings revolved at his feet.
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