The Calamity Star Yu Xiaogang

Lin Chen stepped out of the Director's office and happened to run into Yu Xiaogang and Tang San. Interestingly, they were accompanied by a little girl.

The little girl was dressed in pink and wore her hair in a long scorpion braid.

There was no need to ask; it was obviously Xiao Wu.

While she was indeed cute, that was all she was. To Lin Chen, who possessed the soul of an adult, she held absolutely no appeal.

"Yo, Little Chen, finished your registration?"

Yu Xiaogang was beaming, greeting Lin Chen from a distance.

He could never have dreamed that he would encounter two twin martial soul users and one person with innate full soul power all on the same day.

Yet, such an outlandish thing had actually happened to him.

Lin Chen: "..."

This bastard was getting a bit too familiar. Was "Little Chen" something he was allowed to call him?

So, he was in a good mood because he'd found a talented student, was he?

Fine.

Let's see if you're still grinning later.

"The Director's office ahead is the registration point. Just hand your work-study student certificate to Director Su inside. I'm going to have a chat with Lin Chen."

Once they were close, Yu Xiaogang spoke to Tang San and Xiao Wu.

"Alright!"

Tang San and Xiao Wu didn't say much, walking straight past Lin Chen.

"You two, please stay!"

Tang San and Xiao Wu felt nothing at Lin Chen's call.

The former was already used to it, and the latter simply didn't understand.

However, Yu Xiaogang's expression froze in that instant.

He stared at Lin Chen with wide, incredulous eyes.

It was as if he were saying, "Hey, don't mess with me."

Tang San and Xiao Wu stopped in unison and turned to look at Lin Chen.

Xiao Wu asked, "Is something the matter?"

[Disaster brought upon Xiao Wu and Tang San successful. Obtained one System-bestowed Spirit Ring.]

What the hell is a System-bestowed Spirit Ring?

Could it have the same function as a God-bestowed Spirit Ring?

Lin Chen's mind was filled with questions.

But clearly, now was not the time to dwell on that.

He glanced at the space between their brows, then turned to look at Yu Xiaogang.

His expression was somewhat strange, making Yu Xiaogang feel an inexplicable panic.

"Is... is there a problem?"

Lin Chen asked, "Has your life been filled with misfortune?"

"???"

Hearing this question, Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but reminisce.

He was the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect Master, and should have been the young sect master, showered with love and glory.

Instead, due to a martial soul mutation, he became the shame of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.

He was unwilling to accept this and wanted to prove himself through other means.

He wanted the world to know that even if his martial soul had mutated into a trash martial soul, he could still become a figure respected by all.

So, he joined Spirit Hall.

As it turned out, the Ten Core Competencies he had painstakingly researched failed to make much of a splash in the spirit master world and were even highly controversial.

As for Bibi Dong... that was a non-issue for him.

Later, he left Spirit City and befriended Flender and Liu Erlong, eventually making a name for himself in the spirit master world.

But then... just as he and Liu Erlong were about to find their happy ending, he was suddenly struck by the news that Liu Erlong was actually his cousin.

Those events were more than just unfortunate; they were downright disastrous.

As he thought about it, the smile on Yu Xiaogang's face gradually faded, replaced by anger and resentment. His fists tightened.

He took a deep breath and looked at Lin Chen.

"Do you have some kind of explanation?"

"Sigh!"

Lin Chen couldn't help but let out a sigh at these words, shaking his head with a feigned air of mystery.

"Forget it, I'd better not say anything."

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang stopped himself just as he was about to lash out.

What kind of person was this? Who leaves a story half-told?

Tang San and Xiao Wu were also speechless.

They had been waiting for ages, only for the other party to suddenly decide not to finish.

Wasn't this just pure baiting?

Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the irritation in his heart.

"Speak. I promise I won't get angry."

He knew the other party definitely wasn't going to say anything pleasant, but he still wanted to hear it.

Curiosity was such a strange thing.

Lin Chen asked, "Are you sure?"

Yu Xiaogang nodded heavily, his gaze extremely firm.

"Fine, then I'll tell you."

After saying this, Lin Chen raised a finger and pointed at Tang San and Xiao Wu.

"I'm not sure about the little girl, but Tang San wasn't plagued by bad luck just a moment ago, yet now he has been inexplicably ensnared by it."

"What?"

Tang San's eyes widened abruptly, his face full of disbelief as he stared at Lin Chen.

Xiao Wu, however, frowned.

Plagued by bad luck?

The guy looked about the same age as her, so why was he talking such nonsense?

The key was...

Xiao Wu glanced at Tang San and Yu Xiaogang; both of them looked completely shocked.

That guy didn't seem to be just spouting gibberish.

"Are you saying that I passed this bad luck onto the two of them?"

Yu Xiaogang regretted it; he shouldn't have been so loose-lipped as to ask that question.

What if he scared off his good disciple?

Without Tang San, how could he prove his theories? How could he become a master of theory respected by the world?

Lin Chen nodded. "There is a type of person in this world known as a jinx. Their lives are often filled with misfortune, and they inevitably drag those close to them down as well."

Since he was at Nuoding Academy, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others would inevitably suffer bad luck from time to time.

Over time, it would be hard not to arouse suspicion.

Since that was the case, he had no choice but to manufacture a culprit.

Bad luck?

It was only right that they were unlucky—who told them to stay with a jinx every day?

Tang San's pupils contracted sharply.

When Lin Chen asked earlier if Teacher's life was filled with misfortune...

Teacher didn't refute it.

And sometimes, not refuting is the best answer.

Is Teacher a jinx?

I've only just become his apprentice and I'm already plagued by bad luck. If this continues...

Tang San didn't dare to imagine it.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu's gaze toward Yu Xiaogang became wary.

She didn't know if the guy's words were true or false.

But when it came to safety, it was better to believe it than to risk it.

It seemed she would have to stay away from him in the future.

The changes in Tang San and Xiao Wu's expressions were all seen by Yu Xiaogang.

"Absurd!"

"Although my life has had its share of misfortune, I have never dragged anyone else down with me."

"On what grounds do you call me a jinx?"

"If you can't give me a proper explanation today, don't blame me for being impolite."

Yu Xiaogang was truly enraged.

Tang San was tied to his future; there could be absolutely no mishaps.

Yet Lin Chen's words were nothing short of cutting off his path to success.

To ruin a man's future is akin to killing his parents.

This was an irreconcilable hatred, and he had to have an answer today.

"Look at you, getting worked up again."

"I didn't want to say anything, but you insisted on hearing it, and now that you have, you're blowing a fuse."

"Tell me, are you sick in the head?"

Lin Chen's tone was filled with speechlessness, his expression tinged with a hint of disdain.

"You..."

Yu Xiaogang was furious, yet he didn't know how to retort.

After all, it was indeed he who had insisted on asking.