Angrily Confronting Yu Xiaogang

Lin Chen glanced at Tang San, taking in the threat in his eyes.

"Over the past two years, excluding what I said you didn't need to pay back, you've borrowed a total of one thousand Gold Soul Coins from me. When do you plan on returning them?"

"Huh?"

Tang San was stunned for a moment, his eyes instantly turning clear.

He looked incredibly awkward, stammering.

"That... well, could you give me a little more time? I'll definitely pay you back the moment I have it."

Lin Chen looked at the many shopping bags in his hands.

"You don't seem to have thought about the money you owe me when you have money to spend."

Tang San: "..."

He looked at the shopping bags in his hands and lowered his head in shame.

"Heh!"

Lin Chen chuckled and walked away directly, ignoring Xiao Wu from start to finish.

The only things about Xiao Wu that could pique his interest were Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.

As for beauty or anything of the sort.

Not to mention she didn't have it yet, even if she did, it would be hard to interest Lin Chen.

There are thousands upon thousands of beauties in the Douluo world; why bother getting entangled with a Rogue Rabbit?

Seeing that Lin Chen didn't even acknowledge her, Xiao Wu gritted her teeth in frustration.

Yet, there was nothing she could do.

"Hmph, what's with that attitude?"

She snorted coldly and turned to leave, not even sparing Tang San a glance.

"Xiao Wu, wait for me!"

Tang San snapped out of it, shouted, and hurriedly chased after her.

Lin Chen arrived at the dormitory building.

He had just reached the second floor when he saw a guy sneakily pressed against his dormitory door, seemingly eavesdropping on the movements inside.

That sneaky guy was none other than Yu Xiaogang.

"Oi, what are you doing?"

Lin Chen startled Yu Xiaogang, who jumped and hurriedly turned to face him.

"Uh... well, ahem, the weather is quite nice today, isn't it?"

Yu Xiaogang looked around with the guilty conscience of a thief.

Lin Chen was speechless, his gaze inadvertently sweeping across his forehead.

It was very dark, even darker than Tang San's had been earlier.

If Lin Chen remembered correctly, he had already accumulated seven streaks of bad luck.

Lin Chen didn't dare to call out to him anymore.

Otherwise, if he wasn't careful, he might just call him to his death.

He might not even be able to withstand the seven streaks he already had.

"Speak if you have something to say."

Lin Chen didn't know what kind of madness this guy was having today.

In two years, this was the first time he had come to find him.

"Ahem!"

Yu Xiaogang coughed, subconsciously puffing out his chest, then placed one hand behind his back, his expression gradually becoming serious and arrogant.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should have a second Martial Soul, right?"

After thinking it over, Yu Xiaogang still wanted to win Lin Chen over.

To this end, he had made full preparations.

Today would be the day Lin Chen bowed down before him.

Lin Chen: "..."

This guy took him for Tang San, thinking he could be tricked with a simple bluff.

"Sometimes I really wonder how you got that title of Grandmaster."

"Did you give it to yourself?"

"There have only been two people with Twin Martial Souls in history; do you think they're just weeds on the side of the road?"

Lin Chen shook his head, his eyes filled with suspicion and disdain.

Yu Xiaogang's heart skipped a beat when he saw his reaction.

Could I have really guessed wrong?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

No matter how one looked at it, the Sky Thunder Whip could not possibly possess the ability to see through another person's fortune.

He must have a second martial soul.

"Heh! Knowing how to hide one's light is a good thing, but you cannot fool me."

Yu Xiaogang smiled confidently.

"I have spent my entire life obsessed with the study of martial souls and Spirit Master theory. I have studied more martial souls than you have eaten meals."

"Your Sky Thunder Whip may be decent, but it is absolutely incapable of seeing through another person's fortune. So, where did your ability to see through others' fortunes come from?"

Having said this, Yu Xiaogang paused slightly.

The corners of his mouth curled up as he added in an extremely firm tone.

"Then there is only one truth: you possess a second martial soul, and your ability to see through others' fortunes is granted to you by that second martial soul."

He stared at Lin Chen with burning eyes.

As if to say: "Admit it, you can't fool a master theorist like me."

Lin Chen opened his mouth, looking speechless.

"I say, Grandmaster, you've spent half your life researching, and this is all you've come up with?"

Yu Xiaogang frowned.

Lin Chen continued, "After researching martial souls for half your life, do you not even know that one must release their martial soul to utilize its corresponding abilities?"

Yu Xiaogang was slightly stunned, his expression turning ugly at once.

Damn it, how could I have forgotten that point?

Lin Chen added insult to injury with a look of disdain, "If you don't have the diamond drill, don't try to take on the porcelain work. Do you know how laughable you look right now?"

"Just because people flatter you a bit, you actually think you're a master theorist?"

"If you truly had that kind of ability, you wouldn't be holed up in this tiny Nuoding Academy, nor would you be unable to even provide your disciple with pocket money."

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang flew into a rage.

With a flushed face, he pointed at Lin Chen and shouted angrily.

"Insolent! Are you questioning my talent?"

Lin Chen merely gave a contemptuous smile.

"Talent? What talent?"

"Is it teaching your disciple how to be a proper simp?"

"..."

The anger on Yu Xiaogang's face froze instantly; he opened his mouth several times but could not utter a word.

He had no way to refute those words.

Even now, he still couldn't figure out how his own dating experience had evolved into a simp's manual in Tang San's hands.

If he had discovered it early, it might have been salvageable, but by the time he realized it, it was already too late.

Tang San was already completely addicted to simping.

If Xiao Wu ignored him for even a moment, he would become completely restless.

No matter what Yu Xiaogang said, Tang San wouldn't listen.

Even if he did listen, as long as Xiao Wu gave him the cold shoulder, he would instantly cast it to the back of his mind and go right back to being a simp.

That was assuming Tang Hao didn't know about Tang San's situation yet.

If Tang Hao were to find out, he would likely be skinned alive, if not killed outright.

Lin Chen continued, "If you want to be a qualified teacher, then start by paying back the one thousand Gold Soul Coins that Tang San owes me."

"How much?"

Yu Xiaogang's eyes widened sharply as he stared at Lin Chen in utter disbelief.

One thousand Gold Soul Coins?

Are you joking?

In just two short years, Tang San had actually spent one thousand Gold Soul Coins on Xiao Wu.

That was a full one thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Lin Chen sneered, "What? As a grand master theorist, you can't even cough up this little bit of Gold Soul Coins? You're really not up to much, are you?"

Yu Xiaogang was momentarily speechless.

If he could produce one thousand Gold Soul Coins, would he still be sponging off others at Nuoding Academy?

However, for the sake of his own reputation, he had to argue his case.

"How could academic theoretical knowledge be tainted by something as filthy as money?"

Yu Xiaogang's face was full of disdain, putting on an air that treated money like dirt.

Lin Chen asked, "When you say that, doesn't your conscience hurt?"

Yu Xiaogang frowned slightly.

Lin Chen continued, "The Dean of Nuoding has spent who knows how much money to support you. Since you're so high and mighty, then stop spending his money."