Yu Xiaogang

Outside the Great Soul Arena, Yu Xiaogang stepped off his carriage and marched inside with an aggressive air.

He arrived at the ticket counter and roared at the staff member.

"Where is the owner of your Great Soul Arena? Call him out to see me!"

The staff member frowned at the man with the flat-top haircut. He had expected some big shot, but a quick glance at the man's Soul Power fluctuations revealed he was only level twenty-nine. Who was he trying to intimidate?

"I apologize, but our Great Soul Arena was founded by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and other major families; there is no such position as 'owner'."

Hearing the staff member speak at such length, Yu Xiaogang felt his wisdom had been insulted. As the smartest man on the entire continent, how could he possibly be ignorant of the Great Soul Arena's origins?

"You dare question me? You are truly stubborn! Fine, this Master does not wish to trouble you today, so call out the person in charge of your Great Soul Arena!"

Seeing Yu Xiaogang act so unreasonably, even the most patient person would have reached their limit.

Level 32 Soul Power erupted from the staff member as he glared viciously at Yu Xiaogang, threatening him.

"This is my final warning: if you aren't here to soul fight or watch a match, get out! If you dare cause trouble here again, I will make sure you don't live to see tomorrow's sun!"

Yu Xiaogang was not easily frightened; before true retaliation arrived, it was all just bluster.

He refused to be outdone and retorted.

"A mere nobody, yet you dare be so rude! Do you know who stands before you?"

The staff member certainly did not know who Yu Xiaogang was, but he did know that Yu Xiaogang was a level twenty-nine piece of trash.

"I don't care who you are. If you cause trouble in the Great Soul Arena, you can wait for death!"

"Who is causing trouble in my jurisdiction?"

A man with a beer belly waddled over from inside the Great Soul Arena. He looked at Yu Xiaogang, realized something, and smiled.

"Xiao Li, who is making a scene?"

The staff member pointed at the man in front of him and said, "Supervisor Wang, it's this flat-top. As soon as he arrived, he started shouting to see you. I tried to advise him kindly, but he wouldn't listen. I had no choice but to try and escort him out, but he only became more insolent."

Supervisor Wang nodded and looked at Yu Xiaogang. "Speak. Why are you looking for me?"

Yu Xiaogang looked at him, guessing this was the person in charge, and produced the newspaper from that day. "Your Great Soul Arena is engaging in false advertising and slandering my work. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Supervisor Wang glanced at the news in the paper and saw it was indeed about Qian Xue's Martial Soul and soul ring configuration.

"You claim I am engaging in false advertising. Do you have proof?"

"Of course I have proof! It is this Master's Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls. It is written there in black and white: the limit for each soul ring's age. How could it be possible for a first soul ring to be a thousand years old and a third to be ten thousand? Your Great Soul Arena must be faking it!"

Listening to Yu Xiaogang, Supervisor Wang nearly burst out laughing. The Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls? It was clearly stolen from Martial Soul Hall. Every soul master on the continent knew that; it could only fool the ignorant common folk.

There were plenty of figures in history who had broken the limit ages written in that book. How could one claim they were all fakes, or that they were all slandering his plagiarized book?

It was only because Martial Soul Hall had a good temper. If it had been the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they would have turned him into a human stick long ago.

"Since you say your Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls are the truth, then let me ask you: are all those in history who exceeded the limit ages also fake?"

Hearing Supervisor Wang put it this way, Yu Xiaogang was struck dumb. To his knowledge, there were indeed many historical figures who had broken those limits.

However, when he had copied the data from Martial Soul Hall, he hadn't considered that much, so perhaps Qian Renxue really was an exception.

But so what? Even if she were an exception, she could not defy his theory.

"People in the past must have used heavenly treasures. Yes, that must be it."

"Look, you even said they used heavenly treasures. Why couldn't Qian Xue use heavenly treasures? That's the end of it. Now, I'll give you two choices: either get out yourself, or I'll turn you into a ball and help you roll out."

Yu Xiaogang was deeply unwilling. If only he hadn't used heavenly treasures as an excuse—wouldn't it have been better to just argue his point?

Now that Supervisor Wang had issued an eviction order, Yu Xiaogang had nothing left to say and could only slink away in defeat.

On his way out of the Great Soul Arena, Yu Xiaogang caught a glimpse of a golden figure.

He squinted and looked closely. Wasn't that person the so-called Qian Xue?

Just as he was looking for a place to vent his anger, he followed her, preparing to tear away her hypocritical mask.

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue followed behind Chen Qi with a miserable expression.

"Chen Qi, I don't want to go back to Martial Soul Hall. My travels haven't even lasted that long yet."

Chen Qi shook his head helplessly and sighed. "Just listen to the Grand Elder's orders. What you did has truly made him angry."

Qian Renxue regretted it deeply now. Why couldn't she have just traveled properly? She had to go and stir up a massive disaster with that soul fight.

If not for Qian Daoliu backing her, she would have died in yesterday's explosion.

"You, stop right there!"

A voice familiar to Chen Qi came from behind—it sounded exactly like the voice of Yu Xiaogang from the Douluo Continent TV show.

Qian Renxue's heart trembled upon hearing it. Thinking it was one of her fans, she quickly hid behind Chen Qi.

Looking at Qian Renxue's expression, Chen Qi shook his head helplessly. Qian Daoliu had already resolved this matter, so what was there to worry about?

"You must be Yu Xiaogang, right?"

Chen Qi turned around and saw that iconic flat-top haircut, recognizing at a glance that this was the legendary Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, who had supposedly trained a god.

Yu Xiaogang was stunned; he hadn't expected this person to recognize him. It seemed his reputation as Yu Xiaogang had already spread across the entire continent.

"That's right! It is indeed this Grandmaster. Now, Qian Xue, how should we handle the rumors you've been spreading about having a thousand-year first ring and a ten-thousand-year third ring?"

Qian Renxue was taken aback by his words.

Rumors?

What rumors? Wasn't this just the truth?

Qian Renxue released her Soul Power, and two deep purple thousand-year soul rings, along with one pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul ring, appeared beneath her.

Yu Xiaogang froze at the sight. He hadn't expected this to be real, but it completely defied conventional logic!

It must be some kind of Soul Power technique used to alter the color of the soul rings!

"Hmph! You must have used a soul skill to change the color of your rings. It won't be that easy to fool this Grandmaster."

Hearing Yu Xiaogang's self-righteous words, Qian Renxue felt her worldview collapsing. How could such a person exist in this world?

"Who did you say was fooling you?"

A voice that made Yu Xiaogang feel suffocated came from behind him. He turned his head and was instantly startled.

"Gr-Grand Elder!!"

Yu Xiaogang racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out why Qian Daoliu would be here.

Wait.

Qian Xue had the surname Qian and golden hair; Qian Daoliu also had the surname Qian and golden hair. That meant Qian Xue was a descendant of Qian Daoliu!

You should have said so earlier! If he had known this, he, Yu Xiaogang, wouldn't have said a single word.

Qian Daoliu looked at the flat-topped man before him and pinched his nose in disgust. This was the very person who had forcibly torn apart what should have been his harmonious family.

If not for Yu Xiaogang, his son would not have died, Bibi Dong would not have turned into a fool, and Qian Renxue would certainly have lived a much happier life.

"Grand Elder, it's all just a misunderstanding!"

"Get out of my sight!!!"