Who Wouldn't Want to Become Yu Xiaogang's Disciple in Real Life? (Please Recommend and Bookmark!)

"How many times do I have to tell you? Don't call me Xiao San..."

Tang San wore a helpless expression.

"We graduate tomorrow, and our teacher recommended that we go study at Shrek Academy in Suotuo City."

"I heard it's an academy that only accepts monsters. Its students are all the cream of the crop from the various junior Soul Master Academies. I'm planning to go check it out."

"What about you? What are your plans? Want to come with me?"

"I haven't decided yet. I just want to go out and relax a bit after graduation."

Wang Dong'er said that, but she already had plans of her own.

She was planning to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy in Heaven Dou City.

Studying wasn't the point. Dugu Yan was.

If she could get on good terms with Dugu Yan and find a way to meet Dugu Bo, she could snatch those immortal herbs right out from under his nose.

At the moment, that was the only way she could get her hands on them.

She was just a little Soul Grandmaster. There was no way she could venture deep into Sunset Forest on her own and find the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

If she risked venturing deep into the Soul Beast forest, the Soul Beasts would tear her to pieces.

"I see..." Tang San sounded a little disappointed. He'd still been hoping he and Wang Dong'er would be brothers for life.

Then, even though he already knew the answer, he asked, "By the way, what about Xiao Wu?"

"Xiao Wu..." Wang Dong'er was just about to make an excuse when Xiao Wu came over.

Her eyes were slightly red, and she glared straight at Wang Dong'er with those big, watery eyes, making Wang Dong'er feel incredibly guilty.

"I... I haven't decided yet, either."

"Wang Dong'er, come over here for a moment."

As she spoke, Xiao Wu led Wang Dong'er off to the side and lowered her voice so only the two of them could hear.

"Wang Dong'er, you wouldn't want anyone finding out you're a girl, would you?"

Wang Dong'er froze. She stared at Xiao Wu with wide eyes, utterly bewildered.

Mom, I'm begging you!

"W-what are you planning to do?"

"Just pretend that never happened. If a third person finds out, I won't let you get away with it!"

Xiao Wu threatened her fiercely. She seemed to have put the matter completely behind her, but deep down, she was still hurting. After all, she'd liked Wang Dong for a year or two.

"Okay, I promise no one else will find out." Wang Dong'er breathed a sigh of relief and bitterly raised three fingers to swear an oath.

She'd nearly scared the life out of herself, afraid Xiao Wu would use this to force her into doing something bad.

Then she put on a serious expression.

"Xiao Wu, the truth is, I've always thought of you as family."

Xiao Wu pursed her lips. "Fine. From today on, you're family to me, too. I won't have feelings for you anymore, you big liar."

Tang San stood nearby, frozen and at a loss.

Having lived two lives, Xiao Wu was the first girl who had ever cared about him. He'd long since made room for her in his heart.

Watching Xiao Wu whisper with Wang Dong'er like they were family, while he stood off to the side like an outsider, left him feeling miserable.

It wasn't until Xiao Wu stood in front of him and drew closer to Wang Dong'er that he finally saw what was in his own heart.

So the reason he'd just felt so sad wasn't Wang Dong'er. It was Xiao Wu.

"By the way, Wang Dong'er, my teacher wanted to talk to you about something."

Tang San spoke up, interrupting them.

"Grandmaster wants to see me?"

Wang Dong'er looked puzzled.

"Sure. I don't have anything else to do, so I'll go see him."

Leaving the student dormitory, Wang Dong'er headed for the academy's classroom building.

When she arrived at Yu Xiaogang's office, the door was open.

Inside was a middle-aged man dressed in a black robe, with short, cropped hair.

He had an ordinary face and rough skin, pockmarked all over. An air of melancholic, washed-up failure seemed to hang around him.

Wang Dong'er couldn't understand how someone like him had made Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fall so madly in love with him.

Was it his knowledge and intelligence? Or that melancholy, defeated air?

"Grandmaster, you wanted to see me?"

"You're here. Come on in and sit down."

Yu Xiaogang spread his mouth into a wide, unpleasant smile at Wang Dong'er.

After Wang Dong'er sat down, he began.

"Wang Dong'er, I've always thought very highly of you. Since you're graduating tomorrow, I wanted to ask you one last time: are you willing to become my disciple?"

"Your Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul has never appeared before in the history of Douluo Continent. There's an eighty percent chance it's a Mutated Martial Soul."

"When it comes to Mutated Martial Souls, no one in all of Douluo Continent has studied them more thoroughly than I have. If you become my disciple, I'll find the right way for you to cultivate your Martial Soul."

"Look at Tang San. His Martial Soul is the useless Blue Silver Grass, yet under my guidance, hasn't he reached level twenty-nine, just like you?"

"If you'd followed my guidance these past six years, you might have already become a Soul Elder."

Yu Xiaogang talked on and on, as if he were some kind of genius and Tang San owed all his success to him.

Wang Dong'er could only laugh at that.

Tang San's Martial Soul was useless?

Don't make your Brother Dong laugh. That was the Martial Soul of the Blue Silver Prince, a top-tier plant Martial Soul. And awakening the Blue Silver Emperor was practically a cheat. How could anyone call it useless?

Without Yu Xiaogang's misguided instruction, Tang San's achievements in the original story would have been even more ridiculous.

If she'd become Yu Xiaogang's disciple, she might not even have broken through level twenty by now.

But she could keep those thoughts to herself.

In real life, Wang Dong'er still showed respect to this Grandmaster, who'd spent fifty years without even reaching level thirty. Without a powerful backer or a cheat of her own, she had to keep a low profile.

"Grandmaster, I'd still rather cultivate my Martial Soul on my own."

"Forget it, forget it. If you're unwilling, then so be it."

Yu Xiaogang could only sigh helplessly at her outright refusal.

Six years ago, he'd felt humiliated when Wang Dong'er refused to become his disciple. After being rejected so many times since then, he'd grown used to it. Still, he felt a little regretful.

Of course, he didn't regret that he'd failed to take her on as a disciple.

He felt sorry for Wang Dong'er.

A chance to defy fate had been placed right in front of her, and she couldn't seize it. What a rotten piece of wood, impossible to carve.

"There's one more thing. I recommended that Xiao San go study at Shrek Academy in Suotuo City. That academy only accepts monsters, and I think it would suit you very well."

"Forget it, Grandmaster. I'm just an ordinary person, not some monster."

Wang Dong'er refused.

"If we're talking about a real monster, Tang San is the one. I won't be going."

"In that case, I won't try to persuade you. I hope you'll work hard at cultivating, and not fall too far behind Tang San and Xiao Wu."

"Heh... I'll take your word for it, Grandmaster. If I make progress in my cultivation someday, I'll help you find a way to break through to Soul Elder."

Wang Dong'er said with a smile.

"You... you!"

Yu Xiaogang was left speechless. All he could do was drive Wang Dong'er out of his office.

His kind intentions had been rewarded with ridicule.

Could the world please show him a little less malice?

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