Little San, even if you don't think for yourself, surely you don't want anything to happen to your mother?

"Hahaha!" Yu Xiaogang covered his mouth. He was clearly laughing quite happily, but he deliberately lowered his voice, and with his hand muffling it, the laughter sounded rather perverted.

Yu Xiaogang even excitedly slapped the table with his hand.

When the teachers gathered around Li Chun noticed the commotion from Yu Xiaogang and turned their gazes toward him in unison, Yu Xiaogang gave a dry cough.

"Ahem... I didn't expect that such a thing would actually happen," Yu Xiaogang said, deliberately using a tone of deep regret.

"Grandmaster, have you encountered this situation before? Is there any good solution?" Seeing Yu Xiaogang's gloating expression, Li Chun already had little expectation of him, but for the sake of his student Lin Hui, he still asked.

"Ah... you're talking about this... in my experience, it doesn't seem to have occurred before..." Yu Xiaogang appeared somewhat awkward, but in order not to tarnish his reputation as a Grandmaster, he feigned profundity. "Why don't you tell me exactly what happened first?"

Li Chun briefly recounted the process of him and Lin Hui going to the Soul Hunting Forest, but he omitted the fact that Lin Hui's martial soul could absorb soul beasts; after all, subconsciously, he still felt that Yu Xiaogang might not have good intentions.

"It's just that after Lin Hui killed a soul beast, the soul ring that emerged from its corpse would dissipate the moment it touched Lin Hui himself. We tried several soul beasts, and it was the same every time," Li Chun said.

"There's actually such a situation!" Yu Xiaogang was also somewhat shocked at this moment, but immediately, he began to gloat in his heart. After all, he had always been envious of Lin Hui's innate full soul power talent, but now it seemed very likely that Lin Hui would end up like him—a useless person.

It was even quite possible that he would be worse off than him; after all, he had managed to cultivate to level twenty-nine with only innate half-level soul power, while it looked like Lin Hui wouldn't even be able to break through to level ten.

How could this not make Yu Xiaogang laugh out loud?

At this moment, when Yu Xiaogang looked at Lin Hui standing to the side, a sense of superiority welled up in his heart.

Yu Xiaogang approached Lin Hui with the air of an elder, squatted down, placed a hand on Lin Hui's shoulder, and "comforted" him.

"Lin Hui, my family's martial soul is the top-tier martial soul on this continent, yet by the time it reached me, not only did the martial soul mutate, but my innate soul power was only half a level."

"Although you have innate full soul power, even if you've encountered an accident in absorbing soul rings, I still hope you can be like me and not give up hope. Although your teacher's level is not high, this spirit of perseverance is still very worthy of your study."

"However, you must also prepare for the worst, because in terms of soul power cultivation, you might not even be able to surpass your teacher."

"A soul master with innate full soul power who ultimately cannot even break through to level ten—if this were to spread, it would inevitably invite discussion, or even mockery, from the world."

"But this is the path your teacher has walked before, and you must also be strong."

"Of course, the teachers will also try to find a way to solve this problem for you."

Watching the smile-concealing-a-dagger expression on Yu Xiaogang's face and hearing these words that were unclear whether they were comfort or sarcasm, Lin Hui let out a cold laugh.

"I thank the Grandmaster for his good intentions."

"But strength and perseverance? What use is this spirit in a world like the Douluo Continent, where the weak are prey to the strong?"

"Although the Grandmaster only has innate half-level soul power, your family possesses the world's top-tier martial soul, so you must be a major clan on this continent."

"If you had borrowed the power of your family, how could you have failed to even break through to level twenty-nine?"

"Instead, you insisted on struggling alone, falling into the state where your hair has turned white."

"I will find a way to obtain a soul ring myself; I will absolutely not end up in a position where everyone shouts and mocks me. Please rest assured of that, Grandmaster."

After Lin Hui finished speaking, he even flashed a smile. After all, he had indeed thought of a solution long ago: going to the cave behind Holy Soul Village to capture Ah Yin.

And this was exactly what he was going to do next.

A female teacher in the office heard Lin Hui's words and covered her mouth, laughing out loud.

"Hahaha, this child is truly interesting!"

These teachers had long had opinions about Yu Xiaogang's pretentious and feigned profound demeanor. Usually, out of respect for the Dean, they tried their best not to conflict with Yu Xiaogang.

But when Lin Hui laid the matter bare, this female teacher could not suppress the urge to laugh.

Li Chun heard Lin Hui's words and also pondered for a moment, thinking to himself.

"That's right, I've also heard some things about the Grandmaster. But since he is a child of a great family, if he had used the family's power, he wouldn't have been stuck at level twenty-nine, would he? Such a tragedy could indeed have been avoided."

But to ease the atmosphere, Li Chun still said, "Grandmaster, please don't mind what a child says."

Yu Xiaogang was so angry that his face turned green, but seeing that no one present helped him speak, and holding onto his status as an elder, he found it difficult to lash out at that moment.

"Hmph—"

Yu Xiaogang let out a cold snort and walked out of the office.

In the hallway outside, the more Yu Xiaogang thought about it, the more awkward and unpleasant he felt. His heart was a mix of five flavors—sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy all surging together—making him feel extremely uncomfortable. Along the way, Yu Xiaogang cursed angrily.

"Without even a soul ring, you can't even break through to level ten. I'd like to see how you will surpass me in the future?"

"You even started lecturing me. Do I have to admit my mistakes to my family just to break through my soul power level?"

"I was never wrong; it is this world that has always been wrong!"

Tang San, who had just finished class, saw Yu Xiaogang's angry appearance and felt it was a bit strange. But Tang San soon learned what had happened from others.

On the playground, Tang San blocked Lin Hui and began to question him.

"Student Lin Hui, even if you can't absorb a soul ring, you shouldn't take your anger out on the teacher."

"The teacher said those things for your own good; he never thought of harming you."

"Furthermore, the teacher cannot be wrong; it has always been you who was wrong. Please apologize to the teacher immediately, otherwise—"

Seeing Tang San's unreasonable behavior, Lin Hui felt his own anger rise.

"Otherwise what?"

A cold glint flashed from Tang San's sleeve, a light that did not escape Lin Hui's notice.

Hidden within Tang San's sleeve was the concealed weapon he had meticulously crafted.

At this moment, there was no doubt that Tang San had developed a murderous intent.

"Otherwise, you have already invited your own death!" Tang San spat viciously.

Seeing that Tang San was on the verge of using his Sleeve Arrow, the last shred of pity Lin Hui held for him vanished.

"I wasn't wrong after all; you act entirely based on your own whims and personal feelings. You speak of righteousness and morality, yet it all boils down to your own selfishness," Lin Hui said with a cold laugh.

Little San, I never expected your heart to be so vicious at such a young age.

And to be so ungrateful, too!

Even if you don't care about yourself, surely you wouldn't want anything to happen to your mother?

Lin Hui had made up his mind: the moment Tang San left the academy and lured away the Tang Hao who was protecting him from the shadows, he would head to the mountain behind Holy Soul Village to capture Ah Yin.

Since you care so little for your mother, then I am determined to capture her!