A Teacher for a Day, a Father for Life!

"Yes, my lord!"

"I will do my utmost to find the Golden Dragon King. The revival of the Dragon Clan rests entirely upon you, my lord!"

Di Tian did not feel discouraged. Instead, he looked forward to the future even more.

It was merely a matter of spending some time searching for traces of the Golden Dragon King. For someone like Di Tian, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, it only meant spending a little more time.

Not to mention that Douluo Planet was only so large—even if the search took a hundred years, a thousand years, or even ten thousand years, as long as they could find the Golden Dragon King, let his lord devour him, gather the two great bloodlines, and recreate the Dragon God—

To Di Tian, all of it would be worthwhile.

Having lived for hundreds of thousands of years, reviving the Dragon Clan had been the dream Di Tian pursued throughout his long life. Now that there was finally a possibility of achieving it, even if he had to sacrifice himself or die, he would not care in the slightest as long as he could fulfill his own return to the source.

The ethereal voice fell silent. Di Tian rose to his feet once more, his towering body now filled with resolve as faint spatial ripples enveloped him.

The next moment, he vanished. The extreme darkness attribute that had shrouded the entire Lake of Life gradually dispersed and disappeared.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Wulin took Tang San aboard a carriage back to Notting City.

Two days later, master and disciple returned to Notting City.

This trip to obtain a Soul Ring had been immensely worthwhile. In Tang Wulin's eyes, Tang San's Soul Skill also held great potential for development.

The trip to the Star Dou Great Forest had been an absolute windfall.

After paying the carriage rental fee, Tang Wulin led Tang San straight toward Notting Academy.

Master and disciple had just arrived at the gates of Notting Academy.

Tang Wulin had just told Tang San to go back and rest properly, then come find him once he had recovered. He then took out some Gold Soul Coins and handed them to Tang San, telling him to eat and drink well every day and not mistreat himself.

If a Soul Master wanted to grow quickly, eating well was essential. When Tang Wulin was young, he needed at least eighty or a hundred buns per meal just to barely fill his stomach.

Now that he had grown, he ate even more with every meal. Although this was related to the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, a Soul Master whose diet was lacking would also be held back in cultivation.

Tang San gratefully accepted the Gold Soul Coins Tang Wulin handed him, tears welling up in his eyes.

No one had ever cared for him like this. At home, even eating his fill had been difficult. From childhood to adulthood, he had never received the slightest care from Tang Hao. If he had not mastered the Mysterious Heaven Skill and received Grandfather Jack's assistance, he likely would have starved to death long ago.

Now that he had a teacher, everything was getting better. His teacher not only planned out his future path as a Soul Master, but also cared about his food, clothing, shelter, and travel.

Compared with that alcoholic father who drank as if his life depended on it, who even needed Tang San to care for his daily needs, and who had shown only a trace of warmth after Tang San revealed his Twin Martial Souls talent, Tang Wulin—a teacher he had known for only five days, who had made him feel a stirring in his bloodline and warmth from their very first meeting—was far more deserving of his respect.

At that moment, Tang San even thought that it would have been wonderful if Tang Wulin were not his teacher, but his father.

Unfortunately, that was impossible. Yet Tang Wulin had already become one of the people Tang San respected most, surpassing even his father, Tang Hao, in that regard.

Just as Tang San was about to return and get some proper rest, a figure suddenly barged between master and disciple.

The person who barged in was none other than Yu Xiaogang!

Yu Xiaogang had waited outside Notting Academy for a full four days. Ever since learning that Tang San had gone with Tang Wulin to obtain a Soul Ring, he had been unable to suppress his urge to take Tang San as his disciple.

Driven by that urge, Yu Xiaogang had even completely taken over the gatekeeper's job these past few days. Day and night, he stood before Notting Academy, waiting for Tang San and Tang Wulin to return.

Yu Xiaogang had even planned it all out. The moment Tang Wulin returned with Tang San, he would step forward, reveal his identity, comfort Tang San, and then naturally take him as his disciple.

After waiting for more than four days, not only had his enthusiasm not diminished in the slightest, but Yu Xiaogang had become even more anxious and desperate.

In his eyes, this was his only chance. If he could take a Twin Martial Souls genius as his disciple, that genius might become a Titled Douluo in the future.

Then he could claim that he had trained a Titled Douluo. At that point, who would dare question his title as the Number One Theory Master of the Continent? Who would dare say that Spirit Hall had arranged that title for him through the back door?

At the thought of truly becoming the Number One Theory Master of the Continent in the future, Yu Xiaogang was so excited he could barely contain himself.

Now that Tang Wulin had finally returned with Tang San, Yu Xiaogang rushed forward the instant he saw them, intending to take Tang San as his disciple.

"Tang San, my name is Yu Xiaogang. I am the Number One Theory Master of the Douluo Continent. Your talent is exceptional, and you are the third person in a hundred years to possess Twin Martial Souls. Only I can become your teacher and guide you onto the path of the strong."

"Now that you have obtained your first Soul Ring, you are surely not particularly satisfied with your Soul Skill. A useless Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass must first strengthen its own toughness before it can gradually become stronger."

"Although you absorbed your first Soul Ring improperly, as long as you acknowledge me as your teacher, I am confident I can lead you back to the peak."

Yu Xiaogang charged between master and disciple and bluntly spilled all the words he had kept buried in his heart for days.

He could not wait to take Tang San as his disciple. As for Tang Wulin, seeing that he possessed some strength, he could serve as Xiao San's and his protector. In the future, Yu Xiaogang would also teach him a little Soul Master theory, so he would understand that without ability, he should not mislead others. If he wanted to take disciples, he should at least possess a fraction of Yu Xiaogang's theoretical expertise.

Tang San: ???

Tang Wulin: ...

Tang San's mouth twitched as he looked at the man who had suddenly rushed out and wanted to take him as a disciple. However, having his Twin Martial Souls exposed stirred a flash of killing intent within him.

Instinctively, he was about to raise his right hand and shoot the lunatic who had suddenly appeared with the Silent Sleeve Arrow.

He dared expose Tang San's secret. This man had earned himself a death sentence!

More importantly, a teacher for a day was a father for life. Tang San was not the sort of person who shifted his loyalties from one day to the next.

What if his teacher misunderstood him, formed a poor opinion of him, and stopped treating him well?

Thinking of this, Tang San looked toward Tang Wulin with extreme nervousness, even feeling the urge to explain himself.

"Xiao San, this man can tell that you possess Twin Martial Souls, so he does have some skill. Let him speak. If what he says makes sense, then for your future, I would not mind letting him teach you as well."

Tang Wulin chuckled. After the changes he had made to Tang San over the past few days, there was no way Tang San could be bewitched by Yu Xiaogang.

So, Tang Wulin wanted to see exactly what Yu Xiaogang intended to say next.