Yu Xiaogang Gets Slapped in the Face! Golden Sacred Dragon Origin!

A plain-looking, unkempt man with a small crew cut approached. He looked lazy and dispirited, with a faintly condescending scrutiny in his eyes.

"Grandmaster! Grandmaster, you're back!" The young gatekeeper seemed to have spotted a savior. He scrambled behind the crew-cut man. "Please save my life!"

Xia Yuan raised an eyebrow.

That familiar crew cut... Yu Xiaogang?

Yu Xiaogang shot the young gatekeeper a sidelong glance and ignored him, instead turning his gaze directly to Xia Yuan and Tang San.

"You two are this year's work-study students? Let me see your Spirit Hall certificates."

Old Jack hurriedly handed over the two Spirit Hall certificates.

Yu Xiaogang took them and gave them a casual glance. Then his pupils suddenly contracted.

"Blue Silver Grass? Innate Full Soul Power?"

He abruptly looked up, a sharp gleam bursting from his eyes as he stared fixedly at Xia Yuan.

"Old sir, the certificate is genuine. Leave this child to me."

Old Jack hurriedly thanked him. "Thank you, thank you, Grandmaster."

Yu Xiaogang reached out to take Xia Yuan's hand, but Xia Yuan quietly stepped back half a pace.

Yu Xiaogang paused, but did not seem to care. After warning the young gatekeeper, he walked straight ahead.

Xia Yuan bid Old Jack farewell before entering Notting Academy.

Tang San, meanwhile, stared at Yu Xiaogang's departing back, anger blazing in his eyes.

He had clearly come together with Xia Yuan, so how had this Grandmaster simply forgotten about him?

Was Innate Half-Level Soul Power not a person?

Still, he did not lash out and merely followed in silence.

Before long, Yu Xiaogang, who had been walking ahead, finally could not hold back any longer. He stopped, turned around, and looked at Xia Yuan.

"Your name is Xia Yuan? Are you a Twin Martial Souls possessor?"

From the moment Yu Xiaogang had asked for the Spirit Hall certificate, Xia Yuan had known exactly what nonsense he was about to spout.

Faced with the crew-cut man's question, he played dumb. "What Twin Martial Souls? Never heard of it. Don't know anything about it."

At the same time, he used Empty Handed on Yu Xiaogang.

[Using Empty Handed on target Yu Xiaogang...]

[Empty Handed judgment in progress... Judgment successful!]

[Congratulations! Theft triggered! Lucky critical hit obtained!]

[This theft from Yu Xiaogang obtained: Golden Sacred Dragon Origin!]

[Confirm theft?]

Golden Sacred Dragon Origin!

Xia Yuan was delighted inside, but his face remained perfectly calm.

Seeing Xia Yuan acting so "slow-witted," Yu Xiaogang continued explaining. "Being cautious is a good thing."

"But there is no need to be so guarded around me. What could I possibly do to harm you?"

"You may not know what Twin Martial Souls are, so let me explain first."

"So-called Twin Martial Souls means possessing two Martial Souls at the same time."

"Child, you have Twin Martial Souls, don't you?"

Xia Yuan remained expressionless. "Not right now."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Yu Xiaogang declared decisively. "My theory cannot possibly be wrong!"

"Blue Silver Grass is a useless Martial Soul. It cannot support the talent of Innate Full Soul Power."

"If you did not have a second Martial Soul, and if it had not undergone a beneficial mutation, then how could a country bumpkin like you... without a powerful bloodline, possibly possess Innate Full Soul Power?"

Xia Yuan spread his hands. "I said I don't have one."

Yu Xiaogang's face darkened. "Are you questioning me?"

"Do you know who I am?"

"I am Yu Xiaogang, the theory Grandmaster universally recognized by the Soul Master world!"

"In all of the continent, no one can surpass me in research on Martial Soul theory!"

"Oh." Xia Yuan nodded. "And?"

"And?" Yu Xiaogang nearly choked on the word, taking a deep breath.

"Child, meeting me is the fortune of three lifetimes!"

"Only by taking me as your master can you fully unleash your talent!"

Xia Yuan shook his head. "No."

"You!" Yu Xiaogang's face turned livid.

"Do you know how many people want to become my disciples but never get the chance?"

"Miss today, and it will be too late if you want me to teach you later!"

"Then go find them." Xia Yuan shrugged. "Either way, I won't take you as my master."

Yu Xiaogang's chest heaved violently with rage, but he still forcibly suppressed it. "Child, listen to me."

"I truly have your best interests at heart."

"Your useless Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power are theoretically contradictory."

"The only explanation is that you have an extraordinarily powerful second Martial Soul!"

"Only by becoming my disciple can I teach you how to properly cultivate Twin Martial Souls!"

Yu Xiaogang's mouth had gone dry from talking. He looked at Xia Yuan expectantly.

A Twin Martial Souls disciple with Innate Full Soul Power—if he could meticulously nurture one, he would surely slap Spirit Hall, slap Bibi Dong, and slap all those people in the world who looked down on Yu Xiaogang in the face!

"Are you done?" Xia Yuan looked at Yu Xiaogang coolly. "If you are, I'm leaving. You're wasting my time."

Xia Yuan turned to leave, and Yu Xiaogang immediately grew anxious, reaching out to grab him.

"Stop!"

"Why are you so stubborn?"

"Do you know that if you miss me, you'll regret it for the rest of your life?"

Xia Yuan sidestepped and mocked, "You're the theory Grandmaster universally recognized by the Soul Master world?"

"Naturally." Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back, lifted his chin, and looked immensely proud.

"According to your theory, Blue Silver Grass is a useless Martial Soul and cannot support Innate Full Soul Power."

"That's right!"

"Then tell me, where do Martial Souls come from?"

"Of course, they are inherited from the stronger side of one's parents."

Xia Yuan smiled. "By your logic, since Blue Silver Grass is a useless Martial Soul, for it to be inherited, both parents must have Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls, right?"

"So you mean everyone in the world should have Twin Martial Souls, since one strong and one weak Martial Soul can produce twins."

"Or do you think I have two Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls?"

"I... I..." Yu Xiaogang flushed red. "My theory has been verified through countless experiments. There is absolutely no way it could be wrong! You must have Twin Martial Souls!"

"Stop hiding it. Hurry and take me as your master, so I can experiment... so your talent won't be buried!"

"Then what is your Martial Soul?"

Yu Xiaogang's body instantly stiffened.

"And what is your Soul Power Level?"

Yu Xiaogang's face turned pale, then green.

Xia Yuan sneered. "Too afraid to say it?"

"Why don't you try applying your theories to yourself first?"

"You little brat!" Yu Xiaogang flew into a rage, his eyes bloodshot as he panted like a bull. "You dare humiliate me!"

Xia Yuan immediately laughed. "Grandmaster, did I insult you, or do anything to you?"

"Do you think you're a Gold Soul Coin? That everyone has to blossom whenever they see you?"

"You've already slapped your own face until it's ringing, yet you still dare put on airs here?"

"You're a mediocrity yourself, and you still want to fool people into becoming your disciples? Dream on!"

Yu Xiaogang trembled all over. His lips quivered for a long while, yet he could not force out a single word.

Xia Yuan snorted and turned to leave.

Though he had wasted some time, he had already gained the greatest reward: the Golden Sacred Dragon Origin.