Tang San: Teacher, he's still slandering you, you've been wronged.

While Bibi Dong was being assailed, Yu Xiaogang was also sweating profusely.

[Glug~~]

Yu Xiaogang quietly swallowed, unable to calm his racing heart. Hmph~~ Framing me for plagiarism? Can a scholar's work be called plagiarism?

"Teacher..." Tang San called worriedly from beside him.

"It's nothing."

Yu Xiaogang waved a hand calmly, speaking slowly, as though he had come to accept the coldness of the world. "Little San, over the years, your teacher has endured many disdainful looks, strange stares, and misunderstandings like Tang Si's. I... have long grown used to it."

"Teacher, you've suffered so much! I'll definitely prove that your theories are not wrong!"

"Little San, as long as you understand your teacher, then I am satisfied." A broad-minded yet bitter smile appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face.

In the livestream.

Tang Si organized his thoughts and continued writing: [With the unconditional support of the two great libraries of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Spirit Hall, let's now look at what Xiaogang came up with: Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls!]

Comments: [Tang San: That's right, Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls was written by my teacher. It is an important work summarizing how Soul Masters should cultivate, the culmination of my teacher's life's work.]

Tang Si continued: [I don't need to pick this book apart piece by piece. A few points will be enough.]

[One of them concerns the absorption limits of each soul ring. In Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls, Xiaogang explicitly wrote: the limit for the first soul ring is 423 years, the limit for the second soul ring is 762 years, and the absorption limit for the third soul ring is 1,760 years... I won't go into the rest in detail.]

[There are several problems here. First, the soul ring absorption limits are precise down to a single year. Did Xiaogang verify this himself, or did he find records in some books saying that so-and-so absorbed a 423-year first soul ring, then simply copy it down? Did he personally find a level-ten Soul Master and have them absorb a 423-year soul ring to verify it, or did he just copy it from somewhere? The answer is obvious. There's no need to say more.]

[Second, can the physical constitution of a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul master be the same as that of a rat martial soul master? Even if both possess level-ten soul power, can they absorb soul rings of the same age? Can the two even be compared? If Xiaogang really did find a level-ten Soul Master to verify this, was that Soul Master's martial soul a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, or a rat?]

[It's like this: a Soul Master fell from a great height and did not die. After Master Xiaogang saw this record in a book, he neither verified whether the information that 'a Soul Master did not die after falling from a great height' was true, nor sought out other cases, nor tested whether other Soul Masters would die from falling from great heights. He immediately reached a conclusion and even treated it as truth: Soul Masters will not die from falling from great heights!]

[Scholarship must be rigorous! It cannot rely on isolated cases, much less imagination and speculation.]

[Now then, was I wrong to say that Yu Xiaogang could not even plagiarize properly?]

Comments: [Liu Dazhuang: Yu Xiaogang, what else do you have to say? Murderer of my younger brother!]

[Liu Dazhuang: Fellow Soul Masters, is there anyone else who listened to Yu Xiaogang's nonsense and then died when their soul ring caused them to explode?]

[Duan Lan: Damn~~ My mother died after her body exploded because she absorbed a second soul ring that was 700 years old! Her martial soul was a handkerchief.]

[Jace: Hiss~~ The more you think about it, the scarier it gets! Our captain's son also died when his body exploded after absorbing a roughly 400-year Ringed Python soul ring. Back then, we all thought the tragedy had been caused by an incorrect assessment of the soul beast's age... Tsk, tsk, tsk~~ Oh, right, our captain's son's martial soul was a Lone Wolf.]

[Little Lu: My neighbor uncle's cousin's...]

The comments on the livestream canopy went somewhat insane.

Seeing the growing number of attacks, Liu Erlong immediately became flustered and hurriedly turned to look at Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang stared at those comments, his heart pounding like a drum and his ears buzzing.

Just as Yu Xiaogang was at a loss, a special comment suddenly appeared on the canopy.

[Spirit Hall's Second Worshipper: I am Spirit Hall's Second Worshipper. My martial soul is the Golden Crocodile King! My first soul ring was 423 years old, and it is clearly recorded on the seventh bookshelf of the first row on the first floor of Spirit Hall's library.]

"Spirit Hall's Second Worshipper?"

"Hiss~~ Everyone else's names are displayed on the canopy. Why is his directly showing Spirit Hall's Second Worshipper?"

"Glug~~ Shocking! Spirit Hall's Second Worshipper personally stepped forward to prove that Yu Xiaogang plagiarized!"

The square erupted into discussion, and the comments exploded once again.

[Feng Xiaotian: No way? Could a master capable of teaching a monstrous genius like Tang San really be a plagiarist?]

[Huo Wushuang: Tang San is an opponent worthy of respect. At the very least, his teacher should not be such a person.]

[Fire Dance: The man I admired actually has a teacher like this? I misjudged Tang San!]

[Liu Erlong: No matter what you say, I believe in Xiaogang! You have never seen how hard Xiaogang worked to research martial souls, nor how much he sacrificed for it!]

[Flander: Exactly! You don't understand him at all. If you don't understand, you have no right to speak.]

[Ji Feng: Oh~ The more blindly you believe in him, Liu Erlong, the more I believe that everything Tang Si said is true! Because just as Tang Si said, you are a fool who loves to the point of madness and blindness.]

[Jace: Shouldn't everyone be paying attention to Spirit Hall's Second Worshipper? According to people from my grandfather's generation, a hundred years ago, Spirit Hall had a genius whose martial soul was the Golden Crocodile King!]

[Xiao Fan: No way? A powerhouse from a hundred years ago is still alive today? How strong must he be? I can't even imagine it, really can't imagine it.]

Golden Crocodile Douluo's sudden appearance diverted a tiny portion of the attention away from Yu Xiaogang.

However, even more frenzied comments continued to attack Yu Xiaogang. They did not dare criticize Bibi Dong, but could they really be afraid to criticize a mere Yu Xiaogang?

Some of the bolder ones even directly called out Yu Yuanzhen, demanding that he come forward and speak.

Meanwhile.

Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, council hall.

Ever since the canopy had appeared, all the clan elders had gathered in the council hall.

An elder rebuked, "Patriarch, who allowed you to speak up for that piece of trash Yu Xiaogang on the canopy? Now that things have developed to this point, do we still care about the Blue Lightning Clan's reputation?"

Yu Yuanzhen was scolded by the clan elder while being pointed at the nose. He gave two awkward laughs, rendered speechless and offering no defense.

Seeing the atmosphere grow tense, an elder suggested, "Patriarch, from now on, you must not speak for that piece of trash again! Tang Si... that boy is not someone to be provoked!"

"That's right, it could very well bring disaster upon us!"

Yu Luomian sat off to the side with his eyes closed, resting quietly. Whenever he thought of how enthusiastically his daughter Liu Erlong had been speaking in the comments, his heart pounded in alarm!

What if!

Yu Luomian feared that if Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong's relationship were exposed... how could he ever face his ancestors again?