Mission Evaluation: Mediocre? Then Let's Duel Offline!

Yu Xiaogang had been excited for quite a while when the sky screen suddenly changed again, making his heart skip a beat.

"There's more?" Yu Xiaogang had a bad feeling. No! I have to get out of here quickly.

He looked at Flander and urged, "Boss Flan, the tournament's paused. Let's get going."

"Mm."

Flander nodded. Just as he was about to excuse himself, a livestream image appeared on the sky screen.

Tang Si wandered alone in a certain direction, looking lost. The mechanical voice of the system in his mind also rang out from the sky screen.

[ Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission! ]

[ Mission Rating: Average. ]

[ Mission Reward: The absorption limit of all soul rings increases by one thousand years. ]

[ Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Popularity Points: 18001. Total Popularity Points: 418931. ]

Several notifications flashed through his mind. Tang Si's mouth twitched, his face full of speechlessness, his expression like he had swallowed a lump of shit. Even the Popularity Points he had just gained no longer felt appealing.

Tang Si complained helplessly, "System bro, there was a word limit? Why didn't you tell me earlier? That seriously affected my mission rating! And this mission reward is way too lousy."

"Phew..."

Tang Si let out a long sigh, then grumbled inwardly, What the hell does that trash Yu Xiaogang know about martial souls? He's trash from head to toe! If it weren't for the word limit, I could've roasted him so hard even his mom wouldn't recognize him!

Bullet comments: [Tang San: Hehe~~ My teacher has already proven himself, while all you can do is rage helplessly.]

[Tang San: Huh? Using the bullet comments costs soul power again now.]

[Yan: Increasing soul ring absorption limits by one thousand years—doesn't that mean, like Nana now, his first soul ring can absorb a thousand-year soul ring? So amazing!]

[Liu Erlong: Someone who doesn't dare admit his own mistakes has the nerve to call others trash? You're worse than trash!]

Suddenly!

At that moment, Tang Si in the livestream saw Yu Xiaogang waiting along the only path to the work-study student dormitories.

The next instant, Tang Si's inner voice came from the sky screen: Hehe~~ I searched everywhere only to find it without effort! I didn't beat him online, so now let's take this offline and settle it for real.

"Offline?"

Yu Xiaogang of this world did not understand what online and offline meant. But when he saw the livestream screen shift in the direction Tang Si was looking, revealing his counterpart from another world, his heart suddenly lurched.

Yu Xiaogang knew his own learning best.

The knowledge he had taken pride in for half his life had been reduced to nothing by Tang Si's few words, forcing him to rack his brains for every possible excuse to argue back!

"Gulp~~" Yu Xiaogang quietly swallowed, thinking, I admit I overlooked the Martial Soul Mimicry Theory and the Soul Ring Absorption Limit! But there are still eight other points in my Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls. They'll definitely leave Tang Si speechless!

Academic fraud? Admit that the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls was nothing but a load of nonsense?

Hehe~~ Yu Xiaogang would never admit it!

He knew his own knowledge best. It was all treasure-level knowledge!

Even if Yu Xiaogang admitted what Tang Si had said, it would only mean that he had been careless—not that he had been wrong.

Bullet comments: [Liu Erlong: Are you trying to slander Xiaogang again? You really refuse to give up!]

[Tang San: You have brought death upon yourself!]

[Yu Yuanzhen: Hehe~~ Xiaogang's theories have already surpassed those of all soul masters. Tang Si has kicked an iron plate this time.]

[Oscar: The Master has already proven himself, so why is the livestream still showing this?]

[Dugu Yan: Could there really be another twist?]

[Yu Tianheng: Yan'er, do you really want my uncle to be overturned? You should stand with me and firmly oppose Tang Si. I won't allow you to say another bad word about my uncle!]

Seeing the bullet comments, Dugu Bo frowned slightly. Since this old man's martial soul flaw has already been curbed, perhaps the way out and protection I prepared in advance for Yan'er, fearing that I might die one day... should be changed?

"Xiaogang!"

On the sky screen, Tang Si shouted. Yu Xiaogang was delighted to see Tang Si actually walking toward him.

At once, Yu Xiaogang straightened his back, placing one hand behind him and the other over his chest. Putting on an unfathomable air, he asked, "Tang Si, have you decided to take me as your master? Hahaha~~ Very good. I will surely devote my life's efforts to nurturing you into a Titled Douluo!"

Tang Si's mouth twitched as he asked, "I just heard that you're the Master who stays at the Soul Master Academy, mooching off their food and lodging?"

Yu Xiaogang froze, then quickly refuted, "Tang Si, who told you that? The academy dean and I are friends. I merely stay here temporarily—how did it become mooching off food and lodging in other people's mouths? They must be resentful of the special treatment I receive, so they're spreading nonsense."

"Oh~ But Grandpa Old Jack said that even a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring! Since the academy dean has taken care of you, shouldn't you at least contribute something to the academy?"

Yu Xiaogang paused, then smiled. "I gifted my work, Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls, to the academy. They can use it for free teaching."

Tang Si was stunned for a moment. Why does it feel like we're not on the same wavelength? What value does the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls even have?

After thinking about it, Tang Si said directly, "Xiaogang, you want to take me as your disciple?"

Yu Xiaogang smiled and argued, "Only I can guide your cultivation. Other than me, no one can guide you!"

Speechless, Tang Si asked again, "I have innately full soul power. My talent already surpasses that of most soul masters. If I cultivate into a Titled Douluo and stand at the peak of Douluo Continent in the future, that'll be because of my own hard work and talent! What does it have to do with you?"

Yu Xiaogang explained, "No! Many soul masters have taken the wrong path, causing mistakes in their martial soul cultivation and making their later cultivation extremely slow! In other words, having good talent does not mean one can become strong."

Hearing that, Tang Si's mouth twitched. Yu Xiaogang's words actually sounded rather reasonable.

No, wait! He fucking led me around in circles. Choosing the wrong soul ring affects a martial soul's growth—this is all fucking common sense! What the hell does he know about martial souls!

After grumbling inwardly, Tang Si asked directly, "Is my martial soul really the useless martial soul, Blue Silver Grass?"

Without hesitation, Yu Xiaogang said, "That's right! I once investigated 647 people whose martial souls were Blue Silver Grass. Of them, only sixteen possessed innate soul power! The probability was less than three percent. And even among those sixteen people with innate soul power, none had innate soul power above level one. From this, it is clear that the Blue Silver Grass martial soul is absolutely a useless martial soul. It has no offensive power, no defensive power, and no support capability."

Using nearly identical words as his opening, Yu Xiaogang continued, "Not admitting that you possess twin martial souls before a stranger you have just met is a wise choice! Tang Si, you did very well."