On the Live-Stream Sky Screen.
Tang Si argued with the system over the mission rating, but got no reply. He had no choice but to give up.
Then Tang Si asked Yu Xiaogang, "Grandmaster, what kind of Soul Ring should I add to my Blue Silver Emperor... no, wait! My Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul?"
"Poison!"
Yu Xiaogang answered without a moment's thought. "I suggest developing it toward poison and toughness."
Comments: [Dugu Bo: Didn't Yu Xiaogang say he spent an entire night thinking it over? Looks to me like his counterpart in the Different World didn't think for even a second.]
[Tang San: Old monster, does my teacher have some grudge against you? Why do you keep targeting him?]
After posting his comment, Tang San glanced at Dugu Bo and thought, What's gotten into Dugu Bo? He's actually targeting my teacher! Hmph. For old times' sake, I'll let it go for now. If he does it again, he'll be asking for death!
[Dugu Bo: Little Monster, is that any way to speak to me?]
[Tang Hao: Dugu Bo, is that any way to speak to my son?]
Everyone was startled when Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao suddenly appeared to defend his son. Even Dugu Bo fell silent.
[Tang Xiao: Brother Hao, I knew you were watching the sky-screen broadcast too. Come back. The Clear Sky Sect needs you.]
[Tang Hao: Big brother, I still have much to do.]
[Spirit Hall Seventh Consecrator: Heh, heh, heh. Tang Hao finally showed himself?]
Everyone on Douluo Continent knew about the feud between Tang Hao and Spirit Hall.
With the Spirit Hall Seventh Consecrator confronting Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, the comments went quiet. Even Bibi Dong remained silent. She had no wish to clash directly with the Worship Hall just yet.
The sky-screen broadcast continued.
Yu Xiaogang went on at length, disparaging Blue Silver Grass as though it would be useless without a poison-type Soul Ring. He also listed all the benefits such a ring would bring.
Watching Yu Xiaogang's smug expression, Tang Si changed the subject. "By the way, Grandmaster, what are your thoughts on the development of your own Martial Soul?"
"My Martial Soul?"
Yu Xiaogang froze. Why has he suddenly brought up Luo Sanpao? Right! Someone must have told Ah Si something while he was registering!
After a moment's thought, Yu Xiaogang sighed. "Ah Si, now that you know about my Martial Soul, are you still willing to become my disciple?"
"When did I ever say I wanted to become your disciple?"
"Huh? Didn't you come to me to become my disciple?"
"Have you gone senile again?"
Yu Xiaogang: "..."
Tang Si pressed on. "Grandmaster, what do you think of your External Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao?"
Recovering from his shock, Yu Xiaogang answered, "Luo Sanpao has held me back my entire life! Sigh. It's all in the past, but since you want to hear it, I'll tell you."
Yu Xiaogang adjusted his posture and looked up at the sky.
"Back then, I awakened Luo Sanpao with only half a level of innate Soul Power. Everyone mocked and ridiculed me, but through sheer effort, I cultivated all the way to level twenty-nine..."
"Wait, Grandmaster!" Tang Si interrupted. "You did that through your own effort? You didn't use the Blue Lightning Clan's cultivation resources?"
"Well... the Blue Lightning Clan did provide some inconsequential resources, but my own effort mattered far more!"
That immediately drew the ire of the Blue Lightning Clan in the Different World.
Comments: [Blue Lightning Grand Elder: That wretch! The entire clan poured resources into his cultivation, and he calls them inconsequential?]
[Blue Lightning Grand Elder: Back then, he threw his weight around in the sect and complained every day that Luo Sanpao was holding him back. He even used his status as the sect leader's son to target clansmen more talented than himself. He envied their gifts so much that he had people hurt his own kin! What a disgrace!]
[Blue Lightning Grand Elder: Every Clan Elder agreed to expel him from the sect. This isn't just my word against his.]
[Liu Erlong: You're lying! You ostracized Yu Xiaogang and expelled him from the sect without even establishing the facts!]
[Yu Luomian: You unfilial daughter, be quiet!]
[Liu Erlong: Dad, are you still going to stop Yu Xiaogang and me from being together?]
An uproar erupted.
Who had Liu Erlong just called Dad?
Yu Luomian?
Weren't Yu Luomian and Yu Yuanzhen brothers? Then... didn't that make Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang first cousins?
"Good grief... If I remember right, Liu Erlong's love for Yu Xiaogang borders on obsession!"
"Well, that's something."
"I never thought I'd witness drama like this. My life is complete."
The competition square in Spirit City and the comment section both went wild. No one had imagined things could take a turn like this.
What a surprise. They had expected a discussion of theory, only to get a question of family relations.
Comments: [Tang San: My teacher and Dean Liu truly love each other. Why shouldn't true love bring them together?]
[Dai Mubai: Exactly! Breaking free of society's shackles—those are the storms true love must weather!]
[Ma Hongjun: Grandmaster, Dean Liu, you have my support.]
[Flender: Sigh. You don't understand how many trials Yu Xiaogang and Erlong endured to be together. Right now, we should sincerely support them for braving every hardship and defying society!]
[Zhang Changru: Uh... wow.]
[Tang Yuehua: Tang San is right.]
That single sentence used up all the Soul Power Tang Yuehua had accumulated and drew plenty of criticism besides. But Tang Yuehua paid it no mind.
"Uh... Aren't all those people from Shrek?"
"You've got to be kidding me. This turns everything I believe upside down!"
"No! My younger brother's friend's third great-uncle's cousin's son has a classmate at Shrek. I need to get him out of there! No wonder he's been looking at his own sisters strangely!"
"Yikes. Break his legs, quick! If that doesn't work, break all three!"
Liu Erlong panicked. Realizing what she had blurted out, she hurriedly turned to Yu Xiaogang.
His face was deathly pale.
"Yu Xiaogang... I'm sorry. I know you still haven't fully accepted me."
Liu Erlong rushed to apologize, thinking his expression was due to the gossip.
In truth, what Yu Xiaogang couldn't accept was this: Impossible! Impossible! Not one book supports the conclusion that Tang San has Twin Martial Souls... Why can't I find any evidence? Why? No! Tang San's Martial Soul must be Blue Silver Grass. That's the only way my theory works... Is Tang Si my nemesis? Why must he refute my theory? I already explained that I recognized the Blue Silver Emperor! Why does Tang Si insist on contradicting me? No! This has to be a trick! It has to be!
Yu Xiaogang's thoughts had become incoherent. Unable to think clearly, he wandered in circles, utterly distraught.
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