Tang San's Exposure Begins. Sweating buckets, aren't you, little brother.

A bead of sweat trickled down Yu Xiaogang's forehead.

But he still said calmly, "Just as the system itself said, it is something that assists cultivation. It can increase the speed of soul power cultivation, help Soul Masters accelerate the completion of self-created soul skills, raise soul ring age, and strengthen soul skills and martial souls! This is practically a cheat device—a tremendously powerful cultivation cheat device!"

Hearing this, Bibi Dong found another opportunity and hurriedly echoed, "What the Master said makes sense."

Hu Liena looked at her teacher suspiciously, thinking, Wait! Let me sort this out... Didn't Yu Xiaogang just repeat the system's functions? The only thing he added was one phrase: cheat device. I didn't miss anything, did I? Why does my teacher agree with Yu Xiaogang so much?

Just then.

Tang Si's voice rang out from the sky curtain again.

[Speaking of self-created soul skills, if I create too many, will anyone suspect where they came from? Tang San's Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, along with all kinds of hidden weapons and poison techniques—throughout the entire plot of Douluo Continent, not a single person ever questioned why Tang San knew all those things.]

Tang San: Damn it.

Whoosh~

Everyone simultaneously shifted their gazes from the sky curtain to Tang San.

Tang San felt as though he were sitting on pins and needles, repeatedly chanting in his heart, He already has a death wish.

Dugu Bo, seated among the audience, frowned slightly, thinking, That's right! Back then, the little monster displayed such profound knowledge of poison techniques that even I felt ashamed! But why didn't I ever question how he knew all that? At such a young age, how could he possibly possess such advanced poison techniques? He's far stranger than this old monster... It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense! Huh? Could it be that he has a system too?

Ning Fengzhi was also deep in thought. Tang San's Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and hidden weapons truly are inconceivable! Even with physical examples to study, the craftsmen of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect still couldn't replicate them. How did Tang San know how to make them? So many hidden weapons... It would clearly be unreasonable to say he had no complete inheritance. Unless... he also has a mysterious system!

They were not the only two with such thoughts.

"Yeah, Third Brother, why do you know so many self-created soul skills and hidden weapons?"

Ma Hongjun asked casually, and Tang San's mouth twitched.

Yu Xiaogang hurriedly shouted to everyone, "Every Soul Master has their own secrets! Do you expect Little San to reveal his secrets in public? Would you do it if it were you? Probing into a Soul Master's secrets is taboo throughout the entire Soul Master world!"

Hearing this, Bibi Dong echoed, "That's right! What the Master said makes sense. We truly should not pry into a Soul Master's personal secrets. Enough, let us set this matter aside for now."

Bibi Dong gave Yu Xiaogang plenty of face, but she was also considering how to coax the secrets of the 'system' out of Tang San later. She had other plans!

Above the sky curtain.

[Never mind that. I should first study how to use popularity points for self-created soul skills.]

Tang Si thought for a moment, then muttered to himself, "Rather than studying self-created soul skills, wouldn't it be better to create a cultivation technique? Right, System?"

The system remained silent.

[Fine, you idiot system.]

[But if I want to create a cultivation technique, I'm afraid it won't work without specific scriptures and a diagram of the meridian circulation! Let me think slowly...]

Tang Si frowned, thinking, It seems I only vaguely remember a few lines from the Dao Scripture. I wonder if that will work.

[Besides that, I don't even understand the principles behind those cultivation techniques. How am I supposed to create one?]

[This is hard! Huh?]

Tang Si's eyes suddenly lit up. I remembered four verses! Nine Yang Divine Skill: Let him be strong; the gentle breeze brushes the mountain ridge. Let him be fierce; the bright moon shines upon the great river!

[ Ding! Nine Yang Divine Skill has been recorded. Progress: 0%! ]

Tang Si's face was filled with shock as he gasped inwardly. Hiss~ It actually works! Is creating a cultivation technique really this easy? Gulp~~ System, add points for me!

[ Ding! 500,000 popularity points consumed. Nine Yang Divine Skill progress: 100%! Would you like to enhance it? ]

[It costs that much? I'd better save the popularity points for self-created soul skills, and for increasing soul ring age too. Full hundred-thousand-year soul rings—I'm looking forward to it.]

[Three months later.]

The image on the sky curtain abruptly stopped. It went dark for a moment, and a line of words appeared.

The subtitles vanished from the sky curtain the next second, and the image reappeared.

Tang Si, carrying a ragged cloth travel bag on his back, followed Old Jack into a small city. Three words were written above the city gate: Notting City.

"We've finally reached Notting City. It was so far away!" Tang Si groaned weakly.

"Hahaha~~"

Slightly stooped, Old Jack laughed kindly a few times. Stroking his beard, he said, "Ah Si, once I take you to the academy later, I'll head back. When you're at the academy alone, you must listen to your teachers and never leave the academy without permission. When the term ends, Grandpa will come pick you up. It'll be nearly New Year by then."

"Oh~"

Tang Si responded with a weak "oh."

After that, they slowly made their way toward Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy.

In the other world.

"Damn, what's going on? One second I was still wondering what the Nine Yang Divine Skill was, and the next second, why did the scene change?"

"Full hundred-thousand-year red soul rings—what kind of concept is that? I wouldn't even dare dream of it!"

"Three months later! Isn't time in the sky curtain skipping way too quickly?"

Tang San explained, "This was on the way to the Junior Soul Master Academy."

Yu Xiaogang straightened his back at this point and introduced with a smile, "Didn't you all want to know how I took in such an outstanding disciple as Little San? Hahaha~~ Just watch slowly! The answer will soon be revealed!"

[Just watch. You'll soon be won over by my theories! My name will surely spread across the entire Douluo Continent! Hahaha~~]

The last few words were Yu Xiaogang's inner thoughts; he did not say them aloud.

Someone who had heard Yu Xiaogang's words asked in confusion, "Could another Yu Xiaogang from another world really appear in that alternate world?"

"If that guess is true, doesn't that mean the alternate world has the same people as our Douluo Continent?"

"Your Holiness, what do you think?"

A nobleman passed the topic to Bibi Dong. She turned and asked, "Master, you are learned in both ancient and modern matters. What do you think? Is that alternate world truly an extremely similar world to our Douluo Continent?"

Upon hearing this—

This time, Yu Xiaogang was not drenched in sweat. He had already heard many persuasive speculations amid everyone's discussions.

But he still did not consider it safe enough. Lowering his voice, he asked Tang San, who had just returned to the spectator seats, "Little San, are the events in the heavenly screen similar to what happened before you came to Notting City?"

Tang San nodded. "Basically similar, but not completely identical."

Yu Xiaogang understood. Then, with confidence, he spoke loudly, "That's right! The alternate world is indeed extremely similar to the Douluo Continent where we live! Though it may be hard to believe, please trust me—this is the conclusion I reached through my research. I am the Master. I cannot be wrong! If you do not believe me, then soon you will see another me from that world!"