Upon hearing the name Yu Xiaogang, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and the others all turned to look.
Liu Erlong was stunned as well. She had not even finished speaking—how did he know she wanted it for Xiaogang?
But she was only stunned for a few seconds before quickly coming to her senses.
"Y-Yes, Xiaogang, he..."
Before she could finish again, Huang Long raised a hand to refuse. "No. There is no room for negotiation."
"Why?"
Seeing how decisively Huang Long had refused, Liu Erlong immediately grew anxious.
"I only need a single medicinal herb!"
"Or I can trade ten years of my freedom for it!"
"As long as you are willing to give Xiaogang one medicinal herb so he can break through!"
At this point, Liu Erlong suddenly paused, as though she had thought of something, then hurriedly added:
"Right! Outside Sunset Forest earlier, I heard that you wanted to establish an advanced Soul Master Academy, didn't you?"
"I can even introduce Xiaogang to you. Xiaogang is a master of martial soul theory, and his theories are very helpful to soul masters."
Rather than winning Huang Long's agreement, her words instead provoked roaring laughter from everyone else.
Whether it was Dugu Bo, Sea Dragon Douluo, and Sea Maiden Douluo—
—or Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and the others, they all seemed to have heard some tremendous joke and burst into uproarious laughter.
Only Ye Lingling, who had always been quiet and reserved, looked utterly confused, unable to understand why everyone was laughing.
Xiao Wu laughed. "Ma'am, the Yu Xiaogang you're talking about wouldn't happen to be that master who freeloaded at Notting Academy for six years, would it?"
"The theoretical master who is over fifty and still only rank twenty-nine?" Dugu Yan asked.
Their back-and-forth left Liu Erlong's face flushed red.