The Shameless Master Yu

Outside the Star Dou Great Forest, in a small town.

The battle had drawn even more soul masters here, and the place was already packed to the brim.

Chen Ping'an arrived in town with two soul beasts, drawing attention everywhere he went.

Some even wanted to offer to buy the two soul beasts. After all, a ten-thousand-year soul beast and a six-thousand-year soul beast were not easy to find.

Many soul masters had to risk their lives to hunt soul beasts of this caliber.

Now that someone had brought over two freshly killed soul beasts, they naturally had to give it careful thought. If they could buy them, they would save themselves a great deal of effort and might even preserve their own lives.

Yet no matter how much they offered, Chen Ping'an refused.

What a joke.

If these people were brave enough, they could enter the Star Dou Great Forest right now and find several fresh soul beasts.

But cowards could not even get a mouthful of warm shit.

Still, Chen Ping'an had taken a look on his way out. The strongest soul beast there had only been around twenty thousand years old.

"Teacher, Teacher!"

In the distance, Zhu Zhuqing had been waiting anxiously. The moment she spotted Chen Ping'an, the weight in her heart finally lifted, and she called out as she ran toward him.

"Teacher, it's wonderful that you're all right!"

Zhu Zhuqing had been worried that Chen Ping'an might have been injured while facing those two super soul beasts, but it seemed she had worried for nothing.

Behind Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji approached with the other students. There was also one more figure in the crowd, someone both familiar and unfamiliar.

Chen Ping'an said confidently, "How could anything happen to me? They were just two little cuties. One sword strike was enough to scare them away."

"It's truly wonderful that you're all right, Teacher Chen!"

Zhao Wuji stepped forward with a sigh of relief. Chen Ping'an was the treasure of their academy.

If he suffered even the slightest injury, Frank would skin him alive when they returned.

"Hm?" After giving a perfunctory response, Chen Ping'an turned to Zhu Zhuqing. "Xiao Zhu, this is a six-thousand-year Green Mountain Fox. Absorb its soul ring first, then absorb the twelve-thousand-year Purple Veined Gorgeous Glass Cat."

"No!"

Before Zhu Zhuqing could thank him, the stranger among the crowd spoke up.

"The upper limit for a third soul ring is one thousand seven hundred and sixty years. This six-thousand-year soul ring even exceeds the limit of a Fourth Soul Ring. She must not absorb it. It will harm her."

The one who spoke was none other than the renowned Yu Xiaogang.

Zhao Wuji hurriedly introduced him. "Teacher Chen, this is Yu Xiaogang, Master Yu."

As soon as Zhao Wuji finished, Yu Xiaogang declared with complete confidence, "That's right. I am Master Yu Xiaogang, the one who proposed the Great Core Competitiveness of Soul Masters."

Chen Ping'an had already suspected as much, but after Zhao Wuji's introduction, he could not help mocking him. "So you're Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong's lover?"

Yu Xiaogang's face darkened as he immediately distanced himself from her. "You must be joking. I have no relationship whatsoever with Bibi Dong of Spirit Hall."

"Just as the rumors said, you're an utterly shameless man. Hahahaha!"

Meeting him was worse than hearing of him.

Seeing him today had truly opened Chen Ping'an's eyes.

He really was a parasite of the soul master world.

"You..." Yu Xiaogang was unable to refute him, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

"You are not allowed to speak of my teacher that way!"

His little bootlicker, Tang San, immediately stepped forward to defend his teacher.

"Was I wrong? Not in the slightest, hahaha."

"A level-twenty-nine little piece of trash who seduced Bibi Dong of Spirit Hall with honeyed words and stole all kinds of Spirit Hall materials. Then, by stealing and compiling the research results of others, you shamelessly put forward the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

"You're not only arrogant, but utterly shameless. You claim the achievements of others as your own. Rejected by the major clans and Spirit Hall, you could only hide in Notting City at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, scamming free food and drink. A person like you is nothing but a parasite of the soul master world, and you still have the nerve to yap at me? Believe it or not, I'll slap you to death."

Chen Ping'an's words completely shattered Yu Xiaogang's composure.

Rage shot straight to his head.

If Zhao Wuji had not previously told him that Chen Ping'an was an extraordinarily powerful Titled Douluo, he would have rushed over and beaten Chen Ping'an senseless long ago.

"With a teacher like you who casually slanders others, Shrek Academy simply does not deserve to have me teach here. Xiao San, let's go. This trash academy isn't worth staying at."

Yu Xiaogang directly pulled Tang San away, though he did not walk very quickly as he left.

Deep down, he fantasized that Zhao Wuji would step forward and beg him to stay on as a teacher.

Yet no one did.

The reason was that Zhao Wuji had heard some rumors about Yu Xiaogang, though he had never been sure whether they were true.

Besides, he was only a teacher leading students out to find soul rings.

What the hell did it have to do with him whether Yu Xiaogang left? He was not the dean.

"Please calm down, Teacher Chen. Master Yu Xiaogang did put forward the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, after all. It's only natural that he's somewhat proud."

Zhao Wuji stood beside Chen Ping'an with a fawning smile and continued, "Our top priority is to let Zhu Zhuqing absorb these two soul rings."

Chen Ping'an nodded. "Let's go. Find somewhere quiet. I'll stand guard for Xiao Zhu."

The other students said nothing and merely watched in silence.

As for Dai Mubai, as a prince of the Star Luo Empire, he had also heard some rumors about Yu Xiaogang, though he did not know whether they were true.

Now that even Teacher Chen had said so, they were probably true.

They all followed Zhao Wuji to watch Zhu Zhuqing absorb the six-thousand-year soul ring.

As for Xiao Wu, she remained where she was, watching the two groups gradually head away. Her heart was filled with indecision.

She was more concerned about the safety of Da Ming and Xiao Ming and did not know how they were doing now.

But seeing Chen Ping'an return alive was enough to confirm that he was a Titled Douluo.

Amid her hesitation, she ultimately chose Tang San.

"Third Brother, wait for me!"

Xiao Wu jogged over and reached Tang San's side.

"Third Brother, are we leaving Shrek Academy?"

"Shrek Academy has already been razed to the ground. It makes no difference whether we stay or not. Besides, I am the respected Master Yu. If we find a senior soul master academy better than Shrek Academy, we will certainly develop far better than Shrek Academy did."

Yu Xiaogang was brimming with confidence. With the talent of his two students, they would certainly be able to enter a senior soul master academy. He could then ride their coattails and become a teacher there as well, before defeating Shrek Academy fair and square.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang felt delighted and had already begun considering which senior soul master academy to choose.

Tang San remained silent, tacitly accepting his teacher's decision.

At Shrek Academy, he truly had felt stifled and had not received any care from anyone.