Su Ge glanced at the smiling Flender but did not immediately expose his words.
"Since the dean is so certain, I would like to see just who it is that you hold in such high regard."
He then followed Flender into the two-story building and made his way to the office on the second floor.
Xiao Wu and the others, who had been following behind, also hurried after them, curious about who could make Dean Flender so certain.
After Flender pushed open the door, Su Ge immediately saw that there were two other people in the office.
One was his old acquaintance Zhao Wuji. The other was also an old acquaintance—Tang San's teacher, Yu Xiaogang!
Su Ge was not surprised by this outcome. After he entered the office, Flender followed him in and casually shut the door behind them.
Yu Xiaogang had been chatting with Zhao Wuji about Soul Beasts and Soul Masters when he heard the movement and saw Flender bring Su Ge inside.
A flash of delight crossed his eyes, and a faint smile appeared on his stiff face.
Flender strode quickly to Yu Xiaogang's side and said to Su Ge with a smile, "Su Ge, this is my old friend Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San's teacher as well. I assume he is no stranger to you. People in the Soul Master world call him the Grandmaster."
"Not a stranger. Of course not."
Su Ge's words immediately delighted Yu Xiaogang, and the smile on his face deepened.
"But the moment I walked in, I noticed three problems."
He raised three fingers, his voice carrying a hint of pressure that made the three people in the office, as well as those eavesdropping outside, tense up.
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San especially felt their hearts tighten. The former had thought taking Su Ge as a disciple was finally within reach, while the latter had thought Su Ge was about to become his fellow disciple. Yet a single sentence from Su Ge had raised the tension once more!
He raised his first finger. "First, Dean Flender said he wanted me to take a master. So who exactly are you planning to have me acknowledge as my teacher?"
Su Ge looked at Flender, his golden eyes carrying an indescribable majesty.
"You? Zhao Wuji? Or Yu Xiaogang, the Grandmaster who broke through level thirty before reaching fifty?"
Silence. The scene immediately fell into a deathly silence, and everyone was utterly shocked by Su Ge's words.
What terrifying offensive power!
Even Ning Rongrong, who considered her own tongue the sharpest, had to admit that Su Ge's words cut deeper than hers!
Then he raised his second finger. "Second, I would like to ask everyone present: who among you is qualified to be my teacher?"
"What can you offer me? Can you beat me?"
Su Ge did not hesitate in the slightest. Since he had already torn away all pretenses, he might as well press the attack to the end!
Yu Xiaogang finally came to his senses. Anger flashed in his eyes, as though the scars in his heart had been torn open once again.
"A teacher must have something they excel at. Judging solely by strength is a one-sided view!"
Su Ge laughed when he heard Yu Xiaogang's words. This was the first time he had seen someone so eager to offer up his face to be stepped on.
"Fine. Since the Grandmaster says so, let's discuss it. Tell me, then—what widely circulated views or original theoretical knowledge do you possess?"
Tang San, who had originally been about to rush in, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart after hearing Su Ge's words, intending to listen as his teacher thoroughly refuted him.
Yu Xiaogang took several deep breaths. Once Su Ge mentioned the field he excelled in most, he regained some of his confident bearing.
"Of course I have theoretical achievements. This is my work."
He took out a book at his side and pointed to the Ten Core Competencies written on it. The author's name on it was Yu Xiaogang.
"I've read it. So I would like to ask Grandmaster Yu, were all these conclusions discovered by you?"
Su Ge's gaze was cold as he watched Yu Xiaogang gradually fall silent.
"If I remember correctly, Grandmaster Yu once said, 'There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters,' right?"
At that, a mocking smile appeared on Su Ge's face.
"I truly cannot understand how Grandmaster Yu managed to insult himself twice in a single sentence."
"Su Ge, don't go too far!"
Flender could no longer stand it. He let out a low shout, and seven Soul Rings emerged from his body. The pressure of a level seventy-eight Soul Saint abruptly erupted, instantly sweeping through the entire office!
"Too far? This is already too far?"
Facing Flender's Soul Master pressure, Su Ge's expression remained unchanged, while the light in his golden eyes gradually intensified.
Two purple and two black Soul Rings gradually appeared around him. Under Flender's disbelieving gaze, he forcibly pushed back Flender's Soul Power pressure!
Deep shock filled Yu Xiaogang's eyes. Even though Flender had told him about it before, seeing it for himself still left him unable to contain his shock.
"And what about that Soul Ring limit theory of yours? Can you explain my Soul Rings now?"
"Does our Grandmaster Yu know that absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring causes spiritual shock?"
"Spiritual shock!"
Yu Xiaogang abruptly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed tightly on Su Ge. He looked as though he had suffered an enormous blow.
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's reaction, Flender finally fell somewhat silent, because it meant that Su Ge had been right again...
"Heh..."
Su Ge chuckled softly, his laugh brimming with mockery.
Finally, he raised his third finger. "Third, I dared to come, and you actually dared to ask me to acknowledge a master?"
"You claim to accept only monster students, yet you can neither teach according to aptitude nor offer me any real help. You just move your lips and shamelessly tell me to take a master?"
"I truly do not understand who gave you the courage."
As he spoke, Su Ge also released Martial Soul Possession and looked at the completely silent Flender.
"I came with you not for any so-called apprenticeship. I came here to... withdraw from the academy!"
"Withdraw from the academy!"
Zhao Wuji, who had been acting like he was invisible all this time, finally could not remain seated after hearing Su Ge's words. He stood up in disbelief.
"Enough, Teacher Zhao. Because you dared to risk your life for your students back then, I, Su Ge, acknowledge you."
He raised a hand, cutting off Zhao Wuji's words.
"But my withdrawal is a notification, not a discussion!"
"I gave you a chance, but I did not see anything resembling a teacher in any of you. You are not suited to be teachers."
"Gold shines wherever it is. A student's excellence does not come from your teaching."
Just as his words fell, the office door was pushed open. Tang San rushed in and stood in front of Yu Xiaogang, looking at Su Ge with a trace of anger in his eyes.
"Su Ge, you've gone too far!"
Seeing Tang San rush inside, the others could hardly keep listening outside, so they all entered the office as well.
Su Ge did not care. He merely looked at Tang San with an indifferent gaze and asked, "So? What exactly are you trying to say?"
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