Authoritative Gangzi

"Sigh, when on earth is this Tang San coming back?"

Douluo Continent, Notting City, at the gates of Notting Academy.

A handsome young boy with short black hair was crouching there, boredly fiddling with the stones on the ground.

The boy was named Lu Li. He was not a native, but a transmigrator. At first, when he realized he had transmigrated and even arrived in the Douluo Continent, his heart had been filled with infinite expectations.

Yet, a month ago during the martial soul awakening, after discovering he had neither a martial soul nor innate soul power, that shred of hope was thoroughly shattered.

Transmigrating to the Douluo Continent without a martial soul—what the hell is there to play with! I might as well restart!

However, just as Lu Li fell into despair and planned to restart, his cheat arrived.

A cheat named the Fortune Double Replication System found him, binding to him under the identity of a transmigrator from the Ancestral Star.

Moreover, that system forcibly bound itself to Tang San's fortune.

In other words, whatever fortunes Tang San obtained, he, Lu Li, could double-replicate them all!

Yet, it required Tang San to acquire the fortune first before he could replicate it. And each time he replicated, he had to be within a hundred meters of Tang San.

That was why he had run all the way to Notting City, with the sole purpose of getting close to Tang San and successfully double-replicating the other's fortune.

"I wonder how the system judges Tang San's fortune."

Lu Li guessed listlessly.

In truth, he had no bottom line in his heart. If the system judged Tang San's fortune to be those spirit bones, immortal herbs, and god positions, then he would simply have to suffer in vain for a dozen years.

This point was completely unacceptable to Lu Li.

He had already transmigrated; if it was only to change places to suffer, then he would rather not have transmigrated at all.

Besides, who knew if he would encounter some accident and die during these dozen years.

Just as Lu Li was wandering in his wild guesses, a voice suddenly rang in his mind.

[Detected that Tang San is within one hundred meters of the host, beginning to double-replicate Tang San's fortune.]
[Tang San possesses twin martial souls and innate full soul power. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the twin martial souls Ancestral Dragon and Tai'e Sword, and level twenty spirit power.]
[Tang San possesses a ninety-fifth-rank Title Douluo behind him. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a ninety-seventh-rank guard.]
[Tang San has learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Nine Yin Profound Heaven Technique.]
[Tang San has a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast transformation by his side. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a two-hundred-thousand-year spirit beast mount (currently rushing over).]
[Tang San possesses the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night storage soul guidance device. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Ancestral Dragon Ring.]

Listening to the system's voice, Lu Li's breathing instantly choked.

Holy shit! I've struck it rich!

So that was how the system judged Tang San's fortune!

In an instant, as Lu Li felt the power pouring crazily into his body, along with that vague sense of two auras firmly bound to him,

his entire body jerked up to a standing position, and his gaze began to scan everywhere for Tang San, this lucky star!

Right then, out of an alley in the distance, two figures—one large and one small—walked out.

When Lu Li looked over, the first thing he caught sight of was a gleaming, flat-topped buzz cut, paired with a black scholar's robe.

As he walked, the buzz cut tilted slightly upward at a forty-five-degree angle, hands clasped behind his back, a middle-aged man wearing a trace of what was called an enigmatic smile.

Beside him walked a young boy whose features were utterly ordinary, barely passing as human, his entire frame scrawny.

Yet, the look he directed toward the middle-aged man at his side was filled with fanaticism.

These two were none other than Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

"Tsk tsk tsk, that buzz cut really is blinding."

Watching Yu Xiaogang, who was putting on the airs of an expert, Lu Li could not help but recall a famous quote from this Grandmaster in his heart.

There are no trash martial souls, only trash spirit masters.

Because of this very sentence, Lu Li's impression of Yu Xiaogang was exceedingly deep.

After all, you truly could not find a second person on this continent who could insult themselves twice in a single sentence!

One could only say Gangzi's authority was still too high; absolutely no one could compare to him.

In the distance, although Yu Xiaogang's face consistently maintained that enigmatic smile, he was feeling extremely wretched inside.

As a teacher, he had taken his newly accepted disciple to hunt for a first spirit ring, only to fall asleep himself once a suitable spirit beast was encountered.

If not for his disciple hitting a blind cat with a dead mouse and stabbing the vital spot of that Mandrake Snake with a small dagger,

otherwise the master and disciple duo would have given their lives right there in the Soul Hunting Forest.

For a powerhouse who was a Spirit Grandmaster possessing astonishing wisdom, this was simply too humiliating.

It damaged his lofty image in the heart of his disciple!

"No way, I, the Grandmaster, must find a way to redeem my image in Xiao San's heart."

The hands Yu Xiaogang held behind his back clenched tightly into fists.

Yet he was worrying far too much; at this moment, in Tang San's eyes, he was entirely like a second father.

No matter what abstract actions he pulled, Tang San would believe this was his father's painstaking guidance toward him!

At this time, he caught sight of Lu Li, who was standing at the gates of Notting Academy and locking gazes with him.

The moment he laid eyes on Lu Li, Yu Xiaogang's pupils instantly rolled.

"I've got it!"

Looking at Lu Li, Yu Xiaogang found a method to reclaim his image.

"My cultivation as the Grandmaster is a Spirit Grandmaster, while that kid at most only has level five or six soul power. As long as I display a sliver of my strength before him, he will inevitably call me senior with utmost reverence!"

"By then, wouldn't my figure in Xiao San's heart become lofty once more!"

As Tang San was his hope for proving his own talent, he absolutely would not allow his lofty image to hold the slightest flaw in Tang San's heart—not even a speck!

Although Lu Li did not know what Yu Xiaogang was thinking, when he saw the look in Yu Xiaogang's eyes as he stared at him—a gaze as if he had spotted some peerless treasure—his stalwart body still could not help but give a slight start.

He had no desire to be targeted by Yu Xiaogang, nor did he wish to follow in Tang San's footsteps and acknowledge the other as his master.

After all, he already had his own cheat; if he went ahead and took a master, wouldn't his cheat have come for nothing?

Yet just as Lu Li intended to lift his leg and leave, Yu Xiaogang stopped him with a cold shout.

"Hey! Stop right there, kid! What are you sneaking around for at the gates of Notting Academy?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be class time right now, shouldn't it? As a student of the academy, instead of going to class, what are you doing at the gates? Are you trying to skip class?"

Yu Xiaogang's face was chilling, that weathered, stubbly face turning exceptionally stern.

Tang San followed his teacher's line of sight, his eyes filled with disgust.

He held utter contempt for the truancy behavior his teacher spoke of.

He, Tang San! Despised nothing more than people who failed to cherish their classes and wanted to skip them!

Lu Li understood that Yu Xiaogang was addressing him, seeing as apart from him and Tang San, there was not a third child around.

Still, Lu Li was quite puzzled. He could easily hear from Yu Xiaogang's tone that the other party seemed to be intentionally picking a fight with him.

This confused him greatly, as this was his very first time meeting Yu Xiaogang; it was utterly impossible for the two sides to have any kind of grudge.

Even so, Lu Li had no intention of paying Gangzi any mind.

Now that his cheat was in hand, was he going to stop just because Gangzi told him to?

Did he, Lu Li, have no pride to uphold?

Lu Li simply glanced at Yu Xiaogang, then went on his own way toward the distance.

Seeing that Lu Li actually dared to defy his words, Yu Xiaogang's expression instantly shifted.

How arrogant!

If he, Yu Xiaogang, couldn't beat that Mandrake Snake, could he not even beat a kid like you!

When Tang San saw Lu Li ignoring his teacher's command, a trace of anger surfaced on his face as well.

Audacious! He actually dared to defy the command of his great teacher! He deserved a beating!

Just as Tang San rushed forward to interrogate Lu Li as to why he dared disobey his teacher's order,

Yu Xiaogang, standing beside him, moved.

"Impudent! How dare you defy your teacher's words!"

The next moment, two yellow spirit rings appeared beneath his feet, while a fat, strange purple creature resembling both a pig and a dog materialized beside his legs.

"Sanpao! Stop him!"

Sensing his master's fury, Lu Sanpao did not hesitate to charge straight toward Lu Li, baring its teeth.

As Lu Li looked at the Lu Sanpao before him, the dog-eat-dog compound of the dog world flashed through his mind.

Baring its teeth?! Bring it on!