A Teacher Would Never Lie to You! Martial Soul Awakening!

"Te... Teacher?"

A hoarse voice squeezed from those cracked lips.

Hearing that familiar yet unfamiliar form of address, Yu Xiaogang was struck as if by lightning.

He stared fixedly at the little monster before him, reeking of filth. After a brief blank in his mind, he finally matched that face with the handsome, resilient genius disciple from his memories.

"L... Little San!"

Yu Xiaogang's voice trembled beyond recognition, and tears instantly spilled from his eyes.

"Little San... it really is you... Heaven has eyes!"

Yu Xiaogang scrambled into the foul-smelling sludge and pulled the crippled child, covered in mud and blood, tightly into his arms.

"Te... Teacher..."

Feeling that equally sour-smelling yet incomparably familiar embrace, Tang San's bloodshot eyes finally could no longer hold back.

"Waaah... Teacher!! You finally came for me!!

After half a month of inhuman torture at the hands of the Fallen Ones and rolling around in cesspits for half a piece of rotten rat meat, the last line of defense in Tang San's heart finally collapsed.

Like a stray dog that had suffered endless abuse, he clutched Yu Xiaogang's tattered clothes and vented all his grievance, humiliation, and hatred:

"Teacher... they aren't human! They tortured me... I didn't even have the strength to fight back... That beast Ye Yuan crippled my leg, took Xiao Wu away, and even forced me to watch..."

Tang San sobbed uncontrollably, his emaciated body shaking violently in Yu Xiaogang's arms.

"Teacher, I'm in such pain! Why can't I awaken my Martial Soul? Without Soul Power, I'm worth less than a maggot here! I want revenge! I want to kill every last one of them!!!"

Looking at the Child of Destiny in his arms, tortured until he was barely human, Yu Xiaogang's heart bled.

Yet at the same time, seeing the chillingly