Yu Xiaogang's Astonishing Wisdom

After traveling for the better part of the day,

Gao Lu brought Su Chen by carriage to the Soul Hunting Forest a hundred li away.

Outside the Soul Hunting Forest stood a circle of iron fencing over four meters tall. Armed warriors guarded the only gate that allowed entry into and exit from the forest.

The soul beasts in these Soul Hunting Forests were jointly raised by Spirit Hall and the two great empires. Most were ten-year or hundred-year soul beasts. Anyone with a warrant issued by Spirit Hall could enter, making the place suitable for Soul Warriors and Soul Masters to obtain Soul Rings.

As they walked, Gao Lu took out his warrant and flashed it at the guards by the gate. The guards immediately let them through.

After entering the Soul Hunting Forest, Gao Lu introduced the place with a hint of pride.

"To enter the Soul Hunting Forest, you need a warrant. Other people can only receive a temporary warrant after being inspected by Spirit Hall when they reach a bottleneck."

"My warrant is no ordinary one. It is a long-term warrant. As long as I verify it with Spirit Hall once a year, I can keep it indefinitely and enter the Soul Hunting Forest whenever I want."

Su Chen widened his clean, clear eyes and gasped in admiration, giving Gao Lu plenty of emotional validation.

"Wow! Principal, you're amazing!"

When asking someone for help, one had to act like someone asking for help. Su Chen was also quite skilled at sweet-talking elders.

Gao Lu grinned from ear to ear. In his eyes, Su Chen was very likely a future Titled Douluo, or at the very least, a Soul Douluo.

Showing off before a future powerhouse was simply indescribably satisfying.

He made up his mind to put on a good show for Su Chen and display the formidable strength of a Battle Soul Ancestor.

Since Su Chen wanted to hunt a hundred-year soul beast, Gao Lu led him deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest. Hundred-year soul beasts could only be found in its depths.

Sometimes, enemies simply crossed paths on a narrow road!

At a certain spot in the forest, Gao Lu suddenly stopped, staring tensely at the corpse of a large snake ahead.

It was a Datura Snake!

A top predator among low-level soul beasts!

This was even a Datura Snake that was several hundred years old. Even Gao Lu would need some time to deal with it.

Behind the Datura Snake's corpse stood two figures, one large and one small.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

Gao Lu walked over in surprise, clicking his tongue in amazement as he examined the Datura Snake's corpse.

"Master, you brought your disciple here to hunt soul beasts too? Impressive. You actually killed a Datura Snake several hundred years old."

"So the rumors outside really are unreliable. I thought your strength was truly mediocre and that you only made your way through the Soul Master world with wisdom."

"Anyone who can kill a Datura Snake must have considerable strength."

Yu Xiaogang's pale face stiffened at those words.

Luo San Pao had been swallowed whole by the Datura Snake, and he had fainted from the poison as well.

With his meager strength, how could he possibly deal with a Datura Snake?

The Datura Snake had not been killed by him, but he certainly could not explain that now.

"Nothing much. Just a little snake. It wasn't a problem for me to clean it up."

"But you, Gao Lu, came to the Soul Hunting Forest too. Why didn't you tell us earlier? If you had come with us, we wouldn't have been in such danger before."

At the thought of what had happened earlier, cold sweat continuously seeped from Yu Xiaogang's forehead.

He had wanted to show off in front of Tang San, but instead, he had exposed his own backside.

He had yet to fulfill his ambitions, yet to make his name shake the entire Soul Master world, but he had nearly died in this insignificant Soul Hunting Forest.

As a result, he was filled with resentment, and his words carried strong accusation.

Gao Lu frowned imperceptibly. Out of respect for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had allowed Yu Xiaogang to freeload at Nuoding Academy.

No class assignments, no teaching duties, free to come and go—he had given him every courtesy.

Yet this was only a Soul Grandmaster, and he actually dared question him.

Gao Lu's expression turned cold.

"Master, I don't think I need to report to you whatever I choose to do."

"You didn't inform me yourself. Now that you nearly got into trouble, you're blaming me instead."

"Besides, aren't you alive and well right now? It was only a little snake. How could it possibly do anything to Master Yu?"

"Little Chen, let's go."

Only then did Yu Xiaogang notice that Su Chen was following behind Gao Lu.

The little face was filled with mockery. For some reason, Yu Xiaogang felt a sudden panic in his heart.

Su Chen truly wanted to laugh. How did a piece of trash like Yu Xiaogang have the nerve to say, "just a little snake"? His farting pig had been swallowed directly by that "little snake."

As he passed Yu Xiaogang, Su Chen deliberately stopped.

With a teasing look, he said meaningfully,

"Master, I never expected you to have such a trick. Your farts can even blow a four-hundred-year Datura Snake to death. That fart of yours was truly earth-shattering and extraordinary."

In an instant, Yu Xiaogang's face flushed crimson. His blood surged, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Pfft—"

"Su Chen!"

Yu Xiaogang's eyes turned bloodshot as he panted like an ox. The name "Su Chen" seemed to be squeezed out through clenched teeth, filled with bone-deep hatred.

Luo San Pao's attack skill had always been a source of humiliation for him. Now that Su Chen had mocked him like this, six words could not help but rise in his heart: You have chosen the Way of Death.

He guiltily glanced at Tang San, who was still absorbing the Soul Ring.

Just now, he had shamelessly claimed the credit for killing the Datura Snake.

Seeing that Tang San had not awakened, he was completely relieved.

Blinded by rage, he brazenly mocked Gao Lu and Su Chen.

"Su Chen, my disciple Tang San obtained the first Soul Ring most suitable for him—a four-hundred-year Datura Snake."

"As for you..."

"Although Gao Lu is the principal of Nuoding Academy, his knowledge of Soul Masters is not even one percent of mine. And you expect him to choose a suitable Soul Ring for you?"

"Hehe, stop dreaming!"

"Once you have both absorbed your Soul Rings, my disciple Tang San will show you just how vast the gap between you is."

"Even the useless martial soul Blue Silver Grass can defeat the mutated top-tier martial soul, the Three-Legged Fire Crow. You will lose utterly—to Tang San, and to my wisdom as deep as the abyss."

Su Chen could not hold back his laughter. Anyone who could endure laughing at this had to have been born unable to laugh.

Yu Xiaogang was truly absurdly self-confident.

He was using the plant martial soul Blue Silver Grass to challenge Su Chen's fire-attribute martial soul, the Great Sun Golden Crow.

Did he not understand elemental restraint? If Su Chen could not burn Tang San's Blue Silver Grass completely to ash with a single blaze, he might as well start over from scratch.

And this man called himself a master.

The fake master verdict was indisputable.

Rage burned in Gao Lu's heart. This inherently wicked Yu Xiaogang truly made him want to personally throw him out of Nuoding Academy.

He had given Yu Xiaogang every bit of respect, yet Yu Xiaogang did not leave him even half a shred of face.

He recklessly mocked him for not knowing how to choose Soul Rings.

How was that any different from shitting on his neck?

If not for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he would absolutely have had Yu Xiaogang beaten out of Nuoding Academy with clubs.

Taking a deep breath and slowly letting it out, Gao Lu suppressed all his surging emotions.

"Little Chen, let's go. I will definitely choose a suitable Soul Ring for you, one even better than a four-hundred-year Datura Snake."

Su Chen glanced at Tang San, who was still absorbing the Soul Ring. A perfectly good Blue Silver Emperor, yet he insisted on absorbing a Datura Snake Soul Ring. Instead of taking the life-attribute path, he chose the poison-attribute path.

Tang San, the day you regret this will come.

Then he strode away.