Consecutively Rebuking Yu Xiaogang

Xiao Chenyu realized that he was quite petty too. Only upon seeing Yu Xiaogang again after so many years did he realize that he had never forgotten what happened back then.

He had known Yu Xiaogang before Tang San had. After all, he was the son of Notting City's lord, and Yu Xiaogang had already lived in Notting City for several years before meeting Tang San.

Back then, Xiao Chenyu's father, the city lord, had personally brought the young Xiao Chenyu to ask him to take Xiao Chenyu as a disciple, but Yu Xiaogang had refused. Even after all these years, Xiao Chenyu still remembered what he had said.

"I would never accept an ordinary person like your son as my disciple. He does not meet my requirements, so please leave."

"My future disciple will naturally be a one-in-ten-thousand genius, someone who can fulfill all my ideals and ambitions."

"Calling him ordinary is already showing City Lord Xiao some respect. With Innate Soul Power of only one level, he is destined to achieve nothing great. Even if he stumbles upon incredible luck and has countless heavenly treasures piled upon him to raise his Soul Power, he will only ever become a Soul Grandmaster."

He had only been seven or eight years old then. The unwillingness he had felt as a child had always lingered within him. Only when he saw Yu Xiaogang again did all that resentment finally fade away, though he still felt a little sorry for his younger self.

Now that Xiao Chenyu saw Yu Xiaogang was still a Soul Grandmaster, just as he had been years ago, how could he not know that the one doomed to remain a Soul Grandmaster for life was actually Yu Xiaogang?

To vent the anger of his younger self, Xiao Chenyu deliberately emphasized the fact that none of them had particularly high Innate Soul Power, hoping to strike a blow against Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang had indeed been dealt a blow. He kept shouting, "Impossible! Impossible!"

It would have been one thing if he had only insulted himself, but he had dragged Tang San and the others into it as well.

"Someone with Innate Soul Power of one level can practically be called trash. How could they possibly cultivate faster than a genius with Innate Full Soul Power?"

Though he did not spell it out, to those with sensitive minds, was he not saying that geniuses like Tang San, who possessed Innate Full Soul Power, were even worse than trash? That they were not even as good as trash?

Among the people from Shrek, aside from Yu Xiaogang, everyone had relatively high Innate Soul Power. Their expressions became somewhat unnatural upon hearing those words.

Yet Yu Xiaogang did not notice. He was still immersed in his own world.

"I have investigated tens of thousands of case files. Among those with Innate Soul Power below two levels, aside from those born into wealth who had access to vast quantities of heavenly treasures, not a single one broke through to the Soul Grandmaster realm."

"Your father is merely the lord of a small city. You could not possibly have obtained so many heavenly treasures. You must have used some shameful method to make your Soul Power increase so quickly."

Yu Xiaogang spoke eloquently, as though he knew everything related to martial souls, his tone filled with certainty. Seeing how unpleasant Xiao Chenyu and the others looked, he became even more enthusiastic.

"We have not seen each other for only a few years, yet your Soul Power has increased by more than twenty levels. You broke through so quickly that it reminds me of certain unpleasant matters.

"According to the materials I have studied, only Fallen Ones among Soul Masters can cultivate this quickly. The reason Fallen Ones cultivate so rapidly is because they use human blood to cultivate."

At last, Yu Xiaogang finished speaking. Wu Yun truly could not hold herself back any longer. She had to vent the anger in her heart, or she feared she really would be angered into becoming a Fallen One.

"Mr. Yu, you are becoming more and more absurd. Fallen Ones are reviled by everyone on the continent. Spirit Hall kills who knows how many Fallen Ones every year. You cannot simply pin such a charge on us."

She did not call Yu Xiaogang Grandmaster. She did not acknowledge him as one. She had heard of those theories as well, and in her view, they were all laughable. Calling him Mr. Yu was already giving him plenty of face.

"Our Cloud Peak Academy has been working with Spirit Hall to deal with Fallen Ones for years. Even every one of us students has quite a few Fallen Ones' lives on our hands.

"Whether we are Fallen Ones or not has nothing to do with you. Spirit Hall, which cooperates with us, knows better than you do."

"Therefore, I cannot accept you labeling us as Fallen Ones. Please apologize to us."

Yu Xiaogang said nothing. He did not want to apologize. Though his strength was not high, his pride was exceedingly great. He immediately turned his head away and refused to look at Wu Yun.

If Dugu Bo had not stopped him, Yu Xiaogang would have wanted to leave after becoming embarrassed and enraged.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang suffer a setback, Liu Erlong immediately felt distressed for him.

"Are all the students of Cloud Peak Academy this rude? How dare you speak to a senior like that?"

"A senior?"

Wu Yun laughed and shook her head. "Acknowledging someone as a senior must be done willingly. It is not something you can force upon us. Besides, on the continent, seniority seems to be determined by Soul Power, not age."

The implication was that Yu Xiaogang, whose Soul Power was lower than hers, was not qualified to be her senior.

Naturally, Yu Xiaogang understood. His face flushed red and his neck swelled with anger.

Tang San, who had not interrupted until now, was naturally furious when he saw his teacher being humiliated. In his eyes, insulting one's teacher was an offense worthy of death. With a casual flick of his hand, several hidden weapons immediately flew toward Wu Yun.

The incident happened suddenly, but both Cloud Peak Academy's teacher leading the group and Dugu Bo reacted and acted at once. Naturally, they intercepted the hidden weapons, and Wu Yun was not harmed in the slightest.

"In this old man's opinion, it is the students of your academy who are less polite."

As he spoke, Dugu Bo used Soul Power to knead the hidden weapons he had caught into a metal lump.

Wu Yun first committed this matter to memory, then continued questioning him. "You said you reached these conclusions only after investigating tens of thousands of case files. Whose case files did you read? Were they authoritative enough?"

"Of course they were Spirit Hall's case files. Are they authoritative enough for you?"

Yu Xiaogang had finally found a point to refute. He believed there was nothing wrong with his answer.

But that was not what Wu Yun had wanted to ask at all. Yu Xiaogang had fallen for her trap.

"So your Ten Core Theories came from Spirit Hall's case files! When you published them, how did you forget to credit Spirit Hall? That will not do."

Yes, this had been Wu Yun's true purpose.

Yu Xiaogang had indiscriminately labeled them Fallen Ones.

She had returned the favor by pinning the reputation of plagiarism on Yu Xiaogang. That was not something easily cleared away.

Besides, she had always felt that Yu Xiaogang's Ten Core Theories had problems, and they did not seem like something he could have come up with. Perhaps he had truly stolen them from Spirit Hall.

After all, only Spirit Hall, which awakened martial souls for commoners and distributed subsidies, could most clearly know how high each ordinary Soul Master's Soul Power was upon awakening and how quickly they advanced.

Though this was merely speculation without evidence, why did she need evidence?

When Yu Xiaogang labeled them Fallen Ones, he had relied on nothing more than a few guesses. He had no evidence either.

"Why should I credit Spirit Hall? I came up with all of this through my own abil—"

His voice abruptly cut off.

This time, Yu Xiaogang was truly furious. Even his breathing became somewhat hurried.

I had been feeling unwell all day. The next chapter will be later, around noon.