Xiao Wu Was About to Be Stolen Away

True to Yu Xiaogang's pride and reserve, he did not immediately take on a disciple. Instead, he smiled faintly, stepped forward to help Chang Gong Miao up, and asked in a somewhat doting tone, "Silly child, this is only our first meeting, yet you want to take me as your master. Can you tell me why?"

Chang Gong Miao pulled a long-prepared banned book of the Douluo Continent from his robes—Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

"Because I was fortunate enough to read your Soul Master theories. I believe you are a true genius, a true master of theory." Originally, he had intended to take it out from the Soul Tool Uncle Fu had given him. But thinking that giving Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night to Tang San would help him befriend San Giegie, he hid the Soul Tool away instead.

Hearing this, the feeling of being acknowledged surged into Yu Xiaogang's heart once more. Tears instantly welled up in his eyes, but a self-mocking smile soon appeared on his face.

He turned his back to Chang Gong Miao and said, "Since you have read my works, why do you still want to take me as your master? You should know that my reputation on the continent is not good."

Chang Gong Miao said indignantly, "Those are all the prejudices of the world. How could someone who independently researched the absorption limits of Soul Rings possibly be mediocre?"

"Your Soul Master theories mentioned that the absorption limit for a first Soul Ring is four hundred and twenty-three years. You also proposed the Martial Soul Mimicry Theory: plant Martial Souls can absorb animal Soul Rings. I thought animal Martial Souls should likewise be able to absorb plant Soul Rings."

"My first Soul Ring was obtained in strict accordance with your theoretical