Before the gates of Notting Academy.
Yu Xiaogang stood frozen in place. A lean face was etched with grief, indignation, and despair, while the depths of his eyes were filled with the heartbreak and dejection of someone who had been betrayed.
That desolate, disconsolate, and heartbroken expression was highlighted to the absolute extreme—it was as miserable as misery could be.
Yu Xiaogang's acting skills could be called peak and flawless, making it impossible to distinguish truth from falsehood!
This tactic was called Feigning Retreat, and it was most effective against people who cared about him!
Back then, Yu Xiaogang had relied precisely on this move to make his father ignore the opposition of the other elders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, exhausting all the clan's resources to cultivate him with all their might.
Otherwise, how could Yu Xiaogang, with a mere half-level of Innate Soul Power, have ever cultivated to the twenty-ninth rank.
Of course, Yu Xiaogang considered all of it a matter of course, and even complained that his father hadn't given him enough resources.
He felt that cultivating to the twenty-ninth rank with half a level of Innate Soul Power made him a genius among geniuses!
If his Innate Soul Power had exceeded level five, he would have been at least at the Soul Saint level by now.
After a year of getting along, Yu Xiaogang had long since figured out the temperament of this disciple of his.
He knew very well that deep down, Tang San respected his master and valued righteousness above all else, holding master-disciple bonds in extremely high regard.
Yu Xiaogang was certain in his heart that after this incident, Tang San would never dare to defy him by even half a bit in the future.
Sure enough.
Hearing Yu Xiaogang utter words about going their separate ways and severing the master-disciple bond, Tang San completely panicked in an instant.
"What?"
Tang San shuddered all over, his face turning pale in a flash. He hurriedly stepped forward by half a step, opened his hands at a loss, and even his speech became stuttering and clumsy.
"Teacher! No! It's not like that!"
His mind was in complete chaos, and a thousand words were stuck in his throat. For a moment, he actually didn't know how to defend himself, stammering and mumbling for a long time.
Under the oppressive gaze of Yu Xiaogang's heartbroken and disappointed look, the tiny bit of reluctance in Tang San's heart was crushed little by little. Finally, he lowered his head, his voice carrying thick panic and guilt, and admitted his mistake in a low voice, "Teacher... I know I was wrong."
"Little San, don't blame me."
Seeing this scene, a look of satisfaction flashed across Yu Xiaogang's eyes. He patted Tang San's head and said, "I'm doing this for your own good, too."
Ning Wen took everything in.
What a masterclass in combining benevolence with might, striking with a big stick and then offering a sweet date. With just a few words, he completely wiped away his own faults and instead pinned all the blame entirely on Tang San.
This was only because of a Feudalism enthusiast like Tang San; if it were him, he would have already slapped the man back across the face.
No wonder people on the internet in his past life always said that to transmigrate into Douluo was either to become Tang San's enemy or to become Tang San's master.
Compared to the former, the latter was obviously much sweeter.
In the original work, Yu Xiaogang had eaten an Immortal Herb yet still failed to become a god, purely because he was too utterly trashy.
Speaking objectively, this really couldn't be blamed on Tang San.
One had to know that by the ending of the original work, Tang San, who had already become a god, had actually taken Yu Xiaogang as his Adoptive Father.
As for Tang San's character, what good things could a sect like the Tang Sect teach?
Added to the influence of Yu Xiaogang and Shrek Academy, it would be a miracle if his worldview was normal.
Therefore, Tang San's malleability was still quite high.
It was just that Ning Wen had clearly transmigrated too late, leaving him with no choice but to become Tang San's enemy.
I must say, I just watched a good show!
You really are a fine feudalist dog, Tang San. No wonder the forces you left behind allowed the decadent noble systems of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empire to endure.
In my past life, after I destroyed Spirit Hall, civilian Soul Masters lost the chance to awaken their Martial Souls for free, and low-level Soul Masters no longer had support policies, leaving them with no choice but to helplessly degenerate into the lackeys of the nobles.
Anyone unaware would think that you, Tang San, were so pure and unsullied that you never once took the Soul Master subsidies distributed by Spirit Hall!
Dammit, I ascended much too hastily in my past life; otherwise, how could such a thing have ever happened!
Brilliant light bloomed in Xiao Wu's eyes.
Spirit Hall destroyed!
It was Spirit Hall that had killed her mother!
At this moment, the gaze Xiao Wu cast toward Ning Wen became exceptionally different.
The person capable of destroying Spirit Hall.
The person capable of avenging her mother.
There was only this man before her eyes.
Even if this man wasn't her fiancé, Xiao Wu vowed that she would follow him to the end.
This little rabbit's gaze seems a bit strange.
Could her heart be stirred?
That's right, my demeanor is peerless. Even an ugly freak like Tang San could make this little rabbit throw herself at him, let alone someone like me.
Xiao Wu rolled her eyes. This guy really was narcissistic.
And what did she mean by throwing herself at him!
Was she that kind of person?
To be honest, though, Ning Wen really did look better than Tang San.
Come to think of it, if I didn't step in, this little rabbit would be truly miserable!
When the little rabbit enters Notting Academy, Tang Hao—that's the fellow's father—hidden in the shadows, will probably already have seen through her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
Sacrificed to Tang San, her soul imprisoned within a Soul Ring, and just when she finally manages to be resurrected, she sacrifices herself for Tang San all over again, ultimately scattering into nothingness. Truly miserable!
This little rabbit can even be considered to have set a new record for two consecutive sacrifices!
She is thoroughly Tang San's tool person!
The chilling truth burst silently within Xiao Wu's mind.
Her entire body instantly stiffened, and a bone-chilling frost quietly crept up her spine.
A sacrifice?
Her soul imprisoned in a Soul Ring?
Sacrificing herself twice in succession, only to ultimately scatter into nothingness?
Every single word and sentence pierced her heart like a sharp blade, making her feel ice-cold inside!
As a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the sole obsession she held when she left the Great Star Dou Forest back then was to avenge her mother.
Xiao Wu had always been naive enough to think that as long as she carefully concealed her identity and safely passed through her growth period,
she would eventually have the strength to launch her revenge against Spirit Hall.
Even if she died a miserable death by then, she would have no regrets left.
Yet at this moment, Ning Wen's inner voice completely tore apart all her wishful thinking and illusions.
"Sacrificed to Tang San?"
Xiao Wu's gaze shifted toward Tang San not far away.
As it turned out, meeting Tang San was never her stroke of luck, but rather her tragedy.
Her life, her existence, and her soul.
Had already been schemed against by someone in secret.
She admitted that Tang San truly was extraordinary, and she genuinely had developed a favorable impression of him.
But now, everything was different.
If everything Ning Wen said was true, did it also mean that Tang San's approach to her carried an ulterior motive right from the start?
Were their daily companionship and swearing an oath to become adoptive siblings all nothing more than a carefully woven scam?
A massive sense of betrayal and lingering fear instantly washed over Xiao Wu, causing her to subconsciously lean closer to Ning Wen. In the gaze she cast toward Tang San, the past warmth faded away, leaving behind only endless frost.
Her future destiny was to give her life and soul for Tang San.
No, even if she had to sacrifice herself, she would only sacrifice herself for someone who truly loved her.
And that person could definitely never be Tang San, who had deceived her.
Her destiny would be decided by herself alone.
Tang San was still immersed in the panic of admitting his mistake and completely failed to notice Xiao Wu's abnormality.
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