Inside the office.
Xiao Gang and Gangzi smugly high-fived each other and said:
"Tang San will come around soon."
"Then we'll take him to the Soul Hunting Forest."
"To verify whether our theory is correct."
In Sky Screen Space-Time.
At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yu Yuanzhen smashed the clan leader's chair to pieces with a single slap.
He roared, "Yu Xiaogang! Oh, Yu Xiaogang!"
"You'd even deceive a six-year-old child."
"Are you blind to my son Su Chen's seven ten thousand year soul rings?"
Yu Tianheng also said contemptuously:
"How could I have such a shameless uncle?"
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi set down his tea and sneered:
"So Yu Xiaogang is this despicable."
"And he calls himself the continent's foremost theoretical grandmaster."
"Even a dog could teach better than him."
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo worried:
"If Su Chen doesn't come back soon."
"Tang San will end up absorbing a hundred-year soul ring."
Back in Xiao Gang and Gangzi's spacetime.
The office door was gently pushed open.
Tang San's small figure walked in.
Xiao Gang and Gangzi exchanged a glance.
Both saw the wild delight of a successful scheme in the other's eyes.
They feigned reluctance to reel him in:
"Little San! We can leave a little later."
"After all, the Soul Hunting Forest isn't far away."
Tang San hesitated as he spoke. "Teachers."
"Can't we wait for Teacher Su Chen to return?"
Xiao Gang said mockingly:
"Obtaining a soul ring is such an important matter for a disciple."
"Yet he just said a few casual words and left!"
"Look, how many days has it been now?"
"And you still trust him???"
Gangzi also sneered:
"Little San, we're your best teachers."
"How much have we worried ourselves sick, wholeheartedly working for your first soul ring?"
"Absorbing a ten-thousand-year one is utterly absurd!"
"How could we possibly let you throw your life away?"
"Aren't you going to consider your father?"
It was as though someone had seized Tang San's weak spot.
Finally, like a deflated ball, he said:
"I'll leave everything to you two teachers."
Xiao Gang and Gangzi finally beamed.
Their scheme had finally succeeded.
Little San was just a child who valued affection and loyalty.
How could he compare to old hands like them?
"No time like the present."
"Little San, let's go to the Soul Hunting Forest now."
Xiao Gang and Gangzi wore expressions that said their pupil could be taught.
Then they took Tang San into a carriage, impatient to head to the Soul Hunting Forest.
In Sky Screen Space-Time.
Tang San wanted to curse aloud:
"Teacher, why did you have to harm me!!!"
"Did you eat Teacher Su Chen's first seven ten thousand year soul rings?"
"I really shouldn't have trusted you."
The other six of the Seven Devils said to Yu Xiaogang:
"We need to reassess your teaching ability."
Flender and Liu Erlong walked past Yu Xiaogang:
"You'd better take a break for a while."
"We'll take charge of the students!"
Yu Xiaogang's expression froze:
"Shrek Academy can't do without me."
"What right do you have to stop me from teaching?"
"This is wrong!!!"
Yet no one paid any attention to Yu Xiaogang's impotent rage.
Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth and said:
"Su Chen, why did you have to harm me!!!"
"Give me back my reputation as the continent's foremost grandmaster."
Back in Xiao Gang and Gangzi's spacetime.
Nuoding City.
To the northeast.
On the road to the Soul Hunting Forest.
Xiao Gang and Gangzi pontificated about their theories and insights.
Things about soul rings and soul beasts.
And things about the different types of soul masters.
Tang San took all of this in.
The grandmasters' theories instantly bombarded him into astonishment.
Tang San fell under an illusion:
"Teachers Xiao Gang and Gangzi really do seem capable!"
Soon, the carriage arrived at the outskirts of the Soul Hunting Forest.
Countless soul masters' cries rang out:
"Hunting strength-type soul beasts, 100 Gold Soul Coins."
"Hunting agility-type soul beasts, 90 Gold Soul Coins."
"High-grade Spirit Hall warrants, rental fee of 100 Gold Soul Coins each."
Tang San was awed by the bustling scene of soul masters before him.
Xiao Gang and Gangzi proudly produced their warrants and said:
"Only great clans have warrants like these."
"Little San, with our Luo Sanpao here."
"Whether they're strength-type or agility-type soul beasts."
"They're all a cinch."
Exclaiming in amazement, Tang San followed the two Gangs over to the Spirit Hall guards.
Xiao Gang and Gangzi smugly produced their warrants and said:
"We're here to hunt for our disciple's first soul ring."
"We're in a hurry, so please let us through at once."
Tang San's face was full of admiration.
Even the lowest-ranked of these Spirit Hall guards were level-29 Soul Grandmasters.
Their soul rings all had the superb configuration of yellow and yellow.
The Spirit Hall guards took the two warrants and inspected them.
Then they let Tang San and the two grandmasters through.
The guards began whispering among themselves:
"Is this the grandmaster who broke past fifty years of age at level 29?"
"There are actually two of them? Is this kid blind?"
"Why would he take trash like that as his teachers?"
The guards' ridicule.
Made both grandmasters flush.
They immediately hurried Tang San into the Soul Hunting Forest.
Terrified that Tang San would hear those grating words.
And start thinking of backing out.
Little did he know.
Tang San had been schemed against by the two Gangs.
He was merely a tool for them to test their theories.
Nuoding City.
The Junior Soul Master Academy.
Su Chen's figure gradually emerged from transparency.
He called out for Tang San several times, but no one answered.
Sensing that something was wrong, he flew toward Dorm Seven.
He saw Xiao Wu sitting on a bed in a daze, looking utterly lost.
"What's wrong, Xiao Wu?"
"Did something happen?"
Su Chen asked worriedly.
Xiao Wu froze, then threw herself into Su Chen's arms and cried:
"The two grandmasters know I'm a hundred-thousand-year soul beast."
"They threatened me not to interfere with Tang San absorbing his first soul ring."
"Little San has been deceived by them."
"He's gone to the Soul Hunting Forest northeast of Nuoding City."
"I'm afraid he'll be absorbing his first soul ring soon."
Su Chen's face instantly darkened:
"Those two idiots took advantage of Tang San's loyalty and affection."
"They used some underhanded scheme again."
"To fool Tang San into listening to them."
"And going off to absorb some hundred-year soul ring."
"A soul ring like that would simply squander Little San's potential."
"I have to teach those two a lesson they won't forget."
Then Su Chen unleashed his soul power as a level-99 Limit Douluo and flew toward the Soul Hunting Forest.
He had to stop all this before Tang San absorbed his first soul ring.
Inside the Soul Hunting Forest.
The two grandmasters smugly summoned their Luo Sanpao.
Purple all over, with bodies like dogs and shapes like pigs.
Tang San couldn't help saying:
"What ugly martial souls!"
Xiao Gang and Gangzi flushed red:
"Little San, that's not the point."
"We can definitely hunt down a suitable soul beast for you."
As they walked along.
A stalk of ten-year solitary bamboo appeared before them.
Gangzi's eyes instantly lit up:
"It's actually ten-year solitary bamboo."
"It's an extremely suitable choice for your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul."
Xiao Gang also nodded in agreement:
"This lone bamboo really does suit your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, San."
"It's just far too young."
"Let's not choose it!"
Fortunately, Su Chen wasn't there.
Otherwise, Su Chen would surely have slapped them to death.
Neither ten-year solitary bamboo nor even hundred-year lone bamboo could serve as San's first soul ring.
Did these two idiots want San's first soul skill to be Blue Silver Pole Vault?
Back on Earth in his previous life.
That had been a meme countless people mocked.
In Sky Screen Space-Time.
Tang San was about to explode with rage:
"Thank goodness I didn't choose that ten-year solitary bamboo back then."
Bibi Dong scoffed even more:
"These two Grandmasters are simply leading their student astray."
Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo laughed coldly:
"What a Grandmaster, deceiving the world and stealing a reputation."
Back in Xiao Gang and Gangzi's spacetime.
They continued deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest.
Xiao Gang kept searching for soul beasts over a hundred years old.
Gangzi, meanwhile, searched for lone bamboo over a hundred years old.
Finally, after several hours of searching.
They discovered an exceptionally tall stalk of hundred-year lone bamboo.
Without another word, Gangzi used Luo Sanpao to severely injure the hundred-year lone bamboo and said:
"San! Give it the finishing blow!"
Tang San hesitated a little.
Could this lone bamboo strengthen my Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul?
Then he drew his dagger and dealt it the finishing blow.
A yellow soul ring slowly rose.
Just then.
Hissing sounded in the woods.
Xiao Gang said in delighted surprise, "It's a Hundred-Year Mandala Snake!"
"San! This is a great opportunity!"
"Gangzi, let's attack together!!"
Then the two Grandmasters charged out.
In the end, however, they were beaten until they were utterly powerless to fight back.
Tang San had no choice but to fight the four-hundred-year Mandala Snake alone.
At last, he pinpointed the weak spot in the Mandala Snake's lower jaw.
He pinned it dead on the spot.
Xiao Gang and Gangzi said in delighted surprise:
"San! Hurry and absorb its soul ring!!!"
Tang San hesitated somewhat.
But he still walked forward.
He glanced at the lone bamboo's hundred-year soul ring.
Then looked at the Mandala Snake's hundred-year soul ring.
"Teacher Su Chen! Where on earth are you?"
Tang San was caught in a battle between heaven and man within himself.
He was about to begin absorbing his first soul ring.
"San! Stop!"
Su Chen finally appeared in the nick of time.
He immediately delivered a heavy slap across each Grandmaster's face:
"When the tiger is away."
"The monkeys crown themselves king!"
"All of you, get out of my way!"
As his words fell.
Tang San froze.
At last, he grew excited...
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