An hour after Yun Tian left, three figures suddenly appeared in Sunset Forest.
"Xiaogang, don't panic. Isn't Xiaoming still doing his best to persuade them?"
Flender turned his head and comforted Yu Xiaogang, whom he was carrying on his back.
"That's right, Grandmaster. Besides, Xiaosan has always had good luck. Maybe nothing will happen to him this time either, even though he was taken away."
Beside them, Zhao Wuji also offered words of comfort. Originally, he had not wanted to follow Flender and Yu Xiaogang to look for Tang San. After all, one glance was enough to tell that the old man was not someone to provoke.
But he had no choice. If something really happened to Tang San, it would not be that old man he would have to face, but Tang Hao.
Yu Xiaogang lay on Flender's back, his fists clenched tight.
When they had gone to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to seek help earlier, those three board members had actually refused them on the grounds that they were not members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
They had tried negotiating, only to nearly be thrown out by force.
Left with no choice, they had first settled Dai Mubai and the others, then headed out on their own, searching along the direction Dugu Bo had left in.
Damn it, Meng Shenji, was it? A mere Soul Douluo dares oppose me, the Grandmaster? Just you wait!
Yu Xiaogang already hated Meng Shenji and the other two board members so much that his teeth itched.
Little did he know, however, that the three board members' refusal to help was entirely because of Dugu Bo.
He had seized someone at the city gates who was about to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Naturally, the three would not stand by and do nothing, so, to spare himself unnecessary trouble,
he had simply gone to have some tea with Xue Ye. What had happened over tea remained unknown.
"Flender, there's something over there, in that valley."
Just then, Zhao Wuji suddenly spoke beside Flender.
Flender and Yu Xiaogang looked in the direction Zhao Wuji was pointing.
"Come on, let's take a look."
With that, Flender rose into the air with Yu Xiaogang on his back and flew toward the valley, while Zhao Wuji could only rely on his own two legs.
Once they neared the place Zhao Wuji had pointed to, Flender spread out his spiritual power.
Soon, his expression changed abruptly, excitement spreading across his face.
"Xiaogang, I've found him!"
"I've found Xiaosan!"
Flender spoke excitedly to his old friend on his back.
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang immediately grew excited.
Oh, my precious lifeline! At last, we've found you!
"Hurry, Flender! Let's get over there!"
Yu Xiaogang no longer cared whether the three of them were a match for that old bastard. All he wanted now was to see his precious lifeline as soon as possible.
Later, he could simply invoke the name of His Excellency Haotian.
Flender waited a while, and only after Zhao Wuji caught up did they head toward the location his spiritual power had detected.
Soon, the three entered the cavern.
The moment they entered, Yu Xiaogang searched everywhere, finally spotting his treasured disciple in the center of the cavern.
"Xiaosan!"
Yu Xiaogang rushed forward. When he saw his treasured disciple's back, his entire body began trembling violently.
When Flender saw Tang San's current state, he too shuddered all over in fright.
They seemed to see the sight of Tang Hao flying into a rage.
"Gone. The Soul Bone is gone!"
Yu Xiaogang stared at Tang San's back and murmured in a broken voice.
"Damn you, you damned old bastard! How dare you? How dare you!"
Pfft!
In his extreme fury, rage assailed Yu Xiaogang's heart, and he spat out a great mouthful of blood.
"Xiaogang!"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang like this, Flender hurried forward and channeled some Soul Power into his old friend.
"Xiaogang, we're heartbroken to see Xiaosan like this too, but now isn't the time for grief. We have to take Xiaosan back right now!"
Flender's words brought Yu Xiaogang back to his senses.
"Yes, yes! Hurry, Flender! Let's take Xiaosan back."
Hearing this, Flender went over to Tang San and carefully picked him up.
Just as they were about to leave, Yu Xiaogang suddenly spoke.
"Wait!"
Zhao Wuji and Flender looked at Yu Xiaogang in confusion, neither understanding what he meant.
As though he had not noticed their looks, Yu Xiaogang walked straight past Flender.
He stopped before the ginseng roots Yun Tian had deliberately stuck into the ground.
"This... this is..."
Yu Xiaogang slowly cupped a ginseng root in both hands. As he examined it, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Hahahaha!"
"We've struck it rich! Flender, our luck is incredible!"
Yu Xiaogang abruptly stood up, holding the ginseng root as though it were not ginseng but his precious lifeline.
"Xiaogang, what on earth is wrong with you? Isn't that just a ginseng root?!"
Flender shouted angrily. He really was getting a little angry now.
Tang San was in such a state, yet instead of hurrying back to get him treated, Yu Xiaogang was obsessing over a ginseng root here?
"Flender, what do you know? This isn't ordinary ginseng."
Yu Xiaogang walked up to Flender and pointed at the ginseng in his hands.
"This is a Ginseng King! It contains vast amounts of Soul Power. Anyone below Soul King who eats it will gain at least five Soul Power Levels!"
"And that's not all. It stimulates a Soul Master's potential, greatly increasing their cultivation speed!"
Listening to Yu Xiaogang's explanation, Flender and Zhao Wuji exchanged a glance.
To be honest, neither believed it, but these words had come from Yu Xiaogang, the Continent's Number One Theoretical Grandmaster.
"Xiaogang, is what you're saying true?"
Flender's voice trembled slightly. He had just checked: there were eight ginseng roots.
If their effects were as Yu Xiaogang described, Shrek Academy would truly soar!
An increase of five levels alone was already something they could only dream of, let alone stimulating potential and speeding up cultivation!
"You fool! Would I lie to you?!"
Yu Xiaogang shot Flender an angry look. He deeply disliked the feeling of being questioned!
"Hurry, hurry! Zhao Wuji, put these Ginseng Kings away! With these, I have absolute confidence that we can win the Soul Master Tournament!"
And that was not all. With this Ginseng King, he, Yu Xiaogang, could break through the bottleneck that had plagued him for half his life!
He, Yu Xiaogang, was going to become a mighty Soul Elder too!
Yu Xiaogang: Soul Grandmaster? Nothing to do with me. Don't bother me. I'm a mighty Soul Elder now.
This time, the look in Flender's and Zhao Wuji's eyes changed completely.
As they gazed at the Ginseng King, they seemed to see the day Shrek Academy won the Soul Master Tournament and made its name known far and wide.
Zhao Wuji swiftly pulled out the remaining seven Ginseng Kings.
Then he put them all into Flender's storage Soul Tool.
"Flender, let's go. With this, even Xiaosan's injuries won't amount to much."
Hearing Yu Xiaogang say this, Flender and Zhao Wuji let out deep sighs of relief.
As long as Tang San was all right, that was all that mattered. Then they would not have to face Tang Hao's wrath!
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