Nana never wants to be friends with you again!

The theory of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul?

What was that?

Hu Liena's little head felt rather dizzy.

"Teacher, I don't understand."

"Hmm? What don't you understand?"

Hu Liena herself did not know why, but she still instinctively weighed her words and spoke cautiously:

"Why would Senior Lu Yun's and Archbishop Lu's personal experiences be included in someone else's theory? (Why are you taking other people's things?)

Was that Soul Master who also couldn't break past level 29 their friend? (Who even are you?)

Or did that genius help Senior Lu Yun during his cultivation? (Where have you been making your fortune, buddy?)"

Bibi Dong's expression darkened.

Why are you asking the three questions of doom too?

Bibi Dong swore that if those words had not come from her own disciple's mouth, she would definitely have kicked the other person's backside hard, then blasted them straight out through her bedchamber doors!

Of course, anyone who was not her disciple could not have entered her bedchamber in the first place.

Outstanding talent, an orphan's background, naturally beautiful looks...

In every respect, Hu Liena resembled the Bibi Dong of the past far too much-so much that Bibi Dong wished she could give her all the best things.

So, although the questions had displeased her somewhat, His Holiness the Pope still decided to "guide her patiently":

"Nana, you must understand that although some powerful Soul Masters can become strong through cultivation themselves, they aren't good at passing on their experience of growing stronger to others. Grandmaster happens to be someone skilled at distilling cultivation experience into principles and teaching them widely. Do you understand?"

Hu Liena nodded vigorously to show that she understood, feeling that something very bad would happen if she still did not.

Ever since Bibi Dong had taken her as a personal disciple for her outstanding talent when she was little, they had spent years together day and night. Hu Liena had heard a very strong warning of danger in Bibi Dong's tone just now.

So much so that she held back the last thing she wanted to say, not daring to voice it: That "Grandmaster" must have obtained Senior Lu Yun's permission, right?

So she chose to send what she wanted to say into the group instead (≖ω≖).

With so many talented people in the Chat Group, surely someone would know who this Grandmaster was.

[Little Fox (can't give it away): Everyone, I have a question!]

The replies came very quickly.

[Angel (can't send it up): Did you get through safely?]

[Little Princess (Little Demoness): Finally got zapped (ﾟ∀ﾟ)?]

[Little Fox: Go die, Little Demoness! Thank you, Sister Angel. Teacher really was distracted, and she even taught me quite a bit just now. I learned a lot.]

[Angel: No need to thank me. Chat Group members are forbidden from harming one another, and helping each other is encouraged here. Besides, this was only a trifling matter.]

[Little Princess: @Little Fox Shouldn't you be thanking me? If I hadn't been zapped first in your place, could you have escaped it (╬￣皿￣)?]

Clearly, Ning Rongrong was quick to act. After sending Ning Fengzhi and Sword and Bone Douluo away, she had already taught herself how to use the mention mechanism and emoticons.

[Little Fox: Get lost, Little Demoness! Also, does anyone here know who "Grandmaster" is?]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature (Horn of Slaughter): ?]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: Why are you asking about that?]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: Is it Xiao Gang?]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: Have you seen him?]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: Where is he?]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: Don't let him leave.]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: Where are you?]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: Give me the address.]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: I'll come find you right now!]

A string of messages flooded the screen, the text popping up at flying speed.

Lu Chen was already dumbfounded on his side of the screen. The last time he had seen such outrageous screen-flooding was while boiling water...

Hu Liena's reaction was: Who are you, lady?

I hate lurkers with no sense of boundaries. If you're going to lurk, just lurk properly!

[Yanzi (leftover woman): Xiao Gang? I didn't know which grandmaster you meant at first. So it's that useless Yu Xiaogang.]

[Angel: Indeed.]

[Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature: Bastard, what did you say!]

Heaven Dou City, Blue Tyrant Academy, Forest Area.

Boom!!!

A tremendous roar carried far into the distance along with blazing light, startling countless academy teachers and students who had already gone to sleep.

At the center of the flames, the spot where a thatched cottage and a vast patch of rare flowers had stood was now scorched bare. Even the warning sign dozens of meters away reading "Restricted academy grounds. No unauthorized entry" had been knocked down by the shock.

And all of this had come from the graceful, beautiful woman by the lake, who was continuously radiating intense fluctuations of Soul Power.

Liu Erlong.

Her usual facade of quiet composure had fallen away. Her willow-leaf brows stood on end, and her eyes, normally shimmering like rippling water, now held nothing but wildly flickering red light.

"Damn you! If I find out who you are, I'll tear you apart with my bare hands!"

Boom!!!

[Harming group members is prohibited. One electric shock warning!]

A moment later, a Blue Tyrant Academy teacher finally arrived, but only dared to stand far away, out of sight, and ask, "Principal, are you all right?"

"Get~ get~ get~ get~ get lost~"

"Will do~"

After being shouted at, the teacher turned and left in one smooth, flowing sequence, clearly long familiar with the routine.

He was merely a little puzzled as to who had made the principal so angry. Normally, she clearly only told him to get lost once... Could she be dissatisfied with me?

As he hurried away, worrying that the principal might make life difficult for him, the teacher naturally had no idea that Liu Erlong's behavior was entirely due to being electrocuted.

Considering Liu Erlong's greater strength, and her mental power and pain tolerance being far higher than Ning Rongrong's, the system had even thoughtfully increased the current. The shock left Liu Erlong tingling and aching all over, her speech slurred, to the point that she could not even concentrate enough to keep spewing abuse in the group.

[Yanzi: What? Where was I wrong? If his surname weren't Yu, with those "Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul" he took straight from others, riddled with errors and omissions, how many pieces do you think he'd be in?]

[Little Fox: Tell me more!]

[Angel: His name is Yu Xiaogang. He comes from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and is the son of its current clan leader, Yu Yuanzhen. He's a useless Soul Master with half a level of Innate Soul Power. After reaching the level 29 Soul Grandmaster realm with preferential access to his clan's resources, he could make no further progress.]

[Yanzi: After that, this good-for-nothing somehow wormed his way into Spirit Hall, claiming he wanted to study martial soul theory. In reality, he just wanted to find a way to break through to Soul Elder using the texts Spirit Hall had amassed over ten thousand years.]

[Yanzi: Not only did he fail, he also cobbled together other people's research findings into his own theory and spread it widely. The crucial thing is that some of those theories aren't universally applicable. I heard they got quite a few people killed.]

[Hu Liena: He's despicable!]

[Angel: Strangely enough, although his theories are riddled with errors and omissions, certain parts involve extremely advanced knowledge, which he clearly wasn't qualified to access. Supposedly, Spirit Hall even conducted a special investigation into this, but it ultimately came to nothing.]

[Yanzi: What else could it be? With a good father lending me strength, I'm carried straight into the azure clouds!]

[Angel: You're quite funny.]

[Yanzi: Hehe. Speaking of which, why has that lunatic Cultivate the Mind and Nourish the Nature gone quiet? She actually dared to threaten me. Wait... I've definitely heard the title Horn of Slaughter somewhere before. Hmph, she'd better hope I don't remember. When I do, I'll have Grandpa pay her a visit in person!]

[Angel: Perhaps she knows she's in the wrong. I think I've heard that title too.]

[Yanzi: Why has Little Fox gone quiet too? Little Fox, are you still there? @Little Fox]

No one replied.

[Angel: Perhaps her teacher needs her for something else?]

[Yanzi: What a troublesome teacher.]

[Angel: You should say a responsible teacher.]

Lu Chen, who had been lurking, was now practically laughing himself mad.

Liu Erlong had merely been zapped rather badly.

As for Hu Liena... a responsible teacher?

A teacher responsible for punishing her (¬‿¬)?

All he could do was hope she was all right!

"T-Teacher, y-you, you..."

Looking at the second Chat Group panel that had suddenly appeared before her, Hu Liena trembled all over, unable to get a complete sentence out.

Who could understand? I just thoroughly scorned someone Teacher praised, right in front of Teacher!

In all twelve years of her life, Hu Liena had never been this brave.

"Hu Liena, well said. Very well said!" Bibi Dong glared at her disciple, who had shrunk in on herself like a quail, wishing she could string her up and whip her mercilessly.

"Disobeying discipline, disregarding your teacher's instructions, using your teacher's affection for you as leverage to obey in public and defy in private-how would you like me to reward you? Well?!"

At this moment, Bibi Dong was not alone.

The soul of another ancient empress possessed her at that instant!

Hu Liena dropped to her knees on the spot.

Boohoohoo (ノ˃̩̩⌓˂̩̩)ノ~

I really want to slap to death that version of myself who ran straight to Teacher without thinking...

Teacher, you could clearly have shown me the Chat Group right from the start.

We could clearly have happily chatted in the group together. Why did you have to hide it from me? Nana never wants to be friends with you again!

"Teacher, Nana knows she was wrong. Please forgive Nana. You treat Nana better than anyone!"