Perhaps it was because the past few days had been too stifling, or perhaps it was because of subtle differences between worldlines.
In short, Tang San failed to keep a straight face and laughed out loud right in front of Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang looked rather displeased, but what could he do?
Forgive Tang San, of course~
He had just this one disciple with Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, who was at odds with Spirit Hall and relatively easy to fool. Was he supposed to dissolve their master-disciple relationship on the spot and find another?
Dream on!
Along the way, Yu Xiaogang carefully introduced Tang San to the Soul Beasts they encountered, teaching him all sorts of methods for identifying their species and ages, as well as countering them.
Having secretly read Spirit Hall's vast collection of texts, Yu Xiaogang could indeed be considered learned-provided he did not start messing around based on his own fantasies.
As this knowledge poured into him, Tang San rapidly enriched himself like a dry sponge suddenly exposed to water.
In the end, the two still did not miss the famous Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo scene along the way~
"Little San, look at that Lone Bamboo up ahead."
"Teacher, isn't that just a very ordinary stalk of bamboo?"
"Hehe, it's no ordinary bamboo. It's bamboo with Soul Power! Lone Bamboo is a Plant-type Soul Beast. It's tough by nature, and though it isn't very aggressive, its defenses are decent. It would be useful to you."
"Then are we going to hunt it?"
At Tang San's question, Yu Xiaogang shook his head with some disdain and said:
"Ten meters is the dividing line between ten-year and hundred-year Lone Bamboo. This stalk clearly hasn't passed that threshold. It's merely a Ten-Year Soul Beast, not yet