Qian Renxue: Just hearing Yu Xiaogang's name makes me sick

"After Tang San awakened his martial soul, he was sent to Nuoding Academy.

Before his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline awakened, it was just ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

According to the common understanding on the Douluo Continent, that stuff was basically a trash martial soul."

Qian Renxue nodded.

There really wasn't anything worth paying attention to about a martial soul like Blue Silver Grass.

"However, Tang San's situation was rather special."

Xu Fan continued:

"By cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill, he brought his innate soul power to rank ten ahead of time.

An inferior martial soul with that kind of talent naturally caught Yu Xiaogang's attention.

After a round of sweet-talking, Tang San actually took the initiative to become his disciple."

At that name, Qian Renxue's expression changed slightly.

Yu Xiaogang.

That man again!

It was his appearance that had turned Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall into bitter enemies.

Xu Fan glanced at Qian Renxue and explained:

"Yu Xiaogang came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. His innate soul power was only half a rank, and his martial soul had mutated.

Although it had the Radiant Sacred Dragon's bloodline, it was only an immature form.

He only cultivated to rank twenty-nine himself, decided it was too difficult, and simply gave up.

He turned his main efforts toward researching martial soul theory instead, and even gave himself a title:

Theoretical grandmaster."

When Xu Fan uttered those words, his tone was distinctly odd.

Qian Renxue said, "Ummm, never heard of him..."

Xu Fan continued:

"Bro, it's perfectly normal that you haven't heard of him. He isn't famous in the soul master world either.

He calls himself a theoretical grandmaster, yet he's never accomplished anything.

So no sect or academy takes him seriously.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept hiding in a junior soul master academy, not even as a regular teacher, just a guest advisor.

What's even more interesting is that after Tang San became his disciple,

all his disciple's achievements were credited to him.

When Tang San became a god, Gangzi shouted the loudest, saying he'd taught a god."

Qian Renxue said, "..."

Xu Fan spread his hands and continued:

"Back to Tang San. Once a soul master reaches rank ten, they need to obtain their first soul ring.

Based on his own theories, Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to absorb the soul ring of a ten-year solitary bamboo."

Qian Renxue frowned, wondering if she'd misheard.

"Ten years?"

"That's right."

The more Xu Fan spoke, the more ridiculous he found it.

"Tang San had innate full soul power! But Yu Xiaogang couldn't help him hunt a better soul beast.

And he was too desperate to save face, so he went with the safest option.

Luckily, Tang San didn't listen to him and ended up hunting a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake."

As though he had reached the key point, a smile appeared on Xu Fan's face:

"Something pretty interesting happened during all this, too. Yu Xiaogang nearly died."

"..."

For a moment, Qian Renxue couldn't react.

Xu Fan continued with a perfectly straight face:

"Yu Xiaogang couldn't protect Tang San at all. The Mandala Snake bit him, leaving him severely poisoned, and Tang San was the one who saved him in the end."

"..."

For a moment, Qian Renxue didn't know what to say.

Even trampling on trash like that would be giving him too much credit.

Especially when she thought about Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong's past, she felt even more uncomfortable.

What kind of taste did Bibi Dong have?!

Now, just hearing Yu Xiaogang's name was enough to make her thoroughly sick.

A trace of coldness flickered in Qian Renxue's eyes.

However, the thought left as quickly as it came.

Right now, she had more important things to clarify.

"After Tang San went to Nuoding Academy, did anything special happen besides him taking a master?"

"Yes."

Xu Fan answered without the slightest hesitation.

"He met a girl there named Xiao Wu.

They were very close, and Tang San took her as his little sister."

Qian Renxue was still rather unconcerned, but Xu Fan's next words made her sit bolt upright.

"But Xiao Wu wasn't an ordinary girl.

She was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, a Soft Bone Rabbit."

The room fell silent at once.

Qian Renxue's previously calm expression abruptly turned serious.

"What did you say? She was a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit who had taken human form?"

A hundred-thousand-year soul beast!

She knew all too well what that meant.

To a soul master, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast meant not only an incredibly precious soul ring and two soul skills, but also a guaranteed soul bone that countless powerhouses would fight over.

This was certainly not information she could casually overlook.

Seeing her remain silent, Xu Fan thought he had made things sound too serious.

"Bro, why have you gone quiet again?"

Qian Renxue came back to her senses.

"It's nothing."

She looked at Xu Fan and said softly:

"Go on."

Xu Fan was just about to speak when a faint sound came from outside the door.

Immediately afterward, a familiar voice reached Qian Renxue's ears through voice transmission.

"Young master, this subordinate has something to report."

It was Porcupinefish Douluo.

Qian Renxue's gaze shifted slightly, and she stood up.

"Little brother, wait here for a moment. I'm going outside."

"Okay."

Xu Fan nodded without thinking much of it.

He merely felt that after talking so much, a wisp of spiritual power seemed to rise in his mind, only to vanish in a flash.

Qian Renxue left the room and entered the courtyard.

A figure quietly appeared.

Porcupinefish Douluo stood in the sunlight, still travel-worn. His expression was less casual than usual; clearly, he had made an important discovery.

"How did the investigation go?" Qian Renxue asked.

Porcupinefish Douluo bowed and said:

"Reporting to the young master, there is indeed a child named Tang San in Holy Soul Village."

Qian Renxue remained calm, clearly having expected this.

"Over the past few days, this subordinate has been secretly observing Tang San according to your instructions.

The boy usually looks little different from an ordinary child, but he has one rather strange habit.

Every morning, before dawn, he goes alone to a nearby hillside to sit in meditation and cultivate.

He clearly has a cultivation method of his own.

This subordinate observed him from a distance and saw his eyes occasionally give off a faint purple light.

It doesn't last long before they return to normal."

Qian Renxue's gaze shifted slightly.

Purple light.

Purple Demon Eye?

Pufferfish's observations matched Xu Fan's words exactly.

She did not reveal her surprise and merely continued asking:

"What else did you discover?"

Porcupinefish Douluo's expression grew somewhat grave.

"Tang San's father is a blacksmith in the village.

The man drinks heavily year-round and is extremely dispirited, seemingly indifferent to everything around him.

This subordinate sensed him from afar several times. He appeared completely unguarded,

yet the faint presence emanating from within his body instinctively put me on alert.

Young master, if Xu Fan's words are true, then Tang San's father must be Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao, who wounded the former Pope with his hammer all those years ago."

Qian Renxue's eyes abruptly turned cold.

Her previously calm expression also changed noticeably at that moment.

Tang Hao.

That name had never been unfamiliar to Spirit Hall.

Back then, it was Tang Hao who had gravely wounded Qian Xunji, giving Bibi Dong an opening to exploit.

To Qian Renxue, Qian Xunji was not merely Spirit Hall's former Pope, but also her father.

Even though a complicated rift existed between her and Bibi Dong, that did not mean she was indifferent to what had happened to her father.

Qian Renxue slowly curled her fingers tight.

An enemy who had once gravely wounded her father was actually hiding right under her nose, spending his days drinking without a care?

"Young master?"

Seeing that she still hadn't spoken, Pufferfish asked quietly:

"What should we do next?"

Qian Renxue was silent for a moment before finally making her decision.

"Send word to Spirit Hall."

A glimmer flashed through Pufferfish's eyes.

Qian Renxue looked at him, her tone returning to its usual calm.

"Just say we heard some information in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and suspect that Clear Sky Douluo may be hiding in Holy Soul Village.

We cannot confirm his identity yet. Have Spirit Hall send people to investigate further."

"Yes, young master!"

Pufferfish immediately acknowledged the order. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard Xu Fan call out.