Faced with everyone's relentless mockery, Gangzi finally couldn't take it anymore.
[Yu Xiaogang: I only have two rings! Isn't it perfectly normal for someone with two rings to lose to a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake?]
[Yu Xiaogang: Which of you could beat a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake with two rings!]
[Huo Yuhao: ? Is fighting a four-hundred-year-old Soul Beast with two rings hard?]
[Tang Wulin: Is it hard?]
[Gu Yue: Is it hard?]
[Wang Dong: Is it hard?]
[Yun Ming: Is it hard?]
[Yu Xiaogang: No, what do you all mean? You all think you're so amazing?]
Meanwhile, in the Modern Era, Yu Xiaogang launched an attack on the Mandala Snake in the animation playing on the television.
"Fart like thunder, Earth-Shattering Luo Sanpao!"
Amid a thunderous roar, Luo Sanpao's super thunderclap fart surged forth.
Although the Mandala Snake was fast, Luo Sanpao's attack covered an area, making escape impossible.
A massive snake's body was blasted off the ground and flung far away.
"Run." Grandmaster took just one look at the Mandala Snake that had been blasted into the air and abandoned any further ideas.
A shrill croaking rang out. As Grandmaster pulled Tang San along, Tang San looked back and saw that the Mandala Snake blasted away by Luo Sanpao was completely unharmed. The moment its body hit the ground, it coiled, sprang, and shot toward them.
Inside the Sky Screen Livestream Room, Qiangu Dongfeng began mocking him again.
[Qiangu Dongfeng: Seriously, isn't this Martial Soul way too trash? Is it scratching the Mandala Snake's itch?]
[Yu Xiaogang: My Martial Soul is the Radiant Sacred Dragon! What do you mean by that?]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: A farting Radiant Sacred Dragon? That's pretty interesting, hahahahaha.]
At this point in the animation, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had already been driven into a corner, and the twenty jin of radishes Yu Xiaogang had prepared were soon used up.
Seeing this, Qian Renxue turned to Jiang Yan with some curiosity.
"Don't tell me Gangzi and Tang San failed to hunt it down?"
Jiang Yan shook his head. "Of course not. Tang San isn't as useless as Gangzi. Keep watching and you'll see."
"Oh, true." Qian Renxue nodded and continued watching the animation playing on the television.
Onscreen, Tang San fired a Silent Sleeve Arrow at the Mandala Snake, but still failed to truly hurt it.
The Mandala Snake was thoroughly enraged. All the scales on its body lit up at once, and its speed abruptly increased. In almost an instant, it had lunged right in front of Tang San.
Tang San suddenly let go, but Gangzi's momentum had already carried him more than ten meters ahead. Everything happened in a flash of lightning; by the time Gangzi wanted to save Tang San, it was already too late.
At this moment of extreme peril, Tang San concentrated all his Mysterious Heaven Skill into his palms, used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and drew his short sword. The instant the Mandala Snake opened its mouth, he seized the opportunity and secured a solo kill.
Outside the Sky Screen, Yu Xiaogang clearly saw every one of Tang San's movements this time.
"So Little San actually dealt with that Mandala Snake so easily back then? But why didn't Little San tell me the truth?"
Just as Yu Xiaogang was puzzling over this, Jiang Yan's voice came from within the Sky Screen.
"Actually, the animation cut a little bit here," Jiang Yan suddenly said.
"What did it cut? Wasn't Tang San the one who killed this Mandala Snake?" Qian Renxue asked.
"No, that's not it. At this point, Tang San actually considered killing Yu Xiaogang to silence him, though he ultimately rejected the idea himself."
"But Tang San really did consider it. Given the Silent Sleeve Arrow's offensive power and special characteristics, Tang San said he had a seventy-percent chance of pulling it off," Jiang Yan said.
"What? Didn't Tang San say earlier that a teacher for a day was a father for life? Why was he thinking about silencing him here?" Ye Guyi found it somewhat hard to believe.
"It's simple. Tang San is a transmigrator. To keep his identity as a transmigrator from being exposed, he could only resort to this measure," Jiang Yan said.
"Luckily, Gangzi didn't dig deeper into how Tang San killed the Mandala Snake. Otherwise, there's really no telling what would have happened afterward."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue instead felt a little glad now that she hadn't succeeded in recruiting Tang San back then.
If she really had succeeded, wouldn't she have been backstabbed at any moment?
Meanwhile, as soon as Jiang Yan said this, an embarrassed expression appeared on Tang San's face outside the Sky Screen.
"I only considered it! I didn't actually do anything!"
Yu Xiaogang was also extremely surprised. He hadn't expected the disciple he had poured all his efforts into nurturing to have entertained such a thought.
"It's fine, it's fine. Little San was just worried about his identity as a transmigrator being exposed. Besides, he didn't actually do anything." Yu Xiaogang kept comforting himself.
Meanwhile, the scene inside the Sky Screen Livestream Room was entirely different.
[Ghost Emperor: Ahahahaha, Tang San actually wanted to kill his own teacher. Looks like Tang San has the potential to become an Evil Soul Master!]
[Darkness Emperor: Speaking of which, after the Shrek Seven Devils became gods, didn't Yu Xiaogang fail to follow them to the Divine Realm?]
[Zhongli Wu: Seems he really didn't. Didn't Yu Xiaogang die of old age in the lower realm?]
Yu Xiaogang happened to see these messages, and he could no longer keep his composure.
"Damn you, Tang San! I nurtured you with my invincible theories. Why didn't you take me to the Divine Realm!"
Within the Sky Screen, the animation continued playing. After Tang San dealt with the Mandala Snake, Yu Xiaogang began explaining theory to him.
"One of the Ten Core Competencies of the Martial Soul world that I researched and proposed is the Martial Soul Mimicry Theory."
"A Plant-type Martial Soul doesn't necessarily have to absorb Soul Rings from plant Soul Beasts, and a Beast Martial Soul isn't necessarily unable to absorb plant Soul Rings either."
"Provided various conditions are met, these two can absorb each other's rings."
At this point, Qian Renxue, who was listening nearby, could no longer stand hearing this theory.
"Seriously, this counts as a theory? Isn't this common knowledge among Soul Masters?"
"Exactly. That's why I say Yu Xiaogang's theories are all plagiarized. If you could only absorb rings of the same type as your Martial Soul, what would those with Tool Martial Souls do? What about Spirit-type Martial Souls? What about Body Martial Souls?" Jiang Yan said with a laugh.
Inside the Sky Screen Livestream Room, Yu Xiaogang defended himself.
[Yu Xiaogang: Just tell me whether this theory is right!]
[Xu Xiaoyan: ?]
[Xu Xiaoyan: What does this have to do with whether it's right? Aren't you just conning people?]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: Stop calling yourself the invincible theoretical Grandmaster. Change your name to Grandmaster of Conning!]
Meanwhile, in the animation in the Modern Era, Yu Xiaogang continued speaking.
"I told you before that one of Blue Silver Grass's greatest advantages is its non-rejection."
"Because it's so weak itself, it won't reject any attributes added by a Soul Ring and will only passively integrate them."
"So absorbing this Mandala Snake's Soul Ring won't be a problem."
"Moreover, this Mandala Snake is a perfect match for your Blue Silver Grass. It can increase both the toughness and the toxicity of your Blue Silver Grass."
At this point, Yu Xiaogang began bragging about his theories inside the Sky Screen Livestream Room.
[Yu Xiaogang: Did you hear that? Look at my theory. What's wrong with it? Isn't it completely correct!]
Before anyone else could refute him, Jiang Yan took the lead in rebutting him in the Modern Era.
"Gangzi's direction for developing the Martial Soul is completely wrong."
"All that talk about increasing Blue Silver Grass's toughness and toxicity."
"Making Blue Silver Grass take the control path was a joke to begin with!"