Tang Ziran saw his heartbroken son and hurried to comfort him:
"Wulin, don't overthink it. Eat properly. You're not like Grandmaster."
After saying that, Tang Ziran felt even more displeased with Yu Xiaogang.
Seriously, this Grandmaster. Being useless himself was one thing, but dragging children down with him? Unbelievable.
He looked at the Sky Screen. Just then, Yu Xiaogang had led Tang San through their search for Soul Beasts to a stalk of emerald-green Lone Bamboo.
The modern world.
Watching Yu Xiaogang's epic encounter with the Lone Bamboo-
"Hahaha!"
Lin Hao couldn't help laughing.
Tang Wutong asked suspiciously:
"What's so funny about this Lone Bamboo?"
Lin Hao held back his laughter. "Keep watching and you'll see."
On-screen.
Yu Xiaogang said, "This is a stalk of Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo. Its defining trait is toughness. Although it lacks offensive power, its defense is quite good. It's quite suitable for your Blue Silver Grass."
"But it's still too young. If there really isn't anything suitable... let's keep looking."
Hearing that, Qian Renxue, Tang Wutong, and Gu Yuena fell silent.
Even if there wasn't anything suitable, you couldn't choose that, could you?
What did being a genius with Innate Full Soul Power mean?
You'd picked out a stalk of Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo as his fallback? That was heaven-defyingly absurd!
No wonder Lin Hao had worn that expression earlier.
And this Yu Xiaogang called himself a theoretical grandmaster.
Qian Renxue scoffed. "This Yu Xiaogang calls himself a theoretical grandmaster? Where exactly did his theories go?"
Lin Hao's expression turned strange. "Aren't his theories all stitched together from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's and Spirit Hall's? You didn't know?"
Qian Renxue froze, then said angrily, "What's going on?"
What do you mean, Spirit Hall's theories were stitched together?
How come I didn't know?
Lin Hao waved a hand.
"Wasn't Yu Xiaogang dating your mother, Bibi Dong, back then?"
"Wasn't his whole purpose in dating her to get close to Bibi Dong, obtain Spirit Hall's knowledge, and then put together those Ten Core Theories or whatever to make a name for himself?"
"Didn't he steal his Grandmaster title from Spirit Hall?"
At the thought of that woman being so easily deceived-
Qian Renxue's expression turned cold.
"This Yu Xiaogang has already courted his own death."
"And that woman really has no brains. Nothing but a love-addled fool."
Hearing Qian Renxue speak about her own mother like that, Tang Wutong found it funny.
"That's your mother. Talking about her like that-how filial of you."
Qian Renxue snorted. "None of your business."
Gu Yuena pressed a hand to her forehead.
She could see it now. Like Tang Wutong, Qian Renxue had a bit of a childish temper and was terribly stubborn.
The world of Douluo I.
Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong frowned. Qian Renxue really is an unfilial daughter.
Then, furious at Lin Hao's slander of Yu Xiaogang, she said:
"Xiaogang approached me to steal Spirit Hall's theories? How could that be possible?"
"I knew Xiaogang for years. He couldn't possibly be that kind of person."
"He's different from everyone else."
Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo: ...
In their eyes, whenever Yu Xiaogang was involved, Her Holiness the Pope's intelligence automatically dropped by half.
Shrek Academy.
"Oh my, Grandmaster. Who knew you earned your title as a theoretical grandmaster by deceiving women?"
At Ning Rongrong's mockery-
Yu Xiaogang's face flushed crimson, and he panted like an ox.
"The Sky Screen is slandering me!"
"Bibi Dong and I were in love back then, and afterward, she was the one who left me! What do you know?"
Ning Rongrong planted her hands on her hips.
"Then setting that aside, how did you even think of having Third Brother absorb a stalk of Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo as a fallback?"
"Even Sanpao's brain could figure out that with Third Brother's Innate Full Soul Power, anything less than a three- or four-hundred-year Soul Ring would be inexcusable."
"You picked a stalk of ten-year Lone Bamboo as a fallback, and you still have the nerve to call yourself a theoretical grandmaster?"
Yu Xiaogang forced out a rebuttal. "I already said it was a fallback! You're deliberately twisting my words."
Tang San felt utterly drained.
"He didn't absorb it in the end, did he? Everyone, stop arguing."
In truth, he was angry too. If he really had absorbed that ten-year Lone Bamboo, he would truly have been ruined.
But his feudal mindset made it difficult for him to turn against Yu Xiaogang now.
Blue Tyrant Academy.
Liu Erlong frowned.
"Xiaogang deceived Bibi Dong?"
Even though Bibi Dong was her rival in love, she didn't want Xiaogang's feelings for Bibi Dong to have been a deception.
After all, if Yu Xiaogang could deceive Bibi Dong, he could deceive her too.
That thought flashed through her mind.
Then she rejected it, saying:
"How could Xiaogang possibly deceive me?"
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yu Yuanzhen's expression darkened too. "That unfilial son..."
The Sky Screen was broadcasting across all of Douluo. If Yu Xiaogang really was as it said, he had utterly disgraced the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
Earning the title of theoretical grandmaster by stitching together theories from Spirit Hall and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was mortifying.
No wonder the boy had made a name for himself so quickly after setting out on his travels. Yu Yuanzhen had thought a god really had suddenly tapped Yu Xiaogang on the head.
The Douluo II timeline.
"This Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang is absolutely disgusting!"
"Stop calling him Grandmaster. From now on, call him Gangzi."
"Don't stop me! I'm going to smash his statue!"
Everyone at Shrek Academy was seeing red!
According to historical records, Spirit Hall was an evil force, while the forces led by Shrek represented those who had defeated evil.
Yet now, everyone had discovered that Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized Spirit Hall's knowledge!
How could they possibly keep their composure?
The modern world.
[Don't choose Lone Bamboo, and you'll regret it.]
[Pick Lone Bamboo already! Blue Silver Pole Vault-leap beyond the Three Realms, escape the Five Elements, and vault straight into the Divine Realm.]
Tang Wutong pointed at the bullet comments and asked curiously:
"Aren't these comments saying Lone Bamboo seems really powerful? And what's this Blue Silver Pole Vault?"
Qian Renxue froze when she saw that comment too.
Could there be a twist?
If there was, wouldn't that mean I'd misunderstood that woman?
Gu Yuena also looked at Lin Hao, wanting to hear his explanation.
Lin Hao nearly lost his composure too.
"You're actually taking the bullet comments literally?"
"In that case, I have no choice but to show you a video."
He took out his phone again, selected a video from his favorites, and cast it to the screen.
The three women grew curious. What exactly was Lin Hao going to play?
Then the television began playing it.
Holding a stalk of Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo with a Luo Sanpao on his head, Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San and said:
"Little San, this is a stalk of Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo. Hurry and absorb it. Once you do, you can jump straight into the Divine Realm."
After absorbing the Lone Bamboo, Tang San obtained his first Soul Skill: Blue Silver Pole Vault.
After obtaining his first Soul Skill, Blue Silver Pole Vault, Tang San combined it with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and immediately found inspiration.
He used his first Soul Skill to summon Lone Bamboo, then borrowed force in midair, stepping his left foot on his right to ascend to the Divine Realm and inherit the God of Lone Bamboo.
Down on the ground, Yu Xiaogang stared dumbfounded and said, "Little San, I haven't gone to the Divine Realm yet!"
Seeing Tang San ascend to the Divine Realm while he himself had not, Yu Xiaogang fainted in anger and was promptly reborn.
He was reborn before Tang San absorbed the Lone Bamboo.
Tang San said, "Teacher, there's a stalk of ten-year Lone Bamboo here. It suits me well. Shall I absorb it?"
Yu Xiaogang hurriedly said, "No, the Lone Bamboo is too young. Even Old Jack at the village entrance is a hundred years old. I'll take you to find something more suitable."
Tang San said, "But I just want ten-year Lone Bamboo."
Yu Xiaogang allowed no argument. "Be good, Little San."
Then he spotted a giant beast.
"It's a Titan Giant Ape!"
"Little San, hurry and absorb it."
Tang San: "?????"
After pushing Tang San toward the Titan Giant Ape-
Yu Xiaogang hid and thought:
In my previous life, I had Little San absorb ten-year Lone Bamboo. Who knew he'd use Blue Silver Pole Vault to jump into the Divine Realm without taking me along?
This time, I'll absorb it myself and jump into the Divine Realm.
As his thoughts flowed freely, Yu Xiaogang's Soul Power broke through the bottleneck that had trapped him at level 29 for so long, taking him straight to level 30.
Then he absorbed the Lone Bamboo and obtained his third Soul Skill: Farts Like Thunder, a Heaven-Blasting, Earth-Splitting Pole Vault.
He mounted the Lone Bamboo and had Luo Sanpao cling to its rear end, farting to provide thrust.
Then, riding the Lone Bamboo, Yu Xiaogang charged straight toward the Divine Realm.
"Hahahaha! I, Yu Xiaogang, am finally going to the Divine Realm! Sanpao, more horsepower! I can't wait any longer! Divine Realm, here I come!"
At that sight-
Qian Renxue, Tang Wutong, and Gu Yuena all lost their composure at once.