The modern world.
After Qian Renxue's threats, Tang Wutong had thoroughly behaved herself.
But watching the images playing on television, she immediately grew delighted again.
"Hmph, I want to see how Daddy shows off his brilliance. Daddy, teach that gatekeeper a good lesson."
Meanwhile, on television.
The Hidden Weapon in Tang San's sleeve was poised to strike.
Just then, a man in black with a short crew cut walked out, putting on airs.
"Enough, stop!"
At those words, Tang San and the gatekeeper both paused. The gatekeeper was even more shocked: Grandmaster had actually arrived.
With the gatekeeper's shock setting the stage, Tang San also grew curious about this Grandmaster.
After verifying that Tang San's proof of Blue Silver Grass and innate full soul power was genuine, Tang San followed Yu Xiaogang into the academy.
At first, Tang San thought Yu Xiaogang was a teacher at the academy.
But Yu Xiaogang said self-deprecatingly:
"I'm just a lodger freeloading here, not a teacher. You can call me Grandmaster."
Seeing this, Lin Hao couldn't help chuckling:
"Gangzi has finally made his entrance. Whatever else you might say, he's pretty self-aware, eating and drinking at Nuoding Soul Master Academy's expense."
A trace of disgust also flashed through Qian Renxue.
She had no fondness for Yu Xiaogang. After all, he was that woman's old flame.
She also found it extremely difficult to agree with that woman's taste.
What was so good about a man with a crew cut like that?
Then Lin Hao noticed Tang Wutong, who was behaving like a good little child.
He couldn't help asking curiously.
"Miss Tang, what did Tang San have to say about Yu Xiaogang after becoming the Sea God?"
Tang Wutong blinked her big eyes:
"Yu Xiaogang? You mean this crew-cut guy? He doesn't ring a bell. Why would Daddy say anything about him?"
"As the Sea God and the Asura God, he has lots of things to deal with, and he has to romance Mommy too. Where would he find the time to bother with this mortal?"
Lin Hao's head filled with question marks.
Good grief, he gave God King Tang a thumbs-up right then.
Now that was respecting one's teacher and honoring the Way: a teacher for a day, a father for life.
As far as he was concerned, however useless Yu Xiaogang was, God King Tang would at least mention him a couple of times. He hadn't expected him to be this ruthless.
The world of Douluo I.
Shrek Academy.
Yu Xiaogang had initially been very excited, because his entrance really did make him look impressive.
He had perfectly captured the presence of a master of theory.
But the exchange between Lin Hao and Tang Wutong instantly landed several resounding slaps across his face.
He had always gone on about having raised a god, and Tang San truly made him very proud.
Yet Tang San's daughter actually said there was no place for him in the Divine Realm. How was that possible?
In his imagination, his future self might already have entered the Divine Realm and become a divine teacher!
Even an irresponsible father like Tang Chen had ultimately become the Plane Master. Why couldn't he, Yu Xiaogang, become a divine teacher?
Naturally, Tang San also noticed what was happening on the Sky Screen.
"Teacher, you mustn't listen to the Sky Screen's nonsense. A teacher for a day is a father for life."
"When Little San ascends to the Divine Realm in the future, I'll definitely bring you there to enjoy a life of comfort. Something must have gone wrong."
He was suffering inside too. Why did his future self keep digging pits for him?
First Xiao Wu, and now his teacher.
He couldn't even finish filling all these pits.
The Divine Realm of Douluo II.
Looking at the Sky Screen, Tang San couldn't help frowning to himself.
Although he no longer cared much about Yu Xiaogang.
To maintain his image of respecting his teacher and honoring the Way, he had tacitly permitted Shrek Academy to erect a statue of Yu Xiaogang.
But for all his calculations, he had never anticipated his daughter Xiao Qi would destroy that image the moment she opened her mouth.
Xiao Wu couldn't help sighing either, comforting him, "Third Brother, Xiao Qi is young and doesn't know any better. Don't blame her."
"Besides, if Grandmaster hadn't led you astray back then, with your talent, you might have become a god long ago."
Tang San wholeheartedly agreed with Xiao Wu's words. But the problem now lay in the lower realm.
In Shrek Academy in the lower realm, many students were discussing it.
"I never thought Lord Sea God saw Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang that way."
"If you ask me, Grandmaster clearly just had dogshit luck back then and took Lord Sea God as his disciple."
"It looks like they must have had some sort of conflict later on."
"I bet it was because Yu Xiaogang was incompetent as a teacher."
The modern world.
The television kept playing.
After Tang San entered Nuoding Soul Master Academy, Yu Xiaogang laid his cards on the table.
"Tang San, I know you have twin Martial Souls."
He exposed Tang San's twin Martial Souls, which gave Tang San quite a shock.
If Yu Xiaogang didn't give him a reasonable explanation, the Hidden Weapon in Tang San's sleeve was ready to strike.
But next, relying on his silver tongue, Yu Xiaogang launched into a spiel.
"Ordinary Blue Silver Grass could never possess innate full soul power."
"And Tang San, unless you possess another Martial Soul."
"..."
After hearing Yu Xiaogang's analysis, Tang San was instantly awestruck. He had never imagined Yu Xiaogang could deduce so much from a mere scrap of information.
Surely this man possessed genuine talent and learning.
If this wasn't a hidden master, what was?
So Tang San immediately bowed down, kowtowed three times, and took Grandmaster as his teacher.
He even declared, "A teacher for a day is a father for life."
On the sofa.
Seeing this, Tang Wutong looked utterly bewildered and said:
"So Daddy had a teacher too, but why has he never mentioned him?"
Qian Renxue laughed, looking at Tang Wutong as though she were an idiot.
"Can't you tell Yu Xiaogang is bluffing?"
"She completely mistook Tang San's Blue Silver Grass for ordinary roadside weeds."
"But Tang San's Blue Silver Grass has the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline. That's enough to show Yu Xiaogang was just guessing."
She muttered inwardly: Could that woman have been fooled by Yu Xiaogang like this too?
Gu Yuena was also speechless. Tang San had taken a teacher like this and still managed to become a god. What kind of dogshit luck was that?
In her view, this was clearly the will of Douluo Star at work. How else could it be explained?
Lin Hao couldn't help looking at Qian Renxue:
"Your analysis sounds perfectly logical because an onlooker sees clearly."
"Put yourself in his shoes. If you were Tang San, with no love from your father or mother, and a master suddenly appeared, would you grab that straw?"
"And this man also had the very intimidating title of Grandmaster."
Qian Renxue snorted. "I wouldn't be that stupid."
A flash of inspiration struck Lin Hao. Could all three people who had been transported into his living room have been sent here because they were goddamn love-brained?
Then Lin Hao exposed the sore spot:
"Oh, give it a rest. Take Bibi Dong. As the Holy Maiden raised by Spirit Hall, wasn't she easily fooled by Yu Xiaogang too?"
"Compared with his cultivation talent, Yu Xiaogang's greatest strength is that glib tongue he uses to fool people."
Qian Renxue said coldly again, "Don't compare me to her."
Lin Hao muttered inwardly: You inherited her genes perfectly, then. You're not much smarter either.
The world of Douluo I.
At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang was the first to lose his composure.
What did he mean, his greatest strength was his knack for fooling people?
This Lin Hao, in Little San's words, had already courted death.
But he also broke out in a cold sweat. If he hadn't managed to fool Little San back then, he might have been the one lying on the ground.
Tang San couldn't help feeling extremely awkward too.
He hadn't expected the Sky Screen to expose those little movements of his back then.
He had just been wondering why his future self never mentioned his teacher Yu Xiaogang.
Now, could it be that after growing up, his future self had realized he'd stepped into a pit?
Had he discovered his teacher was simply fooling him, and cut ties outright?
Tang Hao was utterly stunned.
He had arrived late before and hadn't seen Tang San proclaiming "a teacher for a day is a father for life" when he took his teacher.
Otherwise, he would definitely have made Yu Xiaogang pay for it.
What right did Yu Xiaogang have to sit at the same table as him?
Spirit Hall.
"What? Tang San is Xiaogang's disciple?"
Watching the Sky Screen, Bibi Dong's heart jolted. After all, he had just sent Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to hunt down Tang San.
If Tang San were killed, wouldn't that leave no chance whatsoever between her and Xiaogang?
So she urgently recalled Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo.