Beat Yu Xiaogang Whenever You See Him From Now On

Jiang Nian didn't care whether Yu Xiaogang lived or died.

What a fucking asshole. Seducing Qian Renxue's biological mother hadn't been enough; now he had his eyes on her daughter too.

Was he the rising sun in the east?

Jiang Nian used Soul Power to heal Qian Renxue's injured skin before saying, "There's nothing interesting left in this Soul Hunting ground, and there aren't many medicinal herbs either. Let's go back to the Spirit Hall branch and rest for a few days, then take a trip through the Star Dou Forest."

"Mm, Xue'er will listen to you, Teacher."

Teacher and disciple headed out of the Soul Hunting ground. Along the way, they passed quite a few Soul Masters who had come to hunt Soul Beasts.

Jiang Nian didn't have a particularly bad impression of Spirit Hall.

Although Spirit Hall awakened Martial Souls for commoners for free partly to gather faith for the Angel God, a gentleman judged deeds, not intentions.

Spirit Hall had given many ordinary people a chance to turn their lives around. In a normal fantasy world, that would have made it a righteous faction through and through. Even if it turned evil in the end for some reason, that wouldn't be a crime worthy of death.

The Soul Hunting grounds were also places Spirit Hall had fenced off for Soul Masters to hunt for Soul Rings. It could be said that Spirit Hall had already made things much easier for commoners.

Spirit Hall even hunted Evil Soul Masters and maintained peace in the Soul Master World.

Just thinking about it made Jiang Nian's heart burn for Spirit Hall. Even laying down rules like these hadn't been enough.

Qian Renxue suddenly asked, "Teacher, you seem to really dislike that uncle from before?"

Jiang Nian smiled. "If you knew what he'd done, you'd dislike him too."

After healing her superficial injuries, he got up and said, "Come on. Let's go back to Suotuo City and rest for a few days, and prepare some supplies for the Star Dou Forest while we're at it."

The Soul Hunting ground wasn't particularly large, and teacher and disciple left it within a day.

Jiang Nian hired a carriage, and after being checked by the Suotuo City guards, they returned to human society.

Jiang Nian pondered what they needed to prepare before entering the Star Dou Forest.

Qian Renxue needed new dresses. During more than a month of cultivation, Soul Beasts had beaten holes all over her clothes every day.

She was a girl, after all. She couldn't keep wearing clothes full of holes, so Jiang Nian gave her a fresh outfit every day.

Besides that, they needed to buy some seasonings.

The Star Dou Forest wasn't as convenient as the Soul Hunting ground, where, if they ran out of seasonings, they could get out and buy more without spending much time.

All those things cost money, though, and as it happened, neither Jiang Nian nor Qian Renxue had any Gold Soul Coins.

"Teacher, what are we doing at the auction house?" Qian Renxue stared at Jiang Nian in confusion.

"Making money, of course."

Jiang Nian found the person in charge of the auction house and brought out the pills he had prepared.

One bottle of Blood Stasis Dispelling Pills and one bottle of Soul-Generating Pills.

Blood Stasis Dispelling Pills focused on external injuries, while Soul-Generating Pills could speed up Soul Power recovery.

After testing them, the auction house didn't accept them for auction, but instead wanted to buy them at an internal price.

For the two bottles of pills, the auction house offered five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

"Five hundred thousand. That's enough to splurge for a while." Jiang Nian couldn't be bothered to haggle. He had refined the two bottles of pills on a whim.

If this auction house liked taking petty advantage of him, he could simply use a different one next time.

After purchasing their supplies, Jiang Nian took Qian Renxue out for a meal.

It was evening by the time they returned to Spirit Hall, where Pang Dun and the head of the branch came out to welcome them in person.

But when they saw Qian Renxue and sensed that her Soul Power had reached level ten, everyone was dumbfounded.

Hadn't they said the young miss's Martial Soul had also undergone a reverse mutation? How had she gone straight from level three to level ten in only four months?

And what shocked them most was that Qian Renxue had been level seven when she left Suotuo City a month ago, and had returned at level ten.

This senior truly was unfathomable. He had taken the young miss out for a little over a month, and she had gone straight from level seven to level ten. At that speed, even with Innate Soul Power of only level three, she was an unparalleled genius.

As for what had happened in the meantime, Pang Dun didn't dare ask. He could only say respectfully, "Senior, your room and the young miss's room have both been prepared."

Jiang Nian nodded. "Sorry for the trouble, everyone. Get back to your work; there's no need to mind the two of us."

He took Qian Renxue upstairs, thinking that after more than a month, she wouldn't be quite so clingy anymore.

But when bedtime came, the girl still climbed into Jiang Nian's bed with her pillow in her arms.

"What? Afraid of the dark again?" Jiang Nian scraped her nose, annoyed.

Qian Renxue nestled in Jiang Nian's arms. "Yes, Xue'er is afraid of the dark. Xue'er wants to sleep with Teacher."

Seeing her acting shamelessly, Jiang Nian could only indulge her. "You can for now, but not when you grow up, Xue'er."

"Why can't I when I grow up?"

"Why so many questions? You'll understand when you're older!"

"Then Xue'er never wants to grow up!"

After the lights went out, Qian Renxue asked leisurely, "Teacher, today you said that if I knew what that buzz-cut uncle had done, I'd dislike him too. What exactly did he do?"

"Why are you so concerned about him?"

"Because it was the first time Xue'er saw Teacher look at someone with such complete disgust."

Jiang Nian thought for a moment. Qian Renxue would learn about Yu Xiaogang sooner or later, so he explained, "That man's name is Yu Xiaogang. He's the legitimate eldest son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

Qian Renxue had heard of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. It was one of Spirit Hall's adversaries.

But her teacher wasn't a member of Spirit Hall either, so why did he dislike Yu Xiaogang so much?

Qian Renxue asked in confusion, "If he's the legitimate eldest son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, why was he in the Soul Hunting ground?"

The Soul Hunting ground belonged to Spirit Hall. No matter how shameless the people of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were, surely they wouldn't accept Spirit Hall's favors?

Jiang Nian sneered. "Because his skin is thicker than the corner of a city wall. He's a complete and utter waste."

It was the first time Qian Renxue had seen such pure loathing on her gentle teacher's face. "Xue'er's Martial Soul also... Teacher, please don't dislike Xue'er, all right?"

Wait, this girl has been scared by the water and fire I created. Why is she so sensitive?

Jiang Nian coughed awkwardly. "How could he compare to you, Xue'er? Calling him a waste has nothing to do with his Martial Soul. It's simply because he's no good as a person."

Qian Renxue listened quietly without interrupting.

Jiang Nian continued, "His Martial Soul mutated, and his Innate Soul Power was only half a level. He'll never be able to break through to level thirty in his lifetime, but he refused to accept his lot and was determined to prove himself."

Qian Renxue asked in confusion, "Is it wrong... to want to prove yourself?"

"There's nothing wrong with proving yourself, but what about using it as an excuse to cheat and swindle people everywhere? His so-called way of proving himself was to use others as experiments again and again, without ever thinking of changing himself."

"First he absorbed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's knowledge, then he turned around and joined Spirit Hall to absorb its knowledge. Finally, he compiled what he'd learned and published it under his own name."

Jiang Nian recounted Yu Xiaogang's glorious deeds, from leaving his clan to travel the Douluo Continent to falling in love with his younger paternal cousin, fleeing their wedding just as they were about to marry, and leaving her to endure the abuse alone.

As for Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong, Jiang Nian still didn't say anything.

Qian Renxue was still young. She needed to be older before she learned of those things, so she could judge right from wrong properly.

If he told her now, should Qian Renxue feel sorry for her mother, who had been raped, or hate her mother for killing her father?

Or would she begin to wonder whether her own existence was a sin?

Qian Renxue had now endured one abandonment after another. If she learned the truth, Jiang Nian feared the girl would turn evil on the spot.

In the end, Jiang Nian concluded, "Who wouldn't dislike someone who shirks responsibility, likes to pretend he's working hard, and plagiarizes other people's academic work?"

Qian Renxue frowned as she listened. "That Yu Xiaogang really is no good! How can there be such a shameless fellow? He's simply a beast!"

"No wonder the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is no match for Spirit Hall. If their legitimate eldest son is like that, their clan leader can't be much better."

"Yu Xiaogang received support and training from his clan and Spirit Hall, but instead of thinking about repaying them, he actually plagiarized their academic work and stabbed both of them in the back. He's awful!"

Jiang Nian was embarrassed. When it came to beasts among the higher-ups, Xiao Xue'er, your father was right at the top of the list.

And when it came to backstabbing, your own mother had once planned to elope with the enemy's good-for-nothing son.

Qian Renxue snuggled closer into Jiang Nian's arms. "Don't worry, Teacher. Xue'er definitely won't pretend to work hard. Xue'er will definitely be closer to Teacher than anyone else in the world for her whole life, and Xue'er definitely won't let you down!"

Jiang Nian patted her back. "Silly girl, I can see for myself whether you're pretending to work hard. If you ever see that fellow again, beat him every time you see him. That's your teacher's assignment for you!"

"Mm, Xue'er will definitely beat his teeth out and leave him searching for them all over the ground! But that fellow was only level twenty-nine. Wouldn't the Flame-Tailed Leopard have eaten him?"

"That's true. He's probably dead..."

Before Jiang Nian could finish, an uproar suddenly broke out inside Spirit Hall.

"Quick, quick! Is there a healing Soul Master? Come heal the elder!"

Jiang Nian got up and opened the window a crack. When he saw Yu Xiaogang lying on the stretcher, his face twitched slightly.

That fellow was hard to kill. Even that hadn't finished him off.

But from now on, Yu Xiaogang would probably have to become Yu the Eunuch.

Jiang Nian didn't know what Bibi Dong would think when she saw Yu Xiaogang like this, but Liu Erlong would probably be very happy.

Back that afternoon, inside the Soul Hunting ground.

Some Spirit Hall personnel on patrol found a man who had passed out.

They hadn't intended to bother with him, but out of the corners of their eyes, they spotted the Spirit Hall Elder Token clutched in his hand.

Their expressions changed in shock.

First, shouldn't a Spirit Hall elder be a Titled Douluo? How had he been hurt so badly in the Soul Hunting ground?

Second, the unconscious man's other injuries were relatively minor, but something had taken a bite out of his crotch. He could probably forget about being a man for the rest of his life.

The patrolmen didn't dare delay. He was a Spirit Hall elder, after all, and they had to get him to the Suotuo City Spirit Hall branch as quickly as possible.

After transporting him at top speed all afternoon, they finally arrived at the Suotuo City Spirit Hall branch that evening.

Qian Renxue asked, "Teacher, what's happening downstairs?"

Jiang Nian shook his head. "Nothing. Go to sleep, and remember to eat extra tomorrow morning."

"Why?"

"Because you'll be beating someone up."