After Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San with deep affection and explained his painstaking efforts, Tang San lowered his head, not responding at all.
Everyone else fell silent, adopting a 'not my business' attitude.
Flender, however, was already getting anxious.
If things went this way, wouldn't his free labor be leaving?!
Fortunately, his Xiaogang had no intention of leaving him.
"Little San, have you forgotten that you once said you would help me prove these theories?"
Yu Xiaogang's face was solemn as he gave Tang San a complex look, then turned to leave.
"Flender, you tell them what happens next! As for future teaching, you'll be in charge for now, I'm tired!"
"I'll be in charge for now...?" Flender was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.
Didn't that mean he was willing to stay?
It was just that he would be temporarily in charge!
Yu Xiaogang slowly walked away; he no longer had the face to stay there.
"Teacher!"
Tang San looked up, making a gesture to reach out.
But Yu Xiaogang interrupted him: "Let's talk later when I have time, I'm tired!"
Looking at Yu Xiaogang's back, Xiao Wu's clear voice rang out again: "Hey, why are you running away? Don't you need Xiao Wu Jie's apology anymore?"
"Xiao Wu, that's enough! Stop talking," Tang San's face was gloomy, but his tone carried a hint of pleading.
"Xiao Wu, you stop right there!" Flender's Spirit Saint level spirit power surged continuously.
It was as if he would suppress Xiao Wu if she dared to say anything more.
Yu Xiaogang heard Xiao Wu's voice, but his steps did not falter in the slightest.
His back, however, became even more hunched, as if burdened by something, filled with an air of decay and inferiority.
A cold voice came: "Ye Qiu, I advise you to behave yourself and not play any more tricks on Little San, or else I'll make you regret it immensely!"
In Yu Xiaogang's view, with Tang Hao secretly present, these people were nothing but a motley crew.
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's warning, a light appeared in Tang San's somewhat dejected eyes.
The barrier that had risen in his heart subsided.
"Thank you, Teacher!" Tang San clenched his fists, muttering to himself.
Ye Qiu chuckled indifferently.
With Yu Xiaogang's abilities, how could he make him regret it immensely?!
With those two farts he let out?
Xiao Wu and the other girls didn't take that remark to heart much; with Ye Qiu around, they believed he would handle everything!
"Xiao Qiu~ Did you notice..." Xiao Wu playfully leaned on Ye Qiu's shoulder, blowing warm air into his ear.
Ye Qiu held her slender waist in confusion, turned his face, and asked, "Notice what?"
"Hehe... Look, he looks like a dog!" Xiao Wu nestled against Ye Qiu, raised her hand to point at Yu Xiaogang's back, chuckled twice, then slowly spoke.
"Hmm?" Ye Qiu was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile.
It really did look like that.
Xiao Wu's voice was not concealed at all.
Dai Mubai and the others also heard it clearly.
Looking in Yu Xiaogang's direction, they couldn't help but nod.
He really did look like a down-and-out, homeless stray dog!
"Alright! Xiao Wu, stop saying such things!" Flender frowned, putting an end to the topic.
He walked over to Tang San, gently patted his shoulder, "Tang San, rejoin the team! You... must believe in Xiaogang!"
"Yes! I believe in Teacher! Thank you, Dean!" Tang San bowed slightly and returned to his spot.
Flender waved his hand at Shao Xin and the other three teachers who had been watching the show, dismissing them.
Only then did he face his students.
He sighed helplessly; this part should have been Xiaogang's to say.
However, fortunately, he had already read Yu Xiaogang's lesson plan.
"Ahem..." He cleared his throat twice.
Then he spoke loudly: "Students, starting today, all your teaching was supposed to be fully handled by Grandmaster! But..."
Flender paused, glanced at Ye Qiu, Xiao Wu, and the others, then continued his speech.
"But because there was a misunderstanding between Grandmaster and some students, things got a bit unpleasant. Therefore, for the time being, your teaching will be temporarily handled by me, but the lesson plans will proceed according to Grandmaster's original plan!"
"What!? He's going to teach us?"
This time, Xiao Wu hadn't even spoken yet.
Ma Hongjun couldn't hold back anymore.
Someone he couldn't even defeat, how could he be a Shrek teacher?!
"Ma Hongjun! Do you have any objections?" Tang San's negative emotions, which he had been unable to suppress, seemed to find an outlet.
He couldn't scold Xiao Wu, but would he be soft-hearted towards Ma Hongjun?
The killing intent that had been brewing within him for a long time, like crashing waves, turned Ma Hongjun's chubby face deathly pale.
"I... I'm just worried..."
Ma Hongjun had, after all, never seen a dead person, and was intimidated by Tang San's sinister gaze.
"Tang San! Calm down!" Flender called out to him.
A look of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Towards his own disciple, Tang San actually possessed such heavy killing intent.
He couldn't help but recall the scene earlier when Tang San tried to launch Hidden Weapons at his shop's entrance.
His impression of Tang San inevitably declined a bit.
After scolding Tang San, Flender looked at Ma Hongjun with a warning in his eyes, reminding him to provoke Tang San less.
"Hongjun, I completely understand your concerns, and I believe Mubai and Little Ao, you all feel the same!"
He raised a hand to push up the frames of his glasses, his gaze sweeping over all the students.
"However, I hope everyone can give Grandmaster a chance to prove himself. Believe me, your progress won't lie!"
"Now, I'll briefly explain: for convenience of management, Grandmaster has assigned you numbers based on age! From one to seven, they are Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing!"
"You seven are our only students! You are a whole, and the upcoming training will be treated equally..."
Flender then listed some changes in the teaching methods.
"That's all for today. Tomorrow morning, we'll officially begin classes! Also, Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun, who haven't broken through to Spirit Elder yet, you need to work hard! Alright, dismissed..."
"Tch~" Ning Rongrong pouted.
If she hadn't been interrupted, she might have already broken through and gone hunting for spirit rings!
Flender didn't notice her little expression. After speaking, he was about to leave with Zhao Wuji.
He hadn't walked far when he turned his head again.
"Oh, right! Ye Qiu, as a companion student, you need to pay a bit more for fees..."
"How much more? Miss will cover it!"
Ning Rongrong directly took out a small bag of gold coins from her spirit tool and threw it in Flender's direction.
She didn't know if it was intentional or not.
Ning Rongrong's bag was thrown quite off target.
In the face of money, Flender seemed to have no dignity whatsoever.
Like a starving tiger pouncing on its prey, he snatched the money bag into his hand.
He squinted and opened the small bag, his eyes gleaming with gold.
"Is this enough?"
"Enough, enough!" Flender nodded repeatedly.
He had only intended to collect twenty more, but he didn't expect Ning Rongrong to be so generous.
It was fifty or sixty gold coins at once!
"Ahem... Old Zhao! Let's go!" Composing himself, Flender walked with his hands behind his back in the direction Yu Xiaogang had left.
Tang San also followed closely behind.
He also wanted to see his teacher; his actions just now must have deeply hurt him!
Dai Mubai glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, whose gaze was solely focused on Ye Qiu.
After a moment of hesitation, he still pulled Ma Hongjun away.
There was still one day left of vacation.
There wasn't much time left for fun.
There was no rush to ask about the Immortal Herb.
"Ye Qiu~ How is it? Isn't Miss good to you?" Ning Rongrong squeezed into Ye Qiu's embrace and pinched his chin.
"Actually, I can pay for it myself," Ye Qiu patted her hand away, smiling helplessly.
"Hmph! Miss just enjoys spending money on you!" Ning Rongrong snorted coldly, baring her tiger teeth at Ye Qiu.
Xiao Wu, standing nearby, felt her spirit tool was a bit empty and said somewhat embarrassedly: "Rongrong, you're so rich, can you give some to Xiao Wu Jie and Zhuqing to spend?"
"How can that be? I have to keep a firm grip on the family's finances! Unless... unless my Lord Ye Qiu agrees!" Ning Rongrong giggled, pressing against Ye Qiu, her smile flushed.
"Xiao Qiu will definitely agree, right, Zhuqing?"
"Mm!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded lightly, her light purple eyes looking at Ye Qiu, conveying affection.
"Ahem! That Miss Rongrong..." Oscar, who was standing awkwardly nearby, raised his hand.
He looked at Ye Qiu with a bit of fear.
Ye Qiu smiled at him, and his expression relaxed slightly.
"Hmm?" Ning Rongrong got off Ye Qiu and looked at Oscar.
Her face immediately lit up with joy.
"Haha... I almost forgot about you! Where are the things?" Ning Rongrong walked in front of Oscar and held out her hand.
"They're all here! I've tested them all, and there's no problem with using them!"
Oscar took out his spirit tool and handed it over.
"Very good, very good!" Ning Rongrong looked at the Hidden Weapons inside, her heart blooming with joy.
These were Ye Qiu's betrothal gifts!
"Here! This is for you! I'll definitely praise you highly in front of my father then!"
Ning Rongrong quickly transferred the items from the spirit tool in her hand to her own spirit tool, then returned the bead to Oscar.
"Okay, thank you, Miss Rongrong!" Oscar nodded excitedly.
He then surprisingly discovered that his broken bead contained a small pile of gold coins!
...
The sun slowly moved westward.
The sky was not yet dim, with the fiery sun perched on the mountain peak.
It was still early for dinner.
In Soto City, Ye Qiu had already led the three girls out of the restaurant.
The smile on Ning Rongrong's face had not stopped.
After they disbanded, she had been staying in her room cultivating the Concealing Spirit Secret Technique, and had already reached the point where she could hide a Ten Thousand Year spirit ring.
Once she consumed the Immortal Herb Ye Qiu gave her, she would have a Ten Thousand Year third ring!
And during the time she was cultivating, Ye Qiu had already drawn all the blueprints for the Hidden Weapons.
Those drafts were already lying in her spirit tool.
More importantly, she could finally rest with Ye Qiu tonight.
Her bed had been away from her for too long.
It was almost forgetting its owner's scent.
Ning Rongrong held Ye Qiu's fingers with both hands, taking small steps, slowly following beside him, every gesture and smile revealing tenderness.
She looked up at Ye Qiu's profile, and asked curiously, "Ye Qiu, why are we finishing dinner so early? Are we going somewhere?"
"To catch a good time for you to hunt a spirit ring! It won't be good after dinner," Ye Qiu held Ning Rongrong's hand and walked towards a secluded alley.
"Spirit hunting? Are we going home to find Grandpa Sword and the others to hunt a spirit ring?"
"No!"
Not minding Ning Rongrong's choice of words, Ye Qiu gently shook his head.
"Then are we going to the Star Dou Great Forest by ourselves?!" Ning Rongrong looked at him in surprise.
"Ye Qiu, won't this be too dangerous?" Zhu Zhuqing, nestled with Xiao Wu, her face slightly flushed, also furrowed her delicate brows.
"Puhaha, Zhuqing, Rongrong, don't worry! There definitely won't be any danger!"
Xiao Wu giggled, hugging the 'pillow' Ye Qiu usually liked to hold, a bit reluctant to let go.
"Why?"
As they spoke, the group had already arrived in a small alley.
Ye Qiu stopped.
He reached out and stroked Ning Rongrong's delicate nose.
"What? Have you forgotten that I have two Ten Thousand Year younger brothers-in-law in the Star Dou Great Forest?"
"Titan Giant Ape, them!?" Ning Rongrong's eyes were a bit dazed, her heart rate quickening.
"That's right! It's Da Ming and Er Ming. Xiao Qiu said he'd take me back to see them too!"
Xiao Wu nodded cheerfully; she was very happy to be able to return to Life Lake.
"Ye Qiu, won't this be a bit inappropriate?"
Zhu Zhuqing's face showed some hesitation; she still felt lingering fear towards that colossal creature.
"There's nothing inappropriate. They are Xiao Wu's younger brothers, they won't make things difficult for us!"
Ye Qiu took Zhu Zhuqing's other hand and smiled gently at her.
The Eternal Kaleidoscope Sharingan appeared in his eyes.
Ning Rongrong, who had been somewhat astonished, suddenly had an idea.
"Ye Qiu, you said they are Xiao Wu's younger brothers, so does that mean they also have to call Zhuqing and me older sisters?"
"Hmm?" Ye Qiu looked at her in surprise.
He hadn't expected this little demoness to be so bold as to try and take advantage of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beasts.
He shook his head, smiling teasingly at her.
"I don't know about that. You can ask them yourself when the time comes!"
"Ah? I'm scared..."
Before Ning Rongrong could finish speaking, Ye Qiu had already activated Kamui.
The group of four quietly disappeared in this secluded alley.
...
What Ye Qiu didn't know was that while he was out eating after leaving Shrek, someone from the Spirit Hall branch in Soto City had gone to the academy to look for him.
After the messenger returned to the branch to report, two streaks of light, one red and one blue, shot up into the sky, flying towards Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Their speed was extremely fast, as if something urgent had happened.
...
Star Dou Great Forest, core area, Life Lake.
Er Ming was holding a large iron rod that he had bent, tapping and hammering it, trying to straighten it again.
On the lake surface, ripples appeared from time to time due to Da Ming's breathing, slowly spreading out.
"Roar!"
Er Ming stopped what he was doing.
A human-like expression of doubt appeared on his face.
His huge golden eyes, like two Kongming lanterns, illuminated the lakeside where spatial fluctuations appeared.
Splash, splash.
The lake surface suddenly vibrated, followed by splashing water.
A huge ox head emerged from the lake.
Water flowing down from its head like a waterfall slapped against the water, stirring up a lot of mist and waves.
Suddenly, four figures appeared by the lake.
"Da Ming, Er Ming, Xiao Wu Jie is here to see you!"
"Xiao Wu Jie!" Da Ming was stunned for a moment, and a deep look of surprise flashed in his enormous ox eyes.
"Roar~!"
Er Ming was even more excited, throwing down his iron rod and pounding his chest, roaring loudly.
"Er Ming! You're so noisy!"
Xiao Wu covered her ears helplessly, letting out a soft cry.
Unfortunately, her voice still couldn't overpower Er Ming's roar.
Bang!
A green beam of light suddenly shot Er Ming away, sending him crashing into a somewhat ancient and comfortable-looking ape-shaped pit not far away.
"Er Ming, didn't you hear Xiao Wu Jie say you're too noisy?"
Da Ming's ox eyes glared angrily at Er Ming.
Green smoke still came out of his mouth when he spoke.
The light beam was what he had sprayed out.
He had long been fed up with Er Ming's iron-grinding sound, and now he had an opportunity to let Er Ming experience some brotherly love.
"Roar~" Er Ming roared softly, flipped over, patted the dirt off his body, and with a light jump, returned to the lakeside.
The ground didn't tremble in the slightest.
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