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Suotuo City.
The Shrek Academy Cafeteria.
Zhao Wuji and a group of teachers were currently chatting about the latest edition of the Spirit Hall Journal.
"Hey, I'm not one to boast on behalf of Grandmaster Xiao Yan, but he really puts out a ridiculous amount of research papers!" Zhao Wuji barked loudly, stuffing a large steamed bun into his mouth in one bite.
Then, as if realizing he might have spoken too carelessly, Zhao Wuji stealthily glanced around. Seeing that the petty Yu Xiaogang was nowhere in sight, he continued, "Yu Xiaogang is nowhere near as incredible as Grandmaster Xiao Yan. It's been years, and he's only published three papers."
Zhao Wuji couldn't fully comprehend how the papers on self-condensing soul rings and soul tools could benefit him; he was simply using the sheer volume of publications to compare who was superior.
"Old Zhao, keep your voice down," Shao Xin murmured softly, his words slightly muffled by a mouthful of steamed bread.
"Keep it down? Keep what down?" Zhao Wuji failed to catch Shao Xin's hint, remaining as loud and boisterous as ever.
"Let me tell you guys something, but don't go spreading it around."
"When I went to Suotuo City today to buy the Spirit Hall Journal, I heard the local soul masters talking...they were saying that while they recognize Yu Xiaogang as a Grandmaster, compared to Grandmaster Xiao Yan, Yu Xiaogang can only be considered half a grandmaster at best."
"Hahaha!"
Reaching the climax of his story, Zhao Wuji threw his head back and laughed uproariously, completely disregarding his image.
Beside him, Shao Xin and Li Yusong sat in awkward silence, not uttering a single word. It was only then that Zhao Wuji finally sensed something amiss. As he slowly turned his head, a face as dark as a gathering storm cloud filled his vision.
The person standing there was none other than Yu Xiaogang, who had just come to the cafeteria for a meal. At this moment, Yu Xiaogang's face was terrifyingly dark, and his facial muscles were visibly strained.
Zhao Wuji could clearly see the sheer force with which Yu Xiaogang was clenching his jaw.
This made the situation incredibly awkward for Zhao Wuji.
"Haha, Grandmaster! You've come to eat too!" Zhao Wuji scratched his head, trying to laugh it off.
"Yes. After all, I am only half a grandmaster."
With that, Yu Xiaogang brushed past Zhao Wuji and the others, not even bothering to acknowledge them further.
Once Yu Xiaogang had walked away, Zhao Wuji leaned in and whispered to Shao Xin and the rest, "See, I told you Yu Xiaogang is petty!"
On the other side of the cafeteria, Yu Xiaogang sat alone. He ordered two steamed buns and began tearing into them viciously.
Damn you, Xiao Yan! You again! Yu Xiaogang cursed inwardly.
In a single instant, he had already cursed Xiao Yan hundreds of times in his head.
To Yu Xiaogang, everything had finally been going his way. His disciple was on the verge of becoming a great talent, and the soul master community had begun to recognize his status as a Grandmaster once more. It could be said that his career was flourishing.
Considering that he was preparing to lead the geniuses of Shrek to the Blue Tyrant Academy soon, Yu Xiaogang had even gone out of his way to fix his hair. He had specifically styled it into a neat, short look just to appear clean and sharp when he met Liu Erlong.
He never expected that the moment he woke up, his world would come crashing down.
That cursed Xiao Yan had actually published new research papers again, ruthlessly suppressing him once more. He would never forget the insults directed at him within the contents of Xiao Yan's papers.
As these thoughts swirled in his mind, Yu Xiaogang suddenly felt a sharp pang in his mouth.
"Hiss!"
Yu Xiaogang opened his mouth to check, only to find traces of blood and fragments of a broken tooth left on the steamed bun.
He had actually bitten down so hard that he broke his own tooth.
Ahhh! Xiao Yan, you deserve to die!
At this point, Yu Xiaogang completely lost his appetite.
Being constantly outdone by Xiao Yan in his own field of expertise left him with absolutely no heart to do anything else.
He couldn't help but worry—what if Xiao Yan noticed Xiao Lin and the others during the Continental Elite Young Soul Master Tournament and ended up snatching away the disciple he had already claimed as his own?
No, he couldn't think about it anymore.
If he kept going, another one of his teeth would shatter.
Setting down the now unswallowable steamed bun, Yu Xiaogang stormed out of the cafeteria.
He needed to find a flaw in Xiao Yan's papers. Otherwise, he would never be able to accept this. As Yu Xiaogang ran, his face flushed a violent crimson, and his breath came in heavy, ragged gasps like an exhausted bull.
The Heaven Dou Emperor Team.
Having returned to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, Xiao Lin sought out Tang San and Xiao Wu, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and found them currently in the middle of their cultivation.
"Little San!"
Xiao Lin's shout instantly caused Tang San to withdraw from his Mysterious Heaven Skill cultivation.
"Brother Lin, you're back!" Tang San's face flushed with excitement, and he let out a gasp of surprise.
"Brother Lin?" Beside him, Xiao Wu rubbed her eyes, also catching sight of the familiar figure.
"Little San, when you went back, did you see Grandpa Old Jack? How is he?" Xiao Lin walked up quickly, giving Tang San a massive bear hug before asking curiously.
"Yeah, Grandpa Old Jack's body is incredibly hearty. He's actually a Soul Master now," Tang San whispered right next to Xiao Lin's ear.
However, in the very next second, Tang San noticed something unusual about Xiao Lin.
"Brother Lin, how has your physical strength grown so much again? I can barely handle it." Tang San pried himself loose from Xiao Lin's bear hug, a faint purple glint flashing across his eyes as he observed his friend.
"Just good luck. I managed to find a pretty decent soul beast. What about you? How have things been on your end?" Xiao Lin asked about Tang San's situation.
Soon, following Tang San's recount, Xiao Lin gained a clear understanding of the changes Tang San and Xiao Wu had undergone over the past month.
First of all, when Tang San and Xiao Wu went back to Holy Spirit Village, they gave Grandpa Old Jack a Vermilion Fruit, and subsequently helped him secure a ten-year Blue Silver Grass soul ring.
Next was Xiao Wu's self-condensing soul ring.
Xiao Wu's fourth soul skill turned out to be the Invincible Golden Body, which was at exactly the ten-thousand-year level. Aside from the continuous partial reinforcement of her lightning attribute, her fourth soul ring also granted her a certain degree of formation perception.
As for Tang San's fourth soul ring, with Xiao Wu's assistance, he managed to obtain the soul ring of an Evil Eye Demon Tree. The age of the soul ring was fourteen thousand years, and the soul skill was called "A Single Glance, Ten Thousand Years."
Its effect was a spiritual attack directed at the enemy, causing their mental faculties to become extremely sluggish. Xiao Wu had tested it out herself; her reactions were slowed down by at least three times.
Furthermore, the regeneration speed of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had increased by more than threefold. In addition to this, Tang San had also comprehended a method to attack using spiritual power and soul power from the Evil Eye Demon Tree.
Xiao Lin understood the regenerative capabilities of the Evil Eye Demon Tree well.
The tree itself could continuously summon branches to execute attacks. However, this method of using spiritual power and soul power to attack was completely different from the attack pattern of Tang San's original Purple Demon Eye.
It was a technique that Xiao Lin could practice as well, though one would need a spiritual power equivalent to the strength of a Soul Douluo to learn and utilize it. Finally, Tang San had also obtained an external head soul bone that was close to forty thousand years old.
This was a special soul bone that the Evil Eye Demon Tree had continuously fused within itself, significantly increasing its age. Its soul skill was roughly a soul-attacking technique, and it possessed a certain degree of corrupting capability.
Tang San didn't dare to fuse with it recklessly, so he had stored it inside his storage soul tool. As for the ten-thousand-year left leg bone that Xiao Lin had prepared for him, Tang San hadn't absorbed that either.
He looked down on any soul bone that was less than fifty thousand years old.
After clarifying his progress over the past month, Tang San handed the two soul bones over to Xiao Lin, while Xiao Lin passed his rare ores to Tang San. Tang San had no interest in the ten-thousand-year left leg bone, but he was still quite intrigued by the external head soul bone.
He hoped that Xiao Lin could find a way to purify this external soul bone, which was currently overflowing with evil energy.
Regarding this, Xiao Lin naturally had no objections. However, since Tang San had put it that way, Xiao Lin no longer owed Tang San any external soul bones.
In the future, when it came to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger or the Evil Eye from the other continent, he would shamelessly claim them for himself. Following that, Xiao Lin asked Xiao Wu why she hadn't absorbed the ten-thousand-year left leg bone either.
In response, Xiao Wu expressed that she only wanted speed-type soul bones. Left with no choice, Xiao Lin could only take back the soul bones to study them properly, before shifting the conversation to share his tales about the Far North.
Hearing how Xiao Lin had been relentlessly hunted down all along the way, Tang San was consumed by a towering rage.
Tang Ni had never mentioned these matters to him, and now that he was hearing Xiao Lin's complete story, he immediately set his sights on the mastermind behind the scenes.
Tang San clenched his fists tightly, his eyes narrowing into thin slits.
"Brother Lin, rest assured. We will deal with that mastermind together."
"He already has a path to his own demise! I will make him beg for life yet be unable to live, and beg for death yet be unable to die!"
By the end of his declaration, Tang San couldn't resist adding a famous quote from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
"Brother Lin, I'll help out too!" Xiao Wu also chimed in hastily to make her presence known, raising her small hand high in the air.
As of now, the cultivation levels of the trio stood as follows: Xiao Lin was a Rank 45 Soul Ancestor (after obtaining the Right Leg Bone, he could rapidly strengthen himself without any side effects), Tang San was a Rank 46 Soul Ancestor, and Xiao Wu was a Rank 48 Soul Ancestor.
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