: His character is questionable; he uses Tang Hao to pressure others into the academy.

Yu Xiaogang froze, taking two steps back.

"impossible!"

"My theory absolutely cannot be wrong!"

He quickly offered his explanation.

"Tang San, being from the Blue Silver Grassland, couldn't possibly have cultivated so quickly; it's all because of me that he was able to reach level twenty-six!"

Flanders did not back down at all.

"Anyway, there's no way I'll let you teach at Shrek Academy."

"I have a responsibility to my students."

Yu Xiaogang hadn't spoken yet,

Zhao Wuji's voice rang out again.

His voice was equally cold.

"Similarly, I will not agree."

Yu Xiaogang looked at Zhao Wuji, "Is it simply because I'm not strong enough?"

"Can't I be admitted based on my theoretical knowledge?"

Zhao Wuji crossed his arms over his chest.

Even if you are capable enough, I will not agree.

"Why!"

He said slowly, "Because you have character flaws."

"When Tang San encountered the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest, he abandoned his teammates and fled alone."

"I was wondering why Tang San acted that way, but now I know—it's because he has a teacher like you and a godfather like you!"

"His character is all derived from you!"

"If one day all my students become like this, then that's my problem."

Yu Xiaogang stared at Zhao Wuji, "Why didn't you run when facing the Titan Ape?"

"Knowing they can't win, why go up there to their deaths?"

Zhao Wuji sneered, "So you're saying I should have just abandoned them and run away back then?"

"With my abilities, there's a high chance I can escape safely, but I doubt any of them will survive."

Yu Xiaogang fell silent again in an instant.

"You know what? Someone asked me to take good care of Tang San, and even got a beating for it. I have to do it."

The master immediately laughed. He had been at a loss, but after Zhao Wuji's prompting, inspiration struck him.

He smiled and said, "Although I don't know this, I can guess that the person is someone you can't afford to mess with."

"You know?" Flander was surprised, and his gaze toward Yu Xiaogang became somewhat strange.

Yu Xiaogang pulled out a token from his pocket and slammed it on the table. The token had a clear six-pointed star pattern on it, the highest-level token of the Spirit Hall, the Pope's Token!

"This is what he gave me."

"He allowed me to be Tang San's adoptive father and also to teach him."

"Are you two going to stop us?"

"Going against His Majesty the Jade Emperor's wishes?"

This time, it was Flander and Zhao Wuji's turn to remain silent.

"His Majesty Haotian asked you two to take good care of Xiao San, which means you should protect him. As for his upbringing, I'll handle that."

After a long while, Flander finally let out a breath.

"Alright, I can make an exception and let you become a teacher at Shrek Academy."

"However, you can only teach Tang San; you have no authority within the academy."

Yu Xiaogang wanted to push his luck even further.

But before he could say anything, Flander cut him off.

"This is my bottom line. If you disagree, I don't care even if it angers His Majesty Haotian."

Yu Xiaogang, with a gloomy face, finally said, "Okay."

"You have requirements, and I have requirements too. If any of them become my disciples, you must not stop them. Afterwards, I will teach them."

"Yes," Flanders agreed without hesitation.

Getting Dai Mubai and the others to become his disciples? That's simply impossible.

Yu Xiaogang finally felt that he had turned the tables a little.

"Let me tell you something else: Tang San's potential is far more than this." "Although Tang San's strength appears weak on the surface, his growth potential and malleability are absolutely the highest. Otherwise, how could he have become my adopted son?"

Flander jumped to his feet. "Could it be that his martial soul is a mutated Blue Silver Grass?"

"Hmph, a mere mutated martial soul is not worthy of such praise."

Yu Xiaogang's face was full of pride.

"Tang San possesses twin martial souls!"

Flander sat down again with a thud. So it seems that Tang San's talent is truly top-notch!

However, even with top-notch talent and high potential, it depends on whether they are molded into a god or turned into a lump of rubbish.

The rest of the students returned to their dormitories to rest.

Ye Lin took off all her upper body clothes in the dormitory.

She was only wearing denim shorts on her lower body.

After absorbing her second spirit ring, her physique became noticeably more mature.

"Wow!"

"Sister Lin, your figure is amazing!"

Xiao Wu lay on the bed, her eyes glued to the sight of those perfectly rounded curves and the clearly defined muscle lines on those long legs.

"It's just that there are fewer people in the college. If this were another place, she would definitely be the school beauty, and the kind of undisputed number one."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ye Lin rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"I'll kick you, you little pervert!"

"I don't believe it."

Xiao Wu lay on the bed, propping her chin up with her hands, making no attempt to hide her gaze.

She looked at herself and realized she was far inferior, though still much better than Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong couldn't even tell which was her front and which was her back anymore.

"By the way, Sister Lin, what are you doing?"

"It can't just be about showing off your figure in front of me, right?"

Ye Lin turned her head and strained to look behind her.

"Let me show you what I just got."

"Just so you know, don't be too shocked."

She quickly channeled her soul power into her eight ribs.

Yagami's wings suddenly extended from his back.

Eight wings, each over two meters long, instantly filled the entire dormitory room.

"Wow!"

"Sister Lin, how come you suddenly grew wings!"

"Four pairs."

Xiao Wu jumped out of bed with a bang and quickly went over to stroke Ye Lin's Yagami Wings.

"What beautiful wings."

"This is what I obtained after absorbing my second spirit ring; I call it the Wings of Yagami!"

Ye Lin also stroked Yagami's wings.

"Based on my estimation, this should be an external soul bone, which I obtained after absorbing a bird with eight wings."

Xiao Wu's eyes widened. "An external soul bone!"

"Reputed to be the second-ranked external soul bone in the world of Soul Masters!"

"The one second only to the 100,000-year spirit ring?"

Ye Lin nodded.

"It should be. Not only does Yagami Tsubasa possess powerful combat abilities, but he also gave me the ability to fly. I haven't tried it out yet."

"I didn't dare to show it when I was outside, but I felt relieved when I got back to the dorm."

Xiao Wu greatly approved of Ye Lin's approach.

"That's right, these people are all very covetous of the treasure. If that Soul Douluo finds out that you have an external soul bone, you're in big trouble."

Thinking back to the Soul Douluo Meng Shu she encountered that day, Xiao Wu felt a wave of fear.