Chapter 112: Shameless Yu Xiaogang, So Shameless! (1)
Unfortunately for Yu Xiaogang, with Su Mo around, it was impossible for him to deceive Xiao Wu.
Moreover, as a 100,000-year-old soul beast,
Xiao Wu could naturally improve her cultivation level by absorbing human popularity — and at an astonishing speed!
She didn't even need to absorb soul rings to advance.
In the original novel, Xiao Wu's cultivation level could even keep up with Tang San's tricks!
Therefore, Xiao Wu didn't need Yu Xiaogang's so-called help at all.
All she needed was to learn some basic common sense about the human world and some knowledge about soul masters at Notting College.
Whether she learned that from Yu Xiaogang or from Notting College itself didn't matter at all!
So, in the registration office of Notting College,
After calmly and confidently explaining his background and experience with his hands behind his back, Yu Xiaogang looked at Xiao Wu and waited for her response.
Although his face remained composed, Yu Xiaogang felt a bit nervous and uneasy.
After all, this was different from the original novel. In that story, Yu Xiaogang met Tang San and then "discovered" that he was the owner of twin martial spirits.
Since Tang San only knew him at the time,
Yu Xiaogang pretended to act modest about his knowledge, so Tang San would take the initiative to become his disciple.
But Xiao Wu was different.
By the time Yu Xiaogang found out that Xiao Wu was born with full innate spirit power, that news was already public.
So if Yu Xiaogang wanted to "intercept" her, he naturally had to show some advantages.
Only then could he get Xiao Wu to overlook his low cultivation and choose to become his disciple.
As for his nervousness — it was because Yu Xiaogang was the one proactively seeking her out now, and he desperately hoped Xiao Wu would become his disciple.
As for Tang San, Yu Xiaogang met him by chance, which was a pleasant surprise, so he hadn't shown much desire at that time.
"Brother Su Mo..."
After hearing Yu Xiaogang's presentation, Xiao Wu was a little confused.
The uncle in front of her seemed powerful, but she wasn't attracted to him.
Even so, she didn't immediately reject him.
Because what Yu Xiaogang said sounded pretty impressive.
So Xiao Wu couldn't help but look at Su Mo for help, hoping he would make the decision for her.
Lately, Xiao Wu had grown used to relying on Su Mo.
And that's when Su Mo spoke up:
"Sorry. Xiao Wu won't acknowledge you as her master."
Facing Xiao Wu's expectant gaze, Su Mo looked at Yu Xiaogang and said indifferently.
"Your name is Su Mo, right? Are you Xiao Wu's brother? Do you even understand how important it is for a talented soul master like Xiao Wu—one with full innate spirit power and no background—to have a guiding teacher?"
"If there's no qualified master to guide the development of her martial spirit, even someone born with full spirit power like Xiao Wu may waste her talent."
"I hope you think this through carefully!"
Hearing Su Mo reject him on behalf of Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang immediately frowned, clearly displeased. He directly questioned him, threw accusations, and finally said gravely:
"This boy is also named Su Mo... it reminds me of another boy named Su Mo."
"But that boy had far more talent than this one."
"But they share one thing in common—both are annoying!"
Yu Xiaogang frowned and thought with frustration.
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's righteous speech, supposedly for Xiao Wu's sake, Su Mo couldn't help but scoff sarcastically.
"Hehe, Yu Xiaogang… 'Master'? Are you done? You said I don't know how to care for Xiao Wu, but do you think you can help her?"
"You just finished introducing yourself. It sounded bold, but maybe others don't know better. So let me ask you—wasn't that just you exaggerating yourself?"
"Exaggerating? No! I told the truth!"
Yu Xiaogang's heart tightened at Su Mo's words, but his face remained stern and sorrowful.
"Heh, what you said was true, but didn't you leave out some key details that don't suit your image?"
Su Mo's tone had turned disdainful and impatient.
After saying that, without waiting for Yu Xiaogang to argue, Su Mo sneered and directly exposed Yu Xiaogang's background.
Yu Xiaogang was born into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He's the youngest son of Yu Yuanzhen, the clan leader.
He was originally full of promise, but when his martial spirit awakened, it turned out to be a very degraded version of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
He even lost the right to bear the "dragon" name, and was ridiculed by the clan.
In order to prove himself, Yu Xiaogang left the clan in his youth and joined Spirit Hall. There, he used various shady means to steal knowledge from Spirit Hall.
How many of your so-called soul theories were plagiarized from Spirit Hall, and how many did you actually discover yourself? You know the answer to that!
In the end, you were expelled from both Spirit Hall and Spirit City.
The knowledge you stole from Spirit Hall was extensive. At most, you stood out in basic soul master theory—knowledge that wasn't tightly restricted and was widely spread.
But going deeper required resources to help soul masters cultivate. Tell me, do you have any?
If you want to take Xiao Wu as your disciple, what do you offer besides those mixed bag of theories and the common knowledge of the soul master world?
—You want her to become your disciple for free? You're not worthy!
At the end, Su Mo had already turned his back on Yu Xiaogang. He sneered and practically pointed at him while scolding.
"You!"
Upon hearing Su Mo's words, Yu Xiaogang suddenly felt a wave of anger and shame.
His face flushed red, and he was completely infuriated.
"You're spouting nonsense! How can you call a scholar's work plagiarism? At most, I borrowed some knowledge from Spirit Hall, but it's definitely not plagiarism! If Spirit Hall had that knowledge, why didn't they publish it? Why was I the one who published it?"
'My god… is what Su Mo said true or not?'
'I didn't expect Yu Xiaogang to actually be the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan, but he was a waste who couldn't even awaken the proper Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon spirit.'
'And to prove himself, he went to Spirit Hall and plagiarized their knowledge, trying to use it to polish his image.'
'No wonder Spirit Hall said before that Yu Xiaogang's spirit theories were full of errors and omissions and that he didn't deserve to be called a master theorist.'
'So many of his so-called theories were stolen from Spirit Hall.'
'And because it was plagiarism, he was finally expelled from Spirit City. Maybe he didn't copy everything, just parts, and then published it.'
'What a shame. He's just deceiving students!'
Meanwhile, upon hearing Su Mo and Yu Xiaogang's argument, all the teachers of Notting College, including Director Su, were shocked and thought:
"So shameless!"
Su Mo was speechless when Yu Xiaogang said, "Since Spirit Hall had already documented that soul master knowledge, why didn't they publish it?"
The reason Spirit Hall didn't publish it was simple—because it was their foundation and source of power.
If Spirit Hall didn't make it public but you did—that is plagiarism.
Oh? Then your Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan must also have some knowledge and secrets. Why didn't you publish them?
Su Mo was dumbfounded by Yu Xiaogang's shamelessness.
"Su Mo, I don't know where you heard those ugly rumors about me, but in all of Notting Academy, I'm still the most qualified to teach Xiao Wu."
"Do you really want to delay Xiao Wu's future because of your own selfishness?"
After feeling humiliated and angry, Yu Xiaogang forced himself to calm down, looked at Su Mo, and asked gravely.
It was clear he still wanted to use Xiao Wu's future to pressure him into letting her acknowledge him as master.
In fact, once Yu Xiaogang realized that Su Mo had revealed his past,
He had already guessed that Su Mo might be from Spirit Hall.
But so what if he was?
Yes, Yu Xiaogang did plagiarize knowledge from Spirit Hall.
But the way he did it involved the former Spirit Hall saintess and current Pope—Bibi Dong.
If this matter was exposed, it would certainly be a huge blow to Spirit Hall's reputation, especially to Pope Bibi Dong!
That's why Spirit Hall didn't expose it when they expelled him, and they surely wouldn't dare now!
As long as no one dared to expose the truth, he could insist it was "borrowing," not plagiarism.
That way, people could spread rumors all they liked—but they couldn't destroy him!
With that confidence, Yu Xiaogang believed he was the most suitable person to guide Xiao Wu at Notting College.
He didn't believe Su Mo would keep refusing him.
In this world, only benefits are eternal!
And he was sure that he could offer the most benefit to Xiao Wu right now!
But what Yu Xiaogang didn't consider was—
If Su Mo was really from Spirit Hall, why hadn't he already brought Xiao Wu to them?
Still not giving up, huh?
At the same time, Su Mo was speechless seeing that even after being exposed, Yu Xiaogang still refused to back down and kept insisting Xiao Wu should be his disciple.
Yu Xiaogang kept boasting about his unmatched knowledge of soul theory.
Su Mo was speechless—but suddenly had an idea and decided not to keep scolding him.
Instead, he wanted to slap him down in the very field he was most proud of.
Wouldn't that be more satisfying?
He didn't believe that after that, Yu Xiaogang would still dare ask Xiao Wu to become his disciple.
"I've already said Xiao Wu won't take you as her master—because you're simply not worthy!"
"And now you're still claiming that no one in all of Notting Academy is more suitable than you to teach her."
"Then I want to test just how confident you really are."
"You think you're the most knowledgeable in the world when it comes to martial soul theory? Then let me ask you—how many types of martial spirits exist in this world?"
Looking straight at Yu Xiaogang, Su Mo sneered and asked him directly.
(End of this chapter)