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"He..." Arou lowered her head slightly, her expression somewhat unnatural, and her voice a little hesitant.
"He is Xiao San's teacher. When we were in Notting City, he and I had some contact because of Xiao Wu's matter. He...he seemed to like me a little."
"Seeing you and me walking together, he might... feel a little unhappy, so he treated you like that."
"Like you?" Xuan Ming paused and laughed for no apparent reason.
Ah Rou was stunned when she saw Xuan Ming laugh for the first time. She looked at him absentmindedly, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just thought of something funny." Xuan Ming held his chin and stopped laughing.
He was threatened by Qian Xunji and fled from the Spirit City, then hooked up with Liu Erlong. In the future, he could even run to the Pope's Palace to ask Bibi Dong for the practice method of twin spirits. He even shamelessly made a guarantee that Tang San would not be the enemy of the Spirit Palace in the future.
I have been hiding in Notting City for nearly twenty years, and now I have met Arou. Is this the beginning all over again?
"What about you?" Xuan Ming asked.
"I just treat him as an ordinary friend, nothing else." Arou was a little nervous and explained quickly, with a hint of panic in her eyes.
"Ordinary friends..." Xuan Ming touched his chin and thought about it thoughtfully.
"But why would he be hostile to me because of you?"
Ah Rou frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "It should be jealousy, right?"
"He seems to be self-righteous and knowledgeable, but he's actually extremely jealous."
"He has a strong sense of self-esteem and always hopes that others will recognize and admire him, but once he is slightly provoked, he will become extremely self-deprecating."
"A...very cowardly person." Arou sighed helplessly, and the image of Yu Xiaogang with a stern face appeared in her mind.
Cowardice, this is the deepest feeling Yu Xiaogang gave her.
Although they have very low self-esteem, they have a high opinion of themselves, crave recognition from others, are afraid of being looked down upon by others, and even easily become angry and humiliated because of this.
But because he was cowardly, he didn't dare to show it, so he always had a stern face and looked like he was holding everything back.
The only thing he would argue with others is Tang San. Rather than being his student, Tang San is his self-esteem and his pillar.
It was even his hope to continue living.
"Jealous? Why are you jealous of me?" Xuan Ming still couldn't understand.
"Because you also have a mutated martial spirit." Arou said.
"In the past few months since Yu Xiaogang came to Shrek, Xiao Wu and the others have had many conflicts with him because of you. Then Dean Flanders contacted his student Qin Ming and found out about you."
"What news?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Your past." Arou's face looked a little unnatural, and her eyes were slightly evasive.
"My past? What's wrong?" Xuan Ming asked puzzledly.
Ah Rou hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "You... are not a transformed soul beast, right?"
"I never said I was. You two just guessed it." Xuan Ming said.
Ah Rou's expression froze, and she said in a somewhat annoyed tone, "You didn't explain it either."
For all these years she has never figured out how Xuan Ming could still exert such terrifying power even after transforming into a new form and rebuilding himself.
It was not until she arrived at Shrek and learned from Flanders' student that Xuan Ming was not a soul beast incarnation at all. He was a human being and could even find his birthplace.
Ning Rongrong, who had known Xuan Ming before, even told everyone about Xuan Ming's childhood experiences as a story.
To be honest, compared with Xuan Ming, Tang San's childhood seems wonderful!
"No, you're getting off topic. What does this have to do with Yu Xiaogang being jealous of me?" Xuan Ming asked.
"Because you all have mutated martial spirits, and they are all mutated dragon martial spirits." Arou said.
"But your mutation is a benign one, which gives you such powerful talents and strength. Whether in terms of training speed or strength improvement, you are far superior to ordinary people. But his mutation is a bad one. Not only did it not bring him any benefits, but it made his training path more difficult. He even lived in the ridicule of others for half his life."
"Rongrong had a conflict with her classmate Dai Mubai before, and she brought you up. Whenever she praised you in the academy, Yu Xiaogang would stand up and say that you were just lucky and there was nothing to brag about."
"Then, Rongrong revealed all your past. Yu Xiaogang didn't believe it, so Flanders had no choice but to go and ask his student."
"As a result, after receiving the confirmation from Qin Ming, Yu Xiaogang changed the subject in various ways to save his own face."
"You know Rongrong's personality. Once she starts a quarrel, she will definitely be unreasonable and unyielding, not to mention that this matter involves you."
"Yu Xiaogang's words more or less imply that he looks down on you, which Rongrong can't stand. We always have a long argument every time."
"You know Rongrong's mouth. When it comes to scolding people, she can be as good as you."
Yu Xiaogang has always lived in his own world and cannot accept that others are better than him, especially Xuan Ming, who has a similar martial soul mutation experience as him.
He always felt that he had read a lot of martial soul theory and had profound attainments in martial soul research, but was restricted by the mutation of his martial soul. He had already accumulated a lot of resentment and resentment in his heart, and the appearance of Xuan Ming was like a mirror, reflecting his failure and incompetence. In order to maintain his pitiful self-esteem, Yu Xiaogang could only try his best to belittle Xuan Ming.
As the beloved daughter of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong naturally saw this. Not only did she dislike Yu Xiaogang's behavior, but in order to protect Xuan Ming, she wanted to provoke and attack Yu Xiaogang even more.
That serious and weird attitude that can make people angry to death is exactly the same as Xuan Ming!
In the past few months, Shrek Academy has been quite lively.
Although Xuan Ming is not here, he is the topic of conversation every day.
In particular, Flanders used the mutation of Xuan Ming's martial soul and the huge defects of the martial soul itself to set an example for Ma Hongjun, who also had a mutated martial soul defect, and encouraged Ma Hongjun to be self-reliant like Xuan Ming. This was a greater stimulation to Yu Xiaogang, as his good brother actually stabbed him in the back.
In addition to Tang San, his student, and Dai Mubai, who had a conflict with Xuan Ming, most of Shrek Academy stood on Xuan Ming's side.
After all, Xuan Ming's life experience of being a genius from the common people, with a tragic life experience, unremitting self-improvement and counterattack in life, made Teacher Shrek and most of the students, who also came from a common people, empathize with him.
On the other hand, Yu Xiaogang, who was born into the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, one of the seven major sects in the world of soul masters, and was the son of the sect master, a man who was born standing on the top of the mountain, is now in this situation. His cultivation has stagnated, and his proud theories have also been challenged by the child Xiao Wu.
As hundred thousand year old soul beasts, no one knows soul beasts and soul rings better than them.
In front of Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang's knowledge of soul beasts is no different from that of a three-year-old child.
It would have been fine in the past, but Xiao Wu didn't bother with Yu Xiaogang because of Tang San's playmate.
But now, Xuan Ming is involved, and with Ning Rongrong charging in the front, Xiao Wu's mouth is really amazing!
However, Yu Xiaogang seemed to inexplicably blame all these irritations on Xuan Ming, and developed a strong jealousy and resentment towards him.
"It's incomprehensible." Xuan Ming was speechless.
He didn't do anything, and he didn't even say a few words to Yu Xiaogang. How could he be shot while lying down?
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Not long after, the spirit fight ended. Since it was the first group spirit fight today, everyone was very excited and had accumulated a lot of experience. Shrek was going to have a post-match communication and summary, so Xuan Ming and Arou left first.
"What's wrong?" Xuan Ming looked at Arou who seemed to have something to say.
"I sense a very strange aura from you." Arou said with a frown, her eyes full of confusion.
"Besides, I can only sense it when I touch you."
Xuan Ming paused, revealing the Blue Silver Emperor on his wrist, "Are you talking about this?"
Ah Rou's eyes changed slightly, and she subconsciously reached out to touch the vine wrapped around Xuan Ming's wrist. The vine was soft and tough, and had a hint of warmth.
"This is..."
"Blue Silver Emperor." Xuan Ming said.
"Blue Silver Emperor?" Arou was stunned.
"The specific situation is a bit complicated and troublesome, and I am too lazy to explain it. If you are interested, you can ask her herself." Xuan Ming said.
"Of course, if the Dragon King in me is willing to talk, you can also ask her."
Arou nodded without asking any more questions.