"How is it?" Yu Xiaogang asked excitedly. "Did Tang San agree to be my disciple?"
Ye Yin sighed. "I've said everything I can. I used every method I could think of to make Little San acknowledge your abilities, but I heard that your reputation isn't very good, Grandmaster. Little San is still quite unwilling."
Yu Xiaogang was stunned. "What should I do? Ye Yin, you have to help me!"
Ye Yin sighed again. "I can see that you're eager to nurture talent, so I'll help you think of a solution. You can temporarily teach Tang San, and once he understands your character, I'll act as a middleman to complete the apprenticeship. Tang San will agree out of respect for me."
Tears welled up in Yu Xiaogang's eyes. He sincerely held Ye Yin's hands. "I'm counting on you! And remember, don't deliberately show anything. You're not Little San's teacher yet, and we don't want him to become averse to it, or I'll be powerless to help."
"Okay!" Ye Yin agreed.
"Little San," Ye Yin whispered once they were back in the dorm. "It was your mocking back then that made Grandmaster feel your character wasn't good. I went through countless hardships to finally convince him to reluctantly teach you temporarily. Once he understands your character, I'll act as a middleman to complete the apprenticeship."
Tang San excitedly hugged Ye Yin. "Yin Ge, thank you so much!"
Tang San followed Ye Yin to the corridor. Ye Yin whispered, "Remember, don't deliberately show anything. Just be normal. Otherwise, Grandmaster will think you're being fake. Later, you should show him your twin spirits to demonstrate your sincerity."
Tang San agreed. He looked up at Yu Xiaogang and said lightly, "Grandmaster."
Yu Xiaogang was so excited he was almost crying, but he still needed to pretend to be calm. He nodded indifferently. "Let's go, we'll talk at my place."
The three of them went to Yu Xiaogang's dorm. As soon as they entered, Tang San revealed his second Spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer. "Grandmaster, this is my second Spirit, a hammer."
Yu Xiaogang was stunned. Is this child so sincere? He immediately showed me his twin spirits? I didn't expect him to be a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect. I've found a treasure! I must take him as a disciple!
After a few instructions, he discussed the Blue Silver Grass with Tang San. "Tang San, what are your thoughts on Blue Silver Grass? Everyone says it's a trash Spirit, but I think everything has a certain use."
Yu Xiaogang nodded in satisfaction. He took out a piece of paper and swiftly wrote a few words: There are no trash Spirits, only trash people. "This is my philosophy," he said.
At that moment, Ye Yin spoke up. "Grandmaster, then which kind do you belong to? I still don't know what your Spirit is, what your innate spirit power level is, and what your current spirit power level is."
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Ye Yin's words weren't just rubbing salt in a wound; they were pouring it on. Tang San also looked at Yu Xiaogang with curiosity, but in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, it took on a different meaning: If you don't show me, then don't blame me for leaving.
Yu Xiaogang summoned his fat and ugly Luo San Pao. "This is my mutated Spirit, Luo San Pao. My current spirit power is level twenty-nine, and my innate spirit power was only 0.5."
Looking at the fat and ugly Luo San Pao, Ye Yin burst out laughing. "Isn't that just a pig?"
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"Oh, and by the way," Ye Yin continued. "Grandmaster, does the 'trash people' you mentioned include Spirit Masters who are very old but haven't broken through level thirty?"
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Yu Xiaogang wanted to hit Ye Yin. He was too infuriating! Yu Xiaogang took out his pen and swiftly crossed out the words he had just written, crumpled the paper into a ball, and threw it into the trash can. "I have no philosophy," he said. Between calling himself trash and having no philosophy, Yu Xiaogang chose the latter without hesitation. "Let's talk about Blue Silver Grass instead."
Yu Xiaogang quickly changed the subject. After a discussion with Tang San, he helped him determine his future path and decided to take him to acquire his first spirit ring the next day.
"Coincidentally, it can also help me get a spirit ring," Ye Yin said.
Yu Xiaogang glanced at him. "Ye Yin, you can only get a spirit ring when you can advance. Your innate spirit power is only level one; it will take at least two or three more years of cultivation to reach level ten."
Ye Yin feigned confusion, blinking his large eyes. "But why did it only take me two or three months to cultivate to level ten?"
Yu Xiaogang's eyes went wide. "What! Your spirit power reached level ten in two or three months?"
Ye Yin nodded. "What's wrong? Grandmaster, didn't you cultivate your spirit power to level ten in two or three months? I even thought I was cultivating too slowly."
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Yu Xiaogang's resentment began to flood the screen.
"Grandmaster, how long did it take you?" Ye Yin asked.
"It took me three years."
"Then you really are trash," Ye Yin said.
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The next day, as dawn was just breaking, three figures—one large and two small—slowly left the gates of Nuo Ding Academy. After purchasing necessities in Nuoding City, they hired a carriage and headed to the Soul Hunting Forest, the closest one to the city.
Not long after entering the forest, they encountered their first Spirit Beast, a ten-year-old Striped Cat.
"According to my theory," Yu Xiaogang said, "the absorption limit for the first spirit ring should be 423 years. Your first spirit ring should ideally be close to that." He pulled out a long sword from somewhere and handed it to Tang San. "When the time comes, you will use it to kill the Spirit Beast you need."
Tang San looked at Yu Xiaogang in surprise. "Such precise numbers, truly worthy of being Grandmaster."
Yu Xiaogang smiled proudly.
Ye Yin suddenly asked, "Grandmaster, what if the age of this Spirit Beast is 423 years and one day? Can it be successfully absorbed?"
Yu Xiaogang: "???"
Can you please not ask such ominous questions!
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"Probably," Yu Xiaogang said, his confidence a little shaky.
The statement shattered his image in an instant.
"What about two days?" Ye Yin asked. "What about three days? What about four days?"
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The three continued their journey. As dusk approached, Yu Xiaogang chose to camp in a hollow surrounded by large trees to spend the night. Suddenly, Luo San Pao started grunting a warning. In the darkness, five or six Netherwolves were steadily approaching their position.