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This also meant that the Oscar-esque hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scenario never happened, and the relationship between the two remained merely that of ordinary classmates.
These days, the Oscars can only rely on such obsequiousness to maintain their presence.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, his chin slightly raised, and his eyes lowered as he looked at Ning Rongrong and said, "Ning Rongrong, you shouldn't hide this kind of news anymore. You are all a team, and you need to contribute and share."
Yu Xiaogang's words made Ning Rongrong curl her red lips in disdain and give him a subtle glare.
Of all the teachers at Shrek Academy, she despised Yu Xiaogang the most. "Master?" she thought, "he only teaches theories that contain countless errors."
'That sounds nice, dedication? Sharing? She's here to study, not to help the poor.'
'Why should I reveal the information I received from my family? Telling you is a favor, not telling you is my right.'
Although she disliked Yu Xiaogang's tone, Ning Rongrong wasn't the type to take it back easily now that she had already spoken.
Ning Rongrong glanced at everyone with her beautiful eyes, then coughed lightly and said, "This time, His Holiness the Pope has decided to hold the finals of the competition in Wuhun City, instead of in the capitals of the two great empires as usual."
After saying that, Ning Rongrong excitedly added, "But that's not the point. The point is that this time the reward is a full three soul bones!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback at first, and then exclaimed in unison.
Three soul bones!?
At this moment, Fatty Ma Hongjun's eyes gleamed with excitement: "A soul bone! If we sell this, how many times can we go to the brothel with the gold soul coins we get!"
Hearing this, Dai Mubai glanced at Ma Hongjun disdainfully and said, "Fatty, with so many gold soul coins, all you're thinking about is your brothel? Can't you do something better?"
Dai Mubai's casual reply instantly earned him death stares from the three girls present, especially Zhu Zhuqing, whose eyes were practically overflowing with disgust.
"Disgusting!" Zhu Zhuqing said coldly.
Dai Mubai's face flushed red instantly, and just as he was about to speak, Oscar quickly spoke up first.
"Rongrong, keep talking, don't worry about them, they're just like that."
Oscar's words instantly froze Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's expressions, and they swept their cold eyes over him.
Ning Rongrong simply smiled politely at Oscar's overtures without responding.
"What the Spirit Hall could take out were not ordinary spirit bones, but three ten-thousand-year spirit bones, one of which was a seventy-thousand-year head spirit bone, second only to the torso bone." (This is not a mistake; it's not the original one, that one was given to Hu Liena long ago.)
Before everyone could continue to be shocked, Ning Rongrong continued mysteriously, "There's another big piece of news: Wuhun City will be under martial law during the finals because after the finals, His Holiness the Pope will publicly execute a criminal who has been wanted by the Wuhun Hall for many years in the Papal Palace."
"What did you say!"
Before everyone could recover from the shock of the 70,000-year-old head soul bone, Tang San's furious and incredulous voice instantly resounded throughout half of Shrek Academy.
At this moment, Tang San's eyes were bloodshot, he was panting heavily, and he stared at Ning Rongrong with a ferocious expression.
This sight startled everyone present, especially Ning Rongrong, who hid half her body behind Zhu Zhuqing, her pretty face filled with terror.
Tang San looked like a vengeful ghost crawling out of hell, with his clothes strangely bulging on his back and the outline of his eight spider spears faintly visible.
Everyone knows what this means.
Yu Xiaogang was displeased to see Tang San's appearance. In his mind, a control-type soul master should remain calm and composed under any circumstances.
But Tang San now resembles a wild beast on the verge of losing its mind, showing none of the behavior he displayed at Notting Academy.
It seems that Tang San has forgotten all the teachings he has given him over the past six years while he was away!
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang's face darkened, and he began to scold Tang San: "Little San, look at yourself now..."
But before Yu Xiaogang could finish his reprimand, Tang San turned around with a ferocious expression and roared at Yu Xiaogang, "Shut up!"
Even Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San in disbelief. His already wrinkled, greasy middle-aged face was now completely drained of color.
He raised his right hand, trembling, pointing at the traitor, his lips quivering but unable to utter a single word.
Is this still the same respectful mistress he always was? Why has she turned out like this? Could it be that Ning Rongrong said something wrong that caused her to lose her temper?
Yes, yes, there must have been some information in Ning Rongrong's words that caused the mistress to act this way.
Yu Xiaogang carefully recalled what Ning Rongrong had said, and his excellent memory came in handy at this moment.
Bibi Dong is going to publicly execute a criminal who has been wanted by the Spirit Hall for a long time? What kind of criminal would require Bibi Dong, the Pope, to execute in public? Could it be...?
Thinking of this, Yu Xiaogang felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his blood instantly turned cold.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang's eyes were filled with terror, and his lips moved slightly, making an inaudible muttering to himself: "Impossible, how could someone as powerful as Haotian Douluo be captured?"
"My idol could even kill the former Pope with a hammer and escape from the siege of several Title Douluos. How could he possibly be captured after more than ten years of peace?"
"He must be hiding somewhere right now, secretly protecting his mistress. Yes, he must be hiding in the shadows."
"It must be near Shrek Academy!"
Just as Yu Xiaogang was dismissing all possibilities in his mind, his nephew Yu Tianheng couldn't stand it any longer. He stood up angrily, pointed at Tang San, and said, "Tang San, what are you doing? Your uncle is your teacher. Is this how you treat your teacher?"
Meanwhile, the group that had been frightened by Tang San regained their senses amidst Yu Tianheng's roar and began to try to calm Tang San down.
“Yes, Tang San, why don’t we sit down and talk about it?” Dai Mubai said.
“Yes, if Rongrong said anything wrong, I apologize to you on her behalf,” Oscar said.
Even Ma Hongjun chimed in twice.
But their words only made Tang San feel extremely irritated and angry.
Just as Tang San was about to roar out again, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Xiao Wu, who was cowering in fear and looking at him with a terrified expression.
"Xiao Wu, I..."
Chapter 138 Tang San's Apology
At this moment, Tang San's breathing finally calmed down a bit. He moved his lips twice, grabbed his hair, and squatted down. The stinging sensation from his fingernails scratching his scalp allowed him to barely maintain his rationality.
'The criminal Ning Rongrong mentioned who was captured must be Dad. Only Dad could make the Spirit Hall act so openly.'
The images of the two previous warnings from the True Spirit flashed through Tang San's mind. He suddenly clenched his fists, his eyes narrowing as he thought, "That's it. It must be because my father was seriously injured or even on the verge of death that the True Spirit gave him a warning."
Following this line of thought, Tang San felt that everything made sense: "It must be that my father had an accident at the Medicine King Sect, which led to him being seriously injured and captured, but because of the feud between my father and the Spirit Hall, he was spared and sent to Spirit City."
"Then he was tortured again in Wuhun City until he was seriously injured and on the verge of death, which is why he gave me two warnings. That's right, that's how it is."
Even after figuring out the whole story, Tang San still couldn't help tearing at his hair, veins bulging on his forehead.
"What should I do now? Even though I know my father is in Wuhun City and will appear in the Papal Palace in the future, what can I do? I don't even have any immortal herbs right now."
Even though Tang San knew that he would definitely become a god in the future and become a dual god, he was still just a small soul master who had just broken through to the Soul Master level.
Even if the Spirit Hall only sends out a team of Templar Warriors or Papal Warriors, it can easily wipe out Shrek Academy without breaking a sweat.
"By the way, I can go to my aunt and send this message back to the Haotian Sect so that my uncle can take action. The Haotian Sect should have five or six Title Douluos by now, so it should be possible."
But Tang San thought of the elders' attitude towards Tang Hao: "At worst, I'll just bow my head and apologize to those elders again and admit my mistakes. Anyway, they'll be exonerated in the future."
"But Ning Rongrong just said that Wuhun City will be under martial law at that time, which is different from the time in my previous life."
"Forcing our way in definitely won't work, so the only option is..."
Just then, the classroom door was pushed open with a bang, and Flander's signature hoarse voice pierced through: "Xiao Gang! What are you doing during class time—"
With the sound, Flander pushed open the door and walked in first, followed by teachers such as Zhao Wuji and Shao Xin. The scene inside the classroom startled the teachers who had come to check the situation.
Yu Tianheng was comforting Yu Xiaogang, whose face had turned pale, while Xiao Wu sat in her seat, watching Tang San squatting on the ground frantically scratching his hair. She wanted to reach out and comfort him, but she was also a little afraid and didn't know what to do.
The others kept their distance from the four, as if watching a show.
Seeing this, Flander frowned deeply and looked at Dai Mubai, who was nearby, and asked, "Mubai, what happened in the classroom? Tell me everything clearly."
The Shrek Academy students breathed a long sigh of relief upon seeing Flander Zhao Wuji arrive.
Dai Mubai stood up as if granted a pardon: "Dean, Tang San suddenly..." He finished explaining the whole story in a rambling manner, and added at the end: "We really don't understand what he said that offended him."
After hearing the whole story, Flander frowned. He first glanced at Tang San, who was squatting on the ground, and then quickly walked up to Yu Xiaogang and asked, "Xiaogang, how are you?"
Yu Xiaogang's expression softened slightly upon seeing Flander arrive, but he still stammered, "Flander, I, I..."
But by this time, Tang San had already composed himself and stood up from the ground. The powerful insight brought by his Purple Demon Eye allowed him to instantly understand everyone's current emotions.
These people are still somewhat useful to him, so he needs to maintain the relationship.
The thought flashed through his mind, and he instantly put on a heartbroken expression, rushing to Yu Xiaogang and bowing deeply.
"Teacher, I'm so sorry, I lost my composure just now."
Tang San's apology was quite thorough; he went straight to Yu Xiaogang, apologized, and bowed at a 90-degree angle.
When Yu Xiaogang saw Tang San apologizing to him in such a manner, his expression softened considerably, but he could only cough twice for the moment.
At this moment, Flander keenly sensed the atmosphere and spoke up for Yu Xiaogang: "Tang San, what's wrong with you just now? Not only did you yell at your classmate, but you also took your anger out on your teacher, who is your mentor!"
My mentor? Yu Xiaogang? What did he teach me? Did he teach me how to attach poison-attribute soul rings to Blue Silver Grass?
Tang San sneered inwardly.
How much did Yu Xiaogang have to do with his achievements in his past life? He earned them step by step through his own hard work.
Although that's what he thought in his heart, Tang San still appeared to be humbly admitting his mistake on the surface.
"I'm sorry, Dean Flander. I was just too excited. I was really excited because I heard Rongrong talk about the rewards for the Soul Master Competition."
"But when I think about the mistakes I've made these past few days, I really don't know how to lead the Shrek team forward."
At this point, Tang San also appropriately showed a look of disappointment and regret: "Because I really couldn't see any hope, I lost control of my emotions under the influence of extreme joy and sorrow."
"Here, I apologize again for my behavior."
With that, Tang San bowed to Yu Xiaogang once again.
"Teacher, I'm sorry!" Then he turned to Ning Rongrong and said, "Rongrong, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you either."
Then it turned towards Dai Mubai's direction.
"I apologize to everyone here. I'm sorry for disturbing your studies."
When Yu Xiaogang saw that Tang San had recovered as usual, he finally spoke up: "I didn't expect it to be like this. I was also at fault here. I shouldn't have put so much pressure on you. What you need now is encouragement. Sigh."
At this point, Yu Xiaogang shook his head, looking regretful.
Seeing that the atmosphere had largely returned to normal, Flander smiled and said, "I see. It's good that we talked it out."
"I happen to have some good news about this matter. There is a senior of yours who graduated from Shrek Academy."
"He will be bringing the most prestigious team from the Heaven Dou Empire to Soto City. I can arrange for you to spar with that team and experience the atmosphere of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament in advance."