Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 162, page 180: "You mistress, how could you give away my apprenticeship gift?"
Divine Realm, Eternal Temple

Gangzi, Haozi, and the other two's ideas naturally fell into Huo Yuhao's hands.

Because Sanzi and Haozi are a reborn person and a pseudo-reborn person, respectively, they dislike Gangzi, but they need to use Gangzi as a protective umbrella. Therefore, Tang San only hastily became Yu Xiaogang's disciple and made preparations for future separation.

This made Gangzi feel very insecure, so Gangzi thought
"Tsk tsk tsk," Huo Yuhao said, "Gangzi, I have to say your idea is pretty good. That's right, we should leave some mark on this little punk, shouldn't we?"

Clearly, during his few days at the Notting City Soul Master Academy, Tang San had already willingly offered himself up to Xiao Wu.

Over the past few days, Xiao Wu has been bothering Tang San with small matters, whether it's something important or not.

One day, Xiao Wu suddenly wanted to eat crystal carrots. She hinted to Tang San, and Tang San immediately ran all over Notting City to buy her some. Xiao Wu was very happy and said, "Thank you, Tang San, you are such a good person."

Tang San felt as refreshed as if he had drunk a bottle of Sprite on a hot day, and he felt that his relationship with Xiao Wu was getting better and better.

Naturally, Tang San became Xiao Wu's meal ticket (of course, Tang San himself did not think so).
That day, Yu Xiaogang approached Tang San and said he would take Tang San to hunt for a soul ring.

Upon learning that Tang San was going to hunt for spirit rings, Xiao Wu grabbed Tang San's hand and said, "Tang San, I want to go hunting for spirit rings with you too! Can you take me with you?"

"Ah!" Tang San's brain short-circuited. He remembered that Xiao Wu should be a soul beast, and her soul ring could be formed on its own. Besides, Xiao Wu did not go soul hunting with him in his previous life. Why would she make this request?

"Ah San giegie~" Xiao Wu pleaded in a coquettish voice.

"Haha, okay, okay, I'll take you with me." Tang San said quickly. He thought that Xiao Wu going to hunt souls with him in this life meant that their relationship was even better than in the previous life.

However, when this news reached Gangzi—

"You said you're going to bring that Xiao Wu classmate along when you're hunting souls?" Yu Xiaogang said, somewhat displeased.

“Yes, Xiao Wu also wants to go soul hunting with me,” Tang San replied.

“Hunting souls is a dangerous thing. Your teacher can’t protect you alone. If you take her with you, how can your teacher spare the energy to protect another person?” Yu Xiaogang said.

Hehe~ Upon hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Tang San couldn't help but sneer inwardly: What right do you, a level 29 piece of trash, have to say you'll protect me? It's more like I'm the one protecting you. If I didn't have memories of my past life, and if my father wasn't the great Haotian Douluo, I, a genius with twin martial souls and innate full soul power, would have been tricked and killed by you long ago in the mouth of the Mandragora Snake.

"I've already promised Xiao Wu that I'd take her on a soul hunt. I, Tang San, keep my word, how could I go back on my word? If you—(sarcastically)—are unwilling, then I'll find someone else to take me on a soul hunt," Tang San said nonchalantly.

"You—" Yu Xiaogang had no choice but to say, "Alright, if you want to take Xiao Wu with you, then take her with you."

"Alright, it's settled then." Tang San turned and left.

Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San with an uncertain expression: "Little San, you're being disrespectful to your teacher. When you talk to me, you don't even want to call me 'teacher'."

Before setting off to hunt souls, Tang San and Xiao Wu came to Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San and took out a soul tool and handed it to him.

"Little San, this is a soul tool that your master painstakingly obtained from an ancient ruin. It is your gift for becoming my disciple." Tang San accepted the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon as a matter of course. Although he disliked Gangzi, he could not deny that this soul tool was still useful to him.

However, before Tang San could even warm up to the soul tool, it was snatched away by a small hand. Xiao Wu held up the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon and looked at it with delight: "Wow, Tang San, this soul tool is so beautiful!"

"Of course, Xiao Wu," Tang San said.

"Xiao Wu really likes this soul tool, Ah San giegie, could you... give it to Xiao Wu?" Xiao Wu said with a pleading look on her face.

"Uh," Tang San said with a pained expression.

Seeing Tang San's pained expression, Xiao Wu reluctantly shoved the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon onto Tang San: "Ah San, if you don't want to, then forget it."

Tang San quickly pushed the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon to Xiao Wu and said, "Xiao Wu, if you like it, then this soul tool is yours."

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, and she said, "Really? Ah San, Giegie, you're so good to me. You're such a good person."

As she spoke, she excitedly hung the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night costume around her waist and said to Tang San, "Tang San, isn't it beautiful?"

"Beautiful, beautiful." Tang San's heart was bleeding. He thought to himself, "Forget it, husband and wife are one. It's just a soul tool. What belongs to Xiao Wu is also mine!"

"Xiao San!" Yu Xiaogang said with a grim expression, "You just gave away the apprenticeship gift I gave you like that?"

"Is there a problem?" Tang San asked nonchalantly.

"Don't you know that the apprenticeship ceremony symbolizes the bond between master and disciple? You just give the apprenticeship ceremony that I gave you to your friend right in front of me. You're being disrespectful to me," Yu Xiaogang accused. "Do you even have any respect for your teacher?"

Of course not. Tang San became Yu Xiaogang's apprentice because he needed Yu Xiaogang's protection. But more than Tang San needed Yu Xiaogang, Yu Xiaogang needed Tang San to prove that he was not a waste. Tang San accurately grasped Yu Xiaogang's mentality and was not afraid of him at all.

He said in a disrespectful tone, "Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know. But I've already given that soul tool to Xiao Wu. How can you take back something that's already been given away?" Tang San said, while thinking to himself: Not having this soul tool is actually a good thing. After dealing with the Spirit Hall, I'll have another reason to turn against Gangzi.

Yu Xiaogang: "."

The apprenticeship ceremony was optional for Tang San, but it was essential for Yu Xiaogang, as it symbolized the bond between master and disciple. He couldn't let his precious disciple Tang San get away.

Helpless, Yu Xiaogang could only take off his own soul guide ring from his finger and hand it to Tang San: "This is a gift from your master to you when you become a disciple. You can't give it away so easily."

Tang San looked at the ring and realized that he did need a soul tool to carry hidden weapons, so he took the soul tool ring and put it on. This time, Xiao Wu did not ask Tang San for anything.

After presenting the apprenticeship gift, Yu Xiaogang breathed a sigh of relief, and the master, apprentice, and Xiao Wu set off.

(End of this chapter)