Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 195, Section 214: Mistress, I'll get justice for you!

Tang San was unaware that Xiao Wu's core purpose in coming to human society was revenge. In Xiao Wu's eyes, every man she came into contact with had some value to her, whether high or low.

The reason Xiao Wu was willing to spend her patience on Tang San was because Tang San was a genius with innate full soul power. Taming such a genius into a dog would be a great help on her path of revenge in the future.

However, Tang San lost more than just an external soul bone. This external soul bone was forcibly ripped off his body, which greatly affected Tang San's potential.

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul wasn't great to begin with, and now his potential has been further diminished, making him even less valuable in Xiao Wu's eyes.

After resting for a few days, Tang San was able to get out of bed, and the team set off again to return to Shrek Academy.

Back at Shrek Academy, they learned that a man with a buzz cut was waiting for them there.

Yu Xiaogang immediately noticed the bandages wrapped around Tang San's upper body and his unnatural complexion. He said with a pale face:

"My dear disciple, what's wrong?" (To assert his dominance and let everyone know that Tang San was his disciple, Gangzi stopped calling him "Little San" and started calling him "my dear disciple.")
Tang San remained silent with a sullen face. Zhao Wuji then approached Flander and Yu Xiaogang and recounted the whole story.

When Yu Xiaogang learned that his disciple had chosen the Human-Faced Demon Spider as his soul ring instead of sticking to a plant-type martial soul, the thought arose in his mind: "This child is teachable."

Upon hearing that Tang San had obtained an external spirit bone, Yu Xiaogang was immediately thrilled. An external spirit bone! This was a spirit bone with a drop rate of almost zero. He never expected that his disciple would have such great luck. With this external spirit bone, Tang San's future was limitless. And he, as the teacher who cultivated such a great disciple, was destined to be remembered by future generations!
However, Yu Xiaogang's joy was short-lived. He heard Zhao Wuji say that Bibi Dong had appeared and unexpectedly witnessed Tang San's soul bone exploding. She then took Tang San's external soul bone on the spot.

Yu Xiaogang was immediately filled with regret and indignation. He roared angrily in his heart: "Bibi Dong, you vicious woman, don't you know that by ruining the future of the mistress, you are ruining the future of me, Yu Xiaogang?"

"Zhao Wuji, what's wrong with you? Why have you gotten into trouble every time I bring you back?" Flander accused.

Zhao Wuji argued, "Dean, I admit I was wrong about what happened before. I was a heavy drinker. But this time I didn't touch a drop of alcohol. Tang San just happened to run into the Pope of the Spirit Hall when he absorbed the spirit ring and exploded his spirit bone. There was something I couldn't do about that."

Flander said helplessly, "Alas, it can only be said that the young lady wasn't destined for this; this soul bone can only..."

"No—" Yu Xiaogang said angrily, "That vicious woman Bibi Dong, doesn't she know that you, Xiao San, are my disciple? No, I have to go and have a good talk with her and make her return this soul bone."

After saying that, Yu Xiaogang pretended to be furious and walked out to the Spirit Hall to demand an explanation.

Flander quickly stopped Yu Xiaogang, saying, "Xiaogang, don't be impulsive. She's the Pope of the Spirit Hall. Don't act rashly." Yu Xiaogang silently gave Flander a thumbs up. After that incident, he and Bibi Dong had lost contact for decades. Yu Xiaogang wasn't sure if Bibi Dong would still hold onto their past relationship. His purpose in doing this wasn't to get back Tang San's external spirit bone—the chances of getting it back were slim—but simply to demonstrate his power to his disciple Tang San and win him over. (See? Bibi Dong, she's the Pope of the Spirit Hall! I, Gangzi, know her!)
The more Flander tried to stop Yu Xiaogang, the more enthusiastic he became: "So what if she's the Pope of the Spirit Hall? I'm an elder of the Spirit Hall! She stripped my disciple of his soul bone, she has to give me, Yu Xiaogang, an explanation for this!" After saying that, Gangzi glanced at Tang San out of the corner of his eye.

Tang San felt utterly contemptuous of Gangzi's tricks, but instead of exposing him, he seized the opportunity to stir things up: "Teacher, do you know the Pope?"

Yu Xiaogang put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "My good disciple, Bibi Dong is an old acquaintance of mine."

"Then you must have a very good relationship with her," Tang San continued.

Yu Xiaogang said calmly, "It's alright."

"So, as long as you go to her, you're guaranteed to get her to return my soul bone?" Tang San asked.

"Uh, I guess so."

"Teacher—" Tang San suddenly knelt down before Yu Xiaogang and said, "Tang San begs you to go to the Spirit Hall and ask Bibi Dong to return that soul bone to me. The Eight Spider Lances are really important to me. If you can get it back, I, Tang San, will respect you as my teacher. A teacher for a day is a father for life!"

Yu Xiaogang's original intention was merely to show off in front of his disciple Tang San, boast about his connections and resources, and demonstrate his power. Deep down, he didn't believe he could actually get the soul bone from Bibi Dong. His actions were just an act for his restless disciple.

But upon hearing the saying "A teacher for a day is a father for life," Yu Xiaogang couldn't sit still.

For a long time, Yu Xiaogang's biggest worry was his ambiguous relationship with Tang San. They were nominal teacher and student, yet Tang San showed him no respect. In private, Tang San even refused to call him "Teacher" and instead called him "Gangzi," which made Yu Xiaogang feel very insecure. Fortunately, Yu Xiaogang grasped a weakness in Tang San: like himself, Tang San cared about his public image. Therefore, Yu Xiaogang constantly proclaimed their master-disciple relationship in front of others to prevent Tang San from becoming disloyal and to morally blackmail him when Tang San succeeded in the future.

No matter how many methods he used, he couldn't change the fact that Tang San didn't see him as a teacher at all. All sorts of methods couldn't overcome the saying, "A teacher for a day is a father for life." If Tang San treated him with the same respect as he would his own father, why would Yu Xiaogang have to worry about how to morally blackmail Tang San to prevent him from abandoning him in the future? In front of outsiders, he wouldn't have to keep calling Tang San "good disciple" but could be more affectionate and call him "Little San."

So Yu Xiaogang got carried away and said, "Xiao San, you wait here. Your master will go to the Spirit Hall right now and get justice for you."

"Wait a minute, Xiao Gang, you're not really planning to go to the Pope to ask for the soul bone, are you? Do you even have a chance to see the Pope?" Flander asked.

"Have you forgotten my identity code?" Yu Xiaogang said arrogantly. He took out a token from his sleeve and said calmly, "This is the Pope's Token. The holder is an elder of the Spirit Hall, and seeing it is as if the Pope himself is present."

(End of this chapter)