Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 201, Section 220: The Short-Haired Beggar

That day, Shrek Academy finished their training at the Soto City Arena and were heading back to the academy.

Along the way, Xiao Wu held Er Ming's hand and chatted and laughed, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar surrounded Tang San.

Tang San felt a surge of anger when he saw Xiao Wu holding hands with Er Ming, but in order not to ruin his image in Xiao Wu's mind, he could only suppress his jealousy.

Just as they were about to enter the village, a filthy, foul-smelling beggar with a crew cut rushed out from a corner next to a stone at the village entrance and pounced on Tang San.

Suddenly being pounced on by this short-haired beggar who reeked of photinia flowers, Tang San's mood immediately worsened.

He immediately threw the short-haired beggar to the ground and then started punching and kicking him.

"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I'm your teacher!" The short-haired beggar pleaded on the ground, clutching his head, but his jaw was dislocated, his voice was hoarse, and his words were indistinct.

However, Tang San acted as if he hadn't heard the beggar's pleas for mercy, beating the short-haired beggar until his face was bruised and swollen, until—

Flander recognized Yu Xiaogang's identity and quickly stepped in to stop him: "Stop, Tang San, this is your teacher."

Tang San was "slightly taken aback" and then looked at him carefully. He was "greatly shocked" and quickly helped the man with the crew cut up from the ground. He said apologetically, "Teacher, you are the teacher. I'm sorry, Tang San didn't recognize you."

In fact, Tang San had already recognized Yu Xiaogang's identity, but he used the excuse of not recognizing him to vent the grievances he had suffered at Er Ming's hands on Yu Xiaogang.

"Xiao Gang, how did you end up like this?" Flander invited a healing-type Soul Master to treat Yu Xiao Gang.

After recovering, Gangzi remained silent when faced with Flander's questions. That memory was too embarrassing for him, and he didn't want a third party to know.

It wasn't until privately that Tang San knocked on Yu Xiaogang's door and entered his study.

"Xiao San." Yu Xiaogang's eyes darted away when he saw Tang San. On the way back, he missed his beloved disciple very much, but when he actually saw Tang San, he didn't want to see him because he had failed to complete the task his disciple had given him.

"Teacher," Tang San asked, feigning respect, "I wish to ask you, have you retrieved my external soul bone?"

Knowing he couldn't avoid it, Yu Xiaogang could only change the subject, saying, "Little San, actually, even without this soul bone, your twin martial soul talent shouldn't be underestimated, right?"

"Gangzi—" Tang San's expression changed instantly. He gritted his teeth and said, "So, you didn't get my soul bone back from Bibi Dong, right?"

"Xiao San, you actually called me Gangzi, you wouldn't even call me teacher." Yu Xiaogang clutched his chest and said painfully, "You once said that a teacher for a day is a father for life."

"I said—" Tang San roared, his eyes red and his breath coming in ragged gasps, "I said that if you helped me get the soul bone back, then you would be my teacher for life, and I would be your father for life. Did you do that?" "But, a teacher for a day is a father for life. No matter what, I am still your teacher. According to this saying," Yu Xiaogang, who had failed to get things done, was determined to shamelessly pin the title of father on Tang San.

"You don't deserve it—" Tang San raised his hand and slapped Yu Xiaogang hard across the face.

"You little brat, you actually hit me? You hit your teacher?" Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San with heartache.

"I'm not just going to hit you, I'm going to beat you up."

In front of outsiders, Tang San had to pretend to be respectful and dignified in order to maintain his glamorous image. But in private, Tang San didn't need to pretend. Was he even worthy of pretending for Gangzi?

Tang San immediately took action, since his level had already surpassed Gangzi's and he could now reverse the Heavenly Gang.

“Hmph, ahh ...

Finally, Tang San felt relieved after the fight, and then he asked, "Gangzi, didn't you say you and Bibi Dong were old acquaintances? How come you couldn't even do something as simple as this?"

Tang San thought about how many changes had occurred in this timeline, and how he had brought up Yu Xiaogang's name when he encountered Bibi Dong, but it was all useless and his soul bone was still taken away by Bibi Dong. He also thought about how he had asked Yu Xiaogang to go to the Spirit Hall to ask for his soul bone back this time, and the result was that he came back in this state.

This made Tang San wonder if Gangzi, this good-for-nothing, still had any value. Had his relationship with Bibi Dong changed? If it was confirmed that Gangzi's relationship with Bibi Dong wasn't as good as Tang San thought, then this chamber pot could be thrown away.

Yu Xiaogang patted his short hair and said, "Xiao San, I didn't see Bibi Dong when I went to the Spirit Hall this time. I was stopped by two wolfhounds kept by the Spirit Hall at the entrance of the Papal Palace. They said my Papal Decree was wrong and detained me."

"The Pope's decree is wrong???" Tang San was stunned.

"I only found out after I went to the Spirit Hall that the Spirit Hall re-elected the three upper sects, revoked the previously issued Papal Decrees, and reforged them. The old Papal Decrees that are currently scattered are those belonging to the Clear Sky Sect. Going to the Spirit Hall was tantamount to walking into a trap. Before I even saw Dong'er, I was already captured by the Spirit Hall and suffered torture for a month." Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San with grievance, hoping to find some comfort from Tang San.

As if he hadn't seen Yu Xiaogang's gaze, Tang San pondered to himself, "So that's how it is. Then it's not surprising."

In his previous life, Yu Xiaogang's papal decree was incredibly useful. He could casually show it, and anyone below the level of a Spirit Hall elder, even Salas, would have to give him face. Those lower-ranking lackeys were completely subservient; he could make them kneel or get lost at will. Tang San even greatly admired Yu Xiaogang for a time. However, he later learned from his father that the papal decree belonged to the Clear Sky Sect. Tang San's slight admiration for Yu Xiaogang vanished. "So it's my father's stuff! Yu Xiaogang, aren't you enjoying showing off with my father's things?"
However, having been reborn, Tang San knew that the Papal Decree could only be used to its fullest potential in the hands of Yu Xiaogang. Tang San just didn't expect that the problem would lie with the Papal Decree itself.

"So it seems—" A glint of light flashed in Tang San's eyes, and his intelligent little brain quickly started working: So it was that reborn person from the Spirit Hall who influenced the established course.

If a reborn individual from the Spirit Hall attempts to change the predetermined fate of the Spirit Hall's destruction, then the reforging of the Pope's Decree must have been their doing.

(End of this chapter)