Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 20 Yu Xiaogang's Tortured Mentality

In his final year at Notting Elementary School, when Yang Ping'an was in sixth grade, everything was the same as usual. Nothing special happened. Apart from cultivation and training, nothing else changed in Yang Ping'an's eyes.

Of course, there was also a little incident, namely the changes in the Purple Gold Mastiff itself.

After the Golden Mastiff grew larger, Yang Ping'an, as usual, placed it on an empty forging table and busied himself with forging.

For some reason, the news somehow reached Yu Xiaogang's ears, causing him great shock.

Normally, the two people's martial souls are the same, but after Yang Ping'an's Purple Gold Mastiff absorbed its first soul ring, it underwent a significant change. In other words, Yang Ping'an's Purple Gold Mastiff is now stronger than Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao.

This was like a bolt from the blue for Yu Xiaogang, who had spent his whole life studying martial souls. It was the first time he had ever heard that Luo Sanpao's martial soul could change like this.

That morning, Yang Ping'an was summoned to the principal's office. Inside were still Dean Wu, Director Su, and Yu Xiaogang. It seemed the three had already had a debate. Surprisingly, Tang San was also standing behind Yu Xiaogang.

After entering the principal's office, Yang Ping'an simply bowed and greeted him, then asked with a puzzled look, "Principal Wu, what brings you here?"

Principal Wu seemed a little embarrassed upon hearing this, as he appeared to have just been angry. However, he still smiled and said, "Student Yang Ping'an, this master has heard that your martial soul has undergone changes and is worried that these changes may be malignant mutations. Therefore, he has some questions for you."

Yang Ping'an looked at Yu Xiaogang with some confusion: "Master, may I ask what business you have with me?"

Yu Xiaogang was quite anxious at this moment: "Yang Ping'an, could you let me see your martial soul? My martial soul is also Luo Sanpao, but I heard that your martial soul has changed, so I want to study it."

Yang Ping'an's face darkened upon hearing this. Ignoring Director Su and Dean Wu beside him, he said, "Master, although I respectfully address you as Master, your martial soul is a secret of every soul master. It is extremely impolite to casually discuss researching someone else's martial soul, and it is also a taboo in the soul master world."

Upon hearing this, Director Su and Dean Wu's faces darkened. Just as Yang Ping'an had said, this was indeed very impolite, especially since it might involve their personal privacy.

Yu Xiaogang looked a little embarrassed; he understood these basic principles of the Soul Master world.

However, Tang San, who was behind him, suddenly spoke up: "Young man, my teacher is an expert in martial spirit research. If you have his guidance, it will definitely have a great effect on your future cultivation."

Yang Ping'an sneered inwardly: These two master and disciple are quite interesting. One has a mysterious self-confidence, and the other has a mysterious worship. They are a match made in heaven.

Yang Ping'an finally shook his head: "I'm really sorry, classmate, I don't really like having others study my martial soul, and I have my own plan for cultivation, so I don't need anyone else's guidance for the time being."

Tang San seemed surprised that Yang Ping'an would refuse his teacher's guidance: "My teacher is a renowned master in the world of soul masters. It was through his guidance that I became powerful. Don't you want to become even stronger? Don't you want your future to be better?"

Yang Ping'an smiled slightly: "Young man, I think I've made myself clear. I'd like to ask you a question: would you allow unrelated people to study your martial soul?"

Tang San paused upon hearing this, unsure how to respond. His Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer martial souls were top secrets; how could he allow strangers to study them?

Yu Xiaogang seemed a little unwilling: "Yang Ping'an, could you tell me what kind of spirit beast your first spirit ring came from?"

Yang Ping'an glanced at the four people around him, thought for a moment, and then said calmly, "A dark gold tortoise, it should be over two hundred years old, but I can't say anything else."

Yu Xiaogang's expression changed drastically: "A black-gold turtle? Could it be a Black-Gold Nether Armored Turtle? Yang, may I ask why you chose a turtle as your first spirit ring?"

"It was just luck. Back in the Soul Hunting Forest, I searched alone for a long time and finally found a heavily injured golden tortoise. I thought it was very good, so I used it as my first soul ring."

Yang Ping'an's face was expressionless, but anyone with eyes could see his indifference towards Yu Xiaogang.

Tang San frowned slightly, clearly dissatisfied with Yang Ping'an's tone.

Yu Xiaogang quickly asked again, "Student Yang, could you tell me what your first soul skill is?"

However, everyone's expression changed upon hearing this, especially Principal Wu's expression changed drastically: "Master, that's enough, there's no need to talk about this anymore."

Yang Ping'an ignored Yu Xiaogang and said, "Principal Wu, Director Su, if there's nothing else, I'll go back to my studies now."

However, Yu Xiaogang seemed extremely unwilling, his face unusually anxious: "Student Yang, may I ask if your first soul skill is farting?"

"no."

After uttering those two words, Yang Ping'an left the principal's office without hesitation, ignoring the expressions of the others.

Yu Xiaogang seemed to be greatly shocked, his face even showing signs of madness: "How is this possible? Why isn't his soul skill just a fart? Why?"

Seeing Yu Xiaogang's expression, Principal Wu and Director Su didn't know how to comfort him.

Tang San, standing nearby, quickly comforted him, "Teacher, what's wrong? Is there a problem with his soul skill?"

Yu Xiaogang ignored Tang San's words and returned to his dormitory, quickly flipping through various books, muttering to himself, "Why isn't his soul skill a fart?"

After leaving the principal's office, Yang Ping'an sneered: This Yu Xiaogang is quite interesting. How can he be called a master with such limited knowledge of soul masters?

For the rest of the time, Yang Ping'an ignored Yu Xiaogang and the others, and focused on his own training and study.

Yu Xiaogang, however, was a bit persistent, approaching Yang Ping'an several times, seemingly still wanting to ask about the secrets of the Purple-Gold Mastiff's soul skills. But Yang Ping'an politely declined each time, since he always claimed to know nothing about it, given that there were just too many inexplicable things like this in the world of soul masters.

Yu Xiaogang appeared unusually dejected, even sporting a stubble beard, and his eyes were filled with confusion.

But all of this has nothing to do with Yang Ping'an. As long as he doesn't reveal the key points, given Yu Xiaogang's personality and limited abilities, it will only be a form of torture for him. It can be considered as getting some interest from his revenge in advance.

For a Soul Master who specializes in studying Martial Souls, especially one who claims to be a renowned master in the Soul Master world, wouldn't it be the greatest torment to not even be able to fully understand the details of their own Martial Soul?

(End of this chapter)