Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 30 Perseverance: Yu Xiaogang

Speaking of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family, Tang San thought of Yu Xiaogang again.

The reason this guy developed this personality is most likely because at the moment he awakened his martial soul, his expectations were too far from reality, and coupled with the fact that he was the son of the clan leader, the people in the clan had opinions about him.

Before awakening his martial soul, he was the son of the clan leader, and could be considered the chosen one of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan. Even at a young age, he must have been instilled with a lot of ideas about the glory of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, and his personality must have been very proud.

After awakening his martial soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus not only mutated into a detached martial soul, but its innate soul power was only half a level.

This disparity must have made him feel inferior.

Pride and inferiority, these two conflicting emotions, shaped Yu Xiaogang's current personality. Coupled with his emotional setbacks... Speaking of which, Tang San has to point out that all the messy things in the original Douluo Continent were caused by Yu Xiaogang's two relationships.

However, Yu Xiaogang is indeed irresponsible.

Putting aside Bibi Dong's romantic storyline, just looking at Liu Erlong's storyline, Yu Xiaogang was told that Liu Erlong was his cousin, and he couldn't accept it at first and ran away, which was actually understandable.

After all, any normal person would be completely overwhelmed and unable to accept it if, on their wedding day, their own uncle suddenly told them that the woman they were marrying was his illegitimate daughter.

Choosing to escape at the first opportunity is actually not a problem; it's human nature and understandable.

Yu Xiaogang has been hiding for so many years without replying. Isn't that a bit too much? Could it be that he hasn't accepted the reality yet? That would be too cowardly.

Thinking of this, Tang San pulled his wandering thoughts back and continued to Xiao Wu: "The next four sects are the Elephant Armor Sect, the Holy Dragon Sect, the Star Crown Sect, and the White Tiger Sect."

"The Elephant Armor Sect's martial soul is the Diamond Mammoth, possessing formidable defensive power and immense strength; the Holy Dragon Sect's martial soul is the Sub-Dragon, the White Armored Earth Dragon; the Star Crown Sect's martial soul is the Star Crown, said to be able to condense the power of stars for cultivation; the White Tiger Sect is the sect of the Star Luo Empire's royal family, preventing the White Tiger lineage from dying out. After all, the Star Luo royal family's actions, if they go too far and something goes wrong, the White Tiger's legacy will be broken."

"The three upper sects all have titled Douluo; while the strongest of the four lower sects is Soul Douluo."

Xiao Wu carefully memorized the words and secretly thought: Before fighting in the future, I must find out the other party's background first, otherwise I will beat up the grandson and the grandfather will come. Whether it is a Soul Douluo or a Title Douluo, I will be finished.

After finishing their conversation, Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at a small restaurant in Notting City.

"You can order, but don't waste food," Tang San said.

"Don't worry, I'm known for my frugality at Notting Academy." Xiao Wu patted her chest, which had no impressive size, and assured them, while also coiling her scorpion braid behind her back into her bosom.

The scorpion braid was so long that it dangled on the ground when she sat down.

Tang San frowned and said, "Your hair is too long, and you don't have any ranged attack capabilities, so you're at a disadvantage in close combat."

If it's a regular spirit battle, then it doesn't matter, since there are rules in the competition that prohibit attacking certain body parts, pulling hair, gouging eyes, etc.

However, if you encounter bandits or evil fallen ones who try to rob you while hunting souls, they won't care about martial ethics; they'll just use whatever works best for them.

According to the Spirit Hall's book "Travels on the Continent," Tang San knew that many commoner spirit masters were tricked and killed by ordinary people while traveling.

Although Soul Masters are more powerful than ordinary people, they are still made of flesh and blood. If an ordinary person gets close to them without any precautions and suddenly throws something like lime at them, the Soul Master will not be able to react in time.

In Tang San's opinion, Xiao Wu's long braid was a burden if it couldn't be turned into an advantage, so it would be better to cut it off.

"I won't cut it." Xiao Wu cautiously covered her scorpion tail braid, afraid that Tang San would secretly cut it off. "My mother used to comb my hair often; it's a beautiful memory."

"Okay, I'll try my best to make your hair an advantage."

Tang San stopped mentioning the haircut, and regarding the application of the scorpion braid, he thought of an anime he had watched in his previous life that depicted the daily life of assassins. The female lead in the anime was similar to Xiao Wu, with a scorpion braid, except that the end of the braid was tied with a spearhead, which could be used as a short sword and was very flexible.

By the way, if a short sword were actually tied to one's hair, could it be used as a headdress instead of a weapon?

This is a question worth thinking about.

However, the right of interpretation certainly lies with the organizers of the competition.

At this moment, Xiao Wu had already ordered the dishes, and the waiter quickly brought them over. Most of them were vegetarian, but there were also meats, such as chicken and mutton.

After dinner, Xiao Wu planned to return to Notting Academy and asked Tang San, "Are you going back?"

"Yes, I need to ask Professor Mohen for a long leave." Tang San nodded. "Also, I need to look up some information about some theories in the school library. You'd better come with me; it will be good for you."

"No way! Just seeing those words gives me a headache, let alone those thick books," Xiao Wu complained, rolling her eyes as she tried to come up with an excuse.

"Whatever you want. Anyway, you haven't even learned all the commonly used characters yet. Just come to my place every day to practice, and I'll check on your progress." Tang San didn't intend to force Xiao Wu to study. He knew that forcing someone to read would be a waste of time. "By the way, don't tell Wang Sheng and the others about the tree-climbing method."

Xiao Wu asked, puzzled, "What? Are you worried they'll learn it?"

"I'm just afraid that someone will follow the clues to find me," Tang San said. "They don't even have level 10 soul power. After climbing three or four times, their soul power will be almost exhausted, and they'll probably give up afterward. Besides, this is also a kind of self-created soul skill of mine."

"Do you know the value of a self-created soul skill? A powerful self-created soul skill cannot be compared to a 100,000-year-old soul bone."

"I don't want to be approached by Soul Douluos and Title Douluos from various families before I'm even fully developed, forced to join this place or that place. The feeling of being unable to control my own destiny is unpleasant."

"And our training at the Spirit Hall is more discreet."

Upon hearing about the titles "Contra Douluo" and "Title Douluo," Xiao Wu immediately agreed, promising not to tell Wang Sheng and the others.

Compared to Tang San, Xiao Wu actually had even less of a choice.

The two returned to Notting College and found Yu Xiaogang still standing at the entrance. Upon seeing them, he immediately strode towards them, his face full of confidence.

Xiao Wu felt a bit disgusted with him: "Is this guy stupid? He's been standing outside the door for so long."

Tang San said, "He definitely didn't just stand there the whole time. He probably thought we would go back to school for lunch. After all, we are work-study students and don't have that much money. So he didn't want to give up on taking us as his apprentices. He probably ate lunch early and was waiting at the door."

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang walked up to the two of them and said, "Xiao Wu, Tang San, are you really unwilling to become my disciples?"

"I don't want to." Xiao Wu looked disgusted, still lacking in emotional intelligence as before. "You can't protect our growth, so what's the point of having you as our master?"

Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and said in a gentle voice, "However, I am a master of theory and can help you choose better soul rings so that you can obtain the best soul skills."

The Lower Four Sects truly only have Soul Douluo level members. In the original story, Hu Yanzhen and the sect leader of the Holy Dragon Sect only broke through to the Title Douluo level after joining the Spirit Hall. Hu Yanzhen, in particular, was only level 90 before the final battle and hadn't even obtained his ninth spirit ring when he was stabbed to death with a harpoon.

(End of this chapter)