21: Dai Mubai wakes up

The three returned in the evening, covered in sweat but laughing and talking. They greeted Flander, tossed aside their bamboo baskets, and prepared to eat.

At this time, Yu Xiaogang didn't see Tang San and couldn't help but stop the three, opening his mouth to ask.

"Why didn't Xiao San and Xiao Wu come back with you?"

Ma Hongjun rolled his eyes and spoke disdainfully.

"We ran for a long time and didn't see him. We even waited for him for a while. Who knows what you were saying to your good disciple."

Upon hearing Ma Hongjun, Yu Xiaogang's veins on his forehead bulged again. In just one day, Ma Hongjun had already embarrassed him twice.

Seeing this, Flander turned to look at Oscar, his expression becoming a bit serious as he asked about the reason.

"Oscar, did you wait for Tang San and Xiao Wu then? If they couldn't keep going, as people from the same academy, why didn't you help each other?"

Seeing this, Oscar's face turned a bit ugly. He knew what Flander meant, but what happened in the morning was still fresh in his mind, so the three of them unanimously decided not to pay attention to Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Just as he was about to speak, Ning Rongrong interrupted him.

"Help them? Excuse me, Dean, who is it that caused us to have to run laps? But I just said a truthful sentence, and that Tang San got extremely angry, immediately retorted against us, and even looked like he wanted to fight. Did we really deserve to run laps?"

Ning Rongrong already had quite a bit of resentment about the morning's events. Although Oscar and Ma Hongjun had comforted her and she had tolerated it for a while, it didn't mean she wasn't angry inside. Hearing this, she became even more furious and immediately launched a barrage of questions.

"Alright, alright, this kind of thing won't happen again. You go eat first."

Seeing the situation becoming tense, Zhao Wuji spoke up and told the three to go eat first.

Then, Zhao Wuji went to Flander's ear, quietly comforted him for a bit, and then left.

"Flander, you need to know that the current situation is already tense. Hongjun and Little Oscar initially heard you privately reveal that the Grandmaster was very powerful and so on, but the Grandmaster is indeed in the area of theory. Asking someone who is much weaker than themselves and initially acted somewhat arrogant, only to come and teach them theory, will inevitably cause some resentment. Moreover, Tang San's behavior this morning was indeed a bit excessive. Don't forget the original intention of establishing our academy. Don't be like this again because of what happened back then."

Looking at Zhao Wuji's departing back, Flander finally felt somewhat enlightened. Yes, even Ma Hongjun and Oscar were very close to becoming Soul Grandmasters now. What's more, Dai Mubai's strength was already no less than his own and Old Zhao's. He was indeed a bit too eager to have all the students accept Little Gang, and he forgot that being too fast and overly flattering in this matter could be counterproductive.

At this time, Yu Xiaogang was gnashing his teeth. After hearing about the strength of Ma Hongjun and Oscar. He couldn't understand why they had such cultivation at their age, not even his twin Martial Soul disciple Tang San could compare to them.

What's more, these peerless geniuses were so disrespectful to him, which made the inwardly insecure Yu Xiaogang almost scratch his ears and cheeks in anxiety.

At this time, Tang San and Xiao Wu also walked back, covered in sweat. Judging by the aura on their bodies, they might have even used Soul Power.

Seeing this, Flander was a bit displeased. Tang San and Xiao Wu were the last to return and had even used Soul Power. Just as he was about to speak, Yu Xiaogang interrupted him.

"Xiao San, why did you use Soul Power?"

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang was even more frustrated, wishing his disciple could be better. His disciple was the last to return and had even used Soul Power, which was unacceptable to him who cared about appearances.

"Sorry, Teacher, I..."

As soon as Tang San started to apologize, Xiao Wu immediately refused to accept it and angrily stared at Flander and Yu Xiaogang, starting to rant.

"San Ge hasn't even broken through to Soul Venerable yet, and you two Soul Grandmasters made us carry 20 jin. Was San Ge wrong to defend you?"

After Xiao Wu's outburst, Flander and Yu Xiaogang finally remembered the fact that Tang San and Xiao Wu had not yet broken through to Soul Venerable.

The two couldn't help but feel awkward, but in an instant, the shameless Yu Xiaogang took advantage of Xiao Wu's words and started to speak.

"Yes, Flander, didn't Xiao San and Xiao Wu take the entrance test with you? Why didn't you take the intensity into account at all?"

At this time, Flander was speechless. Although it was true that he had forgotten Tang San and Xiao Wu's cultivation level, it was mainly because of the three students, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai, that he also felt that the people Yu Xiaogang recommended were probably similar.

Besides, Yu Xiaogang, didn't you also not open your mouth to remind me? Weren't the things I did this morning to help you vent your anger? Wasn't the suggestion of running laps something you proposed yesterday?

Just now, after Zhao Wuji's reminder, Flander also had a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart, but he still suppressed it, turned around sullenly, and left, leaving a faint sentence.

"It was my poor consideration."

After another night, in the morning, Dai Mubai slowly opened his eyes and circulated the Soul Power within his body. As he expected, he was only a step away from level 50.

Dai Mubai pushed open the door and saw Oscar and Ma Hongjun walking and complaining about something.

"Dai Laoda!"

When Ma Hongjun and Oscar saw Dai Mubai appear unharmed, they grabbed his arms one on each side and examined him.

After all, the version they heard was: Dai Mubai was injured when he was accidentally affected by the venting of a peak Soul Douluo while cultivating Soul Skills in the back mountain.

Dai Mubai looked at their concern but still chose to shake them off. After all, Zhu Zhuqing should also be finished with her seclusion and coming over in the next two days. He really wanted to loudly emphasize to the two of them again to pay attention to their image.

"Dai Laoda, your recovery is really abnormal. You were hit by a Soul Skill from a peak Soul Douluo and recovered in just a few days. And looking at your current situation, you're not far from becoming a Soul King. Dai Laoda, do you have some kind of item that makes you stronger when you get hit?"

Ma Hongjun looked at Dai Mubai's recovery and the Soul Power fluctuations he was currently displaying and still clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Fatty, that's like a dog's mouth spitting out ivory. You want me to lie in bed for a month, don't you? Did anything happen in the past two days? You two were complaining so loudly just now."

Dai Mubai was also speechless when he heard the last part about the item that makes you stronger when you get hit, but he did have a half-baked system on him. Afraid that Ma Hongjun would couldn't help but come up with something close to the system again, Mu Bai quickly changed the subject.

"It's not the Dean who found a level 29 person to teach us some specialized theoretical knowledge. At first, the Dean revealed to us how powerful this person was, and Fatty and I thought this person was a Soul Douluo powerhouse. Fatty asked and found out he was only level 29. Yesterday, he even punished us by making us run laps, and I'm still feeling a bit uncomfortable."

Oscar spoke first at this time, after all, he knew the cause of the incident yesterday. Flander actually blamed the three of them for not helping Tang San and Xiao Wu, when this incident might not have happened if Tang San hadn't said that extra sentence.

"Didn't he make you take a bath or anything?"

Dai Mubai couldn't help but ask in confusion after listening.

Dai Mubai thought to himself: In the original work, Yu Xiaogang still made them take baths, which is why running was useful. Otherwise, what's the point of weighted running to train escape ability?

Oscar and Ning Rongrong were fine, auxiliary Soul Masters running laps was okay, but the remaining three wouldn't have any effect after running if they didn't soak in that special medicinal bath.

Actually, this really couldn't be blamed on Flander. After all, it was Yu Xiaogang who proposed this. After all, his initial plan was to talk about running in a few days.

Because the medicinal materials needed for the medicinal bath after running were really not cheap. He couldn't just make the money-loving Flander shell out such a large sum as soon as he arrived, right?

So, the two of them forgot about this matter amidst Xiao Wu's continuous complaints, which caused the five of them to feel sore as soon as they woke up in the morning.

Especially Tang San and Xiao Wu, who were the most serious. Although they used Soul Power, they only used it when they couldn't keep going anymore. This also caused Tang San to almost fall out of bed when he woke up in the morning.

"Hello everyone, I am your teacher for the next special training phase, Yu Xiaogang."

Yu Xiaogang was still introducing himself to the six people, his confidence still full. After all, he was confident that his "hard work" of so many years of research would conquer the four unfamiliar people in front of him.

"Today's special training is at... Sotuo City Arena."

Hearing Yu Xiaogang say so much, only to end up at the arena, Ma Hongjun and Oscar's faces began to show impatience.

They were already the gold rank Soul Venerable duo in the arena, and they had no interest in this at all. Moreover, there weren't enough people around them for a seven-person team Soul Battle.

It was clear that this Yu Xiaogang had no special training plan arranged for Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai. So, Ma Hongjun and Oscar's expressions became increasingly impatient as time went on.

Meanwhile, Dai Mubai, who heard about Soto City, thought of Zhu Zhuqing and didn't pay attention to Yu Xiaogang's later words at all.