Tang San forced a sneer from his throat, his eyes blazing with coldness: "In the end, it's just about finding a suitable excuse for his actions."

"Kid, if you can't speak, I can shut your mouth forever." Yue Guan's gaze darkened, and his hand, clad in sharp, long armor, made a vague gesture in the air, outlining a cold glint.

"Really? I can tell you're very protective of your teacher." Qian Yuelong tugged at Yue Guan's sleeve.

Yue Guan, whose clothes were being tugged, said, "..." Okay.

It was all a futile struggle in the end.

"The other woman..."

Yu Xiaogang, struggling to his feet, called out Tang San's name.

Tang San said coldly, "My teacher is a great man. And someone as prejudiced as you will never understand."

Qian Yuelong smiled but her eyes didn't reach her eyes: "If you mean Yu Xiaogang's ten core competitiveness theories, then I can answer you here: his ten theories are either wrong or stolen."

"What did you say!?"

Flander, seeing his brother repeatedly humiliated, unleashed a terrifying aura, forcefully breaking free from the pressure of a Title Douluo-level being. His deep blue eagle claws were about to strike Qian Yuelong.

Yue Guan glanced at him sideways, flicked her index finger in the air, and the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum instantly dispersed into several petal-shaped sharp weapons, which flew and spun to the necks of the Shrek group in an instant. Even Dai Mubai, who was unconscious on the ground more than 20 meters away, could not escape becoming a hostage.

"Listen carefully to what my girl has to say."

Yue Guan said this in a permissive tone.

"mean!"

Flander froze, his bloodshot eyes glaring at Yue Guan, his heart filled with extreme anger. He even wanted to fight to the death with Yue Guan, but the difference in strength and realm was overwhelming.

No matter how angry you are, you can only be controlled by others.

Being weak means being vulnerable to attack; you have no self-respect in front of the strong.

This is the most real world.

Ignoring the angry glares from the Shrek Seven Devils, Ghost rolled his eyes at Yue Guan's indulgent attitude.

Why drag this out? You should have just slapped her, but you're letting the Holy Maiden get away with it!

"Teacher, let Tang San go. He poses no threat to me." Qian Yuelong called out Tang San's name, her tone light and casual, as if she didn't take Tang San seriously.

Tang San felt a lump in his throat, partly out of anger at his own lack of strength, and partly because his mind was racing, desperately trying to take advantage of the enemy's clear understanding of him to find an opportunity to subdue Qian Yuelong in one fell swoop.

Yue Guan sized up the brat whose soul power had just reached the threshold of level 40. After confirming that Tang San did not have the strength to threaten his disciple, he moved his mind slightly and withdrew the sharp fragment of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum petal that was pressed against the edge of Tang San's neck.

"Hmm, where to begin? Oh right, let's start with that saying, 'There are no useless martial souls, only soul masters who don't know how to cultivate.'" Qian Yuelong looked at Tang San, who was getting up from the ground, and casually revealed the scars on Yu Xiaogang's body:

"Although he comes from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he possesses a mutated, useless martial soul. His talent is what it is, and so is his bottleneck. He will never be able to break through to the Soul Master level in his entire life."

"He boasts of being unparalleled in theory and possessing vast knowledge. So why, with such profound understanding of Soul Master cultivation, has he been stuck at level 29 for two or three decades, unable to break through to the Soul Venerable realm?"

Tang San took a deep breath, suppressing his other negative emotions, and calmly entered a state of focus, retorting, "But he has already broken through to the Soul Master level! This proves that Teacher's theory is correct! He is living proof!"

Qian Yuelong said calmly, "Yes. He himself is the best witness to prove that this theory is wrong. But I heard that he used external forces to break through to the Great Soul Master and enter the Soul Venerable realm."

"If he hadn't consumed the immortal herbs and had only relied on his own cultivation, how could he have broken through to the Soul Venerable Realm?"

Tang San was startled, and Flander and the others were also taken aback, their pupils contracting slightly.

Both Yue Guan and Gui Mei couldn't help but look at Qian Yue Long.

How did she know that the other person had taken the magic herb?

Did she specifically send someone to keep an eye on Yu Xiaogang?

Yue Guan cast a questioning look at the ghost, who shook its head almost imperceptibly, indicating that it didn't know either.

As Qian Yuelong grows older, she will be able to mobilize the Dark Soul Guards within the Spirit Hall to do certain things, just like Qian Renxue.

Although each of the higher-ups has their own agenda, mobilizing the Dark Soul Guards requires the approval of these two elders in charge of punishments.

It could only be Qian Yuelong's own connections, not members of the Spirit Hall.

Tang San was speechless.

Because what Qian Yuelong said was true.

Even the least talented Soul Master will see an increase in Soul Power after twenty or thirty years of cultivation.

Unless one is a useless Soul Master, it is impossible for their Soul Power to stagnate even after cultivating for twenty or thirty years.

If Tang San hadn't given him the precious immortal herbs, Yu Xiaogang's lifelong bottleneck would have been limited to becoming a Great Soul Master, and he wouldn't have been able to cultivate to level 30 Soul Power.

Not everyone is like Yu Xiaogang, who has an extraordinary disciple named Tang San.

Tang San couldn't refute this point, so he could only use another piece of "evidence" to refute Qian Yuelong: "Teacher's situation may just be an isolated case, and I myself can also be proof of this theory."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tang San opened his right hand and summoned his deep purple Blue Silver Grass.

Yue Guan let out a soft exclamation: "Blue Silver Grass?" He remembered that this was a notoriously useless martial soul.

How could someone with a useless martial spirit cultivate to the Soul Master level?

Could it be that Yu Xiaogang really has some skills?

Tang San calmly said, "As you can see, the martial soul I awakened is the Blue Silver Grass, a useless martial soul that everyone on the continent rejects. Yet, at such a young age, I have still cultivated it to the Soul Master realm."

"The teacher's situation may be an isolated case, but there are absolutely no useless martial souls, only those that don't know how to cultivate."

That's it?

Qian Yuelong looked at Tang San, who was still completely unaware of her background and the origin of her martial soul, and raised an eyebrow slightly:

"Are you sure what you awakened was just ordinary Blue Silver Grass?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Tang San's eyes, but he still nodded confidently: "Isn't this obvious? Do you think I could fake my martial soul to deceive you?"

Qian Yuelong sighed: "It seems you really know nothing about your own martial soul to dare to say that. Never mind, let's leave that theory aside for now. Once you know the truth about your martial soul, you'll slap yourself in the face."

The noble Blue Silver Emperor bloodline of Blue Silver Grass is being told that it's just ordinary Blue Silver Grass?

Other Soul Masters who have awakened Blue Silver Grass might pick up spiked clubs and chase after you to beat you up.

Tang San frowned.

This involves his blind spots in understanding.

He glanced at his companions and decided to stall for a little longer before starting to talk to Qian Yuelong about other theoretical verifications.

For example, some plant-type weapon spirits can actually absorb the spirit rings of beast spirits.

Qian Yuelong watched as Yu Xiaogang gradually calmed down, looking at her with an expression that said, "He's absolutely right," as if she were some kind of clown. She couldn't help but interrupt Tang San's eloquent speech:

"Don't you think this is utter nonsense? Even ordinary people know that the older the medicinal herbs, the better their medicinal properties. When a Soul Master absorbs a Soul Beast's Soul Ring, shouldn't they choose the best and most powerful Soul Beast?"

"Furthermore, theories like how innate soul power determines the strength of a martial soul, and that plant-type weapon martial souls can absorb beast martial soul rings—do you think someone who was rejected by his family, expelled from the family, and penniless had the connections and resources to verify these things back then?"

It's all because she got together with her adoptive mother, and the latter, blinded by love, wanted to help her lover improve, so she shared the resources with him!

How dare he claim it as his own theory?!

When Yu Xiaogang was called out, he stiffened as he thought about the source of this knowledge and theoretical basis, and said in a hoarse voice: "Even if the knowledge is not something I have personally practiced, it is still the result of my own experience and theoretical summarization."

Tang San suddenly understood, looking at her with a determined expression: "Teacher is right. These theories are the result of continuous learning and deduction until new conclusions are drawn. They are the result of Teacher's summary!"

Qian Yuelong: "......"