After bringing Tang San to his residence, Yu Xiaogang finally asked Tang San, "What exactly happened?"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's question, Tang San hesitated for a moment, but ultimately recounted everything that had happened earlier, down to the last detail.
"Hmph!"
After hearing Tang San's explanation, Yu Xiaogang snorted coldly and said, "Children nowadays are truly becoming more and more ill-mannered."
However, Yu Xiaogang didn't say anything further. They were just children. There were many people in this world who mocked him, and a few words from children weren't enough to bother him.
Following that, Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San again and said, "While I am naturally pleased that you stood up for me, I am very dissatisfied with your actions this time. Do you know why?"
Tang San thought for a moment and replied, "I should have paid attention to that bird. I was too focused on directly dealing with Mo Hui and thus overlooked the bird's strength, otherwise Mo Hui wouldn't have been able to defeat me so easily."
"That's just on the surface!"
Yu Xiaogang shook his head and said, "Your real problem was not gathering enough information before the battle. You made assumptions about the opponent's strength, which led you to underestimate Bo Bo's combat power. That is the main reason for your failure.
How did you know that even if you rushed in front of Mo Hui, you would definitely win against him, and not fall into the combined attack of Mo Hui and Bo Bo?"
Hearing this, a thoughtful expression appeared on Tang San's face.
"Actually, Mo Hui's close combat ability is not weak. He has defeated older students multiple times in head-on battles. If you didn't know this, you would likely lose to him again the next time you fight!"
As he spoke, seeing Tang San lost in thought, a slight smile appeared at the corner of Yu Xiaogang's mouth.
In his opinion, it didn't matter if Tang San lost once or twice. After all, Mo Hui only had innate level 3 soul power and wouldn't be Tang San's opponent in the future. Losing early could also make Tang San realize the principle that there are always people better than you.
"However, you don't need to feel inferior. If I'm not mistaken, that collision from Bo Bo was likely due to concentrating its soul power in one spot, otherwise it wouldn't have had such power.
But this method is only somewhat useful before obtaining a soul ring. You have innate full soul power, and Mo Hui is currently only at level 9 soul power. It will take some time before he can break through to level 10. Tomorrow, I will take you to obtain a soul ring. Once your Blue Silver Grass gains its first soul skill, that Mo Hui will no longer be your opponent."
As he spoke, a confident expression appeared on Yu Xiaogang's face. This was the advantage of innate full soul power – you could directly obtain a soul ring without needing to cultivate.
And when Tang San obtained a suitable hundred-year soul ring and became a Soul Master, his strength in all aspects would definitely increase significantly. A mere Mo Hui would naturally not be a threat.
Tang San hesitated for a moment and said, "But when I fought with Mo Hui, I heard him say that he is already at level 10."
"What! He's also at level 10?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang's expression was somewhat taken aback.
Increasing 7 levels in over a year, although it was just 7 levels before level 10, it was still astonishing.
If it were in those major sect forces, it might not be unacceptable, but that Mo Hui was just an ordinary person. Although he had an uncle who was a teacher, it was only a junior soul master academy, and there were simply not many resources. In this situation, it was quite unbelievable to be able to rise 7 levels in over a year.
However, in just a moment, Yu Xiaogang calmed down and said to Tang San, "Even if he is also at level 10, it doesn't matter. Attaching a soul ring to a martial soul is a profound field of study. I can confidently say that the teachers at this academy are absolutely no match for me."
"Even if he was lucky enough to obtain a hundred-year soul ring, there are differences between hundred-year soul rings. With me helping you choose the most suitable soul beast, his soul skills will definitely not be as good as yours!"
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Tang San ultimately returned to Dormitory Seven, but there was a certain emotion in the look he gave Mo Hui, as if he saw Mo Hui as a competitor.
However, Mo Hui paid him no mind, simply cultivating on his own.
Seeing this, Tang San naturally refused to fall behind. He immediately went to his bed and began cultivating by circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, Tang San was originally preparing to rest early as instructed by Yu Xiaogang, to conserve energy for hunting a soul ring tomorrow. But when he saw Mo Hui still cultivating, he immediately suppressed the thought of resting.
"I'll cultivate a little longer, he should be going to sleep soon."
Immediately, Tang San continued to circulate the Mysterious Heaven Skill and began cultivating.
An hour later, Tang San opened his eyes and found that Mo Hui was still cultivating. He thought to himself, "He's quite diligent, but he probably won't be able to keep it up much longer."
At this time, most of the people in Dormitory Seven were already asleep. Xiao Wu, who shared a blanket with Tang San, had even extended her feet towards his side.
Another hour passed. Tang San opened his eyes again and saw that Mo Hui still wasn't resting. He gritted his teeth and continued cultivating.
Another hour passed. When Tang San opened his eyes again, his expression finally changed.
"No, I can't keep cultivating. Otherwise, I won't get enough rest, and I won't have enough energy to go to the Soul Hunting Forest with Teacher tomorrow to attach a soul ring."
Thinking this, Tang San lay down unwillingly.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Tang San woke up from bed. He nudged Xiao Wu next to him and immediately looked in Mo Hui's direction.
Seeing that Mo Hui was not in bed, Tang San asked a student in the dormitory with some surprise, "Where's Mo Hui?"
"You mean the dorm leader? He should be exercising on the field or gone out to cultivate. The dorm leader is always like this; the first thing he does after waking up from cultivating all night is exercise," the student replied.
Tang San keenly grasped the key phrase, "What did you say? Cultivating all night? Does he not sleep?"
"This matter is indeed very strange, but it's true. We rarely see the dorm leader sleeping!"
Hearing this, Tang San was deeply shocked. He finally knew what kind of opponent he had chosen.
Meanwhile, on a small mountain outside Nuoding City, Mo Hui released Bo Bo.
"Bo Bo, use Peck on that tree!"
Mo Hui pointed at a tree not far away and shouted.
Bo Bo had autonomy; it could use its ultimate move even without Mo Hui's control, although it was naturally better with Mo Hui's help.
"Bo Bo~"
After receiving Mo Hui's command, Bo Bo chirped, and a large amount of soul power immediately gathered slowly at Bo Bo's beak following a unique trajectory, causing a bright green light to emanate from its beak.
Immediately after, Bo Bo quickly flapped its wings, its beak slicing through the air in a green arc, flying towards the tree.
"Bang!"
The tree, as thick as an adult's arm, was instantly pierced through. A moment later, the tree, having lost its support in the middle, fell down.
Seeing this, Mo Hui nodded in satisfaction and commented, "This power is already sufficient, but it took two seconds from initiating the ultimate move to successfully gathering soul power at Bo Bo's beak. This speed needs to be optimized, otherwise it will be useless in actual combat."
It was fine at low levels, but high-level Soul Masters were very fast. Two seconds was enough time to do many things. In Mo Hui's eyes, the release speed had to be at least under one second to be considered acceptable, preferably under 0.5 seconds.
However, just as Mo Hui was thinking about how to improve this Peck move to make its release speed faster, a small stone flew out from who knows where at high speed and struck Mo Hui heavily in the chest.
"Pfft~"
Mo Hui spat out a mouthful of blood, his body flying back several meters like a projectile.
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