"Okay, since we are testing, let's go." Wu Lan could not wait to see Yu Xiaogang's expression.
Wu Lan walked over to Li Feng, who was swinging his sword.
"Brother, can you help me with a small task?"
Li Feng stopped, turned, and saw Wu Lan standing with the dean and three girls again. He nodded respectfully.
"Brother, just say it. I'll do it."
"It's simple. I'll show you someone. You just need to ask him the difference between different soul rings while absorbing."
Li Feng looked puzzled but didn't question it. He patted his chest confidently.
"Alright. I'll ask him."
Then Wu Lan brought Li Feng near Yu Xiaogang's area and pointed toward him. After giving some instructions, he reminded Li Feng how to control himself while listening to nonsense.
Li Feng walked toward Yu Xiaogang.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang, living in his fantasies, woke up when he heard footsteps.
He was excited, thinking it was Wu Lan who had come to heal him after Liu Erlong promised him the academy. But when he saw a kid, his face fell instantly, and he scolded him.
"Brat, what are you doing here?"
Li Feng was unhappy at being scolded when he had done nothing wrong, but he remembered Wu Lan's words. He bowed slightly and asked politely,
"Master, I heard you are the most knowledgeable man in the world. I came to ask you a doubt."
Hearing praise, Yu Xiaogang's face changed instantly. He tried to pretend, but his body couldn't move. Then he remembered his condition, so he quickly looked up at the sky to avoid embarrassment.
Just when he thought no one had noticed, he suddenly heard a woman's laughter.
He instantly panicked and looked around, only to find no one except the kid. then he adjusted and asked in a arrogant tone.
"Oh, you have heard about me. Then ask your doubt, and I will answer your question."
Li Feng suppressed his irritation and asked,
"Master, what is the difference between different soul rings while absorbing?"
Yu Xiaogang laughed and said proudly,
"Hahaha, this is simple. There are five types of soul rings, differentiated by their colors: white, which can be obtained from ten-year soul beasts; yellow, from hundred-year soul beasts; purple, from thousand-year soul beasts; black, from ten-thousand-year soul beasts; and red, from hundred-thousand-year soul beasts." He spoke with great confidence.
"But, Master," Li Feng tilted his head curiously, "what is the difference when absorbing them? Why do some people succeed and some people… explode?"
Yu Xiaogang's confident smile stiffened for a moment, but he quickly recovered and cleared his throat.
"Ahem. That depends on the compatibility between your martial spirit and the soul beast. As long as the martial spirit is compatible and they follow my theory, you can absorb the ring safely."
He spoke with a confident tone while emphasizing greatness of his theory, as if he had personally witnessed countless examples.
Li Feng didn't understand anything, but his job was done, so he left quickly without paying any attention to Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang's face darkened when the kid ignored him and left without praising him for his so-called enlightenment.
"This ungrateful brat," he cursed in a low voice, not wanting anyone to hear him.
But all his actions were observed by Liu Erlong, Wu Lan, Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling.
Liu Erlong wore a self-deprecating smile. She had clearly seen all of Yu Xiaogang's actions and expressions.
Was this the real Yu Xiaogang?
She felt disgusted looking at him now.
Xiao Wu was trying hard to suppress her laughter while watching Yu Xiaogang's embarrassed face.
Wu Lan glanced at Liu Erlong's expression and said,
"See? I told you, he doesn't know anything. He's just spouting nonsense to scam people. And as for the theory content, he simply plagiarized it from Spirit Hall books."
Liu Erlong's face grew increasingly darker. She clenched her fists tightly, anger surging with each passing second. She wanted to kill the bastard who had played with her life.
Seeing her like this, Wu Lan whispered like a devil in her ear,
"If you kill him now, he will have it easy. But if you follow my plan, Yu Xiaogang's life will be worse than death."
His voice carried a chilling temptation. Slowly, he persuaded her to stop attacking now. Finally, Liu Erlong agreed to follow whatever he planned.
While he had her attention, Wu Lan asked Liu Erlong about the academy.
Out of guilt for the students who had died while absorbing rings and as a reward for waking her up, she gave the academy to him.
Since Wu Lan had no experience managing an academy, he asked her to be the vice dean and handle everything while he acted as a hands-off shopkeeper.
Liu Erlong agreed to manage the academy on his behalf, wanting to atone for the mistakes she had made.
After their discussion, they walked toward Yu Xiaogang.
Seeing Wu Lan, Yu Xiaogang was so excited that he didn't even notice Liu Erlong's disgusted expression.
"Quickly, heal me!"
Wu Lan didn't want to heal him, but for the sake of his plan to make Yu Xiaogang's life miserable, he suppressed his feelings. He walked forward, raised his hand, and began healing.
Soon, a huge amount of vitality rushed into Yu Xiaogang's body from Wu Lan's hand.
Yu Xiaogang felt comfort all over his body. An itchiness spread across him, a sign of impurities being removed. He felt ecstatic.
Wu Lan observed Yu Xiaogang's condition carefully. Just when he was about to fully recover, Wu Lan stopped sending vitality. He had no intention of healing him too much.
As the comfortable feeling stopped, Yu Xiaogang came out of his daze and tried moving his body.
He could move. His body was healed.
He stood up and laughed loudly, ignoring Wu Lan and the others disdain.
"Hahahahahaha! I, Yu Xiaogang, am back!"