"You want me to apologize to him?"
Dugu Yan's face showed some disbelief.
She didn't hear wrong, did she?
"That's right."
"Are you dreaming?"
"Yan Zi, you better straighten out your attitude, don't force me to teach you a lesson."
"Just for a Spirit Master's uncle, you want to fight me?"
Dugu Yan asked in surprise.
You're protecting your useless uncle so much, are you your uncle's dog?
Dugu Yan had heard about Yu Xiaogang's previous challenge to Peach Garden Academy, which ended up dragging the entire Shrek into a pit, so she had no good impression of this Grandmaster.
"You don't understand uncle's ability at all. You must take back that 'useless Spirit Master' remark. Ever since uncle took over and started guiding our Royal Fight Team, our strength has improved rapidly. He is a Grandmaster of Spirit theory, not some useless person."
"If you want to fight, then come. I was truly blind in judging people before."
Seeing Yu Tianheng standing beside Yu Xiaogang like a loyal dog, Dugu Yan's proud face was filled with speechlessness. She finally understood: Yu Tianheng was a complete 'uncle's boy'.
"Yan Zi, you brought this upon yourself. Don't say I'm bullying you. Dragons are naturally the overlords of snakes. Snakes can only be suppressed by dragons, understand?"
Roar—
Yu Tianheng felt Dugu Yan's somewhat disdainful gaze, and his proud Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon would never tolerate such humiliation.
He let out a dragon's roar, and streaks of blue lightning flashed around him.
Dugu Yan didn't know when Yu Tianheng started saying such vulgar things. Her face grew colder, and she adopted the Serpent Form Fist stance:
"Serpent Form Cunning Hand, Anti-Dragon Claw."
Dugu Yan didn't even reveal her spirit ring; she merely had her Blue Phosphor Serpent Spirit attached to her body. She seemed to become one with the serpent, and her fist techniques were flexible and varied.
Not only did she deftly avoid Yu Tianheng's dragon claw attack, but she also acted like a venomous snake, coiling around the dragon, leaving a wound on Yu Tianheng's arm that looked like it had been bitten by a highly poisonous snake and also torn by a dragon's claw.
"So fast!"
"No, your hand has poison!"
By the time Yu Tianheng reacted, he found that his arm was already festering.
Dugu Yan's serpent hand had Bi Lin Snake Venom!
Dugu Yan's expression was indifferent. This was the beauty of combining the snake and dragon forms with her Bi Lin Snake Venom.
"Fatty, quickly pour the alcohol on Tian Heng's wound."
Tang San said to Ma Hongjun at this moment.
Ma Hongjun sprayed a mouthful of strong liquor onto Yu Tianheng's arm. Yu Tianheng was both disgusted and helpless.
Then Tang San threw a bottle of ointment to Yu Tianheng: "Apply the ointment to the wound; it can prevent further festering."
"Such heavy poison. Her poison is much stronger than a year ago."
"Dugu Yan, your heart is too dark. You were teammates before, and Tian Heng held back for you, but you actually used poison to poison him."
Tang San said, "Xiao Wu, she poisoned Tian Heng today; next time, she might lay a poisonous hand on you all. Do you really not want to return to our team?"
"Hey, are you guys shameless? If you lost the fight, you lost. Why do you insist on saying you held back? It's truly speechless.
Can you stop talking nonsense? Are you going to scram or not? If you don't scram now, when I call out the teacher, you won't even have a chance to scram. Flender, Zhao Wuji, haven't you learned your lesson?"
Although Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan didn't get along, on the front of the academy's interests, they were very united. As the team captain, she had already learned to take responsibility and stepped forward to warn Zhao Wuji and the others.
"Su Ran is here too?!"
Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, a hint of fear emerged in Flender and Zhao Wuji's hearts, and the feeling of being dominated by the peach branch surged within them.
"Old Flender, how about… we… leave… now?" Zhao Wuji tugged at Flender's sleeve. He really didn't want to face Su Ran.
Though the precious flowers and plants were good, one had to be alive to enjoy them.
Even Tang San, hearing of Su Ran's presence, twitched his brow. In his eyes, there was three parts reverence, three parts fear, and four parts hatred. This was the person who had severely injured his father, leaving a permanent scar on his father's right arm.
But it was also him who had actually taught a genius whose techniques and Hidden Weapons surpassed his own.
This made his emotions towards Su Ran very complex: both admiration, jealousy, and hatred!
"Haha."
"So that's how it is."
"I understand, I finally understand."
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang looked at the garden full of flowers and plants, seeming to have understood something, and made a bold decision:
"Su Ran, if you are here, do you dare to come out and accept another challenge from me?"
Yu Xiaogang shouted towards the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
"Xiaogang? No… you're still challenging? You wouldn't, would you, you—"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Flender and Zhao Wuji's hearts jumped into their throats.
Last time, Grandmaster made a bet and lost the entire academy…
"Flender, Old Zhao, this time I have a very good chance."
"None of you can win against Su Ran, but if you want to get his precious flowers and plants, and his unique skills and cultivation methods, this is the best way."
Yu Xiaogang saw that there was still no movement in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so he shouted again:
"What's wrong? Dean Su has already fortunately won against me once, are you still afraid? If you're scared, then forget it."
"There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just that you don't seem to have any stakes left to challenge my academy."
At this moment, from the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, two dragons, one ice and one fire, soared into the sky, letting out dragon roars. They coiled around the white-robed youth, whose posture was extraordinary. He slowly walked out, his tone faint, but his pressure made everyone tremble.
When this figure appeared, Zhao Wuji's body began to tremble slightly, a primal reaction.
"I have stakes. This time, I am willing to bet everything I have."
"In this wager, if you win, anything you want from me, I can give it to you."
"Everything you have? It seems there's nothing worth me betting with you." Su Ran said indifferently.
"Yes, I do! I have the most powerful woman in this world. With just a word from me, she can give you anything."
"What do you want to bet on?"
"The All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition is about to begin. Our Shrek and Royal Fight Team will join forces to participate in this competition. I hope your Peach Garden Academy can also participate. Whichever team achieves a higher final ranking wins."
Yu Xiaogang puffed out his chest, determined to reclaim all the dignity he had lost in front of Su Ran:
"If our team achieves a higher ranking, then not only will this medicinal garden and all your medicinal herbs be given to us, but you, Su Ran, must also become my disciple."
"I become your..."
"Ding—"
"Accept Yu Xiaogang's challenge. The wager will be arbitrated by the system, and a series of Spirit Master Competition disciple-training rewards can be activated."
"After winning this wager, you will gain the total sum of all spirit ring years of the opposing team's members—which can be distributed for point allocation and improvement—and you will obtain an opportunity to draw Spirit Bones of the same level from all the opposing team's members' Spirit Bones."
System rewards?
"I'll bet with you."
Su Ran smiled faintly: "But if you lose, not only must you, Yu Xiaogang, kneel and admit your mistake in front of everyone in the world, cut off your own tongue, and break your own legs, but from now on, all of you, upon seeing any teacher or student from my Peach Garden Academy, must respectfully humble yourselves as servants before their master, and obey all commands."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire scene grew cold.
Yu Xiaogang's heart also leaped in fright at this wager. Shouldn't an equivalent wager be that I compensate with all my assets and then kowtow and become a disciple?
Isn't this wager meant to ruin my reputation?
And cut off my tongue? How will I spread my Spirit theory then? How is this any different from taking my life?
As servants before their master, obeying all commands, which means that if they lose, all his students will become servants of Peach Garden Academy?
Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth, but if he won, he could get this garden of medicinal herbs and Su Ran's cultivation methods. There was a high probability he could break free from the shackles of the thirtieth level, and he could also avenge the humiliation of that kneeling in Soto City!
He had waited for this day for too long. Yu Xiaogang clenched his jaw and nodded:
"You're ruthless."
"I agree!"
...
"Xiaogang, are you sick? You're betting so much this time, are you crazy? What if you lose?"
"The aura Dugu Yan emitted just now was unusual; even I felt a bit apprehensive. I'm afraid those students have also improved quite a bit over the past year."
"We lost last time, and you still dare to bet this time?"
Gambling addicts never come to a good end.
Two quarters of an hour later, on the outskirts of the poisonous mist, Flender and Zhao Wuji's eyes were filled with worry. This Su Ran was truly ruthless, directly demanding Grandmaster's tongue and legs.
Yu Xiaogang said in a condensed voice: "If I hadn't discovered this medicinal garden, I certainly wouldn't have been confident."
"But Little San just said that the medicinal herbs here can refine the body and transform one's physique. I think that the students of Peach Garden Academy had consumed the medicinal herbs here before, which is why they were able to break through to the Spirit Elder realm and unleash such power to defeat our team."
"Therefore, Su Ran didn't defeat me in the field of Spirit Master teaching at the Soto City Spirit Arena; he defeated me with medicinal herbs. He merely used external forces to temporarily boost his students' physiques."
"After a year, the improvement brought by the medicine will gradually diminish."
"What's more, we lost that time in Soto City also because there was a traitor in our team, and they even used the power of Hidden Weapons in the end. The All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition does not allow the use of items other than Spirit power for combat. If you all go all out using my coordinated combat method, how much chance do they still have of winning?"
"If we win, these medicinal herbs can transform the physiques of these children, allowing them to reach a higher level. If we lose, it's just me losing a part of my body, and these children still have a chance to grow. This wager is worth it."
Yu Xiaogang's figure instantly became towering, causing Flender and Qin Ming to exclaim in admiration, their eyes filled with reverence.
So Grandmaster had planned it this way! Truly self-sacrificing! Great!
They had always misunderstood Grandmaster!
"But... Grandmaster, it seems you've included us too. If we lose, we won't have to be dogs for Peach Garden Academy, will we?" Ma Hongjun scratched his head, if he hadn't misunderstood the meaning.
"Ahem, you haven't signed a contract of servitude, don't be afraid."
Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, coughed twice, and turned to look at Tang San:
"Little San, come with me. You are my secret weapon for this competition, and there's something I need to discuss with you."
...
Just as Yu Xiaogang took Tang San for individual training, Qin Ming, Flender, and the others were filled with worry. Ye Lingling's expression was unusual, as if she was thinking about something, and finally spoke to Qin Ming:
"Teacher Qin Ming, I want to go back and talk to Yan Zi again."
"Lingling, Yan Zi can't come back. She's a traitor. It's useless for you to go. I didn't expect her to be such a person!" Yu Tianheng said irritably.
"That's not the reason. I don't know if you've noticed, but Yan Zi used to tell me that when she used Bi Lin Snake Venom, she vaguely felt a toxin eroding her body.
So her eyes, hair color, and lips were slowly turning bi-green, but this time when we met, her hair color, pupils, and lip color had all returned to normal colors, especially her lips were very red and vibrant. Only at the moment of using the toxin would a slight bi-green color tinge her skin."
"I want to go and understand what exactly is going on."
"You should have some understanding; my Nine Hearted Sea Tang also has a significant genetic problem..."
At this point, Ye Lingling's eyes became very melancholic. Only one person from each generation of Nine Hearted Sea Tang can survive, a single-line inheritance, which is a Spirit genetic defect with almost no solution.
More than a year ago, Su Ran had told her after a competition that he could solve this problem. Although she was very surprised, she naturally wouldn't believe it just because of a casual remark.
But seeing Dugu Yan's condition this time, a glimmer of hope couldn't help but rise in her heart.
But as soon as she finished speaking, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Yu Tianheng, and the others' eyes became fierce, staring intently at Ye Lingling, like prey being hunted down. This gaze made her hair stand on end and filled her with inexplicable fear:
"No."
"If that Su Ran can solve your Spirit's problem, are you going to betray us too?"
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