Chapter 49: Master: Eat quickly; Tang San: YUE!

The sun gradually set behind the mountains. Under the supervision of Zhao Wuji and the other teachers, Tang San's heavy footsteps finally came to a halt.

Although Flender had said the punishment was to run until the sun went down, given Tang San's ability, he couldn't run anymore after just two laps. By the end, he could only walk slowly, and even that was extremely heavy.

Watching the sun dip below the mountains, Tang San finally let out a sigh of relief. His whole body collapsed onto the ground with a *thud*, and he lost all reaction, fainting away.

"Sigh,"

Zhao Wuji shook his head with some helplessness, grabbed Tang San, and walked slowly toward his dormitory.

After placing Tang San on the bed in the dormitory, Zhao Wuji didn't bother with anything else and left directly.

Oscar glanced at Tang San without saying a word and continued his own cultivation.

An hour later, the sound of Yu Xiaogang echoed outside the dormitory door.

"San, San,"

Yu Xiaogang rushed in with some anxiety. He quickly woke Tang San up.

After sleeping for a little while, Tang San felt much better.

Although he had run for a whole day, his legs only felt a slight soreness, and he wasn't tired.

What he didn't know was that the pain hadn't set in yet; it would only be fully felt the next day.

"Foster Father,"

Tang San got up from the bed and called out.

"San, you're awake. Eat quickly."

Yu Xiaogang took two lunch boxes out of his storage soul guidance bracelet.

"I bought food back. You've been hungry all day, eat up."

Seeing the lunch box in Yu Xiaogang's hand, Tang San swallowed his saliva. Having not eaten or drunk for a day, he was already starving to the point of being unable to bear it.

He quickly took the lunch box from Yu Xiaogang's hand, opened it,

and took a fierce sniff of the aroma inside the box.

"Yue!"

Tang San almost vomited after one bite.

It was a stench carrying a hint of rot. Although there was some fragrance, there wasn't much—very, very little.

"Foster Father... this..."

"San, it's fine, eat quickly,"

Yu Xiaogang opened the other identical lunch box.

"It must be because the weather is too hot; it got a bit of a smell from being stifled. It's fine to eat."

As if to prove it to Tang San, he took out chopsticks and began to wolf it down.

This was something he had finally obtained from an old man after spending an afternoon in Soto City, and only because the man took pity on him being disabled; these were two lunch boxes that hadn't been sold from noon until evening.

Tang San didn't doubt him and began to eat in large mouthfuls. Under the influence of hunger, that slight smell was quickly covered up, and all he could feel was the satisfying fragrance.

"San, our situation now is that I have no Gold Soul Coins on me, and you don't have any either. We just received the Spirit Hall subsidy this month, and the next time we receive it will be a very, very long time from now."

"My decision is for you to go to the Soto Great Spirit Arena for soul fighting. As long as you win one match, you can get ten Gold Soul Coins."

"As long as you can win one match, our days ahead will get better."

"If you can find someone to team up with and win two matches, then we will obtain a large amount of Gold Soul Coins!"

Tang San let out a satisfied burp, spraying out a stench that made one want to *yue*.

"Good,"

"Foster Father, I will definitely win tonight!"

Tang San's confidence soared; he would definitely not lose tonight!

When Flender led the other seven, including Ye Lin, toward Soto City, Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San along as well.

In Flender's plan, they would compete at the Soto Great Spirit Arena every day from now on, so they would extremely attract other people's attention.

In order to prevent them from becoming too famous at a young age and attracting unnecessary trouble,

Flender specifically had everyone prepare a mask for concealment and also come up with a code name representing themselves.

The code names chosen by those original people were exactly the same as in the original plot.

Ye Lin chose her code name very casually: Master of the Immortal Sword,

the master of the martial soul Immortal Sword.

Upon learning that they all had masks and code names, Yu Xiaogang immediately gave Tang San the code name Thousand-Hand Silver Grass.

At the same time, he casually tore a piece of cloth from his sleeve, poked two holes in it, and added two straps; this was Tang San's mask for tonight.

Inside the Soto Great Spirit Arena,

the group quickly completed their registration and additionally created a group team called the Shrek Eight Devils.

Originally, Flender only wanted to create a team named the Shrek Seven Devils, without Tang San.

After a round of verbal attacks from Yu Xiaogang and the pressure applied through Tang Hao, Flender could only helplessly agree.

When they entered the Soto Great Spirit Arena, they immediately attracted a large amount of attention, especially since eight out of the ten people were wearing masks. The audience began to speculate about what kind of Spirit Masters they were.

"Those seven people's masks are normal, but why is the eighth person's mask just a piece of torn cloth?"

"Speaking of which, look at that color—doesn't it look like the clothes on that one-armed man next to him? It just so happens that his robe is missing a piece at the edge."

"Hahahaha, to have no mask and force one together to wear—it would be better not to wear one at all. How embarrassing!"

"Hahahaha..."

There was no change on Yu Xiaogang and Tang San's faces; they didn't even look, letting the mockery happen. They would prove themselves soon enough!

The group quickly completed their registration.

Ye Lin, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San all participated in individual soul fighting.

Dai Mubai and Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, participated in duo soul fighting.

Yu Xiaogang originally wanted to have Tang San team up with Ma Hongjun, but he was directly rejected by Ma Hongjun.

Ma Hongjun's reason was simple: he didn't team up with trash.

Although Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were angry inside, they were helpless.

"Foster Father, don't worry. I will prove myself on the soul fighting stage in a moment!"

Tang San promised Yu Xiaogang.

"Foster Father trusts you, don't be nervous. With your strength, you will definitely be able to win easily."

Yu Xiaogang patted Tang San on the shoulder, giving him encouragement.

"Gurgle!"

Suddenly, he felt his stomach gurgling.

There was a feeling of wanting to have diarrhea.

Was it really the food he ate tonight that caused a problem?

"Next, let us invite the two contestants for the next soul fight,"

"Thousand-Hand Silver Grass, martial soul Blue Silver Grass,"

"Jiang Liu, martial soul Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade,"

"I invite both contestants to the soul fighting stage!"

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang looked at each other, nodded solemnly, and went up to the soul fighting stage.

Seeing that Tang San had already gone on stage, Yu Xiaogang didn't delay and quickly ran toward the restroom of the Soto Great Spirit Arena.

On the soul fighting stage, Tang San looked at his opponent with disdain. The other party was clearly an Assault System Spirit Master, countered by his own Control System. Winning would be very easy.

"Gurgle!"

A strange sound appeared in his ears.

Instantly, Tang San's complexion changed. ===== CHAPTER 50 =====