Facing the gatekeeper with his nose in the air, Old Jack quickly put on a fawning smile and said, "Little brother, these two children are the work-study students sent by our village this year."
As he spoke, he handed over the two certificates issued by the Spirit Hall.
"That's hilarious! A chicken coop wanting to produce a phoenix? Let me see... Blue Silver Grass and innate full spirit power? Where did this con man come from! This is too fake, what's the use of a tadpole spirit with innate full spirit power? Are they going to use the tadpoles to feed chickens and ducks after they learn? Haha... Can it get any more ridiculous?!"
The gatekeeper took the two certificates and immediately burst into laughter, his tone dripping with sarcasm.
This disdainful tone made Ye Qiu's heart explode with displeasure.
Old Jack's face was also extremely ugly, but he still swallowed his anger and explained,
"This is a certificate personally given by the Deacon of the Spirit Hall, how could we dare to forge it?!"
Hearing that Old Jack actually dared to use the name of the Spirit Hall to pressure him, the gatekeeper became even more unrestrained.
"Hmph! You say it is, so it is? Innate full spirit power? Do you think it's like the Chinese cabbage in your countryside? And Holy Spirit Village, I think it's more like Beggar Village!"
The gatekeeper's words undoubtedly touched Old Jack's sore spot, and his face instantly turned red.
The name of Holy Spirit Village was where his pride lay!
He immediately roared,
"What did you say?!"
Thump!
The gatekeeper was startled back a step.
His face darkened, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
"What? Not convinced?"
"Look at how ragged you're dressed, calling you beggars is already giving you face! Get out of here!"
Before he finished speaking, the gatekeeper raised his hand and pushed it towards Old Jack's chest.
Just then, Ye Qiu's entire right arm was instantly wrapped and covered by black fibers, his arm slightly swelling and becoming full of power.
It was said that it was slow, but it was fast.
As Ye Qiu prepared to strike, Tang San had already stepped in front of Old Jack.
He was very disgusted by the gatekeeper's insults!
Tang San's Mysterious Jade Hand quickly cut out, and because of his height, the hand that should have cut at the elbow directly grabbed the gatekeeper's wrist.
Controlling Crane Catching Dragon!
Tang San's hand, which could lift a forging hammer, naturally had considerable strength, and a pained expression flashed in the gatekeeper's eyes.
He immediately raised his leg to kick Tang San in the face.
Swish!
In Tang San's surprised eyes, Ye Qiu suddenly stepped out, and the growing hairy leg under his trouser leg swept across the gatekeeper's knee.
Plop!
The gatekeeper cried out in pain and immediately fell to his knees.
Ye Qiu didn't give up, raising his black-gold right hand, clenching it into a fist, and quickly smashing it onto the gatekeeper's eyes.
"Ah--!"
The gatekeeper quickly covered his eyes in pain and fell to the ground.
"Xiao San, Xiao Qiu, you, you..."
Old Jack stared dumbfounded at the two small figures blocking him.
"You're looking for death!"
In broad daylight, he was knocked down by two little brats, and his eyes were even blackened.
The gatekeeper was furious, immediately roared, climbed up from the ground, and rushed towards Ye Qiu and Tang San.
Tang San's eyes were cold and still.
[Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record General Outline, Article 3, If the opponent is confirmed to be an enemy, as long as they have a reason to die, do not show mercy, otherwise it will only bring trouble to yourself.]
Ye Qiu suddenly felt something and glanced out of the corner of his eye.
He saw Tang San slightly raise his left hand, quietly opening the safety of the Silent Sleeve Arrow.
"Enough!"
Just then, a hoarse voice sounded.
Ye Qiu's hands and feet quietly returned to their original state.
He naturally remembered this classic scene and knew who the person was.
With half of a protagonist's template, a heart higher than the sky, a life thinner than paper, the fleeing third master Yu Xiaogang, the Master!
Tang San's movement to activate his hidden weapon paused slightly.
The gatekeeper was also stunned for a moment, and then the anger on his face immediately turned into flattery, and he immediately bowed and scraped, smiling and greeting,
"Master, you're back."
Tang San and Ye Qiu turned their heads to look.
What came into view was an old man of about forty or fifty years old.
He had a black crew cut, a face full of stubble, and wore an old scholar's robe. His whole person looked a bit sloppy. A sense of melancholy seemed to shroud him, a temperament of being frustrated but also with a bit of arrogance.
Arrogant and decadent, he looked contradictory.
Essentially, he was weak but liked to pretend.
He had a natural confidence in his untested theories.
The Master in the gatekeeper's mouth walked with a stiff gait.
The disdainful air about him was even greater than the gatekeeper's, he just glanced at the other party and ignored him.
Then he looked at Old Jack.
"Old gentleman, could you show me the children's spirit power certificates?"
Ye Qiu opened his mouth, but still gave up on stopping him, it would be too strange to stop someone like that.
But he didn't want to participate in what was going to happen next.
It seemed he could only make a strategic retreat to the toilet at the critical moment.
Seeing the arrogant gatekeeper become so respectful, Old Jack immediately understood that the Master in front of him had a higher status and could help him.
He quickly handed over the certificates in his hand.
Yu Xiaogang looked at the certificates and looked at Ye Qiu and Tang San with some surprise, but more so at Tang San.
Tang San clenched his fist.
He didn't know why, but he actually felt like he was being seen through completely.
Ye Qiu remained unmoved.
Letting the wheel of destiny slowly turn, he didn't have that much inexplicable hatred.
In this world, strength was respected, he wasn't a saint or a good person.
As long as they didn't provoke him, it would be fine.
Or rather, as long as they didn't conflict with his interests or stand on the opposite side, it would be fine.
To climb up, someone always had to lose something.
But Ye Qiu didn't want to lose...
He was really tired of the ordinary and mediocre, three-point-one-line life.
"These certificates are all real, old gentleman, I apologize to you on behalf of the academy for what just happened."
It was only for a moment, Yu Xiaogang confirmed the authenticity of the spirit power certificates and took the matter upon himself.
"These two children, leave them to me!"
A casual apology gave Old Jack great satisfaction.
After all, the other party was very likely a noble Soul Master.
Old Jack quickly waved his hands.
"Master, you are too kind, we also have our shortcomings. Master, I'll trouble you with these two children."
"Hmm! Don't worry."
Yu Xiaogang nodded coldly.
Old Jack bent down and instructed the two of them,
"You must be obedient in the academy, Grandpa Jack is leaving now."
Tang San nodded, silent.
"Goodbye, Grandpa Jack, be careful on your way back..."
Ye Qiu waved goodbye to Old Jack's retreating back and watched him leave.
The Master beside him gave the gatekeeper a cold glare.
He said coldly, "This is the first time, and also the last time, understood?!"
"Understood, understood, Master, take care!"
Sweat dripped from the gatekeeper's forehead as he repeatedly nodded and bowed, making way.
Yu Xiaogang looked down at Tang San and Ye Qiu, and a stiff, ugly smile was squeezed out on his face.
"Let's go, we'll go in."
He reached out his rough hand and grabbed towards their small hands.
Ye Qiu quickly sidestepped to avoid it.
An old single man of this age with such a bad complexion, who knew what kind of things his hands often grabbed.
However, Tang San was caught squarely by Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang smiled and glanced at Ye Qiu, not finding it strange, it was normal for children to be shy.
...
Without any surprise, Ye Qiu and Tang San were both taken away by Yu Xiaogang.
Walking in Nuoding Academy, Ye Qiu looked around with some curiosity.
"Teacher, thank you."
It was Tang San, who seemed to sense the Master's extraordinary nature, and thanked him.
"Teacher?"
Yu Xiaogang murmured, looked deeply at Tang San, but quietly stopped and shook his head with a wry smile, "I am not a teacher of this academy!"
"But didn't you just say you represented the academy?"
Tang San was a little confused.
Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back and smiled, "Who says only the teachers of this academy are qualified to represent the academy?"
Hearing this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but secretly click his tongue.
He thought Tang Hao's thick skin was already invincible in the world, but he didn't expect Yu Xiaogang to be even more shameless.
Tang San looked at him with some curiosity.
"Then you are?"
Yu Xiaogang timely revealed a profound smile and said indifferently,
"I'm just a guest who freeloads on food and drinks!"
The corner of Ye Qiu's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help it anymore, wanting to escape immediately.
He immediately raised his small hand and shouted,
"Teacher, where's the latrine? I need to take a big one!"
...
The profound expression on Yu Xiaogang's face slightly froze, and he enthusiastically pointed out a clear path for Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu nodded, covering his butt, and said urgently,
"Teacher, can you give me back that spirit power certificate first? I'll go report myself later... so you don't have to wait for me here."
Yu Xiaogang smiled and said magnanimously, "It's alright, just go quickly and come back."
"Okay, okay, then, thank you, Teacher."
Ye Qiu turned around and ran towards the latrine, his face dark, cursing Yu Xiaogang for being a busybody in his heart.
What a foolish thing...
He had to reveal that Tang San had twin spirits in public.
Otherwise, why would he have to use the excuse of going to the toilet?