Douluo : Diary System in Douluo Continent

Thanks to the system's comprehensive recording feature, the female protagonists could clearly see Su Ming and the other two.

They were all curious about what Su Ming looked like. They saw a handsome young boy with black hair, beautiful features, standing before a scruffy-looking middle-aged man.

Next to the man was another six-year-old boy with dark blue hair and a slightly thin appearance. That must be Tang San.

At Blue Lightning Academy, Liu Erlong stared at the broadcast of Yu Xiaogang, her eyes slightly moist. She mumbled to herself, "Xiaogang, it's been so long, and you look so much more worn out."

Meanwhile, the others, who had little to do with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, were focused on Su Ming. What a handsome boy!

Su Ming, with an innocent and somewhat naïve look, glanced at Yu Xiaogang and asked, "So, Grandmaster, if that's the case, can you tell me your soul power level? If your theories are so great, your strength must be impressive, right?"

Yu Xiaogang's smile froze. He thought he was about to convince another talented boy to become his disciple, but Su Ming wasn't so easy to fool!

The female protagonists all eagerly awaited Yu Xiaogang's response. Liu Erlong, however, felt equally stiff. She knew Xiaogang's soul power had been stuck at level 29 for years without progressing.

"Ahem... I'm a theorist, so my strength isn't very high," Yu Xiaogang awkwardly replied.

Su Ming continued, "But if your strength isn't high, how did you develop these theories? Even though I haven't enrolled yet, I know that some theories need a soul master's own strength as support, or do you have a powerful background? Did strong soul masters help you with your research?"

[Haha, let's see how this so-called "theory master" will respond. At this point, the statement that "there are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters" is clearly nonsense! Unless you have insane resources, innate soul power basically sets a person's limits.]

Yu Xiaogang now felt like Su Ming's gaze wasn't so naïve anymore. He quickly said, "Even though my strength isn't high, I used to be part of Spirit Hall. I had access to their data, and I compiled it into my core theories."

Su Ming immediately shot back, "So what you're saying is, most of your theories are just copied from Spirit Hall? Is that how you became a 'theory master'? You took their theories, reorganized them, and claimed them as your own?"

"Forget it, I don't think I need a master. Learning at the academy should be enough. Goodbye, Grandmaster."

With that, Su Ming turned and walked away, heading alone toward the dormitory assigned by the school.

Yu Xiaogang was left standing there, awkward and embarrassed. Su Ming not only rejected him but also made him lose face. Yu Xiaogang wanted to say something, but he didn't want to leave a bad impression on Tang San, knowing he needed him for future experiments to validate his theories.

So, he just gave a cold snort and then smiled at Tang San, saying, "Little San, Su Ming doesn't have the blessing of becoming my disciple. With your talent, you'll soon surpass him. When that time comes, help me teach him a lesson!"

Tang San nodded and said, "Understood, Teacher. Don't worry, rejecting you is his loss!"

Through Su Ming's conversation with Yu Xiaogang, Tang San now understood that most of his teacher's theories came from Spirit Hall, not from original research. But so what?

Whether Yu Xiaogang's theories were original or not didn't matter. The fact that he could identify Tang San's twin martial souls meant he knew more about soul cultivation than most, which was helpful.

Following Yu Xiaogang's theories would help Tang San learn more about the world. To him, accepting this master wasn't a bad deal at all—actually, it was very advantageous.

As Su Ming walked toward the dormitory, he could barely hold back his laughter. Making Yu Xiaogang lose face felt incredibly satisfying.

The female protagonists watching the broadcast each had different reactions.

Liu Erlong felt deeply conflicted. Yu Xiaogang's theories were real, but they weren't his original work. She had always thought that because Xiaogang wasn't strong in battle, he had turned to research, and that the "Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls" were all his own discoveries.

Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, had a different perspective. Coming from a wealthy family, and with her father Ning Fengzhi, as well as Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa doting on her, she knew a lot.

She found Yu Xiaogang's behavior quite shameful. Typically, when a theory isn't an original discovery but merely an improvement on existing knowledge, one should give credit to the original source.

Her father had mentioned Yu Xiaogang before, and although he called him a theory master, there wasn't much respect in his tone. Perhaps this was why, she thought.

[Haha, today was so satisfying, embarrassing that scumbag Yu Xiaogang. His theories were mostly copied from Spirit Hall, but he claimed them as his own after some "reorganization." Shameless! And he wanted to take me as his disciple? Dream on!]

[It's one thing to copy, but Yu Xiaogang actually published these theories, making ordinary people think they were his original work, and that turned him into the continent's theory master.]

[But didn't Yu Xiaogang ever think about the consequences of publishing those theories? Did he think he was the only clever one on the continent? Did he think people in the other clans and Spirit Hall were fools?]

[Any strong soul master with half a brain could deduce these theories through their own experiences. There are plenty of powerful experts in the major sects—did Yu Xiaogang really think they didn't already know?]

[For example, the relationship between innate soul power and martial soul quality, the best soul ring configurations, how a soul master can continue to cultivate despite bottlenecks even without a new soul ring, and each soul master's development path—all these are common knowledge among the big sects. Did they need Yu Xiaogang to research and compile them?]

[The big sects didn't publish these theories for a reason. It's to attract talent and cultivate their own disciples. That's one reason sect disciples have such a big advantage over commoners—because of the information gap.]

[It's only because Spirit Hall's current Pope, Bibi Dong, was young and naïve at the time that she believed in Yu Xiaogang's "brilliance" and got attracted to him. Later, she even wanted to leave Spirit Hall with him. Love really makes people lose their heads!]

Watching the diary, Ning Rongrong seemed to finally understand why her father had spoken of Yu Xiaogang with so little respect. Now it all made sense!