A man, dressed in tattered clothes, with an ordinary appearance but a unique aura, arrived at the gates of Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy. He was immediately stopped by the gatekeeper.
The gatekeeper, seeing his ragged attire, frowned slightly.
"Get lost, you beggar. Our Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy isn't a place for just any stray cat or dog like you."
The man quickly spoke to the gatekeeper.
"I'm not a beggar. My name is Yu Xiaogang, and I'm a friend of your academy's dean. If you don't believe me, you can pass on a message for me. He'll surely be very happy to know I've come to Nuoding City."
"Scram, scram, scram! What status does our dean have to be friends with a tattered beggar like you?
I advise you to be sensible and leave quickly, or I'll break your dog legs and throw you onto the street."
The gatekeeper looked at Yu Xiaogang with disgust. He thought, could this ragged beggar possibly be the dean's friend? Don't be ridiculous!
Yu Xiaogang also had a headache. The clothes he wore were stripped from a corpse at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan previously, so it wasn't surprising they were tattered.
After escaping the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that day, he went to the Spirit City branch in Heaven Dou Imperial City to collect some money.
However, the staff at that branch directly kicked him out after hearing his name, Yu Xiaogang.
He couldn't understand it. Spirit Hall clearly provided a certain amount of financial aid each month to Spirit Masters below rank 40 to help them continue cultivating and become stronger.
In the past, Spirit Hall would always provide him with the necessary funds in full. So why did Spirit Hall's people now kick him out as soon as they knew his name was Yu Xiaogang?
Therefore, he angrily questioned the staff member, who picked their nose, glanced at him disdainfully, and mocked.
"This is an order issued by our Spirit Hall's Saintess. No Spirit Hall branch or sub-hall anywhere is to provide any funds to anyone named Yu Xiaogang.
Although I don't know how you offended our Saintess, I advise you to scram quickly, or don't blame me for beating you up."
Yu Xiaogang naturally knew that the Saintess was Miss Dong'er. He wouldn't believe that Miss Dong'er would specifically issue such an order to various Spirit Hall branches and sub-halls.
After all, Miss Dong'er was such a gentle and kind person; she would absolutely not stand idly by and watch him suffer so miserably.
Therefore, he concluded that it must be that scoundrel Zhao Ling, relying on his power and influence, who was sabotaging him.
Originally, Yu Xiaogang had planned to collect those funds and go directly to Spirit Hall to see Miss Dong'er.
But now he was penniless, so he could only choose to first come to Nuoding City to seek refuge with his friend.
Now, being blocked by this gatekeeper and not allowed in, his face immediately darkened. He said to the gatekeeper.
"I'm not joking with you. I truly am a friend of your dean. Go and inform him quickly, or step aside, or don't blame me for being impolite."
Yu Xiaogang was certain that a gatekeeper at Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy couldn't be very strong, perhaps not even a Spirit Master himself.
Although he wasn't strong, he was at least a Spirit Master.
In the past five years, his spirit power had risen to rank 20. If he hadn't been continuously imprisoned in the clan's dungeon, he would have broken through to the Spirit GrandMaster realm long ago.
Therefore, on his way to Nuoding City, he made a trip to the Sunset Forest, hunted a two-hundred-year-old spirit beast, and absorbed its spirit ring.
To hunt this two-hundred-year-old spirit beast, Yu Xiaogang spent some time setting traps. His five years in the dungeon had made him incredibly patient.
One could say that the two-hundred-year-old spirit beast was slowly worn down to death by Yu Xiaogang, but even so, he still sustained some injuries.
Now, Yu Xiaogang was a Spirit Grandmaster, with his spirit power reaching rank 22. In his opinion, dealing with this gatekeeper in front of him would be incredibly easy.
The gatekeeper naturally wouldn't take Yu Xiaogang's threat seriously. After all, during his years as a gatekeeper, he had developed a keen eye.
What kind of remarkable person could this individual, dressed in ragged clothes, be?
Although he wasn't a Spirit Master, Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy had experts at the Spirit Grandmaster and even Spirit Elder levels, and the dean himself was a Spirit Ancestor at rank 40-something.
This guy dared to cause trouble at their academy's entrance? Did he believe that once the teachers came out, they wouldn't beat him like a dog?
The gatekeeper's lack of cooperation made Yu Xiaogang so angry he almost cursed. He could no longer hold back and immediately released his Spirit, the two yellow spirit rings indicating his status as a Grand Spirit Master.
When the gatekeeper saw his Spirit, he immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, what kind of trash Spirit is this? It looks like a pig! Beggar, are you trying to make your dad die of laughter?"
Yu Xiaogang was somewhat exasperated by the gatekeeper's laughter and shouted at his Spirit.
"Fart like smoke, hypnotize and put to sleep, Luo Sanpao!"
Immediately, Yu Xiaogang controlled Luo Sanpao to release a fart at the gatekeeper.
The fart wasn't very powerful, but after smelling the scent, the gatekeeper felt his eyelids grow heavier and heavier, then he swayed and collapsed.
One could say that the gatekeeper fell asleep instantly. Yu Xiaogang sneered. Although his Spirit, Luo Sanpao, wasn't very powerful, it was still very effective against ordinary people like this.
Yu Xiaogang kicked the gatekeeper's rear twice, then put away his Spirit and walked inside.
After entering Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy, Yu Xiaogang encountered some students there. When those students saw the ragged "beggar" trespassing into their academy, they inevitably panicked.
Some of the braver students quickly reported the situation to the teachers, and then several teachers rushed to the scene and surrounded Yu Xiaogang.
To avoid having his legs broken and being thrown out, Yu Xiaogang quickly explained that he had come to see the Dean of Nuoding Spirit Master Academy.
Those teachers weren't as difficult as the gatekeeper. Seeing Yu Xiaogang speak with such conviction, they quickly went to inform the dean of the situation.
Upon hearing that his old friend had arrived, the dean also quickly came to the training ground.
Seeing Yu Xiaogang dressed in tattered clothes, he quickly led him to the faculty dormitory, had him bathe, change into clean clothes, and eat a meal.
Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but feel very grateful to his friend. It had been over five years, five whole years.
He had never bathed in the dungeon, his entire body reeked, and the clothes he wore back then were tattered.
That's why he had to strip clothes from a corpse to wear himself, completely disregarding the ill omen.
Now, with his friend, he finally experienced human dignity again. Sigh, what a hard life...