At the entrance of Nuoding Academy.
Tang San, following Village Chief Old Jack, looked at the gate with complicated emotions, overwhelmed with feelings.
His journey to power in his previous life began at Nuoding Academy.
If he hadn't met his teacher, he might not have reached godhood.
If he hadn't met Xiao Wu, he didn't know how his life would have unfolded.
He muttered to himself, "Teacher, Xiao Wu, you've waited a long time for me. I'll be with you soon. Xiao Wu, you must have waited for Big Brother for a long time, right? I'm here..."
Just as Tang San and Village Chief Old Jack were about to enter the gate, an untimely voice appeared.
"What are you doing? Is this a place for country bumpkins like you?"
The words were full of disdain and harshness, making Tang San recall the ugly face of the voice's owner from his previous life.
Old Jack quickly smiled apologetically to the disdainful gatekeeper, "Young man, we're from Holy Spirit Village..."
The gatekeeper frowned, uttering words Tang San was all too familiar with from his previous life.
Like, could a golden phoenix emerge from a straw nest? Could a small village produce someone with spirit power? He even asked if they were fakes...
Tang San was somewhat speechless. He had been reborn, yet the gatekeeper's lines hadn't changed at all?
Seeing the anger flash in Old Jack's eyes, yet having to suppress it for his sake, he handed the certificate issued by Su Yuntao to the gatekeeper.
The gatekeeper, after seeing it, still spoke sarcastically to them, even saying their Spirit Hall certificate must be forged. Tang San grew more and more irritated.
In his previous life, he wanted to severely punish this gatekeeper, but in the end, he only managed to push him.
After knocking him down and making him enraged, he was stopped by his teacher who appeared.
This time, Tang San intended to teach the guy a lesson, as long as he didn't kill him.
So, Tang San quickly moved forward, heavily pushing the gatekeeper's chest. The moment the other party fell to the ground, he raised his arm.
A sleeve arrow shot out, heading towards the gatekeeper's arm.
Immediately, the sleeve arrow deeply pierced the gatekeeper's arm, causing him to let out a heartbreaking wail of pain.
Tang San showed no panic. In his eyes, he was a deity before his rebirth.
A mere gatekeeper dared to be disrespectful to him; making him bleed was just a small lesson.
If he hadn't been worried that taking this guy's dog life would affect his plan to enroll in Nuoding Academy, that sleeve arrow would have shot into this guy's throat or heart.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang, who was returning from outside, heard the gatekeeper's pig-like howl and quickly sped up.
He saw the gatekeeper pushed to the ground, with a sleeve arrow stuck in his right arm. This sleeve arrow seemed to be the same model produced by Zhao Ling's people.
Over the past ten to twenty years, the hidden weapons Zhao Ling sold to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had nearly reached saturation.
Then Zhao Ling sold most of the production to the Pope's Hall. Of course, since they were his own people, the price was naturally preferential.
A small portion was auctioned off at high prices through various auction houses.
Yu Xiaogang had once seen this type of sleeve arrow at a larger auction house in a nearby town.
He even spent a fortune to bid on a Zhuge Divine Crossbow.
After all, this item could deal with a Rank 40+ Spirit Elder; for him, a good-for-nothing whose spirit power had been stuck at Rank 29, it was still very useful.
He just didn't expect that this child, despite his simple attire, would have enough money to buy hidden weapons like sleeve arrows from an auction house. It seemed his family was not simple either.
Upon hearing the gatekeeper, whose arm was pierced by a sleeve arrow and who was already furiously planning to teach Tang San a harsh lesson, roar, "You little brat, you're courting death," Yu Xiaogang quickly stepped forward.
"Alright, stop!"
The gatekeeper was stunned for a moment, then his anger turned into fawning as he said to Yu Xiaogang,
"Teacher Yu, you're back."
Although the gatekeeper's arm hurt terribly, he couldn't act out. He was also helpless.
When his father was the gatekeeper of Nuoding Academy, he saw this guy dressed like a beggar, insisting he was a friend of the dean and wanted to see him.
His father naturally couldn't let such an unknown person into the academy.
Unexpectedly, this guy was a Spirit Master, and then his father was knocked down by the opponent's spirit ability.
This guy then ran in to see the dean, and it turned out the dean and this guy really were friends.
Then, not long after, his father was dismissed by the dean. Fortunately, the dean, seeing that his father had worked hard even if he had no major achievements, allowed his younger self to take over his father's job.
So, the gatekeeper still had some fear of this guy, Yu Xiaogang, afraid that he might also be dismissed if he wasn't careful.
Upon seeing Yu Xiaogang, Tang San couldn't help but feel excited. Teacher, it really was his teacher.
However, something puzzled Tang San: why did his teacher seem a little off? As for what was off, he couldn't quite pinpoint it.
Also, the gatekeeper's address to his teacher just now seemed to be "Teacher Yu" instead of "Grandmaster" from his previous life. What, what was going on?
After Yu Xiaogang reached the gate, he glanced sideways at the gatekeeper, then asked Old Jack for the Spirit Hall certificate.
Old Jack readily gave the certificate to Yu Xiaogang. After glancing at the certificate, Yu Xiaogang said to Old Jack,
"The certificate is indeed real. Old sir, I..."
Ultimately, Tang San bid farewell to Old Jack and, as he wished, followed his teacher into Nuoding Academy.
However, before that, he helped the gatekeeper remove the arrow from his arm.
But while pulling the arrow, Tang San deliberately twisted the arrow half a turn in the gatekeeper's arm.
The arrow thus tore out two ounces of his flesh, causing blood to gush out, and the gatekeeper wailed heartbreakingly in pain, his eyes almost bulging out.
Tang San also very quietly warned the gatekeeper, "You'd better be more obedient in the future, otherwise, next time I'll kill you."
Although Tang San was reborn and no longer had the inheritance of the God of Slaughter, there were many people and spirit beasts who died by his hand in his previous life.
The aura he exuded at this moment made the gatekeeper involuntarily shrink his neck, forcing himself to stop his pig-like wails.
Yu Xiaogang, seeing this, felt that this child's character was excellent, his methods decisive, and his heart ruthless.
Perhaps if he relied on him, he might be able to seek vengeance against Zhao Ling for the blood feud in the future, and even reclaim Miss Dong'er after killing Zhao Ling.
Now, although he heard that Miss Dong'er was pregnant and had just given birth this year, Yu Xiaogang felt it was no problem. As long as Miss Dong'er was willing, he was completely willing to be the child's father.
Anyway, he no longer had the ability to procreate, so as long as he married Miss Dong'er, he could have the child change its surname.
This way, he could live happily ever after with Miss Dong'er. Just thinking about it made Yu Xiaogang feel insatiable.