**Chapter 281: Tang San Got Beaten**

**Chapter 281: Tang San Got Beaten**

Tang San soon realized that his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, no longer held the revered status of a master at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy. In fact, due to an outstanding debt to the dean, Yu Xiaogang had to work extra hard to make ends meet. This was a far cry from his previous life, where he had lived a more carefree existence.

This situation also meant that his teacher could no longer provide for himself as he had in the past. However, Tang San felt this wasn't an issue. After all, his mother had left a substantial sum of money for him and his father. When he left home for Notting City, his father had given him a pouch containing a hundred gold soul coins—something Tang San would never have imagined in his previous life.

Now, as the reincarnation of the God King, Tang San had experienced much more and viewed a mere hundred gold soul coins as inconsequential. In time, he planned to forge hidden weapons and sell them, just like in his previous life. Selling a single set of these weapons could fetch hundreds, sometimes thousands, of gold soul coins.

However, Tang San's curiosity grew when he discovered that Xiao Wu was not present at the academy. In fact, a small, plump boy occupied Xiao Wu's former bed in Dormitory 7. This was troubling to him. According to the mysterious voice before his rebirth, Xiao Wu should have returned to the Douluo Mortal World ten thousand years ago, and in his present life, she should have been reborn as a six-year-old child.

Why wasn't Xiao Wu here? Was something wrong? Could she have found her daughter and somehow returned ten thousand years later? It didn't make sense. Even Tang San himself didn't know how to travel back ten thousand years, and the mysterious voice hadn't provided any answers.

But Tang San remained optimistic. He was sure that Xiao Wu would not avoid him. After all, she loved him deeply and had sacrificed herself for him twice. He didn't believe that she would not want to meet him at the academy now that they had both been reborn. There had to be a reason for her absence, and he vowed to work hard and practice. Eventually, he hoped to meet Xiao Wu at Shrek Academy, or, if not, search for her in the Star Dou Great Forest with the help of Daming and Erming, who would surely know her whereabouts.

Yu Xiaogang noticed Tang San's sense of disinterest and decided to pay extra attention to his disciple. After all, in the previous life, he had cared deeply for Tang San and now needed his help to take revenge on Zhao Ling and win back Miss Dong'er. As a result, Yu Xiaogang frequently visited Dormitory 7, bringing Tang San food from the faculty canteen, much to the envy of Tang San's roommates.

In Tang San's eyes, this was only fair. His teacher had been kind to him in the past, and now, with his teacher needing him to avenge him, Tang San felt it was only right to reciprocate the favor.

However, Tang San dismissed the importance of the Demon-Suppressing Douluo, the so-called "number one person under the gods." He considered such figures insignificant compared to his eventual power. As long as he followed the steps of his previous life, he would inherit the thrones of the God of the Sea and the God of Shura by the age of twenty-five, which would allow him to easily crush the Demon-Suppressing Douluo without breaking a sweat.

Tang San believed that Xiao Wu would undoubtedly become his scabbard forever, a bond stronger than gold that nothing could sever. Their love was eternal, and they had already promised each other that they would never be apart.

Just when Tang San thought he had everything under control, an unexpected event occurred.

One day, he was surrounded by a group of older children, their hostile expressions making Tang San wary. Initially, he wanted to fire a sleeve arrow at them to teach them a lesson, but when he saw that some of them had hidden arrows and Zhuge's magic crossbows, he realized that any attempt to retaliate would leave him vulnerable to a barrage of attacks.

He was bewildered. How could these children have access to hidden weapons that only the Tang Sect produced? In his previous life, he was the only one who knew how to create these weapons, so how could they have appeared before him at only six years old?

Was someone else from the Tang Sect in this world? Or perhaps a descendant from ten thousand years in the future had traveled back in time? Tang San couldn't make sense of it.

Suddenly, the leader of the group snatched the sleeve arrow from Tang San's side, and before he could react, the group tackled him to the ground and started beating him. They weren't holding back. The leader even picked up a brick and struck Tang San repeatedly on the forehead, leaving him unconscious and covered in blood.

Luckily, two teachers passing by witnessed the scene and intervened, preventing the assault from continuing.

Yu Xiaogang was furious when he heard about the incident. Rushing to the scene, he was livid at the sight of his disciple in such a state and vowed to expel the bullies. But those children acted with impunity. The worst of them was the dean of the academy, who had allowed these troublemakers to enroll, having received various "benefits" from their families in exchange for their admission.

It seemed the academy had turned a blind eye to their behavior, but Tang San's misery was only beginning.

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