Douluo V: Taking advantage of Xiao Wu's naivety, I tricked her into becoming my wife.

Damn it, I used up all my hidden blades in the Soul Hunter Forest while fighting the Mandragora Serpent!

Just as Tang San was racking his brains for a way to break the deadlock, the tall man had already grown impatient.

Click.

Tang San's only good hand was twisted off.

The crisp sound of bones cracking echoed through the night road.

"Aaaaah!" Tang San immediately let out a bloodcurdling scream like a pig being slaughtered.

"You're asking for it." The tall man spat, bent down and pulled the money pouch from Tang San's waist, weighed it in his hand, and casually tossed it to his companion behind him.

"Teacher...Teacher, save me..."

Tang San lay prone in the mud, his mouth full of mud, his left arm dangling at an odd angle, and blood foam spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Yu Xiaogang's face turned pale. He was barely able to protect himself, yet Tang San was still trying to drag him into it.

Traitorous disciple! Don't you know that your master is severely poisoned and injured, unable to circulate even a trace of soul power?

"Oh, I almost forgot about you," the tall man stepped forward, aimed at his target, and snatched the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlight. "Here you go!"

Yu Xiaogang watched helplessly as his soul tool was taken away, pleading repeatedly, "I can't give this to you!"

"This is my life savings! My research materials! My manuscripts!"

The tall man ignored him; this was his primary target for this mission.

If someone forgets after being reminded two or three times, they'll be too ashamed to face anyone!

"And you guys, search them and take all their valuables!"

As the boss once said, "A goose is plucked for its feathers as it flies by, while a beast leaves its skin as it departs!"

The bandits were greatly excited. "Yes!"

After a while, the night wind, carrying a chill, swept through the woods by the roadside.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang stood by the roadside, wearing only shorts.

The carriage, already carrying the bandits, had sped away.

The master and apprentice stood half-naked on a deserted road at night, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Teacher..." Tang San stammered, "What...do we do now?"

Yu Xiaogang remained silent for a good dozen breaths.

"run."

"run?"

"Run back to Nottingham."

Yu Xiaogang gritted his teeth, deciding to give up entirely, "There are still three hours until dawn!"

"If we're lucky, we can run back to the academy before dawn and not be seen by too many people!"

The master and apprentice exchanged a glance, took a deep breath, and began to run wildly towards Nottingham City on their bare legs.

The night wind brushed against my bare skin, cool and refreshing, as if countless invisible hands were groping all over my body.

Tang San had never been so humiliated in his life.

No, I've never been this humiliated in either of my two lives.

However, even more humiliating things were yet to come.

"Ah—there's a pervert!"

The screams eventually came from the windows of the building next door.

"There are perverts! Two exhibitionists are running in the street!"

Driven by screams, half of Nottingham's lights came on.

Countless people opened their windows, either just to catch a glimpse of who it was, or simply to throw in rotten vegetable leaves.

The master and apprentice exchanged a glance, gritted their teeth, covered their faces with their hands, and continued running!

Yu Xiaogang is alright, but Tang San is not.

Both of his arms were broken, and only one leg was intact. He stumbled forward almost unsteadily.

The worst part is that without his hands to cover his face, his face was completely exposed to everyone!

People were in an uproar, discussing it endlessly!

"My God, I know that kid. Isn't he Tang San, who lost the bet with Ye Hua a couple of days ago?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I never expected that he would have a habit of streaking!"

"They are born with full soul power, so be careful they don't come back to cause trouble for you when they grow up."

"Trying to cause me trouble? He should worry about himself first. With a penchant for streaking in the middle of the night, how could the academy possibly accept a student like him?"

Tang San's face turned red and then pale after being recognized, but all he could do was run frantically!

Finally, the two ran back to the college and back to Yu Xiaogang's office.

The door slammed shut behind me.

Yu Xiaogang found some old clothes and put them on himself and Tang San.

Then, his eyes glazed over, and he slumped completely into his office chair.

His Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon

His life savings,

He studied the manuscripts for decades.

Everything is gone...

Tang San slumped in another chair, all the bones in his body that could be broken were broken, and the only part that could move was his eyes.

Just as he entered the office, he tripped and broke his only remaining good leg.

His spirit rings were gone, his hidden weapons were gone, his money was gone, his clothes were gone, and even his last shred of dignity was stripped away.

The two of them sat there, neither of them saying a word.

long silence.

Then, I don't know who spoke first.

"Wow!!!"

She burst into tears!

The crying was so loud that Director Su thought the college was haunted in the middle of the night.

They made their way to the master's office, pushed open the door, and saw two people, dressed in old clothes and with many parts of their bodies naked, embracing and crying, their skin touching. They fell silent.

"you......"

Yu Xiaogang looked up, his face instantly turning bright red. "No, no, no! Director! It wasn't you..."

"I know, I know, I know!" Director Su covered his face. "I'll leave now, I won't bother you anymore!"

Having said that, he spoke at almost the fastest speed he had ever achieved—

Turn around! Run! Get away!

He even bumped into the office door frame because he was moving too fast, and got a big bump on his head.

Only Yu Xiaogang remained, draped in old clothes, standing there dumbfounded in the chilly night breeze...

Meanwhile, in Nottingham, a small villa.

Wang Sheng and several older work-study students took off their black masks, breathed a sigh of relief, and their faces still showed signs of excitement.

"Hahaha! I can't take it anymore!"

"Brother Ye Hua, you...you didn't see Tang San's embarrassing state, hahaha!"

Ye Hua sighed helplessly, "Wang Sheng, you've been laughing for three minutes now, isn't it time to get down to business?"

"Did you bring me what I asked you to bring?"

Chapter 17 Iron-Blooded Protector, Master Meets Tang Hao

Wang Sheng nodded, took out the belt inlaid with twenty-four gems from his pocket, and handed it to Ye Hua with both hands.

"Brother Yehua, this is the thing that Master wore on his waist. I brought it back as you instructed."

Ye Hua accepted the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night and said with satisfaction, "Thank you for your hard work. I even had to lie to Director Su to ask for leave."

"By the way, nothing went wrong, right?"

"Don't worry!" Wang Sheng patted his chest, looking smug. "My acting skills were honed by my dad with a stick since I was a kid!"

"Tang San never imagined that the people who beat him up were us, the work-study students!"

"He was still threatening us, saying he'd deal with us when we got back, hahaha, he didn't even recognize me standing right in front of him!"