I Told You to Pick Up the Martial Soul Certificate! Didn't You Hear Me?

Yu Fan walked out of Holy Soul Village. He now had no one to rely on.

Although he had secured a work-study student spot from Big Ox Village, he didn't have a single Copper Soul Coin to his name.

"Looks like I need to find a way to make some money."

"I can't live a good life on brute strength alone."

The first place he thought of for making money

was the Star Dou Great Forest!

It was the only place he could reach.

If he robbed the rich to help the poor, he would probably be wanted by many Soul Masters.

The Star Dou Great Forest was different.

He could casually kill a Soul Beast and sell it in the city. Wouldn't that make him a mountain of money?

Besides, he could beat a Soul Beast half to death and sell its Soul Ring instead.

"Now that's a good business. I'm sure those Soul Masters won't be able to resist the temptation of a Soul Ring."

"Oh, right, I should find a Soul Ring for myself too."

"Just because I don't have a Martial Soul doesn't mean I really can't absorb a Soul Ring."

"What if I can absorb one?"

The thought made Yu Fan's blood boil.

"Damn!"

"If only someone could take me there."

Yu Fan felt rather helpless.

Surely the greatest pain in life was knowing what to do but being unable to do anything.

His body might have been at max level, but he had no sense of direction.

"Forget it, forget it! I'll register at Nuoding Academy first. It won't be too late to go to the Star Dou Great Forest afterward."

In the end, Yu Fan abandoned the idea.

But he had another plan.

Wasn't there a rich guy at Nuoding Academy, someone called Xiao Chenyu?

That rich guy's father was the lord of Nuoding City!

Didn't that mean he had a mountain of money?

"I'll go back and spend one more day scraping by. Tomorrow I'll start living like a rich guy!"

"Confucius said: A gentleman loves wealth, but acquires it by proper means!"

"I love money, so it makes perfect sense for me to take yours!"

After Yu Fan returned to Big Ox Village, he arranged with Grandpa Village Chief to catch a ride from neighboring Holy Soul Village.

The village chief wasn't young anymore. Making that journey on foot might just shake his old bones apart.

As for Old Jack...

He was the only Soul Saint in Holy Soul Village, according to the rumors online!

A Soul Saint!

He could definitely take a beating!

Early the next morning, Yu Fan arrived at Holy Soul Village as promised. He leaned against the doorway of Village Chief Old Jack's house, a blade of Blue Silver Grass dangling from his mouth, looking utterly carefree.

As soon as Old Jack opened the door, he saw a shadow completely engulf him. He looked up, and his old face turned bitter.

"Yu Fan, you big... kid, you're pretty scary!"

"You're joking, Village Chief. I'm always friendly!"

Before long, he saw Tang San coming over too.

Once Tang San and Tang Hao had left, he could retrace the route after learning it.

And what would he come back for?

Why, to give Ah Yin some farmyard manure, of course!

As everyone knew!

Plants needed nutrients to grow!

He was doing it for Ah Yin's sake!

In his previous life, he'd been a college student and a demon orb, as well as a red scarf who often did good deeds!

"Yu Fan, you're here pretty early."

Seeing that Yu Fan had arrived as promised, Tang San greeted him.

Yu Fan nodded and said,

"Of course! I said I'd have your back."

"But I need to tell you something in advance. When we get to Nuoding Academy, if you run into a guy with a buzz cut, stay away from him!"

"That buzz-cut guy is no good. He's a stinking piece of rat shit, notorious throughout the Soul Master World. Spirit Hall was even hunting him down a few years ago!"

Listening to Yu Fan talk about the buzz-cut man,

Tang San frowned. If he was that notorious, he definitely couldn't be any good.

But Tang San quickly caught himself and said,

"Wait, that's not right! You've never been to Nuoding Academy, so how do you know there's a guy with a buzz cut?"

"Confucius said..."

"I just remembered, you seem to have been there."

"In that case, I won't tell you about the Brawling Analects."

Yu Fan wore a broad smile, but thought to himself,

Why is this different from the Douluo Continent I read?

Tang San's surprisingly smart. He spotted the problem with what I said right away!

"Phew!"

Tang San breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had reacted quickly enough.

Old Jack didn't stop the two of them from fooling around. He merely smiled kindly.

Tang San was a good child!

A devoted son known far and wide!

"Let's go. I'll take you two to Nuoding City."

Old Jack came over leading an ox cart, then patted the hay-filled bed. Clearly, this was where the two of them would sit.

Yu Fan plopped down, nearly squeezing Tang San off the cart. After all, he was simply too big.

Old Jack drove while sitting on the ox, afraid that Yu Fan would find the cart too cramped and sit on his ox instead, crushing it to death.

He had scrimped and saved to buy that ox.

Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy.

Once they arrived, Yu Fan knew what to do next.

After all, he counted himself a loyal reader of Douluo Continent, though he had some prejudice against Young Master Huang.

But all in all, he was still a genuinely good person.

"Village Chief, you can leave us here. With me around, no one will dare come looking for trouble with us!"

Yu Fan patted his solid chest muscles as he gave his assurance.

Old Jack was about to say something, but after a glance at Yu Fan's chiseled muscles, he suddenly felt there wasn't much to worry about.

Would anyone really dare provoke this god of pestilence?

And Little San was so obedient; there shouldn't be any trouble!

"All right, I'll be going then!"

Old Jack waved and left with a smile.

Tang San reluctantly watched Old Jack leave. When he turned back and saw Yu Fan grinning with his teeth bared, his face immediately darkened.

"Yu Fan, what are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm checking how sturdy this gate is!"

Yu Fan used his backside to cover the handprint on the iron gate behind him.

He had only tested his strength a moment ago, and the iron gate had immediately caved in.

Could anyone really blame him for that?

He was a genuinely good person!

The kind who did good deeds without leaving his name!

Oh, right...

In a few years, the academy director could even say a god had squeezed his gate!

"..."

Tang San was at a loss for words. If someone saw this,

wouldn't they have to pay for it?

But he didn't have a penny!

This Yu Fan really didn't give him a moment's peace!

"Don't worry about the little details..."

"All right, let's go in!"

Yu Fan handed his Martial Soul certificate to the gatekeeper.

The arrogant gatekeeper took one look at it and threw it on the ground.

"No Martial Soul? What are you doing here if you don't have a Martial Soul?"

"...?"

Yu Fan's expression stiffened slightly.

He knew this part was coming, but wasn't the gatekeeper a little too arrogant?

He was a talent with Innate Full Soul Power, after all.

"Yu Fan... Yu Fan, how about we let it go?"

Tang San's heart jolted, and his panic was plain to see.

Why the hell was this gatekeeper looking down on people through dog's eyes?

Did he know who was standing in front of him?

That wasn't even a human being, all right?

The gatekeeper looked at Yu Fan, who hadn't moved, and continued his tirade.

"Why aren't you scramming?"

"Pick up the Martial Soul certificate."

"Wh-what did you say?"

The gatekeeper felt a little dazed. He suddenly sensed an immensely terrifying killing intent, and a chill spread through his entire body.

His legs in particular began trembling uncontrollably.

Wh-what the fuck is going on?

"I told you to pick up the Martial Soul certificate!"

A trace of killing intent had already appeared in Yu Fan's eyes, and the space around him began to warp. He held one arm across his chest and pointed at the gatekeeper with the other as he said,

"What, can't you understand human speech?"