The Four-Year Deadline Had Arrived

PS: Brain storage area.

Nuoding Academy, Academic Affairs Office.

"Han Yu, I told you already, Tang San doesn't need your teaching. He is my, Yu Xiaogang's, disciple. Do you understand the rules?"

Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, chin raised, his eyes filled with contempt.

A mere Soul Master from this tiny backwater dared to stand on equal footing with Yu Xiaogang and argue with him. He truly did not know his place.

"Yu Xiaogang, let me tell you this: even if you're the Dean's friend, it won't help you. I am the Dean of Studies! Tang San and Xiao Wu have skipped class repeatedly and must be punished!" Han Yu rose angrily and rebuked him.

"Hmph, you think being the Dean of Studies means you can challenge me? Just wait for the Dean to deal with you!" Yu Xiaogang flung his sleeve and stormed out of the Dean's Office.

"Yu Xiaogang, just you wait!" Han Yu snorted coldly.

He had originally been a transmigrator from Blue Star. Four years ago, the original owner of this body had died while helping students hunt Soul Beasts, allowing him to take over the body.

Unfortunately, the original owner's talent had been limited. Innate Rank Four Soul Power was ultimately not enough to amount to much.

Even though Han Yu cultivated day and night, he had only barely broken through to Rank 40 by now.

It was worth mentioning that the former Dean of Studies, Director Su, had stepped down due to his advanced age. Since Han Yu had advanced to Soul Elder within just two years, Director Su had willingly relinquished the position out of appreciation for talent and personally appointed Han Yu as his successor.

Four years ago, he had heard the System's voice. Unfortunately, it had only just begun binding to him at the time before falling dormant.

Without the System and with such poor talent, he had kept an extremely low profile at the academy, afraid that the lunatic Tang Hao might come looking for him.

Today, Tang San's conduct had been so atrocious that it had enraged many teachers. That was why he had no choice but to step forward.

Ding dong. Binding complete. Please complete the mission as soon as possible.

"The System... it really is the System." Han Yu felt as though a heavy burden had finally been lifted from him.

Now that the System had returned.

Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Never look down on a poor young man.

"Director Han, why not explain the matter to the Dean? Tang San was in the wrong to begin with. The Dean can distinguish right from wrong and certainly won't blame you." The elderly teacher Mo Hen hurriedly reminded him.

"With the System, there's no need to stay holed up in Nuoding City. After I resign to the Dean and Old Su, I'll leave."

These past years, those two had taken good care of him. Leaving without a word would be far too disrespectful.

Ignoring the teachers' advice, Han Yu quickly returned to his dormitory.

Lying on his bed, he willed it, and a System panel immediately appeared in his mind.

Name: Han Yu

Soul Power: Rank 40

Martial Soul One: Firewood Stick

Martial Soul Two: Unlock after completing the mission

Mission: Within half a year, attach a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to your fourth Soul Ring, type unrestricted. Upon completion, receive the Second Martial Soul and upgrade Martial Soul One. Upon failure, there is nothing to deduct. Heh~

Nothing to deduct

Han Yu: "..."

Looking at the data on the System panel, Han Yu suddenly felt exhausted.

Damn it, although the Firewood Stick Martial Soul was not quite a useless Martial Soul, it was still only an ordinary one. It was merely a little better than Yu Xiaogang's Pig Martial Soul.

"Get a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring within half a year? System, do you really think I'm the Young Master of one of the Upper Three Sects?"

Complaining was one thing, but after thinking it over, wasn't there a walking Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone right beside him?

He would not feel the slightest guilt over killing Tang San and Xiao Wu.

In his previous life, after reading the Douluo Continent novel, he had come to thoroughly despise Tang San.

What bullshit about not sparing anyone who hurt Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu had gone looking for trouble herself, then gotten taught a lesson because she was too weak. Did that mean the other party had embarked on the Path to Death?

Even ordinary parents would not say that the ground beneath their child's feet had embarked on the Path to Death just because their child fell while learning to walk.

This utterly warped mindset ultimately stemmed from Tang San lacking proper family education in both his lives.

In his previous life, he had been an adopted orphan, abandoned in the Tang Sect as a child. When he grew up, instead of behaving himself, he stole the Tang Sect's secret arts.

In this life, he at least had a family. Yet Tang Hao was muddleheaded all day and completely neglected Tang San. What kind of person could such a family raise? The answer was obvious.

At that thought, Han Yu even felt a little sorry for Tang San. However, the feeling vanished in an instant.

Pitiful people must have something hateful about them. That saying was absolutely true!

"Xiao Wu's Soul Ring is indeed worth taking, but the Soul Skill it can provide is truly garbage. The Soft Bone Rabbit isn't any particularly powerful Soul Beast either."

After much consideration, Han Yu finally decided that, over the next half year, he would do his best to search for traces of other Soul Beasts.

Once a Soul Beast reached a hundred thousand years, it would face a Heavenly Tribulation. Many Soul Beasts had accumulated internal injuries during their early years of survival and simply could not survive it.

Han Yu's idea was that if he happened to encounter a suitable Soul Beast, he could use his silver tongue to persuade it to Sacrifice itself to him.

If he failed, the worst that could happen was death. Besides, Soul Beasts facing a Heavenly Tribulation would certainly do anything to survive, even if all he offered was an empty promise.

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, not only had a garbage Soul Ring and Soul Bone, Tang Hao was also watching over her at all times. Forcing her to Sacrifice herself would be incredibly difficult. Even if he obtained her Soul Ring, Rank 40-something Han Yu would have no way to escape Tang Haozi's revenge.

"By my calculations, there are still more than five months until Tang San graduates from Nuoding Academy. If there's truly no other way, I'll intercept them on the road and force Xiao Wu to Sacrifice herself."

There was nothing wrong with preparing two plans for something like this.

Using his connections, Han Yu asked the master of Nuoding City's Martial Soul Branch Hall to keep an eye out for information on Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

He was a scholar himself, and he claimed that he wanted to study Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. The hall master, Alto, did not grow too suspicious.

Ring, ring, ring~

As the crisp class bell rang, Nuoding Academy began its afternoon lessons.

Because Tang San had repeatedly talked back in class, the teachers were unwilling to teach them. Thus, Han Yu had no choice but to take over.

The moment he entered the classroom, Han Yu noticed the so-called Tang God King.

"Tang San, stand up. Go outside and stand."

Whether publicly or personally, there was nothing wrong with him doing this.

"Director Han, what do you mean by this?" Tang San stood up and asked neither humbly nor arrogantly.

If I let you show off in front of me, would I still deserve to be the Dean of Studies?

"Xiao Wu, you go stand outside too. The academy has no need for students who refuse to follow the rules. Here, you are troublemakers. No matter how talented you are, if you don't understand the rules, you will be punished!"

Han Yu's voice was not loud, yet it made the students in the classroom feel as though they were sitting on pins and needles.

"Director Han, why? Without proof, I won't accept your demand." Tang San sat back down arrogantly, wearing an expression as though he were the greatest person in the world.

Over the years, because of their strength, Tang San and Xiao Wu had been the top dogs throughout Nuoding Academy. Who would dare challenge them?

If he had not met Dai Mubai, someone even stronger than himself, in Suotuo City, Tang San would probably have continued acting just as arrogantly at Shrek Academy.

Han Yu sneered. "You want a reason, do you? Tang San, Xiao Wu, you have skipped class for a total of twenty-eight days this term. You have talked back to Teacher Li three times, Teacher Huang six times, and Teacher Mo seventeen times. Although Teacher Mo is too kind-hearted to pursue the matter, the other teachers do not want you ruining everyone's learning environment. If you refuse to obey the rules today, I have the authority to expel you from the academy."

"You dare!" Xiao Wu stood up, planted one foot on the desk, and shouted back, "We were delayed because of the training arranged by the Grandmaster, and we asked for leave."

PS: This is a new author's new book. Please forgive any shortcomings, dear readers.

This story includes some personal settings. If you dislike them, please don't flame it.

The protagonist is in his twenties!