Sasuke Template, Starting Reward: Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan

"System, I choose 1, the character template; 2, the Divine Inheritance; 6, the Limit Douluo Experience Card; 8, Swordsmanship Mastery; and 9, Soul Tool Proficiency."

[Selection successful. Distributing rewards, please wait...]

They wanted him to choose a succubus physique to seduce women?

Don't joke around. Women would only slow his sword draws!

Especially those beautiful women who looked harmless.

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the Sasuke template from the world of Naruto.]

[Template fusion successful. Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: One-Tomoe Sharingan.]

[Given that the host is an orphan and has no bonds to aid the evolution of the Sharingan, the system will now directly evolve the One-Tomoe Sharingan into: Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.]

"Huh?"

"I thought being an orphan was standard, and a pretty tragic thing, but why now..."

Clang!!!

Without warning, the sound effect of the Sharingan awakening rang out in the minds of everyone in the academy.

Lin Yan suddenly felt excruciating pain in both eyes.

At the same time, vast amounts of information about swordsmanship and crafting Soul Tools flooded wildly into his mind.

"Sss~"

"My eyes! My head!"

Lin Yan clamped one hand over his eyes and plunged the other into his hair, staggering uncontrollably.

"It hurts! It hurts too much!"

It felt as though a dozen burly men were forcibly holding him down and shoving steel needles through his scalp into his head.

For a moment, Lin Yan even thought the pain would turn him into an idiot.

Fortunately, after only about five seconds, the system finished pouring everything into him.

Thud!

The sudden release sent Lin Yan dropping to the ground, drawing concerned and odd looks from passersby.

"Child, are you feeling unwell? Do you need to see a doctor?"

"Child? Child?"

"Lin Yan? What's wrong?"

Among the passersby was Mo Hen, a teacher who had just come out of the dean's office. He came to Lin Yan's side and helped him up.

"I'm fine. I'm probably just tired from the journey. I'll feel better after a little rest."

Lin Yan had fully adjusted by now. He shook his head and tried to get to his feet with Mo Hen's help.

System, you nearly turned me into an idiot!

[Ding~]

[No, I wouldn't! This system has its own rhythm.]

[All rewards have been distributed. The system will now unbind. Wishing the host a pleasant life.]

[Ja ne~]

The playful young girl's voice vanished in an instant.

Lin Yan was stunned. He tentatively tried to communicate with it in his mind, but sure enough, it gave no response whatsoever.

"..."

Huh, did it leave as soon as it handed out the rewards?

Lin Yan grumbled inwardly, That's cold!

Still, this was fine too. He didn't want to bother with all that other stuff, as long as he got his rewards.

With that thought, he quickly adjusted his mindset and brought his thoughts back to the present.

Just then, Yu Xiaogang happened to pass by, his face glowing with delight.

"Mo Hen, do you know this child?"

Yu Xiaogang was simply in a good mood and asked casually. He had no particular thoughts about Lin Yan.

But Mo Hen's next words sent him into a frenzy once more.

"That's Lin Yan! Don't you know?"

"Oh, right, the dean didn't call you to the meeting just now."

Only then did Mo Hen remember that when the dean had hurriedly called a meeting of all the teachers, the Grandmaster standing before him was the only one he hadn't invited.

He explained,

"The little fellow has Innate Full Soul Power, and his Martial Soul is a pair of swords with both lightning and fire attributes."

"The quality of his Martial Soul is ridiculously high. Even I, a Soul Grandmaster, felt a burning pain in my eyes after just a few looks."

"He's bound to become an important figure someday. Lin Yan is the dean's precious treasure right now; we can't let him get hurt."

As he spoke, Mo Hen's face was full of pride.

It was as though, once the exceptionally gifted Lin Yan beside him achieved great things in the future, he too, as a teacher at Nuoding Academy, would share in the honor and glory.

And, unsurprisingly, Yu Xiaogang smiled too.

"Innate Full Soul Power!"

"Another one with Innate Full Soul Power!"

"Hahaha!"

Yu Xiaogang looked at the boy before him.

Only then did he notice that although Lin Yan wore nothing but plain black cloth clothes, he was handsome and had a cold, aloof bearing. There was even a trace of world-weariness in his eyes, as though he could turn away anyone's warmth.

Together with those blood-red eyes bearing strange patterns and his short, tousled black hair, he was a born "king of showing off"!

He's only six and already this handsome! He's already this good at showing off! What will he be like when he grows up?

That was Yu Xiaogang's first thought. His second was: Only I, Yu Xiaogang, am worthy of teaching such a genius!

"Your name is Lin Yan, right?"

Yu Xiaogang couldn't allow anyone in this world to be better at showing off than he was, so he immediately struck the pose of an eminent master again.

With his hands behind his back and a smile on his lips, he gazed up at the sky and paced as he spoke.

"I am the Grandmaster, foremost in theory on the Douluo Continent."

"You are truly fortunate to have met me today."

"Now, you need only kneel and kowtow to me three times to complete the ceremony of accepting me as your master. From this day forth, I shall be your teacher!"

Yu Xiaogang was confident and composed, not at all ashamed that he was still only a Soul Grandmaster at fifty.

Well, perhaps he had been ashamed before, but after Tang San had kowtowed to him three times just now, he felt better again.

The air fell silent.

Mo Hen's eyes went wide as saucers. Wearing a look of utter shock, he stared fixedly at Yu Xiaogang.

The Grandmaster wanted to take Lin Yan as his disciple?

Even the dean, a Soul Ancestor, hadn't said he would take Lin Yan directly as a disciple, yet this trash Soul Grandmaster with half a level of innate soul power wanted to take a genius with Innate Full Soul Power as his disciple?

The world had gone mad!

More and more people gathered to watch. Some knew Yu Xiaogang, while others knew Lin Yan.

After learning what had happened, they too began pointing and whispering, and the surroundings gradually grew noisier.

How boring!

Does Gangzi try to take every talented person who transmigrates to the Douluo Continent as a disciple, and mock every untalented one?

Watching Yu Xiaogang force himself to show off when he had nothing to show, Lin Yan was truly speechless.

Honestly, anyone with a thinner skin couldn't have said such things.

No wonder so many fanfics in his past life liked to torment Gangzi. Who wouldn't want to kick a piece of trash who liked getting in people's faces?

If you're trash, then you're trash. Keep quiet and don't go stirring up trouble, and no one with nothing better to do will come up and humiliate you.

But this Yu Xiaogang just had to do otherwise! He loved showing off!

He thought being born into the Upper Three Sects made him superior to others; he thought reading through the Spirit Hall's library made him knowledgeable; he thought this and thought that...

He simply looked down on everyone else.

Lin Yan had Innate Full Soul Power, a peerless genius seen only once in several decades. He could become a Titled Douluo after a mere ten or twenty years of cultivation. What right did Yu Xiaogang, a mere Soul Grandmaster, have to point fingers at him?!

Utterly ridiculous!

"Well, little fellow?"

"My core principle is this: there are no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters."

"With my guidance, no matter how good or bad your aptitude is, your name will surely be known across the continent someday!"

Seeing that Lin Yan still wore that world-weary expression and hadn't answered after all this time, Yu Xiaogang began showing off again.

After saying all that, he also made calculations in his heart.

Who knows how many low-level Soul Masters my famous saying has moved? Even a Twin Martial Souls genius like Tang San agreed with it wholeheartedly. This brat is bound to be won over by my world-shaking wisdom.

Hahaha!

My luck has turned! I, Yu Xiaogang, have actually gained two geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power at once!

I'll use Tang San for experiments and Lin Yan to make a name for me.

Once they both achieve great things, let's see who dares call me trash!