Golden Crocodile Douluo! You Want a Disciple Too?
"Senior sister, what's wrong?"
Seeing Hu Liena's expression falter, Tang Wulin couldn't help asking curiously.
"Ah."
"It's nothing."
"We live right next door to each other, don't we? Since you came all the way from Nuoding City, Spirit City must be unfamiliar to you. But don't be afraid, you have your senior sister here."
"You can come to me whenever you need anything!"
Hu Liena took a deep breath, smiled, and shook her head.
"Mm, thank you, senior sister."
Tang Wulin acknowledged her words. Thinking it over, he realized that his teachers, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and Hu Liena all seemed to have said the same thing.
They were remarkably in sync.
"Senior sister, since there's nothing else, I'll get back to resting for a while."
As Tang Wulin spoke, he remembered that he hadn't gotten anything good from this check-in. He could only pin his hopes on the next one.
"All right, go on and get some rest, Wulin."
Hu Liena immediately smiled and agreed. After leaving his room, she went out of the courtyard through the main gate and returned to her own residence. Soon afterward, however, Bibi Dong descended there.
"Teacher, what brings you here?"
Hu Liena broke into a giggle when she saw her. Although it had been many years since she became Bibi Dong's disciple, she could hardly contain her excitement whenever she saw her teacher.
"Mm, I've taken in a new disciple. I was just going to take you to meet him..."
"Teacher, we'd better not go. Wulin just parted ways with me, and he's sleeping right now!"
Hu Liena spoke softly, a serious look on her face.
"He's sleeping?"
The instant Bibi Dong heard that, she was taken aback, but then immediately understood.
"That's right. Nana, you did very well."
"Before your junior brother came to Spirit City, an unreliable Soul Master who had agreed to take him to hunt for a Soul Ring abandoned him in the Soul Beast forest. He spent quite a bit of time just searching in the forest..."
"It's only natural that he's tired."
Bibi Dong nodded as she spoke.
"..."
But unlike her composed teacher, Hu Liena froze on the spot. She felt...
She seemed to deserve death even more than she had thought!
Wulin had clearly been exhausted!
"But Nana, how did you know?"
At that moment, Bibi Dong suddenly realized something, a trace of doubt in her eyes. If Wulin had been sleeping obediently, Nana shouldn't have known.
"Well..."
"At first, I wanted to see what kind of child my new junior brother was, but I found him sleeping. At the time, I thought..."
"He was slacking off on his cultivation."
Hu Liena looked at her and spoke earnestly.
"Mm..."
"Nana, there may be many Soul Masters in this world who neglect their cultivation, but your junior brother is definitely not one of them. He's only a little over six, but he's already a rank 15 Soul Master."
Bibi Dong smiled as she spoke. She didn't want to undermine her disciple's confidence, but that was the truth.
"..."
"Huh?"
"Really?!"
Hu Liena's eyes widened, and she couldn't help murmuring.
As another of their teacher's disciples, she naturally had a considerable advantage in cultivation, with her innate rank nine Soul Power.
And the difference in Innate Soul Power was also one of the commonly known standards separating every talent monster from ordinary people.
But even so, she had barely reached rank 15 Soul Power by the time she was seven. When she was under six and a half, like Wulin, she had probably only been around rank 13.
Yet her little junior brother Wulin was already rank 15?
Did the gap really have to be so huge?!
"..."
Of course, Tang Wulin himself knew nothing of this at the time.
In the days that followed, Tang Wulin settled into his new life at Spirit City Academy and on the mountain behind the Pope's Palace. With teachers and elders who treated him well, life was pretty sweet.
One day, on Martial Soul Sacred Mountain.
Inside the Worship Temple, where the towering, magnificent Angel God Statue stood, a white-haired old man was studying the intelligence on Tang Wulin in his hands, his eyes gleaming.
He was tall, nearly 1.9 meters, and layers of wrinkles had left the marks of time on his face. Yet his eyes showed no trace of lifelessness; they were full of vitality.
His hands were large and powerful. He looked like an old blade that had lost none of its edge, and his explosive power was evident at a glance.
He was the Second Worship of the Worship Hall, and one of the strongest people of the age: the rank 98 Titled Douluo, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Jin Qiandong.
"A legendary dragon Martial Soul, not to mention Innate Full Soul Power. Since both our Martial Souls are golden, perhaps they share the same brilliance despite their differences!"
"I have no opportunity to break through anyway. Perhaps taking in a top disciple to inherit my mantle wouldn't be bad!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo spoke, unable to keep the hope from his eyes.
"Innate Full Soul Power, and a Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul..."
"Bibi Dong has taken in a fine disciple."
"What a pity."
Across from Golden Crocodile Douluo, an old man who looked about the same age also sighed with feeling. He was Spirit Hall's strongest expert, the rank 99 Titled Douluo and Great Enshrined of the Angel God, Qian Daoliu.
At that moment, he did feel some regret.
Just as Second had said, the boy called Tang Wulin was undoubtedly the best match for him in terms of talent. Unfortunately, he had become that Bibi Dong's disciple.
"Big brother."
"I'm going to the Pope's Palace."
Golden Crocodile Douluo raised his head, a look of determination on his aged face. Could Bibi Dong, a Control System Titled Douluo, really teach this disciple properly?
With that, he didn't linger any longer and instantly sped off into the distance.
"You..."
"Oh well."
Qian Daoliu was taken aback, but ultimately said nothing. After all, there were several factions within Spirit Hall, and his Worship Hall faction truly couldn't go without a younger generation any longer.
At that thought, a trace of helplessness appeared in his eyes. He had undoubtedly thought of his granddaughter, who had gone to the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Your Holiness, the Second Worship requests your presence! He says he'll be waiting for you on Martial Soul Sacred Mountain."
Meanwhile, inside the Pope's Palace, Ghost Douluo appeared before Bibi Dong and spoke respectfully.
"The Second Worship?"
"What does he want with me?"
Bibi Dong had something of an ominous feeling. She couldn't say she had no dealings with Golden Crocodile Douluo normally, only that she had almost none. Yet today, he had actually sought her out of his own accord.
When someone showed such attentiveness for no reason, there had to be something behind it!
Even so, she still wanted to see exactly what he had to say. Soon, her figure vanished in a flash.
"Bibi Dong, I hear you've taken in a new disciple."
When Golden Crocodile Douluo met her, he looked at Bibi Dong with a faint smile.
"So what if I have?"
"If the Second Worship wishes to congratulate me, there's no need. I took him in some time ago."
Bibi Dong regarded Golden Crocodile Douluo with an indifferent expression, showing little reaction. Inwardly, however, she had already sneered.
Wulin was hers! He was her good disciple.
Golden Crocodile had better not come telling her that Wulin also had a golden-attribute Martial Soul. As far as she was concerned, an outstanding teacher could certainly produce an outstanding student.
And his talent was naturally outstanding, at least heaven knew how much better than Golden Crocodile Douluo's. Not to mention, her talent and Wulin's were the best match.
"Bibi Dong, I've also looked into that child. This is his fourteenth day since enrolling, meaning it's been exactly two weeks since he came to Spirit City."
"I won't talk in circles with you. You only need to know that he'll be better off with me."
Golden Crocodile Douluo looked at the woman before him and spoke bluntly.
The Golden Sacred Dragon was a top-tier Martial Soul that had never appeared throughout the long river of history, but its potential could by no means be lacking.
And being with him, a top expert of the Power Attack System, was in fact the best fit for Wulin's future development.
"You're here to snatch my disciple, aren't you?"
Bibi Dong stared at him and spoke gravely.
"Yes. You can't teach him."
Golden Crocodile Douluo spoke bluntly.
"Oh?"
"I can't teach him?"
"Second Worship, you must be joking."
Bibi Dong wore an unconcerned smile. In this world, the only person who could truly teach him was her!
Wulin possessed the Twin Martial Souls of this age!
She wanted to know what he would become under her tutelage, with his future path assured of no detours.