Becoming Sworn Brothers with Tang San

Tang San stepped forward and kicked Yu Xiaogang. Caught off guard, Yu Xiaogang fell flat on his face.

"Tang San, you... I kindly offered to take you as my disciple, yet you're so ungrateful..."

"Xiao Wu, I'll give you a chance. Beat Tang San up, and I can take you as my personal disciple and teach you countless theories."

Tang San and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance. He even saw Xiao Wu silently mouthing a greeting to Yu Xiaogang.

"Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang has pestered us again and again. Today, let's show him what we can do."

Xiao Wu nodded. A yellow Soul Ring pulsed beneath her feet, and she activated her first Soul Skill.

"First Soul Skill, Waist Bow!"

She stepped forward, flipped Yu Xiaogang into the air, and struck him repeatedly with Waist Bow, making Tang San's heart pound with alarm.

Once someone with a Soul Skill like that got close, even if he didn't kill you, he'd strip a layer of skin off you.

"Xiao Wu, I'll help you."

"First Soul Skill, Myriad Senluo!"

An area several meters across, centered on Yu Xiaogang, turned into a sea of Blue Silver Grass.

His Blue Silver Grass quickly crawled over Yu Xiaogang's entire body, wrapping him up like a rice dumpling. It covered his mouth especially tightly.

"Brother Yan said that when you beat Yu Xiaogang, hit his mouth first. Otherwise, he'll keep running it."

Their perfectly combined skills made Yu Xiaogang suffer quite a bit; he would need to spend several days in bed.

And that was with Xiao Wu holding back. Otherwise, Yu Xiaogang would probably have lost half his life.

After dishing out a beating, the two stood together and watched Yu Xiaogang, who still couldn't get up after quite a while.

"You... you've gone too far!"

"If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'm afraid you won't even know the most basic respect for teachers and their teachings."

"Come out, Luo Sanpao!"

Yu Xiaogang summoned his big, fat, purple-skinned pig. The moment Luo Sanpao landed, a cloud of gas formed in his belly.

"First Soul Skill, Earth-Shattering Luo Sanpao!"

Luo Sanpao's belly swelled visibly, inflating into a great round ball in just a few seconds. He clumsily got up, flipped in the air, and pointed his rear at Tang San and Xiao Wu.

With a "pfft," purple gas sprayed out, and Tang San and Xiao Wu hurried away.

"Run! What a stinking thunderous fart! If we're too slow, we'll suffer for it."

Tang San and Xiao Wu covered their noses and mouths and ran for all they were worth. It wasn't that they couldn't beat Yu Xiaogang; the gas was simply not something a human being could bear to smell.

It smelled like rotten eggs, stinky socks, and body odor tangled together and left to ferment in forty-degree heat.

One whiff would send you straight to the heavens, and you wouldn't be able to eat for three days.

The dark purple stink spread several meters in every direction, but Tang San and Xiao Wu had long since run off.

The foul smell drifted past the work-study students watching the commotion at Dorm Seven and spread throughout the dormitory, stinging the eyes of everyone inside until tears streamed down their faces.

Led by Wang Sheng, the work-study students fled the dormitory like mad, vomiting as they ran.

"Hmph, you don't know a good man's kindness!"

Yu Xiaogang blushed, a rare sight, and put Luo Sanpao away before leaving.

Even he could barely stand the smell of the gas.

It was too overpowering!

Walking along the streets of Nuoding City, Tang San led Xiao Wu into a shop.

The bedding in the dormitory was unusable now. Fortunately, Spirit Hall gave Soul Masters one Gold Soul Coin every month, more than enough to buy bedding.

A month passed quickly. On this day, Li Yan sat cross-legged in cultivation, sensing that the Soul Power in his body had reached its peak.

Once he broke through, he would reach level ten, gain his first Soul Ring, and become a true Soul Master.

For a month, he had worked day and night without stopping, and at last he had reached his goal.

"Break through!"

A gust of air sent everything in the room scattering. Li Yan suddenly opened his eyes on the bed, thrilled as he looked at the power within him.

"I've finally broken through to level ten. Tomorrow I'll go get a Soul Ring."

He picked up a complete illustrated guide to Soul Beasts from the floor and turned to a familiar page.

It contained a description of a Soul Beast.

"Dark Demon Dragon: a dark-type dragon Soul Beast with an incomparably powerful body and true dragon bloodline. Naturally suited to dark-attribute Soul Masters of the Power Attack System."

This was Li Yan's choice for his first Soul Ring. If he absorbed a Dark Demon Dragon's Soul Ring, it should promote the evolution of the Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul within Luo Sanpao.

Li Yan had made this choice after careful consideration: he would cultivate the Dark Sacred Dragon first.

After all, he didn't have the strength to protect himself while cultivating the Radiant Sacred Dragon.

Bibi Dong called the shots in Spirit Hall now. Suppose he cultivated Radiant Luo Sanpao and, if his luck was good, his first Soul Ring evolved his Martial Soul into the Radiant Sacred Dragon.

Once word got out and reached Bibi Dong, he couldn't guarantee that the crazy woman wouldn't seize him and extract his bloodline for that good-for-nothing Yu Xiaogang.

Knowing how things went in the original story, she was certainly capable of doing it.

"At my current physical strength, I can absorb an eight-hundred- or even nine-hundred-year Soul Ring as my first. But the Dark Demon Dragon is among the very strongest, so it presents a greater test to a Soul Master. A six-hundred-year Dark Demon Dragon is my limit."

Li Yan hadn't let his soaring strength go to his head. Whale Rubber was useful for the body and could increase the age of the Soul Rings he could absorb.

But for thousand-year Whale Rubber, increasing it by this much was already the limit.

He estimated that if he wanted to absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring as his second in the future, he would need at least Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue even to attempt it. Otherwise, he would only be courting death.

"Hmm... time to go out for breakfast."

Li Yan looked at the sky. The sun was just rising.

He pushed open the door to find Tang San and Xiao Wu in the courtyard, looking at him with delighted expressions. They too had sensed Li Yan's breakthrough.

"Brother Yan, congratulations! You've finally reached level ten."

Xiao Wu, meanwhile, was holding both Luo Sanpaos and stuffing carrots into their mouths.

Xiao Wu had come to Li Yan's home a month ago, when the two of them taught Gangzi a lesson and Gangzi took out everyone in Dorm Seven with one stinky fart.

That night, Tang San and Xiao Wu simply couldn't stand the stench. Even opening the windows to air the place out hadn't gotten rid of it.

Under cover of darkness, they had climbed straight over the wall into Li Yan's home.

From then on, the little tyrant Xiao Wu had been a frequent visitor to Li Yan's home.

"Brother Yan, when are you planning to hunt a Soul Beast and get your first Soul Ring?"

"Tomorrow, I think. The sooner the better. I want to see if my theory is right."

Father Li and Mother Li were both out at the moment, leaving only the three youngsters and the two Sanpaos.

Xiao Wu suddenly spoke up.

"By the way, Li Yan, you big meanie, what Soul Beast are you planning to use for your first Soul Ring?"

Xiao Wu had also felt the warmth of home here. Though she was always at odds with Li Yan in her words, in her heart she still hoped he would do better.

It had nothing to do with anything else; it was simply the affection between family members.

From this, it was clear how starved for love the original story's male and female leads were.

"Hmm... for now, I'm planning on a six-hundred-year Dark Demon Dragon. If there's a better choice, that would be even better."

Xiao Wu nodded. "In that case, I might be able to help."

"I remember, when I went hunting Soul Beasts with my family, we really did come across a black dragon-type Soul Beast."

"Want me to tell you where? It'll only cost you a hundred carrots."

Li Yan smiled.

This silly rabbit really did think of him as family.

"A thousand carrots. I'll take it."