Thousand-Year Soul Ring

"Yo! Where did these two little beggars come from?" Wang Sheng immediately perked up, rubbing his fists together as he walked toward Su Xiao and Tang San. "My name is Wang Sheng, and I'm the boss of this dorm! If you two don't accept that, fight me!"

Su Xiao waved a hand and tossed his luggage onto an empty bed. "Not interested. I don't want to be the boss."

Having been rebuffed, Wang Sheng turned to Tang San. "What about you?"

"I don't want to fight."

Tang San had just started toward another empty bed when Wang Sheng grabbed his shoulder. "But I want to fight you!"

"Are you sure?" Tang San grabbed Wang Sheng's hand and gave it a light squeeze. Wang Sheng's fat body immediately began to tremble.

Tang San's strength was comparable to an adult's. No matter what, Wang Sheng was still just a child.

"If you win, you become the boss?" A sweet voice came from outside the dormitory.

"Of course! Whoever's strongest is the boss." Wang Sheng was still struggling. He felt his hand was about to go numb, yet he remained as stubborn as ever. "Newcomer, once I'm done teaching this brat a lesson, I'll deal with you too."

Xiao Wu skipped into the dormitory. "No need to make it so troublesome. All three of you can come at me together!"

She suddenly dashed forward and kicked Wang Sheng in the head. Tang San released him at the right moment, and Wang Sheng flew toward Su Xiao's bed like a kite with its string cut.

"Don't come over here!" Su Xiao shouted.

Crack!

The sound of wood splintering rang out. The wooden bed Su Xiao had just tidied up had already been old and worn; now, it was completely smashed.

Su Xiao clenched his fists tightly. Looking at the unconscious Wang Sheng, he shouted, "You little brats have gone too far!"

"Who are you calling a brat?!" Xiao Wu's target instantly shifted from Tang San to Su Xiao.

Xiao Wu twisted her waist, using the force from her lower leg to kick at Su Xiao's groin.

"Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, stacked with Mystic Jade Hand!" A crystalline milky-white layer covered Su Xiao's hands as he twisted his body and deflected Xiao Wu's force.

"Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, stacked with Mystic Jade Hand!"

Feeling her attack strike nothing, Xiao Wu planted both hands on the ground and delivered a backward kick, even fiercer than before.

Su Xiao crossed his arms to block, then forcefully lifted upward, pushing Xiao Wu away and opening up the distance between them.

"Stop. I'm done fighting. You're Dormitory Seven's boss." Su Xiao had no interest in this sort of childish squabbling.

"Hmph, at least you know what's good for you." Xiao Wu pouted as she arrogantly looked at Tang San. "What about you?"

Tang San was equally uninterested in backing down. "I surrender too."

Having gotten her way, Xiao Wu clapped the dust from her hands. "Fine, then. From now on, Dormitory Seven is under my protection. My name is Xiao Wu, and you'll call me Sister Xiao Wu from now on!"

Ding. Check-in location refreshed: Dormitory Seven, Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

Ding. You have arrived at the check-in location. Would you like to check in?

The system's voice suddenly rang out in Su Xiao's mind.

Check in! Su Xiao silently said.

Ding. Congratulations, Host. You have received a one-star reward: your Soul Ring absorption limit has increased by six hundred years.

A one-star reward? So the system's rewards had ranks? Su Xiao could not help feeling curious.

"System, how many stars is the Holy Light Dragon Martial Soul?"

"Eight stars."

Su Xiao seemed to understand. The system's rewards were divided into one to ten stars, from lowest to highest.

One star was the most ordinary, while ten stars were the very best.

Yet even a one-star reward that increased the Soul Ring absorption limit was already quite good.

After all, the highest limit for a Soul Master's first Soul Ring was 423 years. The system had directly added another six hundred years to Su Xiao's limit.

That meant he could choose a Thousand-Year Soul Ring for his first Soul Ring.

"Xiao San, get some rest early. The teacher should take us to obtain Soul Rings tomorrow," Su Xiao reminded him.

"Your bed, A Xiao..." Tang San awkwardly pointed at the broken boards on the floor. "How about you squeeze in with me?"

Su Xiao's lips curved into a wicked grin. "Whoever smashed my bed should be the one sleeping there. Don't you agree, fellow student Wang Sheng?"

Wang Sheng groggily crawled up from the floor. Looking at Su Xiao, who seemed like an evil dragon, he was angry but did not dare say a word.

Tang San and Xiao Wu's beds had been pushed together. Thus, the bond between these brother and sister figures quietly began to take shape.