Yu Xiaogang's Path to Death

"How is this possible?!" Xiao Wu, who had been sent flying by the slap, wore an expression of utter disbelief.

Not only had she failed to notice Su Ming's attack, she could not resist that casual palm strike at all.

It made her question her life as a rabbit.

She had come to the human world so that she could avenge her mother in the future.

Yet now, she could not even defeat an "ordinary" child. A wave of frustration surged through her heart.

"Brother Ming, you've gotten stronger again." Unlike Xiao Wu, Tang San's reaction was perfectly normal.

Their sparring over the years had long taught Tang San that Su Ming's strength could never be judged by ordinary standards.

After awakening his martial soul, Su Ming's strength had improved even further.

"Little San, the Seventh Dorm's conditions aren't very good. How about switching dorms with me? You don't need to worry about money."

Ignoring the dejected Xiao Wu beside him, Su Ming turned to Tang San and extended his usual invitation.

Just as Su Ming expected, Tang San chose to remain in the Seventh Dorm. "Brother Ming, this place is actually pretty good. I'll stay in the Seventh Dorm. I don't want to trouble you."

Even though Su Ming was Tang San's big brother, Tang San still felt embarrassed about constantly relying on him.

If things continued like this, they might not even be able to remain friends in the end.

For anything unnecessary, Tang San would rely on his own efforts rather than trouble Su Ming.

And whenever Su Ming needed help, he would do whatever he could.

Over the years, under Su Ming's subtle influence, Tang San had developed a proper sense of boundaries.

"Alright, I'll be going first."

Su Ming did not press the matter. Carrying his daily necessities, he went to find the teacher in charge of the dormitories.

The people in the Seventh Dorm were left standing there in dead silence, staring at one another.

Su Ming's brief display had intimidated everyone in the dorm.

"That one doesn't count. Let's go again. If that person hadn't interfered, you wouldn't have been my match at all."

Once Su Ming had left, Xiao Wu recovered her spirits and challenged Tang San again.

But Tang San no longer had any interest in fighting.

He had not even eaten dinner yet, and despite having been in the dorm for so long, he had not even made his bed.

"Forget it. I still have a lot to do," Tang San declined politely.

Xiao Wu took Tang San's words as an admission of defeat and said happily, "Then you're my little brother too. From now on, all of you have to call me Sister Xiao Wu!"

The farce ended just like that.

Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang, who had returned from outside, arrived at the principal's office to discuss something with his friend.

By chance, he saw the files of the students enrolled that day, which had been delivered by the teacher at the registration desk.

Yu Xiaogang gave them a casual glance, then quickly found that he could no longer sit still.

A full three students with Innate Full Soul Power!

Over the past hundred years, only nineteen people across the two great empires had been born with Innate Full Soul Power.

And yet, in a remote little city like Nuoding City, three students with Innate Full Soul Power had appeared all at once.

His first thought was that the certificates issued by Spirit Hall had been mistaken.

But after thinking it over, Yu Xiaogang decided that was impossible.

Instead, he became curious as to why Spirit Hall had not recruited these three students.

Though he did not know why, Yu Xiaogang saw this as an excellent opportunity to prove his own abilities.

With that thought, he began flipping through the files.

Soft Bone Rabbit, Blue Silver Grass, Qi.

Yu Xiaogang was dumbfounded when he saw their martial souls.

But he quickly passed over Xiao Wu and focused his attention on Tang San and Su Ming.

He guessed that Tang San was very likely to possess Twin Martial Souls.

Xiao Wu might simply have been lucky, or perhaps her martial soul had mutated, granting her Innate Full Soul Power.

Even if she were nurtured, she would not be able to demonstrate his capabilities.

But according to Yu Xiaogang's research on those who possessed Blue Silver Grass martial souls, Blue Silver Grass could not mutate.

Using his own flawed theories, he thus concluded that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls.

A blind cat had stumbled upon a dead mouse. His reasoning was wrong from beginning to end, but he had accidentally reached the correct conclusion.

At the time, Tang San had just left Holy Soul Village and had little experience. After being fooled by Yu Xiaogang's smooth talk, he foolishly believed that Yu Xiaogang was someone formidable.

One has Twin Martial Souls, while the other has a new martial soul that has never appeared before.

As long as I cultivate them, who will dare look down on my theories in the future?

This is the perfect opportunity to prove my abilities!

In such a remote place, he had encountered two extraordinary geniuses.

This was absolutely a gift from heaven!

Yu Xiaogang thought shamelessly. Afraid that delays might lead to unforeseen changes, he hurried out of the principal's office and prepared to seek out Su Ming and Tang San in the Work-Study Student dormitories.

Once he presented his theories, the two would surely be impressed by them.

A new martial soul? Twin Martial Souls? So what?

His theories could fully develop suitable plans for them. They would surely agree to become his disciples.

Yu Xiaogang might have been a famous good-for-nothing, but he was still the principal's friend.

If it was only a small favor, the teachers were willing to show him some respect.

And so, Yu Xiaogang met Tang San in the Seventh Dorm and asked him to come to his office for a talk.

Tang San took this so-called Master Yu Xiaogang for a teacher at the academy, so he chose to follow him.

Though he had not found Su Ming, persuading one of them first was still something.

The moment he closed the door, Yu Xiaogang impatiently said, "You should be the third person in a hundred years to possess Twin Martial Souls."

He threw out this conclusion right from the start so that Tang San could witness how impressive he was, hoping to make Tang San trust him more.

Unfortunately, Tang San's expression did not change in the slightest upon hearing it.

"Master, what are you talking about? What are Twin Martial Souls?" Tang San asked with a puzzled expression, as if he truly did not understand what Twin Martial Souls were.

Before coming to Nuoding Academy, Su Ming had warned him about this.

If anyone guessed that he possessed Twin Martial Souls, he should either pretend not to know what Twin Martial Souls were or deny it outright.

That was because some so-called scholars would make wild guesses based on their absurd theories.

Yet their conclusions might accidentally turn out to be correct.

Those were the kinds of scholars he needed to stay far away from, because their fallacies could very well harm him.

To convince Tang San, Su Ming had even made up several examples that had supposedly appeared on the Sun Moon Continent.

Tang San had thought such people were rare.

He had not expected to encounter one the moment he arrived at the academy.

Good thing Brother Ming told me about this before. Otherwise, I really would have been bluffed by someone like this.

In Tang San's eyes, Yu Xiaogang was exactly the kind of worthless scholar Brother Ming had described.

Not only did Tang San have no favorable impression of Yu Xiaogang now, he was full of wariness.

He could not believe a single word Yu Xiaogang said next.

"Little friend, it is good to be cautious. But as a scholar of vast learning, I would never make an incorrect judgment..."

Yu Xiaogang remained convinced of his conclusion and began prattling on, showing off his knowledge to Tang San.

The more Tang San listened, the more annoyed he became. He felt that the man before him was purely making things up.

Over these years, under Su Ming's subtle influence, Tang San's principles of conduct had no longer remained as close to those of an assassin from his previous life.

Otherwise, if this had happened in the past—

The moment Yu Xiaogang exposed the secret of his Twin Martial Souls, if he could not provide a proper explanation, Tang San would have used his hidden weapons.

Of course, if Yu Xiaogang failed to recognize what was good for him and continued pestering him now—

Then he would be walking the Path to Death.