Kids Don't Know Any Better, Just Kicking Around

Generally speaking, Soul Masters were used to adding elements related to their martial souls into their custom-made clothes. Just as Xu Xiaoyan's pleated dress was adorned with golden stars, the golden jacket Yu Nanyuan wore likewise had silver chain-like patterns.

The specially made jacket was made from extraordinary material, with several special rare metals even blended into it. Not only did it have excellent insulation, breathability, and elasticity, it was also impervious to water and fire. It met a Soul Master's needs for both daily outings and battle.

As soon as Yu Nanyuan got into the car, he caught one of Xu Xiaoyan's twin ponytails and asked with a smile, "Xiaoyan, you must have heard something just now, and that's why you said that on purpose, right?"

"What did I say just now? Aiya, I kind of can't remember." Xu Xiaoyan shot Yu Nanyuan a clever, mischievous look, but on the surface she wore an innocent, blank expression, her pretty big eyes blinking.

Yu Nanyuan saw it all as clear as day and did not dwell on the matter. He then greeted Xu Xiaoyu, who was sitting in the front passenger seat ahead of him.

"Brother Xiaoyu."

"Mm." Xu Xiaoyu nodded with a somewhat unnatural expression, but a trace of helplessness could clearly be heard in his tone.

"Nanyuan, you should understand."

Yu Nanyuan naturally knew what Xu Xiaoyu meant. At home, from childhood until now, whether it was her parents and elders or Xu Xiaoyu, her older brother, all of them had doted on Xu Xiaoyan greatly. Later, after Xu Xiaoyan had taken the initiative to give that Ten Thousand Year Ice Flood Dragon soul bone to Xu Xiaoyu, Xu Xiaoyu felt even more that he owed her something.

All these years, as long as Xu Xiaoyan made a request, he had always granted it.

"It's nothing, Brother Xiaoyu. Since Xiaoyan wants to know about those things, I'll tell her myself." Yu Nanyuan smiled calmly.

And hearing Yu Nanyuan say this, Xu Xiaoyan stopped pretending to be innocent. She immediately sat up straight, looked directly at Yu Nanyuan, and said with a beaming smile, "You're the one who offered to tell me, okay?"

The Soul Guidance Car drove smoothly along. Inside the car, Yu Nanyuan briefly recounted his several encounters with Gu Yue. In the process, there had not been much ambiguity between Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue, but out of a girl's intuition, Xu Xiaoyan instinctively sensed an inexplicable feeling of crisis.

"Then why did she take the initiative to hold your hand?"

"How would I know?" Yu Nanyuan lightly patted Xu Xiaoyan on the head in annoyance and changed the subject.

"Did your Closed-Door Cultivation properly stabilize your Martial Soul Origin this time?"

Holding her head, Xu Xiaoyan said in great grievance, "My Martial Soul Origin was actually stabilized a long time ago. It was Dad who kept making me seize this chance to hurry up and cultivate. He only agreed to let me out after my soul power broke through to rank twenty."

"Second ring?" Yu Nanyuan glanced at Xu Xiaoyan in surprise.

Although Xu Xiaoyan had Innate Full Soul Power when she awakened her martial soul, under the endless doting of her parents and elders, she had always been rather lax about cultivation. Before her martial soul mutated, her Soul Power Cultivation had only been at rank fifteen.

Yet in less than four short months, her Soul Power Cultivation had actually risen from rank fifteen to rank twenty. It seemed this Martial Soul Evolution into the Star Staff had indeed improved her greatly.

Seeing Yu Nanyuan's expression, Xu Xiaoyan proudly puffed out her little chest.

"Although I still can't compare to you, my Cultivation Speed is much faster than my brother's now."

Xu Xiaoyu caught a stray shot while lying down and instantly felt his face darken. His talent was considered quite outstanding within Eastsea Academy and even the entire Skysea Alliance, but Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyan's talents were more freakish than the last. With those words coming from his little sister's mouth, he really had nothing to say.

Xu Xiaoyu coughed lightly to ease the awkwardness, then said seriously, "Nanyuan, my father has already greeted Grandpa Yu's side. Tomorrow, Xiaoyan will enter Freshman Class One with you to study. After that, I'll have to trouble you to help look after Xiaoyan more."

"No problem. Leave it to me, Brother Xiaoyu." Yu Nanyuan agreed readily.

Xu Xiaoyu nodded and said, "Good. I'll take you to Donghai Restaurant for a meal first."

"I don't want to eat at Donghai Restaurant. I want to eat Takoyaki!" Xu Xiaoyan, however, willfully lay back against the rear seat of the Soul Guidance Car.

Xu Xiaoyu reminded her earnestly, "Xiaoyan, those snacks made in open-air environments aren't sanitary."

"If you don't take me to eat Takoyaki, I'll tell Dad you didn't give me food!"

"Fine, fine, we'll go." The corner of Xu Xiaoyu's mouth twitched. Then he took a deep breath and instructed the driver, "Uncle Zhang, go to the Snack Street over in East City."

Watching the interaction between Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan, the siblings, a hint of a smile also surfaced in Yu Nanyuan's eyes.

East City in Eastsea City was close to Donghai Port. Because of its advantageous location, the vast majority of small vendors in Eastsea City gathered here. The Snack Street Xu Xiaoyu mentioned was the same one Yu Nanyuan had previously visited together with Zhang Yangzi and the others.

On both sides of this not particularly spacious street stood rows of shops, and the crowds were dense. As soon as they reached the street entrance, they could smell all kinds of aromas wafting from within.

Noisy voices, warm air, and enticing fragrances blended together. In this chilly late-autumn season, it was rich with Worldly Atmosphere.

But on this bustling, crowded Snack Street, the Soul Guidance Car naturally could not drive in. The three of them had no choice but to get out at the street entrance and continue on foot.

At the same time, another Soul Guidance Car stopped there. A fat woman stepped out of it. The woman looked to be in her thirties, fair and tender, and she somewhat resembled a kind of captive Soul Beast from the northern part of the continent, the flying pig. She wore all kinds of luxurious jewelry all over her body, but it did not give her the slightest air of grace. Instead, it looked rather mismatched.

"Be good, Xiao Bao. Eat whatever you want."

In the woman's arms was a pet dog with dense, curly red fur. Dazzling red light shimmered over its fur, with faint waves of high heat rising from it. This red curly-haired dog had been bred by crossbreeding with a true Soul Beast and possessed half the bloodline of the Soul Beast Blazing Fire Hound. It was far fiercer than an ordinary pet dog.

The moment it got out of the car, it immediately jumped down from the woman's arms and let out a series of savage barks, instantly causing a commotion.

As if sensing everyone present's fear of it, it then pushed its luck and began tearing into all kinds of snacks made by the nearby vendors, even nearly biting some passersby.

The fat woman did not care at all. She took a thick stack of Federal currency from her bag and arrogantly threw it onto the ground.

"My fur baby doesn't know any better. He was just biting for fun. This money can be considered compensation for your losses."

Facing the fat woman's insult, the passersby present dared to be angry but did not dare speak, their faces flushed red.

"You?!"

"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

The red curly-haired dog returned to the fat woman's side with a swagger that recognized no kin. Then, noticing Xu Xiaoyan's timid expression, its bullying arrogance flared up again, and it charged toward this side with a fierce look in its eyes.

Xu Xiaoyu's expression chilled, and he was just about to act to protect Xu Xiaoyan, only to see that Yu Nanyuan had already stepped in front of Xu Xiaoyan before him. As his body twisted, he kicked the red curly-haired dog heavily in the abdomen.

"Whimper, whimper, whimper—"

The red curly-haired dog was sent flying several dozen meters and lay on the ground, letting out weak, shrill whimpers. The red light on its fur dimmed, and it even seemed to have difficulty moving its body.

The fat woman's expression changed drastically, and she hurried forward to check on the red curly-haired dog. Because of her massive weight, the ground seemed to tremble.

"Xiao Bao?!"

Holding the red curly-haired dog, the fat woman looked at Yu Nanyuan, whose gaze was cold, in utter fury and shrieked.

"What are you doing?!"

"Sorry. Kids don't know any better, he was just kicking around." Xu Xiaoyu walked out at just the right time and stood in front of Yu Nanyuan, saying coldly. The soul power pressure belonging to a Four-Ring Soul Elder instantly made the fat woman's face turn incomparably pale. Afterward, without looking at the fat woman again, he led Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyan straight into Snack Street.

By this time, the fear in Xu Xiaoyan's heart had already faded greatly, and she wrapped both hands around one of Yu Nanyuan's arms. Hearing her brother say that, she could not hold back and burst out laughing.