Jiang Ming Exceeds the Standard, A Slice Off!

After taking several deep breaths, Zhou Yi finally steadied her surging emotions.

She sat back down, her beautiful eyes fixed on Jiang Ming as she asked, somewhat angrily, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

The moment the words left her mouth, Zhou Yi knew she had misspoken.

For a Soul Master with Twin Martial Souls, their second martial soul had always been an extremely private existence! Asking like this was, to some extent, an invasion of Jiang Ming's privacy.

But her temperament was simply this forceful, and when she got worked up, it really was easy for her to go too far.

When Jiang Ming heard Zhou Yi ask about his second martial soul, his expression did not change in the slightest. Instead, he shrugged and said softly, "You never asked, Teacher Zhou!"

In an instant, Zhou Yi was left speechless.

Zhou Yi blinked awkwardly, then instinctively wanted to ask something, but she held herself back.

Asking a Soul Master with Twin Martial Souls about their second martial soul was a very offensive thing. After all, the second martial soul could be considered a trump card kept at the very bottom of the box for a Soul Master with Twin Martial Souls!

And seeing Zhou Yi looking like she wanted to speak but stopped herself, Jiang Ming could more or less guess what she wanted to say.

But guessing was one thing. Jiang Ming was not going to volunteer it.

Sigh, his whole approach was: if you didn't ask, he wouldn't say.

And even if you did ask, he still might not necessarily say.

After hesitating for a long while, Zhou Yi still did not ask the offensive question in her heart.

She reached out and patted Jiang Ming on the shoulder, nodded, and said, "You performed very well today. However, your Soul Power of over forty ranks definitely can't be hidden from so many teachers. Next, the academy may come looking for you. Even the dean might personally come over, so prepare yourself."

The talent Jiang Ming had shown was simply too monstrous! Even Shrek Academy, whose school motto was to nurture monsters, had never seen a monstrous student of this level before.

When Zhou Yi said the dean might personally come looking for Jiang Ming, that was absolutely no joke. It really could happen!

"Oh, I understand."

Jiang Ming acted as if he did not really care, and in truth, he really did not care much.

It was only a possibility, after all. And even if the dean really did come looking for him, it would amount to nothing more than offering all kinds of excellent conditions, bringing out various rewards, and perhaps even directly taking him as a disciple, or even a personal disciple.

That routine had been written to death in novels, all right?

As for preparing... Was he supposed to change into a handsome suit? Jiang Ming felt there should be no need for that.

"You brat, that's the dean! A Titled Douluo powerhouse over Level Ninety! And this is your attitude?"

Zhou Yi could not help rolling her eyes.

Jiang Ming thought for a moment, then lifted the corners of his lips on both sides and made a smiley face.

"Then... like this?"

Zhou Yi felt it was a little painful to look at.

Jiang Ming was very good-looking. At least in Zhou Yi's view, among the first-year freshmen, there basically wasn't a boy more handsome than Jiang Ming.

But that smiley face... it could only be said that even a dog would be disgusted by it!

"Forget it. Just treat it normally. In any case, our dean is fairly easy to talk to."

Zhou Yi waved her hand, pinched the bridge of her brow, and motioned for Jiang Ming to put away that ugly smiley face.

"Oh, okay."

Jiang Ming obediently straightened his expression and stood there quietly, looking every bit the elegant, handsome youth.

After a while, seeing that Zhou Yi still had not spoken, Jiang Ming could not help saying, "Teacher Zhou, is there anything else? If not, I'm leaving."

He still had a portion of the Soul Tool that he had not finished assembling and carving. He planned to give Old Nie a huge surprise when he went home over the break this semester, so time was still a little tight.

Seeing Jiang Ming looking so impatient, Zhou Yi glared at him and said irritably, "Going to the Soul Tool Department again?"

Jiang Ming nodded.

Zhou Yi sighed and said helplessly, "I really regret introducing you to Fan Yu now. Twin Martial Souls, a Body Martial Soul, Soul Power at the level of a Level Forty Soul Ancestor... sigh. If you devoted yourself to Soul Master cultivation, within thirty years, there would definitely be a place for you among the continent's top powerhouses!"

Those words were not nonsense. Based solely on the potential Jiang Ming had shown now, becoming a Titled Douluo within thirty years was definitely not difficult! Even becoming a Super Douluo above Level Ninety-Five would not be difficult!

But as luck would have it, this kid was also interested in Soul Tools, and his talent there was just as absurdly strong!

Zhou Yi no longer knew what to say.

Even though she was Jiang Ming's teacher, she could not help feeling jealous of Jiang Ming.

Just which window had the heavens closed on him?!

"It's fine, Teacher Zhou. Even if I cultivate both paths, I'm confident I can become a top powerhouse within thirty years—no, within twenty years!"

Jiang Ming said with absolute confidence.

With his Book of Spirits Martial Soul, there was no way his cultivation speed would ever slow down!

Forget thirty years—at this rate, he felt he could become a Titled Douluo in twenty.

"Mm. I believe you. However, I previously thought your Soul Power Level was in the later stages of Soul Elder, which was why I had you bring Ling Luochen to win the Freshman Assessment championship. That would still have been somewhat difficult for you. But now that you're at the Soul Ancestor level, this Freshman Assessment is practically no challenge for you at all. In that case, for the next few matches, I'm adding a restriction: you're not allowed to use power above rank thirty-nine—that is, the limit of a Soul Elder!"

Zhou Yi made the demand rather forcefully.

Soul Ancestor-level soul power, combined with Jiang Ming's top-tier Body Martial Soul, would make this assessment utterly meaningless.

One had to know that among all the freshmen, aside from Jiang Ming, the highest Soul Power Level was only just over rank thirty!

"Huh?"

Jiang Ming was somewhat surprised by Zhou Yi's demand.

In his view, there wasn't much difference between using rank thirty-nine soul power and rank forty soul power.

He had never taken this assessment too seriously in the first place.

"What 'huh'? It's settled! You can only use Soul Elder-level soul power. Also, you still have to win the championship! If you don't, I'll punish you all the same!"

Zhou Yi spoke with a stern expression, though the seriousness on her lovely face still failed to inspire the slightest sense of tension.

Seeing this, Jiang Ming could only nod.

"Fine, Teacher Zhou. I'll only use Soul Elder-level soul power and bring you back a championship. So, can I leave now, Teacher Zhou?"

Jiang Ming asked again.

Zhou Yi waved him off and scolded with a laugh, "Get lost, get lost. Honestly, you're busier every day than I am as your teacher!"

Jiang Ming smiled, turned, and slipped away at once.

A few hours later, the sun hung high overhead, and noon arrived.

Jiang Ming put away a Soul Cannonball he had just finished assembling and patted the Storage Soul Tool at his waist in satisfaction.

No one knew how many Soul Cannonballs were inside that Storage Soul Tool of his.

But judging from Jiang Ming's smiling expression, the number was definitely not small!