Tang San and Xiao Wu

Seeing this, Su Cheng did not go over immediately. Instead, he pulled the old village chief aside and chatted with him while secretly observing the scene unfolding nearby.

The following events developed just as they had in the original story. Yu Xiaogang stepped in to resolve the conflict and led Tang San into the college.

Su Cheng immediately understood that reality had not diverged from the original timeline.

Yet his heart grew somewhat heavy.

Tang San was not the problem. The troublesome parts were the god behind him, his status as the child of destiny, and that father of his who liked to secretly watch his son grow up.

Once the two had gone far away, Su Cheng said to Wang Pan, "Grandpa Village Chief, you should head back. I can go in by myself."

"Alright, Xiao Cheng. Listen to your teachers while you're at the college. Don't leave the campus on your own. I'll come pick you up when the term ends."

"I understand, Grandpa Village Chief. Be careful on the road."

Only after Wang Pan had left did Su Cheng make his way alone to the college gates.

At the center of the towering arched gate were four large words: "Notting College."

Having just been reprimanded by Yu Xiaogang, the young gatekeeper saw another plainly dressed boy arrive at the entrance. He grumbled inwardly, but still stepped forward to stop him.

"What are you here for?"

"I'm a work-study student from Wang Su Village. This is the certificate issued by a Spirit Hall deacon."

"Wang Su Village? Never heard of it." The gatekeeper took the certificate Su Cheng handed over and glanced at it. "Innate Soul Power of level 0.5? What kind of damn soul master student is that?"

As he spoke, he looked toward Su Cheng, ready to mock him a little to ease his own frustration.

Yet the moment he met those calm eyes, he froze.

The child before him was clearly still very young and dressed in shabby clothes, yet he seemed to possess a certain unusual bearing, unlike someone from an ordinary household.

For a moment, the gatekeeper found himself speechless.

"May I go in now?" Su Cheng asked calmly.

"Huh? Oh, go ahead."

Seeing the other party step aside, Su Cheng nodded, took back his certificate, and entered the college.

Since no one was there to guide him, Su Cheng spent some time completing the enrollment procedures.

I'll stay at the college for a couple of days first, then I need to find some money. Living here is far too inconvenient.

As he pondered this, he arrived at the large mixed dormitory for male and female work-study students.

"Another new student?"

As he pushed open the door, a crisp female voice with a slightly haughty tone sounded from inside.

"Hey, I'm the boss of this dormitory. Hurry up and call me Sister Xiao Wu."

As she spoke, a girl with a long scorpion braid turned to look at the newcomer.

The instant their eyes met, Xiao Wu's body abruptly stiffened, and her words caught in her throat.

Tang San, who had been watching the girl from nearby, suddenly noticed that her body was trembling slightly.

Of course, this was not because Xiao Wu had been so overwhelmed by Su Cheng's looks that she could not contain her excitement.

She was frightened.

At that moment, Xiao Wu suddenly recalled the terror she had felt back when she was merely a weak Soft Bone Rabbit, facing the apex predators of the soul beast forest.

It seemed as though sword shadows flashed within the other party's eyes, like a giant wolf lying in wait for its prey, ready at any moment to pin her to the ground.

Su Cheng ignored Xiao Wu. After glancing at her once, he continued walking into the room.

He had no particular designs on Xiao Wu.

Though he knew her true form was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and that both her soul ring abilities and soul bone abilities were quite good, their attributes were incompatible. There was no point in obtaining them.

Compared to that, the soul bone of the Blue Silver Emperor was his true target.

As for soul skills, he did not care much about them.

In the end, they were merely a special method of energy manipulation. Once he understood the principles behind them, with his attainments in the Medical Dao and his understanding of combat, he could find many fighting techniques superior to ordinary soul ring abilities.

Suddenly, Su Cheng halted.

Hostility—and even a faint trace of Killing Intent.

Surprised, he turned to look at the boy behind Xiao Wu.

What heavy malice.

Though he knew Tang San became like a madman whenever Xiao Wu was in trouble, if he remembered correctly, the two had only just met not long ago.

And Su Cheng had not even done anything. Was there really any need to get so worked up?

Then he looked at Xiao Wu's current state and came to a realization.

She had probably only recently entered human society, so some of her soul beast instincts had yet to fade completely. When facing danger, she was instead even more sensitive.

"What did you just do?!" Tang San said coldly, raising his left hand slightly.

Tang Sect rules: Tang Sect disciples must not easily provoke trouble, but if someone takes the initiative to offend them, they may repay it with thunderous force.

Article Three of the Tang Sect Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record's general principles: Once you determine that an opponent is an enemy, as long as they have invited death upon themselves, do not show mercy. Otherwise, you will only bring trouble upon yourself.

In Tang San's eyes, the students in this college were merely a group of children. Any conflicts between them were just minor scuffles, and he had no interest in bickering with children.

But Xiao Wu's current state was clearly more than a minor conflict.

She looked as though a mouse had encountered a cat, trembling like a leaf and nearly unable to stand. She was completely different from the lively girl who had entered the room moments ago. Something was obviously very wrong.

To Tang San, bullying a little girl like this could no longer be described as an ordinary conflict.

He had no intention of killing anyone here, but he did want to test the depth of the person before him.

The Sleeve Arrow at his wrist was already waiting for its chance.

Su Cheng's brows furrowed slightly as his gaze shifted.

"Kid, you'd better put that thing away."

As Su Cheng looked at him, Tang San immediately felt a wave of pressure.

The person before him was clearly about the same age as himself, and neither of them was even a soul master. There was no killing intent in his gaze, only a faint, barely perceptible sharpness.

Yet with that single glance, Tang San felt as though he had been thrown into the depths of the sea, wrapped in crushing pressure and unable to move.

Then, a hand reached toward him.

Tang San's pupils dilated, and a bead of cold sweat formed at his temple.

He struggled desperately against that pressure, but still found it difficult to break free.

That hand merely patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't bother me."

Before figuring out the relationship between the Asura God and Tang San, Su Cheng did not want to have too much to do with Tang San.

Besides, Tang Hao was lurking somewhere in the shadows, and he was not someone Su Cheng could deal with either.

After warning Tang San, Su Cheng walked over to a bed and sat down, pressing a finger against his forehead.

The pressure brought by sword intent is simply too great. It's impossible to completely restrain it. Ordinary People are fine, but anyone with even a little Soul Power can tell at a glance that something is wrong. Until I completely adjust my condition, I should have as little contact with people as possible.

On the other side, Tang San only relaxed slightly at this point.

He cast a wary glance at Su Cheng, who had closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, then clenched his fists and silently returned to his own bed. For the moment, he even forgot to comfort Xiao Wu.

In such a stiff atmosphere, the other students in the dormitory did not dare say a word. They all pretended to be extremely busy.

There had simply been too many unexpected developments today, leaving the children dazzled.

First, a freak with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul yet Innate Full Soul Power had appeared and easily defeated the dormitory's former boss, Wang Sheng.

Then a girl had arrived and defeated that earlier freak, Tang San.

Finally came this person, who was even more terrifying. A single look from him had left the previous two barely daring to say another word.

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