Successful Enrollment, Dormitory Seven

After pondering for a moment, Director Su spoke again.

"Right, I can't really judge Grandmaster as a person. What I can tell you is that Grandmaster once said there are no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters. But he's been at the academy for over twenty years and has never taught a single student. A few days ago, a student with Innate Full Soul Power and a Blue Silver Grass martial soul arrived. Before the student had even registered, Grandmaster took him in as his disciple."

As he spoke, a trace of displeasure appeared on Director Su's face. Relying on his relationship with the dean to freeload at the academy for twenty years without teaching a single student—he truly could not bring himself to like such a person.

"I can't really comment on Grandmaster poaching students from the academy either, but I don't like it, that's for sure." Director Su snorted softly and continued.

"If Grandmaster is willing to help you plan out your martial soul, you can take his advice as a reference, but don't believe it all. If he isn't willing, you needn't be disappointed. You wouldn't be the first person he turned down anyway."

At this point, Director Su paused.

"Of course, that is only my personal opinion. I can't say for certain whether Grandmaster has any real ability. After all, no one has proven that his theories are right, but no one has proven that they are wrong either. As for what you choose to do, that is your freedom. No one else can interfere."

After hearing Director Su's words, Ye Xinyu was taken aback. Thinking it over carefully, it really did seem to be the case. There were no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters, but aside from Tang San, none of the others at Shrek had ordinary martial souls either. She frowned and sank into thought.

With that in mind, Ye Xinyu tentatively asked,

"Teacher, since you know all this, why didn't you try to persuade that Blue Silver Grass student?"

Before Director Su could speak, the young teacher opened his mouth.

"Persuade him about what? It's only a Blue Silver Grass martial soul, a textbook useless martial soul. What difference does it make who he studies under? He'll be useless in the future anyway. But you're different. As an indispensable Support-type Soul Master in a Soul Master team, we can't just stand by and watch you be ruined in Grandmaster's hands." His tone clearly carried a hint of disdain for Grandmaster.

As he spoke, the young man handed back the completed certificate, along with the five Gold Soul Coins from earlier.

"Here, it's all taken care of. These are your things. As for bedding and such, the academy provides them for free. Also, since you want to ask Grandmaster about some information, I've assigned you to Dormitory Seven for convenience. I remember Grandmaster's disciple is in Dormitory Seven, so it'll be easier for you to ask him."

"However, the conditions in Dormitory Seven aren't very good. If you don't want to go, I can arrange for you to stay in the nearby Dormitory Six," the young teacher added.

"Of course, you can go take a look first. If you don't like it, come back and find me, and I'll arrange another dormitory for you."

"Thank you, Teacher." After taking the certificate, Ye Xinyu looked at the returned Gold Soul Coins and asked in confusion.

"Teacher, what about the tuition?"

Director Su said gently,

"As a student with Innate Full Soul Power, you receive preferential treatment from the academy. Your tuition is fully waived, as are your meals and lodging."

"However, remember this: the first floor of the cafeteria is free, but the second floor charges a fee. The academy also sells daily necessities. If you don't want to use the bedding and other items provided by the academy, you may purchase your own. The only requirement is that you must wear the academy uniform within the academy. Other than that, there are no restrictions." Director Su explained patiently.

Before long, after listening to the explanation, Ye Xinyu nodded repeatedly.

"Mm, Teacher, I understand. Then I'll head back to the dormitory first."

Director Su nodded slightly.

"Mm, go ahead. If there's anything you don't understand in the future, you can come find me. The second room over here is my office."

"Okay, thank you, Teacher." With that, Ye Xinyu pulled the door shut and backed out.

As she left the room, Ye Xinyu continued thinking about what the two teachers had said.

As for becoming Grandmaster's disciple, that was out of the question. Perhaps Grandmaster did have some ability, but she personally felt that his reputation was most likely due to Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong.

Besides, she still felt her mother was more capable. She had no intention of following the theoretical path. There was no need to understand too much theory, as long as she did not absorb the wrong type of Soul Ring. With her mother helping her, that was already enough.

However, there was one thing Ye Xinyu was very curious about. According to her memories, why could she not recall a person like her mother at all?

Although she had not read much about the timeline of Douluo Continent, she still knew a little. A first Soul Ring reaching a thousand years should have been something that happened after Tang San became a god, so how did someone know about it now?

If she did not know that Tang San, Grandmaster, and the others were still in Nuoding City, and that she herself had come from Spirit City, she might even have thought she had entered the unfamiliar plot of Absolute Tang.

She knew a little about Absolute Tang too, though only a little. It seemed to start with things like a Million-Year Soul Ring, and the plot later on became increasingly absurd, so she had stopped reading.

After all, a level ninety-eight Soul Master leading a team of students had somehow allowed an Evil Soul Master in the fifties or sixties to kill all the students right in front of him, and the Evil Soul Master even seemed able to leave safely. That was just ridiculous.

Forget it. She would stop thinking about it. It was probably because she, this little butterfly, had altered the course of the story a little. There was no use overthinking it now. Her current goal was to cultivate properly, while also figuring out how to make money so she could buy a few immortal herbs from Dugu Bo and ransom her mother back from Bibi Dong.

Contacting Dugu Bo would be easy enough. Although the old man was difficult to track down, his granddaughter Dugu Yan was at Heaven Dou Academy. The biggest problem now was making money. Without five figures' worth of Gold Soul Coins, there was probably no chance at all.

Money. She had worked for money in her previous life, and now that she had come to another world, she was still working for money. Her head hurt.

Lost in thought along the way, she soon arrived in front of a dormitory building as Director Su had described. The dormitory door was open, and more than a dozen children inside were making a racket.

In the middle sat a sweet-looking little girl. The two especially conspicuous rabbit ears on her head made Ye Xinyu wonder if this was Xiao Wu.

She gently knocked on the door and asked softly,

"Excuse me, is this Dormitory Seven?"

"So cute." As they spoke, the students in the dormitory shifted their gazes back and forth between Ye Xinyu at the doorway and the girl with the scorpion braid sitting on the bed.

"She seems even cuter than Sister Xiao Wu."

Ye Xinyu's long golden hair draped over her shoulders. Though she was not wearing expensive clothing, it fit her very well, especially the unintentional aura she carried about her.

When the girl with the scorpion braid saw that her underlings had switched sides like grass in the wind and gathered around this new student, making her lose face, she immediately walked to the dormitory entrance.

"So, you're also a Work-Study Student from Dormitory Seven?"

Ye Xinyu nodded slightly.

"Mm."

The girl with the scorpion braid said with an unfriendly expression,

"My name is Xiao Wu, and I'm the boss of Dormitory Seven. The rule in Dormitory Seven is that every new Work-Study Student has to fight the dormitory boss. Whoever wins becomes the dorm leader."

She wanted to fight her? Though Ye Xinyu was a Support-type Soul Master, after consuming so much jelly that strengthened her physique, probably no one below level thirty could compare to her physically. But her mother had just warned her not to cause trouble. It would be bad if she accidentally injured Xiao Wu. She shook her head slightly.

"No need to fight. You win."

At those words, Xiao Wu became a little anxious.

"That won't do. You have to fight me. Otherwise, otherwise, don't even think about entering the dormitory."

Although the story would broadly follow the main plot, the overall storyline and growth path would likely not follow Douluo's route. Many new elements and scripts would be added. After all, there really was not much to write about in Douluo's leveling process.