Unwitting Destruction

"Little Mo Bai, you're finally back?"

"How was it? Were things all right at the academy?"

"And who is this little girl? Why did she come back with you?"

Knowing Notting Academy was on holiday, village chief Su Meiqian had been waiting at the village entrance early. The moment he saw Mo Bai, he immediately came forward with an excited look on his face.

Together with village chief Su Meiqian were quite a few villagers.

They all wanted to know at the first possible moment whether Mo Bai had become a soul master.

If he had, then their village was finally going to produce another soul master after more than ten years!

"Hello, village chief Grandpa, Uncle Mo Fan, Aunt Lily..."

"I'm already an official soul master now, and I've even received Spirit Hall's certification!"

Only after Mo Bai greeted the village chief and the others did he answer the question they cared about.

"Really?"

"Haha, wonderful!"

"Our Meilin Village has finally produced another soul master!"

"And he's a soul master who got certified at seven years old. This has broken our Meilin Village's record of several hundred years!"

"..."

Hearing Mo Bai's words, village chief Su Meiqian and the others instantly grew delighted.

Seeing the village chief and the others so happy, Mo Bai was in a good mood too. These people in the village had all treated him well.

If not for them, Mo Bai's years in the village would not have been so easy.

So Mo Bai, who knew what they wanted, still came back, even though he technically no longer needed to return to Meilin Village.

"Her name is Xiao Wu. She's my classmate, and she's also a soul master now!"

After that, Mo Bai introduced Xiao Wu.

Hearing that Xiao Wu was actually also a soul master, everyone was deeply astonished.

What followed was a round of questions and answers.

After returning home, Mo Bai discovered that his house had already been cleaned until it was spotless, and they could move straight in.

It was just that Mo Bai's house only had one bed, so Mo Bai simply gave the bed to Xiao Wu and went outside to find a place to cultivate and pass the time.

"It's so late. What are you coming out for?"

Before long, Mo Bai opened his eyes. Xiao Wu had come out.

"Obviously because I'm bored. How could I fall asleep so early?"

"I really didn't expect it. At the academy, you hate talking so much, but in the village, everyone praises you for being well-behaved and sensible!"

Xiao Wu giggled.

"That's what I am, all right?"

Mo Bai was speechless and rolled his eyes at Xiao Wu. Back when he had been in the village, if he had not been a little well-behaved and sensible, how could an orphan like him have lived comfortably?

"Actually, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you. Why did you choose Sword Bamboo to hunt for your soul ring?"

"You don't know this, but Tang San told me your First Soul Ring was basically ruined. The soul skill is too weak, and basically doesn't have any use!"

"Even Grandmaster said your First Soul Ring was a bad choice!"

Xiao Wu no longer dwelled on that issue, and instead curiously asked about Mo Bai's First Soul Ring.

"Right. What they said isn't wrong. My First Soul Skill is basically ruined. It isn't practical at all!"

"All right, if there's nothing else, I need to cultivate. You should hurry back and sleep!"

Mo Bai directly admitted it. As for using his Blue Silver Grass spirit as hidden weapons, Mo Bai would hide it if he could.

And he had not lied either. His First Soul Skill really was quite useless!

"Hmph, I don't believe you. You're the most dishonest person there is!"

When Xiao Wu heard this, she circled around Mo Bai while snorting twice.

She still remembered how, when Mo Bai had first entered the academy, he had liked hiding his abilities. In the end, she had been the one to force out his true strength.

And over the past year, she had never seen Mo Bai make another move, so she seriously suspected that the First Soul Ring Mo Bai had chosen was not that simple.

"I even gave you the bed and came out here myself. How am I still being dishonest?"

Mo Bai fired back.

"You..." Hearing Mo Bai's words, Xiao Wu's pretty face immediately reddened slightly, then she stamped her foot. "That's not what I meant!"

"Hurry back and sleep. Otherwise, you can have this place, and I'll go back to sleep in the bed!"

Mo Bai drove her away again!

She was delaying his cultivation.

"Hmph, if I'd known, I would've gone to play with Tang San. You're way too boring!"

"I'm not playing with you anymore!"

Xiao Wu snorted, then left angrily.

Heh, you little brat, as if I can't handle you?

Seeing Xiao Wu leave in anger, Mo Bai smiled smugly.

Afterward, Mo Bai continued cultivating.

He was not Tang San. Toward a seven-year-old little girl, no matter how cute she was, he had absolutely no thoughts at all.

"Speaking of which, that expression Tang San had yesterday... was he jealous?"

"Tsk tsk. Should I say Tang San is a pervert?"

"He actually likes a little girl!"

For some reason, Mo Bai thought of Tang San's expression when he and Xiao Wu had left yesterday. In any case, Mo Bai could tell that Tang San had been very unhappy.

Shaking his head, he stopped caring about what was going on with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Mo Bai continued cultivating.

After staying in Meilin Village for a few days, Mo Bai bid farewell to the village chief and the others and went traveling to broaden his horizons.

Naturally, he would not go anywhere too dangerous, nor would he go too far. He just looked around a few nearby cities.

Only after the two-month holiday ended did Mo Bai and Xiao Wu return to Notting Academy.

Then they continued cultivating and studying!

Mo Bai naturally would not know that it was precisely because of his appearance that Xiao Wu had not gone home together with Tang San, nor had she acknowledged him as her brother.

Their intimacy was far, far from what it had been in the original work.

In fact, because she had traveled together with Mo Bai for two months, compared with her attitude toward Tang San, she was considerably more affectionate toward Mo Bai.

Even though Mo Bai really did not want this kind of affection from Xiao Wu.

The more familiar they were, with Xiao Wu's personality as a little girl, the more she would come disturb him!

A year and a half later, Tang San broke through to rank 20. Then, with the Dean personally helping him, he hunted and killed a six-hundred-year-old plant-type soul beast, Ghost Vine. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was strengthened once again. Its toughness became stronger, and its toxin, which had previously caused slight paralysis, also became nerve paralysis, making the poison even stronger.

Mo Bai had thought Tang San would continue hunting animal-type soul beasts, but who would have thought he actually did not?

However, even if Tang San did not continue using his Blue Silver Grass spirit to absorb soul rings from animal-type soul beasts, the matter of plant-type spirits being able to absorb soul rings from animal-type soul beasts had already been verified.

After news of Tang San's matter spread, soul masters successively used Grandmaster's method and successfully absorbed soul rings from animal-type soul beasts with plant spirits.

There were also soul masters who used Beast Spirits to absorb soul rings from plant-type soul beasts.

It was just that this kind was relatively rare. Aside from some special plant-type soul beasts, generally speaking, animal-type soul beasts were stronger, and the soul rings and soul skills they produced were also stronger.

Only after so many people verified it did Mo Bai completely believe Grandmaster's theory.

Half a month later, Xiao Wu also broke through to rank 20.

Then, without waiting for the Principal, who valued Xiao Wu even more highly, to make a move again, Xiao Wu slipped out by herself for half a day, then came back having absorbed her second soul ring on her own.