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"Unfortunately, the two of your martial souls..." Director Su glanced at Gu Yi and Tang San, shaking his head regretfully.

One was the blood flowing through the human body, while the other was the Blue Silver Grass found everywhere. Both were useless martial souls, capable of neither attack nor defense.

If either of their martial souls had been even a little better—just an ordinary low-grade martial soul—their futures would have been bright.

Like the little girl beside them. Her martial soul was a rabbit, which gave her some attack power and speed.

Her future achievements would at least reach the level of Soul Sage or Soul Douluo. If she encountered sufficient opportunities, becoming a Titled Douluo would not be impossible.

It was only because Director Su knew his own limits. He knew he was merely a teacher at a junior academy, with strength only in the thirtieth ranks as a Soul Elder, and was unworthy of teaching Innate Full Soul Power geniuses. Otherwise, he would have already asked to take them as disciples.

Tang San did not take Director Su's words to heart.

He was a Tang Sect disciple from another world, possessing six supreme Tang Sect techniques: the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Purple Demon Eye, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons.

How could a so-called useless martial soul possibly restrain his achievements?

Besides, Blue Silver Grass was not his only martial soul. He also had a hammer martial soul that was clearly extraordinary.

That hammer martial soul alone weighed a full five hundred jin.

Gu Yi merely smiled faintly and said nothing.

"Alright, these are your things. The academy provides them free of charge." Director Su handed the items to Gu Yi and the other two. "The three of you will be staying in Room Seven of the dormitory building. Later, a teacher specially assigned to this matter will arrange your work as Work-Study Students."

Gu Yi took the school uniform from Director Su and thanked him.

Tang San and Xiao Wu expressed their thanks as well.

The three then left the teaching building together and headed for the dormitory building.

But after only a few steps, Yu Xiaogang, who had been waiting for a long time, emerged from a corner and said calmly, "Gu Yi, Tang San, come with me for a moment. I have some matters to discuss with you."

Though Tang San was somewhat puzzled, he still nodded and walked toward Yu Xiaogang.

Earlier, Yu Xiaogang had been the first to stand beside him and protect him. He had even helped fabricate an excuse to conceal the fact that Tang San had killed someone.

Moreover, the academy's headmaster and teachers all called this man Grandmaster. He must have attained great accomplishments in martial souls, and he could answer Tang San's doubts.

Xiao Wu, however, was a little displeased when she heard this.

"Why did you only call Xiao Yi and Xiao San, but not me? The three of us are together!"

We're all Innate Full Soul Power, and we're all Work-Study Students. Why didn't this old man call me?

Yu Xiaogang froze for a moment, then said helplessly, "I called Gu Yi and Tang San over because I wanted to ask about matters concerning their martial souls. Yours is different from theirs."

"How is it different?" Xiao Wu demanded, hands on her hips.

Yu Xiaogang frowned, but remembering that Xiao Wu also possessed Innate Full Soul Power and that all three were geniuses of the same level, he changed his mind. "In that case, you can come listen as well."

"That's more like it." Xiao Wu muttered, skipping over.

Gu Yi pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "Grandmaster, I won't be going."

"There are many things to do at the start of the term. I still need to go out and buy a quilt, or I'll easily catch a chill when I sleep tonight."

How could Gu Yi not understand Yu Xiaogang's intentions? He simply wanted to take Tang San and him as disciples.

As things stood, Gu Yi could not break apart the master-disciple fate between Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.

After all, in the original story, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were like a turtle spotting a mung bean—they had instantly hit it off.

Once Yu Xiaogang finished explaining his pile of martial soul theories, Tang San would bow down and become his disciple. There was no stopping it.

Gu Yi could not gain source power from a plot he could not change, so there was naturally no reason for him to get involved.

Xiao Wu blanked out at his words and blinked.

That was right. It seemed she did not have a quilt either. She should go buy one too.

Yu Xiaogang paused and turned around. "Don't you want to understand what is going on with your Blood Martial Soul? As for the quilt, that is a small matter. You can take one from me later."

"I cannot accept a reward without merit. Although I am a Work-Study Student, I still have some Silver Soul Coins on me—enough to buy a quilt," Gu Yi refused.

"As for the Blood Martial Soul, I believe I understand quite a bit about it already, so I won't trouble you for now, Grandmaster."

Yu Xiaogang's stiff face became even stiffer, and he fell silent.

Tang San's gaze toward Gu Yi turned sharp.

This man has no respect for his elders. He truly knows neither manners nor propriety, crude and uncouth as he is.

Gu Yi paid no attention to what they thought. He bowed to Yu Xiaogang, then turned and left.

Xiao Wu looked at Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then at Gu Yi, who was gradually walking away, and blinked. "I'm going to buy a quilt too."

Compared to listening to someone talk, Xiao Wu preferred strolling around the streets. She loved the delicious snacks sold there most of all.

"Xiao Yi, wait for me!" Xiao Wu jogged after him and quickly caught up to Gu Yi.

"Grandmaster, they..." Tang San looked toward Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang said, "Forget it. If he wishes to leave, let him leave. All it means is that we have no affinity."

"Xiao San, if I am not mistaken, you are the third person in the past hundred years to possess Twin Martial Souls. Gu Yi is the fourth."

The moment Tang San heard the Grandmaster's words, his expression changed. A trace of Killing Intent appeared in his eyes as his left wrist quietly lifted.

Yu Xiaogang did not notice Tang San's abnormality and continued with a smile.

"Are you wondering why I know you have Twin Martial Souls?"

Yu Xiaogang smiled smugly. "It is because of your martial soul certificate... I once investigated six hundred and forty people whose martial souls were Blue Silver Grass. Of them, sixteen possessed Soul Power, and not a single one had Innate Soul Power above rank one."

"Yet you, Xiao San, possess Innate Full Soul Power at rank ten."

"According to one of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul that I researched—the theory that the amount of Innate Soul Power is directly proportional to the quality of one's martial soul—Blue Silver Grass clearly does not meet the requirement."

"Therefore, I can be certain that you have another martial soul, and it is an extremely powerful one."

Yu Xiaogang turned to look at Gu Yi, who was leaving. "Gu Yi is the same. His martial soul is blood, whose quality is no better than your Blue Silver Grass, yet he also possesses Innate Full Soul Power."

"This means that besides his Blood Martial Soul, he has another martial soul."

After hearing Yu Xiaogang's explanation, Tang San was moved.

"So Gu Yi also has Twin Martial Souls?"

"But what does it matter if he has Twin Martial Souls? I possess the six great Tang Sect techniques. How could Gu Yi compare to me!"

Gu Yi, who had already gone far away, glanced back and immediately saw Tang San kneeling on both knees, respectfully kowtowing several times to Yu Xiaogang.

Sure enough, there was no stopping Tang San from taking a master. Gu Yi shook his head.

But this was just as well.

Without Yu Xiaogang's misguided teachings, why would Tang San have chosen soul skills like Entanglement and Parasite, which would be useless later on?

It completely wasted the Blue Silver Emperor's advantage in vitality.

As a result, Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor martial soul became mere decoration in the future, with all attacks carried out by the Clear Sky Hammer.