Gatekeeper

Zhu Rong's Storage Soul Tool was a little too small. One shopping trip had filled it to the brim.

Quilts, pillows, newly tailored clothes, and the clothes he had changed out of.

Zhu Rong had been to Nuoding City before, so he had naturally scoped things out in advance and knew where the academy was.

Not long after leaving the clothing store, Zhu Rong arrived at the academy gates.

He drew quite a few glances along the way.

Zhu Rong was handsome, with a faint aura of light and holiness about him.

He was well dressed, and his clothes clearly were not cheap.

His confident strides, cheerful demeanor, and sunny smile attracted quite a few fangirls.

"Dad, when I grow up, I want to marry him. Can you go ask him..."

A noble father listened to his daughter with a face full of dark lines.

His little darling was only a few years old! And she was already thinking about getting married...

But after carefully observing Zhu Rong, the father fell silent for a while before shaking his head and saying to his daughter,

"You're not worthy!"

He knew his place. He was merely an imperial baron. How could his daughter possibly be worthy of such a young "noble" Soul Master?

"Waaah..."

The scene returned to the gates of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

"Blue Silver Grass? Hahaha, Blue Silver Grass... Innate Soul Power level eight, an Earth Dog Village Work-Study Student..."

After taking Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening certificate, the gatekeeper had only read part of it before bursting into laughter.

This brat was forging documents, yet he could not even make them believable!

Blue Silver Grass with Innate Soul Power level eight? If that were true, he would eat the Martial Soul Awakening certificate on the spot!

"Brat, you've got some nerve trying to fool me!"

The gatekeeper tossed Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening certificate onto the ground and said impatiently.

Though he had gotten this gatekeeping job through connections, he had picked up some basic knowledge about Soul Masters through long exposure.

Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening certificate did not list Holy Soul Village because he was using Earth Dog Village's Work-Study Student quota.

Holy Soul Village's Work-Study Student quota was with Zhu Rong.

"You..."

Tang San was furious!

His eyes turned red, his fists clenched tightly, like a mutt ready to erupt at any moment.

That gatekeeper had actually looked down on him and thrown his Martial Soul Awakening certificate onto the ground!

Not only that, he had mocked him!

This was truly the Path to Death!

He could not beat Zhu Rong for now, but could he not beat a mere gatekeeper?

Watching the scene from not far away, Zhu Rong scratched his head, feeling rather puzzled.

Old Jack had not brought Tang San to the academy, and he had not come with Tang San either, yet he still got to witness this famous scene...

"Could Tang San and the gatekeeper's love-hate relationship be destined by heaven?"

Zhu Rong shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

Whatever happened to Tang San had nothing to do with him. Zhu Rong was quite happy to watch someone make things difficult for him.

"Oh? You brat, you still dare glare at me!"

The gatekeeper rolled up his sleeves, ready to give Tang San two solid punches before throwing him farther away so he would not block the noble young masters and ladies entering the academy.

Seeing that the gatekeeper still intended to strike him, Tang San could no longer hold back.

Though there was a considerable height difference between him and the gatekeeper, he was now a level fourteen Soul Master!

With the Tang Sect's secret arts and two hundred-year Soul Bones, few ordinary Soul Masters were his match.

Of course, Tang San did not know that yet.

So far, the only Soul Master he had "fought" was Zhu Rong. Every time, he had been the one getting beaten up one-sidedly...

The two were not far apart, only around two meters. Tang San took a single step and reached the gatekeeper, punching him in the stomach.

At his height, if he did not jump, the gatekeeper's stomach was all he could hit...

The gatekeeper was merely an ordinary person. Before he could react, Tang San's furious blow severely wounded him.

With his stomach taking such a heavy hit, the gatekeeper could not even scream. His entire body curled up like a giant shrimp.

Tang San grabbed the gatekeeper and executed a clean over-the-shoulder throw.

With a bang...

The gatekeeper was slammed heavily onto the ground...

Just as Tang San was about to use the sleeve arrow on his arm to deliver a final blow to the gatekeeper's throat...

A man with a short flat-top haircut beside Zhu Rong walked toward them with a cold expression and asked,

"What's going on?"

"???"

Zhu Rong's face was full of question marks. This guy was Yu Xiaogang?

He had been standing here even longer than Zhu Rong!

And he was asking what had happened?

Was he blind?

Zhu Rong had seen the entire process. He...

"What a show! That move was truly something!"

This flat-top's tricks ran deep!

Seeing someone approach, Tang San temporarily stopped and turned to look at him.

A flat-top haircut, a gray robe, a middle-aged man who looked forty or fifty, with a book in his right hand.

This was the academy entrance. Could this man be one of the academy's teachers?

With that thought in mind, Tang San explained the entire sequence of events in full detail.

As for the gatekeeper, he had already fainted. Whether he was dead or alive was unknown, so naturally he could not speak.

After hearing Tang San out, Yu Xiaogang did not reply immediately.

Of course he knew Tang San was telling the truth. He had watched everything from beginning to end and was an eyewitness.

Looking at the gatekeeper lying on the ground, Yu Xiaogang thought,

This child is so ruthless at such a young age. He went straight for a vital point the moment he struck. He is not simple!

The gatekeeper may be an ordinary person, but not just any child could defeat him. This child definitely possesses Soul Power, and his Innate Soul Power must be quite high.

With that in mind, Yu Xiaogang picked up Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening certificate and examined it carefully.

When he saw Blue Silver Grass and Innate Soul Power level eight, he was slightly stunned, then his eyes lit up.

When the gatekeeper had mocked Tang San earlier, Yu Xiaogang had heard about Tang San's Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power level.

But he still wanted to see it with his own eyes to confirm his guess.

"Your Martial Soul Awakening certificate is genuine. This gatekeeper deliberately made things difficult for you, and he brought this upon himself. Come with me. I'll take you to register..."

After speaking, Yu Xiaogang did not return Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening certificate. Instead, he held it in his own hand and walked into the academy.

If Tang San did not go with Yu Xiaogang, his Martial Soul Awakening certificate would be taken away.

If he went with Yu Xiaogang, then he would fall into his trap...

Tang San thought for a moment, then looked once more at the gatekeeper lying motionless on the ground. Only after two seconds did he follow Yu Xiaogang.

Seeing this, Zhu Rong's mouth twitched. He did not know what to say.

Yu Xiaogang's shamelessness, so subtle and effortless, truly opened Zhu Rong's eyes!

A shameless bastard paired with an ungrateful wretch. Perfect!

Just then, a soft, sweet voice sounded beside Zhu Rong's ear.

"Big brother, are you also a student at this academy?"

Zhu Rong was slightly startled, then looked toward the source of the voice.

"Her?!"