Tang San, Why Aren't You Wiping Your Mouth?!

"Su, I, Tang San, will never coexist under the same sky as you! Bleurgh..."

After who knew how long, Tang San finally emerged from the restroom.

His eyes were bloodshot, his lips pale, and even the hand gripping the mop trembled slightly.

One could only imagine what Tang San had gone through in there!

"If I, Tang San, do not kill the lot of you, then I am no gentleman!"

Tang San clenched the mop and said through gritted teeth.

In his mind were the faces of Director Su and the others, as well as that gatekeeper.

It was all because of them that he had ended up here!

Tang San looked around, then glanced at the mop in his hand. Rage rose in his heart, and evil sprang from his courage.

He furiously threw the mop to the ground and said:

"To think they would make me, Tang San, do something so degrading!"

Shouldn't this sort of work be left to those who had not awakened soul power, or whose soul power was weak?

He, Tang San, might not possess Innate Full Soul Power, but he still had level eight! That made him a minor genius no matter what.

And the academy had actually assigned him to do this kind of work!

Tang San had asked Wang Sheng and the others about their jobs, and that only made him feel even more aggrieved.

"They're all Work-Study Students. They sweep fallen leaves, while I sweep... bleurgh..."

"And Zhu Rong is also a Work-Study Student. Why doesn't he have to work?"

Without comparison, there was no harm. Once he compared them, Tang San understood!

If this wasn't using public authority for private revenge, then what was it?!

"That flat-top doesn't have any real ability. I thought he was so capable—ptui! He can't even secure formal student status for me. Useless trash!"

Speaking of this, Tang San thought of Yu Xiaogang again.

He had asked Yu Xiaogang to help him apply to become a formal student, but the response had still been to wait a year.

Yu Xiaogang had not been given even a shred of face!

Over the past few days, Tang San had also learned just what kind of person Yu Xiaogang was!

A piece of trash who could never break through level twenty-nine in his entire life.

He dressed up common knowledge as his own theories.

He copied other people's theories wholesale, published them, and then they became his...

The academy had a library.

Some of the theories Tang San had seen at Yu Xiaogang's place were recorded in books in the library, with publication dates even earlier.

Yu Xiaogang cobbled together a pile of things, organized them, and published them as his own.

How shameless could a person be?!

What frightened Tang San most was that some upperclassmen at the academy had followed Yu Xiaogang's advice and gone to obtain soul rings.

They either exploded to death or were crippled for life.

If it had only been one or two, that might have been explainable. But every single one of them had suffered that fate—there had to be a problem!

After learning that Tang San's first soul ring had come from a Purple Thorn Vine around four hundred and ten years old, Yu Xiaogang had said with heartfelt regret:

"Little San, if your first soul ring had come from soul beasts such as a Heaven-Piercing Python, Mandala Snake, or Golden Boa, the resilience of your Blue Silver Grass martial soul would definitely be greater than it is now!"

"Not only that, if you had absorbed a Mandala Snake soul ring, your Blue Silver Grass martial soul might even have gained some toxicity."

Tang San: Take a guess whether I believe you or not!

"Ah, yes, yes, yes! Teacher, you're right. Teacher, um, for my second martial soul, to absorb soul rings, I need..."

"Your level is still too low. I'll tell you later."

"You fucking..."

If Tang San had not already believed Yu Xiaogang to be a fraud who deceived the world and stole others' reputations, he might really have been fooled by him.

"I'll just treat that flat-top's words as something blown past my ears. When it's time to absorb a soul ring, I can just go home and ask Dad, right?"

That was what Tang San thought, and that was what he did.

Just then, a soft, childish voice tinged with anger pulled Tang San back to his senses.

"Oh, Tang San, so you were here!"

Seeing the girl before him, Tang San froze for a moment before saying:

"Xiao Wu? What do you need from me?"

Ever since what had happened on the first day of school, Xiao Wu had not spoken a single word to Tang San.

Other than when she was working, she was almost always trailing after Zhu Rong.

Over the past ten days or so, they had become quite familiar with Xiao Chenyu and the others...

After learning that the Work-Study Students included someone like Zhu Rong, the noble students had all become much more restrained and no longer took the initiative to provoke conflicts with the Work-Study Students.

What if? What if they ran into another one!

Not only would he cry, but his entire family would cry too!

Although Xiao Wu's martial soul was a rabbit martial soul and not particularly powerful, she possessed Innate Full Soul Power, and she followed Zhu Rong around all day long.

How could that not make those noble students overthink things?!

"Which family's little princess is she? She actually became a Work-Study Student just to cling to someone powerful..."

After they became familiar with one another, Xiao Wu became the big sister of the group.

Even Xiao Chenyu respectfully called her, "Sister Xiao Wu."

"Hmph! Of course I came to get revenge!"

"These past two days, my family took me to obtain a soul ring. I'm a soul master now too, Tang San. Get ready for a beating!"

With her left hand on her hip and her right hand pointing at Tang San's nose, Xiao Wu declared.

Two days ago, she had taken leave, saying that her family was taking her to obtain a soul ring.

And so, she had found an empty place and condensed her soul ring herself.

To make the act more convincing, she had played around there for two days before returning.

The first thing she did upon returning was seek revenge on Tang San!

Before Tang San could reply, Xiao Wu's smug expression suddenly turned strange as she muttered, "Eh, what's that smell?"

Standing not far from Tang San, she sniffed in his direction. The next moment—

"Bleurgh..."

Xiao Wu dry-heaved. The fury in her eyes turned to terror as she looked at Tang San!

She instinctively took several steps back. Seemingly recalling that scent again, she could not hold it back and once more—

"Bleurgh..."

"T-Tang San, you were actually eating... in there..."

The hand Xiao Wu used to point at Tang San trembled slightly. She had never imagined that Tang San would actually...

Wait, the corner of his mouth!

"Tang San, couldn't you at least wipe your mouth before coming out? Bleurgh..."

Tang San's face darkened with black lines. Before he could explain, Xiao Wu fled in terror like a startled rabbit...

"I wasn't! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"

Tang San felt like crying without tears. After vomiting just now, he had failed to wipe his mouth in time, and Xiao Wu had mistaken it for...

At that moment, Tang San suddenly felt that there was no longer any place for him in this academy.

Tang Hao:...

When Xiao Wu went out to "obtain a soul ring," Tang Hao had thought she was going to run away, so he followed her.

If Xiao Wu truly tried to flee, he would capture her and wait until Zhu Rong had grown strong enough to absorb her.

He had not expected that she had not run away at all—she truly had gone to "obtain a soul ring"!

"This little rabbit follows Zhu Rong around all day now. Could she have fallen for that kid? If so, perhaps Zhu Rong might even repeat what I did back then..."

"We'll talk about that later. As long as this little rabbit doesn't run away now, that's enough..."

Thinking back on what happened back then, Tang Hao actually regretted it quite a bit.

But for the sect's prosperity, he had had to do it...