The Shock Caused by a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, Xiao Chenyu's Overthinking!

"So confident?"

Seeing that Bai Ge was actually ready to begin, Xiao Chenyu felt uncertain and suspicious.

"Wang Shan, you go."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Chenyu turned his gaze toward one of his less noticeable underlings, whose strength was fairly average.

They still did not know Bai Ge's true strength. If he was not a Soul Master, that would naturally be best. But if he was, they had to find out what his martial soul was and what level his Soul Ring was.

So, sending a stronger underling out first would be too much of a loss. Xiao Chenyu decided to first send a few useless underlings to test the waters. If Bai Ge was not a Soul Master, they could defeat him through a series of battles. If he was, then at the very least they needed to learn about his martial soul and Spirit Skills first, then prescribe the right remedy and send out a suitable underling.

"Boss, me?"

Suddenly being chosen by Xiao Chenyu, Wang Shan was completely dumbfounded.

"Yes, you. We still don't know the enemy's martial soul or abilities, so we can't casually send our strongest fighters out. Go test his strength. Oh, and introduce yourself before you Take the Field. See whether he takes the bait."

Xiao Chenyu said.

"Yes, Boss."

Although he knew he was not much of anything, hearing that his Boss had treated him like a disposable pawn still left Wang Shan feeling rather depressed.

"Wang Shan, martial soul: Wood Shield. Level four, zero-ring Tool Spirit Master."

Slowly walking over to stand opposite Bai Ge, Wang Shan took a deep breath and introduced himself.

Upon hearing Wang Shan's words, Bai Ge immediately guessed Xiao Chenyu's intentions.

Knowing full well that he might be a Soul Master, yet sending out a level-four Soul Master who would undoubtedly lose—this clearly was not meant to win, but to test his strength.

The purpose of that introduction was even easier to guess. They wanted to probe his martial soul and Soul Power Level. But Bai Ge had no intention of "hiding" anything.

"Bai Ge, martial soul: Wisteria. Level fifteen, one-ring Control System Soul Master."

Looking at Wang Shan, Bai Ge curled his lips into a faint smile.

After speaking, Bai Ge summoned the Cloud-Soaring Vine. As black-purple light blossomed from his right hand, several Black-Purple Vines covered in Thorns rapidly emerged from it and began growing at high speed, spreading across the ground. At the same time, a Yellow Spirit Ring rose beneath Bai Ge's feet and began moving between his head and feet.

"A Hundred-Year Spirit Ring?!"

Seeing the yellow Soul Ring rise beneath Bai Ge's feet, Xiao Chenyu could not help sucking in a cold breath, his heart filled with shock.

When he first heard Bai Ge claim to be a level-fifteen Soul Master, Xiao Chenyu had not believed him at all. He had thought Bai Ge was merely putting up a smokescreen. But upon seeing the Hundred-Year Spirit Ring appear beneath Bai Ge's feet, Xiao Chenyu immediately believed him.

"Just who are you people?!"

Staring at the Yellow Spirit Ring beneath Bai Ge's feet, Xiao Chenyu could no longer hold himself back!

A six-year-old Soul Master had already been shocking enough. If Xiao Chenyu had still possessed confidence in defeating Bai Ge before, then after discovering that Bai Ge possessed a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, he no longer had any thought of defeating him.

In battles between Soul Masters of the same level, victory and defeat often depended on only two factors. One was the strength of each side's martial soul, and the other was the level of their Soul Rings.

Both he and Bai Ge were Soul Masters, and there was no obvious gap between their martial souls. Even if they were Soul Masters of the same level, his was only a ten-year Soul Ring while Bai Ge's was a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring. With a whole tier's difference between their Soul Rings, under the condition that their soul power was at the same level, the effect would be decisive.

What was more, according to Bai Ge, his soul power was level fifteen, a full four levels higher than his own. Victory was simply impossible. As for whether Bai Ge might be lying, Xiao Chenyu thought that was impossible. With a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, he was practically guaranteed to win anyway. There was no need to lie.

"Who am I? Don't worry, I'm not some important figure. I'm just an ordinary Work-Study Student."

Bai Ge smiled faintly.

An ordinary Work-Study Student? Don't Believe you, you ghost!

In response to Bai Ge's answer, Xiao Chenyu gave him a look that said, Do you take me for an idiot?

"We admit defeat in this match."

Looking at the vicious Cloud-Soaring Vine in Bai Ge's hand, Xiao Chenyu took a deep breath and said.

If Bai Ge merely possessed ordinary Innate Full Soul Power, then becoming a Soul Master at six years old, though somewhat unbelievable, was still something Xiao Chenyu could understand.

But after discovering that Bai Ge's Soul Ring was actually a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring and seeing that Bai Ge's martial soul was an unknown martial soul—or so Xiao Chenyu believed—Xiao Chenyu immediately overturned his previous assumptions and began considering another possibility: Bai Ge's identity was not simple!

First of all, Xiao Chenyu had found many suspicious points in Bai Ge's words.

The most obvious was Bai Ge's martial soul. Bai Ge claimed that his martial soul was Wisteria, but the Cloud-Soaring Vine in Bai Ge's hand was covered in Thorns. It was clearly not Wisteria. What kind of Wisteria grew Thorns all over itself?

This could not possibly deceive Spirit Hall, yet Bai Ge had still claimed that his martial soul was Wisteria. There could only be one reason: some force behind Bai Ge had bribed Spirit Hall in Nuoding City to create false documentation for him.

At that thought, Xiao Chenyu's entire body nearly began trembling.

It was terrifying. Yet while his body shook, Xiao Chenyu also felt an inexplicable thrill at uncovering the truth, making him unable to resist thinking further.

If an unknown powerful force stood behind Bai Ge, then why would that force send Bai Ge to Nuoding Academy?

Nuoding Academy might have been famous in Nuoding City, but across the entire Douluo Continent, it did not amount to anything. If I were the Boss of a powerful force, there would be no reason for me to send an outstanding disciple under me to a place like this...

That's right, the unknown martial soul!

Could it be that Bai Ge's martial soul was too powerful, arousing the fear of an unknown force's enemies? So, in order to protect Bai Ge, they sent him to Nuoding Academy. Perhaps Bai Ge was Not Necessarily even called Bai Ge; perhaps he had merely assumed this person's identity and come to Nuoding Academy.

And if that were the case, it could explain many of the earlier questions. First, Bai Ge's martial soul was not Wisteria, but some unknown and powerful martial soul. That was why Bai Ge possessed Innate Full Soul Power.

And because Bai Ge was not the original Bai Ge, that would explain why he had level-fifteen soul power.

Since Bai Ge was not the original Bai Ge, then the Bai Ge before him might not actually have been six years old. He could have been seven, eight, or nine. And precisely because of that, Bai Ge had level-fifteen soul power. He had not just obtained his First Soul Ring; he had acquired it long ago.

And because he had obtained his Soul Ring long ago, his soul power was not level eleven now, but level fifteen.

As he thought it over, Xiao Chenyu found explanations for every part of Bai Ge that had seemed unreasonable to him: Bai Ge was no ordinary person—there was a powerful force behind him!

As for why Bai Ge had appeared here, Xiao Chenyu's mind automatically filled in a whole story.

—Two top-tier factions were hostile to each other. One faction produced a genius, and the other did everything possible to assassinate him. Left with no choice, the faction with the genius could only send him far away and cut off all contact, preventing the enemy from finding and eliminating him. And Bai Ge was that genius!

Xiao Chenyu's father was Nuoding City's City Lord, so Xiao Chenyu had grown up watching all sorts of things his father did in official circles. He had absorbed some of that atmosphere himself, so Bai Ge's background was the first thing that came to mind.

Moreover, Xiao Chenyu's father had repeatedly warned him that there were certain great clans in this world that absolutely could not be offended. They were even more terrifying than the Imperial Family.

The Imperial Family still had to care about appearances, but those great clans had no such need. Angering them would bring nothing but utter ruin.

So when he considered that Bai Ge might have a powerful faction behind him, Xiao Chenyu immediately decided to concede. Being the academy's Boss was just child's play to him. It might feel satisfying, but he had no desire to be killed for no reason at all.

And if possible, he even wanted to cling tightly to Bai Ge's thigh, but he could not let that intention show.

Otherwise, if the mysterious faction misunderstood him, they might treat him as an enemy and kill him. That would truly be trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used to lure it.