How Should Resentment Be Repaid? With Justice!

"Hmph! Martial Soul certificates can be forged! Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, Wisteria Martial Soul, and both with Innate Full Soul Power? Listen, old man, even if you're forging certificates, could you at least make them more convincing? You gave two Trash Spirits Innate Full Soul Power—these Martial Soul certificates are obviously fake!"

Although the Gatekeeper knew the Martial Soul certificates were genuine the moment he saw the seal, he stubbornly refused to admit it. Coupled with the jealousy in his heart, he immediately mocked them without a second thought.

"We may be country folk, but we would never lie, much less forge Martial Soul certificates! These were issued by the Spirit Hall Battle Spirit Master who conducted the Spirit Awakening ceremony for our village!"

Hearing the young Gatekeeper's slander, Grandpa Jack was so furious that his snow-white beard trembled.

"Grandpa, don't be angry. Let me handle this."

Seeing how enraged Grandpa Jack was, Bai Ge hurriedly comforted him.

"Tell me, if you think these Martial Soul certificates are fake, how about we go to Spirit Hall and confront them?"

Bai Ge looked at the Gatekeeper and spoke.

"I... why should I go?"

Hearing Bai Ge's words, the previously smug Gatekeeper instantly broke out in a cold sweat. But now that things had come this far, he could only keep up his stubborn act.

"Heh."

Bai Ge smiled disdainfully at the Gatekeeper's stubbornness.

"As for whether these two Martial Soul certificates are real or fake, I think you know better than we do. After all, you're the Gatekeeper of Nuoding Academy. You must have seen plenty of Martial Soul certificates. Don't deny it, or I'll take these two certificates to Spirit Hall. That Soul Grandmaster who conducted our Spirit Awakening ceremony should still remember us. By then, it'll be useless for you to realize your mistake."

Hearing Bai Ge's words, cold sweat streamed down the Gatekeeper's face, and his entire expression stiffened.

He knew these two Martial Soul certificates were indeed real. If Spirit Hall learned that he had dared question its authority, losing his current job would be the least of his troubles. In serious circumstances, he might even be executed on the spot. The thought terrified him to the extreme.

Hadn't he already intimidated that old man just now? Why was this child even more troublesome than the old man? Was he really some ignorant country bumpkin?

The Gatekeeper practically wanted to die.

"Tell me, what do you want to do? Go to Spirit Hall with us, or..."

Looking at the sweat-covered Gatekeeper before him, Bai Ge was in no hurry. He spoke unhurriedly instead.

"Or what?"

The Gatekeeper asked nervously.

"Or have a little spar with me?"

The corner of Bai Ge's mouth curled up slightly.

"You want to fight me?"

Hearing Bai Ge's words, the Gatekeeper's expression suddenly turned strange. A child wanted to fight an adult like him? Wasn't that just asking for a beating?

"Bai Ge, don't do anything reckless!"

Hearing Bai Ge's words, Grandpa Jack hurriedly grabbed him. How could he not know what his own grandson was capable of?

"Bai Ge, leave it to me."

Tang San spoke up from the side as well.

"Grandpa, I'm not who I used to be anymore. You don't need to worry. Trust me, I can do it."

Bai Ge sounded somewhat helpless.

"Sigh, all right."

Seeing that Bai Ge still insisted, and remembering how mature, obedient, and sensible Bai Ge had always been, Grandpa Jack figured he would not do anything without confidence. He sighed and nodded.

"Come on."

Bai Ge slowly stepped in front of the Gatekeeper and beckoned to him.

"Are you serious?"

The Gatekeeper gritted his teeth.

He was afraid Bai Ge was deliberately tricking him into attacking, then intentionally getting injured and reporting him to Spirit Hall, using that to earn him an even harsher punishment. But under these circumstances, he had no choice. A slash awaited whether he reached out or pulled back. He could only cling to a hint of hope that Bai Ge meant what he said.

"Of course. I swear in the name of my Martial Soul: if I'm lying, my cultivation will never advance for the rest of my life."

Bai Ge raised his right hand and spoke slowly.

Hearing Bai Ge make such a vicious oath, the Gatekeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, however, intense resentment surged up in his heart.

He was furious at being threatened by a mere child. Since Bai Ge had given him this chance, he would definitely teach Bai Ge a proper lesson. After all, if you came looking for a beating yourself, you couldn't blame him!

"Little friend, are you ready?"

Though resentment filled his heart, with his weakness in someone else's hands, the Gatekeeper still forced a smile onto his face and asked.

"I'm ready. Go ahead."

Bai Ge beckoned.

"Then I'll... come at you."

Halfway through his sentence, the Gatekeeper suddenly moved. Clenching his right fist, he charged fiercely toward Bai Ge, his eyes filled with excitement and satisfaction.

"Hmph! Trying to sneak attack me?"

Bai Ge smiled disdainfully.

Against an ordinary person like the Gatekeeper, Bai Ge did not even need Flash Step or the Eye of Insight. With a simple shift of his body, he dodged the Gatekeeper's attack.

After evading the Gatekeeper's strike, Bai Ge immediately concentrated the True Qi Within the body into his right fist. As a large amount of Bright Jade True Qi poured in, Bai Ge's right fist instantly seemed to Turned Into cold jade.

"Take this!"

Swinging his right fist high behind him, Bai Ge leaped fiercely into the air and punched the Gatekeeper beneath the jaw. Amid a scream, large chunks of teeth mixed with Fresh Blood sprayed from the Gatekeeper's mouth.

Dodging the splattering Fresh Blood and teeth, Bai Ge continued swinging both fists, relentlessly hammering the Gatekeeper's face and eyes with fists filled with Bright Jade True Qi.

"For looking down on country folk, for being such a bastard, for asking for a beating..."

Bai Ge growled as he repeatedly slammed his fists, radiating a chilling cold from the concentrated Bright Jade True Qi, into the Gatekeeper's face.

Before long, both of the Gatekeeper's eyes had turned into Panda Eyes. His entire face had become bruised and purple, his cheeks swollen high like a pig's head. Teeth littered the ground, his mouth was full of blood, and he screamed and wailed without pause. Even Tang San, watching from the side, could not help feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

When had Bai Ge become so violent?

Yet while marveling inwardly, Tang San was also puzzled. Bai Ge had clearly been nothing more than an ordinary little boy before. Though he was in good physical condition, beating an adult had been utterly unrealistic. So how could he now...

Could it be because of the Innate Full Soul Power gained through Spirit Awakening?

Tang San could not help thinking.

"What's going on?"

Just as Bai Ge was teaching the Gatekeeper a lesson, a hoarse voice suddenly came from not far behind him.