You're Teaching Me How to Do Things?

Seven balls of light rose and circled above Gu Yuena's head, slowly converging into a rainbow halo. After a long while, the halo gradually turned transparent, then began repeating the changes Xiao Wu's soul ring had undergone earlier.

Gu Chen likewise sat cross-legged, preparing to condense his soul ring.

"Ding!"

"Detected the host's current situation. Task selection has been activated:

Task A: Stop condensing your soul ring and assist Tang San, 3,500 meters to the southeast, in hunting the century-old soul beast Mandala Snake.

Reward: 1,000 Spirit Power points, Tri-edged Military Spike ×1.

Task B: Break the first seal and condense a soul ring over 1,000 years old.

Reward: 900 Spirit Power points, Soul Power Boost Card ×1 (unconditionally raises Soul Power by one rank for those below Soul King; cannot be used on yourself)."

Just then, the system's voice sounded.

Accept Task B, Gu Chen thought.

Not to mention that he had no intention of helping hunt a soul beast. Even if he did, distant water could not quench immediate thirst. By the time he got there, Tang San would probably have already slaughtered the Mandala Snake.

Task B, on the other hand, was something he could easily accomplish. Although it offered 100 fewer Spirit Power points than Task A, the 900 points were more than enough.

Gu Chen closed his eyes. The phantom of the Golden Dragon King slowly rose behind him, its pair of sharp claws gleaming with a cold light that inspired fear.

Crack! Crack!

A shattering sound rang out as the first seal broke under Gu Chen's mental control. The immense energy from the Golden Dragon King bloodline instantly flooded his organs and limbs.

At the same time, a streak of golden light rose from his palm and formed a golden halo. After a long while, the golden halo turned transparent.

It repeated the process Xiao Wu had undergone when condensing her soul ring, but when it reached the century-old level, the soul ring did not immediately retract into Gu Chen's body.

As a result, the soul ring continued drawing Soul Power from Gu Chen's body while exerting pressure on him. But how could the Golden Dragon King's body be compared to that of an ordinary soul master?

Even after being sealed layer upon layer, Gu Chen's body was still far stronger than that of an ordinary soul master.

The deep yellow soul ring slowly shifted into light purple. Another two hours passed, and its color settled into the deep purple that represented 8,000 years.

The soul ring retracted, and Gu Chen opened his eyes.

Not far away, Gu Yuena had already condensed her first soul ring. Hers was light purple.

Although Gu Yuena also possessed the powerful body of the dragon race, she ultimately specialized in elemental control. Her Spirit Power was incomparably powerful, but her physical strength was considerably weaker than Gu Chen's.

Gu Chen sensed the seals within his body. The only advantage of the seals he had placed on himself over seals forcibly imposed by others was that he could remove them himself without suffering backlash.

But Gu Chen would not foolishly undo the seals outright. The Golden Dragon King's power in his body had ultimately come from the Dragon God. If he did not begin from scratch and cultivate step by step, he would never truly surpass the Dragon God.

"Now that we've all condensed our soul rings, let's hurry back to Nuoding Academy," Gu Yuena said softly.

Gu Chen nodded. The three of them caught three flying soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest and rode them swiftly back to the forest entrance.

When he looked back, the three flying soul beasts were still bowing in awe toward Gu Chen and Gu Yuena. Gu Chen merely smiled before leaving the Soul Hunting Forest.

After leaving the Soul Hunting Forest, Xiao Wu parted ways with them. She went alone to Spirit Hall to register as a soul master, while Gu Chen took Gu Yuena directly back to the academy.

There were two reasons Gu Chen and Gu Yuena did not register as soul masters. First, neither of them intended to join Spirit Hall for the time being. Once they revealed their millennium soul rings, Spirit Hall would surely try to recruit them again, and Gu Chen found that troublesome.

Second, Gu Chen had more than enough Gold Soul Coins and had no need to claim that insignificant subsidy.

After returning to the dormitory, Gu Chen and Gu Yuena cultivated on their beds until Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others noisily returned.

"Gu Laoda, those upperclassmen are going way too far! They actually came right to our door to bully us! That bad guy called Boss Xiao said he wanted me to be his pet rabbit. If I can put up with that, then I'm not Xiao Wu!" Gu Chen opened his eyes to find Xiao Wu sprawled before him, looking pitiful as she complained.

Gu Chen remembered this part of the story. He stopped cultivating, stood up, and clapped his hands. "Fine, let's go. Those upperclassmen are way too arrogant. They need to be taught a lesson. Don't disturb Gu Yuena's cultivation. I'll be enough on my own."

Xiao Wu nodded and gestured for Wang Sheng and the others to quiet down. The group then slipped out of the dormitory.

"Boss Xiao and his gang are in the woods behind the academy right now. Let's hurry over!" Wang Sheng urged.

Gu Chen shot him a sidelong glance. "You're teaching me how to do things?"

"I wouldn't dare." Wang Sheng immediately backed down.

When they reached the back mountain, they saw a tall person standing before a group of upperclassmen. His face was still childish, but the scorn and contempt on it ruined its overall harmony.

This person was Boss Xiao, the leader of Nuoding Academy's upperclassmen.

"Little girl, it's not too late to regret this. Of course, I wouldn't mind having one more pet rabbit. Your martial soul is a rabbit, right?" Boss Xiao mocked when he saw Xiao Wu.

At that moment, Gu Chen stepped forward.

Ding dong! Your friend Zu'an Gu Chen is now online!

"Kid, I'm really jealous of your skin. It's gotten so thick from all that care—almost as thick as your mother's ashes!" Gu Chen came out swinging with a vicious insult.

They had to trade verbal blows before a fight anyway, so he might as well make the barrage fiercer.

"Who the fuck are you? Who gave you the right to speak?" Boss Xiao roared at once.

As expected of someone uncultured—he blew up at the slightest provocation.

"Nothing much. I'm just a fortune teller. May I ask what kind of thing you are?" Gu Chen insulted him without using a single swear word.

"I'm not any kind of thing—no, you're the fucking thing!" Boss Xiao became incoherent.

Gu Chen did not care in the slightest and continued, "You really are God's rough draft for humanity. What a creative-looking face!"

Behind him, Wang Sheng and the others wore expressions as though they had learned something.

"Fuck, are we fighting or not? I won't bully you. There are eleven of you, right? Then we'll only send out eleven people too. We'll take turns. As long as the fighter wins, they can continue fighting the next opponent, until everyone on one side has been defeated." Boss Xiao's mentality had collapsed, and he immediately began explaining the rules.

Seeing that Boss Xiao no longer intended to trade insults, Gu Chen chuckled and stepped forward. "No need to make it so troublesome! All of you can come at me together. As long as anyone defeats me, you win!"

As he spoke, Gu Chen turned to Wang Sheng and the others. "None of you make a move later. I alone am enough to deal with these ants!"

"Gu Laoda, you..." Wang Sheng tried to stop Gu Chen.

"Wang Sheng, Gu Laoda is very strong. You have to believe in him!" Xiao Wu shook her head at Wang Sheng.

Damn, what brand of trash bag are you? How can you hold so much?

Boss Xiao was instantly dumbfounded. Once he came to his senses, seemingly afraid that Gu Chen would go back on his word, he said, "Then it's settled. Liu Long, you go first!"

An upperclassman stepped forward. Yellow light shone from Liu Long's hand, and a staff over two meters long instantly appeared in his grasp. His martial soul was somewhat similar to that of the guy Gu Chen had beaten outside the cafeteria earlier.

"Kid, you sure can talk. If I don't beat you so badly that you're bedridden for days today, then my surname isn't Liu!" Liu Long said.

"Then if you lose, you can call yourself a withered flower and ruined willow from now on!" Xiao Wu snapped before Gu Chen could speak. It seemed she had learned quite a lot from Gu Chen these past few days.

Liu Long's expression turned cold. Without another word, he strode forward, raised his staff overhead, and brought it smashing down at Gu Chen's head.

Gu Chen did not even release his martial soul. He merely sent a light palm strike toward Liu Long's chest.

Seeing that Gu Chen had not released his martial soul, Liu Long took it as contempt. Anger rose in his heart, and he ignored the seemingly weightless palm strike, adding even more force to his staff.

Xiao Wu and the others had seen how Gu Chen fought outside the cafeteria. When they saw Liu Long completely disregard that palm strike, they immediately observed a few seconds of silence for him.

Smack!

Gu Chen's palm struck Liu Long's chest first, caving it in slightly. Liu Long flew back nearly ten meters before crashing to the ground, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth as he lost consciousness.

This...

Boss Xiao and the others stared in stunned disbelief.

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