Is Xiao Wu Going to Meet the Parents?

Boss Xiao waved his hand, and one of his lackeys stepped forward to inspect Liu Long before reporting, "Liu Long is fine. His Soul Power has merely been sealed, and he's unconscious."

Boss Xiao nodded, his expression somewhat gloomy.

"I only sealed his Soul Power. It'll automatically be released after one day," Gu Chen said with a chuckle.

"Ling Feng, you go!" Boss Xiao said. A scrawny upperclassman with a small nose and tiny eyes stepped forward.

Ling Feng was a speed-type Soul Master. Seeing that Gu Chen's seemingly casual palm strike possessed such power, Boss Xiao assumed he was a strength-type Battle Soul Master. Since speed-type Soul Masters countered strength-type Soul Masters, Boss Xiao sent Ling Feng into battle.

"You'd better release your Martial Soul, or you won't be able to defeat me!" Ling Feng said.

Gu Chen merely shook his head. "No need!"

Like Liu Long, Ling Feng felt slighted. His expression turned cold as he charged at Gu Chen.

His movements were extremely nimble. Just as he was about to reach Gu Chen, he suddenly twisted again and appeared behind him. Both arms swung simultaneously toward either side of Gu Chen's neck.

But at that very moment, Gu Chen drove his elbow backward, viciously smashing it into Ling Feng's nose. Blood immediately poured from Ling Feng's nostrils like a fountain.

The 900 points of mental power Gu Chen had received after completing System Mission B were no joke. The instant Ling Feng moved behind him, he had already detected Ling Feng's position!

Turning, he delivered a side kick. Ling Feng's body flew away like a kite with a broken string, crashing hard into the upperclassmen's ranks.

Boss Xiao muttered, "Damn it, is the world changing? Are lowerclassmen all this strong now?"

"Next!" Gu Chen said coolly, though why did it feel like he was showing off?

Seeing this, Wang Sheng, who had been beaten countless times by Boss Xiao, finally felt vindicated. "Well, Boss Xiao? Are you convinced now? Our Boss Gu didn't even use his Soul Power! I think you should just surrender and spare yourselves the pain."

Boss Xiao stepped forward with a grim expression. After losing two matches in a row, he had no choice but to take the field. He knew that no one on his side besides himself was stronger than Ling Feng. If they could not restore their plummeting morale in time, there would be no point in continuing the remaining duels.

Only by decisively defeating this brat before him, then defeating Xiao Wu, could he restore the dignity of being the academy's boss.

Xiao Chenyu stared coldly at Gu Chen. The contempt and disdain on his face had vanished, replaced by solemn seriousness.

"Xiao Chenyu, sixth-year student. Martial Soul: Wolf. Level-eleven, one-ring Battle Soul Master."

Announcing one's Martial Soul and rank was a sign of respect toward one's opponent. Unless one was unafraid of making the other party a lifelong enemy, when an opponent revealed their Martial Soul, one would generally reveal one's own as well, demonstrating mutual respect and exchanging techniques.

Gu Chen had learned this from the original story.

Seeing this, Gu Chen fused with the Golden Dragon King. Layers of golden dragon scales covered his body, leaving only his face exposed to the air.

The enormous phantom of the Golden Dragon King carried crushing Dragon Might, pressing Xiao Chenyu, the possessor of a low-grade beast Martial Soul, until he could barely breathe!

At the same time, a deep-purple thousand-year soul ring slowly rose from beneath Gu Chen's feet and hovered above his head.

"Gu Chen, first-year student. Martial Soul: Golden Dragon. Level-thirteen, one-ring Battle Soul Master."

"A thousand-year soul ring!"

Not only Xiao Chenyu and the others, but even Wang Sheng and the others behind Gu Chen, aside from Xiao Wu, were utterly shocked.

Tang San, who had been watching from a nearby tree branch, could no longer hold himself back. He leaped down from the tree and hurried to Gu Chen, asking, "Boss Gu, how did you obtain a thousand-year soul ring? That already exceeds the soul ring limit the teacher spoke of! Even I nearly failed when fusing with a hundred-year soul ring!"

Tang San had suffered excruciating pain just to absorb the soul ring of a hundred-year Mandala Snake. He could not imagine how Gu Chen had endured such agony to fuse with a thousand-year soul ring!

"We'll talk about that after we get back." Gu Chen nodded at Tang San, then said to Xiao Chenyu, "Are we still fighting or not?!"

How could Xiao Chenyu still fail to realize that Gu Chen was no ordinary person? He immediately backed down. "No more, no more! From now on, you're the boss of Nuoding Academy!"

With that, Xiao Chenyu turned around. "Come greet Boss Gu!"

The upperclassmen all bowed to Gu Chen, but Gu Chen did not care. He casually waved them away and let them leave.

Then Gu Chen said to Tang San, "The soul ring limit Grandmaster spoke of is indeed the limit for ordinary Soul Masters. But have you ever considered that the upper limit of the soul ring age a Soul Master can absorb is related to the Soul Master's physical constitution?"

"Ah..." Gu Chen's words seemed to push open a brand-new door for Tang San, leaving him deeply shaken.

"If you diligently train your body during this time, preferably with herbs or Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to assist you, then when you reach level twenty, you might be able to absorb a thousand-year soul ring." Gu Chen patted Tang San's shoulder encouragingly.

"What about you? We're both six years old. You couldn't possibly have started training your body while still in your mother's womb, could you? Why can you absorb a thousand-year soul ring? Your soul ring is deep purple. It's probably reached eight thousand years, hasn't it? Only a Soul Ancestor should be able to absorb a soul ring like that, right?" Tang San asked in return.

Gu Chen merely chuckled. "My Martial Soul is the ancestor of strength itself, the Golden Dragon. Ever since my Martial Soul Awakening, my body has possessed strength far beyond ordinary people. But your Martial Soul is a plant Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass."

Although Gu Chen knew Tang San's Martial Soul was not Blue Silver Grass, but the Blue Silver Emperor, he did not say so directly.

Tang San suddenly understood. He took a step back, clasped his fists, and bowed to Gu Chen. "Thank you!"

Gu Chen was not his teacher, yet he had imparted such important knowledge to him. Other than this gesture, Tang San could think of no way to repay him.

Gu Chen waved dismissively. "It's nothing. Go back and cultivate."

Tang San did not return to the dormitory with Gu Chen and the others. Instead, he went alone to Spirit Hall to register his identity as a Soul Master.

After becoming the boss of Nuoding Academy, Gu Chen handed all the work-study students' tasks over to Xiao Chenyu and the others. Aside from attending the academy's theory classes, he cultivated in the dormitory every day, living quite leisurely.

The only thing that brought him some amusement was occasionally teasing Gu Yuena. Every one of Gu Yuena's smiles always made him lose himself.

Even though he had read the original story, the academy's theoretical knowledge still benefited him greatly.

A school year passed, and Gu Chen's cultivation had reached level nineteen, while Gu Yuena had reached level eighteen.

"Xiao Wu, Boss Gu, Sister Na'er, vacation starts tomorrow. Are you going home?" Tang San asked as he packed his belongings.

Gu Chen fell silent for a moment. "No. The three of us will probably stay at the academy."

Tang San froze. "It's been a whole year. Aren't you going home to take a look?"

Home?

Gu Chen blanked out. He wondered how his home from his previous life was now, and whether they had been saddened by his disappearance.

At that moment, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "Little San, isn't your home close to the academy? How about I go home with you to play?"

Was this... meeting the parents?

Tang San smiled. He understood Xiao Wu fairly well. "My family is very poor. There's nothing much to entertain you with."

Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips and glared at Tang San with her big eyes. "You save all your monthly allowance and can't bear to spend it. Are you really worried you can't host me?"

Tang San merely smiled. "Speaking of allowances, don't you still owe Sister Na'er six Silver Soul Coins?" As he spoke, Tang San looked toward Gu Yuena, who was nibbling on bread nearby.

"Isn't it just six Silver Soul Coins? You still haven't said whether you're willing to let me come with you or not."

Tang San smiled. "If you want to go, then go. But my father has a bad temper."

Tang San turned toward Gu Chen and Gu Yuena, inviting them, "Boss Gu, Sister Na'er, why don't you come too? Staying in the dormitory would be rather lonely."

Gu Chen really wanted to say, With Gu Yuena by my side, what is there to be lonely about?

But faced with Tang San's invitation, he could not very well refuse. He simply nodded. "Sure."

Gu Yuena took a bite of bread, chewed quickly, swallowed, and said, "I'll go with Brother."