Su Chen, the Top Student

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Was it because of her martial soul?

Su Chen looked at Xue Wu's pale face and thought to himself.

Martial souls had a great impact on the human body.

Xue Wu's pale complexion was most likely caused by her own extremely cold martial soul.

"This brat was warned during the entrance ceremony, and he's already flirting."

Shui Qingxuan watched the scene, the corners of her lips curling upward as she muttered to herself.

"Well, it's only natural. Outstanding people are always drawn to one another."

A teacher beside her chimed in with a smile.

Skywater Academy was almost entirely female students. As a result, every year saw cases of "their own cabbages being rooted up by pigs from other academies."

Compared to that, it was better to keep the bounty within the family.

"Let's hope everything heads in a good direction."

Once the new student entrance ceremony ended, it was time to assign classes.

"Su Chen, Elite Class."

"Xue Wu, Elite Class."

As expected, both Su Chen and Xue Wu were assigned to the Elite Class.

The remaining students in the Elite Class also seemed to be those minor characters from the Skywater Academy team in the original story.

Douluo Continent really was a world that valued talent.

Su Chen sat by the window in the second-to-last row, resting his chin on his hand as he gazed at the scenery outside.

There were no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters.

That line had sounded impressive at the time, but Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had become the best proof of how absurd it was.

Authors contradicting their own settings was nothing unusual. But Yu Xiaogang's theories contradicting themselves was truly remarkable.

After all, Innate Soul Power determined cultivation speed, which meant that soul masters had been divided into ranks from the very beginning.

"Students, class is starting."

A clear, lovely voice pulled Su Chen's thoughts back from beyond the clouds.

Most of Skywater Academy's teachers were graduates who had been rehired by the academy.

After all, Skywater Academy's reputation for producing beauties was known throughout the land, and there were always plenty of people with ulterior motives.

This instructor, named Shui Jing, was a typical rehired graduate. Naturally, she was also a classic Skywater Academy beauty.

"Teacher, how is Su Chen? Did he successfully join Skywater Academy?"

Elsewhere, in Spirit City.

Only after Hu Liena had parted with Su Chen did she realize how important strength and status were.

If she possessed strength equal to the High Priest's, she would not have needed to let Su Chen travel all the way to Skywater Academy.

"He has successfully enrolled. In a few days, the three of you will also be joining Spirit Hall Academy."

Bibi Dong gently stroked Hu Liena's head.

"Once you get to the academy, you must study hard. Don't fall behind. After all, you're his senior sister, Nana."

Because of her hatred for Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong still favored her female disciple somewhat more.

Now that Su Chen had gone far away to the Heaven Dou Empire and was no longer by her side—

Even if she wanted to nurture him, she could only use Spirit Hall's channels to provide him with resources to aid his cultivation.

This made Hu Liena, who remained at her side, all the more precious.

"Mm. Don't worry, Teacher. I won't let my junior brother surpass me."

Hu Liena immediately perked up upon hearing Bibi Dong's words.

"After all, I'm his senior sister."

"Good. Work hard."

Bibi Dong stroked Hu Liena's head, her face full of affection.

Bibi Dong's feelings toward Qian Renxue were complicated.

Although Qian Renxue was Bibi Dong's biological daughter, she was also the child born from Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji's sinful union.

Naturally, Bibi Dong did not like such an identity.

Her attitude toward her own daughter, Qian Renxue, was even far worse than her attitude toward Hu Liena, her disciple.

Looking at Hu Liena, who was beginning to understand love, Bibi Dong could not help recalling her younger self.

"Nana."

"Mm?"

"Some things should be spoken out bravely."

"Student Su Chen, Teacher has a question for you."

On her first day teaching the class, Shui Jing had learned that Su Chen possessed Innate Full Soul Power.

"Mm, go ahead."

Su Chen stood, but he did not address Shui Jing as "Teacher."

He already had his own teacher and had no intention of taking another master.

"Mm..."

Although she had guessed that someone with Innate Full Soul Power might be proud—

Su Chen's overly indifferent attitude still left this inexperienced teacher somewhat flustered.

"We all know that martial souls are the source of Soul Power and the foundation of a soul master's cultivation. Could you further explain martial souls to your classmates?"

This question was of moderate difficulty. Martial souls were an extremely broad topic, and it was impossible to explain everything in a single class.

Shui Jing only wanted Su Chen to explain the most basic aspects.

That way, she could test his theoretical knowledge while also introducing martial souls to the students.

"Martial souls can broadly be divided into tool martial souls and beast martial souls. Based on their focus, they can then be further classified into control types, assault types, agility attack types, support types, food types, healing types, pure agility types, and so on.

"Different martial soul categories have different roles. Although their functions differ, their overall strength is roughly comparable."

Body martial souls, which would only become prevalent in the second Douluo era, had yet to be classified as such.

Most of them should have been grouped under either tool martial souls or beast martial souls. Since Su Chen himself was not a possessor of a body martial soul, there was naturally no need for him to set that precedent.

"Very well said. But what is a pure agility type? Teacher does not seem to have heard of this classification."

As the strongest genius in the class, Su Chen's background had long been investigated by Shui Jing.

Although his explanation had included a soul master category she had never heard of, considering that he was Senior Sister Shui Yue's nephew, perhaps he had read some secret records.

"Pure agility soul masters are extremely rare. The only ones I know of are the Speed Clan of the Clear Sky Sect. Their martial soul is called the Needletail Swift, a martial soul developed entirely for extreme speed."

Su Chen spoke with ease. Pure agility types were indeed exceptionally rare. Across the entire Douluo Continent, only the Speed Clan had appeared.

Moreover, this kind of martial soul had an even more awkward role than agility attack types.

Although agility attack types specialized in high-speed assaults, assault types greatly squeezed their room for survival.

Under the protagonist's plot armor, assault types routinely became monsters capable of doing everything, with invulnerability, control, and damage all rolled into one.

That made agility attack types, which were originally suited for finishing enemies or acting as assassins, extremely awkward.

Pure agility types were even more absurd.

Because aside from being fast, they had nothing.

Without cheating, they could not even absorb offensive soul rings.

Other than occasionally serving the special purpose of rapidly delivering intelligence, they had virtually no use at all.

No wonder this classification had still failed to develop after tens of thousands of years.