Little Academic Scum Bibi Dong

Qian Xunji naturally knew from Bibi Dong's little expression that she had not listened at all.

But he understood the child's temperament and did not scold her. Instead, he changed the subject, sat beneath the pavilion, and spoke.

"All right, I have nothing to do today, so I'll personally guide you two for the day. If there's anything you don't understand, ask."

"Teacher, I have a question."

Bibi Dong raised her little hand and spoke up on her own initiative.

Qian Xunji turned to look at the girl. Seeing the sly gleam in her eyes, he knew she was up to no good again. He said nothing and instead turned to Gu Han.

"Xiao Han, I know you enjoy reading. I'm going to test you now."

"Please ask, Teacher."

Gu Han replied respectfully.

Seeing her Teacher ignore her, Bibi Dong could not help stamping her foot in irritation. Her little cheeks puffed up like buns as she muttered under her breath, though no one knew what she was saying.

Qian Xunji secretly laughed. He paid no attention to Bibi Dong's muttering and continued looking at Gu Han. "How did you create your Self-Created Soul Skill? Tell me."

"A Self-Created Soul Skill?" Bibi Dong immediately became interested. She looked at the Junior Brother beside her, who was three years younger than she was, in surprise and asked, "Junior Brother, you actually have a Self-Created Soul Skill? Hurry up and tell me—how did you do it?"

One had to know that Self-Created Soul Skills were Soul Skills created by Spirit Masters based on their own circumstances after gaining an extremely deep understanding of their Martial Souls. Many Spirit Masters' Self-Created Soul Skills were far stronger than the Soul Skills granted by Soul Rings.

Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Sect was one such example. His Self-Created Soul Skills were far stronger than the abilities granted by Soul Rings.

"Teacher, my Self-Created Soul Skill is currently only in its initial stages. Calling it a set of Soul Skills would be less accurate than calling it an application of swordsmanship and my own attributes."

"Besides, this student likes to tinker with things in his spare time."

"The same goes for the use of Soul Skills. In this student's view, Soul Skills are simply a method of circulating Soul Power. Soul Rings stimulate the Soul Power within one's body, allowing it to manifest in special forms."

"When this student had nothing to do, I liked studying the Soul Skills I had acquired. Then, based on the experience I gained from later battles at the Great Soul Arena, I roughly created this set of Soul Skills."

Gu Han spoke at length. Some of it was fabricated, while some of it was true. Coupled with the fact that Self-Created Soul Skills were extremely rare, even someone as knowledgeable as Qian Xunji had no choice but to believe Gu Han's explanation.

"Mm, not bad. You truly are exceptionally gifted."

Qian Xunji nodded thoughtfully. Soul Skills were indeed abilities released by mobilizing the Soul Power within one's body to achieve special effects. For this boy to notice that at such a young age and use it to roughly create his own Self-Created Soul Skill, he truly was a rare Genius on the continent.

Even if he could not become a Title Douluo in the future, with Spirit Hall's full support, it would not be impossible to raise him into a Soul Douluo.

"That's amazing! Teacher told me before that you won a hundred consecutive matches at the Great Soul Arena and even created your own Soul Skill. How did you do that?"

Bibi Dong clicked her tongue in amazement as she looked at Gu Han, appearing completely unable to understand. Deep in her eyes was a faint trace of admiration.

"Senior Sister, if you were willing to spend time studying it, then with your talent, you would certainly be better than me."

Gu Han smiled. Although Bibi Dong was his Senior Sister in name, she was still only a little girl, after all. Her age was right there.

After interacting with him over the past two days, Gu Han felt that Qian Xunji was not as much of a scumbag as he had imagined.

Perhaps it was only because Bibi Dong had truly angered him in the future that he had done something so extreme.

No matter what, he was the son of Qian Daoliu, Douluo's foremost true gentleman. His character could not have been that bad.

And Bibi Dong was still an innocent little girl. In front of Qian Xunji, she was like a daughter before her father, and the master and disciple got along extremely well.

Perhaps his arrival could change something.

After meeting Bibi Dong, he finally understood why she would be so thoroughly deceived by Yu Daishi in the future. She simply had no interest whatsoever in theoretical knowledge.

After meeting Yu Xiaogang, who had combed through the Martial Soul theory books of both Spirit Hall and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, she discovered that he could tell her many interesting theories and stories about Martial Souls. Over time, Bibi Dong, who was in the stirrings of adolescence and was a Little Academic Scum, somehow fell for him.

But in this life, with him here, Yu Xiaogang could go stay wherever it was cool.

And Qian Xunji accepting him as a disciple might have been partly intended to have him spur Bibi Dong on and make her take some interest in reading.

Thinking of this, Gu Han smiled bitterly to himself. So he was just the Crown Prince's study companion.

Still, he was not losing anything. At the very least, he was nominally a student of the Pope of Spirit Hall, so no one would dare do anything to him.

Besides, studying alongside such a cute little beauty as Bibi Dong was nothing to feel wronged over.

At the end of the day, Gu Han was the one who benefited.

"All right, Dong Er, what was your question just now? You can ask it now."

Qian Xunji looked as though he had seen through Bibi Dong's thoughts long ago, staring at her with an ambiguous smile.

"N-No, nothing. Hehe."

Bibi Dong kept fiddling with the hem of her clothes behind her back, smiling adorably and foolishly. Just now, she had wanted to be mischievous and ask her Teacher something like, "Can we go out and play now?"

But after hearing her Junior Brother's understanding of Martial Souls, along with what her Teacher had said before about how he had been born with level five Innate Soul Power yet had already reached level twenty-three, she felt somewhat provoked. She could not embarrass herself before her Junior Brother, so she Shook Head and said she was fine.

After all, she had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, yet she was only level twenty-eight now. As for theoretical knowledge, it could not be said that she understood nothing—only that she understood six of the seven openings.

There was nothing she could do. She wanted to study too, but every time she saw those dull, boring books, her eyelids started fighting, and she could not muster the slightest interest.

"Since there's nothing, and since your Junior Brother is new here, I'll explain once more the meaning behind Spirit Hall's existence."

The Corner of Mouth of Qian Xunji's lips curled up in a victorious expression, making Bibi Dong secretly curl her lips in disdain.

Gu Han saw the exchange between the two. No wonder Bibi Dong hated Qian Xunji so much in the future. So the master and disciple had been this close in the beginning.

It truly was as they said: the deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.

Though the comparison was somewhat inappropriate, that was roughly what it meant.

"Teacher, what is the meaning behind Spirit Hall's existence?"

Gu Han was all about providing plenty of emotional value. Seeing that Qian Xunji was interested in speaking, he was happy to listen. Although he had read many works about Douluo in his previous life and had some understanding of why Spirit Hall existed,

the man before him was the Pope of Spirit Hall, so perhaps he knew far more details.