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Hearing Lin Tu's words, Qin Hui's eyes reddened. She released Lin Tianyi, looked behind them, and indeed saw no sign of that mysterious Title Douluo—only an exquisite, adorable little girl in a white dress.

Qin Hui turned to Lin Tianyi in confusion.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Tianyi put on a dejected expression and said,

"Teacher left."

"Left?" Lin Tu and Qin Hui looked shocked and puzzled. Who left less than a month after accepting a disciple? That was far too irresponsible.

"Mm, Teacher left very suddenly."

Lin Tianyi's little face remained dejected, but inwardly, he muttered, Could he not have? He said he'd self-destruct, then self-destructed. Not even a scrap was left behind. Poor Number One.

Beside him, Lin Xianxian looked strangely at Lin Tianyi's dejected little face.

When you had Number One self-destruct, I didn't see you hesitate in the slightest. You were shouting so excitedly.

"Fine, let him leave. Even without him, you can still enter the academy to study.

"By the way, while you were away, the headmaster of the Heaven Dou Royal Junior Soul Master Academy heard that you were a genius with Innate Soul Power Level 9 and personally came to invite you to join the academy."

Lin Tu spoke calmly. In truth, he had personally gone to see the headmaster and explained that he did not want their family's wealthy background exposed, asking the headmaster to cooperate properly.

Lin Tianyi nodded, unsurprised.

Originally, he had not wanted to go to school. But then he thought that interacting with more people his own age might make it easier to trigger side quests, so he stopped resisting the idea.

Then Qin Hui looked at Lin Xianxian and asked,

"Tianyi, whose child is she?"

Lin Tianyi had long prepared his explanation. He said that he had met Lin Xianxian on the road, that she was a little girl whose parents had died and who had nowhere to go. Feeling sorry for her, he planned to bring her home and make her his little sister.

Hearing of Lin Xianxian's tragic background, sympathy and tenderness appeared on Qin Hui's beautiful face. She immediately expressed her willingness to take Lin Xianxian in.

It was hard for Qin Hui not to like such an exquisite, adorable, obedient little girl. She had always wanted a daughter, but unfortunately, her womb had failed to cooperate.

Who would have thought that her precious son would fulfill that wish for her?

Lin Tu had no objections either.

And so, Lin Xianxian openly became a member of Lin Tianyi's family.

"By the way, Tianyi, have you absorbed your First Soul Ring yet? Did you absorb a soul ring below four hundred years, as I told you?"

Lin Tu looked at Lin Tianyi with concern.

Lin Tianyi answered honestly, "It's a little higher than four hundred years."

Qin Hui raised a hand and pinched Lin Tianyi's little face, saying helplessly,

"Tianyi, you're being disobedient again."

Then Lin Tu and Qin Hui said expectantly,

"Tianyi, let your father and mother see your First Soul Ring. Our precious son's First Soul Ring is already four hundred years old. We're so proud of you!"

Lin Tianyi hesitated. "Maybe not. I'm afraid I'll scare you."

Lin Tu smiled. "Your mother and I may not be soul masters, but it's not as though we've never seen one. How could we possibly be scared by—"

A purple light suddenly flashed, fully reflected before Lin Tu and Qin Hui's eyes.

Lin Tu's voice came to an abrupt halt.

Lin Tu and Qin Hui rubbed their eyes, then looked again.

Around their son's small body hovered a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Lin Tu and Qin Hui rubbed their eyes again, thinking they were hallucinating. When they looked once more, it was still a purple soul ring!

Qin Hui's voice trembled slightly. "Tianyi, y-your First Soul Ring is a thousand-year one?"

Lin Tianyi grinned. "More accurately, it's around twenty-four hundred years."

Lin Tu and Qin Hui's eyes gradually widened, their mouths slowly fell open, and in the end, they stared dumbfoundedly at the grinning Lin Tianyi.

Even they, who had seen their share of storms, were deeply shaken by the fact that Lin Tianyi's First Soul Ring was twenty-four hundred years old.

How was that possible?!

They had never heard of anyone whose First Soul Ring could reach the thousand-year level, much less an astounding twenty-four hundred years!

Even a level-thirty Soul Elder could only absorb a soul ring of around seventeen hundred years at most!

After a long, long while, Lin Tu and Qin Hui finally came back to their senses. They exchanged a difficult glance, and both saw shock and disbelief in the other's eyes.

But they quickly realized that their precious son carried a great secret.

However, since their son did not wish to say anything, they would not ask.

Then the steady and mature Lin Tu suddenly asked,

"Tianyi, what level is your Soul Power now?"

Lin Tianyi said, "Level eighteen."

Lin Tu and Qin Hui's hearts immediately trembled.

Their precious son was six years old and level eighteen!!

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed.

Today was the opening day of the Heaven Dou Royal Junior Soul Master Academy. Lin Tu and Qin Hui each held the hand of Lin Tianyi and Lin Xianxian as they headed to the academy in plain clothes to register.

Lin Xianxian would also enter the academy to study alongside Lin Tianyi, because her martial soul, Soul Power, soul rings, and skills were all exactly the same as Lin Tianyi's.

When they learned that Lin Xianxian was likewise six years old, level eighteen, and possessed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Lin Tu and Qin Hui were so shocked that they were left staring dumbly.

Little monsters came in pairs!

Lin Tu and Qin Hui knew that Lin Xianxian's origins were definitely not simple. At the very least, she was not some orphan Lin Tianyi had picked up by the roadside.

Over the past month or so, they had secretly sent people to investigate Lin Xianxian's background, but found nothing at all.

Yet although they knew Lin Tianyi was lying, they did not expose him. They guessed that Lin Xianxian was likely connected to the great secret behind their precious son's ability to absorb a twenty-four-hundred-year soul ring.

Moreover, after observing her for more than a month, they found Lin Xianxian obedient, adorable, and extremely well-behaved. Her relationship with Lin Tianyi was also exceptionally close.

Thus, they did not investigate further. As long as she posed no harm to their son, nothing else was a problem.

Lin Tianyi knew nothing about the fact that Lin Tu and Qin Hui had seen through his lie.

After all, even if he were beaten to death, he would never have imagined that his parents were not ordinary farmers and actually had the means to investigate Lin Xianxian's origins.

What ordinary rural farming family had that kind of capability? Or such meticulous and cautious thinking?

When they arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Junior Soul Master Academy, all manner of luxurious carriages were parked before its massive gates, which stood ten meters high and wide. They were extravagantly decorated yet elegant.

Well-dressed adults with refined bearing led their children through the academy gates, creating a bustling scene.

Among all those gorgeously dressed noble lords, Lin Tianyi's family, in their shabby clothes, looked like four ragged stones amid a pile of dazzling diamonds.

They stood out immensely!

Everyone who passed by avoided them as though they could not get away fast enough. They looked at them strangely and, despite there being no unpleasant smell, covered their noses and mouths as they hurried away in disgust.

Lin Tianyi did not care in the slightest. He was here to study, not to compare family backgrounds.

So what if my family is poor? I haven't eaten your rice. No one owes anyone anything!

With that, Lin Tianyi walked into the academy with his head held high. Following the directions given by the older students, he arrived at the registration area.

The tuition for a single term at the Heaven Dou Royal Junior Soul Master Academy was extremely expensive: one hundred Gold Soul Coins—and that was only for one term.

One Gold Soul Coin was enough for a family of three to eat well for several months. Lin Tianyi estimated that the purchasing power of one Gold Soul Coin was roughly equivalent to ten thousand yuan on Earth.

After registering as a soul master at Spirit Hall, he only received one Gold Soul Coin each month. Including Lin Xianxian, that made two Gold Soul Coins. Only after breaking through to Soul Grandmaster would he be able to receive ten Gold Soul Coins per month.

That money was more than enough to improve his family's impoverished life.