Li Yue: I Don't Eat Rabbit Meat

"Xiao San, you're back."

Li Yue saw that Tang San had returned with a quilt not long after leaving and knew Yu Xiaogang must have given it to her.

"I'm back. Teacher gave this to me," Tang San explained the source of the quilt in her arms, then said happily, "Brother Yue, I've become the Master's disciple too. From now on, we're fellow disciples."

"The Master? I know him. He's a clown. Everyone says he's a joke, and he's pretty famous."

"I heard Teacher mention him. He came up with the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul. It's ridiculous."

"I've seen him around the academy. He always has such a stern face. He looks pretty scary."

Some of the work-study students had heard teachers talk about the Master before. When Tang San mentioned him, they eagerly shared their intelligence.

"You're right," Li Yue said without getting angry. What these work-study students said was true.

"But the Master's theories do have their merits. For example, he knows a great deal about soul beasts. If you want to obtain soul rings in the future, you can come to Xiao San and me. I'll help you choose soul beasts and explain the characteristics of soul beasts from different age brackets."

"Wow, soul beast knowledge? Brother Yue, are you going to study such precious knowledge under the Master?"

The work-study students had thought Li Yue and Tang San had been tricked into taking a fraud as their teacher. But upon hearing that they would be learning about soul beasts from the Master, they immediately looked at them with envy.

Students like them at elementary Soul Master Academies could only learn basic knowledge such as literacy and history. On Douluo Continent, knowledge was still monopolized.

As for cultivation, Soul Masters relied more on instinct and their own Martial Souls. Even if they knew certain Soul Power circulation paths, those were passed down within their families. How could they possibly teach them to outsiders?

Take Yu Xiaogang, for example. The Soul Power circulation paths he had compiled could be called the highest-tier cultivation method in this world.

But had anyone seen him publish those Soul Power circulation paths? Wasn't he keeping them hidden as well? Instead, he only published useless things, like the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

If he published those Soul Power circulation paths, he would truly become a Master revered by everyone in the Soul Master world.

Everyone had their own scales in their hearts.

Even if Soul Masters knew those paths had been plagiarized by the Master, that he had merely organized the achievements of his predecessors and claimed them as his own, so what?

One's position determined one's perspective. They would still elevate the Master to the highest throne in the Soul Master research world.

Just like Confucius. What he revered was the Rites of Zhou, things that had already become outdated. But he broke the monopoly on knowledge and imparted it to the lower classes. That was why he was called the teacher of all ages, not because he restrained himself and restored the rites.

"Obtaining soul rings..." Xiao Wu was terrified when she heard those words.

She was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Although she had now taken human form, she could still produce a soul ring, even a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. How could she not be afraid?

"Can't we avoid killing soul beasts? Little rabbits are so cute."

"Mm-hmm, little rabbits are very cute, so I never eat them." Li Yue nodded.

Actually, it was because rabbit meat had too little fat. The energy needed to digest it supposedly exceeded the energy gained from eating it, though that seemed to be a rumor.

Li Yue comforted Xiao Wu, "Besides, the soul rings provided by rabbit soul beasts are too weak, so they aren't within my consideration anyway."

"Brother Yue, you're such a good person." Xiao Wu was touched. Not eating rabbits made someone a good person; not killing rabbit soul beasts for soul rings made him a good person among good people.

As for other soul beasts, there was a food chain in the soul beast world too. Rabbits ate grass, and wolves ate rabbits.

Xiao Wu only cared about other soul beasts being killed by humans because she felt sorrow for those of her own kind.

"So bring out your rabbit ears again. I really like them and want to touch them some more." Li Yue took the opportunity to make his request. Just handing out good-person cards was useless; he needed something practical.

Xiao Wu had put her rabbit ears away after blushing from his touch earlier, leaving him unable to touch them even if he wanted to.

"Brother Yue, touch them gently. Rabbit ears are very sensitive, you know." In order to make Li Yue continue liking rabbit soul beasts, Xiao Wu activated her Soft Bone Charming Rabbit Martial Soul Possession.

A pair of fluffy rabbit ears emerged from the top of her head, only to be caught in a pair of jade-like little hands and gently kneaded. A lovely flush immediately spread across Xiao Wu's face.

"Mm-hmm, so cute." Li Yue happily kneaded the rabbit ears. It was impossible to tell whether he was praising the ears or Xiao Wu.

In any case, Xiao Wu blushed even more deeply upon hearing it, as if she were drunk. Even her ears had turned pink.

Li Yue turned to the work-study students, his newly acquired underlings, and issued his first command:

"From now on, none of you are allowed to eat rabbits or kill rabbit soul beasts. If I find out otherwise, I definitely won't let you off! Do you hear me?"

Watching Li Yue's actions, the work-study students immediately felt their admiration surge like a flooding river. So this was what a boss was like? No wonder he could have women in both arms.

"We hear you. Brother Yue, we promise not to eat rabbits or kill rabbit soul beasts," the work-study students all promised.

Rabbit meat was tough, and with their family circumstances, they could not afford meat anyway. Besides, hadn't their boss just said it? Rabbit soul beasts were too weak, and the soul rings they provided were weak too.

Their future sister-in-law had a rabbit Martial Soul. Their boss was ordering them not to do these things just to make her happy, and it practically cost them nothing. How could they refuse to listen to their boss?

"Mm, very good." Li Yue was quite satisfied.

These underlings were not very useful, but he could make use of trash. Using them to raise Xiao Wu's favorability was truly turning waste into treasure.

"Brother Yue, you're so good." Xiao Wu looked at Li Yue with emotion. The affection she already had for him soared at once. She threw her arms around Li Yue and let his hands knead her ears.

Tang San watched helplessly as Li Yue and Xiao Wu embraced.

Even though she had just become Li Yue's fellow disciple again, seeing this scene made her feel uncomfortable somehow, as though Senior Brother Li Yue was about to be stolen away.

Senior Brother Li Yue, who treated only her differently, valued her, and trusted her, was about to be taken away by a seductress.

It was like Empress Jiang seeing King Zhou bewitched by Daji. No, she was like Bi Gan—utterly loyal. She could not let Senior Brother Li Yue become immersed in such trivial romantic matters.

"Brother Yue, Teacher gave me bedding, so there's no need to buy any more. Here, I'm returning the money to you." Tang San took a Gold Soul Coin from her pocket.

Li Yue had given it to her earlier to buy bedding. Now that the Master had given her a set, there was no need to go buy any. She had not intended to keep the Gold Soul Coin for herself.

"Just keep it." Li Yue spoke carelessly, not even looking at Tang San. His attention was focused on the rabbit ears in his hands and Xiao Wu's changing expression as his fingers moved.

"We're brothers. What does such a small amount of money matter? Xiao San, use it to buy some clothes. If there's anything you want to buy in the future, don't stand on ceremony. If it's not enough, just ask me for more."

"Thank you, Brother Yue." Tang San was deeply moved. Senior Brother Li Yue said she and he were brothers. That was far more important than any girlfriend or wife.

She glanced at Xiao Wu with disdain. Once Senior Brother Li Yue gets tired of playing with you, he'll throw you away. I'm the one who can stay by Senior Brother Li Yue's side until the end.