At the same time, Jade Little Sister had already begun imagining how she would make Tang Qinghe suffer.
This was his own fault.
Among those cute little rookies who had just entered the Spirit Body world, she was a rare, exceptional one.
And yet this little brat named Tang Qinghe had dared to mock Han San and doubt her—a monster with an innate Spirit Power of Rank 3. He'd even dared to question whether she could kill a twenty-nine-rank Spirit Body and take his Spirit Essence?
[Hate from Jade Little Sister +100]
[Jade Little Sister's favorability -10. Congratulations, host, you have earned one chance to draw a lottery.]
Sure enough, he was a big-hearted guy. What a nice person... Tang Qinghe's mouth curled up, though he still wore an indifferent expression.
"You're too weak right now. If you wanted to kill a Spirit Body, you wouldn't even be able to find anyone willing to give you their Spirit Essence. Even if you were willing to give me your Spirit Essence, you still wouldn't be able to defeat those Spirit Beasts. Han San, don't be so quick to risk your life. Besides, I found out this morning that the old man at the gate has been watching the academy entrance for a while. He saw me go into the dorm and didn't come out to stop me. Instead, he heard that you had an innate full Spirit Power and came out. This was all planned in advance. They wanted to use you, a genius with innate full Spirit Power, as a pawn. I told you, in the Spirit Essence world, each person could only have one teacher in their lifetime. Otherwise, they'd be rejected by the Spirit Body world. Han San, don't trust him. He's almost certainly a spy."
"You..." Jade Little Sister was speechless. She hadn't expected this mild-mannered fellow to be so sharp-tongued. Her expression shifted repeatedly.
[Hate from Jade Little Sister +888]
[Hate from Jade Little Sister +8888]
[Hate from Jade Little Sister +18888]
[Jade Little Sister's favorability -40. Congratulations, host, you have earned 4 chances to draw a lottery.]
Thank goodness that big-hearted guy had sent her a firecracker... Tang Qinghe looked at Jade Little Sister's furious, darkened face, delighted, but still kept up his act, adding:
"One last thing, and it's the most important. You just said I was nothing but a good-for-nothing living here to eat and drink. Did you ever think about why you weren't willing to teach someone like me, but wanted to teach Han San? Because he has innate full Spirit Power, and nobody else can compare to him. A true master should be able to teach anyone to become a genius, not just go looking for naturally gifted students to teach. So, your teaching ability isn't very good—maybe even downright terrible."
As he said this, Tang Qinghe turned to Han San, wearing a look of utter disappointment. "Han San, don't listen to this little mouse. He doesn't have any teaching experience or skill. He's just using you to toy with your life and satisfy his own selfish, arrogant pride."
[Hate from Jade Little Sister +28888]
[Hate from Jade Little Sister +48888]
[Jade Little Sister's favorability -50. Congratulations, host, you have earned 5 chances to draw a lottery.]
[Oh no, Jade Little Sister's favorability has dropped to the lower limit of -100. Host, please pay attention to your personal safety.]
"If this were some other great Spirit Essence master, a favorability of -100 would naturally mean I was in danger. But this guy only knows how to deceive people into handing over their Spirit Essence. He's a good-for-nothing with weak Spirit Power. Even at the academy, he wouldn't dare lay a hand on a student, let alone me. What's more, in front of Han San, he wouldn't dare do anything unless he no longer wanted to take Han San as his student."
Tang Qinghe let out a cold laugh and walked away without looking back. As for Han San, whether he still wanted to become the old man's student was none of his business.
He only needed to look after himself.
Of course, on some level, he hoped Han San would become Jade Little Sister's student.
With him around, Jade Little Sister's many holes in her reasoning could slow Han San's cultivation.
Besides, after hearing all those words, as long as Han San wasn't an idiot, it wouldn't be easy for him to become her student.
And as far as things went, that was exactly what Tang Qinghe had expected.
At that moment, after hearing Tang Qinghe's explanation, Han San's favorability toward Jade Little Sister had dropped to zero. He looked at her warily again.
In fact, if Martial Soul Awakening hadn't been right around the corner, he would've run off just like Tang Qinghe.
[Jade Little Sister's hate +88888]
Jade Little Sister was furious, feeling both aggrieved and apprehensive.
But she'd heard enough of these sharp-tongued arguments over the years that she didn't show it. She turned to Han San, putting on an expression as though Tang Qinghe had only been teasing her and she wasn't going to argue with him. "That brat's imagination is pretty wild, and he's quite eloquent... What about you? Do you also think I'm not fit to be your teacher?"
"Han San, you can call him a thief, but you can't call him stupid." Hearing this, he instinctively wanted to go back to his own Martial Soul Awakening, then find some reason to refuse.
But Jade Little Sister replied with a single sentence that stunned him. "Good. You really are a smart kid—born with extraordinary talent, and so perceptive. It looks like I'll have to take you on as my student. Besides, you'll be only the third twin Martial Soul user in a hundred years."
Hearing Jade Little Sister's words, Han San was stunned. He looked at her with an odd expression, his left hand inside his sleeve suddenly tightening into a fist.
Jade Little Sister didn't know that, at that moment, Han San's life hung on a single thought from her. He smiled confidently, his eyes shining with keen intelligence. "Do you know why I'd know all that? It's because of your Martial Soul Awakening."
As he spoke, he pointed at Han San's Martial Soul Awakening. "I once looked up the records. There have been 647 people with Weed Martial Souls, and only eighteen of them had Spirit Power. None of those eighteen had innate Spirit Power above Rank 1. But you have innate full Spirit Power. According to my Martial Soul core theory, the stronger one's innate Spirit Power, the weaker one's Martial Soul. If the opposite were true, then it means you have an even stronger Martial Soul. That must be a twin Martial Soul..."
After entering the Spirit Body world, Han San still hadn't fully figured out what his Martial Soul was, let alone that his innate full Spirit Power came from cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
He was momentarily stunned.
The result was just as before.
He was completely dumbfounded and fell to the ground, blurting out, "One day, I'll become a top-notch Spirit Body master!"
Jade Little Sister couldn't help bursting into laughter. Her earlier worries had been completely unnecessary.
After becoming Han San's teacher, he remembered that Tang Qinghe had actually trusted Jade Little Sister's words, and felt a moment of regret. He said to Jade Little Sister, "Teacher, I was wrong to suspect you earlier. And as for Tang Qinghe, I'll explain everything clearly to him."
At the mention of Tang Qinghe, Jade Little Sister's expression darkened.
That brat was too smart. He'd seen straight through her intentions.
He'd been completely unconcerned.
After all, Tang Qinghe was only a monster with innate Spirit Power of Rank 3.
Once Han San grew up and made a name for himself, he'd surely beat Tang Qinghe black and blue and make him regret everything he'd done.
Thinking of this, Jade Little Sister felt much better. She waved her hand, putting on an unconcerned look. "No need. He's only a kid. There's no need to waste time talking things over with him."
Han San had only wanted to ease the tension between them. If Jade Little Sister was truly a great master, she'd understand his good intentions.
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