"I know, Old Devil. With that smug look on Jade Little Sister's face, Han San definitely won't suspect anything."
No matter how Tang Qinghe praised the old devil, he could never forget the grudge over Azure Ganoderma.
From beginning to end, he had never once considered making peace with Azure Ganoderma.
Just as he was pretending to be busy refining pills, Tang Qinghe suddenly spotted Han San arriving with several people. A cold smile crossed his heart. He rose to greet them, putting on an utterly harmless expression. "Han San, are you planning to absorb Spirit Essence?"
"Here we go again!" Han San's face flushed with anger when he saw Tang Qinghe.
"All right, Xiao San. It's getting late. I'll be heading back first." Jade Little Sister was truly annoyed at Tang Qinghe. She turned around and left with Han San.
Tang Qinghe caught up with Jade Little Sister and blocked Han San again. "Han San, you can't go with him. Even if you really want to absorb Spirit Essence, you should find those old devils in the academy, not that 'Great Soul.' As for the strength of the 'Great Soul,' I don't know whether he's strong or not, but I do know his Spirit Power definitely isn't. A twenty-nine-rank Spirit Body? Martial Souls are strange things that can sometimes release amazing power. If you follow him, you'll definitely encounter danger. Even if I can't persuade you to stay, I can't just stand by and watch you go off with him to die."
After hearing that, Han San looked at him with a strange expression, as though he had something to say.
Even Han San was momentarily stunned. He had never expected this person to be so shameless.
But to Jade Little Sister's ears, it was nothing short of thunderous.
As a result, he had always acted submissively whenever his older sister took out her weapon. However, if he were outside her protection and encountered someone weaker than him, he would be more ruthless than ever. To put it plainly, he was simply a coward who bullied the weak.
Seeing Tang Qinghe come forward, Jade Little Sister could no longer hold back. She shouted, "Enough, Tang Qinghe! Xiao San is my little brother. I'll take care of him however I want. It has nothing to do with you."
[Jade Little Sister's resentment +18888]
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"Oh, then go ahead. I only hope that when you encounter a Spirit Essence, you'll truly be able to protect your little brother instead of needing him to protect you."
Seeing Jade Little Sister explode with emotion, Tang Qinghe's hand no longer blocked her. He turned and left.
Tang Qinghe's deliberate provocation left Han San somewhat at a loss. He looked suspiciously at Jade Little Sister. "Old devil, I..."
"All right, I'm leaving. Don't mind him. As for the first Spirit Essence, I have everything under control."
Jade Little Sister patted his shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile. Everyone seemed to think that Tang Qinghe's words had made her furious, but her mood had actually improved considerably.
As the sun slowly rose from the horizon, Tang Qinghe, who had been refining pills all night, stopped. His entire body was nearly drenched in sweat.
He took a shower, put on fresh clothes, and began another day of cultivation.
Because today was the academy's opening ceremony, he had nothing else to do.
After attending the opening ceremony, Tang Qinghe entrusted the work of completing the academy's assignments to Jade Little Sister. He acted as the overseer, collecting the work of the others, while Azure Ganoderma would hand it over to him.
With that matter settled, Xiao Wu's academy life naturally became much easier.
In the morning, he learned cultural knowledge.
In the second class, he learned martial arts.
During the break, Tang Qinghe cultivated the Heaven Net Meditation to raise his Spirit Power.
At noon, he used mealtime to quickly digest the food. Then, while observing the meals around him, he began to understand the world's Spirit Essence and human geography.
In the afternoon, it was the academy's little training ground. He cultivated the Heaven Net Meditation's attached leg techniques and the Azure Cloud Ladder technique.
What was worth mentioning was that the amount of the Azure Cloud Ladder technique he used was the reward Tang Qinghe had received yesterday after successfully completing the mission. He had immediately run to the blacksmith shop to have it forged into fixed clothing.
Every piece had been carefully crafted. There were ten Spirit Stones per gold Spirit Body. Tang Qinghe knew that wealth should not be exposed, so he had only temporarily ordered a hundred pieces, and had also secretly used some.
That evening, Tang Qinghe returned to the dormitory, took a bath, and went to bed to continue cultivating.
Half the night passed.
Taking advantage of his roommates being sound asleep, he secretly slipped out of the dormitory. He used the Azure Cloud Ladder to quietly open Jade Little Sister's window and poured half a bottle of Mother River Water into her water jar.
Then he quietly returned to the dormitory to cultivate, without anyone noticing anything.
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
Since that morning when he had encountered Xiao Wu, Tang Qinghe had not seen Han San or Jade Little Sister again.
As for Xiao Wu, who had been beaten by the old devil, she had rested for several days. Then she had pretended to leave the academy and, as expected, found a place to absorb Spirit Essence.
That day, Tang Qinghe was once again cultivating in the training ground. An old and a young pair of men walked out through the academy gate. It was none other than Jade Little Sister and Han San.
When the two returned, their expressions looked terrible, especially Jade Little Sister. Her eyes were sunken, her face pale, and she looked completely exhausted.
When they reached Tang Qinghe, the two of them were in an even worse state. It was obvious that the Spirit Essence had caused them a great deal of trouble.
They had encountered a nearly four-hundred-year-old Soul Beast. Jade Little Sister had been unable to defeat it. In the end, if Han San had not used his hidden weapon and struck its vital point, the two of them might well have died in the Star Dou Forest.
"Ah, you're back? Did the Great Soul cause you trouble? Did you encounter a hundred-year Spirit Essence? Why suffer like this? I told you long ago that your Soul Beast martial soul wasn't suitable for Spirit Essence. You insisted on trying it anyway. If you died, what would happen to your little brother? After all, your martial soul is only a Soul Beast, and your innate Spirit Power is barely half a rank. If you died after dragging my younger brother into this, the academy would lose a student with innate full Spirit Power. What a loss for the future of the Spirit Essence world..."
The moment he heard that, Tang Qinghe immediately rushed forward and slapped Jade Little Sister.
"What did you say?" Jade Little Sister's face flushed, then turned purple. Finally, with a furious roar, she spat out an old curse.
Tang Qinghe had slapped her on the left cheek and then followed with a slap on the right, causing her face to swell.
[Jade Little Sister's resentment +88888]
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"Jade Little Sister is truly a good person. She actually gave away more than twenty thousand points of resentment in one go."
Tang Qinghe's heart blossomed with joy.
But Han San could no longer stand by. "Enough, Tang Qinghe. Please show some respect to my old devil. Otherwise, don't blame me for taking advantage of my numerical superiority. Don't think I'm easy to bully."
[Han San's resentment +888]
"I'm doing this out of kindness, too. Last time, your old devil was injured behind the back of the Soul Beast and needed my help to protect her. I was the one who saved her life. You should be more respectful."
Seeing that Han San's resentment was about to explode, Tang Qinghe deliberately curled his lips, shook his head, and turned to leave.
But his deliberate provocation once again caused Jade Little Sister's resentment to break through the limit.
[Jade Little Sister's resentment +188888]
Jade Little Sister watched as Tang Qinghe returned to the training ground and deliberately poured hot water over himself. She forced out a bitter smile and said, "Xiao San, am I really as useless as Tang Qinghe says?"
Han San cut her off with a serious expression. "No, old devil, you're not useless. Besides, I told you long ago: as far as the Azure Ganoderma siblings are concerned, the old devil's Spirit Power is never the most important thing. Innate talent is. If it weren't for his martial soul being so terrifying, I wouldn't even dare believe he could produce such a first-rate Spirit Essence. Moreover, the Azure Ganoderma he gave me greatly increased my offensive power, allowing me to become a control-type Spirit Body."
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