Insulting Yu Xiaogang, Trouble-Making Xiao Wu

After leaving the Blue Silver Forest, Chu Chen returned to the nearby town. The moment he stepped inside, he heard the familiar cries of mercenaries, roughly calling for people to join them in entering the Star Dou Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts.

"..."

Watching the scene, Chu Chen fell into thought.

It was indeed common for people to spend money hiring mercenaries to lead them in hunting Spirit Beasts.

But they often gained very little. Most of those mercenaries were only somewhere between Spirit Masters and Soul Grandmasters in strength!

Hunting hundred-year Spirit Beasts was manageable, but as for thousand-year Spirit Beasts, even if there were some powerful mercenaries available, the cost was far beyond what ordinary people could afford.

Chu Chen sighed. He still had no ability to change any of this. After finding a carriage in town, he boarded it and headed toward Nuoding City.

"After all that traveling, the gains were pretty good. When I reach level twenty, I'll probably have to come here again."

Chu Chen pondered as he began considering his target for his second Spirit Ring. There were quite a few Spirit Beasts with life attributes, but they were not easy to find.

Nuoding City. By the time Chu Chen returned, three days had passed since he had left the academy.

After returning, Chu Chen did not go back to the dormitory right away. He wanted to find the Dean first. After all, the Dean had made things convenient for him, and now that he was back, it was only proper to let him know.

Outside the Dean's office.

"Dean, are you in?" Chu Chen knocked and asked.

As the door to the Dean's office slowly opened, the one who came out was not the Dean, but Yu Xiaogang.

When Yu Xiaogang saw Chu Chen, he asked, "It's you. I heard from the Dean that you went to obtain your First Spirit Ring. What Spirit Beast was it, and how old was it?"

"None of your fucking business, idiot."

Chu Chen walked straight past Yu Xiaogang and said to the Dean, "Dean, I'm back. I came to let you know."

Yu Xiaogang's face immediately darkened. He had been asking out of kindness, and he had wanted to take the opportunity to put Chu Chen down.

After all, in his view, even if Chu Chen had absorbed a Spirit Ring, it had to be some useless one.

"It's good that you're back. Did you successfully obtain your First Spirit Ring?" the Dean asked with a smile and a nod.

Chu Chen nodded. "I did. Dean, thank you for making things convenient for me before."

The Dean beamed. "Good child, very good. Although you missed the Opening Ceremony and the first class, I've already spoken to everyone for you. This is Grandmaster. His Disciple is also like you and possesses Blue Silver Grass as his Martial Soul."

"Grandmaster has profound knowledge of Martial Souls. If you're willing, you can have a good discussion with him."

Following the Dean's gaze, Chu Chen saw Yu Xiaogang smile smugly before putting on his usual solemn, dignified posture.

"My Disciple Tang San absorbed a four-hundred-year-old Datura Snake as his First Spirit Ring."

He had expected Chu Chen to be shocked, but Chu Chen only burst out laughing. "As expected of Grandmaster. Blue Silver Grass absorbing a Datura Snake? That's like a blind chicken evacuating a dam."

"What does that mean?" Yu Xiaogang frowned, feeling that it did not sound like a compliment.

"Blind chicken dam evacuation."

After greeting the Dean, Chu Chen ignored Yu Xiaogang's face, dark as water, and walked straight out of the Dean's office.

"This brat is actually so arrogant! I want to see what your First Spirit Ring is. Not becoming my, Yu Xiaogang's, Disciple will be the greatest regret of your life!"

After three days, Chu Chen returned to the entrance of the Work-Study Student dormitory. Earlier, he had only placed his simple luggage on his assigned bed and had not had the chance to properly organize it. It seemed he would not be getting any rest now that he had returned.

"Brother Chu, you're back?"

When Wang Sheng saw Chu Chen suddenly return, his expression immediately turned somewhat awkward.

"What is it?" Chu Chen asked casually as he walked toward his bed.

"Well... Brother Chu..."

Before Wang Sheng could finish, Chu Chen saw that his bed had already been taken over, while his luggage had been carelessly tossed aside.

"Brother Chu, it's not that we didn't want to help you. It's mainly because we can't beat that boss lady either."

Wang Sheng scratched his head, afraid that Chu Chen would get angry.

"It's fine."

Looking at the two beds that had been pushed together, Chu Chen stepped forward and kicked one of them apart. He then pulled off the bedding from his original bed and spread out the bedding from his own luggage.

The person who had taken his bed had placed several rabbit dolls on it. Chu Chen tossed them onto the floor, where they were stained with dust.

"Damn... what a ruthless guy." Wang Sheng and the others could not help giving him thumbs-up. Now, a big fight was probably unavoidable.

"..."

While Chu Chen was organizing his things, two Human Figures appeared at the dormitory door. When one of the girls saw that her dolls and belongings had been thrown onto the floor, she immediately became angry.

She strode arrogantly behind Chu Chen, lifted her leg, and kicked at his head with a burst of forceful wind.

Bang!

Chu Chen blocked with his hand, then suddenly turned around and sent Xiao Wu flying with a palm strike. At the same time, he kicked one of the rabbit dolls off the floor, sending it flying into Xiao Wu.

"Do you have any manners? Why did you throw Xiao Wu's things onto the floor?" Tang San asked with a displeased frown.

Xiao Wu glared furiously at Chu Chen. "You're asking for a beating! Let's see how I teach you a lesson!"

"You moved someone else's bed and threw his luggage onto the floor. Why didn't I hear you talking about manners then?"

Chu Chen looked coldly at Xiao Wu and Tang San. But upon hearing that, Xiao Wu immediately bristled. "Who said that was your bed? There was a bag of rags on it. I thought it was trash. It was already good enough that I didn't find it disgusting!"

Chu Chen's expression turned cold. He had no intention of indulging her.

He instantly appeared before Xiao Wu and raised his hand to slap her. By the time Tang San reacted, it was already too late.

Perhaps he had not expected Chu Chen to be so fast.

Slap!

Under Wang Sheng and the others' stunned gazes, Xiao Wu was sent flying by the slap, staggering into a wall some distance away.

Her soft, pink cheek immediately swelled red. The stinging pain made Xiao Wu charge forward without a care. She erupted with Soul Power, and under Martial Soul Possession, she was incredibly fast as she leaped into the air.

First Spirit Ability, Waist Bow!

Xiao Wu unleashed her soft techniques, all aimed at Chu Chen's vital points. Seeing this, Chu Chen did not hold back either. He sidestepped Xiao Wu's attack, deftly broke free of the soft technique's restraints, and drove a punch into Xiao Wu's head.

Bang!

The punch left Xiao Wu seeing stars. She immediately fainted and collapsed in front of Tang San.