The middle-aged man slowly walked forward and said in a deep voice,
"Everyone, wait. Nuoding Academy was in the wrong here. On behalf of the academy, I apologize to you again."
With that, the middle-aged man gave the two guards a cool glance.
He had actually seen what happened just now a long time ago.
He had been planning to step in and help the three who were being given a hard time.
Who could have expected it?
This child, who looked only six years old, was actually so capable.
His methods were so seasoned, as if he were in his twenties or thirties.
At the very end, the two guards had wanted to give the children some Silver Soul Coins.
But the child had refused outright and even given them a Gold Soul Coin instead.
It was practically a carrot-and-stick approach, winning over the two guards.
If anything happened at the academy in the future, those two guards would probably treat this child like their own father!
Tang San and Old Jack couldn't help staring blankly at the middle-aged man who had suddenly appeared.
The two guards were even more timid and deferential, not daring to say another word.
"N-no need. They've already apologized."
Old Jack looked at the middle-aged man. Though he had ordinary features and wore a simple, plain gray robe, he possessed a distinctive air. He was probably an important figure at the academy, so Old Jack hurriedly waved his hand.
Tang San studied the middle-aged man carefully. Seeing how timid and deferential the two guards were, he seemed to understand, yet not understand.
The middle-aged man glanced sideways at the certificate and said with a faint smile,
"You've come to enroll at the academy, right? Leave these two children to me. I'll take them inside."
Old Jack nodded quickly. "Then I'll trouble you."
Old Jack then gave Wang Feng and Tang San a few words of advice.
Wang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the middle-aged man.
As expected, this middle-aged man was probably Grandmaster, whose full name was Yu Xiaogang, a figure of immense importance to Xiao San in Douluo Continent.
He was also Xiao San's teacher for life.
He played an important role in Xiao San's early years.
Wang Feng studied Grandmaster, while Grandmaster was also studying Wang Feng.
What a sharp gaze.
Grandmaster's heart tightened.
The child's gaze gave him a strange sense of pressure, as if it could see right through him.
But then again, perhaps he hadn't been sleeping well these past few days and was feeling a little dazed. How could a child possibly see through him?
But Innate Full Soul Power, and a Green Lotus Flower Martial Spirit? I've never heard of a Green Lotus Flower Martial Spirit. How could a plant-type Martial Spirit have Innate Full Soul Power? Could it be Twin Martial Souls, like that other child with a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul?
Grandmaster mulled it over.
The so-called Green Lotus Flower Martial Spirit had come about when Su Yuntao told Wang Feng to come up with a name for the certificate, since it was an unknown flower. Wang Feng had pretended to hesitate, acting as if he didn't know what name to choose.
So Tang San had simply made one up.
Thus, the name Green Lotus Flower hadn't been chosen by Wang Feng, but by Tang San.
Su Yuntao had naturally agreed to it as well.
After giving his advice, Old Jack left.
Wang Feng and Tang San followed Grandmaster inside.
"Sorry to trouble you, teacher," Tang San said.
Grandmaster smiled and waved his hand.
"I'm not a teacher. I'm just an idle nobody at the academy. You can call me Grandmaster. That's what everyone else calls me..."
"Not a teacher?" Tang San said, startled. Then he quickly added, "Then you must be a very impressive person!"
"Oh? Why do you say that?" Grandmaster asked curiously.
"Because only someone very impressive could deserve the title of Grandmaster, right? And you can represent the academy, which means you have a high status here."
Tang San said earnestly, "Although you're not a teacher at this academy, you must be even more capable than its teachers."
The middle-aged man burst out laughing when he heard this.
Wang Feng rubbed his head. Sure enough, the course of history, the fated meeting-Tang San and Grandmaster would meet in the end.
Still, Xiao San was pretty good at flattering people.
The best part was that he said it with such earnestness, he might not even realize he was flattering him.
"You can't just call anyone teacher," Grandmaster said with a smile. "You have Innate Full Soul Power... or..."
As he spoke, a glint flashed in Grandmaster's eyes. "Or perhaps Twin Martial Souls. Your future is limitless. I'm just an idle nobody mooching off the academy. I'm not qualified to be your teacher..."
Tang San froze when he heard this.
Wang Feng felt a little impressed. To be fair, Grandmaster really did have an exceptional eye.
I was a transmigrator who had read Douluo Continent, so I knew in advance that Xiao San had Twin Martial Souls.
Grandmaster wasn't like me. He couldn't see through things, and he didn't have an all-knowing view of the world. To reveal Xiao San's secret with a single remark based solely on theoretical analysis...
That was already damn impressive.
"No! You're absolutely qualified!" Tang San was silent for a moment, then suddenly said solemnly, "I'm willing to call you my teacher!"
"Oh? Why?" Grandmaster asked.
"Because you could tell that I have Twin Martial Souls. I think there isn't a single instructor at the Junior Spirit Master Academy who could tell."
Tang San said slowly, "Are you willing to teach me how to cultivate my Martial Spirit?"
This was a conclusion Tang San had reached only after careful deliberation.
Only his father knew about his Twin Martial Souls.
Yet this mysterious middle-aged man had seen through it at a glance. It was simply inconceivable!
Based on that alone, Tang San felt that Grandmaster was no ordinary person!
Grandmaster smiled again. "Good, good, good... You're the first person in all these years who's been willing to become my disciple. Very well, then I'll be stubborn for once! You're called Tang San, right? Do you know how I could tell that you have Twin Martial Souls?"
Tang San thought for a moment, then shook his head.
How could he know something like that?
Grandmaster suddenly looked at Wang Feng and said, "I wonder if this little friend, who also has Twin Martial Souls, knows?"
At those words,
Tang San was stunned.
Brother Feng also had Twin Martial Souls?
Tang San stared at Brother Feng in shock.
Could it be that Brother Feng really had another Martial Spirit?
"Me?"
Wang Feng smiled.
To be honest, if Grandmaster had determined that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls through analysis, then he had probably only guessed at Wang Feng's situation by comparing the two.
And wouldn't you know it, he'd guessed right.
Wang Feng really did have another, humanoid Martial Spirit, though even he didn't know about it.
"I'm guessing it was because you looked at the certificate."
Wang Feng pointed to the certificate in his hand and said calmly, "You must have been curious about why two Trash Martial Souls could have Innate Full Soul Power, and deduced it from that, right? As for how you worked it out, I don't know."
Wang Feng really didn't know how Grandmaster had worked it out.
After all, he'd forgotten most of the details about Douluo Continent's setting. He only remembered the general plot and the characters.
Who could still remember all the detailed settings in a novel years after finishing it?
Wang Feng couldn't.
He only remembered the various scenes of showing off, the pretty girls, and the awesome, powerful Martial Spirits.
Wang Feng had seen Grandmaster glance at the certificate just now, so he'd made a guess.
When Grandmaster heard this, however, his heart suddenly tightened.
This child...
Could he really have noticed so much?
He'd only glanced at it twice.
And the child had already deduced how he'd figured out the Twin Martial Souls?
That little brain of his was impressive!