Yu Xiaogang: Impossible, Absolutely Impossible!

Xiao Wu slowly lowered her head, her index fingers twirling around each other.

"Ye Lin, can we discuss something?"

Ye Lin looked at Xiao Wu with a beaming smile, already knowing what she was thinking. "What is it?"

Xiao Wu felt a bit embarrassed. "Your bedding is so big, can we use it together?"

"I suppose that's possible."

"Wow, Ye Lin, you're the best!"

"However..."

"However what?"

"Call me Sister Lin."

"Ah, this..."

"If you won't call me that, then forget it. I think this bed board is quite hard."

"Fine, I'll call you that, won't I?" Xiao Wu pouted and whispered, "Sister Lin..."

"Hahaha, you almost looked like you were going to cry. Alright, alright, we'll use it together."

After making the bed, it was already time for a meal. Wang Sheng said, "Boss, Xiao Wu, Ye Lin, let's go eat."

But very quickly, Wang Sheng realized the three of them were short on funds after asking around.

He said generously, "Consider today my treat. You can just treat me back next time."

Tang San hesitated slightly before agreeing. Xiao Wu was just about to happily accept, but Ye Lin tugged on the corner of her clothes, and Xiao Wu immediately fell silent.

Ye Lin smiled and declined Wang Sheng's kind offer.

"You guys go ahead. We aren't hungry; we're on a diet."

"Alright then."

Wang Sheng felt a bit helpless and led the rest of the work-study students, along with Tang San, toward the cafeteria.

"Sister Lin, why didn't we go?"

Xiao Wu asked with some confusion. Her stomach had already started growling; saying she wasn't hungry was a lie.

"I'm actually quite hungry myself. I haven't eaten in a long time."

"Don't worry, I'll take you to eat in a little while."

Ye Lin estimated that the rush at the cafeteria had ended, so she led Xiao Wu slowly toward the cafeteria.

At this time, the cafeteria was very empty, but consequently, there wasn't much food left. However, this didn't matter.

Ye Lin went straight to the second floor and calmly slapped a Gold Soul Coin onto the serving window.

"Prepare whatever good food you have."

The person inside was instantly ecstatic, looking at that Gold Soul Coin with a hint of disbelief. "Young ladies, please wait a moment. We will prepare it immediately and bring it over to you."

Xiao Wu's little head was filled with big question marks. "Sister Lin, why didn't we go earlier? You're so rich, why did we have to be so secretive?"

"Silly child, do you understand what 'keeping a low profile' means?"

"Oh," Xiao Wu nodded, half-understanding.

When the two returned to the dormitory, Wang Sheng, Tang San, and the others asked curiously, "Ye Lin, Xiao Wu, what did you two go do?"

Ye Lin said casually, "We suddenly felt hungry just now, so we went to grab a bite."

"Hmm," Tang San continued, "My foster father just told me that he's taking me to obtain my first Spirit Ring tomorrow. He insisted that I must bring you along."

"Then thank him on my behalf," Ye Lin replied with a faint smile, agreeing immediately.

This worked out perfectly. She happened to need a Spirit Ring herself. If she were to buy one from the Points Shop, she would still need to save up quite a few points. Besides, following Tang San and Yu Xiaogang would allow her to continue completing her daily tasks, so why not?

That night, Ye Lin gave Xiao Wu a few instructions: just go to the second-floor window to get food when the mealtime was almost over.

The next day, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, two figures—one tall and one short—slowly left the gates of Notting Academy.

After making some purchases in Nuoding City, Yu Xiaogang hired a carriage and took them toward the Soul Hunting Forest.

Along the way, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San talked incessantly. Yu Xiaogang kept explaining the colors and types of Spirit Rings and spirit beasts, which made Tang San admire him immensely, and Yu Xiaogang enjoyed it thoroughly.

However, Ye Lin was different; she just sat there quietly cultivating.

Yu Xiaogang was a bit puzzled as he watched Ye Lin. She wasn't interested in his invincible theories?

She was the complete opposite of Tang San.

How was he supposed to take her on as a disciple like this?

He absolutely couldn't give up on such a good test subject.

Or perhaps this was just her personality?

Disinterested on the surface, but deeply eager on the inside.

Yu Xiaogang fantasized that she must be exactly that kind of person!

Then I will bring out something practical, and let's see if you can keep up the act.

He produced a belt that looked quite beautiful from somewhere, with twenty-four milky-white gemstones embedded upon it.

"This is a storage Soul Tool; it has been gathering dust with me."

"You only need to inject soul power to use it, and each of its gemstones can provide one cubic meter of storage space."

Tang San took the belt directly.

"Thank you, foster father!"

He could be said to be very happy; wasn't this the perfect place to store his future Hidden Weapons?

As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang glanced at Ye Lin. This had indeed attracted her interest, but why did she seem to look down on this belt?

Was that a look of disdain?

Yu Xiaogang had not seen wrong; it was indeed disdain.

If it were someone else showing disdain, he would feel nothing, but when someone he cared about showed it, it instantly caused a stir in his heart.

Ye Lin thought to herself that her Na Ring could provide ten thousand cubic meters of storage space, yet she hadn't said a word.

No, she had to suppress Yu Xiaogang's arrogant spirit.

[Yu Xiaogang handed a belt to Tang San; that belt was embedded with twenty-four jade stones, and each jade stone could provide one cubic meter of storage space...]

The system's modification of a character was not just a simple change; it also included adding a character or deleting one.

Ye Lin tried adding a character to the text, and that one character was enough to make Yu Xiaogang's mentality collapse.

"San, try injecting your soul power and use the Soul Tool to store the radishes you bought,"

Yu Xiaogang said to his foster son Tang San, the unspoken half of his sentence being to show her the miraculous nature of this storage Soul Tool.

"Mm," Tang San nodded excitedly; he was also very curious about such an unknown object.

He slowly injected a wisp of soul power into it while locking onto a white radish, intending to put it inside.

But clearly, the white radish did not react in the slightest.

"What is going on?" Yu Xiaogang frowned. "This Soul Tool is very simple."

Tang San felt a bit awkward. "Foster father, I just feel like this white radish won't go in; the space inside isn't enough."

"Not enough?"

"I feel... that each gemstone can store at most one drop of water."

"That's impossible!" Yu Xiaogang exclaimed, snatching the belt from Tang San's hand.

"Even if it isn't a full cubic meter, it couldn't possibly be as small as a single drop of water."

"You must be using it incorrectly."

"Watch closely, I will demonstrate it for you."

He gripped the belt, flicked it in his hand, and slowly injected a wisp of soul power into it.

"Hm?!"

The expression on Yu Xiaogang's face instantly froze; he must be using it the wrong way.

Inject soul power!

Withdraw soul power!

Inject!

Withdraw!

Repeating the cycle, the space remained only as small as a drop of water.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Yu Xiaogang pondered incessantly, wondering exactly which part had gone wrong...