On the way to the Academic Affairs Office.
Ah Yin also reminded Su Yun as she hovered beside him.
"Little Su Yun, you have to train seriously this year."
"Make sure you beat that impostor a year from now!"
Whether it was to make the impostor eat humble pie or to help Su Yun earn a reward,
Ah Yin didn't want to see someone who had stolen her child's identity steal the spotlight.
Su Yun knew what Ah Yin meant. He smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry, Sister Yin. I'll beat Tang San."
"Although we both have Innate Full Soul Power, my Martial Soul is the Blue Silver Emperor, while his is Blue Silver Grass."
"And you're my teacher, Sister Yin."
"When it comes to teaching Martial Soul Theory, I'm sure you're ten thousand times better than that guy who calls himself Grandmaster!"
"He couldn't even tell that I don't have Twin Martial Souls, yet he calls himself Grandmaster. He must be a fraud."
"There's no way the impostor he teaches will be better than me, with you as my teacher, Sister Yin."
As Su Yun praised Ah Yin, he slipped in a compliment about himself, too.
"Tsk, whether that Grandmaster is a fraud remains to be seen."
Ah Yin's soul floated beside Su Yun. She gave him a playful look and chuckled.
"But you little rascal, don't think I can't tell you're buttering me up."
I really do want to butter her up... Su Yun sneaked a glance behind Ah Yin.
But for now, he didn't dare say that out loud.
"Actually, when it comes to this Grandmaster, I seem to remember something about that title."
Ah Yin paused to think, then suddenly spoke.
Su Yun was taken aback.
"Do you know the Grandmaster we just met, Sister Yin?"
"I'm not sure."
Ah Yin spoke softly. "I once heard people talk about a Soul Master whose Martial Soul had mutated, leaving him unable to break through Soul Power Level 29."
"But he didn't lose heart. Instead, he turned to researching Martial Soul Theory and even came up with something called the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul."
"That's why people called him Grandmaster."
"Back then, this seemed to be quite famous in the Soul Master World."
"I wonder if the teacher that impostor just bowed to is the legendary Grandmaster."
That's him, all right... Su Yun thought to himself.
Still, he pretended not to know Yu Xiaogang.
"I don't think the man who called himself Grandmaster was the person you're talking about, Sister Yin."
"Oh?"
Ah Yin blinked in surprise.
"Little Su Yun, why do you think that?"
Su Yun immediately gave his reasons.
"If he really were the Grandmaster you described, Sister Yin, he wouldn't have been so unwilling to listen to anyone, like the man we just met."
"You saw it too, Sister Yin. That Grandmaster was completely convinced that he alone was right. He was so arrogant."
"I think a true Grandmaster would humbly accept other people's advice and keep improving his theories."
"He wouldn't stubbornly insist that I was hiding something from him."
He has a point... Ah Yin nodded slightly.
Indeed.
The man who called himself Grandmaster hadn't acted like a teacher at all.
If anything, he'd been arrogant.
Ah Yin recalled Yu Xiaogang's expression and mannerisms.
She thought she'd seen a hint of greed in that man's eyes.
That self-proclaimed Grandmaster had wanted to take both Su Yun and the impostor as students. He must have had an ulterior motive!
At the thought, Ah Yin let out a quiet breath.
Su Yun hadn't rashly accepted him as a teacher. Now, it seemed that had been the right choice.
Since Su Yun didn't know the academy well, and there weren't many people around that afternoon, it took him more than ten minutes to find the Academic Affairs Office without Yu Xiaogang to lead the way.
After entering, Su Yun explained his situation.
"You're the other child with Innate Full Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass?"
"Yes, I'm Su Yun."
"My goodness, there are two children with Innate Full Soul Power from Holy Soul Village this year? And both have Blue Silver Grass? Talk about luck!"
"Ah, what a pity. To have Innate Full Soul Power, but a Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass."
"..."
The teachers in the Academic Affairs Office all felt sorry for Su Yun.
"All right, here's your uniform. Go straight to Dormitory Room 7 in the dormitory building."
Su Yun took the new uniform from Director Su, thanked him, then left the Academic Affairs Office.
After spending a little more time looking, Su Yun found Dorm Seven.
As soon as he reached the entrance, he saw Tang San fighting Wang Sheng.
In that battle, Tang San displayed all the skills he'd learned in the Tang Sect to perfection.
He defeated Wang Sheng with ease.
Watching Tang San's smooth, practiced movements, Ah Yin recognized them all as Tang Sect techniques.
A chill entered the air around her, despite her usually gentle nature.
Su Yun sensed that something was wrong with Ah Yin and quickly tried to comfort her. That eased her anger somewhat.
"Sister Yin, don't let that impostor upset you."
Su Yun vowed silently, I promise I'll beat him up a year from now and get revenge for you.
Once her anger faded, Ah Yin realized she'd overreacted.
"I'm sorry, Little Su Yun. That was my fault."
"I'll try to keep my emotions under control from now on."
Ah Yin realized that now she was Su Yun's Martial Soul, her emotional fluctuations could be passed on to him, to some extent.
If she got too emotional during a battle, it would inevitably affect Su Yun in a bad way.
That wouldn't be good for either of them.
Naturally, Su Yun didn't blame Ah Yin.
He stayed with her and spoke for a while. Once she had calmed down, he prepared to go inside.
Of course, he had no intention of fighting Tang San.
If they fought now, Su Yun would be the one to lose.
But just as he was about to step through the entrance to Dorm Seven, a clear, childish voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Excuse me, is this Dorm Seven?"
The familiar line echoed through Su Yun's mind.
He spun around.
A pretty little girl in plain clothes stood behind him.
Her eyes were bright and watery, and their irises were an unusually vivid red.
But what drew the most attention was the long scorpion braid trailing down the back of her head.
Xiao Wu!
Su Yun recognized her at once.
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