Third Brother, You're Being a Little Offensive

Chen Yumo successfully graduated. The graduation certificate listed his graduation level as fifteen.

Xiao Chenyu had issued the certification.

At eleven years old and level fifteen, he could already be considered a genius in a small place like Nuoding Academy. When Chen Yumo's graduation certificate came out, it had even caused quite a stir for several days.

Especially after Gangzi had angrily berated Chen Yumo, nearly everyone at Nuoding Academy knew that his Martial Soul was an Innate Level One Ice Silkworm.

Five years, from Innate Level One to graduating at level fifteen—it was practically a miracle.

At least, that was how ordinary teachers and students saw it.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang also received the news that Chen Yumo had graduated and left the academy.

However, neither of them had much of a reaction. When he learned that Chen Yumo's Soul Power Level was only "fifteen," Yu Xiaogang even felt like laughing.

Back then, he had cultivated from level one to level ten in two and a half years. Now, another two and a half years had passed, yet he had only gone from level eleven to level fifteen.

What did that mean?

Even if his Martial Soul had evolved, Chen Yumo was still just an insect. His potential was still limited!

Moreover, the problem of his insufficient talent had already been exposed. No matter how hard he worked, he would at most become a Soul Grandmaster. In the end, he would only get stuck at level twenty-nine like Yu Xiaogang, with no hope of ever breaking through to Soul Elder!

And Tang San? Although his progress had been slow because of all the traveling earlier, once he had settled down, his cultivation speed had picked up again.

Including the time Chen Yumo had spent hunting Spirit Beasts and absorbing Spirit Rings, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had already returned to Nuoding Academy for eight months. During those eight months, Tang San had broken through two levels, successfully reaching level twenty-seven on the day after his eleventh birthday.

One level every four months!

At this rate, Tang San might even break through level thirty before turning twelve and become a three-ring Soul Elder!

What was a genius?

That was one!

Chen Yumo, who had surged ahead so fiercely, now showed every sign of decline, while Tang San, who had crawled forward slowly, was rising steadily.

Chen Yumo's disguise successfully restored what little confidence Gangzi had, making him believe that Chen Yumo had run out of steam and would achieve nothing significant.

Martial Soul Evolution?

It was nothing more than pouring oil onto a blazing fire, a castle in the air!

To preserve what little self-respect he had, he even said as much to outsiders.

The same went for when he was in front of Tang San.

So what if Yu Xiaogang could not evolve his Martial Soul or break through to Soul Elder? Chen Yumo's Martial Soul had evolved, yet he still could not break through either.

No matter how hard he worked, before the talent of Innate Level One, all that effort would only become a joke!

But what Yu Xiaogang did not know was that although Tang San agreed with him, other thoughts had also surfaced in his mind.

That was right.

Chen Yumo's Ice Silkworm was a useless Martial Soul. No matter how much he cultivated, he would still be trash.

But wasn't his own Blue Silver Grass the same?

Could Blue Silver Grass really have any future if he continued cultivating it? Could it truly fare any better than Chen Yumo?

At that thought, Tang San's lips curled upward.

It did not matter. Even if Blue Silver Grass had no future, he still had a second Martial Soul. According to Teacher's theory, if Blue Silver Grass could not provide Soul Power, then his other hammer Martial Soul, which had awakened with Innate Full Soul Power, had to be incredibly powerful. It was nothing Blue Silver Grass, Ice Silkworm, and other useless Martial Souls could compare to.

What was more, Tang San still had the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. That was his true wealth.

I heard Chen Yumo even told Xiao Chenyu that once he became a Titled Douluo, he would come back and celebrate with all his brothers? Tang San laughed inwardly.

Perhaps by the time Tang San had broken through to nine rings, Chen Yumo would still be a level twenty-nine piece of trash who could not even break through to Soul Elder?

With that in mind, Tang San inexplicably turned his gaze toward Gangzi.

Gangzi: ...?

Third Brother, that look in your eyes was a little offensive.

Sinful, sinful. How could I think of Teacher as trash?

I, Tang San, am a good disciple who respects his teacher and values the Way. A teacher for a day, a father for life!

"Haagen-Dazs Kingdom, Jimi Intermediate Spirit Master Academy?" Chen Yumo narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the letter of introduction in his hand.

"Does your Jimi Academy have some round-headed old man who can grow Haagen and Dazs?"

For a moment, Chen Yumo thought he had read it wrong. But this really was the letter of introduction Xiao Chenyu had given him, the genuine article.

What a comedian.

Chen Yumo knew of the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom. It lay next to Fasinuo Province, and together with the Silves Kingdom and the Balak Kingdom, it formed a three-sided encirclement around Fasinuo Province. The remaining side was the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.

However, this kingdom had barely been mentioned in the original work. Chen Yumo genuinely had no idea that the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom had a Jimi Academy.

It was absurd.

Even more absurd was that Xiao Lao Da actually had such connections, managing to get a recommendation letter for this academy from his father.

Chen Yumo silently accepted Xiao Lao Da's goodwill.

However, he definitely would not be going to any Hajimi Academy, nor did he intend to go to the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom.

After completing his second Metamorphosis, what Chen Yumo needed to do now was determine the path for his third Metamorphosis and seek an opportunity for it, not waste time attending some intermediate academy.

As for where exactly to go...

Suotuo City?

Heaven Dou City?

Xingluo City?

"Let's go to Heaven Dou City... After all, Heaven Dou City is where heroes gather. The Upper Three Sects and Spirit Hall all have operations in Heaven Dou City. In the future, it will also become the main base of Shrek and the Tang Sect."

"More importantly... Dugu Bo, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well..."

Chen Yumo's gaze flickered.

He was considering how to deal with Dugu Bo.

Should he follow the approach of other fanfiction protagonists and befriend him by addressing the backlash from his Martial Soul, or should he directly cripple him with the Sun God Needle and take sole possession of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?

At the very least, if he stayed in Heaven Dou City for a while and secretly figured out Dugu Bo's movements, it would not be difficult to determine when Dugu Bo's old injuries flared up.

All he needed was a damp, cold, rainy day. Dugu Bo's Martial Soul backlash would inevitably strike.

That would be his weakest moment. One Sun God Needle could easily cripple him.

The greatest benefit of doing so was certainty. He would not need to gamble on the complexity of human hearts, nor would he need to gamble on whether Dugu Bo would lash out desperately or whether he could regard Chen Yumo as a friend across generations as he had Tang San in the original work.

The downside was that it would be a one-shot deal. Crippling Dugu Bo would mean directly losing a potential ally.

He also had to consider the enormous commotion caused by activating the Sun God Needle and whether it would attract the attention of others.

For one thing, Ning Fengzhi, that clown who loved jumping around everywhere, definitely would not ignore it if he sensed the disturbance caused by the Sun God Needle.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was near Heaven Dou City. If a Titled Douluo-level battle erupted in the nearby Sunset Forest, and Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, fell as a result, it would be difficult to hide it from Chen Xin and Gu Rong's senses.

For a moment, Chen Yumo hesitated as well.