Third Brother, That Was a Little Offensive

Chen Yumo had successfully graduated. The graduation certificate listed his graduation level as Level Fifteen.

Xiao Chenyu had issued the certificate.

At eleven years old and Level Fifteen, he could already be considered a genius in a small place like Nuoding Academy. In the days after Chen Yumo's graduation certificate was issued, it even caused quite a stir.

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

Five years to cultivate from Innate Level One to Level Fifteen by graduation was practically a miracle.

That was true for the ordinary teachers and students.

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

However, neither of them experienced much emotional fluctuation. Especially upon learning that Chen Yumo's Soul Power Level was merely "Level Fifteen," Yu Xiaogang even felt a little like laughing.

Back then, it had taken two and a half years to cultivate from Level One to Level Ten. Now, after another two and a half years, he had only gone from Level Eleven to Level Fifteen.

What did that show?

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

Moreover, the issue of his insufficient talent had already been exposed. No matter how hard he worked, at most he could cultivate to become a Soul Grandmaster. In the end, he would only be 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 due to all the running around before, once things settled down, his cultivation speed picked up again.

Including the time Chen Yumo had spent hunting soul beasts and absorbing Spirit Rings, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had been back at Nuoding Academy for eight months. During those eight months, Tang San had broken through two levels, successfully reaching Level Twenty-Seven the day after his eleventh birthday.

One level every four months!

At that rate, Tang San might even break through Level Thirty before turning twelve and become a three-ringed Soul Elder!

What was a genius?

That was what one looked like!

This wave saw the rapidly improving Chen Yumo reveal every sign of decline, while the slowly crawling Tang San rose steadily.

Chen Yumo's disguise had successfully restored that tiny shred of Gangzi's pitiful self-confidence. He believed Chen Yumo was running out of steam and would amount to nothing.

Martial Soul Evolution?

It was nothing but oil poured onto a blazing fire, a castle in the air!

To protect that little scrap of pathetic self-esteem, he even said so publicly.

That included when he was in front of Tang San.

It did not matter that Yu Xiaogang could not evolve his Martial Soul or break through to Soul Elder, because Chen Yumo, whose Martial Soul had evolved, still could not break through either.

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

What Yu Xiaogang did not know was that while 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 he cultivated, he would still be trash.

But was his own Blue Silver Grass any different?

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

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

It did not matter. If Blue Silver Grass had no future, he still had his second Martial Soul. According to his teacher's theory, if Blue Silver Grass could not provide Soul Power, then the hammer Martial Soul that had awakened with Innate Full Soul Power had to be extraordinarily powerful, far beyond useless Martial Souls like Blue Silver Grass and Ice Silkworm.

Besides, 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 broke through to Titled Douluo, he would come back and celebrate with his brothers? Tang San secretly sneered.

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.

At that thought, Tang San inexplicably turned his gaze toward Gangzi.

Gangzi: ...?

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

What a sin, what a sin. How could he think of his teacher as trash?

He, Tang San, was a good disciple who respected his teacher and valued the Dao. A teacher for one day was 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 Haagen Dazs?"

Chen Yumo had briefly thought he was seeing things, but this truly was the letter of introduction Xiao Chenyu had given him. There was absolutely no mistake.

What a complete joker.

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

However, that kingdom had not been described at all in the original work. Chen Yumo truly had no idea the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom had a Jimi Academy.

It was too absurd.

Even more absurd was that Xiao Lao Da had such connections that he could obtain a recommendation letter for this academy from his father.

Chen Yumo silently accepted Xiao Lao Da's goodwill.

But he definitely would not go to any Hajimi Academy, nor did he plan to go to the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom.

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

As for where exactly he should 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 a presence in Heaven Dou City, and it will become the headquarters of Shrek and the Tang Sect in the future."

"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 methods of other fanfiction protagonists and befriend him by exploiting the backlash from his Martial Soul, or should he directly cripple him with the Sun God Needle and claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for himself?

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

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

That would be when he was at his weakest. One Sun God Needle could easily cripple him.

The greatest advantage 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 like a cornered dog 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 whether the enormous disturbance caused by the Sun God Needle would draw other people's attention.

For one thing, Ning Fengzhi, that clown who loved to jump around the most, would absolutely 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, it would be difficult to conceal it from Chen Xin and Gu Rong's senses.

For a moment, Chen Yumo hesitated.