What Light Dragon Dagger?
I might as well have a White Tiger Dagger!
Although Tang Wulin's Martial Soul was the Trash Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass, he wasn't about to back down from Xie Xie, that domineering city kid.
It was just a little dagger.
In his opinion, it couldn't hold a candle to Wan Yunchao's cleaver!
"You're asking for a beating!"
Xie Xie was instantly furious, but he held back because Ji Fengyu was standing nearby.
Fortunately, just then, a creepy uncle wandered over.
"Little friend, what's your name?"
"Where are your parents?"
Tang Wulin and Xie Xie immediately banded together, shielding their support behind them as they quickly put some distance between themselves and the middle-aged man.
"Let's go!"
"That was close..."
After they'd walked a little way, Xie Xie and Tang Wulin breathed a sigh of relief.
They'd run into a bad guy...
Xie Xie signaled to a black-clad man in the distance. The man immediately disappeared into the crowd.
Then Xie Xie proudly thumped his chest in front of Ji Fengyu, fishing for praise.
"How about it, Brother Ji? Be my teammate from now on. I'll protect you!"
Though young, Xie Xie was no fool. He knew how great it would be to team up with a Rainbow Dragon Soul Master.
A trump-card support like this was someone he had to recruit as soon as possible.
Besides, he genuinely admired Ji Fengyu's charisma...
"We'll see about that later."
Ji Fengyu had already reached the reception desk for Eastsea Academy.
He politely turned down Xie Xie's invitation to team up and handed over his information.
When Tang Wulin heard Ji Fengyu refuse Xie Xie, the hand clutching his uniform hem finally relaxed.
Xie Xie didn't lose heart over the rejection. He was just about to say something else when the upperclasswoman receiving them cried out in astonishment:
"Ji Fengyu, nine years old, Huaguo City Primary Soul Master Academy, level 23 Soul Grandmaster, Martial Soul: Rainbow Dragon!"
"Wait,"
"Are you Ji Fengyu from the Youth Genius Ranking?"
"The Ji Fengyu who says, 'How can you see a rainbow without weathering the storm'?!"
As luck would have it,
the upperclasswoman receiving the three of them was a fan of Ji Fengyu.
With a startled cry, she dropped the information sheet onto the desk, drawing a wave of astonished exclamations from those around them.
Ji Fengyu was already the center of attention because of his strikingly handsome looks.
That shout from the upperclasswoman only made things worse.
In an instant, he was surrounded three deep.
"Ji Fengyu, I'm your fan! Could you give me your autograph?"
"Can we take a picture together?"
"Can I get your contact information?"
Little Xie Xie and Tang Wulin were shoved right out of the overexcited crowd.
Tang Wulin landed on his butt, sitting there in stunned silence.
Level 23?
Ji Fengyu was actually a level 23 Soul Grandmaster?!
Good heavens, a Soul Grandmaster at nine!
And he was that popular, too!
Tang Wulin didn't know what to say. They were the same age, yet he was only level 11.
The warmth that had given him the courage to approach Ji Fengyu vanished, replaced by inferiority and shame.
He and Ji Fengyu weren't even from the same world!
"I can't believe he's that Ji Fengyu... Aiya, Fengyu, Rainbow Dragon—I should've figured it out!"
"I'm definitely making this friend!"
"We're classmates, after all. Being close gives me the advantage!"
Xie Xie, who'd also been shoved out of the crowd, ruefully smacked his forehead, but he was even more fired up.
Unlike Tang Wulin, he didn't feel inferior. He saw an opportunity.
"You know Ji Fengyu too?"
Tang Wulin couldn't help asking again.
Judging by everyone's reaction,
Ji Fengyu seemed to have quite the background, leaving Tang Wulin bewildered and curious.
Seeing that they were both in the same boat, Xie Xie didn't mock him this time. He explained:
"The Youth Genius Ranking is a sub-list of the Continental Wind and Cloud Ranking, a ranking the Spirit Pagoda made for Soul Masters."
"It's dedicated to recording all kinds of young geniuses."
"There are thirty spots, for the thirty most talented youngsters of this generation on the whole continent!"
"Ji Fengyu is ranked twenty-eighth."
"His ranking may be low, but he's the only one to make the list before turning ten. Everyone ranked above him is in their teens."
"A lot of people predict that Ji Fengyu will make it into the top three of the Youth Genius Ranking before he turns eighteen!"
"Who knows why a genius like him would come to a backwater place like ours? Either way, this is our chance—let's latch onto him!"
Xie Xie spoke with shameless eagerness.
Tang Wulin was a little dazed.
So he was one of the most outstanding geniuses on the continent!
"Damn it!"
"Spirit Pagoda, I told you to keep a low profile!"
"I'm already handsome, and now you go and put me on some Youth Genius Ranking? I can't even go out in peace!"
"And another thing, I really hate that saying, 'How can you see a rainbow without weathering the storm'!"
If not for the Spirit Pagoda giving him a high-quality Spirit Soul for free, Ji Fengyu would've given them a piece of his mind.
Fame was a burden, and the whole commotion only ended when the Law Enforcement Team stepped in.
Once he was aboard the academy bus,
Ji Fengyu irritably found a window seat in the back, drew the curtain, and buried his head to sleep.
"Ahem!"
"Everyone, move aside!"
Xie Xie came over to Ji Fengyu. A Yellow Soul Ring suddenly appeared beneath his feet!
The little kids shrieked in fright, and even their parents looked wary.
Across the aisle, Tang Wulin's pupils contracted too.
A Hundred-Year Soul Ring!!!
How terrifying!
A Hundred-Year Soul Ring meant a Hundred-Year Spirit Soul, along with the spiritual power and physique needed to withstand one!
A genius like that was riding in the same bus as them. Truly terrifying!
After intimidating everyone,
Xie Xie happily sat down beside Ji Fengyu, taking on the role of "guardian of the flowers."
He looked around the bus and finally spotted Tang Wulin.
"Tang Wulin, why are you sitting so far away?"
"Come over here."
Unaware of Tang Wulin's inferiority complex, Xie Xie cheerfully beckoned him over and pulled him closer.
Then he started showing off.
"Heh heh, Tang Wulin, Ji Fengyu and I are both in Class One. What class are you in?"
Sigh...
Tang Wulin quietly sighed, clutching his student ID for Grade One, Class Five, feeling miserable.
Ji Fengyu made him feel so warm and familiar, but they were destined to be from different worlds...
Those two were geniuses in Class One. What business did a useless Blue Silver Grass kid from Class Five have tagging along?
Ji Fengyu slept so soundly that he felt as though his Soul Power had grown quite a bit.
The Golden Dragon King really was a walking cheat!
He couldn't help thinking how devious he'd been.
Back when he was choosing a Spirit Soul,
the Spirit Transmitter from the Spirit Pagoda had strongly recommended that he choose a subspecies dragon Spirit Soul to strengthen the Dragon Clan bloodline of his Rainbow Dragon.
But he'd firmly chosen the Seven-Colored Crown Spirit Soul, which was better suited to a support type.
He'd made the right call!
He could just ride on Tang Wulin's bloodline!
Those hundred-year Earth Dragon Spirit Souls weren't worth a single hair from the Golden Dragon King's aura.
Dragon Spirit Souls all had explosive combat power. It wasn't just that there were few support dragons suited to the Rainbow Dragon—there weren't any at all.
Choosing a support-type Spirit Soul directly was much better value.
And because he'd studied auto repair in his previous life,
Ji Fengyu's second profession, Mecha Repairer, had already reached level three. That was an important reason he'd made the Youth Genius Ranking.
The bus rolled along at a steady pace.
Ji Fengyu drew back the curtain and watched the traffic flowing past outside, the corners of his mouth unconsciously lifting.
Why did being with the Golden Dragon King put him in such a good mood?
But,
where nobody else could see,
Di Tian, who was scouting Eastsea Academy, stood atop a skyscraper, watching the bus.
The former Beast God
wore the expression of a man questioning his entire existence.
"Madam?!"
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