Douluo: Opening by Rebuking the Grandmaster

"A truly outstanding teacher could take someone with only the potential of a Soul Grandmaster and, under his guidance, help him reach Soul Ancestor, Soul King, or even greater heights."

"Not someone who knew a person had the potential to become a Title Douluo, yet felt smug when that person reached Soul Douluo under his guidance and bragged about it everywhere."

"Tang San has Innate Full Soul Power. It goes without saying how high his talent is. Whomever he takes as his teacher, can't he enter the ranks of top-tier Soul Masters? Since that's the case, why choose trash like you?"

"Trash..."

"...trash..."

"...trash..."

"...trash..."

Lu Yu's words echoed relentlessly through Grandmaster's mind. Those two words had dealt a severe blow to his self-esteem.

At that moment, Grandmaster felt his blood surge upward, and sweetness filled his mouth. Fortunately, he held it in at the crucial moment and forcibly swallowed the hot blood that had reached his lips.

Yet after hearing Lu Yu's words, Tang San secretly nodded.

That was right. Whom couldn't he take as a teacher? Why did he have to take trash as his master?

Lu Yu continued, "If he took a strong person as his teacher, that person could at least protect him on his path and fulfill all his Soul Ring requirements."

"What about you?"

"What can you do for him? Even a random Thousand-Year Soul Beast would be beyond your ability to handle, wouldn't it? If that's the case, what use is there in taking you as a master?"

"I... Pfft..."

Seeing Tang San looking as though he deeply agreed, Grandmaster could no longer endure it. The moment he opened his mouth, a mouthful of blood burst out.

Beating Up Xiao Wu

"Holy shit..."

Watching blood spray through the air, Lu Yu was so frightened that he hurriedly leaped backward.

After steadying himself, Lu Yu quickly lowered his head to inspect himself.

Thank goodness, thank goodness. None had splashed onto him; otherwise, these clothes would have been ruined.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. The mission has been completed. The reward has been distributed to your inventory. Please check it."

"Ding! A new mission has been issued. Please check it."

Hearing the system notifications, Lu Yu's eyes lit up.

The mission was finally complete.

But Grandmaster's mental fortitude was really lacking.

He had vomited blood already?

Lu Yu had only just finished warming up. He still had plenty to say.

Ah, forget it, forget it.

He had the reward anyway.

Seeing Grandmaster supported by Tang San, pointing at Lu Yu and trembling nonstop, opening his mouth several times without producing any sound, Lu Yu instantly lost interest.

Lu Yu shook his head. "Forget it. If I keep talking, I'm afraid I'll anger you into something worse. Do whatever you want. Xiao Fei, let's go."

After hearing Lu Yu's words, Grandmaster spat out another mouthful of blood and then completely passed out.

Lu Yu was instantly dumbfounded.

What the hell was this?

Seeing the pleading look Tang San gave him, Lu Yu said helplessly, "Whether you take him as your master is for you to weigh up yourself. But he values you quite highly, after all. Taking him back to his dormitory or getting him medical attention is up to you."

With that, Lu Yu pulled the bewildered Lu Fei away.

What did Tang San taking Grandmaster as his teacher have to do with him?

He had only wanted the reward.

In fact, from Lu Yu's perspective, it was a good thing if Tang San took Grandmaster as his teacher.

After all, if Tang San did not become Grandmaster's disciple, who knew how things would develop in the end? Foreknowledge was Lu Yu's greatest advantage.

"I..."

Tang San was furious at Lu Yu.

You were the one who argued him into passing out. What did dumping him on me mean?

And you say he values me highly.

Who the hell cared that he valued me?

Looking at Grandmaster in his arms again, Tang San's eyes were filled with disgust.

Trash was trash.

He had actually been argued into vomiting blood and passing out by a little brat.

In the shadows.

Tang Hao had seen the entire conversation between Lu Yu and Grandmaster.

He looked at the unconscious Grandmaster.

Tang Hao fell silent.

If not for Lu Yu's remarks, he truly had planned to entrust Little San to Grandmaster.

But now...

He hesitated.

Yet he had matters to attend to, and Little San could not be left without anyone to care for him. If he went looking, he probably would not find a second suitable person anytime soon.

This left him deeply conflicted.

After pondering for a long time, Tang Hao finally compromised.

Forget it, forget it. Trash was a little too harsh, but his theoretical knowledge was still fairly solid. He could let Little San study theory under him.

As for everything else...

He needed to find a way to remind Little San.

"Brother Yu, why did you argue with him?" Lu Fei looked at Lu Yu with some curiosity.

Lu Yu said, "I just didn't like the look of him."

Lu Fei hesitated. "But won't this affect our studies? He seemed to have quite a bit of status in the academy."

Lu Yu said calmly, "It's only a junior Soul Master Academy. If we can learn something, then we learn. If not, forget it. It doesn't really matter whether we attend or not."

He was not boasting.

Setting the system aside, the knowledge he had accumulated from the original story alone probably surpassed that of most teachers at junior Soul Master Academies.

At most, his knowledge of Soul Beasts was somewhat lacking, but he could solve that by buying a few books. So whether he attended school or not truly did not matter.

Seeing him say this, Lu Fei said nothing more.

How old was he? How could he know whether Lu Yu was telling the truth?

He only knew that Brother Yu had always been mysterious.

Ever since childhood, Lu Yu had seemed to know everything. Since he said there would be no problem,

there definitely would be no problem.

After asking around along the way, Lu Yu and Lu Fei quickly arrived at the Academic Affairs Office.

The registration process went smoothly.

Innate Soul Power at level five.

That counted as talent at Notting Academy, but it was not enough for the academy's teachers to treat them like priceless treasures or grant them much preferential treatment.

After leaving the Academic Affairs Office, Lu Yu first checked the description of Lingbo Microsteps.

It was not much different from what he remembered.

Now was not the time to learn it, so Lu Yu quickly turned his attention to the new mission.

[Mission: Beat Up Xiao Wu]

[Mission Details: As a newly transformed human from a Soul Beast, the Host has the duty to make her understand the cruelty of the human world. Although she cannot be killed yet, beating her up is still acceptable.]

[Mission Reward: Soul Beast Encyclopedia]

"Hehe, see? Here it comes."

Lu Yu smiled. This system was fucking amazing. Whatever he lacked, it gave him.

"Brother Yu, what did you say?" Lu Fei looked at Lu Yu in confusion.

"Uh... nothing."

Damn it, he had accidentally let it slip.

Lu Fei nodded. "Oh."

Lu Yu urged, "Let's go. We need to find our dormitory and familiarize ourselves with it. We still need to go buy bedding later, or we might have nowhere to sleep tonight."

"Buy bedding?" Lu Fei was instantly dumbfounded. "You're right, I forgot. But, Brother Yu, do you have money?"

Lu Yu replied as though it were only natural, "Of course. Grandpa gave it to me before we left. He said he was afraid you'd spend it recklessly, so he didn't tell you."

"Huh?"

Lu Fei immediately became unhappy.

Sure enough, he was the one they had picked up.

Lu Yu had no interest in Lu Fei's little thoughts. A student happened to pass by, and after Lu Yu asked, he learned the direction of the dormitory building.

There was only one dormitory building, and only seven pitiful dormitories. Now that they knew the direction, it was easy enough to find.

Lu Yu quickly led Lu Fei to the entrance of Dorm Seven.

After glancing up at the Dorm Seven sign, Lu Yu walked straight in, with Lu Fei following close behind.

The moment they entered the dormitory, many gazes immediately turned toward them.

He swept his gaze across the room. Nine people.

What excited Lu Yu most was that there was a girl among those nine.

It seemed he had spent too long rebuking Grandmaster, causing Xiao Wu, who should have arrived later, to reach Dorm Seven before them instead.

Moreover, Dorm Seven now vaguely seemed to regard Xiao Wu as its leader. It appeared Xiao Wu had already defeated Wang Sheng and become Dorm Seven's new boss.

Looking at Xiao Wu, Lu Yu's gaze heated up.

Of course, it was not because of her gender.

She was a little brat with no chest and no ass. It would be a miracle if Lu Yu could take any interest in her. He had no idea what Tang San was thinking.

And do not forget, her true form was a rabbit.

How often did rabbits produce a litter again?

A hundred thousand years.

Tsk, tsk... just how many green hats would that be?

The reason Lu Yu was excited was her identity.

Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

Those were things that could drive the entire Soul Master world mad.

Unfortunately, he could not use them yet.

Lu Fei's curious gaze also fell upon Xiao Wu. He could not understand why there was a little girl in this dormitory.

"You're the new work-study students, right?"