Outside the classrooms in the advanced teaching building, Yu Daoyun arrived at the fourth-year classroom in a flurry.
He had come to invite Tang Ya to join the tournament.
Such a powerful Blue Silver Grass shouldn't be allowed to go unnoticed.
However, before he could see Tang Ya, he spotted Xu Sanshi, the Turtle Shield spokesman, and Beibei, who had just come over from the fifth-year classrooms.
Holding flowers, Xu Sanshi faced Jiang Nannan, who wore a Rabbit Hairpin, and said, "Nannan, my feelings for you are true. Even if heaven and earth grow old, the seas dry up and the rocks crumble, and the sun and moon bear witness!"
"Nannan, please say yes. I really do like you."
Jiang Nannan, mortified and furious, threw the flowers away and said sternly, "Xu Sanshi, can you stop harassing me every day? We're not that close. You're really annoying."
Xu Sanshi looked crestfallen. "Nannan, what did I do wrong? Why are you treating me like this? Can't you give me a hint?"
"You're so young, yet you go to places like that. What kind of decent person could you be?" Jiang Nannan snapped, then turned and left.
She looked at Xu Sanshi no differently than she looked at Ma Hongjun.
Neither of them was any good.
Beibei stood to the side, laughing like a pig.
Xu Sanshi immediately got a little angry. "Laugh, laugh, all you do is laugh. My love life is over, and yours is too. Tang Ya talks about the one surnamed Yu every single day now."
Beibei's face fell at once.
Just then,
Yu Daoyun watched Xu Sanshi fail to deceive an innocent young woman and couldn't help shaking his head.
This guy was truly a piece of work. No wonder he had a Mysterious Nether Tortoise Martial Soul.
Right then, Beibei and Xu Sanshi turned around and saw Yu Daoyun.
Xu Sanshi said, "Beibei, your rival's here."
Beibei's expression immediately darkened. "What are you doing here? Why don't you stay in the Inner Court instead of wandering around the Outer Court all the time?"
Because of Tang Ya, he no longer felt any brotherly affection for Yu Daoyun. Whenever they met, they were rivals in love.
This guy had not only stolen Senior Lexuan's attention from him, but had also lured Tang Ya away. No man could put up with that.
Yu Daoyun pointed into the classroom. "I'm here to see the Tang Sect Master. What's that got to do with you?"
Beibei said sternly, "I'm the Tang Sect's eldest disciple, so of course it has something to do with me. Whatever it is, you can tell me."
Yu Daoyun didn't even bother acknowledging Beibei. He turned and entered the upper-year classroom.
Beibei might call himself the Tang Sect's eldest disciple, but in reality, he had no intention of reviving the Tang Sect. He had only agreed to become its eldest disciple because he wanted Tang Ya.
Inside the classroom, Tang Ya, who had been resting her chin on her hand as she admired the view, sniffed. She turned around at once and saw the Senior Yu she had been longing to see. Her brows lifted with delight.
Tang Ya asked sweetly, "Senior Yu, have you decided to join the Tang Sect?"
"Maybe I'd consider it if you changed its name..."
Yu Daoyun answered with a smile, then continued, "Let's talk in the little woods on campus. There's something I need to discuss with you."
Tang Ya let out an "Ah." "I... I never agreed to be your girlfriend. How could I go to the little woods with you? Don't take advantage of an honest girl."
She immediately thought of the stories her senior had told her about the little woods.
Whenever night fell, lots of senior students would get all lovey-dovey in the little woods. Before long, they'd have a baby.
Tang Ya knew she wasn't very clever, but she wasn't stupid enough to go that far.
She absolutely wasn't giving herself away for nothing!
What on earth was she thinking...? Yu Daoyun said sternly, "We're discussing something important. There are too many people here; it's not convenient."
Xu Sanshi and Beibei felt insulted.
Tang Ya pursed her red lips and smiled. "Oh, so we're not talking about our feelings? Then let's go."
And so Yu Daoyun and Tang Ya left the classroom, leaving Beibei and Xu Sanshi staring at each other in the breeze.
"Beibei, why aren't you chasing after them? That's your Xiao Ya!"
Seeing his good friend's girl get snatched away, Xu Sanshi immediately started complaining.
Beibei clenched his fists and said sternly, "Sanshi, don't try to talk me out of it. It's Tang Ya's choice who she likes. I respect everything she thinks, because she's free to choose. I can't interfere on a whim."
"I'll work hard at my cultivation and do my best to surpass Yu Daoyun as soon as I can."
Xu Sanshi immediately panicked. "But they're going to the little woods! By the time you surpass him, Tang Ya will be pregnant! You're such an idiot!"
But this time, Beibei didn't respond. He turned and went into the classroom.
He had already realized that the biggest fist made the rules.
Without strength, Xiao Ya wouldn't like him either.
Xu Sanshi sighed.
They were both brothers in misery.
Never mind. He'd better go after Nannan first. He wondered if she'd skipped breakfast and was hungry. If he brought her his Love Bento, maybe she'd agree to be his girlfriend.
Meanwhile, on the Outer Court's sports field, Tang Ya clasped her hands over her stomach and blinked her bright eyes. "You can tell me now. Hurry up."
Yu Daoyun got straight to the point. "Do you want to compete in the tournament? The academy has just put together a Second Team, and I can take you along."
Tang Ya covered her mouth.
She knew what tournament Yu Daoyun meant: the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, a place to win glory.
But her talent wasn't anywhere near good enough for the tournament.
"But I'm not strong enough, am I? Would the dean even let me compete?" Tang Ya lowered her head, her voice timid.
Yu Daoyun said seriously, "If you don't compete, how will you know you're not good enough?"
Tang Ya said softly, "I'm only level thirty-three right now. I'm nowhere near the top of the academy. Maybe this opportunity should go to someone who's prepared. I'm worried I'm not strong enough and that I'll hold you back. I really appreciate you thinking of me. Thank you."
Yu Daoyun pondered for a moment, then said, "Don't you want revenge? If you keep shrinking back like this, how will you avenge your dead parents?"
His words struck Tang Ya's heart like a heavy hammer.
Revenge... That was why she had come to the academy.
But as time went on, Tang Ya had realized that Blue Silver Grass really was inferior to other Martial Souls. The gap between her and the others kept growing, and she had even considered dropping out and finding somewhere to spend the rest of her life in peace.
But would she really abandon her parents' revenge?
Was Blue Silver Grass really a Trash Martial Soul?
"Can you help me?"
Tang Ya suddenly raised her head. Her beautiful eyes were full of pain, and her desire for revenge had reached its peak.
"I can."
Yu Daoyun's answer was simple. He continued, "I've studied your Martial Soul. It should be Devouring Blue Silver Grass, but you've never known how to cultivate it. I'll teach you."
After some inner struggle, Tang Ya finally clenched her fists.
She would have her revenge. She would wipe out the Iron Blood Sect and kill Tieli to avenge her parents.
Night fell.
The moon shone brightly amid sparse stars. Outside Shrek City, Yu Daoyun brought Tang Ya to the Blue Silver Forest.
Looking at the Blue Silver Grass shimmering with blue light, Yu Daoyun said to Tang Ya, "Start meditating. I'll teach you how to cultivate."
Following his instructions, Tang Ya sat cross-legged and began to meditate, resonating with the Blue Silver Grass.
Yu Daoyun said gravely, "Feel the life in the Blue Silver Grass. Reach out and connect with it."
"Blue Silver Grass has an extreme vitality. Its greatest quality is that even after a wildfire burns it, it will grow back with the spring breeze. Absorb the life force the Blue Silver Grass offers you, and your Soul Power will grow very quickly."
"Don't resist your devouring attribute. Devouring is one of Blue Silver Grass's strongest attributes, stronger than the life attribute on its own."
"Having a devouring attribute doesn't mean you're an Evil Soul Master. Understand?"
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