The Snow Empress Discovers Xiao Wu, An Interesting Little Place

There was no helping it; this Dean was simply too eager to make progress. He couldn't very well dampen the man's enthusiasm for self-improvement, could he?

Just as Xue Bingchen nodded in agreement, the ethereal and melodious chuckle of the Snow Empress suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Heh... Chen'er, this human Soul Master is quite decent. He is very tactful and much more pleasing to the eye than that so-called Grandmaster."

Hearing the Snow Empress's assessment, Xue Bingchen nodded in his heart, deeply agreeing.

Shortly after, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of that Dean—so desperate for progress—marching aggressively toward the guest quarters where Yu Xiaogang resided, right after settling them in.

As for whether this Dean would choose to humble himself by squeezing in with Yu Xiaogang, or, in order to curry favor with Xue Bingchen, simply kick that freeloader Yu Xiaogang out to sleep on the streets...

That was not something Xue Bingchen cared to concern himself with.

In any case, villains are always dealt with by other villains.

In the following days, Xue Bingchen discovered something that left him feeling quite puzzled.

He had clearly given Tang San a storage ring filled with Gold Soul Coins. Even if Tang San did absolutely nothing and lived as a spoiled young master, the money was enough for him to squander comfortably in Notting City for several years.

Yet, this kid Tang San, aside from attending basic academic classes at the academy, would run off to a blacksmith shop in Notting City whenever he had free time, stripping to the waist to "clang-clang" away at iron to earn money!

This kid... could it be that the low-level hard-coding from his past life to forge iron and support a family has kicked in? Does he feel uncomfortable if he doesn't forge iron for a single day?

Xue Bingchen stood in the distance, watching Tang San drenched in sweat at the blacksmith shop, unable to help but complain in his heart.

However, puzzled as he was, Xue Bingchen couldn't be bothered to interfere.

At the very least, in this regard, Tang San was a down-to-earth person who insisted on making a living with his own craft. This steady and unpretentious temperament was quite consistent with his future setting as a powerhouse.

Meanwhile, an interesting event occurred in Dorm Seven of Notting Academy, the dormitory for working students.

Although Tang San was a working student and had been taken in as a disciple by Xue Bingchen, his student registration was still tied to Dorm Seven.

On the first day he reported to Dorm Seven, Wang Sheng, the boss of the dorm, followed tradition and tried to give the new kid a show of force, demanding to know Tang San's background.

As a result, when Tang San calmly stated, "My teacher is a six-ring Soul Emperor"...

The entire dorm fell into instant, deathly silence!

The once fierce and menacing gazes of Wang Sheng and the others instantly became even more clear and innocent than those of the Notting Academy Dean!

"A... a Soul Emperor?!"

Wang Sheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva in terror. His raised fist instantly transformed into a gesture of scratching his head, his face plastered with a naive, honest smile:

"Hehe... Brother Tang San, your luck is simply heaven-defying! To actually be able to apprentice under a Soul Emperor crown!"

Speaking of this, Wang Sheng seemed to recall something, lowering his voice and saying with a gossipy expression:

"You don't know, but I saw that theory-master Yu Xiaogang in the cafeteria at noon again! Relying on his good relationship with the Dean, he went to the second floor of the cafeteria to freeload again, not even paying a single coin!"

"I saw him wandering around the school gate earlier and thought you, the new guy, might be fooled into taking him as a master by that set of deceptive theories he peddles! It's a good thing you didn't fall for it!"

Hearing Wang Sheng's words, Tang San's brows knitted tightly together.

"Yu Xiaogang? Freeloading? Eating without paying?"

A flash of deep disgust and relief crossed Tang San's eyes.

It's a good thing I kept my head and wasn't bluffed by his talk of 'Twin Martial Souls'!

If I had really taken such a person as my master and was dragged around by him to freeload everywhere, wouldn't my reputation as Tang San be ruined, and wouldn't I be pointed at by people like Wang Sheng for the rest of my life?

Master was right; that kind of person is even worse than a clown!

Tang San's admiration for Xue Bingchen in his heart climbed to yet another level.

Just as Tang San was forging iron at the shop and establishing his authority in Dorm Seven, Xue Bingchen, who was lying on the soft bed in the Dean's private villa with his eyes closed to rest, suddenly heard the Snow Empress's voice in his mind again.

Only this time, her voice lacked its usual laziness, carrying a hint of surprise and intense interest.

"Eh? This is..."

The Snow Empress's voice echoed in Xue Bingchen's mind:

"A hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in human form? And... it looks like a Soft Bone Rabbit? Interesting, truly interesting..."

Hearing this, Xue Bingchen's eyes snapped open!

He naturally knew who the Snow Empress had sensed!

The hundred-thousand-year hooligan rabbit, Xiao Wu!

However, in order to maintain his persona as a "gifted but ignorant of the continent's secrets" obedient son in front of the Snow Empress, Xue Bingchen decided to play along.

"Mother, what did you just say? A Soul Beast in human form?" Xue Bingchen asked internally with a tone full of curiosity.

The Snow Empress replied softly:

"Mm, my spiritual sense just swept across this academy and discovered a very interesting little one."

"Judging by the aura on her, she must have broken through the hundred-thousand-year threshold not long ago, and couldn't wait to choose to take human form and start her cultivation over..."

Speaking of this, a hint of sentimentality colored the Snow Empress's tone:

"Chen'er, this little place you've chosen to settle down in is truly quite interesting.

Just a few days ago, we encountered an extremely rare Twin Martial Souls, and today, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form has popped up..."

Hearing the Snow Empress's exclamation, Xue Bingchen couldn't help but silently retort in his heart:

Of course it is. This is the ultimate newbie village of the Douluo Continent, the gathering place for the Child of Destiny and the female lead; how could it not be full of hidden talents?

"Chen'er, I am quite curious about this little one."

The Snow Empress's voice rang out once more, carrying a trace of maternal authority:

"Take me to see her. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast choosing to take human form is a path of nine deaths and one life. I want to know exactly what she is doing this for."

"As you wish, Mother."

Xue Bingchen naturally would not refuse the Snow Empress's request.

The next moment, his figure flickered, and he vanished from the room like a ghost.

At this moment, on the tree-lined path leading to Dorm Seven at Notting Academy.

A little girl dressed in pink, wearing iconic rabbit-ear hair accessories and looking as exquisite as a carved jade doll, was kicking small pebbles by the roadside while grumbling to herself in a huff.

"What kind of bullsh*t Grandmaster is that! Just because I didn't agree to be his apprentice, what right does he have to point at my nose and say I'm a waste? It makes me so mad!"

Xiao Wu pouted her pink, tender lips, getting angrier the more she thought about it:

"It was clearly his own lack of skill that led him to be wrong! He just had to put on that inscrutable act and insist that I have some kind of Twin Martial Souls!"

"And he had the audacity to say that my Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul is too weak to support Innate Full Soul Power! Pfft! This young lady is a Hundred-Thousand-Year... Hmph! Can't this young lady just be naturally gifted?"