Early in the morning, every latrine at Notting Academy was packed during the peak hour.
The students were relieving the congestion inside.
But they didn't notice the countless Blue Silver Grass sprouting from the ground beneath their feet.
The Blue Silver Grass grew wildly, paying no heed to reason.
In the blink of an eye, the latrines were crushed to pieces by the Blue Silver Grass.
Some students were swept up into the air by the Blue Silver Grass, and unidentifiable objects were scattered everywhere.
They screamed and howled, not even understanding what was happening.
"What's going on?"
"Where did all this Blue Silver Grass come from?"
"Was it that bastard Tang San again?"
"..."
Tang San watched, unable to bear the sight, as his frantic classmates pulled up their pants, but he showed no sign of stopping what he was doing.
In one morning, Tang San destroyed five public latrines.
Then, amid his classmates' furious glares, he pushed a cart loaded with bricks he'd bought in advance over to the site and began his repairs.
"Tang San! What the hell are you doing now?"
"Everyone, the toilets are old and in disrepair. I'm here to rebuild and fix them up, so there's no need to thank me."
"Thank you my ass! Couldn't you have waited until tonight, when nobody was here? We still need to use them this early in the morning!"
Some students who hadn't had a chance to use the latrines clutched their stomachs, their faces red from holding it in.
All they could do was vent their anger at Tang San.
Even Xiao Wu, who shared a bunk with Tang San, couldn't stand it anymore.
"Tang San, if you do this, Sister Xiao Wu won't have a toilet to use either."
"Don't worry, I'll be quick. Just bear with it; they'll be fixed by noon."
Xiao Wu was so furious her teeth ached, but he was currently her number-one underling. She couldn't very well beat Tang San up in front of everyone.
Besides, she needed him to repair the latrines!
At first, Tang San felt rather embarrassed, but when he thought of the reward for passing the trial, he accepted all the angry and strange looks from his classmates.
"Jinx wouldn't have set up a trial like this without a reason. The senior must be trying to temper my resolve."
"That's right. It must be."
"Other people's strange looks can't stop me from reaching the peak."
Having received a reward for completing a trial, who could endure the misery of slow cultivation?
What's more, it was obvious at a glance that the rewards for the upcoming trials would be bountiful.
What did a little dignity matter? He could do without it!
There were five public latrines in all, and Tang San worked until midnight before he finished repairing every one of them.
As soon as the last latrine was repaired, Lu Xian, back in the dormitory, once again received a reward from the system.
[Wish Level: F. Executor completion: 100%.] [Reward: 60 days of cultivation; Soul Ring age increased by 25 years.]
As before, after taking the lion's share, he gave Tang San a reward slightly more generous than the one for the Second Trial.
Hearing the prompt in his mind, Tang San found that the exhaustion in his body could no longer hold back the fire in his heart.
"The Third Trial is complete!"
"Third Trial: Tornado Destroys Latrine Cave — completed."
"Reward: 20 days of cultivation; Soul Ring age increased by 8 years."
After receiving the reward, Tang San felt refreshed. The exhaustion from a full day of hard labor vanished in an instant.
His cultivation level had smoothly returned to level 14.
And his Soul Ring age had finally surpassed the limit the First Soul Ring could withstand.
At the same time, in the upperclassmen's dormitory, Lu Xian received the system reward and nodded with satisfaction.
He didn't feel the slightest pang at giving Tang San nearly a quarter of the reward.
With nearly 40 days' worth of Tang San's cultivation progress, Lu Xian's level had smoothly reached 12, and he wasn't far from level 13.
Before long, his Soul Ring would transform into a Hundred Year Soul Ring.
"Given how things are going, as soon as I break through to level 20, I can choose another person to work for me."
"I can't waste such a good hand-picked worker as Little Rabbit."
"Keep it up, Xiao San. I'm counting on you to get me to level 20."
Time flew by, and two months passed in the blink of an eye.
Over those two months, Tang San completed six trials in succession.
His cultivation soared to level 16, and his Soul Ring age reached 500 years.
The six trials also earned Tang San the title of God of Misfortune at the academy.
Just as the name suggested, wherever he went, the students were guaranteed to have a miserable time.
Either the bed they'd slept in for months or even years needed repairs, or the clothes on their backs were so worn they had to be replaced.
Worse still, the God of Misfortune's clutches had reached the academy's teachers.
Some ridiculous excuse about how women only slowed down a swordsman's drawing speed had left several male teachers' prized possessions ruined.
The single teachers ground their teeth in fury.
But when they thought of Tang San's cultivation, none of them dared offend the exceptionally talented student.
Tang San's tireless efforts had also indirectly sent Lu Xian's cultivation rocketing upward.
After skimming off a good portion of Tang San's wish power, Lu Xian had now reached level 18, overtaking Tang San on the bend.
It wouldn't be long before he reached level 20 and accomplished his modest goal of finding a second worker.
"Not bad, not bad. It's time to give Xiao San a ten-trial final exam."
With his Martial Soul possessed, Lu Xian quickly issued the tenth trial in Tang San's mind.
This time, he decided not to limit the trial to Notting Academy.
He couldn't keep shearing the same flock of sheep, could he? What if they went bald?
In Dorm Seven, Little Rabbit glared at Tang San beside her.
"Could you stop doing such absurd things?"
"As your boss, Sister Xiao Wu is losing face right along with you!"
Tang San felt a little guilty. He'd helped her deal with the odd jobs, and Little Rabbit had indeed cleaned up after him plenty of times over the past few months.
But the path to godhood was right before him. He couldn't turn back now.
"Jinx's Tenth Trial: Effort doesn't always bring success, but not making an effort is guaranteed to be comfortable."
"Help those who can't see reason take a break where they are."
"Sabotage the work that 100 people need to finish today and show them how comfortable it is to lie flat."
"Time limit: 15 days."
"Friendly reminder: every ten trials will be followed by a major trial."
Tang San was pondering why this trial was so much harder than the others when Jinx immediately explained.
That also meant the reward for completing this trial should be beyond anything he could imagine.
"Get 100 people to lie flat in half a month?"
"Looks like I won't have any time to rest."
Little Rabbit had still been scolding Tang San when he shot out of the dormitory in a flash. She was instantly furious.
"Hey! Where are you going to cause trouble now?"
With no reply, Little Rabbit could only stomp her foot in a huff.
"Sister Xiao Wu is done with you! One of these days, someone's going to beat you to death!"
Since this trial wasn't restricted to the academy, Tang San wisely headed out onto the street.
After all, it wasn't easy to find people with jobs inside the academy.
Looking at the ox-like workers bustling through the streets, Tang San's smile gradually turned sinister.
"Famous far and wide, for better or worse. The past was the past; now I'm a pervert!"
"Kekeke!"
As screams and curses rang out from the commoners around him, Tang San began his trial.
He knocked the wheel off a laborer's cart while the man was pulling it;
he kicked the good leg of a vegetable seller with a limp;
he broke an artist's fingers;
he stole the cooks' utensils;
he sprayed chili oil into the eyes of the women doing needlework;
he drove a chopping-hand strike straight into the throat of a street singer;
Before long, the entire central avenue of Nuoding City was filled with angry cries.
The sight left a shadowy figure hiding in the dark dumbfounded. He couldn't understand why his usually calm and rational adopted son had become like this.
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