Visiting Notting Dean

This was going to be a problem: two beds, three people.

What should we do? You tell me!

"I have a plan!"

Xiao Wu's brain finally had a spark of inspiration. She pushed one bed against the other, joining them together to form one large bed.

"The three of us can sleep together. Li Luo, you sleep in the middle, and Tang San and I will take the sides."

You actually have a plan? That's amazing!

Li Luo thought this to himself, but his words were quite different.

"This... I'm afraid that might not be appropriate, right?"

"What's wrong with it? I'm a girl and I don't even care, what are you afraid of? Afraid I'll eat you?"

"Alright then."

Li Luo agreed, half-reluctantly.

The three of them opened the large bag containing their bedding and began to make the bed.

Just then, there was another knock at the door of Dorm Seven.

Wang Sheng took the initiative to open the door, and standing behind it was someone both familiar and strange to him.

"Yu Xiaogang... Master, what are you doing here?"

Wang Sheng's impression of Yu Xiaogang was not good; in fact, it was downright terrible. Although Yu Xiaogang was a specially appointed teacher at Notting Academy, he had never taught a single class.

Wang Sheng, who had always believed in the value of hard work, looked down on people who freeloaded, but since everyone knew Yu Xiaogang had an unusual relationship with the dean of Notting Academy, no one dared to speak ill of him to his face.

"Excuse me, have two work-study students named Li Luo and Tang San arrived at this dormitory today?"

"Why are you looking for Li Luo and Tang San?"

Wang Sheng became vigilant.

"I saw they didn't have any bedding when they arrived. As a teacher, I've come to bring them some quilts."

Yu Xiaogang considered himself a teacher at Notting Academy, and therefore a mentor to Tang San and Li Luo. He was deceiving himself, blurring the lines to convince himself that he was their teacher.

Only then did Wang Sheng notice the two quilts in Yu Xiaogang's arms.

"No need. Boss Li Luo and Tang San already have bedding."

With a "bang," the door was slammed shut, leaving Yu Xiaogang isolated outside.

Wang Sheng returned to his own bed and looked at Li Luo, asking suspiciously.

"Did you two take 'Master' Yu Xiaogang as your teacher?"

"No!"

"Don't let him fool you. He calls himself a master of martial soul theory, but he has never taught a single class at the academy, and he himself is only a level 29 Soul Grand Master."

"Rumor has it he has an unclear, ambiguous relationship with the dean, which is the only reason he's been able to sponge off Notting Academy for so many years."

Hearing Wang Sheng's words, Tang San finally understood why Director Su had told them to stay away from this "Master."

Tang San felt fortunate that he hadn't easily trusted Yu Xiaogang's words back then.

"Let me remind you again: never take someone as your master lightly. In the world of soul masters, a person can only have one master in their lifetime. If you take someone else as a master after already having one, you will be despised by the entire soul master community."

"You must not believe the nonsense of this Yu Xiaogang or let him trick you into becoming his student."

"Understood!" Tang San took Wang Sheng's advice to heart.

"A teacher for a day is a father for life. If I, Tang San, am to take a master, it must be a highly respected and powerful Titled Douluo."

The night grew deep, and the other work-study students were already asleep. Li Luo and the others were no exception, even though they could replace sleep with meditation.

That way, they wouldn't be tired the next day.

But they were currently in a period of growth, and the benefits of sleep for the human body were irreplaceable, while the damage caused by staying up late was irreversible.

Therefore, Li Luo had no intention of burning the midnight oil to cultivate.

Li Luo and Tang San were sleeping soundly, but someone else was tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

At this moment, Xiao Wu kept rolling around on the bed, and after being woken up by the commotion, Li Luo couldn't fall back asleep.

"Xiao Wu, what are you doing?"

"Brother Luo, I'm so hungry!"

Xiao Wu rolled over to Li Luo's side, pitifully hugging his arm and shaking it.

Her stomach even let out a strange, rumbling growl.

Li Luo had anticipated that Xiao Wu wouldn't have any money to buy food, so he had bought a few carrots beforehand.

Li Luo sat up and pulled a bag out of his pocket. Inside were six clean carrots, which he handed to Xiao Wu.

"I already thought of that. I bought these carrots specifically for you."

"Thank you, Brother Luo!"

Xiao Wu took the carrot and retreated into her quilt to nibble on it, her movements and sounds very light, as she did not want to disturb the other roommates' sleep.

The night passed quickly, and when Li Luo woke up the next morning, he felt his arms heavy, as if pressed down by two heavy objects.

He opened his eyes and looked toward his arms; he didn't know until he looked, but good heavens, Tang San and Xiao Wu were each hugging one of his arms, occasionally rubbing their heads against them.

"Carrot!"

Xiao Wu was talking in her sleep.

It was still quite dark outside at this moment, and dawn had not yet broken, otherwise Tang San, who needed to practice the Purple Demon Eye, would have already woken up.

As for Li Luo waking up early, he was purely woken up by these two tossing and turning.

"Sigh, I definitely can't fall back asleep."

His sleepiness had completely vanished by now.

Li Luo slowly pulled his arm out from Tang San's grip, placed a carrot into Xiao Wu's hand, and then pulled his other arm free.

"San, wake up!"

Li Luo shook Tang San awake.

"Let's go, it's time to practice the Purple Demon Eye."

Li Luo and Tang San left Dorm Seven silently to practice the Purple Demon Eye.

After daybreak, the other students went about their business, eating and attending classes as usual.

Li Luo brought Tang San to the office of the Notting Dean.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Li Luo knocked on the office door.

"Please come in!"

A middle-aged man's voice came from inside.

Li Luo and Tang San pushed the door open and entered.

"These two students, is there something you need from me?"

The Notting Dean did not recognize Li Luo and Tang San.

"Tang San has Innate Full Soul Power, and we came to find you, Dean, to ask for your help in hunting a Soul Ring."

Li Luo placed Tang San's Martial Soul certificate and student registration on the desk in front of the Dean.

The Dean picked up the certificates, took a look, then set them down with a smile.

"So you are the two children among this batch of new students with Innate Full Soul Power, from Holy Soul Village?"

"Yes, Dean."

"Very well, since two little geniuses have come to me personally, I cannot refuse you. I happen to be free right now, so I will accompany you to the Soul Hunting Forest."

The Notting Dean was very kind to others; otherwise, he would not have let Yu Xiaogang idle away his life at Notting Academy for so many years.

They left immediately, and the three of them found a carriage heading toward the Soul Hunting Forest.

"Xiao Luo, San, has the Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang approached you yet?"

The Notting Dean asked; as a friend of Yu Xiaogang, he knew exactly what kind of person Yu Xiaogang was.

He was worried that these two promising seedlings would be tricked by Yu Xiaogang into becoming his experimental disciples.

Hearing the name Yu Xiaogang again, Tang San felt like his head was about to explode.

Why is this Yu Xiaogang everywhere? Why is he like a dog, biting onto me and refusing to let go?

Tang San roared internally. Ever since Yu Xiaogang revealed his identity as having Twin Martial Souls, he had wanted to silence him, but he feared being branded a murderer, so he had held back—it did not fit the conduct of a member of the Tang Sect.