Cliff Jump, Cave, Old Man System

"Dean." Dai Mubai stepped forward.

"Tell the five new students the academy's rules in a moment, then everyone go back to rest and adjust your state to the best of your ability. The first lesson of the day will begin tonight."

"Yes!" Dai Mubai responded, then retreated back into the group.

"As for Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Tang Liu, you three are exceptions. Come with me." Flender glanced at the three he had named and spoke.

Oscar walked before Flender and saluted with great reluctance; his expression only improved after seeing Ning Rongrong walk to his side.

But Tang Liu did not go over, instead looking at Flender and saying, "Dean, I also want to go there tonight."

Flender looked at him in surprise and asked, "You know?"

Tang Liu nodded. "I want to have a fight."

"But you are an auxiliary-system Soul Master," Flender said with interest.

"Then I'll just participate in a two-on-two," Tang Liu said as if it were only natural.

"Fine, then you don't need to come; just go to class tonight," Flender said with a nod, then signaled that they could return to rest.

Zhu Zhuqing was the first to leave, followed by Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

Watching Flender lead Oscar and Ning Rongrong away, Tang Liu let out a sigh of relief.

"Great, no running..."

Then, he pulled Tang San, and Tang San pulled Xiao Wu, so the three of them left.

"Xiao Liu, do you know what class we're having tonight?" Tang San asked curiously, and Xiao Wu also listened intently.

Tang Liu nodded and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the Dean should be taking us to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City tonight to participate in soul fighting matches."

Hearing these two unfamiliar terms, Tang San and Xiao Wu were even more curious.

"Simply put, it's a place specifically for Soul Masters to fight for others to watch, and it supports gambling," Tang Liu said.

"Ah? Doesn't that treat people like monkeys?" After understanding the meaning, Xiao Wu said in surprise.

Tang Liu shrugged and said, "Being a person is hard; this is just a legal darkness standing in the light of the world. Besides, just treat it as a normal combat competition. You just have to be careful to protect yourself, because people can die there."

Tang San nodded in deep agreement.

Xiao Wu always felt that Tang Liu's first sentence was pointed, but she didn't delve into it.

Then, Tang Liu briefly introduced the rules of the Great Soul Arena to them.

However, he didn't remember the specifics very clearly, so he didn't dare say too much. He would only be able to understand it in detail after going there tonight.

After speaking, the three returned to their respective dorms to rest.

Naturally, with time on his hands, Tang San began asking Tang Liu to tell him about the past few years.

Tang Liu was also happy to communicate with him, picking out things he could let Tang San know now.

He covered it up well; Tang San still thought Tang Hao was just an ordinary blacksmith.

Tang Liu told Tang San that his soul ring was hunted for him by a master he had accidentally apprenticed to while he was away these past few years.

As a modern person steeped in countless web novels, Tang Liu was incredibly adept at making these things up.

In his story, when he secretly went to obtain his second soul ring behind Tang Hao's back, he accidentally fell off a cliff. And below that cliff, there happened to be a crooked tree that caught him.

After he climbed up along that tree, he actually discovered a cave.

After entering, he found an old grandfather inside the cave. And that old grandfather was actually a Title Douluo.

The old grandfather said he was gifted and had a unique constitution, so he wanted to take him as an apprentice.

After becoming his apprentice, the old grandfather flew him up the cliff, went to obtain the second soul ring, and sent him home. He told him that when he reached the third ring, he would appear again to help him obtain a soul ring.

Just like that, and so on and so forth...

Tang Liu successfully fooled Tang San.

Taking a sip of water to moisten his somewhat dry throat, Tang Liu looked at Tang San's unsatisfied expression and secretly apologized in his heart: I'm sorry, brother. In order to prevent the plot from deviating too much and causing your cultivation to go wrong, I can only lie to you like this for now.

However, once the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Soul Fighting Tournament began, he could tell him everything.

As for that time, he would just dump all the blame on Tang Hao.

Yes, perfect~

By the way, after telling Tang San the story of the past few years, Tang Liu and Tang San went to pay their tuition.

Tang Liu ceremoniously used the money Tang Hao gave him to pay the tuition for himself and Tang San, while Tang San had to pay for Xiao Wu, because Xiao Wu's money was basically all with him.

Later, Flender even came to find Tang San once; knowing the plot, Tang Liu naturally knew that Flender was there for Grandmaster's situation.

Night arrived quickly.

The group gathered on the playground again, preparing for the evening's lesson.

Flender kept his gaze fixed on Oscar and Ning Rongrong, his eyes sharp as swords, so intense that no one dared to meet them.

"Oscar, have you two finished your twenty laps?" he said.

Oscar coughed once and nodded, "Dean, I have finished."

Flender let out a huff and said, "I asked about you two, not you alone."

Oscar glanced at Ning Rongrong, and upon finding that she was also looking at him, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, we have finished."

Flender smiled with extreme deviousness, "Very good, Oscar. I didn't expect you to have such a spirit of camaraderie. Since that's the case, go run another twenty laps. Let me see just how deep your camaraderie goes. If you don't finish, don't bother eating."

After patting Oscar on the shoulder, he continued, "I have already sealed your soul power; don't bother trying to undo it. Go."

Oscar nodded silently, turned around, and ran outside.

Then he looked at Ning Rongrong, who wore an expression of innocence and appeared pitiful, "Tell me, did you complete the curriculum I assigned this morning?"

Ning Rongrong shook her head and said, "I did not. The distance was too long, and I was hungry, so I couldn't persist."

Flender smiled and said, "So, you went to Suotuo City all by yourself to have a big meal, and you even strolled around the commercial street there before just now returning to find Oscar, is that right?"

Ning Rongrong widened her beautiful eyes, "You were spying on me?"

"As the Dean, I must be responsible for every student in the academy. If Oscar's mistake can be excused because he couldn't bear to see you punished, then the mistake you committed is unforgivable." Flender's expression and tone both turned cold, "Leaving the academy without permission, disobeying academy arrangements, and making a senior lie for you—not a single one of these is a mistake an excellent soul master should commit. If this were on the battlefield, there would be only one outcome for you: execution by military law, nothing more than death."