The Golden Generation

At night, a bruised and swollen Lin Beiya practiced as usual.

His mouth twitched from time to time as he muttered incessantly:

"Just you wait, there will come a day when I, Lin Beiya, will be the one schooling you."

Although he had offended Demon Bear Douluo, Lin Beiya's plan to establish his authority and avoid a barrage of subsequent trouble had succeeded.

After all, Xiong Chumo, who possessed a decent martial soul and the cultivation of a Soul Elder, had been defeated, and the new Pope, Bibi Dong, had made it clear she would stand by her disciple. In the days that followed, no blind fools came to provoke him.

This allowed him to temporarily return to his previous peaceful life, though within the academy, the gazes his classmates cast toward Lin Beiya were now tinged with a hint of worship and a faint sense of dread.

Lin Beiya was well aware that this was brought about by strength and status, so he didn't pay much mind to these looks.

A month later, as the first half of the year's martial soul awakening day approached, Shi Nuo successfully broke through to the 20-level bottleneck. Taking advantage of the academy's summer break, he immediately applied to the academy to hunt for a soul ring.

Since he was talented and highly valued by the school, and given his connection to Lin Beiya, the principal very tactfully dispatched a Soul Emperor instructor to personally lead Shi Nuo on the hunt.

"Beiya, I'm leaving tomorrow. I'm going to follow your advice and take the extreme path."

"Mhm, attaching only strength-type soul rings is the best choice for you."

Originally, in the academy's simulated soul battles, Shi Nuo found that because his martial soul was cumbersome, he was always being toyed with by classmates with high speed, and very few chose to face him head-on.

Consequently, he had developed the idea of wanting to improve his agility with his subsequent soul rings.

However, this idea was opposed by Lin Beiya. For a bovine-type martial soul, no matter how many speed-type soul rings you attach, it won't provide much of a bonus to the body itself, and in the end, you will only end up being a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.

By comparison, it would be better to infinitely amplify his advantages in strength. Furthermore, under Lin Beiya's reminders to focus on physical training and the supply of Whale Rubber, Shi Nuo's base agility was not low to begin with, and in the future, fighting with the aid of the Taurus Gold Cloth would also compensate for some of his speed deficiencies.

After some thought, Shi Nuo accepted his good brother's advice and decided to focus entirely on attaching strength-attribute soul rings.

The Wild Rhino and Vajra Bear he chose this time were both soul beasts of this type.

With the academy on break and his good friend away hunting, Lin Beiya basically stayed in the Pope Hall and did not go out, focusing on physical training and soul power cultivation; his days were quite fulfilling.

But five days after the first half of the year's martial soul awakening ceremony, Lin Beiya received a summons from his convenient teacher.

Unlike before, when Bibi Dong would guide his cultivation in the training grounds behind the mountain, this time she sent someone to bring him directly into the Pope Hall.

Before he entered, three children around the age of six were already kneeling on one knee inside the hall.

The boy on the left had short silver hair and looked quite delicate, while the one on the right had a head of bright red hair and looked like a troublemaker at first glance.

Between the two was a girl with short, ear-length golden hair, looking quite adorable.

Seeing this, he already had a guess as to their identities. Calculating by their ages, it matched perfectly; these three were the future Golden Generation of Martial Soul Hall.

Arriving at the center of the hall, Lin Beiya bowed to his convenient teacher.

"Greetings, Teacher!"

"Mhm, the one in the middle is the new disciple I have taken in, Hu Liena. She is your junior sister; you should take care of her in both cultivation and daily life from now on."

"The one on the left is your junior sister's brother, and the other is a playmate who grew up with them in the orphanage."

"Although their talent cannot compare to yours, once they grow up, they will also be top-tier powerhouses of our Martial Soul Hall."

Bibi Dong's words confirmed his guess: the three were indeed Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena.

Lin Beiya calmly smiled and nodded toward Hu Liena, signaling his acceptance of her as his junior sister, but inwardly he was grumbling.

The second generation of Martial Soul Hall's ingrates is already online; time really flies.

Little Hu Liena didn't know that the senior brother she had just met was currently bad-mouthing her in his heart. Her large, rolling eyes were full of curiosity, and she immediately nodded, returning a sweet smile.

"Hu Liena greets Senior Brother."

Lin Beiya secretly raised an eyebrow. This woman's martial soul had just awakened, yet every movement or smile could stir the emotions of others—what a natural-born charm.

Seeing that the two disciples had exchanged greetings, Bibi Dong introduced her eldest disciple to Xie Yue and Yan.

"Xie Yue, Yan, this is my eldest disciple, Lin Beiya. You should have heard his name more or less."

Bibi Dong taking on a disciple had caused quite a stir, and the three of them had heard some rumors while in the orphanage.

Xie Yue merely looked at Lin Beiya with burning eyes, nodding to indicate he had heard of him.

Meanwhile, Yan, standing to the side, seemed much more restless.

"I know, I know! Lin the Invincible, known as the number one person among young soul masters."

Yan's title made the corner of Lin Beiya's mouth twitch slightly. His nicknames were becoming bizarre; it used to be "Academy Invincible," and now they were just calling him "Lin the Invincible."

Although Lin Beiya didn't care about these things, being called that to his face still made his old face flush.

"Little ones, if you have any problems with your cultivation in the future, you can come find me. I will take you to the back mountain and guide you personally."

"Alright, alright! Then many thanks, Big Brother Beiya."

Yan changed his address for Lin Beiya with great familiarity, unaware that the other party was just looking for a reasonable excuse to beat him up.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena, who were still unaware of everything, immediately showed expressions of envy. To be guided by the number one person of the younger generation, this kid Yan had really hit the jackpot.

Of course, they couldn't be as reckless as Yan to try and climb into Lin Beiya's good graces, but they only thought that in the future, when he was guiding Yan, they would also shamelessly go along to watch.

Bibi Dong watched the interaction between the four with great interest. She could, of course, see what her eldest disciple was planning.

She found it quite novel that this relatively mature and worry-free eldest disciple had such a childish side.

"Alright, Beiya, take your junior sister to get familiar with her living quarters. Choose the independent courtyard behind your own residence."

"Yes, Teacher."

Having received the order, Lin Beiya immediately beckoned Hu Liena and headed out of the Pope Hall. Xie Yue and Yan, who had not been taken as disciples by Bibi Dong, naturally could not reside in the Pope Hall and could only cast envious gazes at the backs of the two as they departed.

Lin Beiya sighed incessantly along the way. Hu Liena, who had been obedient and adorable in front of Bibi Dong, became lively the moment she was out of the other's sight, and her little mouth did not stop moving for the entire journey.

"Senior Brother, is the Pope Hall fun?"

"Senior Brother, you must have Innate Full Soul Power, right?"

"That's so great. I'm only at level nine and a half. Teacher said you are a genius seen once in a century."

"Senior Brother, I heard about you at the orphanage. They say that with the cultivation of a Soul Grand Master, you can defeat any Soul Elder-level powerhouse without any pressure. Is that true?"

Lin Beiya felt as if five hundred ducks were drifting downstream right by his ears, making his brain ache with the noise. He thought to himself that Bibi Dong really knew how to assign him a thankless task.