At the gates of Red Mountain Academy, plenty of parents had already arrived to bring their children to school.
The academy had students with Soul Power as well as ordinary students without it, so Red Mountain Academy had divided them into two classes: the Soul Master Class and the Ordinary Class. Children with Soul Power attended the Soul Master Class, while those without it attended the Ordinary Class.
Lin Nuo happened to arrive at the gates just then. Watching all the parents bringing their children to school, he didn't care at all. He even felt it was nothing out of the ordinary. It was practically a given that transmigrators were orphans.
Just then, a voice called out to him. Lin Nuo turned around.
"Brother Lin Nuo, good morning!" The newcomer was Tang Wuling, accompanied by her biological parents, Tang Ziran and Lang Yue.
You say Tang Wuling's biological father is Tang San. Got proof? Don't think that having Blue Silver Grass proves Little Wuling is Tang San's daughter. If that's all it takes, then I must be Tang San's ancestor.
Tang Ziran and Lang Yue looked at Lin Nuo with complicated expressions. They had both wanted to visit him these past few days and have a proper talk about Soul Spirits, but they worried that doing so might betray the child's good intentions.
They had hesitated, and now that they'd run into him, they weren't sure how to bring it up.
Lin Nuo seemed to notice the complicated looks Tang Ziran and Lang Yue were giving him. He naturally understood what they meant, and spoke first. "Uncle, Auntie, I know what you want to say, but I won't take it back. This is an investment in Wuling. I think she has great potential as a Soul Master, so please let me do this."
Since Lin Nuo had spoken first, Tang Ziran stopped hesitating. "Then, Lin Nuo, what about your Soul Ring? You have Innate Full Soul Power!"
"Oh, you mean this?" A slightly purplish Yellow Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath Lin Nuo's feet. "See? I have one."
Tang Ziran: "?"
Lang Yue: "?"
Wait, hadn't you given your Soul Spirit to our little princess? So how come you still have a Soul Ring?
"That's so cool!" Tang Wuling's eyes lit up at once. Her sparkling gaze seemed to hold the stars in the sky, and her voice brimmed with undisguised awe and admiration. No wonder he was the big brother she admired most!
"Right?" Lin Nuo nodded in satisfaction at Tang Wuling's reaction. "Am I cool, Wuling?"
"Yep!"
"From now on, I'll look out for you, okay?"
"Okay, Brother Lin Nuo!"
And so, Lin Nuo took Tang Wuling by the hand and led her into the school, leaving Tang Ziran and Lang Yue staring at each other. Why had the two of them suddenly gone inside?
"Honey, is it possible that Lin Nuo is actually the child of some big shot, and came to Aolai City for some reason?" Lang Yue couldn't help saying. Thinking back to Lin Nuo and his pretty little sister, the pair looked so striking that it really seemed possible.
Tang Ziran fell silent for a while, then nodded in agreement. "It really is possible."
The two fell into a long silence, at a loss for words.
Lin Nuo had no idea that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue had already decided he must be "the child of some big shot."
Tang Wuling seemed to remember something and said to Lin Nuo, "Brother Lin Nuo, I wanted to tell you—I dreamed about that Old Tang again a few days ago."
"And then?" Lin Nuo's interest was instantly piqued. He looked at Tang Wuling curiously.
Old Tang was a trump card Tang Wuling's biological father, Tang San, had placed in her Sea of Consciousness. Without it, the Douluo Plane would have had little chance of winning when the Abyss Plane invaded in the future.
When Tang Wuling awakened Blue Silver Grass, her Soul Power Level would be only three, and she would be terribly dejected. Old Tang should have appeared briefly to encourage her.
His own arrival had disrupted Old Tang's first chance to establish a connection with Tang Wuling. So what kind of surprise would Wuling bring him this time?
"The owner of that voice, I think there's something wrong with his head," Tang Wuling said slowly.
"What do you mean?"
"He actually said he was my dad?" At that, Tang Wuling's innocent little face turned angry. "That damned guy had some nerve, pretending to be my dad! If I hadn't been empty-handed at the time, I'd have punched his head clean off. Let's see if he'd still dare to spread such nonsense!"
Lin Nuo asked curiously, "Then how did you answer him?"
"He said he was my dad, so I told him I was his ancestor!"
"Pfft." Lin Nuo couldn't hold back. A laugh escaped him before he could stop it, and he couldn't hide the amusement in his eyes.
He looked up at Tang Wuling, his gaze full of undisguised appreciation. Then he raised a hand and gave her a hearty thumbs-up, his voice brimming with approval and amusement. "Wuling, you're the best!"
Tang San really was Tang Wuling's father, so what she'd said was practically the height of filial impiety. Lin Nuo wondered what Tang San's face had looked like at the time. He was genuinely curious.
Tang Wuling was truly a world-class filial daughter!
Soon, the two arrived at the classroom. On the way, Tang Wuling had chirped away like a little bird, while Lin Nuo listened quietly, enjoying every minute of it. He'd kept her spirits soaring.
Their arrival immediately drew the attention of the other fifteen students in the classroom. They couldn't help it—the two were simply too good-looking.
The Soul Master Class's homeroom teacher, Lin Ximeng, watched them enter. Her gaze settled on Lin Nuo. "You're Lin Nuo, aren't you?"
"Yes, teacher. Is something the matter?" Lin Nuo could guess why Lin Ximeng had stopped him. Innate Full Soul Power was enough to make him an absolute genius in Aolai City.
"I'm honored to be your homeroom teacher," Lin Ximeng said warmly, her gaze turning serious. "If you have any problems, don't be shy. Come straight to my office."
She silently reminded herself of the dean's instructions from that morning. This child had Innate Full Soul Power, so she had to give him special attention. Without realizing it, she spoke with extra warmth and care.
Lin Nuo nodded. "I understand, teacher."
Tang Wuling watched quietly from the side. Her clear eyes held not a trace of envy or jealousy, only undisguised happiness and pride.
She curled her lips into a small smile and thought to herself, As expected of Brother Lin Nuo. He really is the best!
Lin Ximeng didn't waste any more time. She went straight to the front of the classroom and said, "Everyone, the last two students have arrived. Now I'll choose a class monitor."
Her gaze slowly settled on Lin Nuo before she continued. "Lin Nuo has Innate Full Soul Power. I'd like him to be the class monitor. Does anyone have any objections?"
When the whole class heard that Lin Nuo had Innate Full Soul Power, they couldn't help staring at him. Some looked up to him, some were envious, and some were jealous...
Lin Nuo ignored them all. The way these little brats stared at him was thoroughly boring.
He stood up at once. "Teacher, I object."
Lin Ximeng looked displeased when someone objected, but the moment she saw it was Lin Nuo, her displeasure vanished and turned to puzzlement. "Lin Nuo, what do you object to?"
"Being class monitor is too much trouble. I don't want to do it." His one sentence made the students around him suck in a sharp breath. Their homeroom teacher was a Soul Grandmaster. Even if he had Innate Full Soul Power, wasn't he being a little too bold?
Lin Ximeng was silent for a while, then nodded. "I understand. We'll choose someone else, then."
In that moment, the whole class fell silent. They looked at Lin Nuo again. Was this the privilege of being a genius?
They wanted it too!
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