Insulting Yourself Twice in One Sentence

"Hey, isn't that Grandmaster? What a rare visitor!"

Director Su greeted him first. Although he didn't like people like Yu Xiaogang, who freeloaded at the academy, he knew the man was friends with the dean. So he made a point of neither getting close to him nor offending him.

"May I ask what brings you here, Grandmaster?"

"My student's Soul Power has reached level ten, so I'm taking him to obtain his First Soul Ring. I came to ask for leave from you, Director Su."

Yu Xiaogang pointed at Tang San, his face full of pride and excitement, as if to say, See? Do you all see? My student has Innate Full Soul Power!

"To become Grandmaster's disciple—this child is truly blessed beyond measure. Heh..."

Director Su gave a bitter smile. On the surface, he was congratulating Tang San, but in his heart, he already figured the child was probably doomed.

"I approve Tang San's leave. As it happens, I'm also taking Ling Yun to obtain his Soul Ring. And, as a point of interest, he also has Innate Full Soul Power."

Director Su chuckled, his face alight with excitement.

"Three little geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power have come to the academy in a single day. What a blessing for our Notting Academy! Ha ha!"

"Oh? This child has Innate Full Soul Power too?"

Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up. He looked at Ling Yun with a smile, as though he'd discovered a peerless treasure.

"Little friend, what's your Martial Soul? Release it and let me take a look. Also, would you be willing to become my disciple?"

Ling Yun frowned. He'd long suspected that his talent might attract the attention of Yu Xiaogang, that useless Grandmaster, so he immediately turned him down as tactfully as he could.

"Thank you, Gangzi... ahem, thank you for the invitation, Grandmaster, but there's no need for you to take me on as a disciple. My Martial Soul is just a Metal Bracelet. It's a Trash Martial Soul, nothing worth mentioning."

"Just a Metal Bracelet?" Yu Xiaogang paused, then continued inviting him. "Then you should all the more become my disciple. With my guidance, even with a Trash Martial Soul, you can become a powerful Soul Master!

"One of the principles in my Martial Soul Theory is that there are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters!"

At those words, Ling Yun couldn't help laughing. He ran through every sad and painful thing from his past life in his mind before managing to keep the corners of his mouth from curling up.

There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters. Isn't that insulting yourself twice in one sentence?

Thinking of this, Ling Yun couldn't help asking, "Well said. Then according to your theory, Grandmaster, you must be a powerful Soul Master, right?

"What's your Martial Soul? What level is your Soul Power? At your age, your cultivation should be at least that of a three-ring Soul Elder, shouldn't it?"

"Uh..."

Yu Xiaogang was speechless. His Martial Soul was a Pig Beast that could do nothing but fart, and his innate Soul Power was only half a level. If nothing unexpected happened, he would never break through level thirty and become a Soul Elder in his lifetime. This had always been his greatest pain.

Director Su, standing nearby, was also at a loss for words. Ling Yun's few remarks had hit Yu Xiaogang's sore spots and danced all over them.

"Heh heh, Ling Yun, Grandmaster's Soul Power is only level twenty-nine. As for his Martial Soul... sigh, better not bring it up."

Director Su smiled as he explained. Tang San had already been thoroughly misled, and he couldn't bear to watch a genius like Ling Yun be fooled by Yu Xiaogang too.

"Oh~ So Grandmaster's cultivation is only level twenty-nine~"

"The Soul Master who awakened my Martial Soul was also a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, but he was far younger than you."

Ling Yun spoke with a mocking lilt, then smiled wryly.

"Grandmaster, you should first figure out how to break through to level thirty. As for becoming your disciple, we can talk about it after you become a powerful Soul Master.

"If I become your disciple now, there's no guarantee you'd even be able to help me obtain my First Soul Ring! Director Su, let's go."

"You!"

Yu Xiaogang was so furious he wanted to argue with Ling Yun, but he couldn't get a word out. In the end, he could only watch Ling Yun leave with Director Su.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang pounding his chest in frustration, Tang San stepped forward to comfort him. "Teacher, calm down. Don't let it make you ill."

Remembering that he still had Tang San, Yu Xiaogang felt a little better. He said coldly, "Xiao San, I'll definitely train you into a powerful Soul Master and prove to everyone in the world that my theory is correct."

"Yes, Teacher. I believe you. One day, I'll be even stronger than Ling Yun!"

Tang San smiled, the corners of his mouth lifting. In his view, whether his teacher was strong didn't matter. A master couldn't pass their strength down to their disciple. What mattered was the theory.

As long as he grasped the truth, it would be hard not to become a powerful Soul Master.

Thinking of this, Tang San sneered inwardly. Ling Yun, one day, you'll regret what you did today!

After leaving the office, Ling Yun ate breakfast with Director Su, then they took a carriage to Soul Hunting Forest outside the city.

Half an hour later, they had reached the outskirts of Soul Hunting Forest. Director Su kept a wary eye on their surroundings as he asked, "By the way, Ling Yun, I still don't know what kind of Soul Beast you want to hunt."

"I'd like to hunt a Wood-element Soul Beast for my First Soul Ring. A plant Soul Beast would be best. Its vitality should be strong, and the older it is, the better."

Ling Yun answered that, based on his guess, only a Soul Ring with the corresponding element could activate the Five Spirits' power within the Five Spirit Lock and let him transform into the matching beast warrior.

So he'd decided to hunt a plant Soul Beast for his First Soul Ring. With Director Su's strength, hunting a four-hundred-year-old plant Soul Beast shouldn't be a problem.

"A Wood-element plant Soul Beast?" Director Su paused, puzzled. "Ling Yun, isn't your Martial Soul a Metal Bracelet? I think it'd be better to hunt a Metal-element Soul Beast."

"There's something you don't know, Director Su. My Martial Soul isn't a Metal Bracelet; it's the Five Spirit Lock. It can store the energy of five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. So I can absorb even a plant Soul Beast's Soul Ring."

There was another reason: a Soul Ring's age limited the power of its Soul Skill. Even a Titled Douluo's First Soul Skill couldn't be that powerful.

So he wanted to wait until later to obtain Soul Rings with powerful elements like metal, fire, and water. Those Soul Rings needed to be at least a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

"I see."

After hearing Ling Yun's explanation, Director Su nodded thoughtfully, then headed deeper into Soul Hunting Forest to look for a plant Soul Beast with a higher age.

With his strength, dealing with a plant Soul Beast that was a few hundred years old would be as easy as turning over his hand.

Before long, the two of them spotted a forty-meter-long green vine, covered in sharp thorns and sunk into the trunks of several trees, greedily sucking out their essence.

"Is that... a Green Wood Vine?"

Director Su's eyes lit up at the sight of the green vine. He then explained to Ling Yun, "The Green Wood Vine is a vine-type Soul Beast. For every ten years its cultivation grows, its length increases by one meter. Judging by its length, this Green Wood Vine is four hundred years old. It's very suitable as your First Soul Ring."

"Good. Then please strike it and leave it gravely injured, Director Su. I'll deliver the final blow!"

"Ha ha, no problem. Martial Soul Possession!"