Leaving the Academy Conflict: Who Do You Think You Are?

Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.

Over the next few days, rumors spread throughout the academy that the Master had taken a disciple.

The rumors grew increasingly vivid and outrageous.

Then Yu Xiaogang came forward and released an announcement.

[Whoever dares to falsely use my disciple's name, I will hold them accountable to the very end!]

[Lin Mo? He is not worthy of becoming my disciple.]

This reversal immediately caused a huge uproar within the academy.

"What?"

"So Lin Mo had been borrowing the Master's name to throw his weight around?"

"He unexpectedly broke through to Rank 10 Soul Power these past few days. The Master must have only been asking him about cultivation."

"Damn, so the rumor about the Master taking a disciple was fake? That brat Lin Mo actually never cleared it up?"

The people in Lin Mo's dormitory were shocked when they heard the news.

Fake?

"That's not right. He was packing his things a few days ago. He looked like he was preparing to go to the Soul Beast Forest."

"Isn't the point that this guy fooled us? Whether he had taken a master or not was just one sentence, yet he deliberately acted all mysterious."

"I was wondering about that. Lin Mo's Innate Soul Power was only Rank 3. Why would the Master take a liking to him? So it was all a misunderstanding. Now I feel much better."

"No, if he wasn't taking a master, where was he going after packing up his things?"

"He was probably putting on an act to make us believe him."

Lin Mo's dormmates gathered together and chattered away.

They were also the ones spreading the news everywhere.

Once they learned that he had not become the Master's disciple, everyone was delighted and eagerly kicked him while he was down.

"Tsk, if he didn't take a master, then he didn't take one. What was he pretending for?"

"Exactly. I've disliked him for a long time. He really knows how to put on an act."

The gossip grew more and more intense as everyone vividly fabricated details.

Yu Xiaogang naturally heard about it as well.

A cold sneer curled across his lips.

Let's see how long you can keep this up.

Lin Mo noticed that the people in his dormitory were looking at him strangely.

Whenever they spoke to him, their tones carried mocking sarcasm.

From their one-after-another "lectures," Lin Mo pieced together the whole incident.

His eyes flickered.

It seemed Yu Xiaogang had begun making his little moves.

But Lin Mo was no child. He would not be defeated by such gossip.

He threw himself into cultivation, only occasionally going to the cafeteria to get food.

"He can still act like nothing happened. What a badass!"

"His skin is really thick. I thought he'd hide in the dorm and be too scared to come out."

Their gazes held the contempt and disdain of people thinking, What a shameless guy.

Lin Mo simply chose to ignore them.

A bunch of idiots!

On the third day, early morning.

The entrance to Notting Junior Soul Master Academy was exceptionally lively.

The academy had recruited many new students, most of them children from nearby towns and villages who had only recently awakened their Martial Souls.

At the academy entrance.

Everyone else entered the academy smoothly to register.

However, someone had gotten into a conflict with the gatekeeper, and the argument dragged on without end.

Old Jack, the village chief of Holy Soul Village, was holding the hand of a child around six years old.

The boy had an ordinary appearance and a few freckles on his face, but his eyes were far steadier and more reserved than those of children his age. Faint Soul Power fluctuations circulated around his body.

That person was Tang San!

"Innate Full Soul Power? And fucking Blue Silver Grass?"

"Pah! Could you at least make your forged certificate look convincing?"

"With that talent, would the people at Spirit Hall not have taken him in? Get lost already. Don't force me to make a move!"

The gatekeeper threw the Spirit Hall certificate onto the ground, spat, and looked utterly contemptuous.

Lin Mo, who was preparing to leave the academy, saw the standoff at the entrance.

A repeat of the plot. Truly a classic.

"You—" Old Jack was furious but did not dare speak too harshly. "This really is a certificate issued by Spirit Hall."

"Blue Silver Grass can have Innate Full Soul Power? Then I'm Innately Rank 20!"

"Can't you make your lies sound more believable? Keep yapping, and I'll throw both of you out. Don't interfere with everyone else registering." The gatekeeper impatiently waved his hand as though shooing away bugs.

Tang San stared coldly at the gatekeeper.

This man had earned himself a death sentence!

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang arrived after hearing the news.

"What is going on here?"

Old Jack picked up the discarded Spirit Hall certificate and handed it to this seemingly reasonable teacher, speaking with a bitter expression.

"This child truly has Innate Full Soul Power, but this gatekeeper... he simply refuses to believe us."

Innate Full Soul Power?!

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang's pupils shook.

He hurriedly took Tang San's Spirit Hall certificate. When he saw the words "Innate Full Soul Power," an unprecedented brilliance instantly burst from his murky eyes.

However, when his gaze moved to the Martial Soul section.

Blue Silver Grass.

The continent's universally acknowledged useless Martial Soul!

In that instant, even he could not help but grow suspicious and look up at Tang San.

A Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, yet he possessed the exceedingly rare Innate Full Soul Power.

This completely overturned his previous Martial Soul theories.

"Child, let me examine your bones." Yu Xiaogang reached out for Tang San's wrist.

Tang San appeared somewhat wary, but for the sake of enrolling, he still lowered his guard.

The moment Yu Xiaogang sensed the complete Rank 10 Soul Power within Tang San's body, blazing excitement erupted in his eyes.

Innate Full Soul Power was actually real!

Innate Soul Power determined the height one could reach in cultivation.

In other words, he... might be able to cultivate to a different height.

Perhaps the so-called useless Martial Soul was merely something they had been too shortsighted to recognize!

What the hell was Lin Mo? Before a heaven-blessed genius with Innate Full Soul Power, he was not worth a fart!

Hehe, luckily he had not accepted Lin Mo as his disciple back then. Otherwise, it would have been a pity.

Unable to hide his excitement, Yu Xiaogang acknowledged Tang San's Spirit Hall certificate. He told Old Jack to return first, then led Tang San into the academy.

Lin Mo, walking toward them, saw the entire scene.

His footsteps did not pause in the slightest. He headed straight out of the academy and happened to meet Tang San coming toward him, while Yu Xiaogang walked ahead, guiding and explaining.

"You'll gradually become familiar with everything later," Yu Xiaogang said.

The moment his words fell, he turned and saw Lin Mo carrying his luggage toward the academy gates.

Yu Xiaogang's expression immediately darkened at the sight.

"Lin Mo, what kind of tantrum are you throwing now?"

Tang San instinctively raised his eyes and looked at the youth approaching them.

The youth in plain clothes was simply dressed and carried only a simple bag, yet he stood tall and straight.

His gaze was calm and undisturbed. The Soul Power fluctuations around him were steady and restrained, while a faint yet oppressive, domineering lightning-element aura lingered around him.

This inexplicably made even the ever-composed Tang San tense inwardly.

"I'm preparing to leave the academy and cultivate outside," Lin Mo said calmly.

"Nonsense!" Yu Xiaogang rebuked him sharply.

"You throw a fit just because someone says a few things to you. Can't you be more composed? Don't think you're anything special just because you cultivated to Rank 10 Soul Power. Don't get so full of yourself. The capital you flaunt is merely the starting point of a true genius!"

As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang glanced at Tang San beside him.

"If you leave in anger now, you'll be ruining your own future. You act like you're dying just because someone criticizes you a little. With a temperament like yours, do you deserve to become a Soul Master?!"

"Get back there immediately and stay put. I'm punishing you to reflect on your mistakes for three days! Stop making a spectacle of yourself here!" Yu Xiaogang barked.

Lin Mo's face instantly turned cold.

"I originally intended to leave you some dignity, but since you insist on being shameless, there's no need for me to be polite."

"May I ask, who the hell do you think you are to meddle in my affairs?!"