A true simp had no reason, no brains,
A true simp did whatever his goddess told him to do,
If Oscar had been a true simp, then when Ning Rongrong asked him to help her deal with Dai Mubai in the original story, he would definitely have agreed without hesitation,
But he hadn't agreed. Instead, he'd said a whole lot of clear-headed things, then gone so far as to leave his goddess behind and walk away.
Was that how a simp was supposed to act?
Could someone who was clear-headed still be a simp?
Would a simp leave his goddess behind?
In the original story, everyone thought Ning Rongrong had trained Oscar,
But in reality, Ning Rongrong was only on the first level, and so was everyone who thought she had trained Oscar. Oscar, meanwhile, was up in the stratosphere!
In truth, Oscar had trained Ning Rongrong!
It was only after the conflict between Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai that Ning Rongrong truly began to change her little witch ways. So who had ultimately trained her into changing?
If Oscar hadn't said all those clear-headed things in the end, and had instead helped Ning Rongrong, then she wouldn't have changed,
In the first generation of Douluo Continent, the smartest, most skilled at wooing girls, and most cunning person was Oscar,
If Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing had ranked even higher than Ning Rongrong, then Oscar probably wouldn't have pursued Ning Rongrong,
Finding a girlfriend wouldn't have been hard for him. The original story made it perfectly clear that he'd had more than one girlfriend,
Those earlier ones were just for fun. Getting in good with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was the real way to win!
And so, among the first generation of Douluo Continent,
It went without saying that Zhang Tianyu hated Yu Xiaogang and Tang San the most, but just behind them
Was this seemingly weak, gentle, humble, and courteous big softie, Oscar,
By comparison, Ma Hongjun was just a blockhead,
He'd nearly been played to death by those so-called "brothers."
Pulling himself back to the present, he heard Dai Mubai say, "All right, forget about him. Come on, I'll take you through the exam. No need to wait in line."
Tang San said, "That doesn't seem right."
Dai Mubai replied, "Don't worry, I'm not playing favorites. This is what you deserve." As he spoke, he led everyone toward the front of the line.
The teacher in charge of the second exam was also an older man. Since Tang San had gone to buy sausages earlier, he hadn't had a chance to see what this exam involved.
Dai Mubai walked over to the teacher, whispered a few words in his ear, then pointed at Tang San and Xiao Wu.
The teacher nodded. "All right, take them straight to the fourth test. They'll be admitted if they pass."
As soon as the waiting applicants heard this, they protested,
"Teacher, what's going on? Why can they skip straight to the fourth test while we have to pass every test one by one?"
"Exactly! What makes them so special?"
"Are they pulling strings?"
Lu Qibin glanced at Zhang Tianyu, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "If your Soul Power is above level twenty-five too, then you can go straight to the fourth test as well. No need to waste time here with me!"
The applicants were stunned:
"They have Soul Power above level twenty-five? That's impossible!"
"We're all only twelve. How could anyone have Soul Power that high?"
Dai Mubai snorted. "Just because you can't do it, don't assume no one else can. When I entered the academy, my Soul Power was already level twenty-five!"
As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Tianyu and grinned. "Tian Yu, come on. Open their eyes!"
You ask if I like showing off? Of course I do.
Since I've been invited to show off, I won't hold back!
Zhang Tianyu took a few steps forward. Ning Rongrong, who still didn't know his level, immediately widened her curious eyes.
The first thing to catch her attention was bound to be Zhang Tianyu's looks.
There was no helping it—Brother Tianyu was just too damn cool!
What came next was even cooler!
Whoosh!
The Black Sword appeared,
And three rings rose!
Yellow! Yellow! Purple!
The three Soul Rings appeared, turning the scene into a grand spectacle of people gasping for breath!
Every applicant stared wide-eyed, sucking in breath after breath!
Three rings!
Holy crap!
A Soul Elder!
This guy was actually a Soul Elder!
A twelve-year-old Soul Elder?!!
Ning Rongrong was completely dumbfounded too!
She'd thought Zhang Tianyu would test himself with a crystal ball. She hadn't expected him to show off his Soul Rings directly!
After the shock came a sparkle in her eyes!
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had a rule: since its direct descendants all possessed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul and lacked the ability to protect themselves, they had to find powerful Battle Soul Masters as partners.
This Zhang Tianyu's Martial Soul was a sword. Without a doubt, he was a Battle Soul Master with a Sword Martial Soul.
He was her age, yet already had three rings. A super genius! A top-tier genius!
And he was handsome too! Just her type!
In practically an instant, Ning Rongrong decided: I'm staking my claim on Zhang Tianyu! The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is taking him!
Dai Mubai folded his arms across his chest and asked, "Anything else you want to say?"
The applicants muttered among themselves:
"How is this possible..."
"Twelve years old... a Soul Elder?"
"No... this can't be!"
"My heavens, what am I seeing? What am I seeing?"
Dai Mubai sneered. "The others may not be as high-level as Tian Yu, but they're not far behind. Just because you're weak, don't assume everyone else is as weak as you! Let's go."
With that, he stopped paying attention to the applicants and led everyone toward the fourth test.
On the way, everyone listened attentively as Dai Mubai introduced the academy,
Only Ning Rongrong kept glancing at Zhang Tianyu now and then,
At last, she found an opening while Dai Mubai was talking and asked Zhang Tianyu directly, "Are you really only twelve?"
"Yes," Zhang Tianyu said. "The teacher at the entrance personally checked my bone age."
"My heavens!" Ning Rongrong's eyes widened, little stars filling them. "How did you cultivate? How did you reach such a high level? And your Soul Rings look like the best possible configuration!"
"My Martial Soul is mutated," Zhang Tianyu said.
Everyone wore looks of sudden realization,
When in doubt, blame a Mutated Martial Soul. It was the truth.
Don't ask why a Mutated Martial Soul cultivates so quickly,
Some people with Mutated Martial Souls have their levels drop straight to zero. Go ask them why their levels dropped to zero after their Martial Souls mutated and see if they beat you up.
Go ask Yu Xiaogang why his Martial Soul mutated into an independent Martial Soul and see if he knows.
Go ask Spirit Hall and see if they know.
No one knew, so it was reasonable!
Just then, Dai Mubai said, "Do you know one of the requirements for graduating from the academy?"
"What is it?" everyone immediately asked,
Zhang Tianyu said, "Could it be reaching level forty?"
Dai Mubai was taken aback. "How do you know? That's right. Reaching level forty before the age of thirty is one of the requirements."
Everyone: ...
"What are the others?" Zhang Tianyu asked,
"You also need to earn at least a Silver Spirit Fighting Badge at the Soul Fighting Arena. Individual and team badges both count." As he said this, Dai Mubai looked at Zhang Tianyu and added, "Well, I don't think that'll be too difficult for you either."
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