After returning to Dorm Seven at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Tang San casually chose a bed and gave it a quick clean. Then he took his belongings out of his Storage Soul Tool and laid them on the bed.
His little display had thoroughly shocked the work-study students present.
Among them were quite a few older children, and they had enough basic sense to recognize what they were seeing.
"Th-that's a Storage Soul Tool? And all those things..."
The one who spoke was Second Brother among the work-study students, a boy named Wang Sheng.
Not long ago, he had been the leader of their little group. But after a little girl whose Martial Soul was a Soft Bone Rabbit defeated him, he had naturally yielded his place as leader.
As for why their leader wasn't in the dorm right now?
Just before Tang San came in, Master Yu—the man who was always mooching food and drink around the academy—had suddenly shown up in their dorm and called Xiao Wu outside. No one knew what they were discussing.
According to Dorm Seven's tradition, Tang San was supposed to spar with them after arriving.
But when Wang Sheng saw how neatly Tang San was dressed, he hesitated.
And when he noticed the expensive Storage Soul Tool on the other boy's hand, he grew even more wary of Tang San's background.
Hearing the others' praise, Tang San unconsciously straightened his back. He really loved the feeling of having everyone's attention.
He'd never felt this way before. Ever since he'd taken his master as his teacher, it seemed like everything had started going right!
He could never repay his master's kindness!
"Hello, everyone. I'm a new work-study student, Tang San."
"My Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, and my Innate Soul Power is level ten."
Wang Sheng and the others hadn't expected this younger student, who clearly came from an extraordinary background, to be so polite and easy to talk to. He didn't seem much like the noble children they knew, either.
And on top of that, he had the same Innate Full Soul Power talent as their new leader!
But since when could a Trash Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass be cultivated?
After a moment's silence, Wang Sheng, the former leader, finally summoned his courage and asked Tang San, "Tang San, you seem pretty well-off. Why did you choose to become a work-study student?"
Hearing the question, Tang San lifted his head proudly. "My master gave these to me."
"Before I met my master, I was just like you— a work-study student from a nearby village."
His words sparked another round of gasps.
This younger student named Tang San had already taken a master?
Someone who could casually give him so many things must have been a powerful teacher, right?
"Then, Tang San, what's your teacher's cultivation level?"
After Wang Sheng asked, the others watched Tang San curiously.
They couldn't hide the envy in their eyes.
Most of their parents had no Soul Power and were ordinary people. There hadn't even been a Soul Master among their ancestors.
Their greatest dream was to become the high-and-mighty Soul Masters everyone talked about, and rise to a new social class—just like Tang San now.
"Soul Saint."
Tang San only said two short words, but they sent everyone present into a frenzy.
In a small place like Nuoding City, a Soul Saint was a major figure. Even a Soul Ancestor or Soul Elder carried immense weight!
Their academy's dean and the bishop of Nuoding City's Spirit Hall were only Four-Ring Soul Ancestors.
They were all work-study students, and they wished they had Tang San's talent and could become a Soul Saint's disciple!
Amid the crowd's astonished cries, Tang San quickly finished putting away his things. "If anything comes up at the academy, please let me know when I get back."
"My appointment with my master is coming up, so I have to head out."
When they heard Tang San was going to meet that senior Soul Saint, Wang Sheng and the others immediately assured him they would take care of everything.
Their enthusiasm made even the usually cool and distant Tang San feel a little embarrassed.
They weren't fools. With their talents, they had no chance of becoming that senior Soul Saint's disciples. But if they made friends with Tang San, perhaps the senior might casually offer them a few pointers in his spare time. Even that could benefit them greatly.
Not long after Tang San left, a pink-haired little girl stormed into the room, fuming. She kept cursing angrily under her breath.
"Sister Xiao Wu, why did that Master Yu call you outside?"
Xiao Wu was already bursting with anger when she heard Wang Sheng's question. "That so-called master said he wanted to take your Sister Xiao Wu as his disciple. He even said that if I didn't accept his training, I'd be useless for the rest of my life!"
The work-study students exchanged strange looks.
It wasn't surprising that someone wanted to take Xiao Wu, with her Innate Full Soul Power, as a disciple.
But that Master Yu...
Judging by Xiao Wu's expression, they could tell she hadn't accepted the fraud's offer. They couldn't help but breathe a huge sigh of relief.
"Huh? Did Dorm Seven get a new student?"
After fuming for a while, Xiao Wu happened to glance over and notice Tang San's bed.
Wang Sheng and the others quickly told Xiao Wu that the new junior was named Tang San, that his Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, and that he had Innate Full Soul Power.
They also told her he had taken a teacher with the cultivation of a Soul Saint.
Xiao Wu breathed a huge sigh of relief. If he was only a Soul Saint, then her secret wouldn't be discovered.
And as for that boy named Tang San, perhaps she could...
Meanwhile, after waiting for a while at the place where he had taken his master as his teacher, Tang San saw Jiang Li approaching from afar.
"Come on, Little San. The dean has arranged a room for me. From now on, that'll be where I live."
As he spoke, Jiang Li headed toward the room Yu Xiaogang had lived in before.
He had asked the dean of Nuoding Junior Academy to replace everything inside with brand-new furnishings. Otherwise, he would feel uncomfortable living there himself.
As for Tang San's First Martial Soul, Jiang Li felt that taking him down the path of extreme life attributes—as a healer and controller like Ah Yin—wouldn't suit the boy.
Instead, he thought Tang San's future development would be better served by following Yue Guan's example: turning the plant Martial Soul metallic while also adding some life attributes.
Tang San nodded excitedly and followed Jiang Li.
Soon, he would find out how his master planned to develop his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
And he had also decided that when the time came, he would tell his master directly that he really did have Twin Martial Souls.
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