Xiao Wu

Seeing that he couldn't avoid a fight, Li Ping'an struck up a casual conversation with Tang San.

"Tang San, don't you remember? I even treated you to a meal once!..."

Tang San felt his scalp tingle as he listened. Embarrassed, he didn't want Li Ping'an to keep talking.

It was just some food and a few copper coins, wasn't it?

If he hadn't been so young back then, and if he hadn't yet regained the skills he'd cultivated in his previous life, why would he have accepted Li Ping'an's help?

Now he was doing well. He could easily treat Young Master Li Ping'an to a pancake.

But with so many classmates watching in the dormitory, he couldn't very well act like an ingrate.

On the contrary, he had to show everyone that he repaid every kindness.

He hurriedly pulled a Gold Soul Coin from his clothes and tossed it to Li Ping'an.

"Enough already. You helped me before, so I'm paying you back double now. Is that enough? If it is, then we're even from now on!"

"A Gold Soul Coin?" The work-study students all turned to look at Tang San.

They hadn't expected Tang San, who looked so poorly dressed, to be able to casually pull out a Gold Soul Coin.

Tang San hadn't meant to give him a Gold Soul Coin, but he and Tang Hao were so poor that he could never manage to save any money.

I should've found somewhere to break this Gold Soul Coin first! Tang San felt reluctant, but he had no choice.

Li Ping'an didn't stand on ceremony. He knew that even if he refused to accept it, Tang San wouldn't be grateful.

"That's enough, that's enough!" Li Ping'an put the Gold Soul Coin away.

While Li Ping'an and Tang San were talking, the door to Dorm Seven opened again.

A lovely young girl pushed the door open and walked in.

Her features were delicate, her skin rosy and soft, as if one could squeeze water from it.

A scorpion braid fell all the way to her heels. She wore only plain clothes, but they couldn't hide her beauty.

"Excuse me, is this the work-study students' Dorm Seven?" Xiao Wu asked.

The work-study students had never seen such a pretty girl before. Their eyes were drawn to her, and they stared in a daze.

Even Li Ping'an couldn't help taking a few extra glances.

But Li Ping'an made no effort to hide his gaze. His mind was no longer as easily embarrassed as a child's.

The girl was plainly dressed, and at a glance, she didn't look well-off. She also carried a Notting Academy uniform, so she was sure to be a work-study student too.

Seeing that Tang San wasn't saying anything, Wang Sheng said, "Boss, hurry up and give her a show of force!"

Tang San knew that the boss's responsibility was to protect the work-study students of Dorm Seven from being bullied by rich kids.

But he hadn't expected that, having somehow become the boss, he'd immediately have to deal with a new work-study student.

Li Ping'an was one thing; he already knew him. But this girl...

Tang San saw all the work-study students looking at him.

And since he hadn't handled things with Li Ping'an properly just now, he could only steel himself and step forward.

"Hello, I'm Tang San. You could say I'm the... dorm leader of Dorm Seven."

"According to the rules of Dorm Seven, new work-study students have to... demonstrate their strength. So I'll have to spar with you!"

"By the way, what's your name? What's your Martial Soul?"

Looking at Tang San like this, Li Ping'an couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth.

Tang San, usually so mature, had become like a bashful young man seeing Xiao Wu.

"My name is Xiao Wu. Wu, as in dancing. My Martial Soul is a rabbit, a very cute little white rabbit!" Xiao Wu said.

Watching Xiao Wu put on an act, Li Ping'an could barely hold back a laugh. He knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, yet here she was pretending to be young and innocent.

"Are you really going to spar with me?"

Tang San nodded. Xiao Wu said excitedly, "That's wonderful!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Wu tossed her uniform onto Li Ping'an's bed.

She had just looked around and noticed that Li Ping'an's bed was the cleanest in the dormitory, with a fresh, pretty quilt, so she'd thrown her uniform there.

Before Tang San could react, Xiao Wu had already made her move.

She bent her knees and leaped, the tip of one foot aiming straight for Tang San's chin.

Watching Xiao Wu attack, Li Ping'an thought that if he were the one getting kicked, he'd probably be knocked unconscious in a single blow.

Alas, there's still so much I'm missing!

In his previous life, he'd been an ordinary young man. Compared with the children of this world, all he had was a little more experience and knowledge.

Looks like I need to find someone to teach me how to fight. If I try to figure it out on my own, who knows how long it'll take?

Before long, the fight between Tang San and Xiao Wu was over.

In the end, Xiao Wu managed to get in close. She wrapped her legs around Tang San's neck and her braid around his legs, then threw him to the ground.

"You win!"

Although Tang San still had cards up his sleeve, and had been somewhat distracted just now, he still admitted defeat without argument.

More importantly, he didn't want to be anyone's boss—or rather, he didn't want to be the boss of Wang Sheng and the others.

Tang San was about to ask Xiao Wu what skill she'd used just now.

He'd read the introductory material on Martial Soul Theory and learned what Soul Skills were, so he was curious about Xiao Wu's move.

But out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li Ping'an watching the show.

At that moment, he had the strange feeling that he was the child, while Li Ping'an was the one who had lived two lives.

Thinking of this, he gave up on asking and instead explained the rules of Dorm Seven to Xiao Wu.

"Xiao Wu, you're the boss of Dorm Seven now!"

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "Boss? I like that title!"

Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, she'd gathered a group of underlings and become their big sister. Two of them had even been Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Seeing that Xiao Wu accepted the role, Tang San egged her on. "His name is Li Ping'an. He's a new work-study student too, and he hasn't sparred with the boss of Dorm Seven yet!"

"Now you're the boss of all of us, so I'll leave him to you!"

With that, Tang San stood off to the side.

Without realizing it, Tang San had been influenced by Li Ping'an. He, too, looked at Li Ping'an as if he were watching a show.

Li Ping'an said helplessly, "Boss Xiao Wu, can we skip the sparring? Can't I just acknowledge you as my boss?"

Xiao Wu looked at Li Ping'an. He was plainly dressed, but clean, just like her.

Her first impression of Li Ping'an was pretty good.

But she'd just felt his gaze roaming over her without restraint, and it had annoyed her.

"No. Rules are rules. I'm the boss of Dorm Seven now, so what I say goes here!"

"What's your Martial Soul? State it!" Xiao Wu said.

Li Ping'an could only reply, "Your Martial Soul is a rabbit, and mine is Blue Silver Grass. That just so happens to be something your Martial Soul can eat."

"Oh? Then I'll let you make the first move!" Xiao Wu said.

Li Ping'an had already prepared himself to take a beating, but just then, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a Sub-System.

Why not see if Xiao Wu can become the Sub-System's host?

A hundred days to heal torn muscles and broken bones. What if Xiao Wu got carried away and injured him? Wouldn't that delay his cultivation?