Soul Ring Reward

Although Xiao Wu hadn't been human for long, she had been a Soul Beast for tens of thousands of years.

Even though she had never been to a place like this, she quickly figured out what kind of place it was.

"Li Ping'an, you're still so young. How can you come to a place like this?" Xiao Wu said angrily.

After spending more than a year together, she had a pretty good impression of Li Ping'an.

She didn't want to see him sink so low.

Even if he went out with a few girls and became a playboy, that would be easier for her to accept than him coming to a place like this.

"Xiao Wu, you've got it wrong. Look, who's that?"

Li Ping'an pointed to the person dancing with a sword onstage, dressed in a bright red gown.

"Hmph, what have I got wrong? You came here because you're looking for women, didn't you?"

"Come on, you're coming back with me!" Xiao Wu grabbed Li Ping'an and tried to drag him away.

Xiao Wu was strong. If she decided to use force, Li Ping'an really wouldn't be able to overpower her.

So Li Ping'an hurriedly said, "Xiao Wu, take a good look. That's Grandmaster!"

"What Grandmaster?" Xiao Wu froze and looked toward the stage.

The graceful, dazzling "woman" seemed to really have Yu Xiaogang's features.

"She's Grandmaster? How is that possible?" Xiao Wu exclaimed.

Before long, Yu Xiaogang finished his sword dance and earned the cheers of a crowd of men.

His face flushed with excitement. He was thoroughly enjoying being the center of everyone's attention, as if all the stars were gathered around the moon.

The disappointments of his youth seemed to be made up for in this moment.

But he knew what he looked like now, and that he could easily be recognized.

So Yu Xiaogang ignored the men inviting him for drinks and headed straight out of the dance hall.

"Come on, let's follow him and see!" Li Ping'an said.

Xiao Wu suddenly grew very interested and followed after him with Li Ping'an.

Both of them had cultivated the Breath Concealment Method, making them exceptionally good at hiding their auras. Yu Xiaogang had no idea that two people were following him.

When he changed clothes in a small alley and took off his veil and wig, Xiao Wu was stunned.

"It really is Grandmaster?" Xiao Wu gaped.

She could hardly imagine that the stubbly, burly man from before could transform into a woman in the blink of an eye.

"So, now you understand why I came here, right?" Li Ping'an asked.

Xiao Wu blushed. "All right, Brother Ping'an, I was wrong about you!"

"Brother Ping'an, you're pure and chaste. You'd never do something like that, right?" Xiao Wu said coquettishly.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Li Ping'an couldn't handle Xiao Wu acting so sweet and hurriedly called a halt.

"Xiao Wu, you're the big sister of Notting Academy. Don't talk like that again!"

He turned to look at Xiao Wu and suddenly noticed that she seemed to have grown a little more.

That was because Xiao Wu had condensed her Second Soul Ring. Cultivating a Martial Soul had quite an impact on the body.

Compared to a year ago, Xiao Wu had grown quite a bit. Her legs looked even shapelier and longer now.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that Li Ping'an couldn't handle it, Xiao Wu was satisfied. She turned her attention back to Yu Xiaogang.

"Gross!" Xiao Wu took one more look, then lost all interest.

But her eyes darted about, and she came up with a great idea.

"Li Ping'an, what if we got Xiao Chenyu to bring all his underlings to watch Grandmaster dance?"

"He's the son of the City Lord, so he can invite plenty of nobles and rich people too. That'd make Grandmaster famous throughout Nuoding City!"

Xiao Wu still held a grudge over Yu Xiaogang's earlier "guidance," so she planned to get a little revenge.

Yu Xiaogang claimed to be a master of Martial Soul Theory. If people found out about this particular hobby of his, who knew how he'd react?

"If you want to do it, go ahead. Just don't let him find out it was you," Li Ping'an warned.

"Grandmaster and the Academy Dean are good friends. If Grandmaster found out you were plotting against him, the Academy Dean might even take his side."

Li Ping'an didn't mind either way, but he was relieved that Yu Xiaogang was willing to take on the task.

Besides, he thought Yu Xiaogang must have incorporated quite a few genuine moves from the Evil-Warding Sword Technique into his sword dance.

If Yu Xiaogang kept this up, he might really defeat the courtesan and make a name for himself throughout Nuoding City.

"Got it!" Xiao Wu nodded.

"Come on, let's go back. My second Soul Skill is called Charm, and it can launch mental attacks!"

"I've got an idea for that Self-Created Soul Skill you mentioned earlier. Let's go back and study it!" Xiao Wu said.

Li Ping'an's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he followed Xiao Wu back to the academy.

If Xiao Wu really could create a Soul Skill that attacked the mind, and he could learn it, perhaps he could train his own mental strength.

The importance of mental strength went without saying. Li Ping'an was counting on being able to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring for his Fourth Soul Ring.

Without enough mental strength, he couldn't withstand the Soul Shock from a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"Wang Sheng, I heard Xiao Chenyu took you to that place. Did you get lucky?"

"No, but I did learn a lot!"

"Too bad you're all too young to get in. Otherwise, Xiao Chenyu would've definitely taken you along!"

"You wouldn't believe it, but at today's Courtesan Festival, the most popular performer was a woman who danced with a sword..."

A few days later, at Notting Academy's Dorm Seven.

Wang Sheng was talking with a few work-study students about what he had seen that day.

Tang San, who was sitting on his bed cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill, was distracted and nearly let his Soul Power go astray.

"Was the person they're talking about Teacher?" Tang San frowned.

He knew Xiao Chenyu had invited people out, of course, but Xiao Chenyu had invited only his tall, burly underlings—not Tang San.

There was no helping it. He was only seven, and since he cultivated Blue Silver Grass, his body hadn't developed particularly well, so he hadn't been invited.

But even if Xiao Chenyu had invited him, Tang San considered himself pure and chaste and wouldn't have gone.

What really caught Tang San's attention was the person they said had danced with a sword.

"Teacher, dressed as a woman, defeated the courtesan with a sword dance?"

As he listened to Wang Sheng and a few underlings bragging about what they had seen that day, Tang San wished he could dig a three-bedroom apartment out of the ground with his toes.

"I actually took someone like that as my master?" Tang San felt ashamed.

"Looks like Yu Xiaogang's injuries must have healed. I should show him some proper respect!"

Tang San planned to look for Yu Xiaogang after class the next morning and challenge him to some Soul Fighting to vent his frustration.

On the other bed, Xiao Wu sneaked a glance at Tang San's expression. Seeing his deeply furrowed brows, she felt immensely satisfied.

"Heh, they'd never guess that the person they're talking about is Tang San's teacher, Yu Xiaogang!"

Xiao Wu thought she'd egg them on some more to talk about it in front of Yu Xiaogang and give him a scare!

Nearby, Li Ping'an came out of his cultivation state.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he looked down at his hand. A green bead lay quietly in his palm.

"Is this the Soul Ring the system rewarded me with?"