The Grandmaster's Double Standards, Master is Father!

Tang San glanced at Li Ping'an, surprised that Li Ping'an had actually called it right.

Once the "big shot" of Notting Academy arrived, the guard dared not stir up any more trouble.

And Li Ping'an seemed to have won the favor of this "big shot" as well.

The middle-aged man who had spoken up was none other than Yu Xiaogang, known as Grandmaster.

Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and said softly, "Old man, would you mind letting me see those spirit proofs?"

"Of course!" Old Jack could hardly refuse.

Yu Xiaogang took the spirit proofs and immediately spotted the one belonging to Tang San.

"Blue Silver Grass? Innate Full Soul Power?" Yu Xiaogang's pupils constricted as he considered a certain possibility.

As for the other document, which showed only one level of Innate Soul Power for a Blue Silver Grass, he paid it no mind at all.

"You must be Tang San?" Yu Xiaogang looked toward Li Ping'an.

In his eyes, such a bright and handsome child had to be the Tang San with Innate Full Soul Power.

Li Ping'an shook his head quickly and said, "Grandmaster, you've misunderstood. He is the real Tang San!"

"What? He is Tang San?" Yu Xiaogang felt a bit awkward.

"What a cunning little brat, so young yet more calculating than I am! You nearly misled me!" Yu Xiaogang remarked.

Li Ping'an was speechless. You just called me a bright child who understands the ways of the world, and now I'm a cunning brat?

What a double standard. You're just eyeing Tang San's Innate Full Soul Power and the possibility of Twin Martial Souls!

Yu Xiaogang returned the spirit proofs to Old Jack and turned back to the guard.

"Their spirit proofs are genuine. Let them in!" Yu Xiaogang commanded.

"Yes, yes, of course!" The guard dared not defy him.

Although Yu Xiaogang's reputation at Notting Academy wasn't great, he was still a Soul Grand Master, someone a lowly guard like him couldn't afford to offend.

"Old man, you can head back now. I can help these two children with their work-study student registration," Yu Xiaogang said.

"Very well! Many thanks, Grandmaster!"

Old Jack handed the paperwork to the two children, told them to follow the Grandmaster inside, and then left with a sense of relief.

Once inside the academy, Yu Xiaogang said to Li Ping'an, "Go to the Academic Affairs Office and handle your enrollment yourself. I have something to discuss with Tang San!"

"Understood, thank you, Grandmaster!" Li Ping'an thanked him and headed toward the Academic Affairs Office as directed.

Li Ping'an knew exactly what Yu Xiaogang was up to—he was just going to sweet-talk Tang San into becoming his disciple.

I wonder if Yu Xiaogang can be bound to a sub-system?

Li Ping'an's heart stirred, and he used the system's scanning function to examine Yu Xiaogang.

[Yu Xiaogang possesses deep fortune. After binding to the sub-system, you can extract 20% of the sub-system's rewards.]

Only twenty percent? This guy is Tang San's teacher; how is his destiny fortune so low?

However, Li Ping'an didn't intend to waste a sub-system slot on Yu Xiaogang, so he was just looking.

He still had one sub-system slot left, and he was waiting to see the situation with Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu's fortune might even be greater than Yu Xiaogang's; after all, she was the heroine and the future Asura.

Although Li Ping'an was only six, his experience from his past life meant his administrative abilities weren't lacking, and he finished the enrollment process on his own quickly.

Afterward, he went to the academy's shop to purchase daily necessities like a quilt and a pillow.

The money he used was the reward deducted from Tang San—a full fifty Gold Soul Coins, enough to last him a long time.

It's been several days since I got the task rewards; it's time to make Tang San start a new task!

Li Ping'an used the system to match a task for Tang San.

My money is enough for now, so I don't need to prioritize Gold Soul Coins for the new task!

Having enough money was only relative; if Li Ping'an wanted to try cultivating with expensive medicinal materials like Whale Rubber, this amount was far from enough.

But given Tang San's current level, he probably couldn't trigger tasks with such high Gold Soul Coin rewards.

System, match a task for Tang San to obtain Twin Martial Souls! Li Ping'an attempted.

He wanted Twin Martial Souls too, so he tried to see if he could trigger a task with relevant rewards.

When the time came, he would let Tang San suffer a bit while he claimed the Twin Martial Souls reward.

[Task reward far exceeds the rank of sub-system host Tang San! Task matching failed!]

Li Ping'an had expected this result. He tried matching a task to improve the quality of Blue Silver Grass, but that was also too advanced.

In the end, he could only match a task for Tang San with a reward of one level of soul power.

Has the reward level really dropped?

Li Ping'an remembered that Tang San's previous task had rewarded him with one level of soul power plus one hundred Gold Soul Coins.

"A teacher for a day is a father for life!"

At this moment, Tang San was completely won over by the "erudition" of Yu Xiaogang, prostrating himself in admiration as he took Yu Xiaogang as his master.

Teacher is truly formidable; he was able to deduce the truth of my Twin Martial Souls based solely on a single Martial Soul certificate!

Ever since he had read the Martial Soul Theory Fundamentals rewarded by the system, he had understood the importance of martial soul theory.

Teacher's knowledge is peerless. Only by following him can I improve myself as quickly as possible and get closer to the Pope, so that I may one day be admitted under the Pope's tutelage!

Just then, Tang San suddenly noticed that his system, which had been silent for a day, finally showed signs of activity.

[Host's apprenticeship detected. A teacher for a day is a father for life; a master is also a father!]

[A real man lives between heaven and earth; how can he remain suppressed under another for long?]

[Side quest triggered: Expose the hypocritical mask of Yu Xiaogang and ruin his reputation!]

[Congratulations to the host for completing the novice tutorial; System Shop loading complete!]

[Ongoing Task 1: Every time Tang Hao is "filially honored" by you, you will receive one Filial Point.]

[Ongoing Task 2: Every time Yu Xiaogang is "filially honored" by you, you will receive one Filial Point.]

[Note: Filial Points can be used to redeem rewards from the System Shop.]

Tang San was stunned; he hadn't expected the Fatherly Kindness and Filial Piety System to be triggered by Yu Xiaogang as well.

A side quest? Then the previous tasks targeting Tang Hao must be considered main quests, right?

He also noticed that the system's assessment of Yu Xiaogang was "hypocritical." Could it be that all his knowledge was fake?

I just took Yu Xiaogang as my master, and the system already wants me to ruin his reputation?

Ongoing tasks—as long as I "filially honor" Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao, I can obtain rewards?

Tang San's learning ability was strong; he understood that this "filial honoring" was likely not filial piety in the literal sense.

I'll know once I try it later!

Tang San trusted the system; what the system said could only be true, so perhaps Yu Xiaogang really did have issues.

Then I have no choice but to investigate the reason, prescribe the right medicine, and complete the final task!

However, before that, Tang San prepared to test whether this "filial honoring" was a legitimate method of showing respect.

"San, what's wrong?" Seeing Tang San's changing expression, Yu Xiaogang asked with concern.

Tang San shook his head and said, "Teacher, I am fine!"

He dared not reveal what he had just been thinking; otherwise, how could he complete the task?

"It is good that you are fine. I will take you to handle the enrollment procedures for work-study students!" Yu Xiaogang said.