Tang San glanced at Li Ping'an, never expecting Li Ping'an to be right.
The moment a "big shot" from Notting Academy showed up, the gatekeeper immediately stopped causing trouble.
And Li Ping'an seemed to have won this "big shot's" favor, too.
The middle-aged man who had suddenly spoken was Yu Xiaogang, known as Grandmaster.
Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and gently asked, "Elder, could I take a look at those Martial Soul certificates?"
"Of course!" Old Jack couldn't refuse.
Yu Xiaogang took the certificates and immediately spotted Tang San's.
"Blue Silver Grass? Innate Full Soul Power?" His pupils contracted as a certain possibility occurred to him.
As for the other certificate, which showed only one level of Innate Soul Power for Blue Silver Grass, he barely gave it a second glance.
"You're Tang San?" Yu Xiaogang looked at Li Ping'an.
In his eyes, such a clever, handsome child could only be Tang San, the one with Innate Full Soul Power.
Li Ping'an hurriedly shook his head. "Grandmaster, you've got it wrong. He's Tang San!"
"What? He's Tang San?" Yu Xiaogang looked a little embarrassed.
"What a cunning little brat. So young, yet even more scheming than me! I nearly got the wrong person!" Yu Xiaogang commented.
Li Ping'an was speechless. Just a moment ago, you'd called me a clever, worldly child. Now I'm a cunning brat?
What a double standard. He only cares because Tang San has Innate Full Soul Power—and might have Twin Martial Souls!
Yu Xiaogang returned the certificates to Old Jack, then turned back to the gatekeeper.
"Their Martial Soul certificates are both genuine. Let them in," Yu Xiaogang said.
"Yes, yes!" The gatekeeper didn't dare defy him.
Yu Xiaogang might not have a good reputation at Notting Academy, but he was still a Soul Grandmaster. A lowly gatekeeper like him couldn't afford to offend someone like that.
"Elder, you can head back now. I can help these two children register as work-study students," Yu Xiaogang said.
"Wonderful! Thank you, Grandmaster!"
Old Jack handed the paperwork over to the two children and sent them inside with Grandmaster. Then he left, feeling as light as a feather.
Once they were inside the academy, Yu Xiaogang said to Li Ping'an, "Go to the Academic Affairs Office and register by yourself. I have something to discuss with Tang San!"
"Yes, thank you, Grandmaster!" Li Ping'an thanked him, then headed toward the Academic Affairs Office Yu Xiaogang had pointed out.
Li Ping'an knew exactly what Yu Xiaogang was up to. He just wanted 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 scan Yu Xiaogang.
[Yu Xiaogang has deep fortune. After binding him to a Sub-System, you can claim 20% of the Sub-System's rewards.]
Only twenty percent? Yu Xiaogang is Tang San's teacher. How can his destined fortune be so low?
But Li Ping'an hadn't decided to give Yu Xiaogang the Sub-System slot. He was only checking.
He still had one Sub-System left, and he planned to check Xiao Wu next.
Xiao Wu's fortune might be even greater than Yu Xiaogang's. After all, she was the heroine—and a future Asura God.
Li Ping'an was only six, but with the experience of his previous life, he wasn't bad at getting things done. He soon completed the enrollment process on his own.
Afterward, he went to the academy's shop and bought some daily necessities, such as a quilt and a pillow.
The money he used was the reward he'd taken from Tang San: a full fifty Gold Soul Coins, enough to last him quite a while.
It's been several days since Tang San got his mission rewards. I should get him started on a new task!
Li Ping'an used the system to prepare a task for Tang San.
I've got enough money for now, so the new task doesn't need to involve Gold Soul Coins.
"Enough" was only relative. If Li Ping'an wanted to try cultivating with expensive medicinal materials like Whale Rubber, this money would be nowhere near enough.
But with Tang San's current abilities, a task involving that many Gold Soul Coins probably wouldn't trigger.
"System, give Tang San a task to obtain Twin Martial Souls!" Li Ping'an gave it a try.
He wanted Twin Martial Souls himself, so he thought he'd see if he could assign a task that awarded them.
That way, Tang San could suffer a little while he claimed the Twin Martial Souls reward.
[The reward far exceeds Sub-System host Tang San's level! Task matching failed!]
Li Ping'an had expected that result. He tried matching a task to improve the quality of Blue Silver Grass, but that was still too advanced.
In the end, he could only match Tang San with a reward of one level of Soul Power.
The reward level really has gone down?
Li Ping'an remembered that Tang San's previous task had rewarded one level of Soul Power and a hundred Gold Soul Coins.
"One day as a master, a father for life!"
Tang San was currently utterly convinced by Yu Xiaogang's "knowledge." He bowed down to him and became his disciple.
My teacher is amazing. He figured out the truth—that I have Twin Martial Souls—from nothing more than a single Martial Soul certificate!
Ever since reading the Martial Soul Theory Fundamentals rewarded by the system, he'd understood the importance of Martial Soul theory.
My teacher's knowledge is vast and profound. If I follow him, I can improve myself as quickly as possible, get closer to the Pope, and join the Pope's tutelage sooner!
Just then, Tang San suddenly noticed that his system, silent for an entire day, had finally stirred again.
[Host detected taking a master. One day as a master, a father for life—a master is a father, too!] [As a man born between heaven and earth, how can you languish beneath another for long?] [Side quest triggered: Tear off Yu Xiaogang's hypocritical mask and ruin his reputation!] [Congratulations, host, on completing the beginner's guide! The System Shop has finished loading!] [Permanent Task 1: Every time Tang Hao is "shown filial respect," gain one "Filial Point."] [Permanent Task 2: Every time Yu Xiaogang is "shown filial respect," gain one "Filial Point."] [Note: Filial Points can be used to exchange for rewards in the System Shop.]
Tang San froze. He hadn't expected the Fatherly Kindness and Filial Piety System to trigger with Yu Xiaogang, too.
A side quest? Then the previous task involving Tang Hao must have been a main quest.
He also noticed that the system described Yu Xiaogang as a hypocrite. Could all that knowledge of his be fake?
I just became Yu Xiaogang's disciple, and the system wants me to ruin his reputation?
Permanent tasks. I can get rewards just by "showing filial respect" to Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao?
Tang San was quick to learn. He understood that this "showing filial respect" probably didn't mean doing so in the literal sense.
I'll just have to try it and see!
Tang San trusted the system. What it said had to be true, so perhaps there really was something wrong with Yu Xiaogang.
Then I'll have to investigate and find out why, so I can treat the problem at its source and complete the final task!
But before that, Tang San planned to test whether this "showing filial respect" meant anything proper.
"Xiao San, what's wrong?" Seeing Tang San's expression shift, Yu Xiaogang asked with concern.
Tang San shook his head. "I'm fine, Teacher!"
He didn't dare tell Yu Xiaogang what he'd just been thinking. Otherwise, how could he complete the task?
"Good. I'll take you to register as a work-study student," Yu Xiaogang said.
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