"Ah~ I'm not fighting anymore, I'm not fighting anymore. Teacher, you're just too strong. Even if you don't use your Soul Power, it's still beyond my current ability to compete." Huo Yu'er tilted her head back and collapsed onto the training ground. She was completely exhausted from being tormented by the Wu Ling.
"Alright, alright, seeing how hard you've been cultivating, I'll spend the rest of the day playing with you." Wu Ling smiled and walked over, reaching out her hand to the fallen Huo Yu'er.
Huo Yu'er pouted slightly and retorted, "Really, teacher, I'll be twelve years old in less than two months. I'm not a child anymore. Can you please stop treating me like a little kid every time?"
Huo Yu'er verbally refuted Wu Ling, but her body betrayed her by grabbing Wu Ling's hand. With the help of the pull from Wu Ling's hand, Huo Yu'er easily stood up.
"Tell me, where do you want to go today?" Wu Ling asked, pinching Huo Yu'er's cheek as usual.
Huo Yu'er thought for a moment, and was about to say something when a loud bang of the door being pushed open interrupted her.
"Brother Wu Ling, look! This is Soul Tool I made myself using the Magic Circle you taught me. Come and see what you think!" Along with the voice, a boy with heterochromatic eyes and snow-white hair walked in, holding a Soul Tool in his hand. Behind him was a girl with long wine-red hair and blue eyes.
These two are none other than Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the grandson and granddaughter of Jing Hongchen, the Mingde Hall.
Ever since Wu Ling arrived, the two of them heard the name " Wu Ling " from their grandfather almost every day. Especially after inquiring from various sources and learning that Wu Ling was seventeen years old, Xiao Hongchen's competitive spirit was aroused even more.
You have to understand, he's the undisputed number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire. At just over fourteen years old, he not only reached the Soul Ancestor level in terms of Soul Power, but also became the youngest Level 4 Soul Engineer in history. His grandfather used to always talk about him, but now he's become someone he's never even heard of. How could this not make him curious and competitive?
Therefore, he brought his sister to find Wu Ling, wanting to have a fair one-on-one duel with Wu Ling.
When Wu Ling first met Xiao Hongchen, he understood that the old cliché plot of "the protagonist entering a faction, arousing the hostility of the faction's original genius, and finally showing off and getting slapped in the face" was about to begin.
Unfortunately, Wu Ling isn't the typical protagonist who pretends to be weak to outsmart others. In other words, Wu Ling, overcome with laziness, plans to take care of him all at once.
Then, Wu Ling, who was a little more serious, crushed Xiao Hongchen's pride, whether as Spirit Master or Soul Engineer, into powder, then pressed it into molecules, chopped it into atoms, and cut it into quarks, and threw it on the ground.
However, Wu Ling overlooked one thing: Xiao Hongchen's persistence and the magnitude of the gap between them.
As the saying goes, when the gap between two people is small, it can turn into anger and jealousy; when the gap widens, it can turn into despair; but when the gap becomes too large, it can transform into admiration.
Thus, over the course of a month, Xiao Hongchen challenged Wu Ling three times, only to be utterly defeated each time. These three encounters also allowed Xiao Hongchen to experience a psychological journey of anger, despair, and admiration.
Of course, if it weren't for Jing Hongchen's encouragement, given Xiao Hongchen's mindset at the time, there probably wouldn't have been a third challenge.
It was during this third challenge that Xiao Hongchen developed a sense of admiration for Wu Ling.
Even if I can't reach the level of Wu Ling by the time I'm seventeen, I'll be content if I can achieve even half of it.
With that in mind, Xiao Hongchen, with the help of Jing Hongchen, successfully joined Wu Ling's exclusive class, while Meng Hongchen also became curious about Wu Ling and thus joined the class as well.
Wu Ling had devoted himself to teaching these two guys who had given him all the information on Level 8 Soul Tool and some Level 9 Soul Tool. As for whether they would pass on what they had learned to Jing Hongchen, that was none of Wu Ling's business. After all, it was better not to say anything.
As for their relationship, the three of them could be considered to have a master-disciple relationship in reality, but not in name. Simply put, teaching the other two was more of a transaction than a teacher-student relationship.
Watching Wu Ling, who was talking more and more enthusiastically, and the two people listening more and more attentively, Huo Yu'er still felt a little dissatisfied. After all, she was the one who came first.
However, she understood Wu Ling's personality, so she didn't say much, but stood beside him and listened to Wu Ling's lecture.
Wu Ling spoke for about twenty minutes, and just as he was feeling a bit parched, Huo Yu'er Wu Ling brought him a cup of tea.
Wu Ling habitually took the teacup, and while drinking, he wondered, "Have I forgotten something?"
After Wu Ling finished her tea, she saw a delicate little hand take the empty teacup. Following the hand, Wu Ling suddenly remembered.
When Xiao Hongchen pressed for answers, Wu Ling dismissed him with a few words. As he left, Xiao Hongchen's mind was filled with thoughts of Soul Tool and cultivation, but Meng Hongchen, being a girl, keenly sensed something.
Before leaving, she took a deep look at Wu Ling, pursed her lips unconsciously, and then looked at Huo Yu'er.
"I won't give up!" Only after encouraging herself internally did Meng Hongchen leave.
After the two left, Wu Ling said to Huo Yu'er, "Sorry, sorry, I got carried away. Tell me, where were you thinking of going?"
Huo Yu'er, being a girl, was equally perceptive. She also sensed Meng Hongchen's ulterior motives towards Wu Ling. Therefore, the "it's okay" she was about to say remained unspoken. Then, she remembered a scene from a novel she had casually picked up during her break a few days ago. Finally, suppressing her embarrassment, she said, "Um~ After training, I had to pour tea for some irresponsible teacher. Now I'm too tired to do it."
Upon hearing Huo Yu'er's words, Wu Ling blinked, realizing that these were completely unlike anything Huo Yu'er would say. Turning her head slightly, she saw Huo Yu'er's blushing cheeks, and Wu Ling understood.
"Fine then, what do you need an irresponsible teacher like me to do before you forgive me?"
"Carry me... carry me back." Even Huo Yu'er herself almost didn't know what she was saying when she said this.
As for Huo Yu'er's "willfulness" this time, Wu Ling pinched her chubby cheeks again until Huo Yu'er puffed out her cheeks and pushed his hand away. Only then did Wu Ling squat down and say, "Alright, come on up. By the way, to make up for my mistake, I'll also treat you to dinner tonight."
"Yay, teacher is the best!" Huo Yu'er, who had been raised as a little foodie by Wu Ling, jumped onto Wu Ling's back without even being shy when she heard that Wu Ling was going to cook dinner. She only realized what was happening after she had jumped on.
"Okay, hold on tight, I'm coming."