Scumbag

Thud. A muffled impact rang out.

Instructor Han staggered back several steps, his arms crossed before his chest trembling nonstop...

A faint mark had been left where he had just been kicked. If Instructor Han had not possessed the strength of a Dou Master, that kick could easily have fractured Gu Xun'er's bones.

Su Qian realized that the little fellow before him had brought him far too many surprises. Even he had been played by this kid.

Instructor Han's Water Dragon Bullet had indeed struck Xiao Fan, but it had only hit a clone—a Dou Qi clone created through a secret technique.

The real Xiao Fan had remained in his original position all along, waiting for Instructor Han to reveal an opening. Instructor Han had likely been drawn in by Xiao Fan's broad, aggressive clone attacks, allowing Xiao Fan to successfully ambush him.

"It seems calling him a monster isn't enough..."

Instructor Han tried hard to rouse his numb arms. "Hiss... Are all kids this terrifying nowadays?!"

Instructor Han also gave it his full attention. As his Dou Qi circulated, he continuously gathered the natural energy around him and shouted, "Great Waterfall..."

Then Instructor Han saw a figure appear before him, and his pupils abruptly contracted. "When?!"

Looking at Instructor Han, who had fallen to the ground from the backlash, Xiao Fan was somewhat speechless. "Half a Great Elder's level..."

Instructor Han lay on the ground, still muttering, "Wuwuwu, no martial ethics... Who interrupts someone while they're charging up?!"

Xiao Fan helped Instructor Han up. "Instructor, you rely too heavily on Dou Techniques. Also, your transitions between techniques and your grasp of the battlefield are both far too poor..."

"Uh... Instructor, you still need more practice." Realizing something was wrong, Xiao Fan quickly stopped himself from lecturing him.

But Instructor Han only felt a mouthful of blood about to spurt out. He had utterly embarrassed himself today.

Forget Xiao Fan lasting twenty moves under him—he had not even lasted three moves against Xiao Fan.

Su Qian applauded, his tone full of praise. "Xiao Fan, you are simply the most monstrous genius I have ever seen!"

"Then, about that leave?" Xiao Fan said with a laugh.

"Of course. If the Inner Academy selection had not already passed, with your current strength, entering the Inner Academy would be more than easy."

"Old man, I want to go too!" Zi Yan said with her cheeks stuffed full, pouting as she chewed, crumbs falling from the corners of her mouth.

"No!" Su Qian could not rest easy letting Zi Yan go out alone. Even though she was not weak, he still could not feel reassured.

"I don't care, I don't care! I want to go with Xiao Fan."

Zi Yan looked ready to cry, throw a fit, and threaten suicide. This gave Su Qian a terrible headache; he could not stand seeing Zi Yan like this...

"Sigh..."

Su Qian took out a jade plaque and handed it to Zi Yan. "Keep this jade plaque safe. It contains my full-powered attack. Anyone below Dou Zong can be taken down in one move."

"Hehe, old man, you're such a good person." Zi Yan happily put away the jade plaque, as if everything just now had been an act.

Su Qian's mouth twitched. Watching Zi Yan skip away while pulling Xiao Fan along, he did not know why a sense of sorrow rose in his heart.

It was the sort of sorrow one only felt when sending a daughter off to be married...

"But this boy is no simple matter either... Even this old man is deeply curious about the Dou Techniques he uses."

"Xiao Fan."

"Hm? What's wrong, Xiao Yan'er?"

"Hungry, hungry..."

Zi Yan pointed at her stomach, which rumbled loudly.

"?"

"Didn't I just give you a bundle of Sugar Pills?"

"I finished them..."

Xiao Fan rubbed his forehead. "Looks like I'll have to raise this gluttonous Little Dragon Maiden again."

"Come on, let's go to my residence. I'll refine some for you."

"Hehe, Xiao Fan, you're so good to me." Zi Yan nearly pressed her entire body against Xiao Fan.

Then Zi Yan seemingly pulled all kinds of medicinal ingredients out of thin air. Seeing them, Xiao Fan's eyelids twitched. He could naturally tell that these ingredients were not low-grade.

"Xiao Yan'er, where did you get these medicinal ingredients?"

"Shh, I stole all of these from Jia Nan Academy's Medicine Collection Pavilion." Zi Yan covered Xiao Fan's mouth and put a finger to her lips.

"Oh, right, don't tell Old Man Su." Zi Yan hurriedly reminded him.

"We split it seventy-thirty!"

"Deal!"

Su Qian: ...

"Do you think a Dou Zong expert is fake?"

"Wait, could this boy know how to refine medicine too?"

Thinking of the Sugar Pills in the jade bottles Zi Yan had taken out earlier, Su Qian finally noticed that those Sugar Pills were perfectly round and gave off a faint medicinal fragrance.

"Hiss... Is he really just a child? Could he be like Zi Yan?" Su Qian drew in a sharp breath.

Turning to look at Instructor Han, who had been beaten into doubting his life alone in a dark corner, he said, "Instructor Han, your defeat was not unjust..."

"Xiao Yu? Why are you here?"

Xiao Fan led Zi Yan by the hand as he walked up to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu was delighted to see Xiao Fan. She had come today to congratulate him on joining Jia Nan Academy, but when she saw the little girl Xiao Fan was holding hands with, Xiao Yu's smile abruptly froze.

"Oh, let me introduce you. This is Jia Nan Academy's... uh, Senior Zi Yan?"

"Hmph, hmph." Zi Yan put her hands on her hips. She was delighted at being called Senior, her little nose constantly letting out smug snorts.

"Se... nior?"

Xiao Yu walked up to Zi Yan, compared Zi Yan's height with her own, then touched the other girl's cheek.

She burst out laughing.

"This is bad!" Xiao Fan hurriedly stood between Xiao Yu and Zi Yan. "Xiao Yan'er, don't be angry. Xiao Yu didn't mean it!"

Xiao Fan grabbed Zi Yan's tightly clenched fist and slowly lowered it, soothing her emotions.

Xiao Yu probably did not even know that she had just taken a trip through the gates of hell.

"Xiao... Yan'er?"

Hearing that intimate form of address, Xiao Yu felt strangely empty inside.

"Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan'er... Uh, Senior Zi Yan doesn't like being laughed at."

Then Xiao Fan leaned close to Xiao Yu's ear and whispered, "Senior Zi Yan is a Dou Wang."

"What?!" Xiao Yu was startled. She pointed at the little girl, who was shorter than her, then compared their heights again and again. "Dou... Dou... Wang?"

Xiao Fan felt like his ears were about to go deaf, while Zi Yan completely erupted. This woman had mocked her again and again. She could not endure it—absolutely could not endure it!

Xiao Fan acted quickly, taking out a pill and stuffing it into Zi Yan's mouth.

"You... (munch munch) ...don't think that I... (munch munch) ...Xiao Fan, do you have any more?"

Clearly, the furious Little Dragon Maiden had turned back into a gluttonous Little Dragon Maiden.

Xiao Yu was also startled by Zi Yan's imposing manner just now. She trembled as she watched Xiao Fan intimately feed Zi Yan.

"Wuwu..." Xiao Yu was only a young girl herself, and she immediately burst into loud tears.

Xiao Fan felt like his head was splitting in two.

"Xiao Yan'er, go inside first. I'll come in soon."

Xiao Fan hurriedly stuffed several pills into Zi Yan's hands. Zi Yan obediently went into the room, but her ears stood tall as she listened to the conversation between the two.

"Xiao Yu, stop crying..."

"Wuwu..."

"Xiao Fan, you scumbag!"

Xiao Fan froze. "When did I become a scumbag?"

"Xiao Yu, do you know what scumbag means?"

"No!" Xiao Yu replied to Xiao Fan with complete confidence.

Xiao Fan felt black lines forming across his forehead.