Yin Chuan's gaze turned dangerous, his presence fierce and imposing. Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black—five Soul Rings!
The fifth Soul Ring still gleamed with an inky black radiance,
instantly drenching Dean of Nuoding in cold sweat.
This was bad!
Hadn't Yin Chuan left?
Why had he come back with a Horse-Turning Spear?!
What was he supposed to do now?
If a Soul King with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring caused trouble, he would barely be able to protect himself, let alone manage anything else.
"Teacher Yin Chuan, please listen to my explanation."
Dean of Nuoding swallowed with difficulty, his voice trembling, utterly devoid of his earlier imposing manner.
Arrogant before, respectful after...
"Hmm?"
Yin Chuan looked at Yu Xiaogang in Dean of Nuoding's hand.
Bang!
Dean of Nuoding immediately got the hint and threw Yu Xiaogang away.
Yu Xiaogang slammed into the ground.
His injuries worsened, and he spat out another mouthful of blood.
"I'm not familiar with him..."
Dean of Nuoding forced an awkward smile.
Who was Gangzi?
He truly didn't know him!
"Uncle!!!"
Tang San was overjoyed, nearly floating off the ground.
His uncle had returned!
And he had come back to stand up for him. So cool!
He felt so safe...
"Uncle, didn't you say you'd come back in half a year?"
"Why are you back so soon?"
"Did you forget to take something?"
Tang San asked curiously.
They had clearly agreed on half a year, yet it had only been half a day at most. Could it be that Yin Chuan had forgotten something, returned to retrieve it, and would leave again afterward?
Then Tang San would have to suffer the pain of gaining something back, only to lose it again.
"I came back to take you with me."
Yin Chuan's answer was simple, yet it made dopamine flood Tang San's brain. He was so excited and happy that words could not describe it.
His uncle had come back to take him away!
He would not be left behind!
Being with his uncle was his whole world!
"Uncle!!"
Tang San was completely reassured and ecstatic.
"Mm. Go pack your things in the dormitory."
Yin Chuan planted the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear on the ground, leaving Tang San with a broad, dependable back.
"Uncle..."
Tang San still wanted to say something, but the observant Xiao Wu dragged him away.
After Tang San and Xiao Wu left,
Yin Chuan casually glanced at Dean of Nuoding, then at the unconscious Yu Xiaogang on the ground.
It was only a casual glance, yet Dean of Nuoding's back was instantly soaked in cold sweat, and every instinct in him screamed of danger.
Life or death rested entirely on Yin Chuan's whim!
"You like using pressure, do you?"
Yin Chuan's expression was cold and proud, his voice utterly emotionless.
Using pressure to suppress his nephew?
Bullying the young with the strong?
Did they really think this uncle of his did not exist?
However they had suppressed Tang San, he would suppress them right back!
Boom!!!!
A pressure countless times stronger than Dean of Nuoding's erupted without warning.
An overwhelmingly tyrannical aura burst forth from the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear.
Bang!
It was as though ten thousand mountains weighed upon his shoulders. Dean of Nuoding was pressed directly to the ground, unable to move.
Dean of Nuoding's pressure
could not suppress Tang San, who possessed the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and cultivated the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear.
But Yin Chuan's pressure
could immobilize Dean of Nuoding through aura alone. He was suffering terribly!
"Urgh..."
Dean of Nuoding struggled to breathe, his face flushed red as his vision repeatedly darkened.
Only after several incense sticks' worth of time
when he felt as though he had nearly seen his late grandmother and was on the verge of passing out, did Yin Chuan slowly withdraw his presence.
"I'm taking Xiao San and Xiao Wu."
"Do not try to learn about us."
"Stay away from Yu Xiaogang."
"Watch your mouth."
Yin Chuan retrieved the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear, turned, and strode away. His warning could only be heard by him and Dean of Nuoding.
Only after Yin Chuan's figure had completely disappeared down the classroom corridor
did Dean of Nuoding collapse to the floor.
He was drenched in sweat, as though he had just been fished out of water.
"Master, Master... this time, you've truly dragged me into misery."
Dean of Nuoding gave a bitter smile.
Because of Master,
not only had he offended Yin Chuan and suffered a brutal beating, but Tang San and Xiao Wu, two genius students, had also been taken away. He had lost everything.
That cursed bastard!!
Some rejoiced while others grieved.
Tang San, meanwhile, was delighted.
"Uncle, Uncle, I'm ready."
Tang San quickly packed his simple luggage, eager to head somewhere new with his uncle.
"Wait for me."
Xiao Wu fumbled with several large bags, deeply envious of the storage Soul Tools owned by Yin Chuan and Tang San.
"Yin Chuan, with the relationship between us, you won't even give me a storage Soul Tool?"
Xiao Wu looked at Yin Chuan eagerly.
"Take it."
Yin Chuan flicked a storage ring straight at Xiao Wu's forehead.
"Ow!"
Xiao Wu cried out. A red bump immediately rose on her forehead, but as she touched the storage ring, she instantly beamed.
"Hehe, thanks for the reward, Uncle!"
Who one acted spoiled toward depended on the person.
Xiao Wu could be willful with Da Ming and Er Ming, but before Yin Chuan, she was obedient and sensible.
"If you're ready, then let's go."
Yin Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly, led the two of them to the gates of Notting City, and hired a carriage to leave the city.
As he considered where to go next,
Yin Chuan planned to return to the Blue Silver Forest to help Tang San break through the Golden Dragon King's Second Seal and advance the Main Quest.
In half a day, he had already obtained the Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit, Blue Vein Vine, Earth Dragon Tendon, and Sea Dragon Marrow.
More accurately, he had obtained them from someone else.
Not long ago:
"Child of Nature?!"
"What happened to you?"
The man in green spoke in utter shock, staring at Yin Chuan in disbelief.
From an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast
to a Child of Nature,
that was not merely like a sparrow becoming a phoenix—it was becoming the phoenix's father!
"I told you, I'm confident I can become a god."
"Well?"
"King of Ten Thousand Monsters, sacrifice yourself to me. I am now a Child of Nature. If you sacrifice yourself to me, your future will be wide open."
"Even if I fail to become a god, under the protection of the Ancient Tree of Nature, you will still have a perfect way out."
Yin Chuan's tone was alluring.
That was right. The green-clothed man before him was King of Ten Thousand Monsters, one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts!
A Demon Eye Demon Tree with a cultivation of 520,000 years!
The uncrowned king of plant-type Soul Beasts!
And Yin Chuan's former superior, the one who had led him into the core circle of Soul Beasts.
"Hmph, you've got quite the imagination!"
"Don't forget our bet."
"If your cultivation reaches Rank 90 before you turn twenty, I'll sacrifice myself to you and become your ninth Soul Ring."
"If you cannot, then your life will be mine. We both swore an oath; it cannot be broken."
"You're nearly fifteen already, and you only have five Soul Rings. With five years left, I'd like to see how you plan to cultivate to Rank 90!"
King of Ten Thousand Monsters smiled, his eyes filled with shrewd calculation.
Yin Chuan's identity as a Child of Nature truly surprised him,
but Rank 90 by twenty?
What a gamble!
So what if he was a Child of Nature?
Did that mean King of Ten Thousand Monsters had to bow his head and submit?
No!
If he waited another five years, he would merely gain a Child of Nature as a puppet subordinate!
Originally, King of Ten Thousand Monsters had only wanted to casually collect a strange, unusually colored Blue Silver King with an attribute close to Ultimate Strength, satisfying his collector's urges.
He had not expected to pick up a Child of Nature. It had truly fallen into his lap without any effort!
"Fine, fine, fine. Then lie back and watch."
"When I break through Rank 90, don't cry too miserably."
"For now..."
"I want Millennium Dragon Scale Fruit, Millennium Blue Tendon Vine, Millennium Earth Dragon Tendon, and Millennium Sea Dragon Marrow. Hand them over."
Yin Chuan held out his hand and demanded them with perfect confidence.
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