The Golden Dragon King's Seal Erupts Early

The dormitory suddenly fell into a quiet atmosphere.

"Wulin, those few punches of yours were truly excellent. That's exactly how you should fight—it reminds me of my younger days," Yao Lao's voice rang out in Tang Wulin's mind.

Tang Wulin curled his lip. He wasn't someone who enjoyed fighting, and he could endure many things, but he could not tolerate them touching Na'er's belongings.

"Tang Wulin, Director Long said I also need to pay thirty percent of the compensation. Here is eight thousand Federation coins." Yun Xiao walked up to Tang Wulin with a stack of Federation coins.

Tang Wulin glanced at the money in Yun Xiao's hand, shook his head, and pushed it back.

"Yun Xiao, this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't need to pay. I'll find a way to handle the money myself."

"You... alright then!" Yun Xiao had wanted to insist, but then remembered that his own family situation wasn't exactly wealthy; these eight thousand Federation coins were already the majority of his living expenses for the semester.

At this moment, the young man walked up to Tang Wulin.

"Your name is Tang Wulin, right? My name is Xie Xie."

"What are you thanking me for?" Tang Wulin looked at him as if he were looking at someone mentally deficient.

It was only then that Tang Wulin realized this young man was the same one he had encountered at the soul guidance train station earlier.

"What?" Xie Xie was clearly stunned for a moment before reacting. "I said my name is Xie Xie."

Tang Wulin paused, not expecting such a name.

"What else do you want!"

"I want to fight you again!"

Xie Xie felt very unconvinced. He couldn't understand why he had lost to a Blue Silver Grass. Since he was a child, he had been crowned with the title of a genius, and losing to a Blue Silver Grass martial soul today was something he could not accept under any circumstances.

After thinking about it carefully, he reasoned that perhaps it was because the dormitory space was too small, and as an agility-type soul master, he hadn't been able to perform at his best. If he found an open space to fight, he would definitely win.

"Not fighting!" Tang Wulin replied irritably.

"Why?" Xie Xie pressed.

"I still have to go earn money, otherwise I can't pay the twenty-five thousand Federation coins. If I can't pay, I'll be expelled."

"Just because of that?"

This reason was clearly absurd to Xie Xie's understanding; after all, a young master from a wealthy family like him had never had to worry about money.

"Yes, just because of that!" Tang Wulin replied while packing his things. The fastest way to earn money he could think of now was to go to the Blacksmith's Association and take on forging commissions.

"That's easy to solve. As long as you agree to fight me again, I'll cover those twenty-five thousand for you. And if you beat me, I'll give you another fifty thousand Federation coins."

Hearing this, Tang Wulin paused. He looked at Xie Xie and asked, "Really?"

"Really!"

As he spoke, Xie Xie took a stack of Federation coins directly from his storage soul device and placed them on Tang Wulin's bed.

Tang Wulin looked at the Federation coins on his bed. Based on his experience, there were at least thirty thousand there.

He swallowed hard. "Fine! I agree. When are we fighting?"

"Now. Let's go outside the academy and find an open space."

"Alright!" Tang Wulin agreed. He desperately needed money right now. He only had a few thousand Federation coins from his parents, and he didn't want to be expelled. If he could get tens of thousands of coins just by fighting, Tang Wulin could accept that.

But just as Tang Wulin was about to leave with Xie Xie, the voices of Yao Lao and Old Tang rang out in his mind simultaneously.

"Wulin, don't go fight yet. There is a more urgent matter. Find a place where no one is around, and we will explain it to you clearly."

Tang Wulin's footsteps stopped abruptly. "Xie Xie, wait a moment. I just remembered I have an important matter to attend to. I'll fight you later!"

Xie Xie wanted to say something else, but Tang Wulin ran straight out of the dormitory and headed toward the outside of the academy.

Tang Wulin knew that if Yao Lao and Old Tang both said there was an important matter, it most likely had to do with the Golden Dragon King seal within his body—a seal that was tied to his very life.

Ten minutes later, Tang Wulin ran into a small grove outside the academy.

After observing his surroundings and confirming no one was nearby, Tang Wulin sat down on the spot.

"Yao Lao, Old Tang, there's no one around here."

Soon, Yao Lao and Old Tang appeared before Tang Wulin, though the expressions on the two old men were clearly strange. Old Tang seemed to be constantly watching Yao Lao, while Yao Lao kept avoiding Old Tang's gaze.

"Yao Lao, Old Tang, has something gone wrong with the Golden Dragon King seal in my body?" Seeing that the two remained silent, Tang Wulin simply asked directly.

"Uh... it seems so," Yao Lao said, stuttering slightly.

"Sigh!" Old Tang let out a soft sigh. "Wulin, first release your martial soul and soul spirit."

Tang Wulin nodded and released his Blue Silver Grass, but his soul spirit, Golden Scale, did not emerge with it.

"Why can't I release my soul spirit?"

Tang Wulin tried a few more times, but still couldn't release it.

"It seems that is indeed the case!" Old Tang said helplessly. "The first layer of your Golden Dragon King seal is going to break prematurely, and you only have at most seven days left now!"

"What!" Tang Wulin lost his composure upon hearing this news. "Why? Wasn't there still a year left?"

"Let me explain! The implications of this are quite significant, and I also bear some responsibility."

Tang Wulin looked toward Yao Lao on his left with a puzzled expression.

"Everything traces back to the day I helped you improve the quality of your spirit soul. Do you remember me telling you that, given your constitution and vitality, you could perfectly withstand a nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-year spirit ring?"

Tang Wulin nodded. "I remember."

"In truth, a nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-year spirit ring is the absolute limit of what you can bear. Why else would I not simply add one more year to make your first spirit ring a thousand-year one? Because it was impossible to add any more."

"By absorbing such a powerful spirit ring, your own capacity reached its limit. However, we both overlooked one thing: your spirit soul is of the serpent variety, and serpents are, to a greater or lesser extent, related to dragons, even if only as a defective specimen."

"The Golden Dragon King seal within your body, meanwhile, is the purest dragon bloodline. It has a natural attraction to your spirit soul. Furthermore, your first seal layer only had a year left to begin with; it is far less secure than the other seals. Therefore, even the weakest of bloodline influences would cause the seal to show signs of breaking prematurely."

"So, is this the reason why I cannot release my spirit soul and why the seal is breaking early?" A few drops of sweat fell from Tang Wulin's chin. He had understood most of what Yao Lao said.

Old Tang shook his head gently at this point. "If it were only that, it would be manageable. This Yao Lao could use his Bone Chilling Flame to help you suppress it. Just like today, when you sent Zhou Changxi flying with a punch, your inner fire was about to burst through that first seal, and it was he who helped you suppress it."

"But then you went on to fight that Xie Xie, and Xie Xie's martial soul is quite extraordinary. His martial soul possesses a strong bloodline of the Space-Time Dragon."