Killing Someone and Then Attacking Their Heart

Steady footsteps echoed outside the door of Dormitory Seven.

A middle-aged man with a crew cut and a faded robe walked into the room, carrying a set of brand-new bedding in his arms.

The man was none other than Yu Xiaogang.

He had originally arranged for another teacher to deliver the bedding to Tang San, but upon returning to his room, he heard that the academy had recruited another genius with innate full soul power.

How could he let this slide?

Yu Xiaogang hurried toward Dormitory Seven, clutching the quilt.

His world-renowned theories were in desperate need of a top-tier genius to validate them.

He was going to take this genius as his disciple!

Together with Tang San, he would realize his theories.

As soon as he entered, his gaze locked onto the disheveled Tang San.

Tang San was covered in dust, his clothes were wrinkled, and his cheeks were flushed a deep red.

"San, what happened?"

Yu Xiaogang frowned and stepped forward to ask with concern.

This was his precious disciple, after all!

How could he end up like this after just a short while?

Tang San looked up and saw him; the grievance he had been suppressing surged up, and his voice trembled: "Teacher."

He opened his mouth, but couldn't get the words out!

Was he supposed to tell his teacher that he had been forced by this strange brat to slide on his knees, kowtow, and catch a sword with his bare hands in front of everyone?

Tang San gritted his teeth, forcing the humiliation down his throat.

He shook his head and said, "Teacher, I'm fine."

When a disciple remained silent, the teacher naturally had to step up.

Yu Xiaogang shifted his gaze, looking past Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others to focus on Su Chen, who was sitting in a chair.

"The academy has rules. Sparring between work-study students is allowed, but malicious injury is strictly prohibited."

Yu Xiaogang lifted his chin, adopting the air of an elder as he scrutinized the youth before him: "You are the newcomer with innate full soul power, Su Chen?"

Su Chen leaned back against the chair, looking the man up and down.

This Yu Xiaogang was certainly well-informed!

And look at how sloppy this old guy was.

He couldn't imagine which eye Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong had blinded to fall for a specimen like this.

"Who are you?"

Su Chen raised an eyebrow, his tone perfunctory as he asked a question to which he already knew the answer.

Seeing this attitude, Tang San felt his temper hit the roof!

Before Tang San could lash out, Yu Xiaogang spoke first, his voice arrogant: "The world honors me as 'Grandmaster'."

"I hear you also have innate full soul power. Release your martial soul and let me see it."

His tone was so righteous, as if he were bestowing a great favor!

Su Chen was so amused he laughed.

Since this old guy wanted to look for trouble, he would oblige him.

"Why should I show you?" Su Chen spread his hands: "If you tell me to release it, I release it? Wouldn't that make me look quite pathetic?"

The room fell deathly silent.

Wang Sheng and the others gasped; this was the Grandmaster!

Although his strength was lacking, even the academy dean gave him a measure of respect. This freshman was truly bold!

Hearing this, Tang San could no longer hold back.

He jumped out on the spot!

"Su Chen, I won't pursue what you just did to me, but please show some respect to my teacher."

Su Chen was filled with confusion.

What did I do to you?

This little brat really knew how to take things out of context.

And this "pure and noble" Tang God King was more diligent in protecting his "wild father" than his own biological one.

Tang Hao seemed to have been protecting the brat from the shadows all along; he wondered how Tang Hao felt when he heard the brat finding himself a "wild father" during the apprenticeship!

What must his mood have been like?

Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help but chuckle out loud.

Tang San saw Su Chen laughing and his expression turned gloomy.

"Su Chen, what do you mean...?"

Su Chen picked at his ear. "You said it yourself, that's your teacher, not mine."

He blew the dust off his pinky finger, his face full of disdain. "Why should I respect him?"

[Infuriate Tang San with the most impeccable double-standard remarks, Abstraction Value +200!]

"Exactly!"

Xiao Wu, who had been watching the show, didn't think the chaos was big enough and chimed in.

Su Chen shifted his gaze to look at Xiao Wu, who was excited by the drama.

"Xiao Wu!"

Su Chen patted his right shoulder. "I just finished exercising and my shoulder is a bit sore. Come here and give your boss a massage."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu was stunned on the spot!

She had just come out to speak up for him, and he actually wanted her to knead his shoulders.

She was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form!

A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated!

"Not willing?" Su Chen paused, then continued, "It doesn't matter if you're not willing. As the boss, I have an obligation to discipline disobedient subordinates properly. For example... shall we spar again?"

The moment she heard the word "spar."

Xiao Wu instantly recalled that bizarre sliding kneel.

She couldn't afford to provoke him!

She darted behind Su Chen in a few steps, placed her small hands on his shoulders with extreme reluctance, and began to knead through gritted teeth.

"How could I not be willing! It is Xiao Wu's honor to serve the boss!"

She squeezed out a smile that looked worse than crying.

In her heart, however, she was cursing Su Chen for being a non-human creature.

She, Xiao Wu, wasn't human, but you, Su Chen, were even less of a human!

You dog!

Wang Sheng and the other onlookers shouted in their hearts: this new boss is awesome!

[Ordering Xiao Wu to act as a massage maid in public, Abstraction Value +200!]

Another 200 Abstraction Value in the bag!

He didn't know how this system evaluated "abstraction" anyway.

Su Chen closed his eyes comfortably. "Hmm, the strength is alright."

Yu Xiaogang, who had been completely ignored, stood three steps away, his hands gripping his bedding tightly.

That face, which was usually stiff and self-proclaimed as noble, was now so dark it looked like it could be scraped for soot.

Fury surged wildly in his chest, but Yu Xiaogang forcibly suppressed it.

He forced a mysterious, cold sneer.

So what if his talent was high?

Once he witnessed his world-renowned theories!

Wouldn't this kid have to be like Tang San, kneeling on the ground, crying and begging to be taken as a disciple?

For the sake of a future Titled Douluo disciple, this bit of grievance was nothing.

He, Yu Xiaogang, would endure it.

He placed the bedding in his hand onto an empty bed, turned around, locked his gaze firmly on Su Chen, and said in a low voice.

"Innate full soul power is certainly rare, but the soul master world has never lacked geniuses. Without correct theoretical guidance, your talent will eventually be wasted in vain."

Su Chen, enjoying the massage, didn't even open his eyes.

"Oh? Then may I ask, 'Master', what is considered correct theoretical guidance?"

The fish had taken the bait!

A flash of pleasant surprise crossed Yu Xiaogang's eyes.

As long as it came to theory, no one in the entire Douluo Continent could out-argue him!

"The world knows that I proposed the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls."

He deliberately raised his voice so the entire dormitory could hear.

"The most core tenet among them is: there are no trash martial souls, only trash soul masters!"

"As long as you take me as your teacher, relying on my theories, I guarantee that your future achievements will absolutely not be lower than a Titled Douluo!"

Tang San listened from the side, his blood boiling with excitement.

These words struck a chord deep within his heart; everyone mocked his Blue Silver Grass, yet only his teacher saw its potential!

And now, his teacher even wanted to take Su Chen as a disciple!

That was fine too!

Once this strange kid joined his teacher's tutelage, he, as the senior brother, would make sure to keep his junior brother in line!

"You haven't obtained your first spirit ring yet, have you? Become my disciple, and I can help you obtain the one most suited to you!"

No sooner had Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, preparing to bask in the praise, than he noticed the expressions of everyone else were incredibly strange.

Even Tang San felt a bit awkward at that moment!

Su Chen chuckled again. Not to mention that his spirit rings were unlocked via the system, even if he did need to hunt spirit beasts, he feared that letting Yu Xiaogang help him hunt his first ring would only result in him becoming fodder for the beasts!

Su Chen couldn't hold it in any longer and spoke up: "Oh, so you are the 'Grandmaster' who proposed that there are no trash spirits, only trash spirit masters!"

He shifted his tone, feigning innocence: "But why did my elders tell me that this so-called Grandmaster is actually just a fraud who sponges off others and gains fame by deceiving the world?"

"They said his core theories are utter nonsense, merely a patchwork of common knowledge, and that he is useless for anything other than leading others astray?"

"They even specifically warned me to stay far away if I ever encountered such a person."

As soon as these words were spoken, the air inside Dormitory Seven seemed to freeze.

Yu Xiaogang's face turned deathly pale in an instant, as if his most shameful, hidden pain had been poked.

"Insolence!"

"You ignorant brat, do you know that the Ten Core Competencies of Spirits I published were the result of my life's work? Without this theoretical knowledge, how many spirit masters on this continent would have ended up exploding to death from blindly absorbing spirit rings!"

"My theories have saved countless spirit masters; how can I allow an ignorant child like you to slander them here?"

Yu Xiaogang was absolutely livid!

He was so angry that his hands trembled as if he had Parkinson's disease.

Watching Yu Xiaogang suffer a complete mental breakdown, Su Chen curled his lips.

He dropped a single, airy sentence.

"Is that so? I don't believe it!"

He wasn't just killing him; he was destroying his heart!

The moment the words fell, the system's voice rang out!

[Verbally broke through Yu Xiaogang's mental defenses, Abstract Value +200]