After bidding farewell to Old Jack, Lu Chen carried his pack and walked toward the Academic Affairs Office.
It was right at this moment that a thin, tall middle-aged man with a poker face and a flat top walked straight toward Lu Chen.
This person was none other than Yu Xiaogang.
He claimed the title of "Grandmaster" and had once proposed the top ten core competitive theories of the soul master world.
He knew nothing about the world of true powerhouses, yet he took classics summarized by senior experts, categorized and summarized them, and then claimed he had proposed them himself.
Just moments ago, he had been not far away and had witnessed the farce that played out at the gates of Nuoding Academy from start to finish, developing a strong interest in the tall and sturdy Lu Chen and wanting to study him.
Walking up to Lu Chen, Yu Xiaogang forced a smile and opened his mouth to introduce himself:
"Child..."
Guessing this person's identity and knowing what he wanted to say, Lu Chen immediately spoke in a loud, clear voice:
"Hello, please make way, I still need to go to the Academic Affairs Office for registration!"
At these words, Yu Xiaogang's expression stiffened. The words he had not yet managed to voice were completely choked back in his throat, making his already rigid face appear even gloomier.
Yu Xiaogang was a man who cared deeply about his pride, or else he would not have abandoned his position as the second young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to go wander all over the continent.
His intense yet fragile self-esteem did not allow him to continue groveling and saying anything after being rejected.
Following that, Yu Xiaogang wore a dark expression and stepped aside to clear the path.
After Yu Xiaogang yielded the way, Lu Chen continued walking forward with a normal expression.
After walking several dozen steps, he glanced back and noticed that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were muttering something to each other.
These master and disciple from the original plot had, unsurprisingly, become entangled together once more.
Lu Chen quickly withdrew his gaze and strode forward without a single care.
It was nothing more than adding Yu Xiaogang to the list of people to kill when he eventually slaughtered Tang San to take his revenge in the future.
It was just as well that Yu Xiaogang's crooked theories could lead Tang San completely astray.
To say nothing else, just having a plant martial soul run off to absorb an animal spirit ring was absurd enough.
It was not a question of whether it could be absorbed.
Rather, what was the point of doing so!
A plant martial soul should simply absorb plant spirit rings; it could likewise acquire spirit beast skills and even strengthen its martial soul origin.
If Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul had honestly absorbed plant spirit rings, it might have long since undergone its second Awakening and evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.
For the transmigrator Lu Chen, these were familiar faces appearing one after another, but he had no desire whatsoever to have excessive contact with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Once he enriched his knowledge of culture and spirit beasts, he would leave this place at the very first opportunity.
At that time, the sky would be high for birds to fly and the sea wide for fish to leap!
Not long after walking, Lu Chen arrived at the Academic Affairs Office.
He took out his martial soul certificate as well as his work-study student certificate, handed them to the director of the Academic Affairs Office in charge of recruiting students, and introduced himself:
"Hello, teacher, I am a student registering this year. My name is Lu Chen."
The director of the Academic Affairs Office, along with the other teachers, felt very surprised by Lu Chen, this six-year-old hulking figure.
After carefully inspecting his martial soul certificate and work-study student certificate, they discovered there were no problems.
Although they felt astonished by him, they truthfully completed the registration.
The director of the Academic Affairs Office spoke:
"Lu Chen, I have finished your registration. Your dormitory is Room Seven, and you can go settle in now. Tomorrow morning is the opening ceremony and the first class of the term, remember not to be late."
Lu Chen smiled and expressed his gratitude:
"Thank you, teacher, then I will head over first."
Having spoken, Lu Chen turned and walked away. When he reached the door, he heard the discussion between the director of the Academic Affairs Office and the other teachers.
"What a strong child, why isn't it an animal martial soul instead of the trash martial soul Blue Silver Grass!"
"What a pity, such a pity!"
Hearing these discussions, Lu Chen just smiled and let it pass. His two martial souls were indeed the most ordinary martial souls, but he believed that one day, his two martial souls would be able to evolve into god-level martial souls.
Following that, Lu Chen strode away to search for his dormitory, Room Seven.
Nuoding Academy covered a very vast area, and it took Lu Chen quite a bit of time to find the sparsely decorated Room Seven in a corner of Nuoding Academy.
Stepping into Room Seven, Lu Chen discovered that the dormitory conditions were even worse than he had imagined. In the entire dormitory, there were no separate partitions set up, and one crude wooden bed after another was scattered about in a disorderly mess.
Lu Chen took a deep breath, gaining yet another profound realization regarding the harsh living conditions of work-study students. He told himself in his heart to endure it, just bear with it and it would pass.
At the same time, the few boys in the dormitory who had originally been scuffling with one another noticed a newcomer arrive and simultaneously stopped what they were doing.
They all stood in a line and, led by a chubby boy, swarmed over.
That chubby boy looked at the tall and sturdy Lu Chen, a trace of hesitation and dread surfacing on his face, but after glancing at the group of underlings to his left and right, he gritted his teeth and stepped forward:
"I haven't seen you before, are you new this year?"
Seeing these future roommates, Lu Chen-even though he knew the whole story-still answered feigning ignorance:
"My name is Lu Chen, I'm new here. Do you guys need something?"
Hearing this, the chubby boy mustered his courage and spoke:
"My name is Wang Sheng, my martial soul is a War Tiger, and I am the boss of this Room Seven!"
"We have a rule in Room Seven: newcomers have to fight the boss, and whoever wins is the new boss!"
"Don't misunderstand, this isn't to bully people, this is to select a boss strong enough to protect us."
"Our status as work-study students is very low, and we often get bullied in the academy. If we don't want to be bullied, we can only band together. The boss receives everyone's respect, but he also has to take the lead for everyone."
Lu Chen smiled, smiling very happily!
This was a righteous and proper excuse to put Tang San in his place, and he absolutely had to seize it.
Thus Lu Chen agreed:
"I understand. Charge at me, I will go easy on you."
Wang Sheng looked at himself and then looked at Lu Chen; the huge physical gap between the two sides left him with zero confidence in winning.
Hearing that Lu Chen would go easy on him, Wang Sheng actually breathed a sigh of relief.
He let out a loud shout to pump himself up, then clenched his fists and rushed toward Lu Chen.
Lu Chen possessed the strength to drag an ox. He looked cheerfully at the charging Wang Sheng, his hands shooting out rapidly like iron pliers.
One hand clamped onto Wang Sheng's wrist, while the other grabbed Wang Sheng's collar.
With a slight exertion of force, Lu Chen hoisted Wang Sheng up into the air and hospitably treated him to a set of "lifting-by-the-collar" proceedings.
With both feet off the ground, Wang Sheng panicked instantly in his heart, and he wailed loudly as he spoke:
"I surrender, from now on you are the new boss!"
Hearing Wang Sheng surrender, Lu Chen gently set him back down.
With both feet standing firmly on the ground once more, Wang Sheng finally let out a reassuring breath of relief. He approached Lu Chen with a flattering expression on his face:
"Boss Lu Chen, your strength is so great, you must possess a powerful animal martial soul!"
Lu Chen smiled and said:
"No, I have a Blue Silver Grass martial soul. My strength is great because I was born with divine strength."
While chatting with his newly recruited underling, Lu Chen put his pack onto a bed and waited for Tang San with full anticipation.