Settle Your Own Messes

"Come in."

Ye Xuan was not at all surprised by Tang San's arrival.

Because he had encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation and had fallen into a state of doubt.

Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Tang San pushed the door open and entered.

Once inside, Tang San said respectfully, "Young Master Ye, I hope I am not disturbing you. I have a few questions I would like to ask for your guidance on."

"Speak," Ye Xuan said.

"Young Master Ye, since you already possess such formidable strength, why do you still study Martial Souls? Is there something special about them?" Tang San asked.

What he actually wanted to ask was how Ye Xuan cultivated his internal energy techniques without being assimilated by the Martial Souls of this world.

However, he feared that asking such a question would expose his own secrets.

Thus, he changed his approach.

"The special nature of Martial Souls? Their special nature lies in the fact that they are the foundation of this world," Ye Xuan said.

"The foundation of this world?" Tang San frowned. He had heard similar words from many people before.

His teachers at the Nuoding City Academy had said something similar, and Yu Xiaogang had said the same.

However, he had never truly pondered the meaning of those words until now.

Hearing it from Ye Xuan again, he felt a sudden sense of enlightenment.

The foundation.

Yes, that was it!

Because it was the foundation, the people of this world could only use it as a base to grow stronger.

If one wanted to topple the tower that was the Martial Soul system, one would first need to understand that foundation!

"Many thanks for your guidance, Young Master Ye. Tang San is grateful." After saying this, Tang San bowed and took his leave.

After closing the door, Ye Xuan watched Tang San depart from the window.

"So this is the protagonist? I wonder what exactly he understood. But it doesn't matter. As long as he doesn't court death or become my enemy, it is of no consequence." Having said that, Ye Xuan turned back to his book.

In the time that followed, Shrek Academy frequently went into the city for training.

Ye Xuan had finished reading the books he had borrowed, and he planned to wait until Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy to discuss matters regarding Martial Souls before deciding whether or not to leave.

Before he knew it, the time had come for Oscar to reach level 30 and hunt for a Spirit Beast to obtain his third Spirit Ring.

The task of leading the team was once again entrusted to Zhao Wuji.

However, Flender had requested that Ye Xuan accompany them.

Although Ye Xuan had been here for some time, Oscar and he were not particularly close.

As for the reason, Ye Xuan understood it immediately.

Ning Rongrong.

Because Ning Rongrong loved to come and chat with Ye Xuan, while he remained rather indifferent toward her.

This made Oscar feel extremely uncomfortable.

But since he could not compare to Ye Xuan, he could only suffer in silence.

Thus, all he could do was try his best to avoid Ye Xuan.

After all, seeing Ye Xuan only made him feel miserable; comparing oneself to others only led to frustration.

This trip to find a Spirit Ring for Oscar was considered a training exercise for them, so everyone went along.

Just like in the original timeline, they arrived at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and, after checking into a restaurant, encountered students from Canghui Academy.

In the end, the sexually repressed fatty began to show interest in the students from Canghui Academy.

"Boss Dai, that girl looks pretty good! These must be the students from Canghui Academy!"

These Canghui Academy students were older, and compared to Xiao Wu and the others, they were more physically developed.

Ma Hongjun was a man consumed by lust who usually relied on brothels to vent his desires; seeing these relatively high-quality targets, his eyes naturally lit up.

Dai Mubai, standing to the side, said, "You want her? If you want her, go and take her!"

The original Dai Mubai should have restrained himself after Zhu Zhuqing's arrival.

But now, Dai Mubai had chosen to give up on himself. Since he had been rejected by Zhu Zhuqing, what did he have left to care about?

At this moment, Oscar walked up to Tang San and said, "A good show is about to begin."

"What good show?" Tang San asked.

"This is part of our training. The Dean said that a Spirit Master who doesn't dare to cause trouble is not a good Spirit Master, and that those who don't dare to cause trouble are mediocre. Besides, provoking these academy people is just a matter of a little scuffle," Oscar said.

"Is this another one of the Dean's 'monster' quotes?" Tang San said with a smile.

At this time, Zhu Zhuqing, who was standing beside Ye Xuan, whispered, "Brother Ye, what do you think?"

"I'm just watching. If they want to cause trouble, they can clean up their own mess," Ye Xuan said indifferently.

This was also why Ye Xuan felt that one shouldn't bother discussing morals in the Douluo World.

Here, morals simply followed one's looks.

Otherwise, looking at this place, whether it was Flender's words or the way Ma Hongjun and the others acted, none of them were normal people.

A person with normal morals didn't go looking for trouble, but they weren't afraid of it either.

These people, however, weren't just unafraid of trouble—they loved to stir it up.

Following their logic, if an Evil Soul Master were to block your path, provoke you, and kill you, then you would have died in vain, and you shouldn't complain about anything.

Of course, Ye Xuan had no interest in guiding the academy policies of others; he was just here to watch the show.

At this moment, Ning Rongrong, who was standing beside Zhu Zhuqing, remarked, "They are truly vulgar."

People are afraid of comparison.

If Ye Xuan hadn't been here, Ning Rongrong might have gradually accepted the lewd style of Ma Hongjun and the others after some time.

But unfortunately, Ye Xuan was here.

With someone more handsome, powerful, and elegant present, who would bother looking at those who went to brothels to vent their urges, spoke lewdly, and were inferior to Ye Xuan in strength?

Beside Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu said, "I hope Third Brother doesn't get led astray by them."

Xiao Wu had originally called Tang San "Little San," but for some reason, she had changed how she addressed him recently.

Sure enough, after Ma Hongjun and the others' conversation was overheard by the people from Canghui Academy, the Canghui students immediately took action. As a waiter was bringing over dishes, one of the Canghui students deliberately bumped into him, and it looked as if the food was about to be dumped onto Dai Mubai.

Tang San acted in time, catching the tray and saying to the waiter, "Don't waste the food."

At this, a Canghui Academy student walked over and said craftily, "My apologies."

Then, he began to pull dirty tricks.

However, this Canghui Academy student was too amateur; his petty movements were all in plain sight of Dai Mubai and the others.

Just as he was about to kick and break Dai Mubai's chair, Dai Mubai made his move.

In an instant, he seemed like a fierce tiger, beginning to brutally beat the man.

It was as if he were releasing all the grievances he had suffered at Shrek Academy recently at this very moment.

When the other Canghui Academy students saw that things were going wrong, they rushed up to help.

But they were all easily thrashed by Dai Mubai in a few moves.

At this, the teacher from Canghui Academy finally couldn't sit still.

The middle-aged teacher said directly to all the Canghui Academy students behind him, "Teach this arrogant brat a lesson for me."

"Yes, teacher."

Actually, there was no need for him to say it; the students couldn't have held back anyway.

After all, this was a slap to their faces.

As those students moved to attack, Xiao Wu's restless nature was immediately stirred up. She said to Ning Rongrong and the others, "Let's go over and help too!"

"They can handle it themselves, so I won't go," Zhu Zhuqing said.

"I'll pass as well," Ning Rongrong also shook her head.