The Day the Little Dragon God's Martial Soul Awakened

"Exchange student?"

The one who called out to him from behind was Qiu Yuxin, the teacher with the highest looks in the school, and also his homeroom teacher.

Over this school year, Qiu Yuxin had genuinely looked after him quite a lot.

For example, when she had nothing better to do, she would pull him aside during breaks for psychological counseling.

Of course, in Lin Yuan's view, it was not very meaningful, but it was kind of her all the same.

Qiu Yuxin tucked the hair by her ear back. Feeling the envious and murderous gazes of the other teachers, she proudly straightened her chest and explained in a measured voice:

"It's like this. Our Tianluo Academy is actually in a competitive relationship with Tiandou Academy. Every three years, there's an exchange student event. Mm, to be frank, in every exchange, we've always been at a disadvantage. But this year, we have you, don't we? So the school wants you to represent Tianluo Academy and go give Tiandou Academy a proper blow to their arrogance."

At this point, Qiu Yuxin coughed, looking at the sixth-year students nearby who had been picked up by their parents but whose legs were still trembling, their eyes brimming with tears. She felt somewhat helpless, but also somewhat proud:

"Actually, by rights, this kind of exchange event shouldn't have been handled by our Ziluo Branch School, but your brilliance is simply too dazzling. Forget your own grade—even the sixth-years can't cover up your shine. The principal strongly recommended you to the main academy."

"Once you get through it, I'll recommend you for the High-Energy Youth Class!"

Lin Yuan: ...

"Teacher Qiu, do you think I need a recommendation?"

Qiu Yuxin: ...Now that he mentioned it, she really couldn't say otherwise.

Qiu Yuxin clasped her hands together and looked at Lin Yuan with an expectant expression.

"The cutest Little Lin in the whole world, Teacher knows you don't like trouble, but help Teacher this once, okay? Please, please."

Lin Yuan shook his head:

"What I just said wasn't to refuse. It was just a statement. Don't worry, it shouldn't be a big problem. I'm a student of the academy to begin with."

He did not have much objection to whether he exchanged or not. In any case, he could cultivate anywhere. It was nothing more than changing places.

"That's wonderful, Little Lin!"

Qiu Yuxin's face was full of emotion, and she had just been about to give Lin Yuan a hug when Lin Yuan sidestepped and dodged her.

Lin Yuan hugged his thermos and sighed.

"Teacher Qiu, that's about enough to get you sentenced. I'm only seven."

Afterward, Qiu Yuxin also went over the exchange matters, the exchange period, and the need to respect the students over there.

"Respect them a little?"

Lin Yuan thought for a moment, then nodded.

"All right, I understand. I'll go all out."

After saying goodbye to Qiu Yuxin, Lin Yuan took a public Soul Guidance Vehicle back home.

Once again, he made a fragrant, delicious meal.

If there were a God of Cooking system, he would definitely be lv.5!

As expected of me.

Lin Yuan patted his own shoulder in satisfaction.

After clearing away the bowls and chopsticks, Lin Yuan immediately entered the Simulation Pod and once again arrived in Douluo World.

The number of times Lin Yuan had rolled Soul Beasts into balls in the Training Ground had already become so high that the attendants rolled their eyes the moment they saw him.

And Lin Yuan's efficiency was getting faster and faster, going from once a minute at the beginning to once every half a minute.

The attendant could not help grumbling, "Are you kneading Soul Beasts like dumplings?"

Lin Yuan: ...

And Lin Yuan's anti-addiction time limit was extended along with it.

"Roar!"

With a light press of his right hand, Lin Yuan once again slammed these dozens of Lava Hounds heavily to the ground.

Light flashed, and Lin Yuan returned to the Training Hall once more.

Lin Yuan looked at the Douluo Coins in his bag and nodded in satisfaction.

Now that a year had passed, Lin Yuan's Douluo Coins had already reached 21,578!

What a tremendous fortune this was!

In the original work, when Bing Tianliang, praised as Tianluo's number one, participated in Shrek's preliminary selection, he only had a mere few hundred.

Lin Yuan's amount was already dozens of times more than Bing Tianliang's!

"I really should consider telling the boss to blacklist you."

The attendant looked faintly at Lin Yuan as he came up to the counter, just about to habitually open the beginner Training Ground.

Suddenly, Lin Yuan said, "Wait."

"What?" The girl rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Lin Yuan tapped the air a few times.

Suddenly, 578 Douluo Coins appeared in the girl's backpack.

"You..." The attendant stared blankly at Lin Yuan, unable to figure out what this little guy was trying to do.

"I know you've been making things convenient for me this past year, letting me link straight into the next junior Training Ground at top speed without any gaps. This is my thanks. It isn't much—five hundred and seventy-eight Douluo Coins."

Lin Yuan took a sip of water, his eyes half-lidded and lazy, then said seriously:

"Thank you."

The girl's eyes went wide. Five hundred and seventy-eight Douluo Coins still wasn't much?

The girl admitted that because Lin Yuan was good-looking, and because the way he spoke was interesting, she had been somewhat biased toward him.

Otherwise, according to the normal process, after finishing one match, he would have had to wait for a while before entering again. Lin Yuan, however, had never been restricted by that at all.

But even so, 578 Douluo Coins was already an outrageous amount.

It was equal to a full month of her wages in Douluo Coins!

Who didn't like unexpected side income for no reason?

And Lin Yuan's final "thank you" made her feel even more choked up. So he had seen everything she had done.

"You..."

"What about me?"

Lin Yuan chuckled and said:

"I still prefer the way you used to be, all unruly and rolling your eyes."

The touching atmosphere was instantly wiped clean. The girl rolled her eyes at Lin Yuan.

She put away the Douluo Coins, muttering as she operated the controls:

"All right, I know. You're going to challenge again next, right?"

"No. Something big is happening today, so I'm logging off first." Lin Yuan shook his head.

"Huh?" Before the girl could ask what it was, she saw Lin Yuan flash with light and go offline at lightning speed.

Back in reality, Lin Yuan glanced at the wall clock and saw that it was already nine in the morning.

Mm, there was still time.

Something major was happening today.

It was the day the little Dragon God, Lan Xuanyu, awakened his martial soul!

Lin Yuan arrived at the Martial Soul Awakening Center of the Ancient Soul Beast Research Institute, only to find that Lan Xiao and Lan Xuanyu were already waiting for him outside.

"Brother, you're here."

"Mm." Lin Yuan nodded while holding his thermos.

Lan Xuanyu let out a breath of relief.

For some reason, every time he saw Lin Yuan, his heart inexplicably settled down a lot.

The nervousness of awakening his martial soul also faded with it.

"Brother, I'm going in, then?" Lan Xuanyu waved.

Lin Yuan nodded.

"Xuanyu won't have any problems, right? He shouldn't, right?"

Lin Yuan took a sip of water, sat on the bench, rested his chin in his hand, watched Lan Xiao pace back and forth, and sighed.

"Uncle Lan, stop walking. You're making me dizzy. I've got a feeling Xuanyu's awakened martial soul will definitely be very powerful. Maybe, like me, he'll even have innate full Soul Power."

"Little Lin, you don't understand. I'd rather Xuanyu not be so outstanding. He's an egg..."

"An egg what?"

Lan Xiao looked at Lin Yuan's blinking wide eyes, stopped abruptly, and shook his head bitterly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that for now. Mm, I heard you're going to Tiandou Planet in the next few days to take part in some exchange activity?"

Lin Yuan naturally knew Lan Xiao was deliberately changing the subject, trying to calm himself down.

Lin Yuan nodded.

"Ah, that's right."

At this point, Lin Yuan pinched the bridge of his nose, looking as if he had no desire to live.

"Teacher Qiu told me that Tiandou Academy on Tiandou Planet issued a challenge to Tianluo Academy, saying they wanted to have an exchange... Who told our grade not to have even a single level ten student besides me? Teacher Qiu has even said we're the worst class she's ever taught."

"It's such a pain. How about this, Uncle Lan? After Xuanyu awakens his martial soul, you let him go in my place?"

Lan Xiao immediately burst out laughing when he heard that.

Over the past year, Lin Yuan had built up quite the fierce reputation among the first-years.

Not only had he swept through the first-years, even sixth-year students could only tuck their tails between their legs and slink away when they saw Lin Yuan.

There was even one night when Lin Yuan was walking after dark and found Qiu Yuxin being harassed by a drunken man. Lin Yuan bravely stepped forward and even received a commendation from Tianluo City, moving Qiu Yuxin beyond words.

How could Xuanyu possibly compare?

Forget Xuanyu—there wasn't anyone his age who could, right?

Lan Xiao burst out laughing.

"This is clearly an honor, so why are you so against it, Xiao Lin? Besides, as you said, Xuanyu really did awaken a very powerful martial soul. He should stay on Tianluo Planet. You're the fierce general expanding the frontier, while he's the guard holding down Tianluo Academy's Ziluo Branch Academy. The two of you are watching out for each other."

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes and thought it over seriously.

"Mm, makes sense."

Just then, a pained voice rang out from inside the awakening room.