A Challenge

Tang San had already begun to question Grandmaster's words. He had actually forcefully absorbed a thousand-year soul ring right in front of Grandmaster.

Although he had succeeded, Tang San did not believe that everything Grandmaster had said was wrong. After all, no one knew that he possessed a technique like the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Without the aid of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Tang San knew that he truly would not have been able to absorb a thousand-year soul ring.

At dusk.

Lu Chen had returned from the Soul Hunting Forest. After teleporting back to the dormitory, he found that Xiao Wu and Gu Yuena were not there.

"They should have finished dinner by now, right?"

As Lu Chen spoke, he was about to go out and look for them when the dormitory door was kicked open with a bang.

"This is infuriating, Sister Na'er! They actually called you a glutton! Why did you stop me? I'm going to tear their mouths apart!"

Xiao Wu stormed in from outside, baring her teeth and brandishing her claws. When she saw Lu Chen in the dormitory, she seemed to have found someone to rely on and immediately rushed over.

"Brother Chen, you're back! Hurry and tell me who's right!"

"What happened?" Lu Chen was puzzled. He had only been gone for a short while, and someone had already caused trouble for Xiao Wu and the others?

"When the cafeteria opened this afternoon, Sister Na'er only ate a little more than usual, but those upperclassmen called her a glutton. I couldn't stand it and wanted to beat them up, but Sister Na'er stopped me," Xiao Wu said indignantly.

"Na'er, is that true?" Lu Chen's expression changed. Someone had actually dared to insult his Na'er for no reason. How could he tolerate that?

Although Lu Chen could not be bothered to beat up children, he could still teach them a lesson on behalf of their parents. Otherwise, they would never learn how harsh the world could be!

"Burp~ Yes. I waited at the entrance before the cafeteria opened, then I ate all the rice in the big bowls on the second floor. The students who came afterward didn't get any food." Gu Yuena nodded, innocently explaining everything.

"Uh... Na'er, are you saying you ate all the rice on the second floor?"

Lu Chen felt a little awkward. It seemed that Na'er had been somewhat inconsiderate in this matter. Still, insulting people was wrong, especially insulting Na'er. If there was no food on the second floor, couldn't they have gone to the first?

"Brother, am I eating too much?" Gu Yuena pouted and lowered her head, poking her two index fingers together with an aggrieved look.

"Of course not. They just eat too little themselves. Watch your brother teach them a lesson later."

"No need. I already made an appointment with them. Tomorrow at noon, we'll fight behind the teaching building. I'm going to tear their mouths apart."

Xiao Wu looked eager to fight. She had long wanted a battle. With the Blade of Light, she now had four Soul Skills, and her first ring was even a purple thousand-year soul ring. That gave her tremendous confidence.

At noon the next day.

At Grandmaster's suggestion, Tang San went to Spirit Hall to register as a Soul Master so that he could receive the corresponding allowance, while Grandmaster hurried back to Nuoding Academy.

He wanted to look through all the information regarding Mandala Snakes and investigate the strange occurrence of a hundred-year soul beast producing a thousand-year soul ring.

Most importantly, his Luo San Pao seemed to show signs of a second mutation. Its First Soul Skill, farting, had actually become defecating.

Grandmaster planned to conduct an in-depth study of whether a mutated martial soul could mutate again. If he could understand it, perhaps he could resolve the problem that had prevented him from ever breaking through level thirty.

Spirit Hall.

Tang San knocked on the door.

"Hello, I'm here to register as a Soul Master."

The Spirit Hall staff member at work raised his head and saw a child of about six standing at the door.

"What did you just say?" The staff member thought he had misheard and asked again.

"I'm here to register as a Soul Master. Is this where Soul Power is tested?"

"Little friend, you must be mistaken. You're here to awaken your martial soul, right? This is the Soul Master Registration Hall, not the Martial Soul Awakening Hall."

"No, I'm here to test my Soul Power and register as a Soul Master." Tang San calmly walked inside.

"Hehe, then what level is your Soul Power now?" The other staff members exchanged glances and smiled, assuming Tang San was joking with them.

"Level fifteen control-type Soul Master. My martial soul is Blue Silver Grass." Tang San walked to a huge crystal ball, then turned to the staff members and asked, "Do I inject my Soul Power into this crystal ball to test it?"

"Haha, little friend, are you here to make us laugh? You just turned six, haven't you? Blue Silver Grass can cultivate? And you're level fifteen?"

The speaking staff member smiled helplessly. This child had probably become so disappointed after awakening the useless Blue Silver Grass martial soul that he had gone mad.

Tang San ignored them. Since he had confirmed that this was the place for Soul Master registration, all he needed to do was test his Soul Power with the crystal ball before him.

His small hand reached out and touched the crystal ball's icy surface. A faint glow emerged.

"W-what?"

The staff member was instantly shocked. "He really is level fifteen!"

The others gathered around as well. Looking at the crystal ball's genuine reaction, then at the six-year-old child before them, their faces were filled with astonishment.

"So, did I pass?" Tang San smiled. He quite enjoyed the shocked expressions on the Spirit Hall staff members' faces.

"Uh... oh... y-you passed. That's fine."

Just as everyone was shocked by Tang San's talent, another staff member walked over.

"Haha, have you heard? Students from Nuoding Academy are going to have a group fight. I heard it's a duel between work-study students and regular students. Even upperclassmen are taking part."

"I remember that several upperclassmen are pretty strong. They've already obtained a soul ring."

"Excuse me, what is this student duel you're talking about?" Tang San asked. He seemed to have heard that it was a duel between work-study students and regular students. Could it be those people Brother Chen had beaten up yesterday? Were they seeking revenge now?

Meanwhile, at Nuoding Academy's training ground.

"Haha, you useless work-study students think you can challenge us regular students?"

"Little rabbit, it's not too late to regret this. Otherwise, your big brother might not know his own strength later. Hahaha!"

Boss Xiao spoke arrogantly. This time, he had invited his older brother to help keep things under control.

His older brother, Xiao Chenyu, was an eleventh-level assault-type Soul Master. His martial soul was a wolf, extremely ferocious.

"Tch, you sleazy bastard. If Sister Na'er hadn't stopped me yesterday, Xiao Wu would have shown you why flowers are so red."

Xiao Wu stepped forward. Today, she represented all the work-study students. The work-study students standing behind her had often been bullied by the regular students, and they had all come today to cheer for Sister Xiao Wu.

"Hmph, stubborn to the end. Later, I'll let you see how formidable upperclassmen are. If you're willing to be my pet rabbit, I might spare you."

Boss Xiao looked at the work-study students before him, his eyes full of disdain. Not one of them even had a soul ring. What right did they have to fight them?