Flaming-tipped Spear! Lotus Root Body!

Nuoding Soul Master Academy.

"Food-type martial souls can only reach their full potential through team support!"

"And you want to take the assault path?! You're completely insane!"

Yu Xiaogang's flat-headed face flushed red as he shouted at Li Zha, who stood a head shorter than him.

There had not been many people stopping to watch at first.

But after that shout, a crowd quickly gathered.

They watched the scene curiously.

Li Zha, meanwhile, remained calm, utterly unaffected by Yu Xiaogang's emotions.

"Who's that old flathead? Why's he making such a racket?"

"You don't know him? He's the Grandmaster!"

"Haha, he's just a Grandmaster freeloading and wasting away at our academy."

As more and more students gathered, their hushed discussions reached Yu Xiaogang's ears.

Yu Xiaogang cared deeply about his reputation, and his expression immediately turned even uglier.

"Li Zha, I'm taking responsibility for your future!"

"You're only six. You have no idea that choosing the wrong cultivation path as a soul master can ruin your entire life!"

"So you're saying it's wrong for me to take the attack path?"

Expressionless, Li Zha extended an arm and opened his palm.

Rainbow light surged from his palm!

A long spear rapidly condensed into shape.

Its shaft was crimson from end to end, while its tip gleamed with a piercing cold light.

A red tassel hung beneath the blade, and fire-attributed soul power continuously radiated outward!

Clang!

The spear drove straight into the floor, its shaft trembling back and forth.

Disdain filled Yu Xiaogang's face as he said with certainty,

"It's nothing more than a common weapon martial soul, a red-tasseled spear. Its quality is merely average, and its attack power is limited."

"The reason you possess full innate soul power must be because of your lotus root martial soul!"

Certain that he could not be wrong, he puffed out his chest.

Some time ago, when he had recognized Tang San as possessing twin martial souls from his full innate soul power and Blue Silver Grass,

Tang San had mentioned another person's martial soul awakening to him.

Among the children awakened in the same batch, there had been another with full innate soul power.

That child's martial soul had also been judged a useless martial soul, taking the form of nothing more than a section of lotus root.

And the person Tang San had spoken of was Li Zha.

The moment Yu Xiaogang heard this, he became energized.

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and full innate soul power had concealed a second martial soul: the Clear Sky Hammer!

Then Li Zha, who also possessed full innate soul power, very likely concealed another immensely powerful twin martial soul as well!

He had deliberately rushed to the village where Li Zha lived and brought him back to Nuoding Soul Master Academy.

After questioning him several times,

Li Zha had indeed summoned his second martial soul.

But upon seeing that red-tasseled spear, more than half of Yu Xiaogang's anticipation vanished.

An ordinary lotus root, an ordinary red-tasseled spear.

That combination could hardly be called powerful.

In the end, he confidently concluded that Li Zha's full innate soul power came from his relatively uncommon lotus root martial soul.

He believed Li Zha should follow the path of a food-type soul master.

The lotus root would serve as his primary martial soul.

Tang San would take the control-and-assault path! Li Zha would be responsible for support!

The two of them would complement each other perfectly.

Once they grew stronger, they would surely become the strongest duo of their generation.

And in the future, both of them would be regarded by the outside world as disciples of Yu Xiaogang!

No one on the entire continent would dare look down on Yu Xiaogang ever again!

Besides, even if he was wrong, so what?

Tang San had Tang Hao behind him.

But what about Li Zha?

He knew perfectly well that Li Zha was merely an ordinary commoner from Chentang Village!

Even if he was ruined, it could only be blamed on the lotus root martial soul being too worthless. No one could pin it on Yu Xiaogang!

Thinking of his glorious future,

his confident expression returned.

"I've already designed your soul ring path for you. You only need to follow it."

"For your first soul ring, choose a recovery-type plant soul beast to enhance the lotus root's healing effects."

"From now on, your job will be to restore Little San's soul power and injuries from the rear."

At that, the last of Li Zha's patience finally ran out.

He slowly gripped the shaft of the spear embedded in the ground.

"Hmph! Never mind that you called my top-tier weapon martial soul, the Flaming-tipped Spear, a useless red-tasseled spear..."

Whoosh!

He violently pulled out the Flaming-tipped Spear!

Scorching air rushed straight at Yu Xiaogang's face!

Yu Xiaogang's expression changed, and he instinctively took a step back!

Li Zha did not pursue him. He merely hurled the Flaming-tipped Spear to the side.

Clang!

A dull impact rang out from the academy wall!

Several cracks appeared across it at once!

The watching students immediately fixed their gazes on the Flaming-tipped Spear's tip!

"With that kind of power, how does it look like the ordinary martial soul Yu Xiaogang described...?"

Tang San stood behind Yu Xiaogang.

His gaze turned serious as well.

He could feel the immense pressure coming from that spear.

Even without a soul ring attached,

the Flaming-tipped Spear already possessed terrifying destructive power.

If we fought right now...

He glanced slightly at his left hand.

My Clear Sky Hammer should still have the edge.

But Tang San was still deeply displeased with Li Zha for questioning Yu Xiaogang.

This was the Grandmaster who had seen at a glance that he possessed twin martial souls and had also correctly determined that Li Zha had twin martial souls!

Since his teacher had judged it to be an ordinary red-tasseled spear martial soul, he must have had his reasons!

It was one thing for Li Zha not to trust his teacher.

But he had actually embarrassed his teacher in front of so many students.

I'd say he already deserves to die.

Li Zha paid no attention to Tang San's scrutinizing gaze.

He raised his other hand, and his second martial soul appeared before his chest.

The pale, tender lotus root was only half an arm long.

Faint red patterns covered its surface.

He looked at Yu Xiaogang, his gaze turning cold.

"This Undying Lotus Root alone is capable of reconstructing a golden body!"

"And you actually treated it as an ordinary food-type martial soul, intending to make me Tang San's blood bag?"

"Damn! He really has twin martial souls?!"

"Reconstructing a golden body?! Is that real?!"

"Who knows, but whether it's that Flaming-tipped Spear or this lotus root, both feel extraordinary to me!"

"If even we can tell they're extraordinary, how could Grandmaster possibly fail to see it!"

The crowd erupted into discussion.

Yu Xiaogang's expression darkened, veins bulging on his forehead.

"Li Zha! What Undying Lotus Root? What reconstructing a golden body? Yours is nothing but a food-type martial soul!"

Li Zha laughed in anger.

Even now, he was still stubbornly refusing to admit it!

"What an idiot who can't even recognize a body martial soul!"

The surroundings fell silent for a moment.

Then came the sound of people sharply sucking in breaths.

Some wanted to laugh, but wary of Yu Xiaogang's status, they could only turn their heads away.

Yu Xiaogang held no position at the academy, yet he had always called himself the Grandmaster.

Even some teachers usually could not be bothered to challenge his theories to his face.

But now, a six-year-old child had publicly called him an idiot!

Yu Xiaogang's face went from red to green, and he panted like a bull!

"You called me an idiot?!"

He suddenly stepped forward, his arms trembling slightly.

"I've studied soul master theory for decades!"

"There are only two kinds of martial souls on the entire continent: beast martial souls and weapon martial souls!"

"What the hell is a body martial soul? You're talking bullshit!"

Looking at the enraged Yu Xiaogang, Li Zha only found it amusing.

He could not even identify a martial soul correctly.

Yet he dared arrange someone else's entire cultivation path.

Yu Xiaogang had studied for decades, yet he did not even know that his own martial soul, Luo Sanpao, was actually a beneficial mutation.

He had always believed it was a harmful mutation, and in the end remained stuck at Rank 29.

Yet he still had the nerve to say that there were no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters.

He was the first person in history to insult himself.

"If the old village chief hadn't insisted that I come along to supposedly broaden my horizons,

I would never have followed a Grandmaster with only half-rank innate soul power, who failed to break through Rank 29 until after fifty, here to waste my time."

After Li Zha finished berating him, Tang San could no longer hold himself back.

"Li Zha, you've gone too far! Apologize to Teacher!"

With a soft pop, a strand of Blue Silver Grass sprouted beside his feet.

Li Zha swept his right hand.

The Flaming-tipped Spear instantly flew back into his grasp.

Whoosh!

A red tassel swayed in the wind! Heat waves from the spear tip nearly brushed Tang San's nose.

Li Zha cast a sidelong glance at the Blue Silver Grass on the ground.

"You intend to force me to apologize with that blade of grass?"