Different Talents

The Dragon God's power was practically beyond doubt. Everyone else was simply far too distant from the Dragon God.

Even Tang San, who later held both the Sea God and Asura God divine positions, only dared begin his plans ten thousand years later, and still ended in complete defeat.

It was not until more than ten thousand years after that, after Tang San had painstakingly schemed for twenty thousand years, that he barely helped his grandson seize the Dragon God's divine position.

It could be said that luck still played a part in it; only then did they ultimately obtain the Dragon God's divine position.

One could imagine just how terrifyingly difficult it was to obtain such a thing.

Now, when no one else had the slightest chance of laying claim to the Dragon God's divine position, if he could seize it, it would bring him immeasurable benefits.

Compared to that, every other achievement was completely unimportant.

"All right, keep packing your things."

As Chen Ye spoke, he glanced at the two of them.

"If you trust me, pack up and wait. A senior will come by later to assess you."

"As long as the two of you are strong enough, joining us should not be difficult."

Under normal circumstances, it would have been nearly impossible for Tang San and Xiao Wu to go.

First, without connections, Spirit Hall would never recruit them.

Furthermore, Notting City had not originally been part of the route. They had been meant to return to Spirit Hall from elsewhere.

But because of Chen Ye, they had already come here this time.

Since they had made a detour here, if they encountered three innate full soul power talents who had reached the first ring at such a young age, Spirit Hall would certainly be willing to take them.

After all, even the most ordinary low-ranking knights and warriors in Spirit Hall only possessed two or three rings of soul power.

And whether it was Tang San, Xiao Wu, or Chen Ye, their future potential would never end there.

If they escorted them over now, showed them a little favor, and later recruited them into the Spirit Hall Knights to become Spirit Hall knights, it would be quite a profitable deal.

Chen Ye was not gambling on how noble or honorable the people of Spirit Hall were.

He was merely gambling on human nature.

No one would refuse something beneficial to themselves—or rather, no one had any reason to refuse.

By evening, they had packed up most of their things.

The school gates were quite lively at the moment.

Many people did not live at the academy and were preparing to return home.

Yet several luxurious carriages stood silently at the entrance.

At the front stood several knights clad in golden armor, bearing the emblem of Spirit Hall.

Seeing these knights who represented Spirit Hall, fear filled many people's eyes.

The young knight who had received Chen Ye that morning stood calmly before the gates.

When he saw Chen Ye emerge with three people in tow, the knight frowned slightly.

Chen Ye did not care much about that.

He stepped forward and calmly raised a hand, pointing to Tang San and Xiao Wu behind him.

"These two are geniuses from our academy. Both possess innate full soul power, and both have obtained their first soul rings.

"With talent and age like theirs, their strength may not compare to mine, but they are not far behind. The two of them would also like to try. Could you give them this opportunity?"

Chen Ye spoke with extreme calmness.

Hearing him, the young man examined the two of them hesitantly. In the end, he still nodded.

It was just as Chen Ye had expected. Sending one was sending, and sending several was also sending.

At most, this trip would cost them a little extra money.

But to Spirit Hall—to the Spirit Hall that controlled the most powerful force in the world—such a small amount of gold soul coins was nothing at all.

So whether there were one or two more people, or one or two fewer, he did not really care.

Tang San, however, felt somewhat guilty.

He had not told Yu Xiaogang that he intended to leave.

Logically, he should have informed Yu Xiaogang, but when he thought of how useless the man was...

And how he had turned Tang San's hundred-year soul ring into a ten-year soul ring, Tang San did not want to say a single word to Yu Xiaogang.

Besides, he knew Yu Xiaogang's identity.

He knew Yu Xiaogang possessed a Spirit Hall elder token.

Under such circumstances, Yu Xiaogang was not taking him to Spirit Hall Academy. Instead, he intended to keep teaching him here at Notting Academy.

It would be impossible for Tang San to feel no resentment at all.

He also had no idea what Yu Xiaogang had planned for his future.

Thus, Tang San looked especially guilty at this moment.

As the two stepped forward, Chen Ye stood silently to the side.

Xiao Wu hesitated for a second, but still raised her hand.

A yellow soul ring on her hand suddenly lit up, and the Soft Bone Enchanting Rabbit silently appeared behind her.

Seeing this, surprise could not help but appear on the young man's face.

Her first soul ring was yellow. Although it could not compare at all to Chen Ye's thousand-year soul ring—

she was still a genuine genius.

Regardless of talent or martial soul, having a hundred-year soul ring as one's first soul ring meant that, at worst, one could steadily become a three- or four-ring Soul Master in the future.

There was no need to be like low-ranking knights such as themselves, whose first soul rings had only been ten-year rings and who could only become the most ordinary knights in the end.

Therefore, looking at Xiao Wu, the young knight silently nodded.

"That will do. Wait to the side. A six-year-old one-ring Soul Master is already qualified."

"Even in Spirit Hall, at the elementary martial soul academies, not everyone... can possess such strength at your age."

As he spoke, the young man gestured behind him, then turned his gaze toward Tang San.

Tang San hesitated somewhat, but still raised his hand.

When he saw the Blue Silver Grass emerge from Tang San's hand, the first thing that flashed through the young man's eyes was not ridicule, but a trace of confusion.

Then, when he saw the ten-year soul ring appear around Tang San, he directly extended a hand toward him.

"Use your soul skill to attack me. Let me see what your soul skill does."

As the young man spoke, one white and one yellow soul ring lit up around him simultaneously, and a golden longsword appeared in his hand.

Looking at the sword in the young man's hand, Tang San hesitated for a second before raising his hand.

As the first ten-year soul ring around him lit up, the Blue Silver Grass in his palm shot out fiercely and wrapped directly around the young man's arm.

In truth, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass soul skill was called Pole Vault.

But Tang San himself did not fully understand the ability of this Pole Vault.

He had used it several times, yet this so-called Pole Vault merely increased the height he could reach.

For example, it could create a bamboo pole out of thin air. With the force of a push against it, he could leap to a height of roughly four or five meters.

The ability looked passable enough and could even be used to evade certain soul skills, but in the end, its uses were simply far too limited.

Thus, what Tang San had always displayed to others was the hidden effect he had gained after absorbing the soul ring: toughness.

At that moment, the Blue Silver Grass suddenly coiled around him. The young man merely gave a light tug with his hand, and Tang San was sent flying.

Yet the Blue Silver Grass did not snap.

That sparked some interest in the young man.

He raised the longsword in his other hand and finally brought it down lightly.

When the blade fell, without even using a soul ring, it still took roughly four or five seconds before the vine was cleanly severed.

Looking at the broken vine, the young man hesitated for a second before ultimately nodding.

"Not bad. The ten-year soul ring is a little lacking, but it will do. Didn't we all have ten-year soul rings too?"

"You come along as well. After you graduate in the future, join our knight corps. Perhaps you can become an outstanding Spirit Hall knight too."

As he spoke, the young man patted Tang San on the shoulder.

Compared to the two geniuses, Chen Ye and Xiao Wu, Tang San's talent was far inferior.

But only people like him would truly join them and become Spirit Hall knights.