Conflict with Tang San

As the Space Hammer crashed down, the boy's staff martial soul shattered in an instant.

His body was sent flying, slamming viciously into a nearby wall.

Seeing the two of them dealt with so easily, Chen Ye turned around and took his sister's hand.

The two returned to their room first.

Several other students were in the room as well. When they saw Chen Ye return, they hurriedly moved aside to let the siblings pass.

Even after sitting down on the bed, Chen Ye's expression remained icy.

Seeing her brother's expression, Chen Yue did not dare ask anything. She could only sit quietly beside him and keep him company.

Time passed bit by bit. More than half an hour later, Tang San finally returned.

He supported Xiao Wu as they entered together.

Tang San stared fixedly at Chen Ye, his eyes filled with anger.

Chen Ye raised his head and looked at him as well.

Both wore icy expressions, and there was even a trace of killing intent in their eyes.

"Why did you attack Xiao Wu? She was only concerned about me. She did not even say anything, yet you struck her so viciously!"

"Someone like you thinks you deserve to be our boss? You were so ruthless toward a classmate!"

Tang San looked at Chen Ye, his tone cold.

Chen Ye merely glanced at him calmly, disgust and killing intent flashing through his eyes.

"Why do you think I attacked her? First of all, whether you lived or died had nothing to do with me. You were the ones who started fighting them. I was never involved."

"Then, for no reason at all, the two of us were taken away together. When we finally came back, she questioned me about why I had not brought you back."

"Do you think I had no reason to teach her a lesson under those circumstances?"

As Chen Ye spoke, he looked toward Xiao Wu, the coldness in his gaze undisguised.

Tang San's eyes remained fixed on him.

He stepped forward and stood in front of Xiao Wu, staring hard at Chen Ye.

"You should know why Master wanted to see you. He did not seek you out because of Xiao Wu. In fact, it should have had nothing to do with Xiao Wu at all."

"The reason he came looking for you was probably because you exposed yourself last night."

Tang San's voice was calm.

If it had been anyone else, they probably would not have said that, out of fear that their second martial soul would be exposed.

But the boy before him already knew about his second martial soul.

It was his greatest secret and his greatest trump card. The instant Chen Ye learned of it, he had already developed killing intent toward him.

If Chen Ye had become Yu Xiaogang's disciple alongside him, that would have been one thing. But Chen Ye had not done so, which meant the grudge between them had been formed.

Chen Ye understood Tang San's reasoning.

But he simply disliked that interrogating tone for no reason.

He was not familiar with Tang San at all. What gave him the right to question him like that?

Chen Ye was naturally dissatisfied, but he did not say anything further.

With the Spatial Dragon, a god-level martial soul far beyond anything that should exist in this era, he could sense many things.

He could sense an extremely powerful aura hiding in the surrounding space.

That aura was not constantly focused on Tang San, but its owner always kept an eye on Tang San.

In other words, that person had been following Tang San all this time.

Sensing that immensely powerful yet deeply concealed aura, Chen Ye no longer intended to continue the dispute.

After all, what would be the point even if he did continue?

He could not possibly be a match for Tang Hao, much less kill Tang Hao.

Instead, he might draw Tang Hao's attention.

After all, his talent was exceptional. Combined with his powerful martial soul and innate full soul power, once he grew up, he might very well become Tang San's rival.

Thus, while he was still weak, there was a high chance Tang Hao would kill him.

People of this era did not care about so-called fairness and justice. It was perfectly normal for the strong to bully the weak.

So even if Tang Hao truly killed him in secret, Chen Ye would not be surprised in the slightest.

That feeling of humiliation was not pleasant.

Chen Ye looked at Tang San. Though he forcibly concealed the hatred in his eyes, the disgust and killing intent could not be hidden at all.

Fortunately, his pupils were black and deep enough to conceal his emotions well.

Seeing the boy before him compromise, Tang San snorted coldly, then led Xiao Wu back to a bed nearby and lay down.

The atmosphere between the two sides was tense, and the other students did not dare speak.

Chen Yue tugged at her brother's sleeve, fear in her eyes.

Chen Ye reached out and rubbed his sister's head, his expression becoming calm again.

With the talent he had displayed so far, he might not be able to bring his sister to Spirit Hall with him.

But that might not necessarily be the case in the future.

Three years. So long as he could truly rise to prominence and reveal sufficiently outstanding talent,

even if he brought his sister along, he should be able to forcefully get her into Spirit Academy.

Once he reached Spirit Academy and obtained enough resources, Chen Ye refused to believe that he could not become stronger, that he could not kill Tang San.

Looking at Tang San, who was sitting there comforting Xiao Wu, Chen Ye almost forcibly suppressed all the killing intent in his eyes.

He merely lay calmly on the bed as soul power began circulating through his body, continuously strengthening it.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

After the next day's classes ended, Chen Ye immediately requested leave.

He took five days off, claiming that he was going home to visit relatives.

The teacher did not refuse.

After all, an elementary academy like this did not have many rules. It was not even considered a proper academy, so there were no particularly strict requirements.

It was merely a place for commoner children to attend school.

After getting his leave approved, Chen Ye called his little sister, Chen Yue, outside.

Seeing the unease and fear in the girl's eyes, Chen Ye reached out and rubbed her head.

"Don't worry. Your brother will be fine. You need to study properly with the teacher for the next few days."

"I'm only making a trip to Soul Hunting Forest. I'll be back soon, so you don't need to worry."

Chen Ye spoke calmly.

When she heard Soul Hunting Forest, Chen Yue was a little confused.

It was clear that she did not know what it was, but she could guess that her brother was most likely going to obtain a soul ring.

Though she worried that the powerful soul beasts might harm Chen Ye, Chen Yue obediently nodded.

"I-I understand, Brother. Do your best. I'll wait for you here."

Chen Yue looked at Chen Ye, her eyes full of sincerity and trust.

Chen Ye nodded as he looked at her.

So long as he did not die, no one would dare bully his sister.

And for his sister's sake, he had to find a way to hunt a hundred-year soul beast this time and obtain a basic hundred-year soul ring.

Only by absorbing a hundred-year soul ring could his potential become stronger, giving him the chance to become a Titled Douluo or perhaps something even greater.

After leaving Notting Elementary Academy, Chen Ye did not hurry away.

He first went to the local Spirit Hall branch and collected this month's one gold soul coin stipend for apprentices.

After receiving the gold soul coin, Chen Ye headed without pause toward Soul Hunting Forest.

Over the past two days, he had already asked around and learned the direction of Soul Hunting Forest.

Actually, if he had taken Yu Xiaogang as his master, he could have entered using Yu Xiaogang's entry token.

Under normal circumstances, soul masters were not allowed into Soul Hunting Forest. Only those with a Spirit Hall entry token could enter.

But he truly could not stand Yu Xiaogang. He even found the man disgusting.

Naturally, there was no way he would take him as his master under those circumstances.

So he could only try to sneak into Soul Hunting Forest and begin hunting soul beasts.