Yu Xiaogang's Delusions

The next morning.

Lin Chen and Xiao Wu ran into Tang San, newly returned in triumph, in the cafeteria. He eagerly insisted on paying for their breakfast.

He said he had obtained his first Spirit Ring and was treating them as a celebration.

At the dining table.

Tang San kept sneaking glances at Lin Chen and Xiao Wu, as if he had something to say but could not bring himself to say it.

After holding it in for a long time, Tang San finally could not contain himself any longer.

"Aren't you curious about my first Spirit Ring and Spirit Skill?"

Lin Chen swallowed his food and said, "Let's hear it."

Xiao Wu also raised her head to look at him.

At that, a trace of excitement involuntarily appeared on Tang San's face.

"My first ring is as old as three hundred years."

After saying that, he quietly watched the two of them, hoping to see shock on their faces.

After all, according to his teacher, most ordinary people's first rings were only ten-year rings. Even those who reached the hundred-year level had only just entered it.

A three-hundred-year first ring was absolutely enough to let him look down on those of the same rank.

Unfortunately, the two of them disappointed him. Neither showed the slightest hint of shock, and Lin Chen even looked somewhat speechless.

Lin Chen truly was rather speechless.

He had thought Tang San would talk about his Spirit Skill's effects, but instead he came out with that.

It seemed this guy had been thoroughly fooled by Gangzi.

"No, a three-hundred-year first ring! Aren't you shocked at all?"

Tang San's face was full of confusion.

Lin Chen shook his head. "You only see ten-year first rings in places this small. Once you go to a big city, you'll find that everyone has a hundred-year first ring."

Tang San: "..."

So the Ultimate Soul Ring Theory his teacher had boasted about so impressively was something everyone knew?

But that made sense.

Since his teacher could be called Grandmaster, his theories had probably long since spread throughout the Spirit Master world. It was only natural for everyone to follow them word for word.

Tang San asked, "Then after school, can I spar with you two?"

"Sure."

Lin Chen also wanted to see what Tang San's first Spirit Skill actually was, so naturally he had no reason to refuse.

Tang San immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The three of them then agreed to spar in the small grove behind the mountain after school.

After breakfast.

Lin Chen and the other two headed to the classroom together. But the moment Yu Xiaogang walked in, Lin Chen's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Well, would you look at that. Did the sun rise in the west?

Wasn't Yu Xiaogang supposed to be freeloading? Why had he come out to teach?

Wasn't this misleading students?

Yu Xiaogang stood on the platform and swept his gaze over Lin Chen and the others below.

There were not many students in their class.

Only a dozen or so.

And among those dozen or so, aside from Lin Chen's group of three, all the others were locals from Nuoding City. This showed just how difficult it was for commoners to awaken Spirit Power.

There were countless villages around Nuoding City, yet only Lin Chen's group of three had awakened Spirit Power.

But those three were also ridiculously gifted. They all had Innate Full Spirit Power. If word got out, no one would dare believe it.

Yu Xiaogang clapped his hands. "Allow me to introduce myself."

"Because I have made some accomplishments in Spirit Master theory research, everyone calls me Grandmaster. You may call me Grandmaster as well."

"From today onward, I will be teaching all of your Spirit Master courses."

Lin Chen: "..."

That confirmed it. This guy's title of Grandmaster had come from everyone forgetting his actual name, leaving them with no idea what else to call him.

Lin Chen had seen plenty of thick-skinned people, but this was the first time he had seen someone this thick-skinned.

Of the dozen or so people in the classroom, aside from Lin Chen, no one else had much doubt about the title.

Many of them even felt that he seemed impressive despite not understanding why.

After introducing himself, Yu Xiaogang picked up a piece of chalk and wrote a large line of words on the blackboard.

There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Spirit Masters.

Lin Chen lowered his head to look at the books on his desk, then looked back at the words on the blackboard.

Good grief.

Was this guy planning to lecture on his ten core competencies instead of teaching what was in the textbooks?

Yu Xiaogang turned around and tapped the blackboard with the chalk. "This is the first lesson I will teach you today."

"There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Spirit Masters."

Upon hearing this, most of the students' eyes lit up.

Aside from Lin Chen's group of three, the highest Innate Soul Power among those present was only rank three. Calling them useless Spirit Masters would not be an exaggeration at all.

Yet now, someone was telling them there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Spirit Masters.

How could they not be excited?

If that was true, did that not mean even trash had the chance to rise and become a Titled Douluo?

Xiao Wu frowned and quietly asked Lin Chen, "Lin Chen, isn't a Spirit Master's achievement determined by their talent?"

Although she did not know much about human Spirit Masters, she knew that the realm one could cultivate to was basically decided the moment one awakened their Martial Soul.

If even trash could rise to prominence, would that not make life miserable for soul beasts?

"Just listen to it," Lin Chen said.

He had no intention of standing up to refute it, because those words truly had a great motivating effect on low-level Spirit Masters.

Believing that even trash could rise could, to a certain extent, stir up their enthusiasm for cultivation.

Yu Xiaogang then began recounting his glorious experience of possessing only half a rank of Innate Soul Power yet cultivating to rank twenty-nine.

He said that with half a rank of Innate Soul Power, it was normally impossible to break through rank ten.

Yet through his own efforts, he had not only broken through that limitation, but had also reached rank twenty-nine, a level that other people with half a rank of Innate Soul Power would not even dare dream of.

He was the best embodiment of the sentence on the blackboard.

The people below listened with great excitement.

If someone with half a rank of Innate Soul Power could cultivate to become a Great Soul Master, then did that not mean those with one to three ranks of Innate Soul Power could hope to become Soul Emperors, Soul Saints, or even Soul Douluos?

Someone raised a hand and asked, "Then, Grandmaster, what should we do?"

Yu Xiaogang did not rush to answer. Instead, he smiled as he swept his gaze over everyone, admiring the excited expressions on their faces.

Originally, he had not wanted to come teach, but now he had discovered the joy of teaching.

At that moment, he truly experienced the glory of being a "Grandmaster." The dozen or so students below had become all the Spirit Masters in the world within his imagination.

He could vaguely imagine the day when Xiao San became a Titled Douluo and the name Grandmaster spread throughout the entire Spirit Master world.

He stood atop a high platform while countless Spirit Masters below cheered and applauded for him.

Countless genius Spirit Masters who had once not even spared him a second glance knelt on the ground, begging to acknowledge the greatest theoretical Grandmaster of the Spirit Master world as their teacher.

And then... he suddenly saw Lin Chen.

All the scenes Yu Xiaogang had imagined crumbled the instant he saw Lin Chen's calm, unreadable face.

His expression immediately darkened.

But he adjusted his mindset in an instant, because he did not want to create any obstacles for Xiao San in befriending Lin Chen.

Today, he had to use genuine knowledge to make Lin Chen acknowledge his theories.

With his hands behind his back, Yu Xiaogang smiled at Lin Chen, who was more than ten meters away, and asked, "You seem to have a different opinion?"

Lin Chen: "???"

I'm not even interested in dealing with you, yet you insist on sticking your face out and asking to be slapped?