Thank You for Becoming Friends with Me

Dormitory 205.

"I heard..."

"Someone wants to flip my bed?"

Tang Wulin returned to the dormitory unhurriedly. Looking at Xie Xie and the others before him, he spoke with a calm expression.

"What's going on? I'd just scared that little brat Zhou Changxi into behaving, and now he'd gone and offended Xie Xie too?"

"This guy really doesn't want things to get any better for himself."

Tang Wulin could not help sighing helplessly.

That intelligence truly ran in the Great Buddha Tang family.

"You are..."

As Tang Wulin looked at Xie Xie, Xie Xie was looking at him as well, a strange glint flashing through his eyes.

That familiar pressure, that familiar terrifying aura, that familiar handsome face—

That was right. There was no mistake. It was the boy he had seen before!

"Tang Wulin."

"The owner of the bed you want to flip."

Tang Wulin pointed at his own bed and said.

"Want to fight?"

He spoke with a faint eagerness in his tone.

If they fought, the dean would arrange for him to go to the worst Class Five and become Wu Zhangkong's student... Well, it was a very simple plan.

Still, the other party would be his future companion. Tang Wulin knew what he was doing and naturally would not use too much strength.

"Huh?"

"Sure."

Caught off guard by the question, Xie Xie was clearly stunned. He silently nodded and answered.

Though he had wanted to compare their strength, such a direct challenge still startled him.

"Come on!"

Smiling, Xie Xie spoke as two Light Dragon Daggers instantly appeared in his hands, radiating streaks of light.

"Sure."

A friendly smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face as he replied.

The other party was his future companion, after all. He would definitely go easy on him—just put on a show.

Bang—

The next moment, before the "Agility Attack-type Soul Master" Xie Xie could even charge forward, Tang Wulin suddenly appeared before him and sent him flying with a single punch, leaving him utterly dumbfounded.

He flew straight through the glass window.

Xie Xie got sent flying for free.

"What are you doing..."

Not long afterward, in the office of Donghai Academy's Intermediate Division director.

"So..."

"You call this a spar?"

Director Long Hengxu looked at the youths before him, complicated feelings welling up in his heart as he asked in disbelief.

"Yes, Director."

"While Zhou Changxi deserved his beating, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were merely sparring."

Yun Xiao nodded seriously from the side.

"..."

Listening to that, Long Hengxu turned his gaze toward the calm-faced Tang Wulin and the bewildered Xie Xie.

At that moment, looking at the two students before him, he found the whole thing utterly absurd.

One was completely unharmed, while the other had been punched flying. This was called sparring?

If the student who had been hit were not an Agility Attack-type Soul Master, he would likely have been seriously injured...

"Zhou Changxi."

"With your Mighty Ape Martial Soul, you should have been able to enter Class Three. I never expected... your conduct to be a problem. Go stay in Class Five."

Flipping through Zhou Changxi's file, Long Hengxu looked at him coldly and said.

He had provoked and tried to bully student after student. Getting beaten up was entirely his own fault.

"You two..."

When Long Hengxu looked at Tang Wulin and Xie Xie's files, he was about to say something when he suddenly froze, swallowing the words that had nearly left his mouth.

Xie Xie, young master of the Mecha Xie Family, Eastsea City's foremost family. Innate Full Soul Power, Soul Power rank eighteen.

Tang Wulin, from Aolai City. Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, a rank-twenty-three Healing-type Grand Soul Master.

"Leaving aside the two with Innate Full Soul Power..."

"This child named Tang Wulin has a Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, and he's... a Grand Soul Master?!"

Unconcealed shock filled Long Hengxu's face as he thought in astonishment.

A nine-year-old rank-twenty-three Grand Soul Master—across the entire continent, such people were probably as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns! Especially when his Martial Soul was the second Blue Silver Emperor in history...

Someone like him would be a seed-level prospect even at the legendary Shrek Academy!

"It wouldn't be suitable to put them in any other class. That guy's class is the only place that would be best."

Long Hengxu pondered silently.

That temper of immediately starting a fight was rather like that person's. Then it was settled! But a Healing-type Soul Master had actually beaten an Agility Attack-type Soul Master?

That seemed more than a little outrageous!

"You two..."

"No matter what, you are classmates. If you want to spar, go somewhere proper for a one-on-one. How could you do it in the dormitory? You're both going to Class Five as well."

Very soon, he casually came up with an excuse, waved at the two of them, and spoke.

"Oh, and you have to pay for anything you break. Remember to go to the finance office and cover the cost of the window glass."

Long Hengxu added.

"Alright, thank you."

Faced with that result, Tang Wulin immediately relaxed. After all, everything had gone exactly as he expected.

Then, with no intention of lingering any longer, he instantly headed outside.

Seeing this, the silent Xie Xie quietly followed him out.

"You... huh?"

"He said thank you to me?"

Watching Tang Wulin leave, Long Hengxu swallowed the words of advice on his lips and muttered.

Why did that student seem rather humble and kind?

"You've followed me all the way here."

"If you have something to say, say it."

Tang Wulin was walking toward the training ground. Sensing the person who had been following behind him, he suddenly stopped and spoke.

"I..."

Hearing that, Xie Xie clearly had not considered how he should begin. After stammering for a moment, he finally slowly said, "My name is Xie Xie."

"Mhm."

"What do you want?"

Tang Wulin turned around, a faint smile on his face as he asked.

"I..."

"I want to be friends with you."

Xie Xie froze for a moment, feeling as though something was missing, but he quickly came back to himself and said.

Honestly, he was still rather nervous right now.

Having been solitary ever since childhood, this was his first time trying to make a friend. This should be how he said it, right?

"Hm?"

"Sure."

Hearing that, Tang Wulin extended one hand and smiled faintly.

"You're willing to be friends with me?"

Feeling the warmth in his palm, Xie Xie stared in surprise and muttered.

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Still, I just beat you up. I thought you wanted to say something about that. I never expected... it was because of this."

Tang Wulin smiled and shrugged.

"No, no."

"I was simply inferior in skill. I deserved to be beaten."

Xie Xie hurriedly shook his head and said.

"It's nice to meet you."

"Please guide me in the future."

Xie Xie said.

"If you need anything related to mechas in the future, you can come find me."

He suddenly smiled and added.

When it came to mechas, across the entire Eastsea Coast, there truly were not many who could surpass the Xie Family!

"..."

"Alright."