Looking Down on People

Ye Yu stepped forward and grabbed the vest with one hand. Everyone had assumed it would not budge, but Ye Yu lifted the vest with a single hand!

"This weight is pretty good."

Ignoring the astonished looks around him, Ye Yu gave it a few lifts to gauge its weight. For his current self, it was just right.

Ye Yu looked at the dumbfounded, disbelieving owner and smiled faintly. "I can take it now, right?"

Ye Yu was about to put it on and turn to leave.

"W-Wait!" The owner's expression immediately changed. This vest with eight thousand jin of gravity was worth Three Gold Soul Coins! In Nuoding City, Three Gold Soul Coins was already quite a considerable sum.

The owner wanted to say something, but Ye Yu mocked, "What? Your word doesn't count now? There are so many people here to witness it. Are you trying to go back on it?"

The owner glanced at the surrounding crowd. He had originally wanted them to bear witness in case Ye Yu reneged, but now they were witnesses against him.

The crowd was utterly shocked.

"This kid is really six?"

"That's Innate Divine Strength!"

"Even Innate Divine Strength shouldn't be this terrifying, right? He's a monster!"

After recovering from their shock, the surrounding people began speaking up for Ye Yu.

"Owner, you lost. Are you trying to go back on your word? All of us saw it. If you renege, word gets out and it won't do your shop's reputation any good."

"Exactly. Don't try to welch on a child."

"Just admit your bad luck, owner."

Everyone had initially thought the owner was incredibly lucky to have free labor delivered to his door, but now they realized it was the owner who was unlucky.

Left with no choice, the owner nodded. "Fine. Take it."

Ye Yu put it on immediately and discovered that it could contract and expand. It could shrink when too large and expand when too small, with excellent elasticity.

After putting it on, Ye Yu turned and jogged away, leaving behind one sentence. "I have something to do, so I'll be going. Owner, save the other pieces for me. I'll bring money to buy them in a few days."

Yet at that moment, the owner simply stared wide-eyed and open-mouthed at Ye Yu jogging away, frozen in place with nothing but shock in his heart.

At the same time, the crowd was collectively dumbstruck...

Not only had he lifted a vest carrying eight thousand jin of gravity, but after putting it on, he seemed to feel no pressure at all as he jogged away...

"This... this is definitely a monster!"

"That's unbelievable!"

"Carrying eight thousand jin of gravity, and he can still move so freely? Unbelievable!"

The onlookers were stunned. Even the master was shocked inwardly. He had never seen a child like this before. He truly was more monstrous than a monster.

Meanwhile, Tang San and Old Jack had arrived at the entrance to Nuoding Academy. As they were about to enter, a man standing guard at the gate stopped them.

"What are you doing? This isn't a place for country folk like you."

The guard swept Old Jack and Tang San a disdainful glance. They wore coarse hemp clothes covered in patches, clearly marking them as villagers.

Old Jack smiled politely. "We're from Holy Soul Village. This year, our village has two work-study student spots. He is one of them."

Hearing that, the guard did not believe him at all and became even more contemptuous. "Can a phoenix come out of a grass nest? It's impossible for anyone in some tiny village to possess soul power. Otherwise, Soul Masters would be everywhere."

As the guard continued to sneer and mock them, Old Jack was angry, but as a villager with neither status nor standing, he could only keep smiling.

"This is the certificate issued by Battle Soul Master Su Yuntao of Martial Soul Hall. Please take a look."

The guard accepted the two certificates and immediately laughed. "Blue Silver Grass, Innate Full Soul Power. Black Tail Flower, Innate Full Soul Power."

"Hahahaha..." The guard burst into laughter and mocked, "Sorry, I just can't hold it in. This is the funniest joke I've heard this year—no, in over twenty years. Hahaha! Two Waste Martial Souls, and both Innate Full Soul Power? Could your fake certificates be any more obvious? If you'd made up soul power level one, I might have believed you. Country folk are country folk. Do you even know what Innate Full Soul Power means? There aren't even many in the entire continent!"

The guard threw the certificates onto the ground. Old Jack hurriedly bent down to pick them up, wiping the dust from them with his sleeve.

Old Jack had reached the limit of his patience. Though the two certificates looked like mere sheets of paper, they were the greatest pride in his heart. Yet this guard had casually thrown them on the ground, making him furious.

"How can you act like this? These certificates are absolutely real!"

The guard snorted. "Do you take me for an idiot? Take your fake certificates and get lost!"

As soon as he spoke, the guard raised his hand and shoved Old Jack.

Though the guard was not a Soul Master and was merely an ordinary man, he was tall and strong. Old Jack, meanwhile, was elderly and staggered back several steps from the push.

Just as he was about to fall, Tang San reacted quickly and caught Old Jack.

Tang San's gaze darkened. Under that stare, the guard inexplicably shuddered and could not help taking a step back.

The guard cursed inwardly, He's just a little brat. What's there to be afraid of?

The guard said coldly, "What, you want to hit me? Go on, try it, country boy. I'm a guard of Nuoding Academy!"

Suddenly, a figure came whistling in. The guard felt a sharp pain explode in his abdomen and was sent flying five meters away.

The guard let out a scream in midair, then crashed with a BANG into the iron gate, bounced off, and fell to the ground. He sprawled there, baring his teeth in pain and crying out miserably.

Clutching his stomach, the guard rolled about on the ground. A trace of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth as he viciously looked up. Before him stood a six-year-old boy, also dressed in tattered clothing.

Old Jack was startled. It was Xiao Yu.

Ye Yu turned back and asked with concern, "Grandpa, are you alright?"

Old Jack shook his head. "I'm fine."

Ye Yu looked down at the guard, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes.

Old Jack was his only family. Yet this guard had looked down on them and bullied them so shamelessly!

The guard shouted furiously, "You little brat, you actually dared to hit me! Are you tired of living? I'm a guard of Nuoding Academy!"

Ye Yu's eyes were filled with disdain. "A guard? You're just a gatekeeper. Who the hell do you think you are?"

At the same time, a trace of killing intent flashed deep within Ye Yu's eyes.

The guard grew even angrier. A country bumpkin was actually looking down on him. He roared, "I may be a gatekeeper, but I'm the gatekeeper of Nuoding Academy! You country folk can't compare to me!"

"Can a Soul Master compare to you?"

As Ye Yu spoke, Soul Power erupted from his entire body, and a howling gale swept through the surroundings.

Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from Ye Yu, the guard was utterly terrified.

Though he was only an ordinary person, he could sense that this was an exceptionally powerful Soul Power! It was definitely not just one or two levels!

Fear appeared on the guard's face as he instinctively kept backing away. The anger on his face vanished completely, replaced by awe.

He had originally thought the child had sent him flying because of Innate Divine Strength, but now he realized that the boy before him possessed extremely powerful Soul Power!

His heart shook. Could his Soul Power really be Innate Full Soul Power?

At that thought, his body shuddered. If so, then he was truly finished.

Ye Yu took the certificate and looked down at him coldly. "Now, do you think this certificate is real or fake?"