Dormitory Trouble

Yu Xiaogang's eyes went wide.

Tang San thought Yu Xiaogang had been pleasantly surprised and said proudly, "Teacher, what do you think of my soul ring?"

Yu Xiaogang recognized at a glance that it was a soul ring that had only just reached ten years. He simply could not understand why the Clear Sky Sect had gotten Tang San a Ten-Year Soul Ring.

No, could I have been wrong?

Logically speaking, the Clear Sky Sect should not have allowed someone with Twin Martial Souls to enter an ordinary junior soul master academy.

Could Tang San be the illegitimate child of some Clear Sky Sect member who had ended up outside?

Or was there something special about this Ten-Year Soul Ring?

Yu Xiaogang immediately asked, "What soul beast did you absorb the soul ring from, and what is its skill?"

"Green Bamboo!"

After saying that, Tang San raised his hand and unleashed his first soul skill.

"Blue Silver Entanglement!"

Blue Silver Grass swiftly spread out and wrapped around one of the table legs.

Yu Xiaogang instinctively touched the Blue Silver Grass. With a casual pinch, he tore off a piece of it.

His body trembled. He raised his head and asked, "What soul beast did you say?"

"Gr... Green Bamboo."

Tang San sensed that something was wrong and answered instinctively.

Yu Xiaogang's vision went dark as he roared.

"What Green Bamboo?!

"You absorbed Brittle Bamboo!

"Brittle as in fragile!"

He immediately shattered the Blue Silver Grass around the table leg with a palm strike, sending plant fibers flying everywhere.

Tang San froze completely.

Tang Hao outside the door could no longer endure it. He had intended to protect Tang San in secret, but had no choice but to reveal himself early.

He rushed into the room.

Tang San came back to his senses and said in surprise, "Dad."

"Slap!"

Tang Hao raised his hand and gave Tang San a resounding slap across the face.

"You are?"

Yu Xiaogang jumped in fright. When he saw who it was, he said excitedly, "Your Excellency Clear Sky, I should have realized it long ago. You are Tang San's father."

Tang Hao waved a hand, cutting Yu Xiaogang off. His face was livid as he questioned Tang San, "When did you absorb this soul ring?"

A trace of blood seeped from the corner of Tang San's mouth. On one side was his biological father, and on the other was the teacher he had just acknowledged.

He did not dare say that he had stolen this soul ring and hurriedly made up an excuse.

"After awakening my martial soul, I was chopping firewood in the back mountain. I cut down a green bamboo stalk and found that a soul ring had appeared on it.

"I learned a little about martial souls from Grandpa Jack, so I absorbed the soul ring right then."

Tang Hao was so furious that he nearly spat out blood.

"You... you are going to anger me to death.

"How much martial soul theory could Jack, an ordinary person, possibly know? You actually dared to absorb a soul ring without understanding the characteristics of the soul beast. You... you really are..."

"Please calm down. Sigh, Little San is still just a child. He absorbed the soul ring by accident, so please cool off," Yu Xiaogang hurriedly mediated.

Seeing Tang San's red, swollen cheek, Tang Hao felt a little heartache. With Yu Xiaogang giving him an out, he followed the momentum and sat down in a chair, folding his arms.

"Fortunately, Little San has two martial souls. There is still hope for the future," Yu Xiaogang said.

Tang San covered his cheek, hatred rising in his heart.

Jiede, if you had not insisted on researching soul beasts, I would not have gone to take that Brittle Bamboo, and Dad would not have hit me.

He made up his mind to get rid of Jiede later.

"Enough, Little San. You are not allowed to absorb soul rings carelessly again. Listen more to your teacher's advice in the future," Tang Hao scolded.

"Yes, Dad!"

Tang Hao turned to Yu Xiaogang. "There is something I need to tell you."

"Please, go ahead."

"Little San's Blue Silver Grass is not an ordinary martial soul. It is still in a dormant state now, and it is inconvenient for me to say more for the time being."

He then instructed Tang San, "That boy Jiede only has one martial soul. You do not need to take him seriously. I can see that he also has Innate Full Soul Power. I intended for him to serve as your training stone."

Yu Xiaogang's body shook as his thoughts churned. Tang Hao was pointing something out to him.

The conditions for the birth of Twin Martial Souls were wrong. There was a problem.

But he did not want to lose face in front of the disciple he had just taken, so he explained, "Yes. After all, there have only been a few people with Twin Martial Souls on the continent. My theory is only a conjecture and still needs verification."

"Yu Xiaogang, I am entrusting Little San to you."

Tang Hao did not dwell on the conditions for the birth of Twin Martial Souls. He still greatly approved of Yu Xiaogang's martial soul theories.

Seeing Tang Hao about to leave, Tang San hurriedly asked, "Dad, where are you going?"

"I still have matters to attend to. Train hard."

Inside a Notting Academy dormitory.

Jiede had already completed his enrollment procedures. After entering the dormitory, just as expected, Wang Sheng challenged him for the position of dorm leader among the work-study students.

There was nothing to say about it. Jiede readily admitted defeat, leaving Wang Sheng stunned, though the two of them quickly became familiar with each other.

As they chatted, Tang San entered the dormitory carrying his bedding.

When Jiede saw Tang San's swollen cheek, he nearly burst into pig-like laughter. He had already made a guess.

*The Ten-Year Soul Ring must have been exposed. Yu Xiaogang would at most scold Tang San; he would not hit him.

*Tang San must have gotten a huge slap from Tang Hao.

*Do you know how much damage that huge slap did to him?

Yu Xiaogang, Yu Xiaogang, you had better slow Tang San's path to godhood for me.

"What are you laughing at?" Tang San's cold gaze swept toward him.

"Oh."

Jiede did not dare provoke Tang San too much, afraid that he might be courting death. "I just thought of something funny."

Tang San had reason to suspect that Jiede was mocking him, but he had no conclusive evidence.

What he had done could only be considered reaping what he had sown. The cause from that day had borne fruit today.

If he had not stolen, why would this have happened?

But people always found excuses for their own mistakes, and he could not help harboring some resentment toward Jiede.

Of course, it was only resentment. He could hardly point at Jiede's nose and say that Jiede had encouraged him to absorb a Ten-Year soul beast, the Brittle Bamboo.

Moreover, Tang Hao had deliberately intended for Jiede to become a stepping stone on his path as a soul master, so Tang San endured it.

He was confident that his strength would never lose to Jiede. He would prove it to his father!

Wang Sheng did not know the inside story and was itching to try. Just as he was about to challenge Tang San, Jiede stopped him.

Tang San was in the middle of a rage. Whoever went up against him would be unlucky.

Just as Wang Sheng was about to say something to Jiede, a hundred-thousand-year-old little girl hopped into the room.

Lively and radiant, cute and charming.

The dormitory had a communal sleeping platform. All the boys widened their eyes and stared at her with eerie green gazes.

This little girl was Xiao Wu, a 100,000-Year Soft Bone Rabbit who had rebuilt herself into human form.

Jiede gave her a few appraising looks before withdrawing his gaze. His tastes were perfectly normal; he was not attracted to childish types.

Ever since learning about the abilities of the Beast-Taming Orb Martial Soul, he had not planned to make Xiao Wu into a soul ring.

To be honest, Jiede did not need Xiao Wu to become his soul ring at all.

Among the Shrek Seven Monsters, only Xiao Wu had no divine position. In the end, she had only ascended by relying on the sheath of the Asura Sword. That was rather pathetic.

Among the Seven Monsters, she had the least usefulness and the weakest strength. She was not even as good as Zhu Zhuqing; at least Zhu Zhuqing could perform a martial soul fusion skill.

And the Soft Bone Rabbit's skills were not within Jiede's consideration either.

Jiede also had no time to make plans in advance. Now that Xiao Wu had completely exposed herself under Tang Hao's watchful eye, he had even less reason to make a move against her.

Jiede gave Wang Sheng a shove from behind. "Go on. Exchange a few moves with her."

The two quickly began fighting.

Wang Sheng was swiftly defeated.

Afterward, Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips and said arrogantly, "Remember, from now on, you have to call me Sister Xiao Wu!"

After saying that, she glanced at Tang San, who was sitting by the bed, and declared domineeringly, "From now on, all my daily cleaning duties are yours."

Tang San did not want to do cleaning duty every day, so he stood up and fought Xiao Wu.

Because Tang San was full of anger, his attacks were heavy.

Xiao Wu was unwilling to yield either. The two grappled with each other and fought fiercely, neither able to gain the upper hand.

In the end, they fought to a draw.

Still shaken, Wang Sheng said, "Jiede, thank you for pulling me back just now and keeping me from fighting Tang San. Otherwise, I would have been in trouble."

"Really? That is great." Jiede smiled. "Then why not help me with something?"

Without giving it much thought, Wang Sheng patted his chest and said, "Forget one favor, I can do ten."

"My cleaning duties for the next month are all yours."

"?"

Wang Sheng froze, only then realizing that he had been too hasty. But he had always kept his word, so he could only agree.

Jiede patted Wang Sheng on the shoulder. "I will not make you work for nothing. Later, I will help you plan out your choice of soul beast for your first soul ring."

"Really?"

Wang Sheng's eyes lit up. He would reach level 10 in another half month and had been worrying over having no idea what to choose.

"Guaranteed."

"Good brother, I will have your back from now on!"