First Meeting with Xiao Wu

"Hey! You! I mean you!"

The childish voice carried a few traces of bossiness. Wang Tianyi turned around impatiently, only to see Xiao Wu standing with one hand on her hip and the other pointing at him. The work-study students behind her were all strutting arrogantly, like foxes who had found a tiger to back them up.

"What is it?"

Wang Tianyi had never met Xiao Wu before, that was certain. They had not even crossed paths, let alone formed any grudges.

"Um, you're not a work-study student, are you? Let me introduce myself. My name is Xiao Wu—the Wu from dancing! I'm the boss of all the work-study students!"

At that moment, Xiao Wu looked like a kindergarten ringleader. To ordinary people, her proud little manner might have seemed somewhat cute, but to Wang Tianyi, who already had little goodwill toward Xiao Wu, it only made him more irritable. Six Ears' arrogant personality surfaced. Since when did a Soul Beast dare point fingers at him?

"So? Why did you stop me?"

A vicious aura emanated from Wang Tianyi. Xiao Wu, who had only recently taken human form, seemed to have melted away part of her brain in the process. A dignified Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had actually been frightened into taking two steps back by the aura of a six-year-old human child. To Xiao Wu, this was incredibly embarrassing. Wang Tianyi was still nearly twenty meters away, and having just been exalted by the work-study students and made their boss, she stomped her foot, pouted deeply, and said unhappily.

"Why are you being so fierce?! I just wanted to make friends with you!"

"Make friends? Sorry, I'm not interested. Besides, that isn't the attitude or tone someone should use when making friends! What exactly do you want?"

Xiao Wu felt as though her vision had blurred, because she actually saw Wang Tianyi's right eye change from deep black to an eerie purple! His left eye was even stranger—half dazzling gold and half purple like his right eye. Moreover, the purple was constantly encroaching upon the gold, giving off an inexplicable sense of unease.

She did not know what was wrong with her. Back when she lived in the Star Dou Great Forest, she feared neither heaven nor earth. Upon entering human society, she had immediately become the leader of these human cubs. In a remote place like Notting City, Xiao Wu's life had gone smoothly, but only after enrolling did she realize that human society was not as simple as she had imagined.

"Well, you look pretty wealthy. Could I borrow one Silver Soul Coin from you?"

Xiao Wu blushed and looked somewhat awkward. It was rather funny—today was the first time Xiao Wu had learned of the existence of "money." She had entered Notting Academy to study empty-handed, without even a single Copper Soul Coin on her. After beating up these work-study students, she had naturally become their boss and learned much about human society from these impoverished children. It truly opened Xiao Wu's eyes, but problems soon followed—she did not even have a blanket. Though her work-study student underlings were willing to provide one, Xiao Wu did not like those dirty, old blankets. She wanted to borrow money, but the work-study students around her were hardly any better off, and thus this scene came to be...

"Borrow money?"

Wang Tianyi froze. He had never expected Xiao Wu's purpose to be this. But upon further thought, it was probably because of his appearance that Tang San had not gone to register at the dormitory in time, so naturally there had been no incident of the two sharing a blanket.

He was not short on money. Wang Chen had given him ten Gold Soul Coins, more than enough for his daily expenses. Furthermore, with his current strength, he could receive a monthly subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin from Spirit Hall. Lending out one Silver Soul Coin did not seem like a big deal.

So...

"I refuse!"

Wang Tianyi turned and left, as if he had made up his mind about something. He never looked at Xiao Wu again.

Having a Soul Beast waste two and a half precious minutes of his life—Wang Tianyi not attacking her was already a display of Sacred Virtue.

"You! What kind of person are you?!"

Xiao Wu was furious, yet helpless. However, her overbearing appearance utterly captivated the work-study students behind her. Where had they ever seen a pretty girl their own age? In their eyes, Xiao Wu's tyranny became spirited haughtiness. This was just a girl's little temper, something that could be tolerated.

The group hurried to comfort her. In the end, surrounded by them all, Xiao Wu led the crowd grandly toward the cafeteria.

"This is infuriating! Every last one of them is worthless trash! I actually let people like that affect my state of mind..."

Back in the dormitory, Wang Tianyi frowned deeply. He could clearly sense Six Ears roaring in his mind! Throughout the entire day, Six Ears' arrogant personality had completely gained the upper hand, firmly suppressing Heaven-Equaling's Sacred Virtue personality. At that moment, his whole being seemed incomparably irritable. His frightening appearance left his three roommates too afraid to approach, and even their breathing became cautious.

Meanwhile,

The severely injured Yu Xiaogang had been wrapped like a mummy. With Tang San supporting him, he barely made it back to his residence.

To be honest, Tang San was somewhat disappointed in this teacher of his. His strength was lacking, and he had far too few principles. The only comfort Yu Xiaogang could offer Tang San was his theories.

Tang San did not take Wang Tianyi's words to heart at all. After all, he was merely a child the same age as him. How could he understand a master who had devoted his entire life's work to theory? Moreover, Wang Tianyi's conduct was crude and overbearing. His teacher must have been disappointed in that boy as well, right?

"What a rare, perfect Martial Soul! Whether in strength or speed, it can be considered top-tier! He only has the cultivation of a single ring, yet that boy's Martial Soul actually made my Luo Sanpao feel fear..."

Yu Xiaogang muttered to himself. Rather than being deterred after taking a blow from the staff, he had become even more interested in Wang Tianyi's Martial Soul. Then, a thump sounded from the room. This was no exaggeration—Tang San really lost his balance and fell! He slammed heavily onto the ground, his two short legs twitching continuously in the air as he was rendered utterly speechless.

"Cough, cough. Little San, what's wrong? Are you too tired? Sit down and rest for a while! You need not feel restrained around your teacher. Oh, right, this is a meeting gift from your teacher!"

Yu Xiaogang finally realized there was someone else in the room. He cleared his throat twice and chose to use a precious treasure to win his disciple's heart.

Looking at the belt in Yu Xiaogang's hand, embedded with twenty-four gemstones, a glimmer flashed in Tang San's eyes. This belt was truly beautiful. It looked exceptionally valuable.

"Let me tell you, Little San, this is no ordinary belt. It's from Wang Wei's poem... Pah! It's the legendary Storage Soul Tool!"

After Yu Xiaogang explained the uses of Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night, Tang San became increasingly fond of the belt. With such a top-tier Storage Soul Tool, he would have somewhere to store the hidden weapons he forged in the future! If he encountered Wang Tianyi again, the sheer number of hidden weapons alone would surely exhaust that fellow!

The Tang Sect's hidden weapons were invincible! Today's failure was only temporary. Tang San believed that if he truly crafted top-tier Tang Sect hidden weapons, even gods would have to avoid their edge!

Otherwise, they would already be courting death!