First Encounter with Xiao Wu

"Hey! You! I'm talking to you!"

With a few hints of bossiness in her childish voice, Wang Tianyi turned around impatiently. What met his eyes was Xiao Wu standing with one hand on her hip and the other pointing at him. The work-study students behind her all held their heads high, 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, much less formed any grudge.

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

At that moment, Xiao Wu looked like the king of a kindergarten class. To ordinary people, her proud little manner might have seemed somewhat cute, but to Wang Tianyi, who already could not bring himself to like 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 fierce aura radiated from Wang Tianyi. Xiao Wu, who had only recently transformed into human form, seemed to have melted part of her brain away in the process. A dignified Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast actually took two steps back after being frightened by the aura of a six-year-old human child. To Xiao Wu, this was utterly humiliating. Wang Tianyi was nearly twenty meters away from her, and she had just been elevated to the status of boss by the work-study students. She stomped her foot, pouted her little mouth, and said unhappily.

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

"Friends? Sorry, I'm not interested. And that isn't the attitude or tone you 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 brilliant gold and half purple like his right eye. Moreover, that purple was constantly devouring the gold, giving her an inexplicable feeling of unease.

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

"Well, you look like you're pretty rich. Could I borrow one Silver Soul Coin from you?"

Xiao Wu blushed, looking somewhat bashful. It was rather funny—today was the first time Xiao Wu had learned that something called "money" existed. She had entered Notting Academy to study empty-handed, without even a single Copper Soul Coin on her. After defeating the work-study students, she naturally became their boss and learned many things 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, and she had no money at all. Those work-study underlings were willing to provide one for her, but Xiao Wu disliked their dirty, worn blankets. She wanted to borrow money, but the work-study students beside her were not much better off, which led to this scene...

"Borrow money?"

Wang Tianyi froze. He never expected Xiao Wu's purpose to be this. But on second thought, it was probably because of his appearance that Tang San had not gone to register at the dormitory in time, so naturally there was 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 daily living. With his current strength, he could also 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 some kind of decision. He never looked at Xiao Wu again.

For a Soul Beast to waste two and a half precious minutes of his life, the fact that Wang Tianyi had not attacked was already a display of Sacred Virtue.

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

Xiao Wu was furious, yet helpless. However, her overbearing manner thoroughly captivated the work-study students behind her. Where had they ever seen a pretty girl their own age? In their eyes, Xiao Wu's bossiness became spirited pride. It was just a girl's little temper, something they could tolerate.

These people hurriedly spoke up to comfort her. In the end, surrounded by them, Xiao Wu led the large group toward the dining hall.

"So annoying! Every single one of them is worthless trash! To think such people actually disturbed my state of mind..."

Back in the dormitory, Wang Tianyi frowned tightly. 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 Qitian's saintly personality. At that moment, Wang Tianyi looked extremely irritable. His frightening appearance kept his three roommates from daring to approach, and even their breathing became cautious.

Meanwhile,

The heavily injured Yu Xiaogang was wrapped up 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 too few principles. The only thing that comforted Tang San was Yu Xiaogang's theories.

He did not take Wang Tianyi's words to heart at all. After all, Wang Tianyi 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? Besides, Wang Tianyi's conduct was crude and overbearing. His teacher had probably already been disappointed in that boy as well.

"What a rarely seen perfect Martial Soul! Whether in strength or speed, it can be called top-tier! He only has one soul ring, yet that boy's Martial Soul actually made my Luo Sanpao feel fear..."

Yu Xiaogang muttered to himself. After taking that blow from the staff, he had become even more interested in Wang Tianyi's martial soul. Then a thud sounded from the room. This was not an exaggeration—Tang San truly lost his footing and fell! He crashed heavily onto the floor, his two short legs twitching continuously in the air. He was utterly speechless.

"Ahem, Little San, what's wrong? Are you too tired? Sit down and rest for a while! You don't need to feel restrained around your teacher. Oh, right, this is the greeting gift your teacher has prepared for you!"

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

Seeing the belt in Yu Xiaogang's hand, embedded with twenty-four gems, Tang San's eyes flashed with light. This belt was so beautiful—it looked extremely valuable.

"Let me tell you, Little San, this isn't an ordinary belt. It's from Wang Wei's poem... Pah! It's a legendary Storage Soul Tool!"

After Yu Xiaogang explained the use of Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night, Tang San grew even fonder of the belt. With such a top-tier Storage Soul Tool, he would have somewhere to keep the hidden weapons he forged in the future! If he encountered Wang Tianyi again, the sheer quantity of hidden weapons would definitely exhaust that fellow!

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

Otherwise, they would already have chosen the path to death!