Brother, You Smell So Good

"Teacher, I don't understand. Why do you think so highly of that rude guy?"

Yu Xiaogang's meeting gift made Tang San feel a little better, but there were still things he had to get off his chest! For some reason, from the very first moment he saw Wang Tianyi, he found him deeply unpleasant. They were the same age, yet Wang Tianyi wore fine, luxurious clothes while he wore old clothes covered in patches. Most importantly, there was the contempt in Wang Tianyi's eyes, the kind that came from the depths of his bones. It was just like the way the inner disciples of the Tang Sect had looked at outer disciples like him in his previous life.

The lowly will never be fit for the stage. It was as though Wang Tianyi's eyes were telling Tang San exactly that.

"Little San, you only saw the surface. You failed to see what lies beneath!"

Yu Xiaogang sighed, straightened up in his seat, and deliberately put on a profound expression.

"Do you know that, despite being only six years old, he has already broken through into the realm of a Soul Master? Even you, a genius with Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, have yet to accomplish that! Before he made his move, I thought he might be a genius with Innate Soul Power at rank nine and a half. But his Martial Soul is of extraordinarily high quality! So high that it defies imagination—simply the finest I have ever seen in my life!"

Martial Souls could not lie. No matter how worthless Luo Sanpao was, it had still mutated viciously from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. There were very few Martial Souls capable of making it feel fear!

"Little San, have you considered this? If I take him as a disciple too, then the two of you can roam the world of Soul Masters together in the future! With the two of you working together, the early weakness of your Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul can be completely offset by the early strength of that boy's Martial Soul. And once you break through to become a Titled Douluo and complete the Soul Rings for your second Martial Soul, where in this world could you not go?"

Yu Xiaogang was truly skilled at fooling people. Every word out of his mouth was supposedly for Tang San's sake, without revealing in the slightest that he hoped to use Wang Tianyi's talent to truly become famous across the continent. Tang San was still rather innocent at this point. He was filled with emotion and inwardly cried out that he had misunderstood his teacher. Sure enough, his judgment of people had never been wrong! What kind of theory master was this? He was clearly a sage who possessed both kindness and wisdom! Even the eyes hidden beneath the bandages radiated supreme wisdom!

"Teacher, I understand now. But that kid doesn't seem willing to take you as his master..."

"Don't worry! Your teacher has his ways! By the way, Little San, what is your second Martial Soul? Can you show it to me?"

Yu Xiaogang naturally steered the conversation toward Tang San's second Martial Soul. According to his theories, Tang San's second Martial Soul should be of extremely high quality in order to satisfy the conditions for Innate Full Soul Power. Sure enough, when Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer in his left hand to Yu Xiaogang, the master sprang to his feet! His body stood ramrod straight, like a spear.

"This... Tang San, surnamed Tang, and his age matches too..."

Yu Xiaogang paced back and forth through the room, subconsciously rubbing the beard on his chin. But the intense pain that followed made him realize that he no longer had half a face.

Yet compared to his current shock, the pain was hardly worth mentioning!

Yu Xiaogang had already guessed Tang San's father's identity: the invincible Clear Sky Douluo! Ecstasy surged through him. This was in the bag, absolutely in the bag!

With such a powerful backer practically being offered for him to cling to, how could Yu Xiaogang possibly refuse?

The Clear Sky Douluo's strength was enough to dominate the continent. In other words, he and his disciple could strut across the continent in the future! Yu Xiaogang was brimming with confidence. After all, it was impossible for anyone to deal with the invincible Clear Sky Douluo. Could there possibly be power beyond that of the Douluo Continent?

"Very good! Remember, Little San: without my permission, you must never add even a single Soul Ring to your second Martial Soul!"

"Your teacher dares to guarantee that you will absolutely shock the entire Douluo Continent in the future!"

Yu Xiaogang made his bold declaration, and Tang San's heart swelled with excitement.

"Your Soul Power has already reached rank ten. It is time to hunt for a Soul Ring! I have prepared a quilt for you. Go back and rest. Tomorrow, I will take you to the Soul Beast Forest to hunt Soul Beasts!"

Watching Tang San leave happily with his brand-new bedding in his arms, Yu Xiaogang revealed a meaningful smile the instant the door closed.

"The Clear Sky Hammer truly is incredible! I wonder how the number one weapon Martial Soul in the world compares to that brat's Martial Soul? Hmph! Trying to escape the grasp of this master? Once I add a top-grade Soul Ring for Little San and display the might of my theories, won't that brat obediently apologize and kneel to take me as his master?"

Yu Xiaogang had already made up his mind to choose a top-tier Soul Ring for Tang San! Plant-type Soul Beasts were naturally out of the question. After all, the most important point in the Martial Soul theory he was most proud of was that plant-type Martial Souls could absorb beast-type Soul Rings as well! And vice versa.

Yu Xiaogang was overjoyed. He was even planning in his mind what kind of Soul Ring to add for Wang Tianyi after that boy became his disciple! That boy's Martial Soul was clearly of the strong attack type, following a path of fierce and domineering power. But such development was wrong—too ordinary, and his methods would be far too limited! What if he encountered an enemy with exceptionally strong defenses? Could that staff's power possibly surpass the Clear Sky Hammer?

With such thoughts in mind, the wildly excited Yu Xiaogang simply gave up on sleeping. He picked up the Soul Beast encyclopedia at his side and flipped through it again and again...

Work-study student dormitory.

It was already very late. Tang San carried his brand-new bedding into the dormitory under the guidance of a bleary-eyed teacher. The teacher pointed out a bed for him before leaving. Just as Tang San was about to spread his bedding over the wooden bed, a hand grabbed one corner of the quilt.

"Hm?"

Tang San frowned and turned around with some displeasure. Yet the moment he looked, he felt as though the softest place in the depths of his heart had been struck! Before his eyes was a pair of pink eyes. The exquisitely adorable little girl seemed somewhat willful, yet Tang San inexplicably felt another kind of emotion arise within him.

Though he had been single for ten thousand years and had no idea what it was...

"Brother, you smell so good... No, no, no, it's your quilt that smells so good!"

Xiao Wu's first sentence left Tang San utterly horrified! Damn it, hadn't he transmigrated? Why was he still hearing words like that here? But when Xiao Wu made her purpose clear—that she only wanted the quilt in Tang San's hands—Tang San quietly breathed a sigh of relief and consoled himself that the one before him was only a little girl, not his senior brother from his previous life.

But this was the only quilt he had!

In the end, the will of the world forcibly bent the story back onto its original track. Rascal Rabbit unreasonably pushed her bed together with Tang San's, and the two shared one quilt.

Tang San did not mind. As long as it was not that... Well, he had to consider the bigger picture!