Brother, You Smell So Good

"Teacher, I don't understand. Why do you favor that unreasonable guy so much?"

Yu Xiaogang's welcome gift made Tang San feel a little better, but there were still things he had to say! 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 himself wore old garments covered in patches. Most importantly, there was the way Wang Tianyi looked at him—that disdain from the depths of his bones, just like how the Tang Sect's inner disciples had looked at outer disciples like him in his previous life.

The lowly will never amount to anything. It was as if Wang Tianyi's gaze were telling Tang San exactly that.

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

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

"Do you know that although he is also six years old, he has already broken through to the Soul Master realm? 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 incredibly high quality! So high that it is beyond imagination—simply the finest I have ever seen in my life!"

Martial Souls could not lie. No matter how pathetic Luo Sanpao was, it was still the result of a malignant mutation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. There were very few Martial Souls capable of making it feel fear!

"Little San, have you ever considered this? If I take him as a disciple as well, the two of you can explore 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 fully compensated for 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 of your second Martial Soul, where in this world could you not go?"

Yu Xiaogang was quite skilled at sweet-talking people. Every word out of his mouth made it sound as though he were thinking entirely of Tang San, without revealing in the slightest that he truly hoped to become famous across the continent through Wang Tianyi's talent. Tang San was still rather innocent at this point. Deeply moved, he cried out inwardly that he had misunderstood his teacher. Sure enough, his eye for people, Tang San's eye for people, was never wrong! What kind of theory-proficient master was this? He was clearly a sage who possessed both kindness and wisdom! Even the pair of eyes hidden beneath the bandages radiated boundless wisdom!

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

"Rest assured! 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 subject toward Tang San's second Martial Soul. According to his theories, Tang San's second Martial Soul should be of exceptionally high quality in order to fulfill the condition of Innate Full Soul Power. Sure enough, when Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer in his left hand, the master shot to his feet! His body stood ramrod straight, like a spear.

"This... Tang San, the surname Tang, and the age matches too..."

Yu Xiaogang paced back and forth inside the room, absentmindedly rubbing the beard on his chin. But the intense pain that shot through him reminded him that half his face was already gone.

Yet compared to his shock at this moment, the pain was not worth mentioning!

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

With such a powerful patron practically extending a leg 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 would be able to swagger across the continent in the future! Yu Xiaogang was immensely confident now. After all, it was impossible to deal with the invincible Clear Sky Douluo. Could some power from outside Douluo Continent possibly appear?

"Excellent! Remember this, Little San: without my permission, you must never attach even a single Soul Ring to your second Martial Soul!"

"Your teacher dares guarantee that you will one day astonish the entire Douluo Continent!"

Yu Xiaogang made this bold declaration, and Tang San's heart surged with excitement.

"Your Soul Power has now reached rank ten. It is time to obtain a Soul Ring! I have prepared a blanket 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 the brand-new bedding in his arms, Yu Xiaogang's face broke into a meaningful smile the instant the door closed.

"The Clear Sky Hammer truly is extraordinary! I wonder how the number one tool Martial Soul in the world compares to that brat's Martial Soul? Hmph! Trying to escape this master's grasp? Once I attach a top-grade Soul Ring to Little San and demonstrate the power of this master's theories, won't that brat obediently apologize and kneel to acknowledge me as his master?"

Yu Xiaogang had already made up his mind. He would definitely 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 prided himself on was that plant-type Martial Souls could also absorb animal-type Soul Rings! And vice versa.

Yu Xiaogang was filled with delight. He had even begun planning what sort of Soul Ring he would attach to that boy once Wang Tianyi became his disciple! That boy's Martial Soul was clearly of the assault type, following a path of fierce and domineering power. But that kind of 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 possibly possess greater power than the Clear Sky Hammer?

With such thoughts in mind, the wildly excited Yu Xiaogang simply decided not to sleep. He picked up the encyclopedia of Soul Beasts beside him and leafed through it again and again...

Work-study student dormitory.

It was already very late. Tang San entered the dormitory with a brand-new set of bedding in his arms, led by a bleary-eyed teacher. The teacher pointed him toward a bed and left. Tang San had just started to spread the bedding over the wooden bed when a hand seized one corner of the blanket.

"Hm?"

Tang San frowned and turned around with some displeasure. But the moment he looked, he felt as though the softest place deep in his heart had been struck! What entered his sight was a pair of pink eyes. The delicate little girl looked somewhat willful, yet Tang San inexplicably felt another emotion arise within him.

Though he had been single for ten thousand years, he did not know what that emotion was...

"Brother, you smell so good... No, no, I mean your blanket smells so good!"

Xiao Wu's very first sentence made Tang San turn pale with fright! 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 merely wanted the blanket in Tang San's hands—Tang San quietly let out a sigh of relief. He reassured himself that the one before him was merely a little girl, not one of his senior brothers from his previous life.

But this was the only blanket he had!

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

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