This Isn't Right, Is It?

The next day.

Wang Tianyi got out of bed early. He had slept for less than three hours that entire night, with the pain in his mind tormenting him without cease. Every night, Wang Tianyi had to meditate and cultivate until he was exhausted before attempting to sleep. But no matter what, he always got up at six the next morning. He practiced his staff techniques for an hour before beginning the day.

The Ruyi Jingu Bang displayed a violent beauty in Wang Tianyi's hands. With the support of two Transcendent God-Tier Martial Souls, staff techniques seemed as though they had been tailor-made for Wang Tianyi! He combined the staff techniques Wang Chen had taught him with the Heaven-Equaling Staff Technique and Six-Eared Staff Technique that had appeared in his mind, forging a path of his own. However, given his current cultivation and age, this staff technique was merely a rough prototype.

Notting Academy was not large. Fee-paying students and work-study students attended classes in the same classroom, and the teaching methods of the Soul Master world differed from the education Wang Tianyi had once received. Most courses covered Martial Soul theory and methods of use, with the occasional small technique useful to low-level Soul Masters. Still, Wang Tianyi listened very attentively.

The path to becoming the strongest was not easy. Building a solid foundation was the utmost priority.

Wang Tianyi abandoned all meaningless socializing. This included, but was not limited to, his three dormmates trying to persuade him to go into the city for some fun, or getting acquainted with the so-called geniuses of the academy. He retained only a heart that sought strength, and it was incomparably resolute!

Because of this, he also ignored those so-called enemies whom he considered not worth his attention. Tang San did not appear in the classroom, and Wang Tianyi knew Yu Xiaogang had likely taken Tang San to hunt Soul Beasts. Xiao Wu occasionally sent him particularly resentful looks, but he had no interest in her either.

Time passed quickly when one studied seriously. The dismissal bell rang, and countless students swarmed out of the classroom. Wang Tianyi quietly packed his things, paying no attention to the two gazes coming from behind him.

Thump, thump, thump...

Footsteps sounded, followed by a large hand landing on Wang Tianyi's desk.

"Friend, you're the new Wang Tianyi, right? Let's get acquainted. I'm Xiao Yan. My Martial Soul is a wolf, and my Innate Soul Power is rank three. You know Xiao Chenyu from sixth grade, right? He's my big brother! His Soul Power has already reached rank eleven. He's the boss of the academy!"

A child wearing a gaudily altered academy uniform approached with a broad smile. He extended his hand toward Wang Tianyi, his attitude somewhat arrogant, but Wang Tianyi did not sense any malice from him.

"Mm, I know the young master of the City Lord's Manor. Hello."

Neither Heaven-Equaling's humble personality nor Six Ears's arrogant personality appeared. At this moment, Wang Tianyi was simply himself! This peer, whose name was a little excessively forceful, had approached him with the intention of making friends. Wang Tianyi did not put on airs, since he was not some crazed fool who looked down on everyone and constantly shouted about fighting and killing.

Xiao Yan was straightforward by nature and never knew how to conceal his thoughts. Seeing Wang Tianyi give him so much face, he began to doubt the claim made by Wang Tianyi's dormmates that Wang Tianyi was exceptionally arrogant.

"Good, then from today onward, we're friends! If any blind fool dares to bully you in the future, tell me. I'll get my big brother to stand up for you!"

Xiao Yan patted his chest in assurance. Wang Tianyi merely smiled and said nothing more. Their conversation was fairly pleasant. What scheming could children this young possibly have? In only a short while, Xiao Yan was already calling Wang Tianyi his brother.

However,

Xiao Wu, who had also remained in the classroom with her gaze fixed on Wang Tianyi, secretly complained to herself, What's with this? He's so warm toward other people...

Xiao Wu had stayed behind for a simple reason. She wanted to resolve the conflict from that day, and she wanted even more to know what Wang Tianyi's Martial Soul was.

For a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast that had taken human form, other human Soul Masters' Martial Souls could almost never suppress their Martial Souls after transformation. Although the Soft Bone Rabbit was a Soul Beast at the bottom of the Star Dou Great Forest's food chain, Xiao Wu possessed a hundred thousand years of cultivation. With such a foundation supporting her, her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul was naturally far stronger than those of ordinary Soul Masters! More importantly, why did Wang Tianyi give off a feeling that made her soul tremble? Those strange eyes seemed to belong to a nobler creature—not merely nobler than a Soft Bone Rabbit, but nobler than all Soul Beasts!

Xiao Wu felt she had to investigate. Wang Tianyi's talent was so monstrous that he might become a Titled Douluo in the future! She had taken human form for a reason. It was not merely to experience the human world, but also to find the culprit who had killed her mother. If possible, she wanted to find herself someone to rely on—preferably someone she had grown up alongside, someone with whom her bond would be unbreakable, just like the legends of love between humans and Soul Beasts spoken of by other hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts!

The pure-minded Soft Bone Rabbit had heard stories of humans and Soul Beasts falling in love, and she longed for it. She wanted to experience a love like Senior Ah Yin's! Her other half would learn that she was a Soul Beast, yet still be willing to stand before her and protect her. There was nothing more romantic in this world!

Seeing Wang Tianyi and Xiao Yan chatting happily, Xiao Wu gathered her courage and walked over. Xiao Yan looked up and saw Xiao Wu, and the work-study student outfit she wore made him frown. But when he realized that its owner was a pretty, adorable little girl, Xiao Yan's eyes instantly lit up.

"Hey, where did this cute little sister come from? I'm Xiao Yan, and my brother is..."

Xiao Yan eagerly tried to flatter her, but Xiao Wu did not even glance at him. Her pink eyes remained fixed on Wang Tianyi from beginning to end. Wang Tianyi looked up and met her gaze. Only then did Xiao Wu realize that Wang Tianyi's pupils had returned to normal. They were a deep, profound black.

"Hey? I'm talking to you. At least acknowledge me a little, please. This is really embarrassing for me! And you, Brother Tianyi, do you two know each other?"

Xiao Yan was extremely embarrassed. He looked from Wang Tianyi to Xiao Wu. The way their eyes met seemed to spark flames in the air, while he had been nothing but an outsider from start to finish.

But adjusting his mentality was no difficult matter for Xiao Yan. He quickly adapted, found a place to sit, somehow pulled out a bag of potato chips, and began crunching away. Then he saw Xiao Wu blush and lower her head on her own initiative.

Oh~, these two had a story!

Watching drama was human nature, and Xiao Yan could not resist it either. Could it be that Wang Tianyi was actually a playboy? That was understandable, after all. There were not many girls as cute as this one...

But in the next moment.

"What, I spared you last time, and today you came crawling back? Do you want to fight me?"

Hearing Wang Tianyi's icy words, Xiao Yan sprayed the potato chips in his mouth everywhere!

Th-this... this wasn't right, was it?