You'll Ruin Xiao San; I'm Xiao San's Father

If he accepted Spirit Hall's enormous benefits, then helping Spirit Hall clean up its messes would only be natural.

Su Chen possessed Twin Martial Souls: the Great Sun Golden Crow and the Lunar Jade Rabbit, as well as two great Immortal Scriptures: the Sun Immortal Scripture and the Lunar Immortal Scripture.

A broad road to success lay right before him.

Going to Spirit Hall would bring him no benefits, only one pitfall after another to fill.

Forget it, forget it!

"Master Su Yuntao, is Spirit Hall very far away? I don't want to go somewhere far from home."

Su Chen opened his innocent eyes wide and spoke in a childish, clear voice.

He was only six years old—at least, his body was only six. His age was the best disguise.

Su Yuntao was indeed fooled.

He slapped his forehead, looked at the innocent-faced Su Chen, and suppressed all the urgency in his heart.

He was still just a child!

A gentle smile appeared on Su Yuntao's face.

"I understand, child. What is your name?"

Su Chen answered, "My name is Su Chen."

Su Yuntao nodded, quickly wrote out a Martial Soul Certificate, and handed it to Su Chen.

"Su Chen, you truly are still young, so there's no rush for you to join Spirit Hall. This is your Martial Soul Certificate."

"In two months, Nuoding Academy will begin its term. When the time comes, come to the Spirit Hall Branch in Notting City. I'll apply for an admission spot from the Spirit Hall Branch for you, and the branch will cover all tuition and miscellaneous fees."

"Our Spirit Hall Branch will never watch a genius be buried. Once you graduate from Nuoding Academy, you'll be twelve years old. Then you can decide whether or not to join Spirit Hall."

Su Chen looked at the Martial Soul Certificate. In the Martial Soul section, it read Three-Legged Fire Crow. The corner of his mouth twitched. Su Yuntao's eyesight was as poor as ever.

Poor judgment, kind heart.

He raised his head and revealed a dazzling, highly deceptive smile.

"Thank you, Master Su Yuntao. I'll remember that."

Su Yuntao put away his Martial Soul, a hint of exhaustion appearing on his face.

Although it was regrettable that he had failed to make the genius Su Chen join Spirit Hall immediately,

Su Yuntao believed that once Su Chen grew a few years older, he would understand the power of Spirit Hall.

At that time, Su Chen joining Spirit Hall would be a natural course of events.

Promotion, a raise, and Sisi—what belonged to him would ultimately be his.

Just thinking about it made him a little excited.

Su Yuntao put away the awakening stones and crystal ball, then said goodbye to Su Chen.

"Su Chen, I'll be waiting for you at the Spirit Hall Branch in Notting City. Also..."

Su Yuntao raised an index finger and pointed toward the sky.

"Remember to have your village chief arrange for the villagers to repair the roof. I'll be coming to Holy Soul Village again next year."

Su Chen's smile remained unchanged.

"Got it."

They opened the door and filed out of the room.

Old Jack, the village chief of Holy Soul Village, hurried over to Su Yuntao and asked about this year's Martial Soul awakenings.

Su Yuntao also told him about Tang San and Su Chen.

He especially instructed Old Jack,

"Chief Old Jack, have a proper talk with Su Chen. As long as he sets foot on the path of a Soul Master, he will definitely become a great Soul Master in the future."

With that, Su Yuntao left.

He still had to rush to several other villages before nightfall.

Old Jack's face bloomed like a chrysanthemum.

This year, two children in the village had shown Soul Master talent.

Although Tang San's Martial Soul was nothing impressive and he likely would not amount to much in the future,

Su Chen's Martial Soul was excellent and his talent was high. As Su Yuntao had said, he could become a great Soul Master. He was surely destined to become a Soul Sage.

Their Holy Soul Village was going to produce another Soul Sage.

Old Jack was overjoyed.

He was a fair man. Tang San and Su Chen were both equally dear to him, both children of the village.

"Xiao San, Xiao Chen, don't worry. You both have the talent to become Soul Masters, and I will definitely send you to Notting Junior Soul Master Academy."

"The village has one work-study student spot. I'll swallow my pride and borrow another work-study student spot from another village, then I can send both of you to Nuoding Academy."

Tang San lowered his eyes. A Soul Master Academy? Hopefully, after going there, he could find the reason why his Mysterious Heaven Skill could not break through the first level.

And then...

He would amaze everyone!

Especially that Su Yuntao. What did he mean, implying both openly and subtly that his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was unworthy of Innate Full Soul Power?

Do not bully a poor youth.

A Way of Death has already been chosen.

Su Chen smiled openly. "Thank you, Grandpa Old Jack. I will definitely become a Soul Sage."

Those words truly pleased Old Jack, and his eyes crinkled with laughter.

He looked at the warm and cheerful Su Chen, then at the silent and reserved Tang San.

The scales in the old man's heart had already begun to tip.

Su Chen was an orphan whom Old Jack had taken in.

So they sent Tang San home first.

When they reached Tang San's house, Old Jack knocked on the shabby wooden door and called Tang Hao out.

Old Jack was old, but his voice was still thunderous.

"Tang Hao, you're still sleeping? Do you know that today is the day Xiao San awakened his Martial Soul?"

"Xiao San's Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, and he also has Innate Full Soul Power. I've decided to send him to Notting Junior Soul Master Academy. We can't let Xiao San's talent go to waste."

Tang Hao's face was sallow, his hair was a tangled mess, and his thin clothes were riddled with holes. He looked like he had just woken from a drunken stupor and reeked of alcohol.

"Blue Silver Grass! What future could that trash Martial Soul possibly have? Even if he becomes a Soul Master, he'll only be a trash Soul Master!"

"Xiao San can't go to Nuoding Academy. He still has to cook for me!"

"Xiao San, come back!"

Tang San was naturally unwilling. He still wanted to attend a Soul Master Academy and figure out why his Mysterious Heaven Skill could not break through.

But as an heir to feudal values, he would never disobey his father. He could only obediently return home.

Old Jack cursed angrily.

"Tang Hao, you'll ruin Xiao San! If Xiao San can't become a Soul Master, you'll definitely regret it."

Tang Hao replied with the stubbornness of a dead pig unafraid of boiling water,

"I'm Xiao San's father. He has to listen to me."

Bang! The door slammed shut.

Once the door was closed, the anger vanished from Old Jack's face.

He did not seem all that angry in the first place. Instead, as though relieved, he looked at Su Chen with a smile. "Xiao Chen, the village's work-study student spot is yours. Tang Hao won't let Xiao San go to Nuoding Academy, so that saves me some effort. I won't have to cross mountains and ridges to borrow a spot from the neighboring village."

Su Chen was not as optimistic as Old Jack.

Tang Hao merely looked down on Blue Silver Grass, but as long as Tang San revealed his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao would immediately change his tune.

He kept saying Tang San should use the Clear Sky Hammer to protect Blue Silver Grass, yet under Yu Xiaogang's guidance, Tang San recklessly added Soul Rings to Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao never stepped forward to offer a single word of advice.

Sure enough!

Less than a hundred meters after Old Jack and Su Chen had left, the door opened again, and Tang San came jogging after them.

"Grandpa Old Jack, my father agreed to let me attend Nuoding Academy. I'll have to trouble you to put more effort into the matter of that admission spot."

Old Jack opened his mouth. In the end, Tang San was still a child of the village. He still had to make the trip for that second spot.