Human Potential Is Infinite

"As for that Boss Xiao you mentioned?

If he has a problem with it, tell him to come find me. But if you dare bully the people of Seventh Dormitory or enter Seventh Dormitory whenever you please again, it won't be as simple as a beating."

"Let's go. Time for the opening ceremony."

The opening ceremony was terribly boring. While listening to the headmaster speak above, Chu Zhao continued cultivating, her attention split in two.

Notting City was a remote little town, and even the headmaster was only a Soul Elder. Still, he was considered extremely powerful within the city. He was the only Soul Elder in the entire town; many people in this small city had their Soul Power stuck at the Soul Grandmaster level.

After the tedious opening ceremony, Chu Zhao was preparing to return to the dormitory and continue cultivating when someone blocked her path.

"Is there something you need?"

She swept her gaze over them as she spoke and found that most of those blocking her were children around ten years old. A few of the familiar ones were bruised and battered, and Chu Zhao immediately understood.

"Boss, they're Boss Xiao's group. The one at the front is Boss Xiao. He loves bullying work-study students like us."

Wang Sheng and the others hurried over from behind and introduced the group to Chu Zhao. However, there was a hint of fear in his voice, a deeply ingrained instinctive terror built up over time.

"So you're the new boss of Seventh Dormitory? The work-study student who enrolled yesterday? I heard you're trash with only Level One Innate Soul Power, yet you actually became their boss."

Boss Xiao looked at Chu Zhao with utter disdain. The moment he opened his mouth, he revealed her Innate Soul Power level. Clearly, he had come prepared and investigated her beforehand.

"What? Level One Innate Soul Power?"

Upon hearing Boss Xiao's words, Wang Sheng stared at Chu Zhao in shock.

He simply could not imagine that Chu Zhao, who had easily defeated Tang San, was someone with Level One Innate Soul Power just like him. How could that be possible?

"Oh, so you didn't know? No wonder you actually accepted this trash as your boss."

Boss Xiao burst into laughter, becoming even more arrogant.

"You work-study students really are getting more and more pathetic. How about—"

Before he could finish, his words were replaced by a shrill cry of pain.

Boss Xiao clutched his attacked stomach with both hands, hurting so badly that he nearly jumped off his feet!

"Calling people trash every other word is really too noisy."

Chu Zhao rubbed her fist, her voice still gentle and sweet.

"If I'm trash, then what does that make you, who was beaten by this trash?"

"You actually dared to hit me? I'll make you regret this!"

Boss Xiao had been struck by a little girl like Chu Zhao in front of so many people. He truly could not save face. At that hot-blooded age, he was so furious that he forgot everything else.

He immediately used Martial Soul Possession, his savage beast claws lunging toward Chu Zhao to teach her a lesson.

In response, Chu Zhao released her Martial Soul as well. However, she was still softhearted and only used the blunt side of the scythe.

Beast claws against scythe—under Chu Zhao's deliberate restraint, it was practically nothing more than a clash of strength.

The Longevity Art brought every aspect of Chu Zhao's body to its optimal state. Naturally, Boss Xiao could not compare to her in strength, and she easily sent him flying.

He slammed heavily into the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

But Boss Xiao had some tenacious spirit. Like an unkillable cockroach, he quickly climbed back to his feet and pounced at Chu Zhao again.

This time, he used a soul skill. However, his first soul ring was only a ten-year soul ring, and his Soul Power was merely Level Eleven. The skill's effect was truly unimpressive, and he was soon sent flying by Chu Zhao once more.

This time, he did not get back up for quite a while.

"Can you still fight? Want me to wait for you a little longer?"

Chu Zhao looked at Boss Xiao, sprawled on the ground, and asked in a friendly manner.

"N-No need."

After forcing out those two words, Boss Xiao felt too ashamed to face anyone.

He was the son of the Notting City lord, a one-ring Battle Soul Master, yet he had lost to a little girl with only Level One Soul Power. He had lost all his face.

"What about you? Do you want to come at me together?"

With the sharp scythe in her hand, Chu Zhao turned toward Boss Xiao's dozen or so followers. To them, it felt as if a demon were calling to them.

The dozen or so children panicked, shaking their heads and nodding at the same time, unable to form a complete sentence for a long while.

"N-No, we don't."

None of them could beat Boss Xiao, much less face Chu Zhao.

"Oh, so there's no one left to fight."

Chu Zhao looked deeply regretful. "Do you still want to make me regret it? Do you still want to bully the work-study students of Seventh Dormitory?"

"No!"

The dozen or so children shook their heads frantically. One of the fence-sitters immediately said,

"From today onward, you'll be the boss of the entire academy."

"That won't be necessary. The headmaster is the boss of the academy. I'm only an ordinary student, and I don't want anyone disturbing me."

"Understood. We absolutely won't disturb you."

Strength truly was a pass everywhere. After Chu Zhao defeated Boss Xiao, who was said to be the strongest among the students, her status among them had replaced his.

However, just as Chu Zhao was about to head back to the dormitory, Boss Xiao called out to stop her.

"Wait."

"You'd better have a reason." Chu Zhao felt that too much of her time had already been wasted. She only wanted to cultivate every second she could. What had she done wrong?

"I'm just curious. You're a soul master without even a single soul ring, and you only have Level One Soul Power. Why did you beat me so easily?"

"Because Soul Power and soul rings cannot completely determine how strong someone is. Human potential is infinite. I merely uncovered my talents beyond Soul Power and soul rings. As long as you're willing to put in the effort, you can do it too."

After saying that, Chu Zhao finally returned to the dormitory. This time, no one stopped her.

However, her words left many people standing where they were, and some of them were struck by a different realization.

This included Xiao Chenyu and Wang Sheng.

Over the next few days, Chu Zhao noticed that Wang Sheng cultivated even harder than before.

His diligence also motivated the others. Even Xiao Wu was influenced, no longer as lazy and careless as before.

When Tang San returned, he found everyone diligently meditating and cultivating, making him feel as though he had been swept up in it too.

"Tang San, you're back!"

Xiao Wu was the first to notice Tang San's return and immediately hurried over excitedly.

Her voice startled the others awake as well, and everyone gathered around him.

"Tang San, you finally came back. How did getting your first soul ring go? Did everything go smoothly?"

What they were even more curious about was Tang San's progress in obtaining his soul ring. He was the first person in their dormitory to have one! There were not even many students with soul rings in all of Notting Academy.

Tang San first glanced at the wooden door that still bore a "Do Not Disturb" sign before answering his dormmates' questions.