Not Wait, Where's My Son?

Three seconds of invincibility, then another three!

Xu Yuan was stunned by the heaven-defying effect of his Soul Skill.

No wonder his First Soul Skill had no additional effect.

It turned out he had traded that effect for no cooldown.

"Wish-Granting Golden Body!"

"Wish-Granting Golden Body!"

"Wish-Granting Golden Body!"

Pale golden light kept surging from his body.

The total duration far exceeded the initial three seconds.

And this was Xu Yuan's First Soul Skill!

Its Soul Power cost was not only fixed, but low.

What did that mean?

For the Soul Power cost of an ordinary Soul Master's First Soul Skill, he could unleash a defense that even a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo could do nothing about.

Invincible!

"If I had an offensive Martial Soul too, I'd dare go test my strength against Tang Hao right now!"

Xu Yuan's expression was a sight to behold. He perked up at once.

With a First Soul Skill like this, who did he need to fear?

Tang Hao, a level ninety-five Titled Douluo?

Not good enough!

Bring on Tang Chen, the level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo known as invincible on land!

Just then, Xiao Wu also noticed something was off.

First, Xu Yuan's Wish-Granting Golden Body resembled Invincible Golden Body. The only difference was its lack of an additional effect.

Second, Xu Yuan's First Soul Skill had lasted far too long. It had gone well beyond three seconds, hadn't it?

Just as Xiao Wu was about to ask, she suddenly felt something lifting her up.

"Xu Yuan, are you hiding something on you?"

Puzzled, Xiao Wu shifted aside and looked down.

There was no light beneath the covers, but there was the Wish-Granting Golden Body!

Xu Yuan, while using it, looked just like a Little Golden Man.

Bolstered by the Wish-Granting Golden Body, the Primordial Power he had kept suppressed had somehow risen despite the weight pressing down on it.

"..."

Xiao Wu stared blankly at that Primordial Power.

Perhaps the silence had grown too intimate. The young girl's feelings hidden within Xiao Wu finally awakened.

The instant her eyes met Xu Yuan's, she looked away as though burned.

A hot flush swept over her cheeks and fair, pink neck, spreading all the way to the tips of her ears.

"All right, hurry up and get off!"

Afraid she might punch him, Xu Yuan hastily spoke up.

By now, everyone else in the dormitory was probably awake.

Xiao Wu had meant to say the same thing, but his impatience brought out her stubborn side.

She pinned Xu Yuan down as he tried to rise and said fiercely, "Wh-what are you afraid of? An upright person doesn't fear a crooked shadow!"

"I'm a girl and I haven't said anything. What's a boy like you complaining about? Afraid I'll have my way with you?"

"..."

Xu Yuan had no answer. He didn't mind this, but he couldn't spend all day pinned underneath someone, could he?

"How about we switch places and I get on top?"

"Dream on! Sister Xiao Wu will always be on top!"

Xiao Wu said it with her face burning red, then threw back the covers.

Almost instantly.

Every Work-Study Student in the dormitory looked their way.

They had heard Xiao Wu's last remark too.

"Whoa. That's Sister Xiao Wu for you!"

"Brother Yuan's no slouch either, but he's a support type. Sooner or later, Sister Xiao Wu will have him pinned underneath her."

"Watch what you say, or Sister Xiao Wu might punch you."

The whispers around the dormitory made Xiao Wu's cheeks even redder.

At the crucial moment, Wang Sheng stepped in.

"Brother Yuan, you got back early! Tang San set out before you, and he still hasn't returned!"

The mention of Tang San brought Xiao Wu back to her senses.

Xu Yuan's Soul Hunting trip had not taken very long.

"I got lucky. I ran into a suitable Soul Beast as soon as I entered the Soul Hunting Forest, so it didn't take long."

"As for Tang San and the others... maybe something delayed them on the way, or they're looking for a more suitable Soul Beast."

With a few words, Xu Yuan shifted the conversation to Tang San.

In truth, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang could have finished their Soul Hunting on their first day in the forest.

But Yu Xiaogang had insisted on finding a more suitable Soul Beast.

That was why they had stayed overnight in the Soul Hunting Forest.

Then, in the dead of night, a four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake had chased them without letting up.

"I've heard the Soul Hunting Forest is full of Soul Beasts. One careless move and something could go wrong. Could Tang San and the others have..."

"No way! Yu Xiaogang is a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster, after all!"

Xu Yuan cut in at once.

He did not want Tang Hao, whose whereabouts were anyone's guess, to hold a grudge against him.

What if the man was hiding somewhere, listening in?

Besides, Tang San should have no trouble keeping himself safe.

Tang Hao, who had appeared outside the dormitory at some point, now had a rough idea of his precious son's whereabouts.

No wonder he had searched all of Nouding Academy without finding Little San. He had gone Soul Hunting with Yu Xiaogang.

"Yu Xiaogang. I remember him..."

"That level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster whose Martial Soul underwent a malignant mutation. He once studied Martial Soul Theory at Spirit Hall."

"He must know a great deal about Martial Soul Theory. There shouldn't be any major prob—cough, cough, cough!"

Tang Hao suddenly clutched his chest. Fierce pain struck as he coughed, and he circulated his Soul Power to force it down.

"I'll come back and check in a couple of days."

This time, Xiao Wu's Hundred Thousand Year Origin had been taken away.

Tang Hao could no longer discover her true identity, so he naturally paid little attention to this place.

If Little San had not been training here, he would not have bothered to look.

Yu Xiaogang was a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster.

He also came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects. With him personally looking after Little San, what could possibly go wrong?

So Tang Hao returned to the Waterfall Cave to heal his injuries.

Every so often, he quietly visited Nouding Academy to check.

Two or three days passed without Little San and the others returning. Perhaps Yu Xiaogang had been delayed while looking for a suitable Soul Beast!

After seven or eight days, they still had not returned. Tang Hao could not help marveling: Yu Xiaogang truly deserved his reputation as a master of theory!

He took the choice of a First Soul Ring so seriously that he was willing to spend all this time finding one for Little San.

"Could Yu Xiaogang have seen, through theory alone, that Little San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul had the potential for a Second Awakening?"

No matter how hard he racked his brains, Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo, never considered that something might have gone wrong during their Soul Hunting trip.

After all, Yu Xiaogang was practically half a Soul Elder.

They were hunting a First Soul Ring, not a ninth.

There were even teams on the outskirts of the Soul Hunting Forest that helped others hunt Soul Beasts. How could anything go wrong?

But two or three weeks later, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang still had not returned. Tang Hao could no longer sit still.

"Wait, where's my son?"

"Does hunting a First Soul Ring really take this long?"

However unconcerned Tang Hao had been, even he could tell something was wrong now.

Without a moment's hesitation, he set off for the Soul Hunting Forest.

Tang Hao was not the only one panicking. The Dean of Nouding Academy was too!

Why had he let Yu Xiaogang live off the academy for free?

Was it not because he hoped to use him to climb onto the high branches of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or Spirit Hall?

Otherwise, would a Soul Ancestor like him truly have been won over by the theory of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul?

Now Yu Xiaogang had vanished into thin air, and the Dean would have to answer for it!

Just as he was about to leave, a letter arrived.

"That gave me a fright. I thought something had happened!"

It was from Yu Xiaogang. He said he had found a special Soul Beast in the Soul Hunting Forest and would not return for the time being.

Tang San, as his disciple, needed to help him there. The Dean need not worry; they expected to return next month.

The Dean believed the letter and wiped the sweat from his brow in relief.

Little did he know that Yu Xiaogang was not staying away by choice. He was already in a wheelchair and truly could not return for the time being.