I Feel Incredible

"Sister Xiao Wu! Brother Yuan! You two are finally back!"

Wang Sheng sprang from his seat in the dormitory and hurried over to them.

Tang San, who had been resting in the dormitory, opened his eyes too.

If Xu Yuan hadn't returned today, Tang San would have left with his teacher and the Dean for the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Wang Sheng, what are you panicking about?"

"Didn't I ask you to help us get leave from the teacher?"

Xiao Wu held a glistening stick of candied hawthorn that Xu Yuan had bought her on the way back.

He'd said it was compensation for biting her.

"Bleh! Candied hawthorn is delicious!"

It was Xiao Wu's first time trying it, and she liked it a lot.

Unfortunately, she was only a Soul Master, and her monthly Soul Master stipend was limited.

Besides, she spent money like water and couldn't save a thing.

If she could eat treats like this every day, she'd gladly let Xu Yuan bite her a couple more times!

Come to think of it, Xu Yuan had quite a few Gold Soul Coins.

A scheme began turning in Xiao Wu's head, and she blinked.

"Xu Yuan, starting next month, I'll let you hold on to my Gold Soul Coin stipend!"

"I'll just get it from you whenever I need it!"

Xiao Wu leaned close to Xu Yuan, her face full of trust.

It was as if their relationship had already reached a new level.

"You're not planning to pretend you've forgotten how many Gold Soul Coins you have, then spend mine, are you?"

Xu Yuan looked thoroughly suspicious. He thought this silly rabbit was finally starting to get clever.

"How could I? How can you suspect Sister Xiao Wu like that?"

Still holding her candied hawthorn, Xiao Wu guiltily looked away.

Wang Sheng couldn't help asking, "Sister Xiao Wu, Brother Yuan, that Whale Rubber you took yesterday—did you two go off to..."

The question instantly caught everyone's attention.

Even Tang San, who was packing his things, held his breath and listened closely.

"Yesterday... the Whale Rubber... well..."

Xiao Wu scratched her head. She remembered promising Xu Yuan she would keep it secret, so she could only tell them part of it.

"It was all right. Sister Xiao Wu feels refreshed—incredible, really!"

At the thought of her Soul Power reaching Level 16, Xiao Wu's face lit up and her voice grew more excited.

As she spoke, Xiao Wu crunched through her candied hawthorn and rubbed her palms.

The Whale Rubber had healed her damaged muscles, but working those charcoal bellows was no job for a human being.

"Sister Xiao Wu, what happened to your hands?" Wang Sheng asked, puzzled.

"My hands? I was busy all day yesterday, that's what!" Xiao Wu snapped.

"All day? Wasn't Brother Yuan there too?" Wang Sheng asked in surprise.

"Xu Yuan!" Just mentioning him made Xiao Wu angry. "He was lazy as anything! He wouldn't even move halfway through!"

"What???"

Everyone in the dormitory looked at Xu Yuan with admiration.

Tang San's eyes widened. Were people on the Douluo Continent really that open about this?

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xu Yuan's face darkened.

He strongly suspected Xiao Wu was seizing the chance to get back at him.

"Xu Yuan, my teacher wants to see you again!"

Tang San couldn't listen anymore. His chest felt tight.

He had been single for over thirty years. At last, he'd met a pretty girl his own age.

But he was nothing more than a bystander, watching the two of them grow closer.

"Sigh..."

Tang San let out a helpless sigh.

It wasn't that he'd fallen for Xiao Wu at first sight. He just wanted a "little sister" too!

Am I doomed to be alone?

Tang San began to question his life.

After living two lives, he still couldn't manage a full set of parents.

How did that make sense?

At least I still have a dad—and a teacher!

Tang San gathered himself, but couldn't resist glancing at Xiao Wu again.

Wanting to make a cute girl your sworn little sister the moment you meet her is a perfectly normal impulse, right?

Tang San saw nothing wrong with his thinking.

"Grandmaster Yu? Does he want to make another wish?"

Xu Yuan and the others in the dormitory all looked at Tang San.

After what had happened last time, Yu Xiaogang still dared to make a wish?

"Hmph! Don't underestimate my teacher!"

"He's the Grandmaster whose invincible theories are renowned throughout the Soul Master World!"

"His wisdom is beyond your imagination. What happened last time was nothing but an accident!"

Tang San disliked the disrespectful looks everyone was giving his teacher.

Just then, Yu Xiaogang, who had appeared outside at some point, walked in.

He wore a backpack, with the Dean of Nouding Academy following behind him.

Yu Xiaogang looked calm and composed, as though he had forgotten the earth-shaking blast on Nouding Academy's Sports Field.

"Only mediocrities dwell on past failures!"

"A true powerhouse has more than strength. His mental fortitude must far surpass that of ordinary people!"

Yu Xiaogang struck an arrogant pose. He didn't even deign to look at Wang Sheng.

"Though I'm only a Soul Elder and can't call myself a powerhouse, my invincible theories are the genuine article!"

Yu Xiaogang patted Tang San's shoulder. "Under the guidance of my invincible theories, Xiao San has already reached Level 13 Soul Power!"

"Wang Sheng, if I remember correctly, you're still at Level 11. That's the difference a theoretical foundation makes!"

"Though the world calls Blue Silver Grass a Trash Martial Soul, under my guidance, Tang San will one day become a great powerhouse!"

As Yu Xiaogang spoke, he kept glancing at Xu Yuan, as if waiting for something.

First, a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse had made a wish. Now Tang San had shown his Soul Power Level. Surely Xu Yuan would submit!

Instead, Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu exchanged a speechless look.

Tang San's Soul Power isn't even as high as mine! Xiao Wu pursed her lips and muttered inwardly.

Tang San puffed out his chest and calmly surveyed Wang Sheng.

Working at the forge and injuring his eyes had cost him some training time, but Wang Sheng still couldn't compare to him.

"If you don't believe it, you're welcome to have a match!"

Seeing that Wang Sheng seemed unconvinced, Yu Xiaogang immediately pressed his advantage.

Today, he wanted Tang San to vindicate his invincible theories!

At the very least, Tang San could make a name for himself at Nouding Academy. Otherwise, Yu Xiaogang couldn't bear the strange looks the students kept giving him.

Those looks cut deeper than their old mockery ever had!

"Fine!"

Wang Sheng knew he might not beat Tang San. They had already fought when school started.

But he had since obtained a Hundred-Year Soul Ring!

He wanted to see how great the gap between them really was.

"Xiao San!"

Yu Xiaogang stepped back beside the Dean. "Tang San obtained his First Soul Ring according to the standards set out in my Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul theory!"

"Oh? Then I'm in for an eye-opening display!"

An expectant smile appeared on the Soul Ancestor Dean's face at just the right moment. In truth, he felt nothing.

When he had advanced to Soul Ancestor, he'd happened to meet Yu Xiaogang in Nuoding City.

As a well-traveled Soul Master, the Dean had heard about Yu Xiaogang's background and his reputation as a master of theory.

To build a closer relationship, he had asked Yu Xiaogang to help choose his Fourth Soul Ring.

How should he put it? The Fourth Soul Skill he'd gained wasn't weak, exactly. It was just...

This Grandmaster, renowned throughout the Soul Master World for his supposedly invincible theories, seemed a little too fond of Control System Soul Skills.