"Surely there's no need to rush? With my strength as a level 37 Soul Elder, wouldn't they put me in the best class anyway?"
Jin Yang countered, "Besides, I've already enrolled. Does a little longer really matter? Right now, only you and I know about this. No third person knows a thing.
"Don't tell me someone's going to suddenly show up at Plant Academy and haul me away?"
Hearing Jin Yang's words, the excited and flustered Jiang Yan gradually calmed down.
His mind began to clear.
"That makes sense. I really was too hasty. This is the first time in my life I've encountered such a powerful Soul Skill. It shattered everything I thought I knew about Soul Skills." Once he calmed down, Jiang Yan returned to his gentle, easygoing manner.
Whether students or teachers, everyone at Plant Academy seemed remarkably peaceful.
Even if their emotions suddenly ran wild, they could quickly recover.
Was this what all people with plant Martial Souls had in common?
Drawing close to nature, sensing nature, and finally becoming part of nature.
At the thought of studying in an environment like this, the string in Jin Yang's mind that had remained taut because of Tang Hao and Tang San suddenly slackened.
A smile appeared on his face.
His outlook improved considerably.
Keeping away from trashy people really did make life better.
He wondered which academy Tang San and Xiao Wu had gone to.
Now that they had veered away from Yu Xiaogang's branch of the story, surely they wouldn't go to Shrek Academy again?
Without Yu Xiaogang doing everything he could to drag them down, Tang San and Xiao Wu's competitive natures should lead them to choose a powerful academy.
Most likely, they would attend one of the three strongest academies: Spirit Hall Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, or Star Luo Royal Academy.
Then he could rule out Spirit Hall Academy, the Soul Master Academy in Spirit City, where the greatest concentration of Titled Douluos gathered.
That left only Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy for Tang San and Xiao Wu to choose from.
In any case, whatever those two did, they couldn't possibly come to Plant Academy, where he was-a full tier below those schools.
But whichever one they chose, it would be very far from him.
He wouldn't have to worry about running into them again anytime soon.
At last, he had some breathing room to shake off his bad luck.
"The academy's teachers are busy with new student enrollment right now. We can discuss my Soul Skill later. I've already received all the benefits I'm supposed to get anyway."
"Don't worry. Unless you tell people about your Soul Skill yourself, I absolutely won't breathe a word of it." Jiang Yan's eyes shone as he solemnly gave his earnest guarantee.
"Of course. I trust you."
Jin Yang said it casually.
The light in Jiang Yan's eyes grew even brighter. "My god! Ah, no, Jin Yang, would you like to have dinner together tonight?"
Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
"Ahem, Blue Silver Grass? What a shame, with such high Soul Power."
"Wait! That's not right! Your Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass? How is that possible? Since when does Blue Silver Grass look like that?"
The teacher responsible for testing Soul Power and Martial Souls pointed at the Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's hand, sounding rather surprised.
"What Soul Rings did you add to it to make it look like this? And how could a Martial Soul as worthless as Blue Silver Grass have such high Soul Power?"
"Put your hand on the crystal ball again. I'll test you once more."
The teacher urged him on, and the scene soon attracted quite a few people's attention.
Tang San hesitated, but complied.
This time, however, he still extended his right hand, channeling all the Soul Power belonging to his Blue Silver Grass into it while tightly surrounding the essence of the Clear Sky Hammer within his body with Soul Power.
"Little San, remember to use the hammer in your left hand to protect the grass in your right."
I'm sorry, Dad. I've broken my promise.
I can't expose the Clear Sky Hammer.
Over the years, as his understanding of the Douluo Continent deepened, Tang San had also heard something of the Clear Sky Sect's plight.
Tang San had already guessed that Tang Hao was a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect.
He wasn't an ordinary drunkard, but a Soul Master from a great sect.
As the Clear Sky Sect's signature Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer was something Tang San absolutely could not let anyone discover.
Otherwise, he would surely face a catastrophe that drowned him completely.
The testing crystal lit up again.
What appeared inside it was still Tang San's bizarre Blue Silver Grass.
The testing teacher pursed his lips and could only let the matter drop.
Looking at the nobles behind him, who had brought their children and were constantly urging him to hurry, the testing teacher had no choice but to let Tang San pass.
Naturally, Xiao Wu had no problems and easily received a passing evaluation.
Although the Soft Bone Rabbit wasn't a particularly exceptional or rare Martial Soul, its powerful capabilities could make up for that shortcoming.
"Brother San, I'm here!" Xiao Wu excitedly jogged over to Tang San, and together they followed the commoner upperclassman responsible for guiding new students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, touring the academy where they would live from now on.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy looked magnificent, steeped in the atmosphere of Heaven Dou royalty, with royal motifs everywhere.
Judging by their clothes, every passing student seemed either wealthy or noble.
On ordinary days, they apparently didn't wear uniforms, instead having clothes custom-made with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy emblem.
Even from a distance, Tang San could tell that the material of those clothes was far better than anything ordinary people wore.
"Brother San, look! Their clothes are all so pretty. I'll buy an outfit like that sometime too."
"Mm-hmm."
Tang San responded absentmindedly.
It wasn't just Xiao Wu who wanted to wear them. Tang San did too.
Clothes made the man, just as a saddle dressed a horse. If he had clothes like that, surely he could look more handsome too, just like Jin Yang.
At least he wouldn't look like a country bumpkin.
"Brother San! Look over there! That person! Isn't he a prince?"
Xiao Wu spotted a figure standing a short distance ahead, with a specially made royal carriage parked nearby and a squad of royal guards at his side.
"Xiao Wu, keep your voice down."
"Yes, Xiao Wu, please be quiet. Don't disturb His Highness the Crown Prince!"
The commoner upperclassman exclaimed in a hushed voice, hurriedly catching Xiao Wu's hand as he warned her.
Tang San glanced at Xiao Wu's captured hand and unobtrusively separated the two.
Xiao Wu was puzzled, but didn't dwell on it.
Although the commoner upperclassman's warning had made Xiao Wu rein herself in considerably, she still couldn't resist stealing glances toward Xue Qinghe.
The commoner upperclassman was just about to lead Xiao Wu and Tang San down another path.
Just then, Xue Qinghe turned around and beckoned to Xiao Wu.
"Junior, would you come over for a chat?"
Xue Qinghe smiled, his exquisite features like fine jade, his bearing noble and graceful.
The commoner upperclassman gave Tang San and Xiao Wu one last look, then immediately fled without looking back.
Watching the upperclassman flee, Xiao Wu swallowed and could only steel herself and walk toward Xue Qinghe.
Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, then at Xue Qinghe.
He gritted his teeth and followed her.
"Your Highness..."
Xiao Wu called out somewhat hesitantly.
Xue Qinghe, who was in fact Qian Renxue.
She stared at Xiao Wu for a long while.
"Your Highness, Xiao Wu is my younger sister. Please conduct yourself properly."
Tang San finally couldn't bear it any longer and spoke up.
He feared that if he didn't say something soon, a pale green cuckold's hat would slowly appear on his head.
Xue Qinghe came back to his senses, not finding anything strange about staring at someone else's younger sister.
His manner remained elegant, without the slightest trace of embarrassment.
Instead, Xiao Wu and Tang San were the ones who felt awkward.
After all, Xiao Wu had been the one staring at Xue Qinghe in the first place.
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