Paying Respects to Boss Cheng!

"One ring, Level 13!"

After Cheng Xiao announced his martial soul and level, the senior students behind Xiao Chenyu were already dumbfounded, every face filled with shock.

"How is that possible? How old are you?" Xiao Chenyu sucked in a breath, already faintly considering surrender.

They were both one-ring Soul Masters, but there was already a two-level gap between them. Leaving aside those two levels, he had never even heard of Cheng Xiao's Shadow Soldier martial soul.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you." Seeing Xiao Chenyu's disbelieving expression, Cheng Xiao smiled. "My first soul ring is a Hundred Year Soul Ring."

As he spoke, a Dark Purple soul ring rose from beneath Cheng Xiao's feet, circling his body as it pulsed up and down.

In truth, Cheng Xiao had deliberately claimed that his soul ring was a hundred-year one because he wanted to find out exactly how effective the Soul Ring Disguise Skill was. This was a good opportunity.

Staring fixedly at the Yellow Soul Ring beneath Cheng Xiao's feet, Xiao Chenyu felt all the strength drain from his body in an instant. Their Soul Power differed by two levels, he did not know the traits of Cheng Xiao's martial soul, and his first soul ring was a Hundred Year Soul Ring vastly superior to his own. How the hell was he supposed to fight that?

"I surrender." Xiao Chenyu shook his head with a bitter smile, speaking dejectedly.

Hearing Xiao Chenyu admit defeat, the senior students who had come with him changed expression as well. Even their boss had surrendered—what were this rabble supposed to amount to?

Some of the smarter senior students were already planning to slip away while they could. They had lost this battle in the end. From now on, whenever they saw work-study students, they would have to take a detour.

"Then honor your promise." Cheng Xiao withdrew his soul ring and smiled mildly.

Xiao Chenyu took a deep breath and said solemnly, "All right. I'll honor my promise. From now on, you're my boss, and we'll never bully work-study students again."

Cheng Xiao shook his head with a smile. "No need to make it so troublesome. You're older than me, so calling me boss would be rather unfair to you."

"Not unfair at all, not unfair at all!" Xiao Chenyu hurriedly said, "Boss, even though we didn't fight, I definitely wouldn't have been your match. I wholeheartedly accept you as my boss!"

Cheng Xiao felt somewhat helpless at that. He truly did not want people calling him boss. It made him feel like some kid gang leader.

"Where's Xiao Chenyu? We work-study students are here!"

Just then, another large group of people came bustling over.

"Boss, weren't you..." Xiao Chenyu stared blankly at the suddenly appearing Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others.

Hadn't the work-study students only sent one person? Why had another group arrived?

Seeing Xiao Chenyu's bewildered look, Cheng Xiao did not bother explaining. The outcome would be the same either way, so there was no need to explain.

"Xiao Chenyu, weren't you going to fight us work-study students?" Wang Sheng, who was leading the group, saw Xiao Chenyu and asked in a deep voice, "We're here now. How do you want to do this?"

"Boss, this..." Hearing Wang Sheng's words, Xiao Chenyu looked at Cheng Xiao helplessly.

"Hm? Why does this person look a little like Boss Cheng?" Seeing Xiao Chenyu acting like a lackey, Wang Sheng noticed Cheng Xiao beside him and could not help frowning.

Because he had obtained a soul ring, Cheng Xiao's appearance had changed slightly compared to when he had first enrolled.

"Wang Sheng, it's me, Cheng Xiao." Noticing Wang Sheng's gaze, Cheng Xiao smiled.

"Holy crap, Boss Cheng!" Hearing Cheng Xiao state his name, Wang Sheng was instantly shocked.

"Cheng Xiao, you're back." Unlike Wang Sheng, Xiao Wu quickly walked up to Cheng Xiao, smiling brightly.

"Yeah. After I got back from hunting a soul beast, I was planning to test my Soul Skill, but then I ran into them." Looking at the smiling Xiao Wu, Cheng Xiao pointed at the petrified Xiao Chenyu nearby.

"Huh?" Xiao Wu froze. Looking at Xiao Chenyu, who had the manner of a lackey, she could not help forming a bold guess. Covering her little mouth, she said in surprise, "Don't tell me you fought all of them by yourself?"

The moment those words came out, the crowd erupted. Aside from the senior students who had already been won over by Cheng Xiao, all the work-study students wore shocked expressions.

What? Since when had their work-study students produced such a fierce person? He had fought every senior student alone? And won?

Hearing that, Xiao Chenyu coughed lightly and secretly glanced at Cheng Xiao from the corner of his eye. Then he said awkwardly, "Well, it wasn't one against a group. We surrendered. We surrendered."

Xiao Wu was even more surprised. She was about to say something else when Cheng Xiao said, "Chenyu, you and Wang Sheng handle the follow-up matters. I have other things to do, so I'll be leaving first."

"Okay, Boss." Xiao Chenyu nodded. Ignoring Xiao Wu's pouting lips, he turned toward the senior students behind him and loudly declared, "From now on, Cheng Xiao is the boss of our Nuoding Junior Academy. Come over and greet Boss Cheng."

Cheng Xiao watched with a face full of black lines as the senior students bowed to him. For some reason, why did he feel like Xu Jiang, the underworld big brother from The Knockout?

Still, he did not pay it much mind. Under the admiring gazes of the work-study students and senior students, he walked out of the grove.

"Hey, Cheng Xiao!" Watching Cheng Xiao walk away just like that, Xiao Wu pouted and called his name as she chased after him.

For some reason, she was especially curious about how Cheng Xiao had defeated Xiao Chenyu and the others. Although Xiao Chenyu said they had surrendered on their own, there had to have been some process behind that surrender, right?

Watching the two departing figures, Xiao Chenyu slapped his forehead and muttered, "Damn it. I thought I'd only have one boss over my head, but it looks like there are two."

"Xiao Chenyu, what do you mean by that?" Wang Sheng was completely baffled.

"Idiot!" Xiao Chenyu glared at Wang Sheng. Commoners were commoners. Aside from a powerhouse like Boss Cheng, these work-study students really had no insight.

"You..." Wang Sheng was left speechless by Xiao Chenyu calling him an idiot. Mainly because he truly did not understand what Xiao Chenyu meant and had no way to refute him.

"Enough. Don't think I'll look at you differently just because Boss Cheng is a work-study student." Xiao Chenyu warned Wang Sheng, "I'm Boss Cheng's number one lackey. You come after me, understand?"

Wang Sheng was somewhat dumbfounded. Looking at Xiao Chenyu's serious expression as he warned him, he could not help feeling dazed. Was this still the arrogant, overbearing Xiao Chenyu?

Why did he suddenly feel like a big brother's loyal little brother?

Elsewhere, Tang San walked out of Master's room. After a whole morning of Master's teachings on martial soul theory, he had deeply realized the importance of martial soul theory.

But right now, he still needed to go to Spirit Hall for a Soul Master assessment and collect his Soul Master subsidy. After all, that subsidy was one Gold Soul Coin!