Bai Yu Tests Tang Hao

Early the next morning, everyone in the Seventh Dormitory got up, picked up brooms and other tools, and prepared to do their Work-Study Student duties.

Bai Yu was the last to get up. By the time he rose, Wang Sheng and the others were already ready to head out.

Wang Sheng could not help asking,

"Brother Yu, are you feeling unwell? Why don't you rest today? We can do your work for you."

Bai Yu smiled.

"No need. I'm already a Soul Master and receive a stipend, so I don't need to be a Work-Study Student anymore."

Everyone froze. That did seem to be the case!

Wang Sheng said sourly,

"Damn, Brother Yu, aren't you going to treat us to a meal to celebrate?"

Bai Yu laughed and cursed,

"Celebrate my ass. Didn't you drink enough last night?"

Wang Sheng gave an embarrassed laugh and headed out with the others.

Xiao Wu walked at the very back, looking at Bai Yu with complicated eyes. Bai Yu asked,

"Xiao Wu, what's wrong?"

Xiao Wu shook her head and walked out the door, secretly thinking, I can't work with Xiao Yu anymore. Then I need to find a chance to obtain my First Soul Ring too.

After everyone had left, Bai Yu did not leave the academy to hunt souls in Nuoding Forest or Soul Hunting Forest.

He was only six years old. On the surface, he was still a Support System Soul Master with no combat ability. If the Dean or teachers discovered that he was absent from the academy and investigated, only to find that he had gone alone to Soul Hunting Forest, his secret might be exposed.

Bai Yu planned to visit Soul Hunting Forest once every half month, staying for a day and a night each time. Staying too long would easily arouse suspicion. After all, Tang Hao might currently be in Nuoding City. If he discovered the secret of the Myriad Souls Banner, he might come at him with a hammer right away.

Bai Yu had calculated it. He would stay in Nuoding City for six years, which was seventy-two months. Going once every half month meant one hundred and forty-four trips. Sooner or later, he would encounter suitable targets for hunting souls.

Besides, there were holidays. After school let out, he would have even more time to visit Soul Hunting Forest. Still, he could not go too often. He had to return to Holy Spirit Village with Tang San, where Tang Hao was. He absolutely could not act rashly there.

Right, normally, Soul Masters only went to Soul Hunting Forest when they needed to Hunt for Soul Ring. They might not go even once in half a year otherwise. If I went once every half month, the guards would definitely remember me and report me up the chain. Then Spirit Hall's higher-ups would certainly investigate me.

I could use training as an excuse, but I still could not go too frequently. At most, once a month, and I could not stay for too long. That meant I could visit Soul Hunting Forest at most seventy-two times during these six years. The rest of the time, I would have to try my luck in Nuoding Forest.

Bai Yu sighed. Nuoding Forest was inferior to Soul Hunting Forest in both quantity and quality of soul beasts. Finding suitable targets for Soul Refining there would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens. In the future, he would go to Soul Hunting Forest when he wanted to refine souls, and Nuoding Forest when he wanted to improve himself through Soul Devouring.

Having made up his mind, Bai Yu headed toward the classroom and ran into Boss Xiao on the way.

The moment Boss Xiao saw Bai Yu, he ran over to complain. After listening, Bai Yu was somewhat puzzled. His own son had been sexually harassed by a boy, yet City Lord Xiao, the father, was not doing anything about it?

Bai Yu had also heard people discussing City Lord Xiao at Nuoding Academy. City Lord Xiao was not broad-minded, yet he was being so magnanimous about this matter?

Something was clearly amiss. Bai Yu suddenly had a bold guess. Could Tang Hao have threatened City Lord Xiao, leaving him with no choice but to let the matter go?

If that was the case, it meant Tang Hao was constantly watching Tang San and everything happening at Nuoding Academy!

Bai Yu was immensely glad that he had not rashly left the academy just now. Otherwise, he might have been discovered.

The next second, an idea surfaced in his mind. What if he reported Tang Hao to Spirit Hall?

But he quickly dismissed it. First, Tang Hao was watching Tang San and the academy from the shadows. He could not go to Spirit Hall right under Tang Hao's nose. Second, forcing Tang San and Tang Hao into a dead end now would do him no good. He still needed to make use of Tang San.

After comforting Boss Xiao with a few words, Bai Yu proceeded with the mindset that Tang Hao was constantly monitoring him. He attended classes on time and behaved like a good student. The following week went the same way.

In the second week, Dean Wu came to see him on his own initiative and said that since Bai Yu was already a Soul Master, he should go out more and gain experience. The academy had all sorts of assignments, and he could take a look.

Following Dean Wu's advice, Bai Yu went to the Student Affairs Office. The teacher in charge of student affairs smiled and said,

"You're Bai Yu, right? Makes sense. You're already a Soul Master now. As Nuoding Academy is the only Soul Master Academy in Nuoding City, many wealthy households in the city hope to cooperate with us, which is why we have assignment commissions."

"Generally speaking, students below the fourth grade find it difficult to obtain Soul Rings, so most assignments are not open to them. But you are an exception. This week's commissions are all here. Take a look for yourself."

The teacher handed Bai Yu a booklet. Bai Yu flipped through it for a while. There were commissions to guard wealthy households, escort merchant caravans, and enter forests to search for materials and hunt soul beasts.

The student affairs teacher advised,

"You're in the Support System. I don't recommend taking commissions that require combat."

Bai Yu nodded and smiled.

"Thank you, Teacher. I know my limits. I'd like to take this commission."

The student affairs teacher took the booklet and glanced at it. It was a commission from a wealthy household in Nuoding City seeking a Support System Soul Master to accompany their team into Soul Hunting Forest to search for materials.

However, there were very few Support System Soul Masters among Nuoding Academy's students. Even if there were any, they did not lack such a small amount of money. Therefore, this commission had been posted for two and a half months without anyone accepting it.

Only then did the student affairs teacher remember that Bai Yu came from a poor family and needed to earn extra money. He readily agreed and proactively helped Bai Yu contact that wealthy household.

After the noon break, the student affairs teacher found Bai Yu and told him to gather at the entrance of Soul Hunting Forest early the next morning, using Nuoding Academy's Academy Emblem to prove his identity.

Bai Yu nodded.

The next day, Bai Yu left the academy and set out for Soul Hunting Forest.

As he walked, Bai Yu pondered,

"I've been acting this whole time. If Tang Hao has been watching, he will definitely think Tang San and I are inseparable friends. This assignment carries a certain degree of danger, so Tang Hao might protect me in secret. If that happens, then if I refine souls..."

"No, I can't refine souls. I'll treat this assignment as a test. I'll deliberately encounter a life-threatening crisis along the way to test whether Tang Hao is there. Although Tang Hao isn't the kind of person who draws his sword to help when he sees injustice, I'm such a useful Support System Soul Master. I could be of great help to Tang San in the future, so he definitely won't stand by and do nothing."

Bai Yu made plans for a rainy day. He did not know whether he was being overly suspicious, but he always felt that being cautious was not a bad thing.

However, what he did not know was that the moment he left the academy, Tang Hao followed after him.

"This Bai Yu has no damn self-awareness. He's a Support System Soul Master, yet he insists on taking dangerous work. If something happens to him, wouldn't Little San lose a powerful backer for no reason? No, nothing can happen to Bai Yu. I have to follow him."

Tang Hao followed Bai Yu while cursing under his breath. No one could detect his tracks.