Moonlight Pavilion.
The moment Wei Fan spotted that little cutie Xue Ke, he strode over in a huff.
He went right up and flicked her on the forehead.
"Ow~"
Xue Ke clutched her head, tears swimming in her beautiful eyes from the pain.
"Tell me, which direction is that?"
"North!"
Xue Ke answered indignantly.
"Just as I thought!"
Wei Fan slapped his forehead. She really had no sense of direction.
This girl had nearly gotten him killed yesterday.
"Wei Fan, how dare you hit Princess Xue Ke!"
"Apologize to Princess Xue Ke right now!"
"An apology is enough? Hand him straight over to the empire's authorities!"
"The princess is a lady of noble birth! Who are you to lay a hand on her?"
"..."
When the young noblemen saw that Wei Fan had actually made Princess Xue Ke cry, how could they stand for it?
They had been fretting over how to win her favor, and here was their chance!
The fact that Xue Ke had approached him first two days ago had already made them jealous of Wei Fan. As far as they remembered, Princess Xue Ke had never struck up a conversation with anyone of her own accord.
Even when they went out of their way to court her favor, the princess remained exceptionally cold and aloof.
What made Wei Fan so special?
"This is between Wei Fan and me! What does it have to do with you?"
Xue Ke slapped the table and stood.
She vented all the hurt she had just suffered on these annoying bootlickers.
"Princess Xue Ke, if he's threatening you, just blink."
These male students could not understand it. The princess had been wronged, so why was she defending Wei Fan?
That only made them angrier. Why did Wei Fan deserve the princess's forgiveness, and why would she even stand up for him?
It was so damned frustrating!
Whoosh~~
A wave of freezing air instantly enveloped the entire Moonlight Pavilion. The sudden drop in temperature made the students shiver.
Turning to look, they discovered that Wei Fan had already released his martial soul, a layer of crystalline ice covering his arm.
"Gulp~"
Some of the male students who had wanted to avenge Xue Ke shrank back.
They lost their nerve!
It was no secret that Wei Fan was a member of the Defending Champions. Although he was usually easygoing, if they truly angered him, they could not beat him.
Time to make ourselves scarce!
Watching the young noblemen flee with their tails between their legs only irritated Xue Ke further.
"Why did you hit me?"
Her gaze settled on Wei Fan. He was nothing like he had been yesterday when he patted her head.
An inexplicable sense of hurt welled up inside her!
"I wanted to try that method to see if it could cure your lack of direction."
"Let me rub it. There, it doesn't hurt anymore!"
Wei Fan gave her another head pat, and that settled the matter.
After this failed attempt, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would surely tighten their defenses. Sneaking in again would probably not be so easy.
After thinking it over, his only option was to enter with the Moonlight Pavilion's ensemble during the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's celebration.
There would certainly be plenty of people at the celebration. With fish and dragons mingling together, the crowd would provide the perfect cover.
That's what I'll do!
Fortunately, Tang Yuehua had written his name on the list. Otherwise, he would have missed a golden opportunity.
Only the day before yesterday, he had said he would never come to the Moonlight Pavilion again. Now it seemed he would have to keep coming here for a while.
Sometimes, the slap in the face came with impeccable timing!
"Wei Fan!"
As he walked along the street, he suddenly heard someone call his name.
"It really is you!"
Huo Wu stood a short distance away, her eyes and brows bright with a smile.
This was Heaven Dou City. Neither Elephant Armor Academy nor Blazing Fire Academy was located here, yet they had still run into each other.
She and Wei Fan really were bound by fate!
"What are you doing here?"
Huo Wu ran toward Lu Yuan. Whether deliberately or because she failed to stop in time, she pressed straight against Wei Fan.
Well, now!
Charging into someone with those two balls, are you?
"Me? Just wandering around!"
Feeling that softness, Wei Fan leaned upward a little.
Huo Wu craned her neck forward and sniffed him.
A woman's scent!
"Are you here to see your girlfriend?"
A pang of jealousy struck her, and her fingers unconsciously began to clench.
Could her brother really have been right? Did Wei Fan actually have a girlfriend?
That jinx and his crow's mouth!
"You've got quite a sharp nose."
Wei Fan sniffed himself.
There was indeed a faint fragrance. It was definitely Qian Renxue's scent.
"Are you here to see your girlfriend?"
Huo Wu asked again.
She had to get to the bottom of this question.
"I did meet a girl last night, but she wasn't my girlfriend."
Wei Fan recalled the scene from last night. After suffering such a huge loss, Qian Renxue probably would not let him off so easily.
He would have to be more careful from now on!
"Then what did you two do?"
Huo Wu knew it was inappropriate to ask, but she was blunt by nature.
She could not help herself!
"We did everything!"
"Except make love!"
Huo Wu's delicate body trembled. She bit her lip, jealousy instantly rising within her.
That person was not Wei Fan's girlfriend yet. She still had a chance.
She would never lose!
"Wei Fan, where are you going?"
"Your cannon is so powerful..."
"When you competed in the Soul Master Tournament before..."
Huo Wu kept following beside Wei Fan, searching for things to talk about. She seemed to have forgotten why she had come to Heaven Dou City in the first place.
Elephant Armor City.
Sitting in his carriage, Yu Xiaogang looked at the city and let out a long breath.
Finally here!
Coming to this city was a decision he had made after a great deal of agonizing.
His purpose this time was to meet Wei Fan!
He had heard the name Wei Fan two years ago. At the age of twelve, Wei Fan had led Elephant Armor Academy's team to the overall championship of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
At the time, he had been hailed as a genius soul master, and his martial soul was water!
Yu Xiaogang knew Wei Fan's three soul skills extremely well.
First soul skill: Sleep Bubble!
It was Wei Fan's exceptionally powerful control skill. With proper timing, it could hold an opponent for a full three seconds.
During the previous Soul Master Elite Tournament, he could put anyone he wanted to sleep.
Second soul skill: Water Gathering Cannon!
Wei Fan's strongest means of attack. He had once used this skill to blast a Soul Ancestor straight off their feet.
Third soul skill: Heaven-Pouring River!
Wei Fan's wide-area attack skill covered a broad range and packed tremendous power, while also slowing any enemies it hit.
He could practically recite this entire string of information backward.
Having reached Soul Elder at twelve, Wei Fan must have possessed innate full soul power, just like his disciple Tang San-or so Yu Xiaogang deduced.
That was why he had come this time: to take Wei Fan as his disciple!
In fact, he had approached Wei Fan two years ago, but Wei Fan had been extremely arrogant and rejected him outright.
Recently, he had heard that Wei Fan's strength had not advanced a single step since two years ago, so the idea had sprouted in his mind again.
There were many reasons why someone's strength might stagnate. He had studied this subject extensively before, and as long as the cause was not a martial soul mutation like his own, he could solve it.
Wei Fan had refused to become his disciple when he was riding high. Now that he had fallen into such a miserable state, could he still refuse?
Absolutely impossible!
All he had to do now was tell Wei Fan that he could solve his current problem, and Wei Fan would surely drop to his knees before him with a thud, just as Tang San had back then.
Simply imagining that scene filled him with satisfaction!
Before setting out this time, he had also drawn up a detailed plan for Wei Fan's future development: like Tang San, he would develop along the Control System path.
Water itself had weak offensive power. Moreover, his research showed that Wei Fan's water could not be used as food, and its support effects were poor as well.
Water could be condensed into ice, so becoming a Control System soul master was the best path for his development.
Once he explained all this, Wei Fan would surely agree.
This also served as a second layer of insurance!
Then he would have Tang San, a wielder of twin martial souls with innate full soul power, on his left, and Wei Fan, a genius soul master who had won the Elite Tournament championship, on his right.
He believed his "Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul" would surely astound everyone. Then he would show all those who looked down on him what Yu Xiaogang was capable of.
At that thought, he urged the horses on, speeding toward Elephant Armor Academy.
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