Registration, Lin Ye's Personality (Please vote! (;`))

Nuoding Academy did not actually cover much ground.

After entering through the gates, Lin Ye followed the Grandmaster down a tree-lined avenue, and a tall teaching building soon came into view.

"Come with me."

Seeing the teaching building ahead, the Grandmaster turned and said this.

He then headed toward an office on the first floor of the teaching building. This was the registration office for new students.

Arriving outside the office, the Grandmaster pushed open the door.

"Creak!"

As the office door opened, the scene inside immediately entered Lin Ye's view.

The office was clean and tidy. A potted green plant stood by the door, while several desks were arranged at the far end of the room. Behind them sat two young men and a slightly older middle-aged man.

"Grandmaster, what brings you here? You're truly a rare guest! Please, have a seat, have a seat!"

Seeing the Grandmaster enter, the middle-aged man behind the desk rose in surprise, then warmly greeted him with a cheerful smile.

"No need, Director Su. I brought these two children here to register."

Faced with Director Su's enthusiasm, the Grandmaster calmly shook his head and pointed at Lin Ye and Tang San beside him.

Hearing the Grandmaster's words and noticing Lin Ye and Tang San beside him, Director Su immediately looked surprised.

That reclusive Grandmaster had actually brought two children here to register today. The sun must have risen in the west! Though inwardly astonished, Director Su still wore a warm expression as he laughed. "Don't worry, Grandmaster. Leave these two children's registration to me!"

"Mm, then I'll trouble you, Director Su. These two are Work-Study Students. One is from Holy Soul Village, and the other is from Rice Fragrance Village. Here are their Martial Soul certificates. I have matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving first."

The Grandmaster nodded, stepped forward, and handed the two Martial Soul certificates in his hand to Director Su before turning to leave the office.

As he passed Tang San, the Grandmaster paused, turned his head, and spoke to him.

"Little San, register properly here first. The three teachers will tell you what to do. I need to leave for a while, but I'll come back for you later."

"Yes, Teacher!"

Tang San replied respectfully.

Hearing Tang San call him Teacher, a stiff smile appeared on the Grandmaster's face. After patting Tang San on the head, he walked out of the office.

Watching the Grandmaster's retreating figure leave, Tang San turned around.

Then Director Su's uncertain voice came from nearby.

"Child, you're Tang San, right? You called the Grandmaster Teacher just now, but the Grandmaster isn't a teacher at our academy!"

"I know."

Tang San nodded.

"You know, yet you still call him Teacher? You can't call someone Teacher so casually."

Director Su still frowned somewhat.

"Tang San has already taken the Grandmaster as his teacher."

Lin Ye slowly spoke from the side.

"You took the Grandmaster as your teacher?"

Hearing Lin Ye's words, not only Director Su, but the other two teachers behind the desks also revealed shocked and incredulous expressions.

After exchanging glances, the two young teachers could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.

"Ha ha! Is this for real? Someone actually took the Grandmaster as their teacher?!"

"This is hilarious!"

The two teachers clutched their stomachs in laughter, as if they had heard something unbelievably funny.

Listening to the two teachers, Lin Ye frowned.

Was there something wrong with the Grandmaster?

Just as Lin Ye was wondering, Director Su suddenly snapped, "What are you laughing at? The Grandmaster is the headmaster's friend. Even in the entire Soul Master world, he's a renowned figure. Are you two in any position to mock him?"

"Director Su, aren't you exaggerating? The Grandmaster is famous, sure, but a renowned great figure? Heh, more like a renowned clown! At his age, he's still only a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster. His Martial Soul is barely better than a Trash Martial Soul, and his combat strength is pitifully low. That counts as renowned? And his Ten Core Competencies Theory of Martial Souls is nothing but a joke in the Soul Master world!"

One of the teachers retorted indignantly after hearing Director Su's rebuke.

"Exactly! Exactly!"

The other teacher readily echoed in agreement.

"Both of you, shut up! There are people here. Show the Grandmaster some respect, or when the headmaster comes looking for you, don't blame me for not warning you!"

Director Su's eyes discreetly swept over Lin Ye, who stood expressionlessly to the side, and Tang San, whose anger was faintly visible, as he reprimanded them in a low voice.

Hearing Director Su's words, the two teachers seemed to think of something and immediately smiled awkwardly.

"Hurry up and register them!"

Seeing that the two teachers had finally settled down, Director Su inwardly breathed a sigh of relief and handed over the two Martial Soul certificates.

"A Soul Grandmaster? That seems to be the third rank of Soul Masters. The Grandmaster is only a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster? That really is rather low."

Having heard the conversation between Director Su and the two teachers, Lin Ye frowned slightly as he thought to himself.

Though Lin Ye also felt that the Grandmaster's strength was rather low,

he still had a somewhat positive impression of the man.

After all, at the gates, the Grandmaster had given him a notebook.

It might not necessarily be useful, but it was still an act of goodwill. Besides, he had said he would take Lin Ye to hunt Soul Beasts.

But if the Grandmaster truly only possessed the strength of a Soul Grandmaster, and if, as the two teachers said, his Martial Soul was practically a Trash Martial Soul, then helping Lin Ye hunt Soul Beasts and obtain Soul Rings might be somewhat difficult.

Still, anyone called the Grandmaster who could become friends with Nuoding Academy's headmaster surely had some influence. Simply finding a place to hunt Soul Beasts should not be a problem.

Listening to the two teachers disparage the Grandmaster, Lin Ye felt somewhat uncomfortable.

It was not because he was especially close to the Grandmaster, but because Lin Ye owed him a favor.

Hearing others belittle the Grandmaster, Lin Ye wanted to make a move and repay that favor.

But considering that they had no real relationship, while Tang San was the Grandmaster's disciple,

and Tang San had not acted, Lin Ye would be overstepping his bounds if he stepped in. After thinking it over, Lin Ye held himself back.

"Two Innate Full Soul Powers?!"

Just as Lin Ye was lost in thought, startled cries suddenly rang out in the office. The two young teachers registering their information both wore expressions of shock.

"Innate Full Soul Power?"

Director Su was also startled and looked toward the registration forms in the two teachers' hands.

"...Ah! Although you both have Innate Full Soul Power, it's a pity your Martial Souls are both Trash Martial Souls! Now I finally understand why the Grandmaster took you two as disciples!"

Setting down the registration forms, one of the teachers shook his head and sighed with a strange expression.

"Teacher, I did not take the Grandmaster as my teacher."

After a moment of silence, Lin Ye spoke.

"..."

"Heh heh, well, perhaps I remembered incorrectly..."

Hearing Lin Ye's words, the teacher who had been exposed on the spot smiled awkwardly.

"Still, with your conditions—Trash Martial Souls with Innate Full Soul Power—the Grandmaster might truly suit you two quite well. After all, the Grandmaster is indeed famous for his research into Martial Souls. If you follow his theories, perhaps you really might carve out a path to becoming strong."

As if thinking of something, the teacher said with a somewhat strange look in his eyes.

"Hey! Don't teach them nonsense, all right? Though these two little ones both have Trash Martial Souls, Innate Full Soul Power is a legendary talent. Their cultivation speed will definitely be astonishing. If they can take a powerful teacher as their master, someone who can help them hunt Soul Beasts and absorb Soul Rings, their future strength might even surpass ours!"

The other teacher frowned and interrupted.

"That's true!"

But hearing the two teachers' words, Lin Ye fell somewhat silent.

Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul might truly be a Trash Martial Soul, but as for his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia, he had already tested it.

It was absolutely not some Trash Martial Soul, but an incomparably powerful Support System Martial Soul!