Yu Xiaogang swept an electric gaze over them, his hands clasped behind his back, putting on every bit of a teacher's air.
"Li Jin, Xiao Wu, come outside with me."
Li Jin and Xiao Wu had not yet agreed.
Wang Sheng, who had just eaten a meal paid for by Li Jin, now sought to repay his kindness. Worried that Yu Xiaogang would deceive Li Jin, he hurriedly reminded them in a low voice:
"Brother Li Jin, Sister Xiao Wu, this man is called Yu Xiaogang. He isn't a teacher at our school. He's just a guest elder holding a nominal position because he's close to the dean. He never teaches us."
"I heard he's all hot air, a Soul Grandmaster who broke past fifty years old with only rank 29 Soul Power. You'd better watch out."
"If this Grandmaster demands that you apologize to Tang San in the academy's name, you absolutely don't have to agree."
Wang Sheng thought he was being very quiet.
But to Tang San, who had trained from childhood to pinpoint positions by sound, that whisper was no different from speaking right into his ear.
He dared insult my teacher. This Wang Sheng has already found his path to death.
You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect!
A theoretical grandmaster who could tell that he, Li Jin, and Xiao Wu had twin Martial Souls merely from their Martial Souls and Soul Power was simply beyond Wang Sheng's understanding.
Tang San looked at Wang Sheng with cold, sharp eyes.
"Wang Sheng, if you dare insult my teacher again, don't blame me for showing you no mercy!"
Wang Sheng's eyes widened. This Tang San was calling Grandmaster his teacher. It was only his first day at school, and he had already fallen victim to Yu Xiaogang's scam.
He had offered a kind warning, only to be threatened. It chilled his heart.
Now that Xiao Wu knew Yu Xiaogang's background, she stepped forward with her hands on her hips, her head high and her chest out, not the least bit intimidated.
"You're Tang San's teacher, so you're here to help him save face? I'm the one who scolded Tang San. Whatever you've got, come at me."
Yu Xiaogang's mouth twitched. Had his disciple gotten into a conflict with Li Jin and Xiao Wu in the dormitory earlier?
And Wang Sheng... hmph, a mediocrity. As if he deserved my instruction.
Li Jin and Xiao Wu also had twin Martial Souls. He had already earmarked them as his second and third disciples, so he certainly hoped his disciples would get along.
"I'm not here to help Little San save face. In any case, let's talk outside. Li Jin, Xiao Wu, Little San, all of you, come with me."
Xiao Wu gave a proud little snort.
"Fine, we'll talk outside. You think I'm scared of you?"
"Li Jin, stay behind me. I'll protect you."
Li Jin made a rough guess that Yu Xiaogang probably had not come looking for trouble, though it amounted to much the same thing.
Anything that had anything to do with Yu Xiaogang was trouble.
They left the dormitory and came to an open space outside.
With his back to Li Jin and Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang tilted his head up at a forty-five-degree angle to look at the sky, affecting something of a senior expert's bearing.
"Li Jin, Xiao Wu, I saw your records at the academic affairs office."
"Li Jin, Martial Soul: koi, innate full Soul Power. Xiao Wu, Martial Soul: Soft Bone Rabbit, innate full Soul Power."
"They're clearly both trash Martial Souls, yet you possess innate full Soul Power. Once we eliminate everything impossible, there is one and only one answer: you both have twin Martial Souls."
"Neither a koi nor a Soft Bone Rabbit could possibly grant you the talent of innate full Soul Power. You have a second Martial Soul. That is the reason for your innate full Soul Power."
"Become my disciples, just like Little San. I, Yu Xiaogang, am a renowned theoretical grandmaster in the Soul Master World. I authored the out-of-print secret manual, Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul. Its theories have even been praised by the Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall. Put it out into the world, and even Titled Douluos would fight until their heads split for it."
"As long as you become my disciples today, I can teach you the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul."
Li Jin: (-_-)
What a turnoff of a man. Seriously, no words.
Who wants to learn your Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul? It's nothing but bits and pieces of common Martial Soul knowledge cobbled together.
Only a Soul Grandmaster like you, who'll never break past rank 29 Soul Power in his lifetime, would treasure it.
Xiao Wu laughed so hard she clutched her stomach. She was a hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit who had taken human form. Where would she get some second Martial Soul?
"Hahahaha... you're killing me."
"Grandmaster, why can't a Soft Bone Rabbit have innate full Soul Power? You really haven't seen enough of the world. I have innate full Soul Power, and I only have one Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul."
"You guessed wrong. As for becoming your disciple, hmph, forget it."
"Li Jin, do you have twin Martial Souls?"
At that, Li Jin spread his hands and said with an innocent expression:
"What are twin Martial Souls? When Grandmaster Su Yuntao awakened my Martial Soul, I only had one Koi Martial Soul."
"I only have innate full Soul Power because I'm lucky. The way I see it, all my good luck comes from my Koi Martial Soul."
Li Jin and Xiao Wu both flatly denied having twin Martial Souls.
Yu Xiaogang could no longer maintain his air of an expert.
He abruptly turned around, looking left at Li Jin and right at Xiao Wu, his brows tightly knitted and his face filled with disbelief.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"A Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul, a Koi Martial Soul-how could trash Martial Souls like those possibly grant the talent of innate full Soul Power?"
There was one thing Yu Xiaogang did not say aloud.
If Soft Bone Rabbits and koi could grant the talent of innate full Soul Power, he felt his Luo Sanpao was no worse. Why had Luo Sanpao only given him innate half-rank Soul Power?
Tang San stepped forward. As Yu Xiaogang's disciple, he had to ease Yu Xiaogang's worries, and he spoke with righteous conviction:
"Li Jin, Xiao Wu, is there any point in keeping up this act?"
"My teacher is a renowned theoretical grandmaster on the Douluo Continent. What he says absolutely cannot be wrong."
"If he says you have twin Martial Souls, then you definitely have twin Martial Souls."
"Become his disciples now, and become my junior brother and junior sister. As long as you honor our teacher alongside me from now on, I'll certainly take good care of you as your eldest senior brother."
Xiao Wu planted her hands on her hips and drew her brows together.
"Tang San, what? Are you trying to overturn the heavens?"
"Remember! Sister Xiao Wu will always be Sister Xiao Wu. You want to be my eldest senior brother? Keep dreaming."
"I didn't want to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple in the first place. Now that you've said that, I want to even less."
"Li Jin, let's go. This Yu Xiaogang is spouting nonsense, insisting that a single Martial Soul is twin Martial Souls. With that level of ability, he thinks he's fit to be my teacher?"
Li Jin's face was also full of distaste. Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were birds of a foul feather. He was better off staying as far away from them as possible.
So they don't leech off my good luck!
"I really do only have one Martial Soul, a koi. Great Damp Yu, I suggest you go back and read some more books. If there's nothing else, Xiao Wu and I will head back."
Yu Xiaogang's breathing quickened, his thoughts tangled like hemp.
He, too, began to waver inwardly, wondering whether he had truly guessed wrong.
Seeing that Li Jin and Xiao Wu really were about to leave, Yu Xiaogang still could not bear to miss out on two people with innate full Soul Power. Forcing himself to remain calm, he said in a deep voice:
"If you leave now, don't regret it later!"
"You both have innate full Soul Power. Absorb your first Soul Ring, and you can become Soul Masters."
"But do you know how to choose a suitable first Soul Ring?"
"As long as you become my disciples, I'll take you to hunt Soul Beasts. Whether it's the species or the age, I'll choose whatever suits you best."
"If you miss out on my guidance, it'll affect your entire lives!"