"Third Uncle really values this new teacher!" Xiao Chenyu couldn't help but click his tongue as he gazed at the picturesque residence nestled in a secluded corner of the campus.
A Great Soul Master who just arrived not long ago was actually provided with the treatment of an elite teacher at Notting Academy.
It was absolutely outrageous.
"Someone who came out of Spirit Hall, even if they were kicked out, might still have a few tricks up their sleeve." Xu Qian shrugged, "Let's go, we'll know if he's a cat or a tiger once we go inside."
"Knock knock knock."
Xu Qian lightly knocked on the door a few times.
"Who is it? What do you need?"
The door opened, and out walked a middle-aged man in a grey-black robe with a buzz cut. His beard was scruffy, and his eyes were tired, as if he had just woken up the day after a night of seven rounds.
"Hello, we are new students who just enrolled at Notting Academy."
"The Dean recommended us to you, saying that you have great insights into Martial Soul cultivation, and we hope you can guide us on our future cultivation path."
"Dean Xiao Li?" The middle-aged man paused, sizing up the two people in front of him.
Xiao Li had indeed mentioned something about people coming a few days ago.
"Then come in, the room might be a bit messy."
Upon entering the room, Yu Xiaogang plopped down onto a chair, showing no intention of a host entertaining guests.
"My name is Yu Xiaogang. Since you came from the Dean, I presume you already know my name. Please introduce yourselves briefly."
"My name is Xiao Chenyu, and I am the Notting City Lord..."
"He's my younger brother, and my name is Xu Qian." Xu Qian cut him off and gestured for Xiao Chenyu not to speak carelessly.
Xiao Chenyu's face stiffened, but he wisely fell silent.
"Xiao Chenyu, Xu Qian? These names sound familiar." Yu Xiaogang mused.
"Perhaps our names are quite common!" Xu Qian chuckled, "My Martial Soul is a book, and Xiao Chenyu's is a wolf."
"A book and a wolf?" Yu Xiaogang murmured, "What is your innate Soul Power?"
"Innate Rank Four."
"No Soul Power."
"Rank Four... and one with no Soul Power?" Yu Xiaogang was taken aback, "Wait, if you have no Soul Power, how did you get into a Soul Master Academy?"
"My Martial Soul is quite special, so I used connections through the Dean to get in."
Hearing Xu Qian openly admit to using connections, Yu Xiaogang's face darkened.
However, the gloom on his face quickly vanished, and he looked at Xu Qian again, then shook his head:
"An ordinary book, no Soul Power. You cannot become a Soul Master."
"How can that be? Sister, she has the lea..."
"Alright, if I can't become a Soul Master, then so be it." Xu Qian interrupted Xiao Chenyu and gestured with her eyes, "You should also release your Martial Soul and let Teacher Yu take a look."
Xiao Chenyu reluctantly activated his Martial Soul. As his Martial Soul manifested, a wild, beastly aura surged through his body, making it effortless to run up five flights of stairs in one go.
"Too weak." Yu Xiaogang's voice was filled with disdain, "Your Martial Soul's aptitude isn't high. Even with Rank Four Soul Power, your future achievements will be very limited."
An innate Rank Four ordinary wolf-type Martial Soul wouldn't even warrant a second glance in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
If it weren't to prove his knowledge, he wouldn't have come to this "barren land" of Notting Academy in Notting City.
Even if he were to take on disciples, they would need to have innate Rank Seven or higher Soul Power.
Only such uncarved jade was worthy of him, Yu Xiaogang, to meticulously refine and make even more exquisite.
"You..." Yu Xiaogang's words angered Xiao Chenyu, who retorted directly, "There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters."
"Teacher Yu, didn't you say that?"
Yu Xiaogang was startled at first, then waved his hand, his tone dismissive:
"Your sister is not a Soul Master, so that doesn't apply to her."
"According to the patterns I've discovered in my many years of researching Martial Souls, Spirit Scholars without innate Soul Power can only ever reach Rank Nine Soul Power."
"Forget about this little girl, even the Clear Sky Sect back then..."
"Sigh! Talking about this with you two is just casting pearls before swine." Yu Xiaogang changed the subject,
"Your name is Xiao Chenyu, right? Your Martial Soul's innate aptitude isn't high; Spirit Ancestor is your limit."
"There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Spirit Masters—that saying also applies."
"It is recorded in the history of the Douluo Continent that Soul Masters can break through the limitations of their Martial Souls and evolve them further, but people from small places like Notting City couldn't possibly have such an opportunity."
"You're being sophistical!" Xiao Chenyu's eyelids twitched. Would someone who could evolve their Martial Soul again be an ordinary person? Besides, if a Martial Soul evolves, is it still the original Martial Soul?
Could it prove that the original one wasn't a useless Martial Soul?
"Alright, I've seen your Martial Souls. I have no guidance to offer. Please leave and don't disturb my work."
Yu Xiaogang waved his hand as if shooing flies, indicating for the irrelevant people to leave quickly.
"Do you know who I am!" Xiao Chenyu glared, almost ready to open his mouth and swallow Yu Xiaogang whole.
Yu Xiaogang shook his head and sneered, "What does your identity have to do with me?"
"I am a teacher at Notting Academy; I'm just speaking the truth. Surely they won't fire me for this, will they?"
Besides, what identity could a student from Notting Academy have that could compare to his, Yu Xiaogang?
He was the biological son of Yu Yuanzhen, the Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects. If it weren't for his Martial Soul, Luo San Pao, holding him back, he would also be among the ranks of heaven's favored children.
What was there to be arrogant about for a mere student from Notting Academy, a kid from a backwater place?
"Since Grandmaster has work to do, my brother and I won't disturb you."
Xu Qian's voice suddenly rang out, stopping Xiao Chenyu from continuing to invoke his father, and she pulled him out the door.
Along the way.
Xiao Chenyu's face was purple with anger.
The son of the Notting City Lord, when had he ever suffered such indignity?
Acknowledging Xu Qian as his sister was because he couldn't beat her, and he might even turn the tables someday.
But what right did this Yu Xiaogang have?
A Great Soul Master expelled from Spirit Hall, and he even said that he, Xiao Chenyu, could at most reach Spirit Ancestor.
Was Spirit Ancestor not strong?
Was it not countless times stronger than a Great Soul Master? What right did he have to look down on him?
"No, I really can't stand it." Xiao Chenyu grew angrier the more he thought about it.
"That Yu Xiaogang still has some theoretical knowledge," Xu Qian's voice was calm, showing no emotion whatsoever.
Xiao Chenyu looked at Xu Qian with an expression like he was seeing an alien:
"You're still defending that Yu Xiaogang? We were looked down upon! I, the esteemed son of the City Lord, became worthless."
"People's mouths are on their own bodies; let them say whatever they want. Isn't it exhausting to care about everything?"
Xu Qian spread her hands, revealing a helpless expression,
"If you're really uncomfortable, go back and have someone tie him up in a sack and beat him. Of course, the premise is not to be discovered, as being discovered would have a bad impact."
"Getting angry like this is just making yourself angry, which is a bit of a losing battle."
Xiao Chenyu: "..."
You're already talking about putting someone in a sack; that doesn't sound like you don't care.
"Don't mind Yu Xiaogang; his heart is as high as the sky right now."
"He'll learn about the harshness of society after a few years of being knocked down a peg." Xu Qian's slender hand pressed on Xiao Chenyu's shoulder,
"My purpose in seeing him has been achieved; everything else is irrelevant."
"Purpose?"
"It has nothing to do with you. In short, stay away from Yu Xiaogang in the future. Don't get close, and don't offend him too much. That's all."
"Huh?"
Watching the retreating figure, Xiao Chenyu was left in disarray in the wind.