When Tang San heard the tone in Wang Sheng’s voice, his brows furrowed slightly.
He could tell that Wang Sheng didn’t have the slightest respect for his teacher.
As someone who had always valued respecting one’s teacher and honoring one’s teachings, Tang San was deeply displeased by this.
Nevertheless, he calmly replied, “That’s right.
Is there a problem?”
Wang Sheng’s expression turned strange.
“Grandmaster is basically a guest figure at our academy.
I’ve heard he only stayed because he’s on good terms with the dean.
To put it bluntly, he’s basically freeloading here.”
“I’ve also heard that his talent isn’t very good.
He’s nearly fifty years old, yet he’s still stuck at rank 29.
He’ll probably never break through in his lifetime.”
“You and Xiao Wu just arrived, so you might not know this, but he once tried to take our boss as his disciple.
Unfortunately, the boss flatly refused him.”
“Tang San, you have great talent, but becoming his disciple is a waste of your potential.”
By the time Wang Sheng finished speaking, Tang San’s expression had already become extremely stern and gloomy.
“Wang Sheng, I consider you a friend, but you shouldn’t speak about my teacher like that.”
“This is the first time, and it will also be the last.”
“I don’t think I’ll accept your invitation to eat, after all.”
With that, Tang San turned around and walked away without looking back.
Wang Sheng was stunned for a moment before scratching his head.
“Forget it.
We’ll just eat by ourselves!”
He had only wanted to tell Tang San what kind of person Yu Xiaogang really was, and everything he’d said was the truth.
But since Tang San refused to listen, he wasn’t going to force the issue.
Xiao Wu, however, became interested in something Wang Sheng had mentioned earlier and asked curiously,
“Wang Sheng, you said that Grandmaster tried to take your boss as his disciple.
Could it be that your boss is also born with innate full soul power?”
Wang Sheng shook his head.
“No.
Our boss only has half a rank of innate soul power!”
“Half a rank of innate soul power?”
Xiao Wu’s mouth fell open in surprise.
“How is that possible?
Aren’t you all in the same grade?
Why is he stronger than you when he only has half a rank of innate soul power?”
“So what if he only has half a rank of innate soul power?”
“A strong person never complains about their circumstances.
Our boss is a true genius.
Even with only half a rank of innate soul power, he’s no worse than geniuses with much higher innate soul power.”
“Listening to you, he sounds almost supernatural.
How strong could someone with half a rank of innate soul power possibly be?”
Xiao Wu clearly didn’t care much.
Wang Sheng shook his head.
“You don’t understand boss.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t say something like that.”
Xiao Wu secretly thought to herself,
‘Hmph.
Once I condense my first soul ring, I’ll go see for myself just how strong he really is.
Then we’ll see whether he’s really as amazing as you make him sound.’
…
After reaching the second floor of the cafeteria, Hans sighed.
“Xiaogang, I didn’t expect you to actually take on a disciple.
His name is Tang San, right?”
At the mention of Tang San, a smile involuntarily appeared on Yu Xiaogang’s usually stiff face.
“That’s right, Hans.
His name is Tang San, and his martial soul is Blue Silver Grass.
But you know me—I have never looked down on useless martial souls!”
“Although Xiao San’s martial soul is only Blue Silver Grass, I’m confident that I can cultivate him into a powerhouse.”
“I believe in him, and I also believe that my theories will succeed!”
Seeing Yu Xiaogang’s spirited appearance, Hans fell silent for a moment.
Especially when he heard the words, I’ve never looked down on useless martial souls.
Although the two were friends, Hans still had to admit that Yu Xiaogang had always looked down from a position of superiority when it came to useless martial souls and even ordinary martial souls.
Otherwise, after serving as a guest at Nuoding Academy all these years, he wouldn’t have failed to teach a single student.
His contributions to the academy were nowhere near as great as Qi Dao’s.
After all, Qi Dao had served as an example that encouraged an entire class of students to cultivate diligently.
He also occasionally taught lessons to the students in his class.
What’s more, when Hans had originally hoped that Qi Dao would take Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, Yu Xiaogang hadn’t even bothered to look at him.
Yet now that a student with innate full soul power had arrived at the academy, Yu Xiaogang couldn’t resist taking him as his disciple.
A knot formed in Hans’s heart, but on the surface, he still smiled.
“Hehe, I also believe your talents will eventually have a chance to shine.”
Yu Xiaogang’s face flushed slightly as he suppressed his excitement, his eyes filled with anticipation.
“Xiao San is a gift from heaven!”
Hans: “…”
Meanwhile, in Qi Dao’s little circle of friends…
After sitting together and exchanging pleasantries, they began discussing their futures.
Ling Feng and Liu Long were both at rank 12, while Xiao Chenyu had reached rank 13.
With such cultivation, getting into an intermediate soul master academy would be effortless.
Xiao Chenyu asked,
“Boss, we’ll be graduating in another year.
Are you going to attend an intermediate soul master academy with us?”
“Liu Long and the others and I are planning to attend the Fasinuo Province Intermediate Soul Master Academy.”
The Fasinuo Province Intermediate Soul Master Academy was the best intermediate soul master academy in Fasinuo Province.
Even its weakest teachers were Soul Grandmasters.
After hearing this, Qi Dao shook his head.
“I won’t be going.
To me, an intermediate soul master academy isn’t any different from a junior soul master academy.”
The three of them couldn’t hide the disappointment in their eyes.
Over the years, Qi Dao had long since become the backbone of their group.
Unfortunately, they could no longer follow in his footsteps.
Seeing their expressions, Qi Dao smiled.
“Why do you all look so gloomy?
Do you really think you won’t know how to cultivate just because I’m not around?”
“I’ve already planned out your cultivation paths for you.
And having 100-year first soul rings has already given you a solid foundation.
The rest of the road is something you have to walk yourselves.”
Xiao Chenyu and the other two nodded heavily.
After finishing their meal and returning to the dormitory, Qi Dao recalled Xiao Chenyu’s earlier question and began seriously considering his own plans for the future.
On the Douluo Continent, if one wanted to make a name for themselves, becoming an unaffiliated soul master was the least reliable path.
For one thing, obtaining soul rings alone was a major problem.
Take his first soul ring, for example.
If he had the backing of a powerful faction, he could have gone to the Star Dou Great Forest or the Sunset Forest to hunt for a more suitable soul ring.
The Hunting Soul Forest was relatively safe, but it had too few varieties of soul beasts and lacked some of the more powerful bloodlines.
Qi Dao planned to obtain a 1,000-year soul ring for his second soul ring.
By then, even if his parents wanted to help, there would be little they could do.
A Soul Elder hunting a 1,000-year soul beast could easily end up dead if something went wrong.
Therefore, joining a powerful faction or an academy had become an urgent matter for Qi Dao.
The only problem was that, even now, he still hadn’t decided which faction he should join.