When Yu Xiaogang returned to the office, seeing that his expression was off, Tang San poured him a cup of water and asked with concern:
“Teacher, what happened?”
Looking at the water Tang San handed to him, Yu Xiaogang felt a slight sense of relief.
He took the cup and took a sip to moisten his throat.
“Little San, you are still the sensible one.
Unlike that Meng Chen, who thinks he is amazing just because he has an Innate full Soul Power mutated Martial Soul, acting arrogant and losing himself in complacency.”
Yu Xiaogang reached out and patted Tang San on the head, praising Tang San while belittling Meng Chen.
Hearing this, Tang San guessed that Meng Chen must have displeased the teacher.
“Teacher, is that Meng Chen unwilling to take you as his master?”
Yu Xiaogang nodded and said indignantly, “He actually said that my theories are complete nonsense, and even said that my theories aren’t even in the textbooks, so they aren’t worth him studying at all.”
“Hmph!
My theories are only taught to my Disciples.
If any random Soul Master could learn them, what value would they even have!”
Tang San felt that Yu Xiaogang made sense.
Secret arts are never leaked outside, just like his Tang Sect, where the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record could only be learned by Inner Sect Disciple, and he could only secretly borrow and read it.
“Teacher, you are right.
Your theories were all painstakingly written by yourself; how could you just casually show them to others?”
Seeing Tang San agree with him, Yu Xiaogang felt even more gratified and patted Tang San on the shoulder again.
“Little San, Meng Chen is too conceited, so I won’t take him in.
From now on, you will be my only Disciple, and I will do everything in my power to cultivate you.”
“After you adapt to academy life for a period of time, teacher will take you hunting for Soul Rings to help you obtain the most suitable Soul Ring.”
“At that time, let that Meng Chen see that you, cultivated using my theories, will definitely be more outstanding and stronger than him!”
Hearing that he would be taken to hunt for Soul Rings after a while, Tang San instantly felt somewhat excited and nodded repeatedly.
Thinking about how Meng Chen was blind and actually refused to take Grandmaster as his master, Tang San let out a soft huff in his heart.
He was ultimately just a narrow-minded country child; how could he understand Grandmaster’s greatness?
What of Innate full Soul Power and a mutated Martial Soul?
Without a good teacher, he would just be another prodigy whose talent is wasted.
“Achoo!
Achoo!”
Just as he took out the small cloth bag given by Grandpa Village Chief, Meng Chen suddenly sneezed twice.
Rubbing his nose, Meng Chen couldn’t help but look out the window.
“Damn it, which bastard is cursing me?
It must be that prick Yu Xiaogang!”
After cursing, Meng Chen lowered his head to look at the small cloth bag, carefully poured out the coins inside, and counted them seriously once over.
There were seventy-eight bronze coins, nine silver coins, and one gold coin.
Along with the two silver coins paid for the dormitory fee.
These were all the schooling expenses raised for him by Xiahe Village.
Putting the coins back into the bag, Meng Chen tightly gripped the small cloth bag, vowing that he would never let Grandpa Village Chief down!
However, leaving this much money just lying in the dormitory made Meng Chen a bit uneasy.
“Aunt Ye, do you still have a storage spirit tool over there?”
Meng Chen asked Ye Xishui.
He remembered that Ye Xishui was not only a super Douluo and a Level 9 spirit tool master, but also controlled the quasi-level 10 spirit tool, Death God Tower.
He just didn’t know if Ye Xishui had brought the Death God Tower over as well.
A silver-gray ring flew in from outside the window and landed on Meng Chen’s bed, followed by Ye Xishui’s voice.
“This bone dragon ring is a storage spirit tool I made.
It has a space of one hundred cubic meters inside, which is enough for you to use.”
“Thanks, Aunt Ye.”
Meng Chen wore the bone dragon ring on his right index finger, and the ring band automatically adjusted to fit his index finger.
True to its name, the face of the ring was carved into the shape of a Bone Dragon head, with a dark purple gemstone inlaid in the dragon’s mouth, revealing a hint of evil amidst its ferocity.
Contacting a Storage Ring for the first time, Meng Chen put the small cloth bag into the bone dragon ring, then took it out again, repeating the cycle over and over and having a blast.
Outside the dormitory, Ye Xishui raised her hand to support her forehead, shaking her head and sighing lightly.
This little fellow truly had a child’s Heart-Nature.
Mentioning spirit tools, Ye Xishui also felt a bit regretful.
Her Death God Tower was still left in the original World, and she didn’t carry many spirit tools on her.
However, with her strength as a Level 9 spirit tool master, rebuilding a Death God Tower wouldn’t be a problem either.
This World had no spirit tool masters, and no one knew how to manufacture spirit tools.
Those rare metals were left unused by anyone, wouldn’t that just make things cheap for her?
…
The next day, the weather was fine and bright with clear skies and warm sunshine.
After finishing breakfast, Meng Chen walked into the first-grade classroom.
A bunch of little kids had already gathered inside, chattering away and making quite a racket.
Meng Chen found a seat by the window in the back left and sat down.
A few minutes later, another new student arrived, wearing the standard uniform of Notting Academy.
The boy had a darker complexion, and while his appearance wasn’t particularly handsome, it grew on you.
The girl was different.
She had a long scorpion-tail braid, wore a pink rabbit-ear hair accessory, had tender pink skin, and looked cute and playful.
Wearing pink long stockings, she didn’t look like a work-study student from a peasant family at all.
After glancing at them, Meng Chen recognized these two new students.
Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
As the class bell rang, the originally noisy classroom gradually quieted down.
A middle-aged teacher walked in and began class.
The head teacher first had each student go on stage to introduce themselves.
Quite a few students were somewhat shy—after all, they were only six years old.
After going on stage, they stammered for a long time before finally reporting their names.
When it was Xiao Wu’s turn to go on stage, she lightly raised her chin, her scorpion-tail braid swaying back and forth, and her voice was crisp and melodious, causing even Meng Chen to perk up his ears.
“Hello everyone, my name is Xiao Wu, Wu as in dancing, Martial Soul Soft Bones Rabbit.
Of course, you can also call me Sister Xiao Wu, and Sister Xiao Wu will cover you from now on!”
Mhm~ As expected of Tao Diandian’s dubbing, listening to it is just comfortable!
Undeniably, the only two highlights of Xiao Wu in the anime were her dubbing and white silk stockings.
Almost forgot, Tao Diandian also dubbed Tianlingji.
After Xiao Wu finished, Tang San went on stage, and after simply introducing his name, he came back down.
“Meng Chen, Martial Soul is Thunder Hell Vine.”
Soon, Meng Chen also walked forward to introduce himself.
Hearing his name, Tang San’s eyes narrowed slightly, thinking to himself, “Is this person the Meng Chen the teacher mentioned?”
Tang San sized up Meng Chen and silently memorized him.
The self-introductions ended, and the head teacher began the lecture.
Time flew by.
Accompanied by the class-ending bell, the students rushed out of the classroom eagerly.
If you’re not enthusiastic about eating, there’s something wrong with your head.
In the Notting cafeteria, the three food-serving windows on the first floor were packed with people, forming long queues.
Seeing this, Meng Chen looked towards the second floor.
Although the dish prices on the first floor were cheap, the dishes were monotonous, and with so many people lining up, goodness knows how much would be left by the time it was his turn to get food.
After thinking about it for just a moment, Meng Chen walked up to the second floor.
In the food-serving queue, Xiao Wu caught sight of Meng Chen going up to the second floor and was slightly stunned.
Immediately afterwards, her pink eyes rolled around, as if thinking of something.
After her tender little face broke into a cunning smile, she handed her plate to the student behind her, turned around, and followed him up to the second floor.
Compared to the noisy and crowded first floor, the second floor was quite quiet, and the dishes were much richer and more exquisite, all served in individual bowls.
Mostly teachers and senior students dined here.
Meng Chen ordered two dishes and a soup.
After getting his food, he found a corner and sat down.
Just as he was about to move his chopsticks, Meng Chen suddenly felt his shoulder being lightly patted.
Turning back to look, Xiao Wu’s tender and cute little face came into his view.
“Hello there, classmate Meng.” Xiao Wu gave a playful smile, her rabbit ears twitching slightly, and waved to greet him.
Kiana’s identical voice made Meng Chen’s ears soften slightly.
At the same time, he also guessed that Xiao Wu was here to freeload a meal.
She really was quick to warm up to people!
After smiling at her, Meng Chen pointed to the empty seat beside him and invited, “Judging by your look, you wouldn’t want to wait in line downstairs either.
It just so happens that I ordered a bit too much food, how about eating together?”
“Really?
Great!”
Xiao Wu didn’t expect Meng Chen to be so generous; she was even prepared to act cute and beg to be fed.
Meng Chen smiled, stood up, went to get another portion of rice, and handed it to Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu took the rice and said sweetly, “Thank you, classmate Meng.”
“Dig in.”
Meng Chen smiled and picked up his chopsticks to eat, while using his peripheral vision to size up Xiao Wu as he ate.
Regarding this Douluo heroine, many people on the internet in his past life had mixed reviews about her.
Some said she was a vase, a pendant, lacking self-awareness, and just a tool arranged to be sacrificed for Tang San.
Regarding this, Meng Chen didn’t have much to comment on.
He didn’t have any ill feelings toward Xiao Wu; on the contrary, he had a bit of favorable impression.
After all, his initial understanding of Xiao Wu came from the manhua, not the novel and anime.
The Xiao Wu in the manhua had a distinct personality, being playful, cute, and unyielding, making her appear much more flesh-and-blood compared to the novel and anime.
And precisely because of the manhua, he started contacting the novel and anime, only to find out it was a completely different story.
San Gou should kowtow a few times to Mu Fengchun.
In Meng Chen’s view, the reason Xiao Wu in the novel and anime became that annoying appearance was because no one properly taught her.
Soon the meal was finished.
Xiao Wu gave Meng Chen a thumbs-up, and the look she gave him gained a bit more approval.
“Classmate Meng, you treated me to a meal, so from now on you are the person I cover.
If anyone dares to bully you, come find me, and Sister Xiao Wu will clean them up for you!”
“Mhm, then I’ll have to trouble Sister Xiao Wu in the future.”
As Meng Chen spoke, he pulled out a few tissues and wiped the corner of Xiao Wu’s mouth, which still had a few grains of rice stuck to it.
His movements were gentle, and his eyes revealed a hint of a smile.
Such an intimate action caused a faint blush to rise on Xiao Wu’s tender and pretty face, and her upright rabbit ears softened down as well.
This scene fell into the eyes of Tang San, who had gone up to the second floor to find Yu Xiaogang.
Tang San felt a slight ache in his heart, suddenly feeling the illusion that something belonging to him was about to be snatched away by someone.
It was extremely stifling and uncomfortable.
Clearly, he and Xiao Wu met first, and they even had a fight.
Yet why?
Why was Xiao Wu closer to Meng Chen now!
And Xiao Wu even blushed!
“Let’s go.” Meng Chen stood up and said.
Xiao Wu obediently nodded and followed behind Meng Chen downstairs.
When passing by Tang San, she didn’t even give him a glance, treating him as if he didn’t exist.
Being ignored, Tang San turned back to look at those two figures, opened his mouth, but couldn’t say anything as if he jammed.
By what right could he call out to Xiao Wu, and what Aptitude did he have to call out to her?
Tang San was just like a powerless husband, able only to watch helplessly as Meng Chen took Xiao Wu away and disappeared from his sight.