Faced with Yu Xiaogang's scolding, Tang San felt extremely aggrieved.
He had thought his teacher would understand him and offer words of comfort.
But what he received was still blame and a lack of understanding.
*Don't I know my own martial soul best?*
*It clearly wasn't my fault back then. Why should I be blamed and ostracized for it?*
*This is unfair!*
He clenched his fists, wanting to argue with Yu Xiaogang.
"Teacher, I..."
But just as the words reached his lips, Yu Xiaogang turned around and roared.
"I said! Get out!"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang so angry, Tang San could only swallow what he wanted to say.
He said flatly, "Yes, teacher."
...
Time flew by, and a month passed.
During this month, because Tang San was recovering from his injuries and focused on cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Technique...
He didn't summon the Blue Silver Grass even once.
This made Zhou Fan's days inside his body feel like years.
Fortunately, with the assistance of Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others...
His emotion points accumulated to a new height.
"Ding—Congratulations, host. Emotion points have reached five thousand. Access to the Intermediate Shop is now unlocked."
The system prompt sounded, and Zhou Fan immediately sat up straight, looking at the system panel.
"After holding back for so long, I can finally buy things from the Intermediate Shop!"
A quick scan showed most items in the Intermediate Shop overlapped with the Primary Shop, just enhanced versions of those things.
But a few items caught Zhou Fan's great interest.
**Soul-TNT (10 kg pack):** Explosive power sufficient to destroy the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch. Exchange for 50,000 emotion points.
**Soul-AK-58:** Power can penetrate the defense of a 90th-level defensive-type Soul Master. Exchange for 60,000 emotion points (7.62mm diameter bullets, 1,000 emotion points each).
**Soul-Powerful Magnet (Durability 100/100):** Can attract all metallic substances. Exchange for 10,000 emotion points (This item is consumable; once durability is depleted, it must be repurchased).
"*Hehe*, these three are great stuff. Just a bit expensive. Imagine holding an AK and going *ratatatat* in front of a Title Douluo. That scene would be awesome."
"If anyone dares to provoke me, I'll just take 10 kg of TNT to their house and deliver some warmth."
"And this magnet..."
Zhou Fan stared at the panel, his mouth curling up uncontrollably.
*Tang Da-Chui, you've already incurred the wrath of death.*
While Zhou Fan was fantasizing about violently abusing Tang Hao...
Nuoding Soul Master Academy was already on the verge of exploding.
"Have you heard? A work-study student is going to publicly challenge Boss Xiao. It's said that person declared if Boss Xiao loses, he has to shout to the whole academy that he's trash."
"What? Something like this is happening?!"
"You don't know? I heard that work-study student competed with Boss Xiao before but lost miserably. And I also heard he and Boss Xiao..."
"What? No way! That kid is so perverted?"
"That's nothing. There's something even more perverted. I heard that kid sneaked into the senior dormitory in the middle of the night to peek at Boss Xiao taking a bath!"
"WTF, for real?"
Such scenes were playing out in every corner of the academy.
Inside Dormitory Seven...
"Tang San, do you want to embarrass us work-study students again? What status and strength do you have to dare challenge Boss Xiao?"
"Exactly! Big Sister Xiao Wu barely managed to build up our work-study students' reputation, and you want to go feed yourself to him again? So overconfident!"
"Tang San, I advise you to go kneel before Boss Xiao right now, admit your mistake, and make it clear you only represent yourself. Don't drag us into it."
At this moment, Tang San was surrounded by the work-study students of Dormitory Seven.
Everyone looked very angry.
However, Tang San just looked at them coldly.
During this past month, he had been deliberately cold-shouldered by everyone, and sometimes even maliciously pranked.
If it weren't for wanting to recover from his injuries as soon as possible, he would have made these people pay long ago.
"Move!"
Tang San's tone was icy, his aura suddenly erupting.
Except for Wang Sheng and Xiao Wu, the others were just ordinary people with a bit of soul power.
Facing the pressure from Tang San, everyone was momentarily stunned.
Before they could react, Tang San had already used Ghostly Shadow Perplexing Track to leave the dormitory.
"Uh... where did he go?"
At this moment, Xiao Wu, holding a large bundle of carrots, ran back to Dormitory Seven. Seeing everyone in a daze, she immediately asked:
"Where's Tang San?"
One of them snapped back to reality and replied weakly:
"He... he already left."
"What? Why didn't you stop him?"
Xiao Wu's face changed, immediately throwing the carrots in her arms aside and turning to run towards the academy's back mountain.
The student who got hit by the carrots muttered softly:
"Anyway, he's the one looking for trouble. What does it have to do with us? Big Sister Xiao Wu is also weird, why care about that guy so much."
By now, the academy's back mountain was already packed with students from Nuoding Soul Master Academy.
Everyone formed a circle, creating an arena about fifty meters in diameter.
Xiao Chenyu stood in the center of the arena, meditating with his eyes closed.
The aura he unintentionally radiated showed that after a month, his soul power had increased somewhat.
However, no one knew his current mood wasn't as calm and detached as it appeared on the surface.
From last month's competition, he already knew Tang San had exceptional talent, plus he was Master Yu's disciple.
Such a genius wouldn't be confined to a small place like Nuoding City. If they became enemies over this, any future retaliation wouldn't be as simple as children's fights.
So, for this fight, he only planned to spar symbolically with Tang San, finally just letting Tang San save face.
Later, he could find a way to befriend him.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chenyu noticed the surrounding noise suddenly died down.
He slowly opened his eyes.
Just in time to see Tang San walking through the crowd.
Xiao Chenyu put on a friendly smile, wanting to ease the tension between them.
"Xiao San, you..."
But Tang San showed no courtesy, coldly interrupting.
"Who are you to call me Xiao San? No need for nonsense. Let's begin."
Xiao Chenyu's expression stiffened, then he nodded with a bitter smile:
"Xiao Chenyu. Martial Soul: Wolf. 12th-level Battle Soul Master."
"Tang San. Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass. 13th-level Tool Soul Master."
As soon as Tang San finished speaking, it caused a huge wave among the spectators.
"What? This kid is already at the 13th level?"
"Last month he just reached the 11th level, didn't he? Boss Xiao worked hard for several months to reach the 12th level. This is impossible."
"He must be bluffing. Yeah, that's it!"
"Hmph, lying about soul power level is seeking death. Boss Xiao won't let him off."
Most of the spectators were senior students. Hearing what Tang San said, they simply couldn't believe anyone's cultivation speed could be that fast.
Reaching two levels in a month? What kind of concept is that?
Twenty-four levels in a year, reaching Title Douluo within five years? Is that something a human can do?
Although Xiao Chenyu also didn't believe Tang San could jump two levels in just a month...
The soul power pressure emanating from Tang San before him was indeed stronger than a month ago.
This further solidified his resolve to resolve the conflict with Tang San. Even if they couldn't be friends, they absolutely must not become enemies.
"Xiao... Tang San, I ask for your guidance!"
**(End of Chapter)**