NABC Chapter 29 This kid is good, but still needs polishing!
Chapter 29 This kid is good, but still needs polishing!
Chapter 29 This kid is good, but still needs polishing!
A few days later, at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
The sunlight of the new semester shines on the clean stone path, where students gather in twos and threes, dressed in their uniform college attire, holding textbooks, excitedly discussing their experiences during the holidays and the upcoming training courses.
It's a vibrant and thriving scene.
Meanwhile, inside the academy's office building, the master sat quietly in his office, perusing a thick book, his brow furrowed with his usual solemnity and focus.
“Pah!”
Just then, a sudden noise broke the silence of the room; the office door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
Upon seeing this, the master was slightly taken aback. He looked up and saw a middle-aged man rushing in, panting. It was Director Su from the Academic Affairs Office.
"Master, I'm sorry for being so presumptuous."
Director Su walked in a hurry, and sweat was faintly visible on his forehead as he spoke.
The master frowned, put down the book in his hand, slowly stood up, and said with a hint of impatience, "Director Su, what's wrong with you in such a panic?"
Director Su wiped his sweat and said urgently, "Master, I want to ask, have you seen Tang Chuan? He... he doesn't seem to have returned to school to register."
"Tang Chuan?" The master was slightly taken aback, then frowned, gave a displeased snort, and said, "He's just a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with only level one innate soul power. What does it matter to me whether he returns to school or not? You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"
Director Su quickly waved his hand and explained, "No, no, Master, you misunderstand. I just asked Tang Chuan's younger brother, Tang San, and he said that before he went home, his brother told him that he would be going to the Soul Hunting Forest with the academy's teachers in a few days to obtain a soul ring."
The master's brow twitched slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes, but he remained silent.
Director Su continued, "But our academic affairs office never arranged a plan for Tang Chuan to acquire a spirit ring, nor did any teacher take him out. I thought he received some special treatment from you... after all, he is the older brother of your disciple Tang San."
"Tang Chuan has not come to see me." Upon hearing this, the master frowned and remained silent for a moment before responding indifferently.
But in his heart he thought this:
"Could it be... that this kid secretly ran off to the Soul Hunter's Forest all by himself?"
"Given his strength, I doubt any Soul Hunting Team would want him. Even if a team were willing to take him in, they would most likely discard him once they enter the forest. If they encounter danger, he would probably be the first one thrown out as a shield."
Thinking of this, the master couldn't help but smile slightly.
"This kid...could it be that he saw Xiao San's soul power level increasing too quickly and got the urge to compete, which is why he's so eager to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings?"
"Sigh..." Director Su couldn't help but sigh inwardly, but he seemed even more agitated. He angrily said, "This kid didn't go to the Soul Hunting Forest alone, did he? How utterly ignorant!"
Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from the direction of the stairs.
Before the two masters could react, the office door was pushed open again with a bang.
A young man in blue appeared at the doorway, sunlight streaming down from behind him, bathing him in a soft golden glow.
This person was none other than Tang Chuan.
"Director Su, I heard you were looking for me?"
Upon hearing this, Director Su turned around abruptly, his eyes widening. He strode forward, scrutinized Tang Chuan from head to toe, and then launched into a tirade of reprimands:
"You little rascal! You're finally back! Where have you been? The whole college has been in class for half the day! I've been looking for you for ages."
Tang Chuan scratched his head sheepishly and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, "Sorry, Director Su, I... I went to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts."
Director Su's expression changed drastically. "You're alone?!" he exclaimed.
"Yes."
"Are you injured? You didn't have a pass, how did you get into the forest?!"
Seeing Director Su bombard him with a barrage of questions, Tang Chuan simply confessed, "I infiltrated a relatively large soul-hunting team. Those people didn't know each other to begin with; it was a temporary group. After joining, I found a suitable soul beast... well, I was lucky; I managed to break through."
After speaking, he slowly raised his right hand, opened his palm, and a Blue Silver Grass with a faint blue-gold luster immediately sprouted from his palm, emitting a faint vitality.
At the same time, a white light flashed beneath Tang Chuan's feet, and a white spirit ring rose up.
Staring at the scene before him, Director Su was stunned for a moment, then a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. He exclaimed, "A white spirit ring?! You actually succeeded? And you came back alive! Moreover, your spirit ring seems to be operating smoothly, indicating a very high degree of fusion. This means that the spirit beast you hunted has a very good compatibility with your own spirit! You're quite something, Tang Chuan!"
In Director Su's eyes, a commoner boy with Blue Silver Grass as his spirit was capable of entering the Soul Hunting Forest alone, hunting spirit beasts safely, and successfully fusing a spirit ring—this was already an extremely rare talent and courage. Even if the spirit ring was only ten years old, it was enough to speak for itself.
However, the master let out a cold laugh, his eyes filled with disdain:
"A white ten-year spirit ring?"
Immediately afterwards, he slowly stepped forward, glanced at the Blue Silver Grass in Tang Chuan's palm and the white soul ring, his tone revealing undisguised sarcasm.
"Hahaha... You're really bold, kid. You actually dared to go to the Soul Hunting Forest alone to hunt soul beasts. You really don't know what's good for you. You were just lucky to come back. Even I almost got caught in a ditch when I took Xiao San to the Soul Hunting Forest last time."
"If I hadn't been there to protect her, Xiao San would probably have died at the hands of the Mandragora Serpent. The dangers of the Soul Beast Forest are beyond the imagination of a lowly Soul Master like you who hasn't cultivated for many years."
"You're incredibly stupid!"
"In order to cultivate as quickly as possible, they even risked their lives. I'm not afraid to tell you that it doesn't really matter whether you get a soul ring a few days earlier or later, because even if your soul power reaches a bottleneck, you can still cultivate your soul power without getting a soul ring."
"Didn't you previously boast about your mastery of martial spirit theory? You don't even understand such a simple principle?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan remained calm and composed, listening to the cold words without any emotion. He neither argued nor bowed his head, but simply smiled slightly and glanced indifferently at Director Su.
"Director Su, may I go back to class now?"
Director Su was taken aback, scratched his head awkwardly, and quickly said, "Ah, of course, of course you can. You can go back to your dormitory and rest for a while, and classes will resume tomorrow."
"Okay." Tang Chuan nodded and turned to leave.
After Tang Chuan left the office and his figure gradually disappeared at the end of the corridor, Director Su couldn't help but speak:
"Master, why did you say those things just now?"
His tone carried a hint of confusion:
"At Tang Chuan's age, to be able to cultivate a useless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass to this extent, and even to acquire a spirit ring on his own, is already considered outstanding among ordinary people—even if it's only for ten years, it's still remarkable."
"Don't you think it's too hurtful to put him down like that?"
Upon hearing this, the master paused slightly in his reading, slowly closed the book, raised his head, and glanced at Director Su expressionlessly.
"Do you think I'm trying to put him down?"
"No, what I just said... was for his own good."
He stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the swaying shadows of the trees outside the window, and smiled faintly:
"That kid is incredibly stubborn. You haven't really gotten to know him well, so you don't understand."
"He once questioned my martial spirit theory in front of me and my mistress. You can call him courageous or opinionated, but with his personality, once he's made up his mind about something, he won't easily listen to others' opinions. Even if you explain the reasoning to him in detail, he'll only think you're lying to him, that he's hopeless."
"If I hadn't deliberately been harsh, he might have actually thought that he could forge his own path with just level one innate soul power and the Blue Silver Grass martial soul."
"You know how cruel the world of Soul Masters is. People with weak strength but blind confidence will either die at the hands of Soul Beasts or enemies, or be destroyed by their own hands."
"This child is good, but still needs polishing!"
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The afternoon sun dappled through the shadows of the trees on campus, casting dappled patterns on the stone path.
After leaving the office, Tang Chuan did not go to class, but instead followed the familiar road back to his dormitory.
On his way back to the dormitory, he had a faint smile on his lips and walked briskly, looking quite pleased with himself.
They were completely unaffected by the master's earlier words.
In Tang Chuan's view, a person like the "master" is shameless, stubborn, inflexible, hypocritical, hypocritical, double-standard, and obsessed with saving face—in short, a fool.
He couldn't be bothered arguing with an idiot.
When the master truly touches his sore spot, he will suffer the consequences.
Before transmigrating to the Douluo Continent, Tang Chuan had read countless Douluo fanfics, including those that sent Grandmaster to prison to see Scarface, those that made him a eunuch, and those that turned him into a woman who encountered General Yuwen and his men.
All sorts of creative ideas are emerging!
I'm asking for monthly votes and recommendation votes.
(End of this chapter)