Chapter 116: Wang Sheng — What Matters More, Interests or the Boss?
After causing Xiao Wu's displeasure with Tang San through Yu Xiaogang,
Su Mo was satisfied to meet Director Su and then the dean of Notting College.
After their meeting, Su Mo asked whether students were allowed to live off-campus.
At first, the dean of Notting College didn't want to grant such a loophole.
However, Su Mo and Xiao Wu—one being the main "Soul Lord" of Notting City, and the other a genius with innate spiritual power highly valued by Notting College—
in the end, the dean could not help but give a reluctant yes, but his attitude was more like acquiescence:
"Do as you please!
Just don't tell me about it.
I don't know anything, so it doesn't count as breaking rules!"
Su Mo could accept this outcome.
Before leaving, Su Mo requested a room in the dormitory from the dean.
Of course, he had a purpose for this.
But let's put that aside for now.
After the meeting with the dean, Su Mo returned to the dormitory and headed to the first-floor dorm to meet Xiao Wu.
At the dorm, after saying goodbye to Su Mo, Xiao Wu was now doing well.
She quickly became the true Big Sister of the dorm.
Since it was noon, Su Mo planned to take Xiao Wu to the cafeteria for lunch.
And because Xiao Wu had just become the Big Sister of the dorm, Su Mo couldn't help but smile and decided to replace Xiao Wu by inviting all the dorm students to eat at the cafeteria.
Su Mo's invitation naturally brought joy to all the children in the dorm.
So, Su Mo led Xiao Wu and a group of children from the dorm to the cafeteria.
Upon arrival, since it was lunchtime, Su Mo invited them to eat on the second floor.
While waiting, Su Mo saw Tang San, a part-time student, and followed him and the seventh dorm led by Wang Sheng to the cafeteria for dinner preparations.
Just like in the original novel, the arrival of Tang San, Wang Sheng, and other part-time students quickly attracted mockery from several noble students on the second floor.
Su Mo always looked at them coldly. However, seeing Wang Sheng beside Tang San, he narrowed his eyes, and suddenly an idea came to mind.
It seemed Yu Xiaogang would take Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest tomorrow to hunt soul beasts.
In the original novel, Tang Hao appeared to have regained confidence because Tang San awakened his two martial spirits, especially the Clear Sky Hammer spirit.
He gave Yu Xiaogang a Spirit Hall-issued pass for the Clear Sky Sect and went to see Ah Yin.
Now, Ah Yin had been taken by him, and it was unknown whether Tang Hao would leave as in the original novel.
However, since he was here, if Tang San got the century-old mandrake serpent's spirit ring as easily as in the original book, then he was too inactive and needed to find a way to confront Tang San!
Thinking that he should use Tang San's soul beast hunting trip to face him properly,
Su Mo couldn't help but think about bringing Xiao Wu to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts and obtain spirit rings.
But bringing only Xiao Wu would be useless!
After all, even if he pretended to save Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, accidentally killing the mandrake serpent would only make Tang San more hostile to him, and Xiao Wu would be ungrateful and feel more disgusted by him.
There was truly no challenge or mystery here!
So after seeing Wang Sheng following Tang San, Su Mo couldn't help but smile slyly.
If he took Wang Sheng along, they would go hunting soul beasts together.
When Tang San found out that Wang Sheng was accompanying him and deliberately killed the century-old mandrake serpent best suited for him, would Tang San take out his anger on Wang Sheng?
If so, how would Wang Sheng handle Tang San's wrath?
The more Su Mo thought about it, the more interesting it became. And to make it even more interesting, seeing several noble children mocking Wang Sheng and other part-time students, Su Mo's eyes shone as he slowly said:
"Well, mocking others for being poor is really in poor taste. In this world, wealth isn't born out of nowhere.
Even you, the reason you have the wealth you do now is that your ancestors worked hard from scratch and passed it down to you.
You mock their poverty? Are you not mocking your own ancestors?"
"To judge someone, don't you think it's better to use skill—something that belongs only to you—instead of wealth?"
"You…"
Hearing someone dare to lecture him, one of the young nobles couldn't help but get angry.
But before he could, a noble next to him suddenly changed expression, slapped him, and whispered something.
After that, several young nobles looked at Su Mo one after another, full of flattery.
"Master, you're right. We were wrong, we won't do it again!"
After apologizing to Su Mo, several young nobles quickly fled the cafeteria.
Su Mo, in response, simply took a sip from the tea cup in front of him. He suddenly felt that staying with Xiao Chenyu had been a good decision.
At least the reason these nobles were so scared and flattering now was probably that Xiao Chenyu had already told his men about him and Xiao Wu.
"Old… Boss Wang Sheng, is this big brother also a teacher? Why haven't I seen him before? Is he a new teacher?"
"When did our university get such a young and handsome teacher who even defends part-time students? That's really awesome!"
When they discovered that Su Mo had stood up for justice and helped expel several noble students looking for trouble, a young part-time student couldn't help but say in disbelief:
"Don't be fooled, he's not a good person!"
However, Tang San frowned at the young man's words.
As someone who believes in "Teacher, Father!"
Tang San sincerely places Yu Xiaogang only behind his father Tang Hao, and regards his words as guidance.
Therefore, since Yu Xiaogang has conflicts with Su Mo,
to Tang San, Su Mo is naturally a villain and enemy!
But after Tang San's words, the part-time students looked at each other and were speechless.
This teacher helped us get rid of those noble students who caused trouble. If he's not a good person, then what is?
"You're so good at judging people, why do you still worship a teacher who only eats free rice at the academy?"
Although left speechless, considering that Tang San was now the chief of the seventh dorm,
no one dared to refute him.
After Wang Sheng left, laughing and changing the subject, the atmosphere among the part-time students in the seventh dorm brightened again.
Watching what happened on the first floor, Su Mo smiled slightly, took another sip of tea, and felt very calm.
He spoke to help Wang Sheng and the others, not to earn their gratitude.
He was only looking for an excuse to contact them later.
...
Time passed quickly.
At sunset, the sun was setting.
Tang San was called by Master Yu Xiaogang.
So only Wang Sheng took the other students to eat at the cafeteria.
After eating, as Wang Sheng was walking toward the dorm with a group of students,
suddenly a stone flew from afar with a "whistle" and hit him on the shoulder.
This made Wang Sheng instinctively turn his head and look toward the stone, confused.
Just in the woods, he saw Su Mo standing with his hands behind his back, silently watching.
It was the same master from the morning!
Seeing Su Mo, Wang Sheng was stunned, not knowing what he wanted.
Was he looking for him?
"Boss Wang Sheng, what's going on?"
The students around him looked at him confused at his strange behavior.
"Oh! Nothing, I just suddenly remembered I have to leave for a while. You guys go back to the dorm first."
Sensing that Su Mo might want to see him, Wang Sheng made an excuse and asked the others to leave first.
After the others left, Wang Sheng took a deep breath and quickly walked into the woods, where he saw Su Mo not far away.
"Master, do you want to see me about something?"
Finding Su Mo in the woods, Wang Sheng couldn't help but ask respectfully.
"Nothing, Wang Sheng. I know you're a sixth-year student at Notting University, and your cultivation is already at level nine, right? Tomorrow I'm taking people to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts. Do you want to come with me?"
Looking at Wang Sheng, Su Mo smiled lightly and slowly asked:
"Go to the Soul Hunting Forest? But Master, I'm only level nine!"
Wang Sheng was a bit stunned.
The master in front of him clearly knew his cultivation was only level nine, yet said he would take him to hunt soul beasts. Was he joking?
"Haha, isn't level nine only one step from level ten? It's very easy to surpass. If you want, I can help you!"
Surprised, Wang Sheng smiled mysteriously.
Is this for real? Wang Sheng couldn't believe what Su Mo said.
But Wang Sheng also knew Su Mo had no reason or need to lie to him.
"Why? Master, why do you want to help me like this?"
Wang Sheng couldn't help but ask.
It wasn't that he didn't believe Su Mo, but he didn't understand why Su Mo would want to help him when he had no relatives or friends.
Helping him improve one level would help others.
And helping others, like some noble disciples, wouldn't that be a better choice for Su Mo?
"You know, I also come from a commoner family. I admire you a lot, so it's fine to help you, right? Do you think there's anything worth desiring from you?"
Su Mo didn't answer Wang Sheng's question directly but smiled gently and slowly said:
"This!"
Wang Sheng had no reply after hearing Su Mo's words.
Exactly! There's nothing worth desiring from him. If others want to help, why refuse? As long as he benefits, it's fine.
"All right! Thank you, Master!"
Finally, after hesitating a moment, Wang Sheng accepted Su Mo's help.
"Then get ready!"
Hearing Wang Sheng agree to the help, Su Mo smiled slightly and immediately extended his hand to pour a few strands of spiritual power refined with the Death Scythe Martial Soul's third skill: Soul Devour. Although few, the few strands Su Mo infused were refined with the Death Scythe Martial Soul, using souls collected from the Haotian Sect up to the Saint Soul level.
Therefore, even just a few strands were enough to raise Wang Sheng's cultivation from level nine to ten!
After accepting the few strands of pure spiritual power Su Mo infused,
Wang Sheng couldn't help but sit cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and began refining the spiritual power. His cultivation soon rose from level nine to ten.
"All right, wait for me near the cafeteria entrance after breakfast tomorrow!"
After Wang Sheng's advancement, Su Mo spoke and turned away.
"How strange!"
Watching Su Mo's back, Wang Sheng scratched his head, even more puzzled.
Because after helping him, Su Mo left without asking for anything.
Could it be such good luck that the other party decided to help him for free just out of appreciation?
With deep emotion in his heart, Wang Sheng walked quickly, humming children's songs from the village, and returned to the seventh dorm.
When Wang Sheng returned, Tang San came back too.
"Tang San, you're back?"
Seeing Tang San return, Wang Sheng couldn't help but be surprised and greeted him.
"Wang Sheng, you're back, and I have something to tell you. Tomorrow I'll go to the Soul Hunting Forest with my master to hunt soul beasts. I might be gone two or three days. I'll ask you to help clean my cleaning area for now."
Tang San couldn't help but laugh upon hearing Wang Sheng return.
What! Tang San was also going to the Soul Hunting Forest tomorrow?
Learning that Tang San would go with his master Yu Xiaogang to hunt soul beasts, Wang Sheng unconsciously felt something thinking about Su Mo, whom he had met before.
Thinking that Tang San seemed very hostile to Su Mo, Wang Sheng couldn't help but feel something.
Could it be that Su Mo already knew Tang San would go to the Soul Hunting Forest tomorrow and therefore wanted to take him?
Although he couldn't understand why Su Mo did this or what the point was in taking him there, Wang Sheng remained silent.
After all, although Tang San was his roommate and head of the seventh dorm,
their relationship was only that, but he had just received great benefits from Su Mo!
Tang San couldn't give him anything, so why would he betray his benefactor for Tang San?
Between brotherhood with Tang San and personal interests, Wang Sheng decisively chose interests.
(End of this chapter)