Chapter 67: The "Grandmaster" Still Wants to Take Xiao Wu as His Disciple?
Inside Dorm Seven, a group of boys aged roughly six to twelve were laughing and playing.
However, Lin Yu noticed there weren't any girls present.
Was Xiao Wu not here?
Puzzled, Lin Yu knocked on the already open door. The crisp knock quickly drew the attention of the rowdy boys.
When they saw Lin Yu, the whole room froze momentarily. Their eyes showed confusion—none of them recognized him.
"Who are you? What are you doing here in Dorm Seven?"
A slightly older boy stepped forward and questioned Lin Yu.
"I'm a newly enrolled student. I've been assigned to Dorm Seven."
Lin Yu smiled as he responded.
"You're new?!"
The group was visibly surprised. Judging from Lin Yu's appearance, he didn't look like a work-study student at all.
In the past, they might've been on guard—maybe even challenged him to a fight.
But now, things were different.
"You're new? Then come in!"
"Normally, by our dorm rules, new guys have to challenge the boss, but that's not really necessary anymore. Besides, our boss isn't around right now."
"You'd better think twice before trying to challenge our boss."
"Oh, and I forgot to mention—my name is Wang Sheng. My martial soul is a Battle Tiger. I'm an eighth-rank soul warrior, and our boss is already a soul master!"
After checking Lin Yu out, Wang Sheng waved him in, casually warning him at the same time.
Lin Yu, unconcerned, chose an empty bed and placed his issued items on the small table beside it.
Since he hadn't brought any personal belongings or bedding, he'd have to go out and buy those later.
Once Lin Yu settled in, the dorm resumed its lively chatter.
Wang Sheng, however, kept glancing at Lin Yu now and then.
Noticing that Lin Yu remained calm and didn't cause trouble, Wang Sheng nodded in approval and left him alone.
Meanwhile, Lin Yu began strolling through Dorm Seven and eventually approached a quiet boy sitting alone. Smiling, he asked,
"Hey, mind if I ask you something?"
He tapped the boy's shoulder, still smiling brightly.
"You… want to ask me something?" the boy replied, a bit dazed.
"I'm just curious about our dorm's boss. Now that I'm part of Dorm Seven, I figure I should at least know who's in charge. Wouldn't want to offend them by accident."
"Oh, then you're asking the right person!" the boy replied excitedly.
He then launched into an animated explanation of their boss, Xiao Wu.
Just as Lin Yu had expected, after joining Dorm Seven—even without Tang San—Xiao Wu had defeated Wang Sheng and claimed the top spot.
But things had escalated from there.
Xiao Wu later beat up a noble student in the cafeteria, drawing the attention of Xiao Chenyu. In a public duel, she displayed a century-old spirit ring and crushed the noble students, becoming the undisputed queen of Nuoding Academy.
That Xiao Chenyu? Like in the original story, he probably assumed Xiao Wu had a powerful backer and submitted to her without resistance.
Now, Xiao Wu lived a rather luxurious life. She was frequently invited out by noble girls—likely at Xiao Chenyu's suggestion—to explore Nuoding City.
"Oh, right. I heard your academy has a 'Grandmaster' who's pretty famous in the soul master world. Do you know him?" Lin Yu asked casually.
He was genuinely curious about what had become of Yu Xiaogang without Tang San and after his public exposure in the livestreams.
"You mean that fraud who mooches off the academy? That so-called 'Grandmaster'?"
The boy burst into laughter.
Even a six- or seven-year-old mocked Yu Xiaogang—that in itself said plenty. Lin Yu couldn't help but feel a mix of amusement and pity.
How utterly useless do you have to be to stay at this academy for years and earn nothing but ridicule from everyone but the principal?
Still keeping to his "role," Lin Yu asked again,
"But I saw on the livestream… Sure, his character's pretty awful, but didn't he steal a lot of knowledge from Spirit Hall? Didn't he at least teach here?"
"Nope!" the kid answered, crossing his arms and snorting disdainfully.
"We call him a freeloader because he gets paid like a teacher but hasn't taught a single class."
"And get this—he's only a Soul Grandmaster, and even though his knowledge came from Spirit Hall, he still had the audacity to try and take our boss, Xiao Wu, as his disciple when he found out she had full innate soul power!"
"But the livestreams already exposed him. He only takes disciples to prove himself. He's got half a rank of innate power, right? Shouldn't he look for someone with the same level?"
"Trying to take our boss as his disciple? Please. He's not worthy."
The boy spat on the floor, clearly disgusted.
Hearing that, Lin Yu sighed internally.
Yu Xiaogang really hasn't changed. Even without Tang San, he still tried to recruit Xiao Wu as a disciple?
But Xiao Wu was a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form. She wouldn't get close to humans easily, let alone take one as a master.
As Lin Yu continued gathering information,
he learned that due to the livestreams, the Grandmaster's reputation at Nuoding Academy had completely collapsed.
Still, for some reason—perhaps because he had nowhere else to go or was infatuated with Xiao Wu—he refused to leave.
He shamelessly tried everything to take Xiao Wu in as a disciple.
After learning all he could about Xiao Wu and Yu Xiaogang, Lin Yu left the academy to have lunch in Nuoding City and purchase some bedding and supplies.
When he returned to Dorm Seven—
he discovered that a little girl in a pink dress had appeared at some point.
She looked about five or six years old, small and delicate, with an adorable, rosy-cheeked face. Her long hair was neatly tied in a distinctive scorpion-tail braid. She sat casually on a bed, swinging her pale legs in boredom.
This was… Xiao Wu?!
(END CHAPTER)
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