Chapter 9: Insulting Yu Xiaogang, the Troublemaking Xiao Wu
Chu Chen left the Blue Silver Grass forest and returned to the nearby town. Just as he stepped in, he heard the familiar shouts of mercenaries, the general meaning being to enter the Star Dou Great Forest together to hunt Soul Beasts.
"..."
Chu Chen watched this scene and fell into deep thought.
This situation of paying mercenaries to take oneself to hunt Soul Beasts was indeed very common.
But often, they didn't get much of a harvest, and the strength of these mercenaries was mostly between Soul Master and Great Soul Master!
Killing century-old Soul Beasts was fine, but as for thousand-year Soul Beasts, even if there were some powerful mercenaries, the cost was by no means something an ordinary person could afford.
Chu Chen sighed. Right now, he didn't have the ability to change this. After finding a carriage in the town, he boarded it and headed toward Notting City.
"After all the running around, the harvest is pretty good. When I reach level 20, I'm afraid I'll have to come here again."
Chu Chen pondered, and his mind began to conceive the target for his second Soul Ring. There were quite a few Soul Beasts with life attributes, but they were not easily found.
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Notting City. When Chu Chen returned, three days had passed since he left the academy.
Returning here again, Chu Chen did not return to the dormitory immediately, but wanted to find the dean first. After all, it was the latter who had made things convenient for him. Now that he had returned, this notification was naturally necessary.
Outside the dean's office.
"Dean, are you in?" Chu Chen knocked on the door and asked.
As the door to the dean's office slowly opened, it wasn't the dean who came out, but Yu Xiaogang.
When Yu Xiaogang saw Chu Chen, he said: "It's you. I heard from the dean that you went to obtain your first Soul Ring. What is your first Soul Ring, and what is its age?"
"You're really meddlesome, idiot."
Chu Chen bypassed Yu Xiaogang directly, walked to the dean, and said: "Dean, I'm back. I came to let you know."
Yu Xiaogang's face darkened immediately. He had asked out of kindness, and also wanted to take the opportunity to strike a blow at Chu Chen.
After all, in his opinion, even if Chu Chen had absorbed a Soul Ring, it must be a useless one.
"It's good that you're back. Did you succeed in obtaining your first Soul Ring?" The dean smiled and nodded.
Chu Chen nodded: "I succeeded. Dean, thank you for the convenience you gave me earlier."
The dean smiled and said: "Good child, not bad. Although you missed the opening ceremony and the first class, I have already greeted everyone for you. This is Master. His current Disciple also has a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, just like you."
"This Master has a very profound study of Martial Souls. If you are willing, you can also have a good exchange with him."
Following the dean's gaze, he saw Yu Xiaogang smiling smugly, then he continued to strike his pose of sitting upright.
"My Disciple Tang San absorbed a Datura Snake that was over four hundred years old as his first Soul Ring."
He thought Chu Chen would be shocked by him, but Chu Chen couldn't help but laugh out loud: "As expected of Master, using Blue Silver Grass to absorb a Datura Snake, this is simply like a blind chicken going to the dam to evacuate."
"What do you mean?" Yu Xiaogang frowned, feeling that it wasn't a good word.
"Blind nonsense."
After Chu Chen greeted the dean, he ignored Yu Xiaogang, whose face was as dark as water, and walked straight out of the principal's office.
"This guy, how dare he be so arrogant! I want to see what your first Soul Ring is. Not taking me, Yu Xiaogang, as a teacher is the biggest regret of your life!"
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Three days later, Chu Chen returned to the door of the work-study student dormitory. Previously, he had only put his simple luggage on his bed and hadn't been able to tidy it up properly. It seemed that this trip back meant he wouldn't be able to rest.
"Brother Chu, you're back?"
Wang Sheng saw Chu Chen return suddenly, and his expression was a bit awkward.
"What's wrong?" Chu Chen asked casually, then walked toward his bed.
"That... Brother Chu..."
Before Wang Sheng finished speaking, Chu Chen saw that his bed had been occupied, and his luggage had been discarded casually to the side.
"Brother Chu, this... it's not that the brothers won't help you, it's mainly that we can't beat that big sister."
Wang Sheng scratched his head, fearing that Chu Chen would get angry.
"It's fine."
Chu Chen looked at the two beds pushed together, stepped forward and kicked one of them away, then lifted the bedding on his original bed, and spread out the bedding from his luggage.
The person who occupied his bed had also put a few rabbit dolls on it. At this moment, they were thrown on the ground by Chu Chen and covered in dust.
"Damn... he's a ruthless one." Wang Sheng and the others couldn't help but give a thumbs up. This time, a big battle seemed inevitable.
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While Chu Chen was tidying up his things, two figures appeared at the dormitory door. One of the girls saw her dolls and things thrown on the ground and immediately got angry.
She walked behind Chu Chen rudely, raised her leg, and unleashed a gust of wind, kicking at Chu Chen's head.
"Bang!"
Chu Chen blocked with his hand, then turned suddenly, slapping Xiao Wu away with one palm, and at the same time, he didn't forget to kick the rabbit doll on the ground, hitting Xiao Wu.
"Do you have any manners? Why did you throw Xiao Wu's things on the ground?" Tang San frowned and said in an unhappy tone.
Xiao Wu stared at Chu Chen with fire in her eyes: "You're looking for a beating! Watch how I teach you a lesson!"
"Moving someone else's bed at will and throwing luggage on the ground, why didn't I see you talk about manners?"
Chu Chen looked at Xiao Wu and Tang San indifferently. However, when Xiao Wu heard this, she immediately exploded: "Who stipulated that it was your bed? There was a bag of rags on the bed, I thought it was trash. I didn't even dislike it, which is already good!"
Chu Chen's face turned cold. He didn't indulge this person either.
He appeared in front of Xiao Wu instantly, raised his hand, and slapped her. By the time Tang San reacted, it was already too late.
Perhaps he hadn't expected Chu Chen to have such speed.
"Slap!"
Under the stunned gazes of Wang Sheng and the others, Xiao Wu was slapped away by this palm and stumbled against the wall not far away.
Her pink, tender cheeks immediately swelled up. The stinging pain made Xiao Wu rush up regardless. She unleashed her Soul Power, and in her Martial Soul-possessed state, her speed was extremely fast as she leaped into the air.
"First Soul Skill, Waist Bow!"
Xiao Wu unleashed her soft skills, all aimed at Chu Chen's vital points. Seeing this, Chu Chen did not hold back. He dodged Xiao Wu's attack sideways, then cleverly neutralized the restraint of the soft skills, and punched Xiao Wu in the head.
"Bang!"
This punch made Xiao Wu see stars. She fainted directly and fell in front of Tang San.