Ye Yingrong

Douluo Continent

Eastsea City.

Eastsea Academy.

The previous night.

In Ye Yingrong's room.

"... So where was I–"

Ye Yingrong took a sip of her cup, her face flushed.

"—as I was saying that kid Fan Lin got defeated by a girl in a single hit but when I was going through the students' records later, I found that he was rank 11 when he got admitted which is weird since his soul power assessment today showed that he was at rank 15. I double checked again and he gained 4 small ranks in just three months!" [Ye Yingrong]

"Three months! He would be a Soul Grandmaster before the end of the year at this rate."

Ye Yingrong exclaimed to her sister while telling her about her day.

"I have seen many who had done that. Have you seen the Class 1's three fighting candidates, they are all Spirit Grandmasters at the age of 9. That's more impressive in my sight." [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingrong's sister, Ye Yingluo, said while drinking with her. It was their usual routine every night before meditation. And today, She had been listening to her sister rant on about how she had gotten an amazing student in her class once again.

Again for the fact that Ye Yingrong had gotten the three flying martial soul triplets previously due to a mistake and now this one.

He was just nine now and if he became a Soul Grandmaster by the age of 10, which he will at the current rate, that would easily put him on the same ranks as Class A of grade 2 and above the top branches of thw power ladder.

From what Ye Yingrong had concluded, Fan Lin would be able to become a Spirit Elder by his 11th Birthday and a Spirit Ancestor by his 15 while reaching the Spirit King would take some time but he would be able to do that before he turned 24 and she had calculated this while keeping the meditation speed decrement that his martial soul was famous for in mind.

Spirit King under 25 years old was not an easy feat.

This is an extremely fast growth, matching that of even her sister! No, it was even faster because her sister was a genius and had spent a lot of resources on her cultivation and she had become a Spirit King after 25.

And when calculating Fan Lin future cultivation growth, Ye Yingrong had not included any outside aide or resources.

One thing was because Fan Lin was an orphan without much access to resources; and secondly, because she need to make the normal estimate first before thinking about that. Resources wary in availability, affordability and access so it wasn't easy to include them in a general sense of cultivation growth estimation.

A Soul King by the age of 23 and without any aide! That's a future with boundless potential and yet her sister was not impressed by it?

Did she not understand the significance of it?

"Your students were innate full soul power (rank 10 innate soul power) awakened students with top class Martial Souls at that, them being rank 20 Spirit Grandmasters at 9 is normal but this isn't. Look, he is an innate rank 2 Soul power awakened with the Bluesilver Grass martial soul! " [Ye Yingrong]

"Another one with Bluesilver grass?"

"Him being able to reach rank 10 in three years was a miracle in itself, but looked at this now! His cultivation rose to rank 15 from his rank 11 soul power in the beginning of the school year till now, just a span of three and a half months." [Ye Yingrong]

"He would be easily able to become a Soul King under 25, faster than you and many others that we know off." [Ye Yingrong]

"Without aide at that. Imagine the heights he would achieve if he had the same resources as you, forget you, if he gets the same resources that I have used, he might just reach the Soul King rank under 20 years old."

Ye Yingrong took a sip as she excitedly explained her thoughts to her sister.

"Those are just speculations. With his martial soul, he may not even become a Spirit Elder."

Her sister looked at her with an uninterested face. Ye Yingrong often got too excited when drunk.

"Hmm. He is from the same place as the Tang Wulin kid as well?" [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yinglou muttered while looking through his records that Ye Yingrong had prepared.

"That's what I am saying! Two students with Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul that somehow have soul power and entered the same Academy at the same time and they both are showing faster growth than their peers. And they are not even related but they have the name 'Lin' in their names. It can't be a coincidence. Fan Lin might be related to Tang Wulin and their martial soul might have a connection." [Ye Yingrong]

Ye Yingrong mouthed while taking another sip of her drink. Her cheerful face becoming flushed with excitement. She had lost the triplets to her sister but she had gained another talent.

"Are you saying that some powerful rando is impregnating everyone in the town they came from? That's too absurd." [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yinglou just shook her head in denial at her words.

"Not that! Why did you even think about it like that? Are you making fun of me again?" [Ye Yingrong]

Ye Yingrong strongly denied her sister's words and whispered, " What I meant was that maybe the Glorybound town had some powerful cultivater with Blue Silver Grass in the past. His descendants must have settled in the same town and now after many generations they must have become different families with one having Tang Wulin and the other might be related to Fan Lin." [Ye Yingrong]

"I was thinking the same." [Ye Yingrong]

"All this can't be mere coincidences right?" [Ye Yingrong]

Ye Yingrong said enthusiastically.

"Yeah, you are probably right, the child killer is from the same town, maybe he is the child killer or his ancestor is the child killer as well."

Ye Yingrong's sister said nonchalantly.

"What are you talking about? The child killer was just a speculations without any proof or witnesses. It is not like this is the first time the Parliament had made up an enemy to hide their incompetence." [ Ye Yingrong]

"Well, the child killer also showed up a few years ago, approximately 3, I think. Fan Lin and Wulin awakened at the same time, right? Maybe the reason why they don't feel childlike is because they have been murdering everyone. Just think about it for a second, Fan Lin's awakening, the child killer in the Glorybound bound and the mass murder that happened some time ago, it was also done by the child killer. What if they are the child killer? Like think, it can't be a coincidence that two Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul awakened students came from the same town that the child killer came, what if they are an Evil Soul Master?" [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingrong's sister said seriously.

"No. Not possible since Fan Lin got his first spirit soul here and the Spirit Pagoda had verified his soul power and age. The child killer was nothing more than a speculation."

Ye Yingrong said, now sobered up from her sister's words.

"Then him being able to reach the Soul King realm is a speculation as well. What's the difference?" [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingrong's sister said while flicking her head.

"I have been where you were. There were many times where I thought someone possessed extraordinary potential but more often than not, reality proved otherwise. Don't give false hope to children. It shatters their confidence when they can't achieve it."

"Now get your head out of all this and think about the collective student body. Diamonds shine in the coal, if fate wills it, time will tell us of his growth. You should help him then." [Ye Yingluo]

"Now don't waste my precious night on some stupid child's stuff that's common throughout the continent. Talk about other stuff." [Ye Yingluo]

She said and took a big gulp of her drink. Ye Yingrong looked at her sister, feeling aggrieved by her words.

The next day

After classes.

"Fan Lin? That kid has the habit of spacing out in classes regularly but his grades never dropped. His cultivation and physique wasn't behind his peers as well. If not for his cultivation, his education requirements should match grade 2."

"He has a penchant for deep thinking and is probably able to use meditation on a more effective scale than others. That could be a possible cause for his sudden cultivation increase. I do understand your speculations but you should talk with him and get more information to get a better understanding of his situation, maybe your speculations might change."

Wu Zhangkong said to her before leaving to teach his students.

Ye Yingrong looked at the Class Zero and stood there in thought.

Wu Zhangkong's attitude towards the other students of the Class 5 was that of a good instructor that teaches and just teaches, it was up to the students if they want to learn or could learn from his lessons.

He will help the students if they have any doubts and came to him to clear their doubts but if they never came to him, he would not take the first step even if he knew that the students had doubts.

Asking for help when needed was one of the things that his teachings were ingrained with.

When Ye Yingrong talked about Fan Lin's recent cultivation increase, Wu Zhangkong had pinned that to the improved meditation method of the Eastsea Academy compared to what he previously had and; Fan Lin's own understanding of the new technique.

According to him, Fan Lin possessed the habit of deep thinking and this was truly beneficial in meditation.

Fan Lin should have used the exact same to be able to reach rank 10 under 10 years and now that he had the improved version of the meditation technique, couple with the soul power enriched food and abundance of spirit energy in the vicinity of the Eastsea Academy, the increase in growth is easily explainable.

But explainable doesn't mean any less amazing. Wu Zhangkong was still surprised by the rate of cultivation and had suggested her to inquire Fan Lin directly if she wanted to get a better understanding of what was going on.

Ye Yingrong was conflicted. Who should she listen to? Her sister had told her to not focus on Fan Lin and give him any weird ideas but Wu Zhangkong had suggested her to talk to him.

One one hand, her sister's warning had come from experience while on the other hand, Wu Zhangkong had suggested to talk with Fan Lin and to understand his situation from the source himself.

'I should ask his classmates. They should have noticed something that Teacher Wu had missed.'

And Ye Yingrong went on a search for all the Class 5 students that were shuffled into various classes.

That night.

"Okay. So I just wanted to ask about another thing." [Ye Yingrong]

Ye Yingrong slowly said after a moment of thought.

"Speak then." [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingrong's sister looked at her, sighed and signalled at Ye Yingrong to continue.

"So I wanted to know what I can do about bullying?" [Ye Yingrong]

Ye Yingrong asked while hoping for an answer from her experienced sister.

Ye Yingluo stared at her for a full 30 seconds causing Ye Yingrong to avert her eyes from her.

"Now you are asking for proper stuff. Good job. So who's it about and how?" [Ye Yingluo]

"Well it's about Fan Lin. He-" [Ye Yingrong]

"Stop right there! What did I say to you?" [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingluo looked at Ye Yingrong with a blank stare.

"Really? Didn't I say to not just focus on him?" [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingluo looked at the quiet Ye Yingrong and gave up with a sigh.

"Okay, in cases of bullying, either you take out the cause or you punish the rest." [Ye Yingluo]

"So who's the bully? You can send them to my Class 1 as well. I will make sure to 'train' them into proper kids."

Ye Yingluo gulped down her entire drink and said while licking her lips.

"It's Fan Lin. Tang Wulin told me that he was the bully in the academy they graduated from."

Ye Yingrong slowly said while filling Ye Yingluo's glass.

"How many Fan Lin do you have in your class?" [Ye Yingluo]

"Just one. Didn't I already tell you about it?" [Ye Yingrong]

"The same student that got his ass handed to him by a girl weaker than him?"

"he is a bully?"

"He was. I don't know about now."

"First of all, what were the instances where he acted like a bully?"

"Tang Wulin told me that Fan Lin once beat some girl because she did something he hated, he was also suspended for a month because he broke someone's leg one time and another persons spine at another, he also beat up around two to three senior students for reasons unknown."

Ye Yingrong quoted.

"Hmm. Anything else?" [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingluo added.

"None." [Ye Yingrong]

"Hmmm, how is his relation with Tang Wulin? Considering that you got nothing else on him, he had not done anything bad in the Eastsea Academy or Wu Zhangkong would have already dealt with him." [Ye Yingluo]

"So in simple words, either Tang Wulin is lying, Fan Lin has turned a new leaf or there's an exaggeration of events here. Where did Tang Wulin got the information from?" [Ye Yingluo]

"I don't know. I will ask tomorrow."

"Forget it. Don't disturb them and let the past be the past. If you are that interested in Fan Lin, just observe him from sidelines and wait a month more. If his cultivation improved at the rate that you are saying, I will take a look at him." [Ye Yinglou]

"Here, I solved all of your problems. Anything else?" [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingluo finished another glass and asked. Ye Yingrong quickly filled her glass and said.

"What if--- " [Ye Yingrong]

"There are no what if's in real life. Come to me when something happens, we will solve it then. Don't waste my time into solving stupid scenarios that aren't feasible. They are kids, one day they are fighting together, another day they will be eating happily together. They are that stupid." [Ye Yingluo]

Ye Yingluo shook her glass and thought of the rejection that she got from Wu Zhangkong.

"If only adults were not that troublesome to deal with." [Ye Yingluo]

"Okay~" [Ye Yingrong]

Ye Yingrong slowly muttered.

"Good."

Ye Yingluo said to her sister and went to her room to cultivate.