Chapter 2: Grandmaster

"Boss Lu, you have misunderstood. I was just playing with Wang Sheng. Right, Wang Sheng?" Xiao Chenyu quickly picked up Wang Sheng and pretended to dust him off.

"Is that so? Then why did I see you stepping on Wang Sheng's head? Was that also part of the game?" Lu Yuan said coolly.

"Er, well, I..." Xiao Chenyu stammered, unable to come up with an excuse.

After observing Wang Sheng's beaten appearance, Lu Yuan gestured with his hand and said to Xiao Chenyu, "Leave and stop causing trouble."

"Sure, sure, I'll leave right away". Xiao Chenyu scampered off with Liu Long and Ling Feng in tow.

"Are you okay?" Lu Yuan asked Wang Sheng.

"Thank you, Boss Lu, I'm fine," Wang Sheng said as he bowed in gratitude.

Lu Yuan nodded and said, "I can only assist you temporarily. If you wish to end the harassment, you'll have to rely on yourselves. I have a special status and represent the Academy, I can't show bias. I hope you understand."

"I understand". Wang Sheng nodded.

"Alright, I'm leaving now". Lu Yuan said as he patted Wang Sheng's shoulder before turning and leaving the scene.

He could only help to a certain extent regarding the working students who were bullied, after all, he was the Dean's son and represented the Academy with every word and action. Excessive favoritism towards the working students would attract discontent from the noble students, which would be detrimental to the stability of the Academy.

Although he was also dissatisfied with the noble students, it was unrealistic to help the working students go against them.

If working students really wanted to free themselves from harassment, they must first become stronger.

While thinking about it, Lu Yuan walked toward Grandmaster's wooden house.

The wooden house was small, but the surrounding area was picturesque, lush, and tranquil, making it an ideal place for study.

The door was slightly open, and Lu Yuan knocked gently as a sign of respect.

"Please come in!" Grandmaster's hoarse voice came from within the house.

Squeak! Lu Yuan pushed open the door and saw that Grandmaster was in the middle of taking notes.

Grandmaster was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, with thinning hair, a serious expression, wise eyes, and an upright posture, the epitome of a scholar.

"It's Little Yuan, come here, take a seat!" Grandmaster's expression softened upon seeing Lu Yuan and offered him a seat.

Lu Yuan did not sit down, instead, he walked up to Grandmaster and looked at a thin book in front of him, "The Absolute Martial Soul Record, what is this?"

Grandmaster handed the book to Lu Yuan and said, "This contains records of some powerful and rare Martial Souls of the Douluo Continent, some of which have long been extinct."

"Oh!" Lu Yuan became interested and picked up the book, flipping through it curiously.

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After flipping through the Martial Souls Ranking of the Superior Martial Souls Chapter, Lu Yuan nodded slightly, the Martial Souls Ranking that Grandmaster had given him was basically in line with today's Douluo Continent, after all, Grandmaster's strength was limited, it was already very rare to know so much, and when this Martial Soul Ranking was released to the outside world, not many people would be able to refute it.

"The Legendary Chapter?" Lu Yuan was visibly surprised upon seeing the big words on the back of the book, but he still began to read.

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After finishing reading the Ranking of the Martial Soul in the Legendary Chapter, Lu Yuan closed the book. He could see that there was some truth in Grandmaster's ranking. The Martial Souls in the Superior Martial Souls Chapter were ones that Grandmaster was sure existed or had existed before. Even for the Dark Devilgod Tiger, this type of Spirit Beast did exist. Grandmaster had speculated that, if this Spirit Beast were a Martial Soul, it would be no worse than Seraphim, and his reasoning was sound.

Compared to the classification of Martial Souls in the Superior Martial Souls Chapter, which had many fundamentals, the classification of Martial Souls in the Legendary Chapter was more intriguing. The classification of Martial Souls in it was based on legends of Empires and Clans, where it is unknown whether it is true or not.

It was unknown whether it was accurate or not, but the Legendary Chapter's Martial Souls were quite powerful, so Lu Yuan wondered what kind of Martial Soul he would awaken.

His curiosity was piqued even more.