Chapter 14: Xiao Wu

Nuoding Academy, Lu Yuan's residence.

Lu Yuan's residence was located in the same area as his foster father's, both separated from the rooms of working and noble students.

Inside the residence, a six-year-old boy sat in the lotus position, his face expressionless, and a sense of peace permeated the room.

This child was Lu Yuan, who was currently cultivating, as various thoughts ran through his mind.

'I must improve my combat experience. Even though the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions and Hanhai Spear Technique are powerful techniques, they are useless if I am not experienced enough to use them correctly. I have already learned firsthand that a small mistake can be potentially fatal; the Prime Demon Ape's attack almost left me half dead.'

'However, that battle also gave me new ways to use my skills, I just need to find someone to test them out on.'

'Besides, I can't rely solely on the skills the system gave me. Before I awakened my martial soul, I always had a high learning speed, which has nothing to envy my innate strength, thanks to this I easily learned the Grandmaster's theories back in the day.'

Thinking about Grandmaster, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt. From the moment he refused to be his disciple, he knew that their relationship would never be the same again.

Even though they seemed to get along well on the surface, there was a growing gap between them, which he had noticed during the travel to Soul Hunting Forest.

Sighing, he decided to not dwell on the matter any longer and continued to cultivate for a while longer, until he seemed to remember something.

'Huh? I remember I had something to do in the evening...'

Knock Knock!

However, his thoughts were interrupted by a loud knock on the door, followed by a voice that clearly belonged to a girl.

"Lu Yuan! I've been waiting for you in Room 7, did you think I knew where you lived? I had to ask a teacher to find your room. You didn't forget about the exchange of pointers we had agreed on, did you!?"

"...."

Lu Yuan heard the voice of the girl, who seemed to be getting angrier and angrier, and immediately remembered what he had forgotten, leaving him with a strange expression on his face. After visiting the Spirit Hall Branch, he had completely forgotten about the exchange of pointers he had agreed to with Xiao Wu.

.....

On the other side of the door, stood a very pretty girl, with fair skin and a soft appearance that resembled that of a peach, she had beautiful eyelashes, a pair of bright, soft, and intelligent eyes, and her long black hair was combed into a scorpion braid that hung down past her buttocks.

This girl was none other than Xiao Wu, who was dressed in the same short pink and orange dress as before, white stockings that went all the way up to her legs, and little pink shoes.

Xiao Wu was visibly upset, her foot tapping impatiently on the wooden floor. Any working student who saw her at that moment would have immediately run away, not wanting to face her anger.

When Xiao Wu got tired of waiting and was about to kick the door, the door finally opened, and out of it came a good-looking boy with a sorry smile, saying.

"I'm sorry Xiao Wu, I had things to do during the day, and I had forgotten about our agreement, but..."

Xiao Wu was listening to his explanation, but when she heard that he had forgotten the exchange of pointers they had agreed on, her anger flared.

She placed her hands on her hips and interrupted him while saying. "Hmph, aren't those just excuses for not exchanging pointers with me?"

Lu Yuan laughed lightly as he said, "Of course not, let's do it. You didn't come looking for me in vain, did you?"

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yuan changed his tone and said, "However, it's important for you to be aware of how others may perceive your actions. Being seen entering a guy's room late at night could damage your reputation."

From the book, he knew that Xiao Wu often did not follow common sense due to her experience as a spirit beast. However, that did not mean she did not care, it was just that she did not understand the meaning of certain actions yet.

Xiao Wu was happy to finally be able to have an exchange of pointers with Lu Yuan, and when she heard the last thing, she was about to say that, if she as a girl was not afraid, what was he afraid of? But seeing how serious his face was, she could only lower her head and whisper. "It was your fault for not coming to look for me."

An embarrassed smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face, and glancing around the hallway, he saw that no one else was there, so he asked in confusion, "Tang San didn't come with you?"

Lu Yuan found it strange that Tang San didn't come and let Xiao Wu go out alone in the middle of the night.

"Forget about him, we better hurry up and go to the Academy courtyard to exchange pointers!"

Xiao Wu seemed to react with annoyance at the mention of Tang San and responded by changing the subject.

This could not be helped, upon returning to Room 7 after lunch, Xiao Wu wanted to immediately go and give the noble students a lesson, but Tang San did not agree.

Tang San had his own reasons, according to him, they couldn't just go and beat up the noble students for no apparent reason, right? That would only get them expelled, after all, the families of the noble students contribute financially to the Academy, and they would be violating the Academy's rules.

The idea of Tang San was to wait for a better time to teach them a lesson, for example, challenge them to a duel so that they would have no way to retaliate later.

It was reasonable, but he had overlooked one important aspect - Xiao Wu's feelings.

She had been wanting to teach the noble students a lesson for a long time, not just because of their behavior in the cafeteria, but also because of the degrading names they called her, particularly that Xiao Chenyu, who treated her like a pet bunny and other even more disgusting words.

After learning that Lu Yuan had taught them a lesson and they would never dare to mess with him again, Xiao Wu was even more eager to take matters into her own hands.

She couldn't understand why they should wait for a better opportunity when she was already tired of being treated poorly by them.

Thus, in a fit of anger, she decided to come looking for Lu Yuan, preventing Tang San from following her, it can be said that the one who caused Tang San not to come was Xiao Wu herself.

Lu Yuan was unaware of this and did not ask any further questions. Instead, he simply nodded and said, "Okay, follow me," as they made their way to the Academy Courtyard.

...

In the Nuoding Academy Courtyard.

"Lu Yuan, you won't be able to escape from me this time, hehe, I've been told that your martial soul possesses great strength, but that won't do you any good against me."

Xiao Wu said as she punched the air with her small fists, a big smile on her face. It seems she had completely forgotten about her previous bad mood.

"We'll see, summon your spirit ring." Lu Yuan replied with a smile.

Xiao Wu wasted no time, and a red light started to emit from her body. Wrapped under the red light, her eyes started to turn red, and rabbit ears began to slowly grow, rising on top of her head. Her stature was getting taller, and a soft breath of soul power undulated centering on her body. Under her feet, a hundred-year-old yellow spirit ring could be seen.

When Xiao Wu finished her transformation, she first did a full turn and stuck her tongue out at Lu Yuan before saying, "Xiao Wu, First-Year Student, Martial Soul: Soft Boned Rabbit, Rank 12 Power Attack System Spirit Master."

"Now it's your turn."