Chapter 96 Tang San, Grandmaster is Here_1

"Zhu Qing, why are you here?" Xiaowu looked at Zhu Zhuqing with some awkwardness and embarrassment. Having Zhu Qing take care of her in this situation made her feel unbearably shy.

"We're all girls, what's there to be embarrassed about?" Zhu Zhuqing laughed softly, took off her figure-hugging jacket, revealing her flawless body, and then dived straight into the bed.

"Ah." Xiaowu let out a small moan, her face showing a touch of pain but even more of shyness. She used to tease Zhu Qing quite a bit in the past, but now it was Zhu Qing's turn.

"Wow, Xu Ran really is too reckless, to have made our Xiaowu end up like this. I will definitely have to make him pay later," Zhu Zhuqing said sternly, though her hands were up to mischief.

In the dormitory, Xiaowu often teased her and made fun of her. Now it should be her turn, right? Besides, Xiaowu couldn't move anyway.

"Zhu Qing sister, I was wrong, I won't ever dare again. Please spare me," Xiaowu blinked her incredibly aggrieved and pitiful big eyes, a hint of weakness, pity, and helplessness shining through them.

She was now regretting it, she shouldn't have teased Zhu Qing about coming back from Xu Ran. What goes around comes around, and now it was Zhu Qing's turn to bully her.

Whimper.

But she couldn't move at all now, every movement caused her entire body to ache with pain, and Zhu Qing could do whatever she wanted, couldn't she?

"Oh? You realized your mistake?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Xiaowu beside her and couldn't help but smile.

"Mmm-hmm, I really realized my mistake," Xiaowu nodded quickly, not daring to stimulate Zhu Zhuqing like she did in the past. Otherwise, she would surely die of shame today.

"All right then, I won't tease you anymore. Otherwise, if Xu Ran finds out I've bullied his Precious Xiao Wu, he might get mad at me," Zhu Qing smiled, picked up the bowl of hot porridge from the bedside table, blew on it, and then fed it to Xiaowu. The food contained many precious medicinal ingredients, and after Xiaowu finished it, her body would be mostly recovered.

Soul Masters always have strong recovery abilities, especially Xiaowu who is a soul beast with dual cultivation.

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As days at Shrek Academy went by, a week had passed in the blink of an eye.

Xu Ran didn't need to attend classes; apart from cultivating, he spent time teasing Zhu Zhuqing and Xiaowu, and showing off their affection. Every day after the short cultivation period, Xu Ran would be at the playground or at the village entrance, munching on an apple and watching Xiaowu and the others train.

Ever since that group enlightenment incident, the teachers at the academy didn't bother much with Xu Ran. They knew he wasn't someone they could teach; too much interference might actually affect his cultivation.

Xu Ran even had a dedicated seat at the playground and the village entrance. As Xu Ran rested, he could occasionally give pointers to a few students, which made the teachers extremely happy. Often, even they, upon talking with Xu Ran, would gain a lot.

After all, Xu Ran was a transmigrator, viewing issues from a completely different angle than theirs. His ideas naturally had some influence on Flander and the others.

One day, three people approached Shrek Academy.

Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Ning Rongrong.

Yu Xiaogang hadn't planned on coming to Shrek Academy, or at least wanted to pay a courtesy visit before coming, but he still came on his own initiative. That was because Shrek Academy had a genius that attracted him, Xu Ran.

He had learned from Tang San that Xiaowu had run off with Xu Ran. Xu Ran was also a major enemy to Tang San. But that was none of his concern.

All he needed to know was that Xu Ran was an unparalleled genius.

The very reason Yu Xiaogang had wanted to take on disciples to prove his own path was why he had accepted Tang San as his disciple. With Tang San's growth, he, as Tang San's teacher, would receive immense respect from countless people, something he had always dreamed of acquiring.

Yu Xiaogang was a prodigious talent; although his "Cultivation Level" was lacking, his theories were unparalleled.

The ten competitive powers of Soul Masters he created on his own were epoch-making.

Before him, no one could be called a Grandmaster. After him, even less so.

Even with unparalleled intelligence and theories, he gained little recognition from others; even when Bi Bidong, the Spirit Hall Pope, decreed support for his theories, most regular folk still didn't believe him. If even the Spirit Hall Pope approved of his theories, what would other Soul Masters know?

After much thought, he realized he needed an existence that could validate his theories, someone to silence all the idle gossip.

Now, by taking Xu Ran as his disciple, he could prove the power of his theories. With Xu Ran's talent, he could grow without even needing to be taught. So, he just needed to secure the title of Teacher Xu Ran in advance. Once Xu Ran grew in power, he could ride the coattails of a "Teacher to a Peerless Strongman" without lifting a finger.

By then, Xu Ran, the true prodigy of the Continent, would be his disciple, Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang would then be able to slap everyone in the face. And, with Xu Ran's assistance, he could walk together with Bi Bidong and Liu Erlong. Although Bi Bidong would never allow him to establish a "Harem," once Tang San, Xu Ran's senior disciple brother, grew in power and destroyed Bi Bidong's "Cultivation Level," then he could live with the two women.

Even as the teacher to the number one powerhouse on the Continent, he could boss around the former Female Pope, making her serve tea and pour water, what a sense of achievement that would be.

"Teacher, what are you thinking about?" Tang San asked, puzzled. On his head was a yellow hat, a problem that he had finally found a solution for in the past few days, which was to dye it a different color.

That way, who would notice anything unusual?

"Oh. I was thinking about how to make you stronger once we get to Shrek Academy. You have Twin Martial Souls; your future potential is boundless," Brock patted Tang San's shoulder while squeezing out a smile.

Tang San was still unaware that Xu Ran was at Shrek Academy.

And it was from a letter from Flander that he learned about Xu Ran.

Xu Ran's casually written words had brought about a State of Enlightenment for all the members of Shrek Academy. Aside from wanting to take on Xu Ran as a disciple, he had another goal, which was to observe the engravings that Xu Ran left on the stone walls, hoping to gain some insights himself.

Of course, Tang San would be going to gain enlightenment as well.

After experiencing enlightenment, he and his disciple would likely achieve significant improvement. If he could enter the State of Enlightenment, he might even have the chance to become a Soul Elder.

However, the daydreaming Brock had no idea that he and Tang San had long been blacklisted by Xu Ran. Everyone in the world could benefit from the content on the stone walls, except for him and Tang San.

After being blacklisted by Xu Ran, any enlightenment Brock and Tang San would glean from the stone wall content would only regress their "Cultivation Level," and even their talents might regress. After all, not everyone was entitled to Xu Ran's buffs. Xu Ran had the authority to control who couldn't enjoy those buffs.