Chapter 8: "He tui~ What a load of trash!"

Seeing Chu Chengzhou nodding, Xiao Chentian felt a sense of discomfort in his heart.

In terms of official status in the Heaven Dou Empire, Principal Su Nan was indeed not as high-ranking as his uncle, the City Lord.

After all, his uncle, the City Lord, was a hereditary baron in the Heaven Dou Empire, and the entire Notting City was the Xiao family's territory, enjoying tax and military power. In contrast, Principal Su Nan was only an honorary baron, unable to pass down his title.

Originally, with Principal Su Nan's strength, he could have been granted a viscount title upon joining the Heaven Dou Empire. However, his situation was different. He only served as the principal of Notting Academy and didn't have to unconditionally obey the Empire's orders during wartime, which was why he only held the title of baron.

However, in terms of strength, Principal Su Nan, with his four-ring Soul King rank, was above his uncle, the three-ring Soul Master City Lord.

Moreover, Su Nan had been the principal of Notting Academy for over twenty years. Although Notting City was a small place, many Soul Masters had graduated from the academy over the years.

Even if they were not directly related, when these Soul Masters hunted soul beasts for their first soul ring during graduation, Principal Su Nan and the teachers helped out. The accumulated goodwill over the years was not insignificant.

If Chu Chengzhou were truly the grandson of Principal Su Nan, Xiao Chentian, the City Lord's nephew, would indeed not dare to provoke him.

"No, no, no, the principal and Teacher Li don't have any children, so how could he have a grandson? Besides, you don't even share the same surname as the principal. Kid, are you trying to pull a fast one on me?" Xiao Chentian said with a displeased look.

As Xiao Chentian questioned him, a few academy teachers came up the stairs.

Leading the group was Principal Su Nan, along with Li Wan, the homeroom teacher of the sixth-year class.

"Xiao Chengzhou, what's going on here?" Li Wan asked with a smile, addressing her "good grandson."

Of course, she could already guess what was happening. It was most likely some conflict between the academy's noble children and the work-study students. However, since her "good grandson" didn't seem to have caused any trouble, she didn't point it out.

"Grandma, it's nothing. We were just about to have lunch!" Chu Chengzhou said, glancing at Xiao Chentian, who was pretending not to notice and focused on eating. Chu Chengzhou had no intention of complaining. It was enough to rely on his grandparents to intimidate others. Unless that didn't work, there was no need to complain.

Besides, complaining didn't seem very useful. Unless someone was truly being bullied, it was just some verbal sparring. As the academy's principal and teachers, his grandparents couldn't just pick up Xiao Chentian and give him a beating.

"Hmm, Xiao Chengzhou, remember to get along with your classmates. If your living expenses aren't enough, you can always ask your grandparents for more," Li Wan kindly patted Chu Chengzhou's head and reminded him.

"Got it~!"

The second-floor cafeteria wasn't too expensive. A hearty meal for over ten people cost just one silver soul coin and about thirty copper coins. In the Douluo Continent, the exchange rate between gold, silver, and copper soul coins was straightforward: one gold soul coin equaled one hundred silver soul coins, which equaled ten thousand copper coins.

After all, work-study students only earned ten copper coins a day for cleaning. Notting Academy couldn't be so rich that they paid work-study students enough to support a family for months with just ten days of cleaning.

After lunch, Chu Chengzhou returned to the seventh dorm, had a pleasant nap, and then headed to the library in the teaching building to study soul beast knowledge on his own.

With his memories from his past life and the basic education his grandmother had provided, even though the writing system in the Douluo Continent was different from his past life, Chu Chengzhou could still read the books.

Although soul beast knowledge wasn't particularly useful in the later stages, it could help broaden his horizons and plan out which types and species of soul beasts to hunt for each of his future soul rings.

"Haha, I'm a sour fish, sour and vegetable, and unnecessary~. I'm a yellow braised chicken, yellow and stuffy, and spicy chicken."

Humming a little tune, Chu Chengzhou walked toward the library with his short legs.

In the library, in front of the bookshelves, Chu Chengzhou was looking for books that recorded common soul beasts in the continent.

The first few books seemed normal, but what was this "Windling Douluo Fell in Love with Me" nonsense?

He frowned and didn't pay much attention to it. He just glanced at it and moved on without intending to read it.

What could a local Douluo native write? It was probably a low-quality fanfiction novel, most likely written by some trashy female author.

Soon, Chu Chengzhou found a book titled "Soul Beast Compendium."

"This is the one!"

From the title, it was clear that the book contained information about various soul beasts.

He immediately stood on tiptoe to pull the book from the shelf.

However, perhaps due to his height, when he pulled out the "Soul Beast Compendium," another book fell from the shelf.

"Uh~, is this 'The Top Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls' by Yu Xiaogang?"

Picking up the book, Chu Chengzhou saw the large title and author's name on the cover.

"He tui~! What kind of trash is this?"

He spat disdainfully, intending to return the book to the shelf.

This book was one of the most famous in the Douluo Continent. Chu Chengzhou had read it before, but Yu Xiaogang's writings were either nonsensical or full of common, useless conclusions. It was completely pointless.

"Kid, you haven't even read it yet. What gives you the right to criticize this book?"

Suddenly, a displeased voice came from behind.

Turning around, Chu Chengzhou saw a slightly thin middle-aged man with a scruffy look and a head of short hair that resembled a prisoner's. The man looked displeased as he glared at him.

"Yu Xiaogang?" At the first sight of the disheveled middle-aged man, Chu Chengzhou instantly recognized who it was.

He had never met Yu Xiaogang before, but the image matched the one from his previous life's anime, and in Notting Academy, there was only one person who looked this disheveled—Yu Xiaogang.

"I've read this book before!"

Glancing at Yu Xiaogang, Chu Chengzhou said indifferently, then placed the book back on the shelf.

"Then what gives you the right to criticize it?"

Although Yu Xiaogang didn't know what "trash" meant, he could tell that the kid in front of him was looking down on his proud work.

"Hey~ You're really something. I don't like this book, and that's my freedom. Are you going to force me to like it?"

"Hmph~ Even if you don't like it, you can't criticize it!"

Yu Xiaogang snorted coldly, feeling a little angry inside.

Indeed, people had the freedom not to like his work, and he didn't force anyone to like it. But why should a little brat like this trash his hard work?

If this little brat didn't have a good reason, Yu Xiaogang wasn't going to let him off the hook today!

The Spirit Hall was powerful, and Yu Xiaogang couldn't resist Qian Xunji back then. But today, he wasn't going to let a little kid get away with insulting his work!