School Day,
Barak Junior Soul Master Academy.
"New students here! New students here!"
the teacher waved and shouted.
The crowd dispersed;
some senior students went to the north gate,
while the new students stayed at the south gate to await the teacher's instructions.
"New students, register your name, class, and soul power level!"
A group of noisy kids forced the teacher to shout.
"Line up! Line up!"
"Mommy~ I don't want to go to school!!!"
"Waaah—"
Today was another day of countless parents bringing their kids to school
. Yuan Xunlu even saw several children crying and making a scene, unwilling to go.
"Sigh—"
"Sigh—"
Yuan Xunlu and Yuan Ling'er sighed simultaneously, saying in unison:
"Childish."
After Yuan Ling'er absorbed her soul ring, Yuan Xunlu brought the little one back and registered her level at the Spirit Hall, receiving a monthly subsidy of one gold soul coin from the Spirit Hall.
In Yuan Xunlu's words,
it was like this: "
Since it's all benefits from the Spirit Hall anyway, why not take it?
" Yuan Xunlu scratched his head and said to the little one beside him, "Have you taken everything?"
Yuan Ling'er shook the soul tool in her hand and giggled,
"It's all here."
This soul tool was a gift from Yuan Xunlu to Yuan Ling'er. Compared to Tang San's Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon Belt, this soul tool was shaped like a ring,
roughly resembling a snake swallowing its own tail, forming a circle—
an ouroboros.
"At school... just be happy. Anyway, you've already studied the basics of the elementary soul master academy, and your soul power meets the graduation requirements. Just go through the procedures once. Be careful and make friends with your classmates..."
Yuan Xunlu rambled on like an old man for a long time, making Yuan Ling'er sigh subconsciously.
She could have skipped a grade;
the graduation requirement for the elementary Soul Master Academy was to have a Soul Ring and become a Soul Master,
a requirement she had already met.
The reason she stayed at the elementary Soul Master Academy was because her father wanted her to have a happy childhood like a normal Soul Master.
According to her father, "
You're only six years old;
skipping a grade directly
would be forcing growth,
which is not good."
So,
Yuan Ling'er still had to play with the other children.
Later, unable to resist Yuan Ling'er's pleas, Yuan Xunlu agreed to wait until she reached level twenty before sending her directly to the advanced Soul Master Academy,
skipping the intermediate Soul Master Academy.
"Dad, I'm leaving." "
Okay."
Yuan Xunlu watched Yuan Ling'er register on her own. He squatted on the curb, smacking his lips, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
In the blink of an eye,
his little one was going to school.
He wondered what her future plans were. If she skipped a grade to go to the advanced Soul Master Academy, he would have to use his connections to get her into a better one.
There's a reason for skipping the intermediate Soul Master Academy.
Yuan Ling'er is only six years old.
If she goes to the intermediate academy, where everyone is over twelve,
the height difference will be too obvious, and Yuan Ling'er will definitely be bullied.
After all, she's only a pitiful level thirteen Soul Master, and her
safety needs to be considered at all times.
"Brother, taking your child to school too?"
A man walked up to Yuan Xunlu and, imitating him, squatted on the curb.
"Yeah, you too?"
"Hehe, of course."
The man offered him a cigarette as a courtesy.
Yuan Xunlu didn't refuse, took it, smelled it, and then tucked it behind his ear.
"The Spirit Hall's [Yellow Crane Tower]?"
Yuan Xunlu doesn't smoke, but he's familiar with it.
"Oh, impressive, brother, you're an expert."
The man laughed, and
Yuan Xunlu laughed too.
In fact,
Yuan Xunlu had played a significant role in the development of the tobacco industry on Douluo Continent.
When he transmigrated,
his mind was preoccupied with increasing his strength and making money.
What's the most profitable thing?
Arms and
tobacco.
To make money,
Yuan Xunlu went to great lengths to find native tobacco spirit beasts on Douluo Continent, then cultivated them to produce cigarettes for sale.
Of course,
Yuan Xunlu was quite conscientious;
every cigarette pack bore the six large, blood-red characters: "Smoking is harmful to your health."
But the spirit masters and ordinary people of Douluo Continent disregarded this,
just like Yuan Xunlu had ignored the risks and continued production.
They still bought cigarettes and smoked as usual.
After so many years of development, the Spirit Hall had captured 99% of the tobacco market on the continent,
practically monopolizing it!
There were brands suitable for powerful and prestigious spirit masters like "Zhongnan Mountain" and "Supreme Nine-Five," brands
suitable for ordinary spirit masters like "Yellow Crane Tower," "Hibiscus King," and "Advanced White Sand," and brands
suitable for ordinary people like "Ordinary White Sand."
From beginner to final resting place,
there's something for everyone.
However,
Yuan Xunlu had lost all the profits he'd gained.
Before, he'd split the profits 30/70 with his older brother,
but now that woman had taken over the Spirit Hall, Yuan Xunlu didn't even get 30%.
"I really want to try out the [Supreme Nine-Five] cigarette." The man lit a cigarette and puffed out smoke.
"The quality of tobacco is actually about the same," Yuan Xunlu said honestly, "it's just the added value that's different."
"Hehe, that's a novel way of putting it."
The two sat there,
chatting idly.
Yuan Xunlu had already formed a judgment about this man:
a level 50 Soul King, from
a wealthy family,
probably a nobleman.
The reason he approached Yuan Xunlu was probably because
Yuan Xunlu was the
only one among these parents whose strength he couldn't discern…
A while later, a huge commotion broke out at the new student registration area.
"Ah! We actually have a one-ring Soul Master in our year!"
"Ah!!! And it's a hundred-year Soul Ring!"
"This kid's family must be very well-off!"
"Waaah~"
Watching the commotion,
the man took a drag of his cigarette, rubbed his hands together, and pointed over there with a grin:
"Not bad, right? My son, Lu Wei."
"Full innate Soul Power?"
"Nine-level innate Soul Power. As soon as his Martial Soul awakened, I told him to cultivate diligently, and he became level ten in three days."
"Really good, very talented.
" "Hehe, after level ten, I took him to the Kingdom's captive Soul Beast Forest to hunt Souls."
"Hmm?"
"And then we had incredible luck, directly encountering a suitable four-hundred-year-old Soul Beast. Hey, my kid did well, easily absorbing the Soul Ring."
"Hmm."
"Becoming an eleventh-level Soul Master at six years old!"
"...Oh."
Yuan Xunlu brushed it off.
Is being an eleventh-level Soul Master at six years old so cool?
The man was stunned.
He looked at the expressionless Yuan Xunlu.
Shouldn't you be surprised?!
Shouldn't you be envious?!
Shouldn't you be jealous?!
Why can you be so indifferent?!
Why can you be so nonchalant?!
What gives you the right?!
Seeing the man's expression, Yuan Xunlu roughly guessed what he was thinking.
It was similar to the parents he'd encountered in his previous life.
"Ah~ My child passed Grade 8 in piano;
Ah~ My child passed the TOEFL in English;
Ah~ My child is first in the grade;
You're jealous, aren't you? You should be proud, you must be proud of my child. " "
Crazy!
I'm not your child's father,
what's there for me to be proud of?
" "Ah!!! It's a thousand-year spirit ring!"
"Level 13! Level 13! It's actually Level 13! A six-year-old at Level 13!"
Screams erupted again at the new student registration area, and this time the sounds
were louder,
clearer, and
more surprised than when Lu Wei registered.
The air
was thick with the smell of arrogance.
"A six-year-old Level 13 spirit master…
and her first spirit ring is a thousand years…
Why would a genius like her come to the small Barak Junior Spirit Master Academy?"
The man also went over to join the commotion, inquired about who this prodigy was,
and then,
he was utterly dejected.
The man sat upright on the curb,
glancing at Yuan Xunlu's still-present expression, and
murmured,
"Aren't you… surprised? That child is simply unbelievable, she'll definitely be a Title Douluo in the future."
"Not surprised."
Yuan Xunlu said calmly,
"That's my daughter."
"…" the man.