If the Yu Xiaogang from the main world was untouchable, Zhou Sidong would have to make do with the Yu Xiaogang from the parallel timeline.
The next morning.
Zhou Sidong walked out of the dormitory, inhaling the morning mist and exhaling, then ran a few laps around the training ground before heading to the second floor of the cafeteria for food.
Yesterday, he had traveled through the parallel timeline and conducted a fragmentation Grenade experiment on Yu Xiaogang there. Unfortunately, a single Grenade hadn't killed him.
Zhou Sidong had spent all night pondering. He planned to improve the Grenade's quality. The previous batch was made of ordinary iron, with the tiny steel balls inside being Iron Essence.
This time, he decided to upgrade the Grenade from the inside out, striving to enhance its power to the level of Buddha's Fury, Tang Lotus—a similar display to a blooming lotus, capable of killing seventy-six Soul Saints.
After getting his food, Zhou Sidong prepared to return to his room to eat and study.
He didn't have Tang San's skill in crafting hidden weapons, but as a military enthusiast in his past life, he could still figure out some modern weapons, such as: Grenades.
This was Zhou Sidong's only means of self-defense.
Technology was advancing, and his equipment needed to keep up.
During his descent downstairs, Zhou Sidong held a delicate breakfast. The food provided on the second floor was a significant step up from the first.
Zhou Sidong glanced at the Work-Study Students' breakfast: a few steamed buns, a bowl of thin porridge, and a plate of cold dishes.
Then he lowered his head and looked at his own. Well, there was no comparison.
He was still benefiting from his father's connections.
Zhou Sidong quickly left, as some Work-Study Students were already giving him strange looks.
"Damn it! This Zhou Sidong is too much!" Xiao Wu crumpled the half-eaten steamed bun in her hand, instantly losing her appetite.
This world was divided into ranks. The ordinary, lower-level Spirit Master Academy's canteen had a first and second floor, and even the students were graded. Even the teachers' treatment differed greatly.
Xiao Wu, still inexperienced with the world, didn't understand these things.
"I heard that Zhou Sidong's father is a well-known figure in Notting City, and…"
Wang Sheng lowered his voice and whispered, "He lives in a single room, just like Tang San's teacher, Master."
As soon as these words were spoken, many of the Work-Study Students immediately became agitated.
"Single room!" Xiao Wu widened her eyes, indignant. "Why does he get a single room! We all just arrived, what right does he have?"
You have to know that even many noble students still lived in dormitories.
Zhou Sidong had a room to himself, which clearly annoyed Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu's situation was even worse than that of the Work-Study Students; she didn't even have a blanket and had to share a bed with Tang San.
The Work-Study Students' dormitories were in terrible condition, a stark contrast to where the noble students lived. They also had to do the cleaning work for the academy, but at least they got paid for it.
However, Xiao Wu was a spirit beast who had transformed after living for a hundred thousand years. In this respect, her physical abilities far surpassed those of most of the other students. She had beaten Wang Sheng in the Seventh Dorm and become the leader, or as they called it, the big sister.
Life was comfortable. Being the leader and being held in high regard by everyone made Xiao Wu feel elated, but her ambitions didn't stop there.
Xiao Wu had already arranged a fight with the noble students led by Xiao Chenyu, which would take place on the training grounds tomorrow afternoon.
The loser would have to acknowledge the winner as their leader, and there would be no room for argument.
Xiao Chenyu didn't hesitate to accept the challenge.
Zhou Sidong locked his room and drew the curtains.
He spread a blueprint on the table and, based on his memory of the grenade's structure, began to sketch it on paper.
Half an hour later…
"Success!"
Looking at the grenade blueprint, Zhou Sidong nodded with satisfaction. Next, he would give the blueprint to his father. Zhou Sidong had no doubts about his father's craftsmanship.
After all, his father's skills were only second to a god craftsman, a Master Blacksmith!
The next day, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned.
The master and disciple had wandered through the forest for a long time and finally found a three-hundred-and-fifty-year-old Mamba Snake.
The Mamba Snake was not as good as the Mandala Snake. The soul skill it offered Tang San was also a binding technique, but it lacked the crucial nerve-paralyzing effect, only providing ordinary binding.
Yu Xiaogang was already very satisfied with this.
He had even prepared for the worst. If they couldn't find anything, Tang San would have to absorb that ten-year-old Bamboo.
The sun was high in the sky.
On the training ground, the noble students led by Xiao Chenyu and the work-study students led by Xiao Wu had already begun to fight.
After the friction of the past few days, and the accumulated grievances of many years, it finally erupted today!
The first to fight was Wang Sheng, the former leader of the Seventh Dorm. His opponent was a guy named Liu Long, whose martial soul was a long staff. Wang Sheng had once been defeated by him.
At the same time, Zhou Sidong specifically asked the academy teacher for half a day off. He planned to take the blueprints home and have his father forge them.
Zhou's Blacksmith Shop.
As the number one blacksmith shop in Notting City, everyone knew of it. It had almost monopolized all the blacksmithing business in the entire city.
"Dad, can you forge it?"
Zhou Sidong picked up the teacup and offered the fragrant tea to his father, a smile playing on his lips, anticipation in his eyes.
"You rascal! What exactly is this thing? It doesn't look like a ball, and the materials require Iron Essence. You don't know the price of things until you're in charge." Zhou Shijie grumbled, but his body was honest as he accepted the Grenade blueprint.
"Have you been listening to your teachers at the academy?"
Taking a sip of the tea his son had brewed, Zhou Shijie immediately felt much more relaxed.
"Of course! Who do you think your son is? It's just that..."
Zhou Shijie's eyebrows twitched. He coughed and asked seriously, "Just what?"
"Nothing much? Just a small matter. That Master from Notting Academy wants to take me as a disciple."
As Zhou Sidong finished speaking, there was a "poof" as the tea Zhou Shijie had just taken a sip of was sprayed out.
He looked at his wife's face, which was full of resentment, with water droplets clinging to her beautiful cheeks.
Zhou Shijie smiled apologetically and instinctively covered his face.
"Slap, slap!"
After two slaps, Yang Lixia snorted coldly and walked away, filled with resentment.
Zhou Sidong looked at his father's face, now bearing two more palm prints, and sighed inwardly. He decided that when he found a wife in the future, she couldn't be like his mother. A true man shouldn't be under a woman's thumb for too long!
"Did you agree?"
Zhou Shijie habitually took out a handkerchief and covered his face, asking through gritted teeth.
"No."
Zhou Sidong answered very directly.
"That's good!"
Hearing this, Zhou Shijie finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Who Yu Xiaogang was, Zhou Shijie knew very well, as a former high-level figure in the Spirit Hall.
The "Ten Core Competencies of Spirit Souls" that Yu Xiaogang had compiled, most of them were mentioned in the Spirit Hall's classics. The knowledge Zhou Shijie had taught his son earlier had many overlaps with Yu Xiaogang's teachings.
Letting a good-for-nothing with only twenty-nine spirit power levels teach his son? Yu Xiaogang wasn't qualified!
Suddenly, a shop assistant came to Zhou Shijie's office and said.
"Boss, there's a kid named Tang San who wants to be an apprentice at our blacksmith shop."
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