Chapter 13: Dugu Yan, Provocation
After filling his stomach, Xue Qinghe directly took Ning Bei to the principal's office of the academy.
When the principal saw the two enter, he respectfully stood up.
"Your Highness, Prince Xue Qinghe, and Young Master Ning, welcome to the Heaven Dou Royal Primary Soul Master Academy."
It was obvious that the principal had already been informed of their arrival.
Xue Qinghe nodded and introduced the principal to Ning Bei.
"This is Principal Wei Xian. If you have any issues at the academy, you can approach him."
Ning Bei nodded and greeted the principal.
With Prince Xue Qinghe greeting them, the entrance exam and other formalities were waived, and Ning Bei was directly escorted to the third-grade class. Along the way, he couldn't help but admire the academy's architecture.
It had to be said that the royal family had invested generously in the academy. The simulation training areas, battle soul arenas, and recreational facilities were all complete. Although not as luxurious as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, it was still more than enough to meet the students' daily training and living needs.
Upon reaching the classroom door, Principal Wei knocked and interrupted the teacher, then handed Ning Bei over to her.
After briefly understanding the situation, the teacher, who appeared to be around 30 years old with a gentle demeanor, led Ning Bei up to the podium.
"Students, I'd like to introduce a new classmate."
After seeing the teacher's gaze, Ning Bei cleared his throat.
"Hello everyone, my name is Ning Bei, I come from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, my martial soul is the Summoning Tower, I am 9 years old, and my soul power level is 22."
Ning Bei deliberately added half a year to his age and subtracted 2 levels from his soul power. After all, having an 8-year-old with level 24 soul power was too eye-catching. He was here with a purpose, not to show off.
As he scanned the classroom, his gaze landed on the purple-haired girl sitting in the second row. It could only be Dugu Yan. Ning Bei smiled knowingly—so she was here.
A group of curious little ones exploded with chatter after hearing about the new student's age and soul power.
"Wow, he's so handsome, I wonder if he has a girlfriend."
"Only 9 years old and level 22? That must be a lie."
"What is this Summoning Tower? I've never heard of it."
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is so rich, why would he come here?"
"Hmph, acting all high and mighty, I'll get my second soul ring soon, with the strength of my Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul, it'll be easy to defeat him."
Hearing the endless chatter, Ning Bei felt like he was in a noisy market.
After a while, the class teacher couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted the discussions.
"Ahem, ahem, everyone, please quiet down. Ning Bei, you can go ahead and find a seat."
Ning Bei scanned the room and saw that there was only space next to Dugu Yan. Probably because her Martial Soul was poisonous, the younger students instinctively had some fear around her.
Ning Bei didn't care about that. He walked down from the podium, made his way to Dugu Yan's side, and directly sat down. Dugu Yan, whose face was full of youthful innocence, looked over with curiosity.
"Aren't you afraid of me? I'm known as the Poison Girl."
Ning Bei smiled as he looked at Dugu Yan, who was pretending to look fierce, trying to scare him.
"I'm not afraid of you, I've raised many poisonous pets."
Not to mention the snake-type soul beasts in the Pill Tower, the Pill Tower's scent naturally had a counteracting effect against poison.
"Oh, you play with poison too?" Dugu Yan's eyes lit up at this and she immediately became interested, thinking she had found a kindred spirit.
"Not really, I know a little about detoxification."
"..."
Dugu Yan looked at Ning Bei speechlessly before huffing and turning away.
"What's this? You were fine a moment ago. I guess women don't have a sense of reason, even from a young age."
Ning Bei looked at Dugu Yan, who had suddenly changed her attitude, with a black line on his forehead.
He didn't bother with her anymore. Ning Bei knew that building rapport didn't need to be rushed.
During the lesson, the teacher mainly explained the soul ring's year limits and how the soul beast's abilities could affect the soul skills of various types of soul masters. Since some students in this class were already approaching level 20, it was naturally relevant for them but not for Ning Bei.
After nodding off for the entire class, Ning Bei finally heard the teacher announce the end of the lesson.
Stretching, he was about to head back to the dorm to find Ning Tao. He still didn't know what his temporary living arrangements looked like.
However, as soon as he stepped out of the classroom, he was stopped by a few people.
"Hey, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School kid, you're not a support-type soul master, are you?"
"I'm Yu Tianheng. How about a soul fight? I'm only level 18, and although I have the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul, it's not like I'm bullying you! What do you think?"
Ning Bei looked at Yu Tianheng, who was challenging him, with confusion. He thought to himself, when did this guy start acting like a villainous young master? But he didn't refuse.
Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the elders had never allowed him to fight with others to hide the nature of his Martial Soul.
Looking at Yu Tianheng, Ning Bei felt a slight interest.
"Let's go, to the Soul Fighting Arena."
When Yu Tianheng heard that Ning Bei accepted the challenge, he and his group of lackeys started laughing happily.
"Boss, let's go, let's teach this arrogant kid a lesson."
With that, the group walked toward the Soul Fighting Arena.
The commotion caught the attention of the surrounding students, including Dugu Yan. They all followed the group toward the arena.
It had to be said, Soul Land was full of people who loved entertainment.
After notifying the teacher in charge of the arena, the two stood facing each other on the field.
However, the supervising teacher started sweating profusely. He had just received a notice from the principal that the young master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had arrived at the academy, and now he was here to fight.
The key was that the opponent was none other than the grandson of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan's leader.
The teacher kept reminding himself to be 200% alert. Whoever got hurt in this match would be in big trouble.
"Both of you, please take it easy. If anyone goes too hard, I'll stop you right away. Understood?"
The two nodded without objection, as Yu Tianheng only wanted to humble Ning Bei.
Ning Bei, on the other hand, was simply itching for a fight. It wasn't personal.
Once the teacher gave the signal to start, Yu Tianheng, with a proud look, addressed Ning Bei.
"You go first. Let me see what this tower ability of yours can do."
In his mind, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul was the strongest attack-type martial soul in the world. How strong could a support-type, mutated martial soul be?
Ning Bei smiled as he looked at the pretentious Yu Tianheng. He had to admit that this age of Yu Tianheng was quite a "chuunibyou" (a term for a young person with a sense of superiority).
Without hesitation, Ning Bei summoned the Pill Tower. Two soul rings gleamed as several pills appeared in his pocket. He then summoned the Hurricane Hawk and Golden Armor Battle Bear. The two soul beasts glared coldly at Yu Tianheng.
"Soul beasts?"
"How could there be soul beasts? Teacher, this is dangerous!"
The students watching began to shout, some even calling for the teacher.
Dugu Yan, observing the two soul beasts, seemed to have realized something.
"So, this is his Martial Soul ability? The Summoning Tower means this. The poisonous pets he mentioned were the soul beasts he picked when choosing the right soul beasts."
Looking at the eagle and bear soul beasts, Yu Tianheng's arrogant expression disappeared instantly. He quickly complained to the referee teacher.
"Teacher, he broke the rules! How can you use two soul beasts in a soul fight?"
The teacher, hearing this, also looked confused and glanced at Ning Bei.
Ning Bei quickly explained, "This is my Martial Soul ability. After absorbing a soul ring, I can summon the original soul beasts to fight for me."
(END CHAPTER)
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