After walking away, Yang Yuan couldn't hold back his laughter.
In his past Life, when reading novels, every other fan-fic protagonist trashed Tang San for adding poison-attribute spirit rings to Blue Silver Grass.
He was different.
He chose the opposite approach!
He praised Tang San's choice to the skies, terrified the boy might suddenly listen and switch to Life-attribute rings.
If that happened, the Douluo Continent would lose half its fun.
So Yang Yuan went for the 'kill with flattery' strategy.
He did it because he wanted to see…
What if he stole the blue silver emperor spirit bone, snapped up every Immortal Herb,
And then threw all his support behind Tang San's poison-attribute rings?
Would the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul end up crippled?
Would it?
He was dying to know!
Heh-heh-heh~
…When The people of the Seventh Dormitory and Xiao Chenyu heard Yang Yuan was leaving to get a spirit ring, they all came to see him off.
Xiao Chenyu secretly slipped a silver card into Yang Yuan's pocket.
"Boss Yang, there are two thousand gold coins in there. If possible, hire a Spirit-Hunting Squad."
Even for him, scraping together that much had taken serious effort.
After all, he wasn't the favored son at home; otherwise his first spirit ring wouldn't have been a mere decade ring.
Yang Yuan took the silver card and shot Xiao Chenyu a surprised glance.
Not bad, kid—playing the long game.
"All right, this is far enough."
Yang Yuan waved, turned, and swaggered away.
In Yu Xiaogang's dormitory…
"You're saying Yang Yuan went hunting for a spirit ring alone?"
Hearing it from Tang San, Yu Xiaogang looked stunned.
He'd assumed Yang Yuan would ask an academy teacher—or him—for help.
If he'd asked, Yu Xiaogang would have agreed, for the boy's talent's sake.
Especially after Tang San mentioned that Yang Yuan fully endorsed his theory of adding poison-attribute rings to Blue Silver Grass.
He'd concluded that, although Yang Yuan was calculating, if he could mend his ways he'd still take him as a second Disciple.
But the ever-"shrewd" Yang Yuan had actually gone off solo.
Did beating Tang San and Xiao Wu make him think he could kill Spirit Beasts alone?
Utterly stupid!
A Spirit Master's first spirit ring tops out at four-hundred-twenty-three years.
Given Yang Yuan's displayed strength…
Even a one- or two-hundred-year beast could kill him, let alone a three- or four-hundred-year one.
Besides, did a first-year even know which ring to absorb?
Tang San sighed, "Teacher, I should've stopped him; then he wouldn't be going alone."
Yu Xiaogang shook his head.
"Little San, it's not your fault; don't blame yourself."
"I saw long ago he's arrogant. After beating you and Xiao Wu—both One-Ring Spirit Masters—he thought himself invincible."
"Heaven's sins may be forgiven; self-made sins cannot."
"Even if you'd warned him, he wouldn't have listened."
Tang San sighed again.
Yu Xiaogang continued, "By the way, is Xiao Wu willing to take me as her teacher?"
He hadn't expected tiny Nuoding Academy to hold three Innate Full Spirit Power geniuses at once.
Though her Soft Bones Rabbit wasn't top-tier, Innate Full Spirit Power was Innate Full Spirit Power.
So he was happy to take another Disciple.
Tang San shook his head. "Teacher, I told you about Xiao Wu—"
"She's lively, hates rules, and hates being tied down."
"You're strict; once she heard your students study daily, she ran the other way."
Yu Xiaogang chuckled.
"Seems the girl's a free Spirit."
He teased Tang San, "Little San, you seem to care a lot about her."
Tang San flushed. "Teacher, I only see her as a little sister."
"Hahaha!"
"Look, flustered again!"
…Elsewhere…
After leaving the academy, Yang Yuan rented a carriage in the city.
Three days and nights later he reached Qinglan Town, a staging post beside the Star Dou Great Forest.
He paid the driver and stepped down.
The town was small but more crowded than Nuoding City.
Shops lined the streets, stalls selling Spirit Master goods everywhere.
Hawkers shouted without pause.
Bag on his back, he picked a clean, simple inn and rested a day instead of rushing straight into the forest.
He visited a forge and bought himself a hefty greatsword—
Four feet long, five fingers wide, wrought from dark iron, dozens of pounds heavy.
The weight meant nothing to him.
Maybe thanks to his double pupils, maybe the Supreme Bone—
Since his Spirit Awakening his strength grew daily.
Ten times the weight would still be light.
Next he bought a map of the Star Dou Great Forest's outer zone.
It marked rough paths and Spirit Beast zones within a hundred li.
With it, a Spirit Master wouldn't get lost.
Once you strayed into the depths, ten lives weren't enough.
Ready, sword in hand, he strode into the forest.
But his oddness drew immediate attention.
A six-year-old alone, without Elders, was easy prey.
Meanwhile, two black-robed figures stood in a pavilion.
One watched him leave and murmured in surprise,
"Interesting—a six-year-old daring to enter the Star Dou Great Forest alone."
"If he's after a spirit ring, his Innate spirit power must be at least level eight."
"But he's about to have big trouble."
The taller, thinner one asked, "Young Lord, shall I save him?"
"Elder Snake Lance, follow and help if he's in danger."
"A Genius like that could be useful with a little grooming."
The other black robe waved lazily—
She was none other than Spirit Hall's famed romantic, Qian Renxue.
(End of Chapter)
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