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Chapter 2 - Nuoding Academy

Three months passed, Tang San finally got permission and could go with Kyle to Nuoding City as students.

"Little San and little Kyle! After Grandpa takes you to the academy, I will immediately go home. You must listen to the teachers at the academy. Do not leave campus without permission. At the end of the semester, Grandpa Jack will pick you up."

Anyway, Tang San left home for the first time. His mind was somewhat chaotic. He said, "Grandpa Jack, will you leave so quickly?"

Grandpa Jack smiled bitterly: "This hotel is not a place for us to stay. We cannot afford to rent it. When Grandpa sees you next time, I hope you both have become Spirit Masters. In that case, our Holy Spirit Village will be proud of you."

Nuoding Junior Soulmaster College was located to the west of Nuoding City. Far away, they had seen a high arch, an arch twenty meters wide and ten meters tall, all repaired from hard stone. There were two iron gates under it, black and white, made of fine iron.

Through the iron grating, you could see the winding road inside, a large road straight inward, both sides were tall trees. In the middle of the arch, there were four characters, "Nuoding Academy."

Just from the campus gate, we can see how important the profession of Spirit Master is on the Douluo continent. This is only a junior soul school.

Old Jack brought Tang San right to the front gate and immediately stopped the young man who was watching the gate, "What are you doing? Is this a place for country bumpkins like you to come easily?"

Old Jack hurriedly laughed and said, "Hello young man, we are from Holy Spirit Village. These two children are the students sent by our village this year. You know, what procedure must we go through?"

The guard frowned: "Are you joking? People in a small village have spirit power? There has never been a part-time student in this academy for years. You look like frauds to me."

Grandpa Jack sighed in his eyes, but he still swallowed the certificate issued by Su Yuntao, the last deacon of the Spirit Hall, and handed it to the officer.

The officer received the proof, looked up and down, "Martial Soul Silver Blue Grass and white spear? Also full innate ability? Funny, this is really fake. I also worked in the campus for four years, I have never heard of full innate ability. From what I see, this Spirit Hall proof is forged."

"You…" Even if Jack had a good temper, he could not bear it anymore. "You deliberately make things difficult for us. Fine, you wait, I will go to the Spirit Hall branch. Let's go." When he said that, Jack turned to Tang San and walked to the city.

"Holy Spirit Village, I think Beggar Village is more suitable."

"You! What did you say?!" Grandpa Jack turned sharply with anger.

"What is wrong with calling it Beggar Village. Look at you! The stinking smell from your country village. If you want to beg, better go elsewhere. Nuoding Academy is not a charity organization! Go!" The guard replied while mocking.

At the same time the patience of the two little monsters had already exceeded the limit. Tang San himself already pushed the guard until he bounced into the gate.

"Little San, you…" Jack looked at the person in front of him.

"How dare you." Feeling humiliated being pushed by a child, the gate guard was angry, and when he got up from the ground, he would rush toward Tang San.

"Okay, stop." At this moment, a hoarse voice was heard, blocking the officer's movement.

The officer was first stunned, and then his anger turned into flattery, quickly changed, unimaginable, and nodded at the arrival: "Grandmaster, you are back."

Kyle turned to look at him. There was a medium body and a man who was a little thinner who did not know when he came to them. It seemed this person was about forty or fifty years old. Short black hair parted three or seven. His appearance was very ordinary. Hands were behind him, but there was a special temperament on the body. There was a little laziness and decadence between both eyes.

The 'master' only looked at the gate and ignored it. He said to Old Jack: "Sir, can you give me the Spirit Hall proof?"

Anyway, Old Jack was the village head, and it was still possible to observe those words. From the porter's expression, it could be seen that the middle-aged man in this position clearly was not in the college, let alone the title of master. I quickly handed over the proof in my hand.

The master looked at the proof and looked at Tang San and Kyle. He looked at them from top to bottom. I did not know why, although the master's eyes were not sharp, Tang San had a transparent feeling that he was being seen through.

"The proof is true, sir, I only apologize to you on behalf of the academy. These two children will be entrusted to me."

A character who was at least a soul teacher apologized to himself. Old Jack's pride was very satisfied. He shook his hand and said: "No need to apologize. We also were wrong. Master, then I leave these two children in your teaching. Little San and Little Kyle, you enter with the master, you must obey."

Tang nodded three times, but did not speak.

The master glanced at the gate. "This is the first and the last. If something like this happens, you do not need to stay again." His voice was hoarse and calm, but there was something undeniable. A feeling.

Cold sweat at the back of the guard, and his voice had to be removed.

The master looked down at Tang San, and a slight smile on his face, the muscles on his face seemed somewhat stiff, and the expression of laughter somewhat flattering said: "Come in."

Under his leadership, Tang San and Kyle finally entered the college.

"Teacher, thank you," said Tang San to the master.

"Teacher? I am not a teacher in the campus." The master looked at Tang San and said weakly.

"Not a teacher? Aren't you only representing the campus?" Kyle replied.

The master shook his head and he had no patience. He was very tolerant today, and once again squeezed an ugly smile. "Who said school teachers must represent the campus?"

Tang San said: "I understand, then you must be the principal, or the leader."

The master laughed and said, "You are a six-year-old child, and that is very clever. However, you are still guessing wrong."

Kyle hesitated: "Then a guest?"

The master said: "Correct, I am only a guest who eats and drinks here. You and others, call me grandmaster. Everyone calls me like this. I even forgot my name. The Spirit Temple proof said that you are called Tang San and you are named Kyle, you must understand that the meaning of grandmaster and teacher are far from each other, and you must not wrongly call it in the future. Unless if you truly want me to be your teacher."

"Do you want to teach us to practice Martial Soul?" asked Tang San.

The master stopped and faced them, "Do you really want to learn from me?"

Kyle and Tang San naturally stopped and looked toward the master in front of them. At this moment, he looked closely and looked up. He found that the master's mouth was somewhat large and his lips were thick. They did not speak, did not say promise, also did not say no.

The master looked at Tang San and Kyle and looked into their eyes. That stiff smile appeared again, "Okay, you are truly clever children."

Like Old Jack, the master raised his hand and shouted at Tang San, "So talented and clever. It seems I must be obsessed again like before. After all you are the third and fourth people in this century who have twin martial souls."

The master looked at them and smiled, "Are you very surprised? Why do I know that you are twin martial souls?" As he said, he shook Old Jack's proof toward them. "Because of this proof. Maybe others could not see the flaw, but if I could not see it, then I am not worthy to receive the word master."

"I have investigated 647 people who are Blue Silver Grass. Among them, there are 16 people with spirit power, and not one spirit power could exceed one level, but you have full innate ability. According to one of the 10 Great Martial Soul Core Competitiveness that I have studied, innate spirit power is directly proportional to the quality of the martial soul. Blue Silver Grass clearly does not qualify, so I can be sure that you must have another martial soul, and it is a very strong martial soul."

Tang San's eyes gradually calmed and argued: "There are always exceptions to everything. Why can't I be a special case?"

The master nodded seriously and said: "Yes, there are exceptions to everything. The Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire in the last 100 years only had two with twin martial souls but there were 19 full innate abilities. I have carefully studied each of their martial souls, all of them strong, and the youngest has now reached grandmaster."

"There are five unique cases. They are mutated spirits. Based on my years of research on mutated martial souls. Not one Blue Silver Grass has mutated. And your Blue Silver Grass is the most common. That is why I am very sure you possess twin martial souls."

"Mutated martial soul, what is that?" asked Kyle.

The master patiently explained: "We must start from inheriting martial soul. Normally, people will inherit martial soul from parents. But there are exceptions. Martial soul can mutate, can mutate strong, and even full innate ability. But most martial souls that mutate will only become weak. Mutated martial soul can be seen as the union of close-relative marriage. The chance of idiots is high, but maybe there is a small chance to get a miracle."

"As for Kyle, I have investigated 1001 people who are martial soul spear. Among them, there are 270 people with special attributes. According to one of the 10 Great Martial Soul Core Competitiveness that I have studied, the white color is likely related to the light element, but the person who awakened your martial soul did not list the light element, that means something else that can be assumed is the yang attribute."

"The yang attribute is a very rare attribute and every time the yang attribute appears then it will be accompanied by the yin attribute and that only happens to twins. Whereas here it is not written that you are a twin. From this it can be confirmed your second martial soul must be pure black with yin element."

Tang San and Kyle nodded, and stepped back, they knelt in sync and bowed respectfully three times toward the grandmaster.

It was the grandmaster's turn to be surprised. "What are you doing?"

"Teacher, accept us as disciples." They said respectfully.

The grandmaster smiled with satisfaction, bent down and pulled Tang San and Kyle. "Why do you kneel to become my disciples? Do you not know this is a shameful thing for your parents and your king? A simple bow is enough."

"One day as teacher is a father for life. You must accept my kneeling." Tang San said.

"Let's go, I will take you to report to the dean's office." The grandmaster pulled both of their hands.

Nuoding Academy was not as big as it looked outside, and divided into several areas: the main school building, sports and dormitory to the east of the sports field.

Although only a basic academy, the requirements of this place were very strict and must live inside the dormitory.

The dean's office on the first floor had a sixty-year-old teacher who was responsible for dealing with new students and two other teachers in their thirties as assistants.

The grandmaster placed the certificate he held on the table, and said: "Director Su, these two are students sent from Holy Spirit Village."

Director Su with a smile said: "Rare visitor, welcome Grandmaster."

The grandmaster said to Kyle and Tang San: "The teachers here will help complete the registration for you. I will leave first, I will look for you later."

They nodded respectfully and said, "See you teacher."

The grandmaster smiled and left. Director Su said: "Children, you call Grandmaster as teacher? He is not a teacher of this academy."

"But he is our teacher." Kyle said.

The director holding back laughter said: "You acknowledge Grandmaster as your teacher?"

"Is there something wrong?" Tang San said.

"No, I think Grandmaster will accept a disciple and not only one but two. As students of this academy, you must obey the rules of the academy. Do you understand?" Director Su replied.

Kyle and Tang San nodded.

One of the assistants read the Spirit Hall certificate. "Your name is Tang San and you are Kyle, yes. As academy teacher I must remind you. Teacher is not something that everyone can have."

"Every spirit master can only have one teacher in a lifetime. Do you feel certain?" The assistant said.

"Is there a problem?" Kyle replied.

"Although Grandmaster is a little strange, but from a certain point of view. He is unmatched in martial soul knowledge."

"The school will give you free uniforms. You will live in dormitory 7. There will be a teacher who gives you part-time work."

"Thank you." Kyle and Tang San replied.

Kyle and Tang San left the administration office, Tang San and Kyle faintly heard from inside the office.

"Grandmaster is truly unmatched in theory. Of course that requires proof. I remember Grandmaster has 10 Great Martial Soul Core Competitiveness, that is too ridiculous."

"Enough, Grandmaster is the dean's friend. Even though no one can prove his theory is correct, but no one can prove his theory is wrong. In the spirit world, Grandmaster is indeed brilliant and famous."

"You must be joking, he is more like a famous clown. Everyone sees him as a clown."

"Can a famous clown know information about twin martial souls only from one piece of information." Tang San said.

"I wonder who is the clown here." Kyle replied.

There was only one dormitory building because the students and soul master teachers were not many. The student dormitory only had 7 rooms. Kyle and Tang San went to dormitory 7 which was unusual because it was specifically for part-time students.

Just when Tang San and Kyle reached the door of dormitory 7 they heard a loud noise from inside.

It was a large room, more than 300 meters, 50 beds lined up. At this time 7–12 year old students were making a commotion.

Kyle knocked on the door, and everyone turned their eyes to Kyle and Tang San.

Suddenly a relatively big child tried to kick toward them. Tang San chose to dodge while Kyle chose to receive the direct kick.

Kyle did not move even a little from his position. Right after that direct attack Tang San grabbed the leg of the person who attacked and slammed him to the ground.

"Who are you and why did you attack us." Tang San said.

"Please release me!" The person replied.

Tang San then released the grip from that person.

"My name is Wang Sheng! I am the boss in dormitory 7. Thank you for showing mercy. You defeated me, so according to the rules you will become the boss of dormitory 7."

"We came here to study, not to become boss!" Tang San replied.

"This is for this dormitory. Dormitory 7 is always bullied. We need someone strong to protect us."

"Then brother Tang San will be the boss. I will be the deputy." Kyle replied.

"By the way you with black and white hair. I felt like kicking a hard fortress. Is that a spirit technique?" Wang Sheng said.

But before it was answered, a clear and melodious voice came from outside. "Is this dormitory 7?"

Everyone looked toward the door. They saw a beautiful girl at the door, appearing the same age as Tang San and Kyle, with a pretty pink face and a gentle appearance like honey, her clothes plain and neat.

Long black hair combed into a scorpion braid hung at her waist. A pair of bright and intelligent eyes full of curiosity. Both her hands carried school uniforms.

All the students in the dormitory were boys, and seeing a young girl suddenly appear, each one showed gaping mouths.

Tang San asked Wang Sheng: "Is this a mixed dormitory?"

Wang Sheng nodded and said: "We are still children so there is no need to separate dormitories. I heard the intermediate academy only divides dormitories based on gender. This is very strange, last year there was not even one part time student. This year there are three, Boss show your ability."

"Eh…, no need." Tang San replied.

At the same time Kyle calmly observed seriously.

"Hello everyone, I am Xiao Wu, Wu means dance."

Wang Sheng pushed Tang San from behind indicating a rule that could not be broken. Tang San had no choice but to walk toward the girl.

"Hello, I am Tang San, I am the boss of this dormitory. You can call my name. May I ask what your martial soul is?" Tang San politely asked.

Xiao Wu blinked and said with a smile: "My Martial Soul is rabbit. A cute white rabbit! How about you?"

Tang San replied: "My Martial Soul is your food, Blue Silver Grass."

Xiao Wu laughed loudly and said: "You are very interesting, you don't let me enter?"

"This… like this, dormitory 7 has a rule that new part time students need to show their martial soul ability. So I want to compete with you." Tang San replied.

Xiao Wu looked at Tang San strangely and said: "Are you sure?"

Tang San nodded and said: "I am sure."

Xiao Wu put down her school uniform while pointing with a smile. "Then let's start."

Without waiting for Tang San to respond, Xiao Wu suddenly kicked toward Tang San's left shoulder with her right leg. Tang San managed to dodge to the left. Xiao Wu continued the attack with a sweeping kick below and Tang San managed to jump up.

At the same time Xiao Wu kicked toward the stomach and Tang San managed to dodge while in the jumping position then back flip. Xiao Wu then did a front flip toward Tang San while attacking toward the chest but was successfully blocked by Tang San with his hands.

Xiao Wu continued by kicking the stomach and Tang San managed to jump backward. Xiao Wu without wasting time then did a sweeping kick below and Tang San jumped backward. Xiao Wu changed the kick to a punch and punched Tang San's left shoulder with her right hand but it was successfully blocked by Tang San's right hand.

Xiao Wu continued by punching Tang San's right shoulder with her left hand and it was successfully blocked by Tang San's left hand. Xiao Wu suddenly jumped up and did a sweeping kick in the air and Tang San managed to dodge backward.

Xiao Wu continued the attack by punching Tang San's right shoulder with her right hand and Tang San managed to dodge to the left. Tang San countered by punching Xiao Wu's body with his right hand but Xiao Wu managed to dodge backward.

Xiao Wu countered with "Dollyo Chagi" with her left leg and it was successfully blocked with Tang San's left hand. Xiao Wu then jumped and spun in the air and kicked toward Tang San's chest and Tang San spun his body to gain momentum and punched the kick that Xiao Wu did.

Their clash produced wind that was quite strong. Xiao Wu jumped backward and slightly spun.

Xiao Wu with a smile said: "Are you all right?"

Tang San shook his hands and used a stance with left leg and left hand leaning forward to the front while right leg and right hand leaning backward. Tang San then ran toward Xiao Wu and punched toward the upper left shoulder with his left hand and Xiao Wu dodged to the right.

Tang San continued by lifting his left leg to waist height and did a sweeping kick and Xiao Wu jumped backward. Xiao Wu did "Dollyo Chagi" with her left leg and it was blocked by Tang San with his right hand. Tang San and Xiao Wu did Dollyo Chagi with their left legs at the same time.

Tang San punched toward Xiao Wu's left shoulder with his right hand but it was blocked by Xiao Wu with both her hands. Tang San did "Dollyo Chagi" toward the head with his right leg and it was blocked with both hands of Xiao Wu.

Tang San continued kicking with his right leg toward the left waist, head, right waist and it was successfully blocked by Xiao Wu with both her hands. Xiao Wu countered with a roundhouse kick with her right leg and Tang San dodged by jumping backward.

Xiao Wu ended this fight by jumping backward and both her legs stuck to the wall. Xiao Wu then jumped and spun around Tang San's body, after gaining momentum Xiao Wu grabbed both of Tang San's hands then kicked his stomach and made Tang San bounce away and ended the fight.

Tang San then got up and said: "I lost. Can you tell me what technique you used?"

Xiao Wu with a victorious smile said: "This is called Soft Jujitsu which uses flexibility and suppleness of the body."

"According to the dormitory rules, you won, from now on you are the boss of this dormitory." Tang San said.

Xiao Wu was slightly surprised and said: "Boss? Sounds fun. From now on I am your boss."

Xiao Wu chose the bed to the right of Tang San and Kyle to the left.

"Tang San, what is your strength level and also who is the person on your left, he looks strong." Xiao Wu asked.

"I was born with full innate ability. That is why I am stronger than most people. The person on my left Kyle, he comes from the same village as me, part-time student this year and also full innate ability same as me."

"Full innate ability? Even there are 2!" The students were surprised.

At this moment, a thirty-year-old teacher entered the dormitory and said: "Where are Tang San and Kyle?"

Tang San and Kyle stepped forward.

"Call me Teacher Mo, this blanket is a gift from Grandmaster." Teacher Mo said.

"Thank you teacher." They replied together.

"Tang San, Kyle, Xiao Wu, you three are first-year part-time students. You are assigned to take care of the south garden and paid 10 copper each day. You will be expelled if you fail to do it."

"Tomorrow is the school opening ceremony. The day after that classes will begin. When starting work, I will check you. If there are questions, just ask Wang Sheng."

"Okay." They replied.

Another student said: "Boss, please use my blanket."

Xiao Wu saw their blankets that were tattered. While frowning she said: "Stop calling me boss! Call me Sister Xiao Wu."

Xiao Wu then looked at Tang San and said: "Little San, should we talk about some things for a moment?"

"Little San?" Tang San said confused.

"Your blanket is very big, surely enough for two, how about this? We share the bed and blanket?" Xiao Wu said.

"Ah? Together? Why me, Kyle can also right?" Tang San was surprised and replied.

"Why am I involved? Clearly brother San was the one who fought with Xiao Wu, why must it be me?" Kyle replied.

"I am a girl, it doesn't matter, what are you afraid of. Besides, you are beside me, if Kyle were beside me I would also ask from him."

"Quickly push your bed." Xiao Wu said.

Tang San then pushed his bed and spread the blanket on the bed.

"Give me your bag. From now on, this is the boundary! If you cross it don't blame me!" Xiao Wu said.

Kyle and the others arrived at the cafeteria. Nuoding Academy's dining hall was very large, having two floors enough to accommodate 300 people. At this time, it was already filled with crowds in the dining hall.

"Isn't this Wang Sheng the poor one? Poor people can never go up to the second floor!" People from the second floor said.

"Who are you anyway, how great is the second floor?" Xiao Wu replied.

"Pretty little girl, too bad she is a part-time student."

"The second floor has food at hotel level. People like us cannot afford it."

"Wang Sheng! I will enjoy my meal! I will forgive you for now!" They said while leaving them.

Xiao Wu intended to chase them but was stopped by Kyle.

"Forget it Sister Xiao Wu, don't bully the weak. Responding to this insult in public will be more fitting." Kyle, who had been silent, finally spoke.

At that time, Kyle and Tang San saw Grandmaster and quickly approached.

"Teacher, you also came to eat?" Kyle said.

"Are you finished preparing?" Grandmaster asked.

"Yes, thank you for your blanket!" Tang San replied.

"Do you want to come with me to the second floor? I want to take you to meet some people." Grandmaster asked.

"Thank you for the offer teacher. But we want to eat with our dormitory friends." Kyle replied.

"That is also good. Build relationships with your friends. After eating wait for me at the cafeteria entrance." Grandmaster said and went to the second floor.

Wang Sheng approached and said: "You know Grandmaster?"

Tang San replied: "He is our teacher."

"Impossible. You are Grandmaster's students?! He doesn't even have much ability, I heard he can live here because he is good friends with the principal. I heard his age is almost 50 years but he has not reached Spirit Elder. His martial soul is only at level 29. Maybe he cannot develop anymore."

Kyle touched Wang Sheng's neck with his index and middle finger seriously and said: "If I recall, we have never fought. This is the first and last time you criticize our teacher. If you do it again I am willing to fight you."

"Thank you for your offer. I think you don't need to treat us." Tang San said while leaving the cafeteria followed by Kyle.

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