Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

With a crisp notification sound, Meng Xinghe opened his phone and found a message sent to him by Gu Yuena.

Living right next door and still using her phone to send messages, what a little smug… He chuckled and clicked to view the message Gu Yuena had sent.

Gu Yuena: I also want to recruit a follower. Do you have any suitable candidates? If so, please recommend a few to me.

After reading the message, Meng Xinghe immediately had a suitable candidate in mind and replied instantly.

Meng Xinghe: There is indeed a suitable candidate, and he is from Donghai College. I just don't know if you would be interested in him.

Gu Yuena: Tell me, how am I supposed to know if I'm interested or not if you don't tell me?

Meng Xinghe: His name is Xie Xie. He is nine years old and, like us, a freshman at Donghai Academy. He has the innate talent of full soul power. His martial souls are twin martial souls of the same kind, the Light Dragon Dagger and the Shadow Dragon Dagger, which contain the bloodline of the dragon race. The twin martial souls can be used at the same time and have the potential to have a self-fusion martial soul skill. If the martial souls are combined into one, they can also evolve into the Time-Space Sacred Dragon.

Gu Yuena: His talent is alright. He's a Soul Master with a Dragon Clan bloodline Martial Soul, so I feel at ease using him. I just don't know what Xie Xie's character is like. Let me observe him first. If his character is fine, I'll invite him to be my follower.

Meng Xinghe: Xie Xie is a pretty good person. Although he seems a bit aloof and arrogant, he is actually quite cheeky and speaks without thinking. He is also a bit cynical because of his family background.

…………

A regular dormitory building, room number 205.

Xie Xie, who had arrived in a private car ahead of everyone else, finally entered his dormitory.

The scene in the dormitory made him wonder if he had gone to the wrong place.

A thin, well-mannered boy with glasses leaned timidly against the wall; a tall, burly boy lay on the ground, blood flowing from his mouth, and several of his teeth were missing.

There was also a child's back view, with thick, glossy black hair and fair, smooth, delicate skin. Hearing the door open, the child turned around, her hair waving as she turned, her exquisite features facing forward, and her long eyelashes making her bright, clear eyes shine like obsidian.

Xie Xie's face flushed red instantly, thinking: How come such a pretty girl is in the boys' dormitory?

Tang Wulin was visibly taken aback when he saw Xie Xie standing at the dormitory entrance.

Isn't this the young master I met at the Soul Guidance Train station?

Wan Yunchao said they might be classmates, and it turned out they really were; in fact, they not only were classmates, but they also lived in the same dormitory.

The other party is the eldest son of a Soul Master family, and someone as kind as me should greet him first.

"Hello, classmate, my name is Tang Wulin, and I will be your roommate from now on."

Tang Wulin's handsome face blossomed into a radiant smile, so beautiful that Xie Xie overlooked the fact that Tang Wulin's voice was male.

When a girl said she was his roommate, Xie Xie's face instantly turned bright red, and hot blood gushed from his nose, flowing out of his nostrils and dripping onto the ground.

"Excuse me, are you alright? Why did you suddenly get a nosebleed?"

The kind-hearted Tang Wulin rushed forward. The moment their bodies touched, Xie Xie felt his blood gushing out like a fountain. His vision went black, and he fell backward to the ground.

In a daze, Xie Xie felt as if someone had lifted him up by the waist.

Hehe, this life has been worth it.

……

"It's nothing serious, just a nosebleed caused by being too emotional."

In the school clinic, a female nurse skillfully wiped Xie Xie's nasal cavity with medication as he had just woken up.

"But, Nurse," Tang Wulin asked worriedly, noticing the expression on Xie Xie's face.

"Are you really okay? Why does he look so uncomfortable?"

Upon hearing this, the female caregiver glanced at Tang Wulin, who was even more beautiful than a girl, and then at Xie Xie, who had a nosebleed due to excessive emotional excitement. She had already seen through everything.

But we should see through it but not say anything; we have to save face for such young children.

So the female caregiver replied as follows:

"It's embarrassing to have a nosebleed in front of classmates right after starting school, and it's naturally uncomfortable."

Tang Wulin nodded in understanding, "I see, then I'm relieved."

After saying that, Tang Wulin found a place to sit down in the school clinic. After Xie Xie, who had just woken up, rested for a while, he took him to the cafeteria.

Xie Xie must be very weak after having so much nosebleed; he needs to eat more to recover.

Halfway there, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, who had been keeping their heads down, were attracted by a burst of laughter. They turned around and saw three classmates.

The three were all outstanding in appearance and had different temperaments. One was as serene and calm as the sky, one was as aloof and independent as snow on a high mountain, and the other was as pure and flawless as an edelweiss.

Tang Wulin didn't recognize any of the three people, but since they were all classmates, he still greeted them warmly.

Hello.

"Hello" *2

Meng Xinghe responded with a smile, and Xu Xiaoyan also greeted them cheerfully. Only Gu Yuena did not respond, her inquisitive gaze fixed on the two of them.

Tang Wulin felt nothing about that gaze; his looks spoke for themselves, and he'd seen this kind of look countless times. But Xie Xie…

As if he were being watched by some indescribable and terrifying being in the dark abyss, Xie Xie was instantly terrified and broke out in a cold sweat, his legs trembling and weak.

The two passed each other by. Tang Wulin turned around and looked at Xie Xie, only to find that the other looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water, his whole body was soaked.

The nosebleed was a bit much, but it shouldn't make you this weak, right?

Upon seeing this, Tang Wulin picked up Xie Xie without saying a word and ran towards the cafeteria.

"Xie Xie, hang in there a little longer, we'll be able to eat soon."

"..." Xie Xie was speechless, and after a symbolic struggle, he gave up resisting.

His legs were still weak, and it wasn't realistic for him to walk to the cafeteria by himself, so he would have to make do for now.

……

Gu Yuena withdrew her mental energy and asked via telepathy, "Tang Wulin does indeed have a trace of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline aura. It's very faint, but I still managed to sense it."

"The other one should be Xie Xie, right? He has the same twin martial souls, contains the bloodline of the dragon race, and his cultivation is not yet that of a Great Soul Master. He is indeed as you said, a cynical and unconventional person."

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Ninety-nine percent effort is important because it determines a person's lower limit; one percent talent is the most important because it determines a person's upper limit.

Xie Xie, who was born with full soul power, possessed the most important "one percent talent" of a genius. If he had put in ninety-nine percent effort, he would at least be a Great Soul Master now.

"You can't blame him for that; he has an unhappy family background," Meng Xinghe chimed in.

Xie Xie's parents both loved him very much, but his mother passed away early, and his father's love was neither the kind of love that a child would like nor the kind of love that a child would understand.