Reborn as the Candle Dragon, I became the strongest academy guardian beast.

A few minutes later, Zheng Yuanshan brought over a student named Kong Bowen.

Contrast.

This was Su Chen's first impression of Kong Bowen.

Such a refined-sounding name, yet the person looks completely different.

He was over 1.9 meters tall, wearing a black tight-fitting vest, with tanned skin and a body full of muscles. Standing there, he looked like half an iron tower.

Su Chen activated the Eye of the Demon God.

Countless strange runes appeared in his eyes, rotating counterclockwise. The next second, a system panel appeared before him.

Name: Kong Bowen

Age: 19

[Realm Level: First Tier, Fifth Level]

[Martial Soul: Gentleman's Sword (SS Rank)]

[Qualification: Epic (Purple)]

[Gentleman's Sword: A special type of growth-type martial soul. Its power is tied to the host's knowledge and character. With talent, one can kill enemies with poetry, destroy armies with lyrics, and bring peace to the world with literature. Conversely, the martial soul will continuously weaken.]

"An epic investment opportunity."

"The Gentleman's Sword!"

Su Chen's snake-like eyes lit up.

Kong Bowen's martial spirit sounds complicated, but in layman's terms it can be summed up in just two words—studying.

The more books Kong Bowen reads and the higher his knowledge becomes, the stronger his martial spirit will become.

Conversely, if he is ignorant and even morally corrupt, no matter how hard he tries to cultivate, his strength will continue to decline.

Kong Bowen was unaware of this because the school's martial spirit detection device, unlike the Demon God's Eye, could not discern the essence of all martial spirits.

He thought his martial spirit was just an ordinary sword martial spirit, so he worked hard to cultivate day after day, but the result was the opposite, and his realm declined instead of rising.

"Guardian Beast, what brings you here?"

Standing in front of Su Chen, Kong Bowen appeared somewhat uneasy.

He has been in great pain these past few days.

No matter how hard Kong Bowen tried, practicing for more than ten hours every day and painstakingly studying swordsmanship... he could only watch helplessly as his strength continued to decline, and the sword-shaped martial spirit became increasingly dim.

Kong Bowen even began to doubt whether he was simply not cut out for martial arts.

Just when he was in despair, the principal suddenly found him and said that the guardian beast wanted to see him.

Kong Bowen found this very puzzling.

Why does the guardian beast want to see him?

As a poor student who had only reached the fifth level of the first rank after two years of cultivation, Kong Bowen couldn't think of any other reason besides expelling himself...

"Kong Bowen, you have great potential. Would you like to learn from me in the future?" Just then, Su Chen's deep voice rang out.

Zheng Yuanshan, who was standing to the side, had a look of surprise in his eyes.

Kong Bowen is just an ordinary sword spirit, with no extraordinary talent or aptitude.

Why did Su Chen choose him?

"What?" Kong Bowen was even more shocked.

He stared wide-eyed at Su Chen in disbelief.

Am I really not hallucinating?

The guardian beast master... is actually going to personally teach me?

It should be noted that, to date, the Guardian Beast has only accepted three students.

I actually have the chance to become the fourth student of the Guardian Beast!

Kong Bowen was so excited that his whole body was trembling.

As if afraid that Su Chen might change his mind at any moment, he suddenly knelt down and kowtowed three times to Su Chen: "I'm willing! As long as the guardian beast is willing to accept me, I promise to cultivate desperately and never slack off for a single day!"

Su Chen was both amused and exasperated by this spectacle.

With such an upright personality, it's no wonder that Kong Bowen awakened a special martial spirit like the "Gentleman's Sword".

"Get up." Su Chen's voice was deep, his golden snake eyes unfathomable. "I will teach you a martial arts secret. As long as you do as I say, your strength will improve by leaps and bounds and you will grow rapidly."

"You must remember these thirteen words of mantra. I will not repeat them a second time."

"Please speak, Guardian Beast!" Kong Bowen's pupils shrank, and he pricked up his ears, afraid of missing a single word.

Finally, Su Chen lowered his voice and slowly spoke:

"Read more books and newspapers, eat fewer snacks, and sleep more."

……

Yunlan Martial Arts Hall.

"Shaoming, my son!"

As the head of the Lu family, and a dignified sixth-level martial artist.

At this moment, Lu Tianxiong was holding a ring, tears streaming down his face.

Last night, he suddenly woke up from a dream, his heart aching as if it were being torn apart.

Lu Tianxiong immediately realized that his blood-related son, Lu Shaoming, was in trouble!

Sure enough, news came from Yunlan Martial Arts Hall.

Lu Shaoming has disappeared!

Lu Tianxiong immediately sent people to search for his son's whereabouts overnight.

But they never found him, neither alive nor dead.

The Lu family searched all night and finally found only a ring in the sewer.

Bloodstains and bone fragments remained on the ring, and tests revealed that they all originated from Lu Shaoming.

His son died...

No matter how unwilling he was to believe it, Lu Tianxiong had no choice but to face this fact.

He gripped the ring tightly, his eyes bloodshot, surging with overwhelming hatred.

"My son, don't worry, your father will definitely avenge you."

"No matter who harmed you, I will make them pay with their blood!"

Just then, the study door was silently pushed open, and a figure walked in.

"Who?"

Lu Tianxiong suddenly raised his head.

The man in front of me was wearing a white suit and his hair was neatly combed. He should have had a refined and cultured appearance, but a hideous scar ran across half of his face, completely ruining the elegance of his features.

"Han Xiao, what are you doing here?"

Lu Tianxiong frowned, recognizing at a glance that the man in front of him was Han Xiao, the principal of White Tiger Academy.

"Me? I'm here to avenge your son." Han Xiao's lips curled into a smile.

Lu Tianxiong's gaze sharpened slightly as he stared intently at Han Xiao: "Do you know who killed my son? Tell me now!"

"Of course," Han Xiao nodded. "But before that, I need to confirm one thing."

Han Xiao paused, his gaze falling on Lu Tianxiong:

"Patriarch Lu, the Lu family's martial soul is the [Eye of Replication], which can replicate any martial soul."

"So, you can replicate the martial soul [Space Dagger] of Zheng Yuanshan, the dean of Azure Dragon Academy, right?"

"That's right." Lu Tianxiong opened his hand, and a semi-transparent dagger appeared in his palm.

Han Xiao's eyes lit up.

He knew that the Lu family's [Eye of Replication] was not omnipotent; only one ability could be used per day, and the storage limit was only three.

However, that's enough.

As long as he has the ability of the [Space Dagger], he will be able to achieve his goal!

"Don't worry, Patriarch Lu, I will definitely avenge your son." Han Xiao's lips curled into a cold smile.

Lu Tianxiong frowned, looking at Han Xiao warily: "Why are you helping me? What are your motives?"

Han Xiao smiled slightly: "Patriarch Lu, you are overthinking it. My purpose is very simple: I just want a few people who deserve to die to die."