Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 4: Enrollment, Tang Xiaosan Becomes a Disciple

They finally arrived at Notting Academy. In the distance, they could see a tall archway, twenty meters wide and over ten meters high, constructed entirely of solid rock. Below were two dark iron gates, which Xiaofei immediately recognized as being forged from the finest iron. Through the gates, they could see a winding path leading directly inside, flanked by towering trees. In the center of the archway were four large characters: "Notting Academy."

As seen in the book from their previous life, Old Jack and his companions encountered the same gatekeeper from their past life who was giving them a hard time. "Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul? And innate full soul power? How laughable, this is utterly ridiculous. I've been a gatekeeper at the academy for four years, and I've never heard of a student with innate full soul power. This kid's Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, how could he have full soul power? I think this certificate from the Spirit Hall must be forged by you."

These words made Old Jack tremble with anger. Out of the corner of Xiao Fei's eye, he seemed to see Tang San's calm face with a hint of killing intent, and his sleeves seemed to be raised. He sighed inwardly.

He walked directly to the gatekeeper, picked up the Spirit Certificate lying on the ground, and said, "Hello, gatekeeper. This certificate was personally issued by Deacon Su Yuntao of Notting City. If you have any questions, we can go directly to the Spirit Hall to confirm with Master Su Yuntao. However, it would be troublesome to say that you ignored the Spirit Hall's certificate. Do you really ignore the Spirit Hall and Master Su Yuntao?"

After hearing this, the gatekeeper started to get a little nervous. He only wanted to swindle some pocket money, so he didn't really dare to go to Master Su Yuntao for confirmation.

"Alright, stop now." A somewhat hoarse voice came from behind. A middle-aged man, looking rather dejected, walked over.

Xiao Fei took a closer look. This was the legendary Master Yu Xiaogang. A man of medium build, slightly thin, had appeared beside them at some point. He looked to be about forty or fifty years old, with short black hair parted in a 3/7 ratio. His appearance was quite ordinary. His hands were behind his back, but he possessed a unique aura. His eyes held a hint of laziness and decadence as they opened and closed.

When Xiao Fei first saw Yu Xiaogang, he felt that he was a decadent and also obsessive person. Looking back at the original work, if it weren't for his obsessive personality, he wouldn't have achieved what he did later. This persistent and melancholic temperament explains why Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, two proud women from heaven, were so devoted to him in the original work.

Xiao Gang said to Old Jack, "Sir, could you show me your martial spirit certificate?"

Old Jack, being the village chief, had the insight to see through things, so he showed the two Martial Soul Certificates to Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang picked up the Martial Soul Certificate and carefully checked it. "The certificate is genuine, sir. On behalf of the academy, I apologize for what happened earlier. Please leave these two children to me."

Old Jack quickly said, "No need to apologize, please take care of these two children."

Oh! Old Jack pulled Xiao Fei and Tang San aside and told them some precautions, such as to study them carefully and pay attention to safety, and then returned to Holy Soul Village alone.

Yu Xiaogang glanced at the gatekeeper indifferently. "This is the first and the last time. If you do it again, you won't need to stay." His voice was hoarse but calm, yet it had an irrefutable quality.

Then, Yu Xiaogang led Tang Fei and Xiao San into the school. Yu Xiaogang pulled Tang San aside, clearly wanting to say something, but perhaps because Xiao Fei was also there, he didn't say some things.

Xiao Fei noticed the awkwardness among the three and said to Yu Xiaogang, "Sir, the registration office is over there. I'll go first. You two talk first." Then he walked alone towards the teaching office. On the way, he couldn't help but glance back at the two of them, guessing it was the legendary apprenticeship ceremony. So he wasn't very interested in it. Besides, he hadn't thought about becoming Yu Xiaogang's apprentice, and he figured Yu Xiaogang wouldn't think much of him anyway. On the other hand, he figured Yu Xiaogang couldn't give him what he wanted, so he simply stayed away from the two of them.

After enrolling, Xiaofei was assigned to Dormitory 7 as expected. After receiving his school uniform, Xiaofei followed the teacher's directions and arrived at Dormitory 7.

Xiao Fei knocked on the door. As soon as he entered, a student who was quite burly for his age walked up to him, looking down at him with a somewhat condescending expression, and said, "The new work-study student?"

Xiao Fei gave a friendly smile. "Hello, I'm a work-study student from Holy Soul Village." "My name is Wang Sheng, my martial soul is the War Tiger, a future War Soul Master. I'm also the leader here. Kid, what's your name? What's your martial soul?" "My name is Wang Xiao Fei, my martial soul is the Flame Bird." "Flame Bird? Not bad. Xiao Fei, I'm the boss here. You have to listen to me from now on, understand?"

Xiao Fei didn't really want to deal with these people, and replied, "Okay, I'll have to trouble you to take care of me from now on." Wang Sheng saw that Xiao Fei was relatively obedient, so he didn't make things difficult for him. He went to his own bed, put down his clothes and other things, and tidied up on the bed for a while. Sure enough, not long after, Tang San also came to the dormitory. Tang San and Wang Sheng had a conflict, and Tang San easily defeated Wang Sheng.

Next, our heroine, Xiao Wu, appeared. She was indeed quite cute, truly a little white rabbit. Unsurprisingly, Tang San was defeated by Xiao Wu, and the Seventh Dormitory entered an era where Xiao Wu reigned supreme. Xiao Fei wanted to facepalm and couldn't help but smile wryly, watching this group of children fooling around.

The next day was the opening ceremony, which Tang San didn't attend; presumably, Yu Xiaogang had gone to obtain his first spirit ring. After the first class, Xiao Fei finally obtained the meditation method he had longed for. Xiao Fei knew it was the most common and simplest meditation method on the continent, but for an ordinary person, it was the most suitable for this stage.

(End of this chapter)