Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo.

"It's nothing, I... I'm just suddenly a little tired." Tang San leaned against the bed, his face somewhat pale.

He never expected that this kind of mental backlash, which only occurs when there is a huge difference in mental strength between the two parties, would actually happen to him. Fortunately, it only lasted for a short moment, otherwise he would probably have already fainted.

The Eye Martial Soul could actually counter his Purple Demon Eye? He gritted his teeth in resentment, the disappointment in his heart was more painful than the physical pain.

"what happened?"

Lu Mingfei felt that something was wrong with Tang San. His eyes had suddenly turned purple just now, but before Lu Mingfei could take a closer look, the other party inexplicably collapsed.

The key point is that Lu Mingfei could sense that Tang San seemed to have suddenly become hostile towards him.

Fortunately, Tang San's complexion returned to normal after resting for a few minutes, and Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, everyone was no longer worried and suggested that they go to the cafeteria for a meal together.

The oldest member, Wang Sheng, even offered to treat everyone, which made everyone very excited. Lu Mingfei naturally agreed wholeheartedly; who would refuse a free meal?

He only had five silver coins and had no idea about the purchasing power of this world, so he naturally tried to save as much as possible, especially since he was going out to buy bedding later, so he had to be even more careful with his money.

Even a hero can be brought down by a penny!

The group quickly arrived at the cafeteria window and lined up, after all, if you're not enthusiastic about eating, there's something wrong with your mind.

While everyone was queuing, Lu Mingfei noticed that the zombie-faced teacher he had encountered before had also arrived. However, he did not expect that Tang San would go up to him directly and look very respectful.

From Wang Sheng and the others' conversation, he learned that this was the master that Director Su had mentioned.

Lu Mingfei didn't have any particular opinion about this master. Life is hard, and even freeloading is a skill. Just considering that the other person could live so nonchalantly despite being looked down upon by the whole school, Lu Mingfei actually admired him a little.

However, he definitely wouldn't agree to become an apprentice. Although many games often feature max-level players hiding in beginner villages, someone like Master who is the center of attention and looking for trouble is clearly really bad.

"Teacher, two work-study students came to our dormitory today. One is a girl about my age; her spirit is a rabbit, and she just awakened it recently. She's already a spirit master, and her innate level is probably nine, or the same as mine. The other boy has an innate spirit with full spirit power—an eye spirit. Teacher, do you know anything about eye spirits? I think his spirit seems to amplify spiritual power." Tang San quickly reported the situation he encountered that day as soon as he met Grandmaster, especially Lu Mingfei's eye spirit, which he was particularly concerned about.

"Rabbit Martial Soul? Eye Martial Soul? Both are innate full soul power?" A slight, barely suppressed tremor appeared on the master's stiff face, but he forced a serious expression and said, "I do have some research on the Eye Martial Soul. Why don't you go eat first, and later you can ask them if they would like to come to my place for a visit. Just tell them I can give them some guidance on their future path of martial souls."

Tang San hesitated for a moment and then nodded. He naturally had no objection to Xiao Wu, but as for Lu Mingfei, he couldn't disobey his master's orders, and out of respect for his teacher, he was willing to give him a chance.

So, while people were queuing up, a pot fell from the sky.

Lu Mingfei was drooling over the roasted meat at the window in front of him, but Tang San, oblivious to his surroundings, ran over.

"Lu Mingfei, Xiao Wu, would you like to come with me to see my teacher later? My teacher is very knowledgeable about martial spirits, and his advice will definitely be helpful for your future." Tang San's tone was unusually solemn.

"Oh no!" Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

He suddenly remembered what Director Su had said. This master was clearly targeting him and Xiao Wu. Director Su was so careful when speaking ill of this master, which showed that the master's background must be amazing. Lu Mingfei was worried that if he refused, he might be expelled from the academy.

"Tang San? You've taken Grandmaster as your teacher?" Wang Sheng couldn't stand it anymore and quickly spoke up: "Grandmaster is notorious in the academy for freeloading. He's over fifty and still stuck at level twenty-nine. He'll probably never break through to Soul Master in his lifetime."

"Enough." Tang San raised his head, his eyes filled with a coldness: "Wang Sheng, if you don't want to spar with me again, then don't speak ill of my teacher. This is the first time, and I hope it will be the last."

"Xiao Wu, Lu Mingfei, are you willing?"

"Let's forget it. I need to go buy bedding with Xiaowu later. What if the shops close after dark?" Lu Mingfei quickly said, politely declining. If Xiaowu agreed, it would be difficult for him to refuse on his own.

There's no need to worry about Xiao Wu's bedding money. Let her go to the Spirit Hall to collect the subsidy tomorrow, and maybe I'll have a chance to ask her for some help.

"Bedding? Lu Mingfei, you actually have money to buy things!" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this. Buying her own set was definitely better than sharing with others.

"In that case, I shall take my leave."

After saying that, Tang San walked straight towards the door. Lu Mingfei breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing this, as Tang San seemed to have some mental issues.

"Hey, Lu Mingfei, why are you eating so fast?" Xiao Wu frowned as she watched Lu Mingfei devour his food.

"Xiao Wu, you should eat faster. What if the shops outside close if you eat too slowly?" Lu Mingfei replied casually. Actually, he was worried that if he ate too slowly, the master might block the door later.

Being thick-skinned doesn't mean being magnanimous. If you reject someone in public, they'll definitely hold a grudge, if not get angry.

It's like an aunt haggling at the market; if she doesn't get a good price, she can go on berating the vendor for a month.

"Oh, right." Xiao Wu also sped up her eating when she heard this. When the two thanked Wang Sheng and hurriedly ran out of the cafeteria, they saw Tang San squatting at the door eating dry food with plain water.

Is this some kind of performance art?

"Tang San, we're leaving now." Lu Mingfei smiled awkwardly, said goodbye to Xiao Wu, and left.

He now only hopes that Tang San can truthfully convey his tactful refusal to Grandmaster, so that Grandmaster will stop trying to take advantage of them.

Chapter 5 Incompatible

As night falls, the chirping sparrows alight in the city lights, seeking refuge from the hunters lurking in the darkness.

Lu Mingfei and Xiao Wu returned home carrying their respective bedding and a bag of daily necessities. Xiao Wu was clearly in high spirits, especially after learning that she was eligible for a subsidy.

"Lu Mingfei, since you gave me bedding today, I'll treat you to a big meal tomorrow." Xiaowu had already figured out how to spend the money before she even received it.

"Let's skip the big meal and save some money just in case." Lu Mingfei sighed. The two sets of bedding and two bags of daily necessities cost nearly a silver coin, enough for the academy's food expenses for a month if they saved up.

"Okay." Xiao Wu muttered softly, biting her lip, clearly not listening.

Lu Mingfei didn't say anything more. It was her money, and she could spend it however she wanted. Anyway, she had a part-time job to ensure she wouldn't go hungry.

Lu Mingfei figured that Xiao Wu was probably some kind of sheltered young lady from a secluded family who was out experiencing life, but that had nothing to do with him. Giving her a set of bedding was enough to repay the favor he had done for her today.

"By the way, what did that master want from Tang San to come see us today?" Xiao Wu suddenly asked.

"I guess they want to find an opportunity to take us as their disciples. You, me, and Tang San are all rare high-level innate soul power. There is no teacher in the academy who would not want to take us as their disciples. It's just that they know their own strength is not enough and are afraid of delaying us." Lu Mingfei said this. These are all easy to deduce.

"Are you saying that Master Tang didn't realize his own limitations and deceived the mistress?" Xiao Wu asked curiously. "But Tang San doesn't seem like someone who would be easily fooled."

“I don’t know if the master has any self-awareness, but Tang San, like us, only arrived at the academy today. And after meeting him for the first time today, Tang San immediately decided to become his disciple. Don’t you think that’s too hasty?” Lu Mingfei couldn’t help but complain. “Moreover, judging from Tang San’s behavior in the cafeteria today, he was clearly fooled by this master.”

They're six years old, not three! Tang San is even easier to fool than a three-year-old!

"Is that so?" Xiao Wu looked a little puzzled.

Lu Mingfei continued, "Of course, I don't mean to say that this master is definitely a fraud, but I'm just reminding you that he will definitely approach you later and want to take you as his apprentice. At that time, you must carefully consider it before making a decision."

Having said all he could say, Lu Mingfei didn't say anything more. This master was truly a rare gem, one in a million. What if Xiao Wu blamed him for delaying her?

"Hehe, I thought you and Tang San didn't get along." Xiao Wu explained. She actually thought Tang San was quite agreeable, so she wanted to help the two reconcile, but now it seemed that Lu Mingfei was perfectly fine.

Not getting along?

Lu Mingfei scratched his head, his expression somewhat strange. How could he possibly be at odds with a little brat? It was clearly that Tang San who was deliberately causing trouble, wasn't it?

Thinking of Tang San's purple eyes that afternoon, he guessed that this little brat's background must be extraordinary. Coupled with the equally mysterious zombie-faced master, this combination was obviously going to cause a lot of trouble.

He just wanted to brush up on his knowledge of this world at Notting Academy, hoping to complete the game as soon as possible, and had absolutely no intention of getting involved in this kind of thing.

"Hurry up, Lu Mingfei, or Teacher Mo will be checking the dorms."

"They're here, they're here."

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On the other side, on the top floor of the dormitory building, Master sat at his desk and listened to Tang San's truthful report of what had happened in the cafeteria before letting out a few cold laughs.

Tang San noticed that his master was in a bad mood: "Master, that Lu Mingfei is just a fool who follows the crowd. He's not worth your trouble at all."

“Originally, I thought he was a promising talent and wanted to guide him, but now it seems he is still an utterly foolish person.” The master shook his head with a feigned regret: “He is simply wasting his talent. The most important thing in a Soul Master’s life is to lay a solid foundation in the early stages. Not a single bit should be wasted. In a few days, I will take you to hunt for Soul Rings so that you can become a Soul Master as soon as possible and start your later cultivation. This Lu Mingfei will not only waste half a year at this stage, but he may even absorb an unsuitable one in the future and completely waste his talent.”

"Teacher, you're right. Even if his eye spirit is stronger than my Blue Silver Grass, I have your guidance, and he will definitely regret his decision today in the future," Tang San chimed in. He didn't mention Xiao Wu, but he felt that Xiao Wu had been misled by Lu Mingfei and the others.

But he had no good feelings towards Lu Mingfei, neither because of the mental backlash in the afternoon nor because of Lu Mingfei's disdain for his teacher.

Upon hearing this, the master's stiff face suddenly forced a smile: "Little San, you said something wrong. Your eye-type martial soul is not necessarily stronger than your Blue Silver Grass."

Tang San looked puzzled upon hearing this, "But his eye spirit seems more practical than my Blue Silver Grass."

After all, the opponent had just awakened, and his mental strength already overwhelmed him, who had been cultivating the Purple Demon Eye for several years. He was definitely stronger than the Blue Silver Grass.

The master snorted: "I have studied the martial souls of this type of body organ. This is actually a mutated beast martial soul, which is extremely rare. Generally speaking, it can amplify different physical qualities, but compared to the amplification of the whole body by beast martial souls, it is not outstanding. The amplification that the eye martial soul brings to him should be his eyesight and a part of his mental strength, but this kind of martial soul is not as good as the reconnaissance effect of eagle martial souls. In a sense, it is also a useless martial soul, even more useless than Blue Silver Grass, because Blue Silver Grass can still develop combat ability, while the eye martial soul is difficult to form combat power. If he only relies on mental strength, his body is as fragile as an auxiliary soul master."

"Neither high nor low. That's the characteristic of this type of martial soul." The master concluded, "I can say with certainty that he will probably never break through to the Soul Saint level in his lifetime."

Tang San's eyes lit up. The master's words made sense and proved that the eye-type martial soul indeed had no potential. Once he mastered the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Purple Demon Eye, his spiritual power amplification would be far greater than that of the so-called eye-type martial soul. He believed that the Tang Sect's unique skills were by no means inferior to others!

The two then had a deep and simple exchange on the cultivation of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. When Grandmaster went out to see Tang San off, he revealed a smug smile.

With the surname Tang, twin martial souls of hammers, and the fact that the Clear Sky Sect is now closed off from the world, the true identity of Tang San's blacksmith father is obviously about to be revealed!

The master was so excited to receive his idol's son as his disciple that he was practically trembling with excitement. The only downside was that Lu Mingfei, who had an eye-shaped martial soul, didn't know how to appreciate the honor, which also affected the little girl with the rabbit martial soul.

However, he did not want to give up so easily and planned to wait until he brought Tang San back from hunting martial souls before finding an opportunity to subdue the two of them.

If he can teach three geniuses with innate full soul power to prove his theory, the entire Douluo Continent will tremble for him in the future!

Chapter 6 Night

By the time Lu Mingfei and Xiao Wu returned to their dormitory, Tang San had already returned as well.

Lu Mingfei glanced at him briefly. The fierce look on his face from the afternoon was gone, clearly indicating that he had been enlightened by the master, meaning that he should be safe for the time being.

Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei breathed a slight sigh of relief. He asked Wang Sheng for directions to the bathroom and then went to take a shower. After walking all day, his clothes were almost smelly.

However, when he returned, a group of kids were standing in the hallway pointing and whispering outside.

"What's going on?" Lu Mingfei looked out curiously and was surprised to see Xiao Wu and Tang San having a solo match on the playground not far away.

Since he awakened his martial soul, his eyesight has become unbelievably good.

"What the hell is all this?"

Although Lu Mingfei had heard about Xiao Wu's fight that afternoon, he thought there was nothing interesting about six-year-old kids fighting. But what he saw in front of him almost made his jaw drop.

Xiao Wu's petite body hopped and leaped like a rabbit as she nimbly attacked, while Tang San was even more astonishing. Not only were his eyes glowing purple, but he also moved with the ease of an ice skater, flying Xiao Wu like a kite.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu vs. Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique)?

"You guys all fight like this?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but gasp.

Shouldn't kindergarten kids fighting be like this, with snot running down their noses and throwing wild punches at each other?

"How is that possible? Sister Xiaowu and Tang San are like monsters. I was taken down by them in one move this afternoon." Wang Sheng shook his head, still shaken, clearly having been badly beaten that afternoon. "Aren't you also born with full innate soul power? You can't do it?"

"Of course not." Lu Mingfei shook his head vigorously.

The ensuing battle was a foregone conclusion. Tang San launched a ranged attack on Xiao Wu while flying a kite, showcasing his impressive skills.

The sparring between the two was like something out of a martial arts movie. After watching it, Lu Mingfei felt that his innate full soul power might have been a freebie with a phone top-up. Although he could feel his physical abilities had improved a lot after awakening his martial soul, why were these two innate full soul power talents using all sorts of skills, while he could only throw wild punches?

What a shame!

When Tang San and Xiao Wu returned, the kids in the dormitory were filled with admiration for the two of them.

Especially when they learned that Tang San's teacher would be taking him hunting for spirit rings the next day, everyone's eyes were filled with envy. For them, even if they studied for six years, they might not be able to reach level ten.

Lu Mingfei also noticed that Tang San glanced at him deliberately when he said this, implying that Tang San was mocking Lu Mingfei for not knowing how to be accommodating today.

Lu Mingfei didn't care at all. He knew that spirit rings, as the underlying rules of this world, must be very important to spirit masters. Therefore, he was not in a hurry and planned to read more books before making a strategy. However, this Tang San was indeed childish. On the first day of becoming a disciple, he gambled his future on that level 29 master. Wasn't he afraid that the master's reputation as a clown was real?

Isn't that too hasty?

"Stop chatting, go to sleep. We have to get up early to sweep the floor tomorrow." The eldest in the dormitory, Xiao Wu, said sullenly. After walking all day and fighting tonight, even she couldn't help but feel tired.

Seeing this, Wang Sheng quickly blew out the oil lamp, and everyone obediently went to bed.

Lu Mingfei found a bed by the window and stared blankly at the night sky outside.

He wondered if his uncle and aunt had already discovered he was missing, and she was probably scolding him for being ill-mannered and staying out so late.

She might not realize she's missing until her teacher calls her tomorrow to tell her she didn't go to school.

Will his unreliable archaeologist parents abandon their mission to save the world and fly back home because of this news?

And Chen Wenwen.

I wonder if she will worry about me after I go missing, or even shed a tear?

Probably?

Lu Mingfei was a little uncertain, but he still felt there was some hope. After all, Chen Wenwen was so kind that she would shed tears even when stray cats and dogs were injured.

As the moon climbed higher, its bright light spilled from the eaves onto the windowsill, reflecting a cool glow that shone into Lu Mingfei's moist eyes.

An unfamiliar moon, unfamiliar moonlight.

Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered a hug, the boy who called him brother.

Lu Mingze?

Lu Mingfei fell into a deep sleep.