The Master's Attention

Chapter 9 The Master's Attention

"...A freak!"

Xiao Chenyu uttered two words tremblingly before collapsing and remaining motionless.

"Phew~~"

Exhaling the pent-up breath in his chest, Chi Ping collapsed to the ground with a thud.

More than twenty teenagers lay sprawled around him, each with bruises and swelling, unconscious.

Xiao Chenyu and his underlings were no match for Chi Ping, and one by one they were knocked to the ground after their soul power was exhausted.

"I won!"

Chi Ping smiled brightly.

His soul power was still abundant, but his physical strength and mental will were nearing their limit. If Xiao Chenyu had persisted any longer, it would have been Chi Ping who collapsed.

—After obtaining your first spirit ring, you must develop offensive moves! Pure physical combat is too exhausting!

"Well done."

"who!"

Without hiding, Yu Xiaogang emerged from behind the bushes.

"master?"

Chi Ping stood up with difficulty, his face showing doubt, but his heart was in turmoil.

—Yu Xiaogang is different from Xiao Chenyu and the others; this guy's vision and knowledge are absolutely top-notch.

"When did you arrive?"

"He was here from the beginning, wasn't he?" Yu Xiaogang said casually, while staring intently at Chi Ping as if he were looking at some priceless treasure, or perhaps a freak.

Yu Xiaogang's gaze was so intense that it made Chi Ping's skin crawl.

"Could you please not tell the principal about our fight?"

Chi Ping said cautiously, like a child who had done something wrong.

Yu Xiaogang smiled, inwardly criticizing the actor's poor acting, and then said, "Chi Ping, can I see your other martial soul?"

—Did you think I had twin martial souls?

Chi Ping shook his head and said, "Master, I do not have twin martial souls. My martial soul is only the Firefly Mushroom."

Yu Xiaogang frowned, thinking that Chi Ping still wanted to hide something.

Thinking that no one around was awake, he decided to produce more evidence.

"The Glowing Mushroom Martial Soul cannot possess such abundant Soul Power and a powerful Soul Power recovery speed. I've been watching you for a while now, and your cultivation speed is also problematic. Advancing three levels in a year is impossible with only innate level five Soul Power. I've investigated the cultivation speed of many Soul Masters, and your rate of progress is something only a top-tier Martial Soul with innate level eight or higher can achieve."

"The Spirit Hall's records are infallible. If your innate spirit power is truly only level five, then your second spirit must be top-tier—the Clear Sky Hammer? The White Tiger? The Elemental Lord?"

Seeing that Chi Ping had no reaction to the martial souls he mentioned, Yu Xiaogang had a slight doubt in his heart, but he still continued to recite the top martial souls in his memory one after another.

But even after he finished speaking, Chi Ping didn't react at all. This made Yu Xiaogang wonder if he had really made a mistake in his judgment.

"Hmm~"

Wang Sheng groaned, seemingly about to wake up. The work-study students, who were the first to be knocked down, were naturally the first to wake up.

While Yu Xiaogang was speaking, Chi Ping's muscle fatigue eased somewhat, and he quickly helped Wang Sheng up.

"Come to the top floor of the dormitory building at three o'clock this afternoon, I'll be waiting for you there."

Yu Xiaogang knew that some things were not suitable to say in front of everyone, so he quickly left after leaving his dormitory room.

"That's... the master? Has he come here?"

Seeing Yu Xiaogang leave in a daze, Wang Sheng subconsciously asked.

"Just passing by. Brother Sheng, let me help you over here."

"it is good."

Chi Ping helped Wang Sheng to a tree by the roadside, and then moved all the people who had fallen to the ground to the side of the road. The work-study students were placed with Wang Sheng, while Xiao Chenyu and his underlings were on the other side of the road.

"Boss, why do you care about them? They're not going to die anyway. Just let them lie on the ground. It's such a waste of energy..." Wang Sheng muttered.

Chi Ping said helplessly, "Brother Sheng, just call me Xiao Ping. Calling me Boss feels weird."

"How can that be! That's the rule of our Dormitory 7! Besides, you should call me Wang Sheng, otherwise you won't have the authority of a leader. This isn't just your problem; it's about whether the rules of our Dormitory 7 still apply!" Wang Sheng immediately objected.

Chi Ping wore a bitter expression, but he knew that Wang Sheng's concerns were justified. The rules of the boss were the foundation for the Seventh Dormitory's self-preservation; the form of address was a minor matter, but breaking the rules was a major one.

"How about I still call you Brother Sheng in private, and you still call me Xiaoping?"

Seeing Chi Ping's sincerity, Wang Sheng finally relented.

"Alright."

Chi Ping smiled.

"Xiaoping, why are you getting involved with them?" Wang Sheng asked, puzzled.

"Brother Sheng, leave yourself some leeway in the future. If we really offend Xiao Chenyu, and he sends those Soul Masters to cause trouble for us, we won't be able to live a good life either. As long as there are no Soul Masters, we can fight as many as they come, but as long as just one Soul Master comes, we'll be finished," Chi Ping said earnestly.

"You're the boss, so you call the shots," Wang Sheng said sullenly.

"Thank you for your understanding, Brother Sheng."

"Brother Sheng, please sit for a while. We'll go back to the dorm together after everyone wakes up."

"it is good."

The group of children, who were no more than twelve years old, had no spirit rings and their physical abilities had not yet undergone transformation, so the damage they caused to each other was limited. After about ten minutes, they all woke up.

Xiao Chenyu and his underlings huddled together, watching Chi Ping and his group warily.

"you……"

Chi Ping took only one step forward, while Xiao Chenyu and the others took three steps back.

Pfft!

"What are you laughing at!"

Wang Sheng glared at the work-study student who couldn't hold back his laughter. Seeing this, the other work-study students who were planning to mock Xiao Chenyu also straightened their faces and dared not laugh anymore.

Inwardly giving Wang Sheng a thumbs-up, Chi Ping said to Xiao Chenyu, "Xiao Chenyu, we work-study students just want to focus on our studies and cultivation; we don't want to compete with you for anything. From now on, let's keep to ourselves!"

Xiao Chenyu stared at Chi Ping, seemingly lost in thought.

Without giving Chi Ping much time to react, Xiao Chenyu said, "Alright, from now on we'll keep to ourselves!"

"That's for the best."

……

After Xiao Chenyu left, the work-study students also returned to Dormitory 7 to recuperate.

Chi Ping used the two gold soul coins left by Wang Wen before he left to buy some medicine for bruises and sprains at the pharmacy. He treated the bruises and swellings of the work-study students and arrived at the top floor of the dormitory just in time.

There are only seven student dormitories in total. Because the students of the Junior Soul Master Academy are all relatively young, in order to better manage them, students from each grade live together in one large dormitory.

The Notting Junior Soul Master Academy has only about forty students in each grade.

The lower three floors of the dormitory building house seven large dormitories for students, each with a teacher in charge. The upper floors contain teachers' dormitories, storage rooms, etc., and students are generally prohibited from going upstairs.

Chi Ping had initially thought he would have to explain himself at length, but after he explained that Yu Xiaogang had asked him to go upstairs, the patrolling teacher led him upstairs.

— Yu Xiaogang seems to have quite a high status in the academy; these teachers don't seem to disrespect him at all.

"This is the master's dormitory. Wait here while I knock on the door."

knock knock!

"Is that Ikehira?"

As Yu Xiaogang spoke, he opened the door himself.

"master."

"master."

Chi Ping greeted the teachers patrolling the building.

After a moment's thought, Yu Xiaogang understood what had happened. He said to the patrolling teacher, "Thank you for your help, Teacher Lan Chi. I asked Chi Ping to come over. I have some questions about his martial soul."

Lan Chi suddenly understood. "I see. Then I'll leave it to you to take care of the child. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

After Lan Chi left, Yu Xiaogang led Chi Ping into the room.

(End of this chapter)