The Impudent Rabbit

There was only one dormitory building where both students and teachers resided, so it wasn't difficult to find.

Soon, Lan Si arrived at the entrance of the part-time student dormitory, No. 7.

Looking up, he found it was a large dormitory of about two to three hundred square meters, furnished with forty to fifty beds. Several children aged eight to twelve years were making a racket inside.

Lan Si had no intention of interacting with them and instead looked for an empty bed.

Upon seeing Lan Si enter, one of the older boys waved his hand, and the noise instantly ceased, as all the children turned their eyes toward Lan Si.

The boy jumped off his bed, looked at Lan Si, who was neatly dressed, and cautiously asked, "I'm Wang Sheng, the dorm leader of No. 7. Are you a part-time student too?"

"No, I'm just here temporarily as the academy hasn't arranged my dorm yet. I'll be staying here for one night," said Lan Si while sitting cross-legged on the bed, casually replying before shutting his eyes to begin meditating. His soul power was still a bit short of reaching level ten, and if he could break through tonight, he would be able to apply for soul rings from the academy the following day.

Seeing this, Wang Sheng returned to his own bed, somewhat displeased, and signaled his roommates to quiet down.

Although Lan Si's attire wasn't luxurious, it was certainly not something that the part-time students could afford.

For someone like him, it was better to stir up less trouble to avoid retaliation from other ordinary students of the academy later.

About half an hour later, a clear voice rang out from outside the dormitory door: "Tang San, is this No. 7?"

Everyone turned to look and saw a boy and a girl standing at the entrance.

Tang San, still clad in patched clothes, had an unremarkable appearance.

The girl was slightly taller than Tang San. Her long black braids hung down past her waist, and her delicate face had a rosy glow.

The two were chatting while holding the academy-issued uniforms in their hands.

Lan Si, who was meditating, opened his eyes and, upon seeing Tang San and Xiao Wu enter together, felt a twinge of surprise. It seemed that because he registered before Tang San, it allowed them to meet sooner.

Was this the inevitability of the plot?

Regarding Xiao Wu, just like Tang San, Lan Si held no good feelings for her and had no interest in stepping in to take her away.

Aside from her standout moment during the sacrifice, she was generally just a tool, like any other member of the Tang family.

After becoming a deity, she completely forgot her identity as a spirit beast and ignored how Tang San had nearly driven spirit beasts to extinction.

It's hard to say if her dead spirit beast mother would be angered to death again if she came back to life.

To go after this rabbit and oppose the Spirit Hall, with the hidden Tang Hao keeping an eye on things—unless he was crazy, he wouldn't do that.

Wasn't Bibi Dong more alluring? What about Qian Renxue? What about the cute cat?

With a cold smile in his heart, Lan Si lost interest, closed his eyes again, and continued to cultivate his soul power. He felt that level ten was getting close.

"Should be. Let me ask," Tang San knocked on the open door of the dormitory, his plain face revealing a slight friendly smile. "Hello, we are new part-time students. Is this where the part-time students stay?"

Wang Sheng looked Tang San up and down and jumped off his bed, making a shushing gesture as he quietly asked, "I'm Wang Sheng, my martial spirit is the Battle Tiger, and I will be a Battle Soul Master in the future. What are your names? What are your martial spirits?"

"I'm Tang San, and my martial spirit is Blue Silver Grass."

"I'm Xiao Wu, and my martial spirit is a Rabbit, a cute little white rabbit." As she spoke, Xiao Wu raised her hands above her head, forming a heart shape, causing Tang San's face beside her to turn slightly red.

Upon hearing their introductions, Wang Sheng burst out laughing, barely containing himself, "Rabbit and grass, what sort of combination is that?"

How strange.

The smile vanished from Tang San's face. "Is there a problem with that?" His father, Tang Hao, had always said to use the hammer of the left hand to protect the grass of the right; hearing the grass being mocked stirred a slight anger in him.

Wang Sheng made another shushing motion and glanced at Lan Si, saying quietly, "You guys should keep it down."

"What? Now we can't talk during the day?" 

Although Xiao Wu had just transformed, she was still a spirit beast that had lived for a hundred thousand years, spoiled by several spirit beasts in the Star Dou Forest, and had developed a fearless personality. She pouted loudly in dissatisfaction.

"My little lady, didn't you see that person over there?" Wang Sheng gestured fearfully.

"It's him!" Tang San recognized Lan Si at a glance.

"What? Tang San, do you know him?" Xiao Wu asked curiously.

Tang San nodded, explaining to Xiao Wu, "Yeah, he registered before me. His name is Lan Si, innate soul power five, but now has reached level nine. He paid an extra two golden soul coins for tuition, and Director Su arranged for him to stay in the part-time student dormitory for one night. He'll probably move out tomorrow and get a single room."

Although he was explaining, there was an imperceptible hint of disdain in Tang San's tone. His teacher, Master Yu, had said that innate soul power was proportional to the quality of the martial spirit. He and Xiao Wu both had full innate soul power, whereas Lan Si only had a measly level five; he wasn't worth taking seriously.

"Innate soul power of level five and soul power of level nine." With fear on his face, Wang Sheng swallowed hard. Luckily, he hadn't chosen to provoke Lan Si; otherwise, with his own level seven soul power, he might have been beaten up.

Seeing Wang Sheng's nervousness, Xiao Wu scoffed, "So what if he has innate soul power of level five? He gets to enjoy a single room. What's there to be proud of? Tang San and I both have full innate soul power!"

"You both have full innate soul power?" Wang Sheng could no longer maintain his composure. My goodness, is innate full soul power really that worthless now?

"What's the matter, scared now?" Xiao Wu's fair face broke into a triumphant smile, turning to Tang San, she said, "Come on, Tang San, let's go teach him a lesson and see how he continues to act arrogant. What do you mean we can't even talk during the day?"

"This might not be a good idea, since he hasn't provoked us," Tang San said, a hint of hesitation crossing his eyes. Although he looked down on Lan Si's talent, he was merely sitting there and hadn't done anything. It didn't align with the peaceful academy life he aspired to live.

"Hmph, coward! If you won't go, I will." Xiao Wu boldly strolled up to Lan Si, placed her bundle next to an empty bed, and defiantly placed her hands on her hips, addressing Lan Si, "Are you the one who said we can't talk loudly?"

Lan Si lifted his eyelids and met Xiao Wu's gaze.

Noticing Lan Si's strikingly beautiful and fair face, Xiao Wu couldn't help but flush slightly and felt an inexplicable fondness rising in her heart. However, the moment Lan Si spoke, he managed to infuriate her.

"Boring."

"Good! How dare you ignore me, Xiao Wu! Take this!"

With that, Xiao Wu bent her right leg, her toes instantly launching out to kick Lan Si in the chin.

Everyone, including Tang San, was startled.

She truly went from words to action so quickly! And so fast!

Facing the fearless little rabbit, Lan Si, of course, was not unprepared. He raised his right hand, activating his Sacred Universe Technique, striking first to defend against her foot easily.