Chapter 3

*Glory City*

In the Fighter Apprentice Class of the Holy Orchid Institute, a woman with red hair is standing near the blackboard with an angry look and the children in the class are all laughing.

She looks at a kid with orange hair, who was sleeping, with anger and asks the kid beside him to wake him up.

The blue haired kid beside him shook the orange haired boy but, he still wouldn't wake up.

He even suspected that the orange haired boy was dead. After 2 minutes of students repeatedly trying to wake him up, he wakes up.

He gets up and looks around to see what was happening and where he was, while thinking 'Phew! That took longer than expected. This kid is really knowledgeable about many things. This is going to be fun. I have almost all the things needed except girls.'

The orange haired boy looks at the kid beside him and asks "What happened?"

"What do you mean what happened Nie LI? You were sleeping in Shen Xiu's class. It was a blow to her pride. Now she is angry."

"Oh!" Nie Li exclaimed and looked at the teacher named Shen Xiu.

Looking at her curvy body, Nie Li said in his head 'Target Acquired! She is going to be my first wife.'

He then went through Nie Li's memories and tried to remember all the things about her.

Nie Li frowns and says to himself 'Now this is going to be fun. She is pampered and is past the age girls usually marry. Girls who are prideful are usually very easy to approach.

It looks like her family is also suspicious. The cultivation worlds sure are fun.'

Nie Li looks at Shen Xiu and says "Teacher Shen Xiu, sorry to sleep in your class. It's just that, your class was boring to listen to."

Shen Xiu had veins popping out on her forehead. She says "You dare disrespect your teacher. I would love to hear what was it that only you in the whole class found it boring."

"Everything you said was false. I don't even know how you became a teacher." Nie Li answers.

"You dare to accuse me. If you can't prove yourself right, I will punish you severely." Shen Xiu shouts.

"You said that no commoner can grow strong even if they work hard."

"What's wrong in that?"

"Wasn't Lord Ye Mo a commoner?"

Shen Xiu smirks and says "Lord Ye Mo was the only commoner. Don't compare yourself with him. He was a genius."

"Doesn't that contradict what you just said. Now you are just slapping yourself. He is a very good example that everyone who work hard can grow strong and that we shouldn't think of what others say about you." Nie Li says.

"You are just saying this to escape the harsh reality. You just have a red soul realm with soul force of 5. You can at most become a bronze rank fighter. Becoming a demon spiritualist is impossible." Shen Xiu says.

All the children in the class look at Nie Li with pity. He had soul realm below even a commoner.

"Now this is fun. I like challenges like this. How about a bet?" Nie Li says. Shen Xiu looks at Nie Li with a confused face.

"I will prove that people can become stronger regardless of their talent or status. Actions speak louder than words. I will become a silver rank demon spiritualist before the coming test.

If I manage to do so, you will have to agree to any three conditions I tell and if I loose the bet, I will do any three things you tell me to do." Nie Li says with an arrogant look.

"Hahahah.. What a joke. A silver rank spiritualist in two months. Even the Lord Ye Mo wouldn't dare to say this. And even if I accept this bet, what does a kid from a poor noble family have to give me?" Shen Xiu asks.

Nie Li knew this would happen. He said "You can ask me to do anything or.." he paused and put his hand on the table.

Suddenly loads of golden cornered purple cards appeared. These were the currency of the city called demon spirit coins.

"I have loads of money that I kept secret from my family. Even they don't know I have this much money. If you win, I can even give you all the money I have. Since you are also a spiritualist, you would need a lot of resources. So, how about it? Wanna bet now?" Nie Li asked with a smirk on his face.

Shen Xiu was shocked when she saw the amount of demon spirit coins that appeared on his table. This was more than what her family would give her in a whole year.

'That also means he can advance easily with this amount of resources. What am I hesitating for? A kid with red soul realm dared to talk back to me like this.

No one can reach silver rank in that less amount of time.' she thought and said "Ok Nie Li. I agree to the bet. Why would I refuse resources when they come walking to me for free? You just lost a lot of money."

"OK then. If I win, I would make you suffer and regret looking down on me. Wait! Let me make it even more interesting. I will do this without using my money." Nie Li says and throws something towards Shen Xiu.

Shen Xiu catches it and looks at the thing in her hand. It was a interspatial ring. Shen Xiu look inside and opened her eyes wide in shock.

"How did you get this much money?" she asks.

Nie Li points his finger at the ring and then says "I am not a fool to give you this much money. I locked the ring. It will open only when I want it to open. It is all the money I have."

"Why? If you used this, there would be a small chance that you might reach silver rank." Shen Xiu asks.

"Now I am poorer than the commoners. This would make it even more interesting." Nie Li says.

'He is getting on my nerves.' Shen Xiu thought while saying "If you are that confident, I don't think you need to listen to my class. Go stand at the back of the class."

Nie Li got up and stood back. Two other students also followed him.

One with brown hair and brown eyes and the second kid was the blue haired kid sitting beside him.

There were others who wanted to follow but, they then thought he was being cocky when he gave away his money. So, they didn't.

Nie Li looks at the blue haired kid and says "Lu Piao, why are you here?"

"I just wanted to stand." he said.

The brown haired boy looks at Nie Li and says "I don't think you should have given away your money."

"You don't get it Du Ze. It is more fun this way." Nie LI replies.

Shen Xiu went on teaching and announced the soul realm of other students. While this was going on, Nie Li suddenly felt pain.

'What is happening? My body hurts. It feels like it is being ripped apart.' he said in his head while making a pained expression.

Asura says in his head "This body can't handle your soul."

"This is the first time this is happening. Why now?" Nie Li asks.

"I will explain later. Currently, energy is leaking from your soul. Try to control it and stop it." Asura says.

"I haven't done this with my soul." Nie Li says.

"Then do it now if you want to survive here."

Nie Li's body wasn't used to this much pain and falls down. Lu Piao and Du Ze look at Nie Li and ask "What happened?"

Nie Li didn't answer. His skin started cracking and started bleeding. They didn't know what to do and called Shen Xiu.

She came to look at Nie Li and sensed his soul force. 'This soul force, it definitely isn't 5. Was there a mistake while testing him?' she thought.

"Quickly, take him to the doctor." Shen Xiu says and Lu Piao and Du Ze carry Nie Li to the school doctor.

The doctor examines him and says "I haven't seen this happen before. I don't know what to do."

Nie Li stayed there for an hour and finally managed to control his energy.

His body started healing slowly.

The doctors were shocked when they saw his body healing.

When Nie Li woke up, the doctor asked "What are you?"

"Why, What happened?" Nie Li asked.

"Your body had weird cracks through which you started bleeding. We tried different medicines but, nothing worked.

And suddenly, all the wounds started healing and woke up immediately." the doctor says.

Nie Li looks at them and says "Thanks for taking care of me doctor. I know what happened. I know what to do."

Nie Li left the room and went back to the class.

Lu Piao and Du Ze asked what happened and he replied with just a smile.

Lu Piao then went closer to Nie Li and whispered in his ears "You like that girl Ye Ziyun, right? Well, I guess your bet with our teacher managed to impress her a little. She looked concerned for you when you started bleeding."

"Anyone with good will would be concerned for a fellow classmate. What is special in that?" Nie Li says and then the name clicked to him.

'Wait! Isn't that the name of the girl Nie Li likes.' he thought and looked at a purple haired girl in the class.

She would occasionally turn back and look at Nie Li. When he makes eye contact with her, she immediately turns her head and her face turns red.

'That was weird. She is supposed to be the daughter of the City Lord. She would be feeling lonely. I guess I could be her friend. Loneliness is the worst.' he thought.

The class got over and everyone left. Nie Li took Lu Piao and Du Ze with him to the bazar and said "I need you guys to help me. Can you guys go buy some inscriptions that we can use as traps. You can buy whatever you want with the rest." while handing them a interspatial ring.

Du Ze looks at the interspatial ring and says "Nie Li, I haven't held an interspatial ring in all my life. Didn't you give your entire money to Shen Xiu?"

Nie Li smiles and says "I stole it from Shen Yue."

"You what?!!!" Du Ze shouts.

"Don't blame me. He tried to pick a fight with me and I took this from him to teach him a lesson. After defeating him though." Nie Li says.

"You defeated him? He has a soul force of 78. How did you beat him?" Lu Piao asks.

"I can teach you guys to fight later too. For now, I want you guys to get the inscriptions and come near the training ground entrance." Nie Li says, "And also bring some soul crystals. I will give you guys a gift."