Chapter 9: The Tool Person Tang San

The next day, west of Notting City.

A carriage moved slowly along the street, eventually stopping in front of a complex of buildings.

Then, as the coachman called out eagerly, two six-year-old children jumped down from the carriage.

One child wore purple clothing, incredibly handsome and radiant like jade; the other wore blue linen, with healthy, wheat-colored skin.

These two were naturally Zhou Chen and Tang San.

At that moment, Zhou Chen raised his head to look at the tall archway ahead.

This archway was entirely made of stone, about twenty meters wide and ten meters tall, with two iron gates below. A broad road led straight inside, flanked by rows of lush green trees.

In the center of the arch, four large characters were inscribed: Notting Academy.

Indeed, this was Notting Primary Spirit Master Academy.

Zhou Chen's purpose here was to take in Yu Xiaogang, who resided at the academy, and make him work for him.

However, Zhou Chen had no intention of revealing his true purpose right away, as that would surely get him kicked out as a lunatic. He was ostensibly there to present a student to Yu Xiaogang.

Yes, the student was Tang San.

Zhou Chen had decided to offer Tang San as a gift.

As the two approached the gate, a young man guarding the entrance shouted, "What do you want? This is a spirit master academy; no trespassing."

Hearing the guard's harsh tone, Zhou Chen frowned but did not bother with the ant. Instead, he took out a visiting card and said coldly, "Hand this card to Yu Xiaogang and ask him to come out and meet us."

The guard took the card and was taken aback.

In Douluo Continent, only nobles and high-level soul masters used visiting cards when calling on others; ordinary people wouldn't understand such etiquette.

A child so young, yet with a visiting card and wearing expensive purple clothing, speaking so arrogantly, clearly had a significant background—either noble or the offspring of a powerful soul master.

Not someone to offend, not at all. I misjudged.

Instantly, the guard's stern face turned fawning, and he nodded and bowed repeatedly to Zhou Chen, "Young masters, you're looking for Master Yu Xiaogang, right? Please wait, I'll go at once."

With that, the guard hurried into the academy.

Soon, footsteps echoed from within the academy, followed by a slightly hoarse voice: "Young friends, you were looking for me?"

Zhou Chen and Tang San turned to see the guard accompanying a medium-built man approaching them.

This man had short black hair, an ordinary appearance, but exuded a scholarly aura. Yet, his eyes carried a hint of desolation, like a single man who had been dumped by his girlfriend.

Clearly, he was Yu Xiaogang.

"Well done, here's your reward."

Zhou Chen tossed a silver soul coin to the guard, who quickly responded with gratitude and retreated obediently.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang was startled. This boy had an extraordinary demeanor, likely from a noble family.

However, Yu Xiaogang's surprise quickly faded, and he mustered a somewhat stiff smile, asking, "Young friends, what brings you to me?"

"Master, hello. My family's elders sent me to introduce a student to you."

With that, Zhou Chen stepped back and pushed the somewhat bewildered Tang San forward, introducing, "This is Tang San, a genius with innate full soul power."

"But my martial spirit is Blue Silver Grass."

Tang San added honestly, then looked at Zhou Chen with eyes full of grievance.

Brother Chen, you're clearly the true genius. Why push me forward to take the hit?

Because you're the tool person, Zhou Chen thought silently.

At that moment, hearing the two children's words, Yu Xiaogang pondered for a moment, his eyes immediately lighting up with excitement.

He reached out and ruffled Tang San's hair, saying, "You must have twin martial spirits."

Hearing this, Tang San was shocked, his eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

He had only mentioned his twin martial spirits to his father, Tang Hao, and hadn't revealed it to Brother Chen or Grandpa Jack. How did this 'master' know?

Seeing Tang San's puzzled gaze, Yu Xiaogang, for once, felt a sense of pride and explained, "In the ten core competencies of martial spirits I developed, there's a law stating that innate soul power correlates with the quality of the martial spirit. In other words, the higher the innate soul power, the stronger the martial spirit!"

"And you have innate full soul power, so your martial spirit must be strong! Yet you tell me your martial spirit is the well-known waste martial spirit, Blue Silver Grass."

Pausing for a moment, he smiled and said, "So I deduce you must be hiding another martial spirit, a very powerful one!"

This statement stunned Tang San.

This 'master' was indeed a true master of martial spirit theory, able to see through everything so clearly!

And he finally understood why Zhou Chen wanted him to take Yu Xiaogang as a master—it was entirely for his future!

Instantly, Tang San's heart was filled with admiration for Yu Xiaogang and immense gratitude toward Zhou Chen.

Of course, he had no idea that he had already been sold out as a tool person by Zhou Chen...