Chapter 16 Yu Xiaogang's Story of Cultivating a White-eyed Wolf

When he walked into the dormitory, it was empty, the others hadn't returned yet.

"School hasn't officially started yet, they should have gone out to play after lunch." Lin Manshan found an empty bed not far from Tang San's bed and laid down the bedding. In his heart, Tang San should have been brought away by Yu Xiaogang, as for Xiao Wu, she couldn't stay idle, it was her first day at the academy, and it was the time when she was more curious about the unfamiliar environment, and she might be asking Wang Sheng to bring a few students to stroll around the academy.

It's exactly the right time to see what Yu Xiaogang and Tang San are chatting about. Thinking of this, Lin Manshan immediately laid down on the bed and pretended to sleep with his eyes closed.

He had long ago given instructions to the spider to follow Yu Xiaogang into his room as soon as it saw him.

Fuelling the Beast Control Technique to establish a link, even though his eyes were closed, the images were immediately transmitted into his mind, including the memories of the previous conversation.

After a series of suggestions from Yu Xiaogang on the direction of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul development, Tang San had complete trust in Yu Xiaogang and had already told Yu Xiaogang about himself having a Twin Martial Soul, and now Yu Xiaogang was blushing with some excitement, and at the same time, some afterthought.

"Xiao San, fortunately, you hid your second martial soul during your martial soul awakening and weren't seen by the people from the Spirit Hall. That child called Ah Man also didn't think that you had a twin martial soul at all, otherwise, this second martial soul of yours might have already been exposed, it was master's carelessness before."

"It's fine, master." Tang San smiled and shook his head, "Misfortunes and blessings come hand in hand, that messy analysis by Ah Man before did give the disciple a reason to hide the existence of the Twin Martial Soul. From a certain perspective, I still have to thank him."

"That child is indeed intelligent, it's just a pity that his talent is too poor." Yu Xiaogang shook his head and said indifferently.

Tang San nodded, "No one in Ah Man's ancestry has ever had their spirit power awakened from their martial souls, and when it was his generation's turn, his parents passed away early after suffering a disaster. He was also congenitally demented, and after he was adopted by our village chief, he had previously been living in a muddled state until he fell and broke his head when he was four years old, and only then did he suddenly become enlightened. Now that he can awaken a mutated martial soul that possesses spirit power, it's considered a blessing."

"Ah Man's current state of mind and nature feels just like that of a toddler who just barely remembers, it's the stage where he's deeply curious about new things. Previously, I also thought that with his condition it should be quite good to devote himself to learning theories, and I even asked him why he didn't worship you as his master along with me."

"However, because of his elders' instructions, he seems to be more wary of you."

Speaking of this, Tang San shook his head and told Yu Xiaogang about the process of his previous enquiry with Lin Manshan once more.

After listening, Yu Xiaogang, who originally still felt that Lin Manshan was a bit pitiful, immediately felt a hint of displeasure, and he indifferently said, "What is most necessary for researching theories is to have sky-high and unconstrained ideas, this child has no subjective opinions, even if he is enthralled with the theoretical research he will still falter because of other people's trivial remarks and give up his original ideas, it's hard to become a great man."

"Moreover, with his martial soul talent, throughout his life, I'm afraid that the Spirit King realm is already his limit. Instead of wasting time on researching theories, it would be better to take advantage of his youth to properly cultivate his spirit power, lest he delay his cultivation and fail to even reach the Spirit King in the future."

"That's right." Tang San nodded, this was just like learning martial arts in his previous life, Young age is the most crucial time period for cultivation, otherwise as one grows older, the body functions will gradually deteriorate, the meridians will become occluded, and it will hard to cultivate any further.

Seeing Tang San listening intently, Yu Xiaogang added: "Xiao San, Ah Man's innate spirit power is only level three, his achievements in this life are limited. But you're different, with your qualifications, it is entirely possible to attain even the Titled Douluo state of cultivation. The difference between the two of you is just like the difference between mortal earth and the white moon, unattainable. For the sake of Ah Man's well-being, I advise you to have less interaction with him in the future, to avoid bringing pressure on him and affecting his cultivation."

"Mm, disciple understands." Tang San also felt reasonable, from Yu Xiaogang's words, he already had an understanding of the relationship between martial souls and innate spirit power. Just like the Tang Sect's inner sect and outer sect in his previous life, there was a difference between the superior and the inferior.

The difference between Ah Man's talent and qualifications and his own is just too great, and in the future, they will not be in the same world at all. Standing at different heights, there will be a huge difference between their perspectives, and their conversation won't be in the same area, so how can they become friends, forcing their position will only add to each other's worries.

This Yu Xiaogang, his mind is really narrow. Lin Manshan was speechless inwardly, after that matter, Yu Xiaogang must be very displeased with him, probably wishing to drive him out of the academy, so he could not think of finding Yu Xiaogang to borrow a warrant to get his first spirit ring.

The 'eyes' looked towards Tang San, 'I guess the sense of superiority in Tang San's heart was built up at this time. Because he knew that he had a Twin Martial Soul and Innate Full Spirit Power, his natural talent was outstanding, he started to look down on spirit masters who were inferior to him.'

Right at this moment, Yu Xiaogang continued, "Xiao San, tomorrow is the opening ceremony, and the official classes of the academy will begin the day after tomorrow. However, attending mundane things like the opening ceremony is a waste of time for you. Right now, your top priority is, to obtain a Spirit Ring as soon as possible, so that your Martial Soul can continue to be cultivated. Therefore, I have decided to take you to the Spirit Forest tomorrow to obtain your first spirit ring."

"As for the academy side, you don't need to worry, I'll go to the faculty office later and ask for a leave of absence for you." Speaking of this, he smiled, "After acquiring the first spirit ring and going to the Spirit Hall to certify it, you'll be able to officially become a Spirit Master. At that time, you will also be able to receive a monthly spirit master subsidy from the Spirit Hall, and with that money, you won't have to continue being a work-study student."

The Spirit Master subsidy that Old Jack was talking about? Tang San inwardly moved. The Martial Spirit Hall would give monthly subsidies to every civilian spirit master, this wasn't the first time he had heard of it, but the specifics of how and how much, he didn't know anything about it.

Raising his head, he couldn't help but ask, "Master, what is Spirit Master Subsidy?"

"Spirit master subsidy, to put it simply, is the money that the Spirit Hall gives out to spirit masters every month, mainly for civilian spirit masters who lack money, to help them improve their livelihoods and get through the initial period. The standard of the payout is 1 Gold Soul Coin per month for Spirit Masters, 10 for Spirit Grand Masters, and 100 for Spirit Elders. And when we reach Spirit Ancestor level, the subsidy will stop being paid out, and the Spirit Masters must begin to be self-sufficient." Yu Xiaogang introduced.

"In that case, the Spirit Hall is pretty good." Tang San showed surprise, 1 gold soul coin is enough for an ordinary three-member family to eat for several months, 10, 100 gold soul coins, still can be collected every month. So how much money does the Martial Spirit Hall have to give out every year that way?

"It's just a means of attracting people's hearts." Yu Xiaogang laughed coldly, "And this money is also partly funded by the two great Empires in the past, and distributed on behalf of them by the Spirit Hall. Xiao San, think about how many years it's been since there was a child in your village who awakened their spirit power. The number of Spirit Masters on the continent is already small, and most of them have their own inheritance, the number of civilian families that can awaken a Martial Soul with Spirit Power can be said to be very, very small, and the distribution is extremely uneven. If the Empire had to shoulder all of these things, it would require a lot of financial resources, human resources, and material resources."

"Therefore, in the early days, the two great Empires were very happy to hand over such a task to the Spirit Hall, and when these Spirit Masters grew up, it would be a matter of who can rope them in."

"However, judging from the final result, in this invisible pulling-in war, the Spirit Hall undoubtedly reaped a huge harvest, after all, most of the money was sent out from their hands, which brought the best pulling-in effect. And precisely because of this, the two Empires, who perceived a great threat a long time ago, have been gradually cutting down on this allocation for various reasons since the last Supreme Pontiff of the Spirit Hall took office."

"And thirty years ago, this allocation was already cut off by fifty percent, as for now, it is unknown."

"Cut off so much!" Tang San gaped slightly, "Then how come the Spirit Hall still continues to issue it?"

"This is the root of their original foothold and growth, naturally they can't stop at will. Otherwise, it's just like moving water losing its source, ultimately it will surely go into decay." As if thinking of something, Yu Xiaogang's face flashed with a hint of complexity, "Because of the funding issue, this matter originally brought no small amount of trouble to the Spirit Hall, however, since this term Supreme Pontiff took office. The Spirit Hall has begun to use the previously accumulated capital to vigorously develop industries all over the continent, and the nature of the Spirit Hall has greatly transformed from that time onwards."

"What transformation?" Tang San, who had been listening with interest, hurriedly pursued the question.

"Xiao San, you're still young for this question, there's no need to know yet." Yu Xiaogang turned back and solemnly said, "The reason master is telling you all this is to remind you that pie won't fall from the sky. Other than your loved ones and rare close friends, no one will treat you with kindness for no reason at all."

"In the future, when faced with the favours shown by various forces, you should not be biased, after all, they are only doing this for their own interests. This is the same for the subsidies issued by Spirit Hall. What you need to do now is to make good use of them and grow yourself up as early as possible, that's the right thing to do."

"Yes, master." Tang San nodded solemnly, after knowing about the existence of the Titled Douluo, he also knew that this is a world where strength is honoured, worldly constraints like the ones in his previous life don't work here anymore, the only way to be strong is to be strong yourself, that's the most important thing.

'White-eyed Wolf Raising lesson?' Lin Manshan mentally clicked his tongue.

He suddenly felt that the reason why the original Tang San was so selfish and dual-standard should also be inseparable from Yu Xiaogang's years of preaching and teaching. After all, in his previous life, Tang San was an otaku (never gone out of the sect), even if he had received the brainwashing of the Tang Sect, it should be limited to loyalty to the sect, the order of superiority and inferiority, don't fight head-on if you can sneak attack, don't be soft-hearted and be decisive in killing, and so on, even if he is by nature with double standard, it was just how a human is, but it was not so exaggerated as to be such a double standard as in the original story.

Most of his 'good' qualities should be taught by this master, and then he should have studied further on his own using it as a basis, thus, he became superior to the master who taught him the basis and showed him the way.

"Hmm." Yu Xiaogang picked up the kettle from the table, poured a cup of water and drank it, "Xiao San, that's it for today. You go back first, I will look for you at your dormitory early tomorrow morning."

"Alright, goodbye master." Tang San stood up from his seat, bowed, and turned to leave.

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