Nuoding Academy part 2

Wang Sheng knew that it was around this time that new students would be entering the dorms, so he had every seventh dorm working student line up in two rows on either side of the room so that they would not get in the way.

*Creak*

The door emitted a loud noise as it opened, causing the lined-up working students to snap their heads to have a look at the newcomer. Confirming that it wasn't a teacher, Wang Sheng excitedly charged at Lei Feng, jumping midway in order to maximize power. The way he attacked was full of openings. However, instead of attacking him, Lei Feng pulled his extended arm as he stepped to the side, causing Wang Sheng to face plant the ground, sliding a little outside the seventh dorm, making the working students laugh. With an angry and ashamed expression, Wang Sheng again launched himself at Lei Feng, saying, "Again!"

Lei Feng this time put his foot in front of Wang Sheng's legs causing him to trip. As Wang Sheng was falling, he delivered a strike to the abdomen, and Wang Sheng could no longer fight.

"Hey, who are you? Why did you attack me?"

"I am Wang Sheng. This is the rules of the dorm, whoever wins becomes the leader of the dorm, so you are the boss now."

–Haaa, not for long. Tang San should be here within the hour. I cannot beat him without using Tang Sect techniques, and I cannot use them in front of him. I should find a way to disguise the techniques such that I would not make him suspicious... besides, what importance is being the leader of the seventh dorms? Tang San will soon pass it on to Xiao Wu anyways, so I can have a good laugh at his expense... hahaha.–

...

A little more than an hour later

–Hmm, Tang San hasn't ar- –

*Creak*

–Oh. There he is.–

As Tang San's head peeks through the door, Lei Feng says, "Xiao San, welcome to the seventh dorms! It seems the working students decide who the boss is by fighting... and it just so happens that I became the boss recently."

"Lei Feng, do we really have to fight? I'm just here to learn, you can be the boss."

"No, no... it's the rules of the dorm. Xiao San, let me see how strong you are! Spirit masters fight, so fighting is learning, come!"

Lei Feng half walked and half ran at Tang San, a pace that required no commitment to attack, so there was a lot of maneuverability. He flexed his muscles midway, causing them to bulge ever so slightly, which might not be noticed by most, but for Tang San, it was a tell-tale sign. He suddenly sprung like a coiled snake ambushes its prey, launching himself at Tang San, who was prepared for it. –In fact, we are about equal strength, with mine ever so slightly higher, if we were to have a life-or-death battle. There's no way I can win this without getting serious, but I should show Tang San a little bit of my fighting capability so that he feels more confident in my strength. If one is thought weak, they cannot be dependable to the strong,– thought Lei Feng as he suddenly stopped just outside Tang San's arm reach, greatly surprising him. Because of his shock he was just a smidge bit slower in his reaction speed, creating a chance for Lei Feng, who leaned forwards and punched. However, Tang San is not a greenhorn at fighting. He dodged the punch by stepping out and turning his body to the right causing the punch to only graze him.

"Wow, Tang San... I prepared this move just for you, but it seems it was pointless!" said Lei Feng with a downcast expression.

"Lei Feng, you almost hit me, do not feel down," said Tang San as he counterattacked with a shove to the right shoulder and a sideways kick to the chest, making Lei Feng fly a few meters back and hit a pillar. Lei Feng put on an act of having a slight difficulty in standing up, taking a short moment to rest and then charging a Tang San at full speed. This time, Lei Feng jumped when he was just a meter away from Tang San, kicking upwards in an attempt to kick his chin, causing his body to look a little bit like the letter Y. Tang San used this opportunity to push Lei Feng's rising leg back, causing him to lose his balance and stumble back, almost falling over. As he was stumbling, Tang San lightly jumped and kicked Lei Feng in the abdomen. Lei Feng fell on his back, seemingly unable to get back up on his own. One of the working students helped him up as he was saying, "Tang San, I cannot beat you! Haaa... I thought I could have this time... well, it seems you are the new boss of the seventh dorm! I seem to be the shortest-lived boss in the history of Nuoding Academy!"

Just as Tang San was about to respond, an immature, feminine voice said, "Is this the seventh dorm?"

Lei Feng leaned towards Tang San and whispered in his ear, "It seems the academy's dorms are neutral."

Wang Sheng noticed the young girl and said, "Last year we didn't have any new working students, but this year we have three. Boss! You know what to do!"

"Me?" Tang San questioned with an odd face.

Wang Sheng noticed Tang San's hesitation, so he pushed Tang San towards the newbie and said, "There's a new student, her abilities must be tested. Go! This is the rule of the dorm!"

"Uhh... is it necessary?"

"Hello everyone, my name is Xiao Wu, 'Wu' as in dance!"

"Hello, I'm Tang San... I'm the leader of the dorm... may I ask what your martial spirit is?"

"My martial spirit is a rabbit, a cute white rabbit!"

Tang San responded, "...Then your martial spirit restrains mine perfectly. My martial spirit is Blue-Silver Grass, the food of your martial spirit."

Xiao Wu giggled and said, "You're funny, can I come in?"

Noticing Tang San's hesitation again, Wang Sheng lightly pushed Tang San. Tang San gave in and said, "It's like this. Dorm seven has a rule that all newcomers must fight the boss, so lets have a friendly fight."

Xiao Wu smiled and said, "Are you sure?"

"Ah... yes."

Xiao Wu responded, "Okay." and held out her arm, which held a box with her amenities, intending for a working student to take the item in her hand. After a few seconds, the student seemed to understand her intentions and took the box.

Lei Feng interjected, "hahaha Tang San, if you lose it will instead be you who is the shortest-lived boss of the seventh dorm!" Tang San shot him an annoyed look. Lei Feng thought, –Best that I say it now, else Tang San might think I would be mocking him while he is down, definitely not a good impression.–

Xiao Wu and Tang San backed away from each other, and Xiao Wu said, "Come!" She immediately attacked with her legs, and within a few seconds, Xiao Wu had kicked a dozen times. Seeing this not working, she did a forward flip, midway pressing her hands to the ground and kicking down. Tang San blocked the kick with both of his arms, and then backed away as he saw Xiao Wu going for another kick. This continued on for a few moments, with Xiao Wu kicking and occasionally punching. Eventually, she decided to use her soft-bone skills, greatly surprising Tang San and causing his reaction be be slow, spelling his defeat as Xiao Wu used her famous first spirit ring skill, waist bow.

"Tang San, are you alright?" asked Xiao Wu.

"Em, Tang San... don't mind what I said earlier..." said Lei Feng

"I lost. Can you tell me what you did just then?" Tang San questioned, then looked at Lei Feng and nodded, indicating that he didn't mind.

"I used soft-bone skill. It utilizes the softness and flexibility of the body." When Tang San heard this, he fell into thought. After a few seconds, Tang San said, "According to the dorm rules, since you won, you are now the boss of the dorm."

"That's right," responded the working students at once.

"Boss? That sounds interesting! Okay, dismissed!"

The working students went to occupy their beds, and Lei Feng took the bed one further than Tang San's. Xiao Wu, who wanted the other bed next to Tang San, waled up to the student sitting on the bed next to Tang San's, and gave him a look. He stuttered. "B-boss, here. This bed is yours." Satisfied, Xiao Wu put her box of amenities on the bed and questioned, "Hey, Tang San, I felt that you were pretty strong in the battle just now, what's your spirit power?"

Tang San, fixing up his bed, did not look at Xiao Wu and, seemingly unaware that innate full spirit power was a shocking thing, responded, "I was born with innate full spirit power, so my spirit power is ten."

The dormitory door opened with a creak, and a teacher who was carrying a blanket said, "Who is Tang San?" Tang San walked towards the teacher and said, "I am." "I'm Mr. Mo. This bedding is a gift from your teacher. You and the other two new working students shall be in charge of the south side of the garden beside the training field." Xiao Wu, who didn't want to clean, made a face at the Mr. Mo, who turned around, causing her to quickly turn around and pretend to be checking her bed.

After Mr. Mo left, Xiao Wu realized that she had forgotten to bring a blanket, so she looked at Tang San's bedding with a sad expression. A few of the working students hurried to their beds and retrieved the bedding and said to her, "Boss, you can use my bedding!" "Boss, use mine!" "Boss! Use mine instead!" to which she responded "Haiya, don't call me boss. Just call me Sister Wu!"

"Yes, boss! Ah, Sister Xiao Wu!" they all said.

Xiao Wu looked at the students holding their bedding with a disappointed expression, and then looked towards Tang San, who was holding his new bedding. Seeing this, he held it closer, causing her to smirk and walk towards him and say, "Hey Xiao San, your bedding is large, enough for two people. Why don't you push your bed next to mine and we can both use it?"

"Together?! It's not appropriate!"

"I'm a girl. If I don't mind, why do you? Hurry up and do it!"

...

Cafeteria

"How big!" Xiao Wu exclaimed.

Wang Sheng responded, "Heh, of course! This cafeteria can hold three hundred people, enough for the teachers and the students to eat all at once! Of course it's big!"

Xiao Wu impatiently responded, "Lets hurry and go in, I'm starving!"

Xiao Chenyu, who is on the second floor, looked down and said, "Hey, look! Its Wang Sheng and his ragged gang!"

A student next to him said, "Heh, if you're poor you'll never eat on the second floor!"

Xiao Wu saw the Wang Sheng clenched his hands and angrily and impulsively responded, "Who are you? What's so good about eating on the second floor?"

"Oh, what a pretty little girl! What a pity that you're only a working student."

Wang Sheng told Xiao Wu, "The second floor is where you can order custom meals. It's price is high, so we can't afford it."

"Wang Sheng, I'll go eat now. I'll let you go this time."

Xiao Wu cursed him, "You! Darn it." and began to walk to the second floor to teach Xiao Chenyu a lesson. Tang San, who seemed to be teleporting in Wang Sheng's eyes, held Xiao Wu back. Lei Feng, who didn't want to fade to the background, calmed her down and said, "Xiao Wu, forget it, we're here to eat, not make trouble... why let them ruin a perfectly good meal?" Tang San looked gratefully at Lei Feng.

"You two... you're afraid of making trouble!.. Forget it, let's go eat. We'll teach them a lesson later."

Yu Xiaogang appeared after the whole incident, causing Lei Feng tho think, –Hmph, what teacher? There's no way he didn't see the whole incident. He just contentedly watched... well, perhaps it was to further gauge the character of Tang San, but still...– Tang San ran to his teacher and said, "Teacher! You're here, too!"

"Yes. Have you settled down well?"

"I have. Thank you for the bedding, teacher."

"Follow me to the second floor to eat."

"Ah, teacher. May I eat with my fellow working students?"

"Very well, come and see me after you eat."

After Yu Xiaogang, who had the nickname Grandmaster, left for the second floor, Wang Sheng approached Tang San and said, "You know Grandmaster?"

"He is my teacher," Tang San nodded and responded.

"No way, you accepted him as your teacher? His ability is mediocre, and I've heard that the only reason he is able to serve a a guest teacher is because he is good friends with the academy teacher. He's basically a freeloader. I've heard that his age is approaching fifty, yet he still hasn't broken through to Spirit Elder!"

Tang San looked sharply at Wang Sheng, slightly angry, and firmly said, "This is the first time, and I hope it is the last time. If you don't want to fight me again, don't say such things about my teacher. Thank you for your consideration. I think there is no need for you to pay for my meal."

–...Wang Sheng was only trying to help you, Tang San... however, I can see why you are so emotional. Who wouldn't be angry when someone looks down upon their teacher?–

Wang Sheng looked at Xiao Wu, who was next to him, and shrugged, confused at Tang San's reaction.

...

At the end of Yu Xiaogang and Tang San's conversation in his office, the Grandmaster said to him, "Tomorrow morning, I will take you to Spirit Hunting Forest and find you a suitable spirit ring."

"But... tomorrow is the School Opening Ceremony."

"Don't worry, I'll inform the school."

"Ah, alright. Eh, teacher. My friend Lei Feng was also born with innate full spirit power, could we also take him to Spirit Hunting Forest tomorrow?"

"Eh? Someone else has innate full spirit power? Lei Feng?.. Alright, since he is your friend, we can take him, too."

...

Seventh Dormitory

"Lei Feng, tomorrow morning I will be going to Spirit Hunting Forest to obtain a spirit ring, do you want to come?"

"Ah? Tang San, what about the opening ceremony?"

"Teacher said that the school will allow it."

"Alright, Tang San! I was concerned about getting my first spirit ring, actually. I'd be glad to come!"

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Author's Note:

I want to further clarify Lei Feng's character. He is not an emotionless, solely-benefit-seeking doll. He has emotions and won't necessarily only do things for benefits; he is a human being. You will be seeing this later in the story. I wasn't planning to spend another whole chapter on Nuoding Academy, however this isn't a fast-paced fanfiction where there's barely any description and characterization. Instead, I want to spend time doing it right, so I found myself having written 2500 words and decided to just make this another chapter. Also, Pingui0510 in the comments gave me a good suggestion, which is to change the name Nine-Headed Hydra to Nine-Colored Hydra, so it will be that from now on.