Chapter 12: Becoming the Boss of Dormitory Seven, Su Ming's Promise

Soon, Su Ming arrived at the dormitory assigned to him by Nordin Academy, Dormitory Seven!

Dormitory Seven was designated for work-study students. In reality, with Su Ming's current financial status, he could easily afford to exchange money for a private room from the academy. However, Su Ming chose not to do so. The first reason was that, unsurprisingly, Xiao Wu would still be assigned to Dormitory Seven, and the other reason was, of course, because of Tang San.

Since he and Tang San both came from the same village, Holy Soul Village, it would be unreasonable for him to suddenly appear wealthy. If he moved to a single dormitory, Tang San would definitely become suspicious.

Tang San wouldn't only question where the money came from; he would also wonder, if Su Ming was so rich, why did he need to take away a work-study spot? 

Su Ming didn't want to start a conflict with Tang San at this moment. It wasn't that he feared Tang San's hidden weapons—after all, Tang San's hidden weapons were still relatively low-level, and with his current strength, Su Ming could easily avoid them or even defeat Tang San.

What he was truly wary of was Tang Hao lurking in the shadows. He didn't have the strength to challenge a Title Douluo at this moment. A casual release of Tang Hao's Title Douluo-level pressure would render him immobile.

For now, Su Ming needed to focus on writing in his diary to gain daily rewards. Of course, his daily cultivation of soul power and practice of Mokuton were essential as well. He couldn't rely solely on the system and get complacent.

With the system's support and his own hard work, Su Ming was confident he could improve his strength in a short period of time. After all, he didn't know when he might clash with Tang San in the future, so he needed to be fully prepared.

Of course, the most important reason was that he didn't want Xiao Wu and Tang San to share the same bed for six years!

Now that he had transmigrated into the world of Douluo, those beautiful women were no longer meant for Tang San.

Xiao Wu is actually quite an easy target to pursue. Although she's a 100,000-year-old soul beast, she has lived in the core of the Star Dou Forest since childhood and has been under the protection of her mother and Da Ming and Er Ming, so she's actually quite naive.

The door to Dormitory Seven opened.

As soon as Su Ming entered, he immediately caught the attention of the other occupants of Dormitory Seven.

Everyone froze, and then one of the students stood up and said, "You must be the new work-study student. Let's have a fight!"

Su Ming guessed that this person was probably Wang Sheng, but he still smiled and politely asked, "Nice to meet you. My name is Su Ming. May I know who you are and why we need to fight?"

Wang Sheng saw that Su Ming was so polite, so he replied, "My name is Wang Sheng. I am the current boss of Dormitory Seven, also known as the head of the dormitory. Our dormitory has a rule: every newcomer must fight with the head of the dormitory."

"If you win, you become the new boss of Dormitory Seven. The reason for determining the dorm leader this way is mainly because we work-study students need a strong leader to help us defend ourselves against the noble students."

Su Ming nodded in understanding. It seemed that the leader of the nobles in this academy was a side character named Xiao Chenyu, whose father was the city lord of Nordin City. In the original story, Tang San hadn't been at the academy long before the students of Dormitory Seven clashed with them.

Eventually, Tang San defeated Xiao Chenyu and made Xiao Wu the new boss of Nordin Academy.

Su Ming thought about it and agreed. There were benefits to becoming the new leader of Dormitory Seven.

First, Wang Sheng and a few of his underlings weren't very strong, but they could still run errands and do small tasks. Second, by becoming the leader of Dormitory Seven, he would have a legitimate reason to challenge Tang San, which would allow him to gauge Tang San's current strength. Testing Tang San's power was necessary.

Moreover, he had obtained mastery in physical arts from the system but hadn't had the chance to practice it properly. Now he could use Wang Sheng as a warm-up!

Wang Sheng: I thank you!

With that, the two of them got ready, and Su Ming said, "Go ahead, you attack first, or you won't have a chance!"

Wang Sheng snorted coldly, "Arrogant!"

Then, he quickly rushed toward Su Ming and threw a punch at Su Ming's stomach.

"Go, boss!"

"You can do it!"

The other students in Dormitory Seven cheered for Wang Sheng, hoping to teach this arrogant newcomer a lesson.

It was clear that Wang Sheng was quite popular among this group of work-study students; otherwise, they wouldn't all be cheering for him.

However, Su Ming thought to himself: Unfortunately, your dorm leader is about to change!

Su Ming calmly sidestepped Wang Sheng's punch, then grabbed his arm, bent over slightly, and with a strong effort, executed an over-the-shoulder throw!

**"Bang!"**

Wang Sheng landed heavily on the ground.

"Cough."

Su Ming helped Wang Sheng up and said, "Looks like I won."

Wang Sheng was incredulous at Su Ming's maneuver. How could a student who had just awakened his martial soul be stronger than someone who had awakened for several years?

Wang Sheng thanked him, covering his chest with one hand. The over-the-shoulder throw had left him feeling a bit worse for wear.

Then Wang Sheng asked, "Su Ming, what's your innate soul power? What martial soul did you awaken, and why is your physical strength so impressive?"

Wang Sheng asked the question everyone was curious about.

When a martial soul is awakened, it usually feeds back a bit of energy to the soul master. Although it's not much, the higher the innate soul power, the more benefits one receives. Among them, those who awaken beast-type martial souls receive the most feedback and are able to enhance their physical qualities.

There was no need to hide it, so Su Ming truthfully said, "My martial soul is Wood Elemental, with an innate soul power of level seven."

This revelation shocked Wang Sheng and the others. A level seven innate soul power marked him as a genius, which explained his strength!

Wang Sheng acknowledged his defeat and told everyone, "From now on, Su Ming is the new leader of Dormitory Seven. Say hello to the boss!"

Wang Sheng led the way, shouting, "Hello, Boss!"

"Hello, Boss!"

"Hello, Boss!"

Being treated as the boss for the first time, Su Ming felt a sense of satisfaction. It felt quite good to be in charge!

Subsequently, Su Ming promised everyone, "Don't worry, as long as I'm around, I won't let those nobles bully you!"

Having become the leader of Dormitory Seven, he had to take on the corresponding responsibilities. Anyway, he wasn't afraid of Xiao Chenyu and his entourage of side characters.

Currently, Xiao Chenyu was only an eleventh-level soul master with a ten-year-old soul ring. Even without attaching a soul ring, Su Ming wouldn't be afraid of him!

However, he needed to find time to test what level of Mokuton he could currently perform. Soul power and spiritual power were crucial. He hoped the system would reward him with a cultivation technique for enhancing spiritual power, as improving it was quite challenging.

Su Ming had thought of two ways to enhance his spiritual power: one was to use the Sharingan to secretly copy Tang San's Purple Demon Eye and practice with the wisp of purple qi every morning to enhance his spiritual realm.

The second way was to obtain a head soul bone that enhanced spiritual power, but this wasn't very realistic for him right now.

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