Chapter 70: Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang's Shallow Vision

After Dai Xiyu finished introducing himself, the class teacher looked at the documents in his hand and said in surprise:

"Xiyu, the documents say you're rank nine; have you recently broken through?"

Dai Xiyu nodded and said:

"I only just sensed it; I broke through smoothly a few days ago."

The class teacher immediately beamed with joy.

The soul master breakthrough rate before graduation affects the year-end bonus.

When Dai Xiyu first enrolled, he was rank nine; there are many such students, and most spend their lives stuck at rank nine, unable to break through.

But after breaking through, it's different; students above rank ten are seen by teachers as excellent, and they help raise the class's breakthrough rate.

So, the homeroom teacher's attitude toward Dai Xiyu has completely changed, becoming more enthusiastic.

After introducing Dai Xiyu to the new classmates, the class teacher led the students who had reached rank ten to gather on the playground.

The entire sixth grade has two classes, over sixty students.

Only about half of the students have reached rank ten.

In fifth grade, it's even fewer, only about ten or so students have reached rank ten.

By fourth grade, only one student remains at rank ten.

Going lower, only Tang San and Xiao Wu remain, and they are just second-year students.

Across the entire academy, there are only forty-eight students who have reached rank ten.

Dai Xiyu followed the class and stood at the rear of the line.

There are five team leaders in total; one is the vice dean, a four-ring Soul Ancestor, and the rest are almost all great Soul Masters.

Among the team leaders, Dai Xiyu also saw a medium-built middle-aged man, about forty or fifty, with short black hair and a stubbled face.

After arriving at the academy, Dai Xiyu had paid special attention to him and knew this person was Yu Xiaogang, the so-called "Grandmaster" that people talk about.

Yu Xiaogang lacks strength, but he knows a lot of theory and became famous because of it.

Moreover, coming from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, many senior soul masters know this guy.

Dai Xiyu turned his gaze toward the Grandmaster's head, intending to check his fortune.

【140224】

"One hundred forty thousand? That number is roughly around rank ninety-three; it seems he ultimately couldn't reach the divine realm."

Thinking this, Dai Xiyu couldn't help but snicker.

They say master and disciple share the same lineage; it's remarkable that these two could get together.

The mighty Tang San, who bears dual god positions, actually couldn't bring his adoptive father to the divine realm.

The teacher and adoptive father of the mighty Tang God King, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang remained at rank ninety-three until his death, which is sigh-inducing.

One hundred forty thousand, not even worth plundering, Dai Xiyu shook his head, having lost interest in the Grandmaster.

To successfully plunder fortune, one needs at least two hundred thousand.

For someone like Yu Xiaogang, even if Dai Xiyu killed him on the spot, he'd gain no fortune at all.

Therefore, in Dai Xiyu's eyes, Yu Xiaogang is just an ordinary passerby.

After the students assembled, the vice dean called roll from the list, then waved his hand and led over forty students together in a carriage to Xiling Forest.

Xiling Forest, located about five hundred li north of Nuoding City, is a large naturally formed forest.

In area, it's half the size of the Sunset Forest near Jialing Pass, but it has also seen the appearance of ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

Actually, near Nuoding City, there is another forest that is closer and smaller.

That forest is a breeding ground of the Spirit Hall, called the Hunt Spirit Forest, where the highest soul beasts are only thousand-year-old, making it relatively safer.

However, the Hunt Spirit Forest is not open to just anyone; the Spirit Hall enforces strict controls.

Like Nuoding Academy, if the combined number of teachers and students in a team exceeds fifty, it's fundamentally impossible to enter.

So, we can only go far instead of near, heading to Xiling Forest for the soul beast hunting practical lesson.

Student numbers vary by year, making it hard to enforce strict seating divisions.

There are three carriages in total, and students can freely choose where to sit.

In previous trips, Xiao Wu always rode in the same carriage as Tang San, but this time she actively sought out Dai Xiyu.

The two boarded the middle carriage together, sat in the rear seats, and exchanged a smile.

But unexpectedly, Tang San followed closely behind and also got on.

After Tang San chose this carriage, his teacher Yu Xiaogang, being a teacher, naturally would take the same carriage as Tang San.

After Tang San boarded, he walked straight inside and sat down on Xiao Wu's other side.

Xiao Wu immediately felt a bit uneasy, but in social interactions she's like a naive little white flower, completely unsure what to do.

After Tang San sat down, Yu Xiaogang also came over and sat on Tang San's other side.

Dai Xiyu glanced at the master-disciple pair, smiled faintly, and directly reached his hands under Xiao Wu's armpits on both sides.

Xiao Wu startled, but before she could react, her petite body had already lifted off the ground.

Dai Xiyu directly lifted her up and swapped positions.

Under everyone's gaze, he actually made such a bold move; Xiao Wu's face instantly flushed red, and she lowered her head to fiddle with her collar.

Now, Xiao Wu sits in the far right corner at the rear, leaning against the window.

To Xiao Wu's left is Dai Xiyu; to Dai Xiyu's left is Tang San; and to Tang San's left is Yu Xiaogang.

Watching Dai Xiyu and Xiao Wu's intimate actions, Tang San almost burst his eyes, his clenched fists beginning to tremble slightly.

As expected, Tang San once again contributed a wave of fortune.

【Harvest from Tang San's fortune +500000】

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Yu Xiaogang nearby saw all this, basically understanding what was going on.

He glanced at Dai Xiyu and asked aloud, 'This classmate, you look unfamiliar; are you the transfer work-study student?'

Dai Xiyu transferred here to become a work-study student, and basically all the teachers in the academy know.

After all, he's already in sixth grade, yet transferred from the provincial capital Fasnuo City to this small place of Noding, which is indeed very rare.

Moreover, being a work-study student makes it even rarer.

Dai Xiyu looked at Yu Xiaogang, nodded, and said, 'My name is Xiyu.'

Yu Xiaogang frowned and asked, 'For this soul‑hunt activity, participants need soul power above rank ten; I recall you are rank nine, right?'

Facing the doubt, Dai Xiyu was not annoyed and patiently replied, 'Before enrollment I was indeed rank nine, but I just broke through a few days ago, reaching rank ten.'

Yu Xiaogang, hearing that, did not argue further about soul power and instead said:

'I have looked at your records; your martial soul is your eyes, and you only have innate rank‑two soul power. Such a martial soul is inherently hard to cultivate; you only broke through to rank ten at age twelve, making further breakthroughs difficult.'

Dai Xiyu looked at Yu Xiaogang somewhat amused and said, 'So what? Master, what are you trying to say?'

Yu Xiaogang usually isn't so talkative, but when it comes to disciples, this teacher of his also looks down on Dai Xiyu and wants to add a couple more words.

Hearing Dai Xiyu ask that, Yu Xiaogang put on a stern look and continued:

'So, you'd best obtain a soul ring of a hundred years or more this time; otherwise you'll be stuck at rank nineteen for life.'

(End of chapter)