Three months later.
Tang San followed Old Jack to Nuoding Academy.
"With a trash martial soul like Blue Silver Grass, and you're claiming innate full soul power? Do you think I'm stupid? Get lost!"
At the school gate, the guard sized him up with disdain and deliberately gave him a hard time.
"A new student?"
Tang San frowned, just about to respond when a voice came from behind.
He turned to see a lean man with an extraordinary aura walking toward them—it was the Master.
"Good morning, Grandmaster."
The guard's attitude shifted instantly when he saw the Master, his face lighting up with a fawning smile.
"You must be one of the academy's teachers, right?"
"This is Tang San, our working student from Holy Spirit Village this year," Old Jack said hoarsely.
"Oh, a working student?"
"Do you have a certificate from the Spirit Hall?"
The Master asked immediately.
Old Jack respectfully handed over the document that had just been dismissed as a forgery.
The Grandmaster took a glance, and with just a look, he could tell it was genuine.
"This certificate is clearly real. Why are you giving this old man trouble?"
His face darkened as he questioned the gate guard coldly.
The guard lowered his head, staring at his feet in silence.
"If this happens again, you won't be working here anymore," the Grandmaster warned.
"Elder, please leave the child to me."
"I'll handle his enrollment," he added politely.
"Oh, that would be wonderful."
"Thank you, teacher."
Old Jack beamed at the Grandmaster gratefully.
"San'er, once you're in school, you must study hard."
"Your father, really... hasn't shown up at all lately."
"Not even today, on your first day of school."
"He's probably off somewhere fooling around again."
Old Jack turned to Tang San and sighed.
"Alright, Grandpa,"
Tang San responded calmly and clearly, his expression unchanged at the mention of Tang Hao.
After Old Jack left, the Grandmaster led Tang San into the academy.
"Child, you're a twin martial soul holder, aren't you?"
He suddenly stopped in his tracks and asked in a low voice.
Tang San's heart clenched, instantly on guard.
"You must be wondering how I figured it out."
The Master continued as he pulled out the certificate Old Jack had handed over.
"I saw on the recommendation form that you have innate full soul power and a Blue Silver Grass martial soul."
"Others might not think much of it, but to me…"
"According to my research, no one with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul should have more than one rank of soul power."
"One of my ten core theories of martial soul development is that innate soul power is directly proportional to the quality of the martial soul."
"Unless it's a mutated martial soul—though even then, Blue Silver Grass doesn't fit the criteria."
"So, that leaves only one possibility—you're a twin martial soul."
Upon hearing this, Tang San was deeply shocked. His right hand instinctively clenched.
This man was able to detect his secret—he was becoming a threat.
"Twin martial souls are extremely rare. Although your Blue Silver Grass seems weak, with the right cultivation method and proper soul ring configuration, its potential is limitless."
The Grandmaster, unaware of the killing intent rising in Tang San, continued his self-satisfied analysis.
"San'er, would you like to be my disciple? I'll teach you everything I know."
With that, he looked at Tang San with blazing eyes.
Ever since Liu Erlong's visit, the Grandmaster had been left with a deep emotional scar.
To be rejected by the one he once loved…
Now, he was determined to make a name for himself through his research.
To make the entire continent recognize him—and to make Liu Erlong regret turning her back on him.
Tang San, meanwhile, was surprised by the Grandmaster's depth of knowledge but also grew wary.
This man already knew his secret.
There was no guarantee he wouldn't leak it.
But right now, Tang San urgently needed someone to teach him. It would be best to learn everything he could first—then silence him afterward if necessary.
"I won't acknowledge you as my teacher, but I'll study under you," he said coldly.
The Grandmaster frowned slightly, staring at Tang San, thinking—
This kid is stubborn. But one day, I'll win him over.
"Very well, you may study under me."
The Grandmaster nodded in agreement.
Lin Feng, Liu Erlong—you've always looked down on me.
Now that I've taken Tang San under my wing, I'll train him into a Titled Douluo—just watch and see!
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Time flew by, and three years passed.
Inside the dean's office, Lin Feng sat with a panel floating before him, his eyes filled with excitement.
Just a few days ago, he had used [Astral Projection] to search the continent.
And finally, at a remote Soul Master academy, he had found the 11-year-old Oscar—and successfully copied his gold-tier trait: [Fated Member].
Lin Feng couldn't understand it.
How could a food-type soul master with innate full soul power go unnoticed for years in some backwater town?
Was the story just waiting for the protagonist team to come find him?
No matter. Lin Feng had beaten them to it.
He glanced at his panel.
Now, only one trait slot—[Astral Projection]—wasn't gold-tier.
Previously, after acquiring his sixth soul ring, the system had unlocked new trait slots.
He had already replaced one of his older gold traits with a newly refreshed one: [Flame-Flame Fruit].
[Flame-Flame Fruit (Gold): Grants the power of the Logia-type Flame-Flame Fruit from the One Piece world. You can transform into fire and control flames.]
Sure, in the One Piece world, the Flame-Flame Fruit was considered trash tier.
Especially when compared to its superior—the Magma-Magma Fruit.
But Lin Feng had the [Green Lotus Core Flame].
With this Elemental Flame merged with his soul, the destructive power was on a whole other level.
Forget magma—even a Limit Douluo wouldn't scare him.
As for his previous purple-tier that do flex without fire power, he had already swapped it for the gold-tier: [Kyōka Suigetsu].
[Kyōka Suigetsu (Gold): Grants the ability of the Zanpakutō Kyōka Suigetsu from Bleach—complete hypnosis that controls all five senses of the opponent.]
Lin Feng's eyes flashed decisively as he replaced the final purple trait without hesitation.
"System, replace trait."
[Ding! Replacing purple trait with gold-tier: Fated Member.]
In an instant, a radiant glow burst from the trait panel—all gold, with one dazzling red trait at the end.
"System, refresh Fated Member."
[Ding! Refresh successful. Choose one of the following three gold-tier traits.]
[Snow-Snow Fruit (Gold): Grants the power of the Logia-type Snow-Snow Fruit from the One Piece world. You can transform into snow and control snowfall.]
[Teleportation (Gold): Allows you to teleport to any location you've been to before. Costs a small amount of soul power.]
[Time Stop (Gold): You can stop time in the surrounding area. The stronger the enemies and the wider the range, the shorter the duration. Minimum one second.]
Snow-Snow Fruit?
Useless—he already had the Flame-Flame Fruit.
Teleportation, though…
Now that was a perfect fit.
It made up for the flaw left after replacing [Astral Projection], and it was way more convenient.
Not only that, it was a powerful escape skill!
He could now teleport from Spirit Hall to Flame Valley…
Or from Flame Valley to Star Dou Forest in an instant.
Lin Feng's eyes lit up.
Now that's my style.
Then he glanced at [Time Stop] and chuckled dryly.
This was just the system's knockoff version of Dio's World from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
What could you even do in one second?
"Whatever. As long as I got Teleportation, it's a win."
He made his choice.
[Ding! Trait successfully replaced.]
As the system confirmed the change, Lin Feng moved on to refresh the remaining traits on his panel.
He was already satisfied with Teleportation—anything else would just be a bonus.
It was all just luck anyway.
Then…
[Ding! Trait Refresh Complete.]
Three red-glowing traits lit up, nearly blinding Lin Feng.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your gold-tier trait [Trait Copy] has triggered an evolution. Please choose or store one of the following red-tier traits.]
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