A week had passed, the night Liu Yan had told his parents he was going to depart to Nodding Academy and become a soul master. They were incredibly delighted and prepared a small feast as celebration.
On the day they would depart, "Remember, son. If anyone dares bully you, just give them the good old one two I taught you" said Wei Jun while laughing a a chop suddenly landed on his head.
"Stop teaching our sweet boy these things, Wei Jun. Now come on, go. You have to hunt again today" Mei Ling said to Wei Jun before looking at Liu Yan. "Don't forget to visit us during the holidays, sweetie" Mei Ling said before kissing Liu Yan on the cheek and entering the house again.
Liu Yan watched as his dad walked slowly to the back of the mountain in a slightly dejected state. Liu Yan couldn't help but sigh, his parents do love each other, sadly it was the rough type of love. Oh well, what can he do about it.
Liu Yan: ¯\\(ツ)/¯
At the break of dawn, Liu Yan, Tang San and Fu Tian accompanied by Grandpa Jack got onto the their village's carriage and begin making their way to Nodding City.
On the way there, Tang San was talking with Liu Yan in whispers, teaching him how to work the mechanics of the Silent Kill Dart. Fu Tian, as usual, was sleeping. Grandpa Jack just watched the three of us with joy in his eyes.
After 4 hours of being in the carriage, it finally stopped at the gates. The guards at Nodding City's gate took the records, checking everything before letting the four people on board in. "I'll wait out here, Old Jack. Just be back before noon" said the driver to Grandpa Jack before getting on the carriage and taking a nap.
As the four of them made their way inside, Tang San couldn't help but be shocked and keep looking around. "Haha, shocked aren't you, Xiao San. This is Nodding City, though a small one, it still is a prospering city." explained Grandpa Jack.
"Fruits, fresh fruits on sale! Come and get them before they sell out." yelled a shop owner.
"Fresh vegetables! Come and get your vegetables" yelled another shop owner.
The atmosphere was lively.
Grandpa Jack went up to one of the shops. "Is there anything you want, old man?" ask the shop owner immediately.
"I'd like to ask for the way to get to Nodding Academy?" asked Grandpa Jack politely.
"Just go down the street and take a right before a left, you should arrive at Nodding Academy after that" instructed the shop owner. "Thank you"
After ten minutes of walking, they finally arrived at Nodding Academy's front gate. As they were about to enter through the academy gates, the gate keeper suddenly stopped them.
"Hold it, who do you think you are? You can't just enter the academy. Where are you from?" said the gate keeper with disdain in his face and voice.
Grandpa Jack seeing this was a bit angry but calmed down to avoid getting into trouble, "Ah, young man. We are from soul saint village. these three children with me are going to be work students", Grandpa Jack explained.
"Work-study students? We haven't had those in a while, do you think I would believe that?! and what Soul Saint village? must be a backwater village. Show me their martial soul registrations." said the gatekeeper, purposefully making things hard for them.
Grandpa Jack got angrier but kept cool and handed the 3 martial soul registrations Su YunTao gave him. to the gatekeeper.
"What? Blue Silver Grass? Innate full soul power? You think you can trick me? the other 2 are fine but this is obviously fake! So that means the other 2 are fake too. Stop wasting my time and, SCRAM!" said the gatekeeper.
"You!" Grandpa Jack yelled in anger. "What, want to fight?" the gatekeeper smiled inwardly, he had not been able to do a lot as a gatekeeper, this was fun for him.
The gatekeeper threw the 3 forms at Grandpa Jack and was about to do something when Tang San suddenly stepped forward and punched him in the chest, sending him flying to the gate.
"Ow! You little brat!" the gatekeeper got angry and charged forward.
"Tang Sect rules number 3, when enemy is identified, show no mercy as it will be cruelty to oneself" Tang San repeated in his head as he pointed his wrist at the gatekeeper, about to fire the Silent Kill Dart.
Liu Yan suddenly stepped forward and put his hand on Tang San's wrist, pushing it down and shaking his head.
Just as this happened, a voice with an authoritative tone sounded from behind the group. "What is going on here"
Everyone looked at the source of the voice to find a man in his fifties, dressed in a black robe with his hands behind his back.
"Grandmaster! These troublemakers here are trying to forcefully enter the academy. I was just doing my job when they attacked me!" exclaimed the gatekeeper.
"I heard everything you said to them. Don't lie." the person called "Grandmaster" said firmly before looking at Grandpa Jack.
"Senior, may I look at the registration forms?" Grandpa Jack upon hearing this was overjoyed and handed it to the middle-aged man.
After a brief scan through, "Everything seems to be in order, and the stamp is indeed real. Senior, don't mind the gatekeeper, I'll personally make sure he gets reprimanded for this." said the Grandmaster
Grandpa Jack smiled "There's no need to bother, as long as these three get in the academy."
"Then let me take them to enroll officially" said Grandmaster.
"I'll leave it to you then, make sure you three study and don't slack off" said Grandpa Jack. The "Don't slack off" remark mainly meant for Fu Tian.
The three nodded before following the Grandmaster.
As they walked along, "Senior, why are you called Grandmaster? Is it because you have a high rank in the academy?" Tang San couldn't help but ask, feeling curious about the man in front of him.
"You are right, but also wrong as well." said Grandmaster, this response i trigued Tang San even more.
"I am just a resident of this academy, though i do teach theory." explained Grandmaster.
"What I also know is… you have…" Grandmaster suddenly paused, remembering the other two that were with Tang San.
Liu Yan noticing and remembering that Grandmaster was going to mention twin martial souls, walked out of hearing range while dragging Fu Tian, who took the opportunity to fall asleep again.
"You have twin martial souls, don't you?" Tang San was immediately startled and was prepared to execute Grandmaster.
"You said you have a blue silver grass martial soul. To be able to have innate full soul power, that means your other martial soul is exceptionally powerful, am i right?" Grabdmaster explained.
Tang San was shocked, with just a brief scan through of his martial soul registration, this person could deduce he had twin martial souls and the second being extremely powerful. This was… the ideal teacher in Tang San's eyes.
"I want to be your disciple!!" Tang San suddenly got on his knees and did a kowtow three times.
"What are you doing, child. Even if you want to be my disciple, a bow is enough. A kowtow is only for your parents and elders." Grandmaster said while helping Tang San up.
"Once a teacher, a lifetime a second father." Tang San said firmly. Grandmaster coudln't help but smile, rarely had he gotten respect.
"Alright, we'll talk later, lets get you and your friends enrolled."