18 Chapter 18 Yu Xiaogang's Provocation, An Elite Quest.
Xiao Wu and the other kids were speechless at the sight of Wang Sheng trembling in fear for no apparent reason. They couldn't sense the oppressive aura that Rayne showed to Wang Sheng.
But there was an exception.
Tang San!
Although he too didn't feel the oppressive aura, he did get a glimpse of Rayne's Six Eyes flashing with a blue light for an instant. This mere glimpse sent chills down his spine. The feeling those vibrant blue eyes gave him was horrifying. His instincts were telling him to stay away from this white-haired boy.
Tang San was very sure that the white-haired boy was anything but weak. Tang San was secretly very wary of Rayne at the moment. He slightly adjusted his sleeves a bit, ready to take action if Rayne showed any signs of hostility towards him.
Rayne naturally noticed this small action from Tang San.
'If I'm not remembering wrong, there are hidden weapons under his sleeves. Most likely the Silent Sleeve Dart. Tang San's go-to hidden weapon in the early part of the story. Still… isn't this guy too wary of me. I don't think I've done anything for him to be so cautious of me.'
Rayne thought as he pondered about what could cause Tang San to view him so cautiously.
He turned his attention back to Xiao Wu and asked, "Where are you going so early?"
"The school cafeteria. We haven't had our breakfast yet. Do you want to join us as well?" Xiao replied and sent out an invitation to join them for breakfast.
Listening to Xiao Wu's invitation, Rayne thought for a bit and said, "Okay."
"Great. Then let's go soon before the cafeteria is full." Xiao Wu said, as she held Rayne's hand and dragged him along with her.
"…"
Rayne didn't resist and let himself be pulled along by Xiao Wu.
Seeing this, the rest of the kids along with Tang San also followed. Wang Sheng was also pulled along by some of his roommates.
While moving towards the cafeteria, Tang San glanced at Xiao Wu holding Rayne's hand. He felt very upset in his heart. He couldn't understand the reason himself.
Though, unlike Tang San, Rayne didn't think much of Xiao Wu holding his hand. To him, the current Xiao Wu is just a six-year-old child.
He used his Six Eyes' Spatial Perception and found out that Tang Hao was nowhere near the academy. Maybe he's settled down somewhere in Nuoding City.
….
The school cafeteria has two floors.
The ground floor is where the food are very cheap in price, but the nutrition provided to spirit masters isn't high.
The first floor is where most of the teachers and aristocratic students get their meals. The food here is somewhat high in price, but the quality of the food is also very high and nutritious.
After Rayne and, Xiao Wu and Tang San's gang arrived in the cafeteria…
Xiao Wu slyly glanced at Rayne as she thought of something.
"Rayne, which floor are you going to get your breakfast from?"
Hearing the rabbit girl's question with hidden meaning, Rayne simply said, "You can follow me to the upper floor. I'll treat you today. Consider it my greeting gift. Your dorm mates can follow too."
"Okay, you said it! Don't blame me if I spend all your money!" Xiao Wu excitedly said without feeling any shame.
Rayne simply waved his hand at Xiao Wu's claim to spend all his money.
Rayne truly didn't care much about treating these kids on the upper floor of the cafeteria.
This is a junior spirit master academy's cafeteria. It's not some super grand restaurant with incredibly expensive dishes.
The most it'll cost him is barely a gold soul coin, or maybe two at best. To him who has millions of gold soul coins, this much expenditure isn't much.
The rest of the kids from Xiao Wu's gang also looked excited at hearing that Rayne is treating them at the upper floor. Because of their limited financial capacity, they have never been to the upper floor.
Even Tang San was visibly moved. He had went to the upper floor with his teacher yesterday. The quality of food is much better in the upper floor when compared to the ground floor.
Wang Sheng also got out of his depression and volunteered to go order the breakfast along with Tang San.
When the breakfast was being ordered, Xiao Wu introduced the names of the dorm mates, including Tang San. At least, now he has a legitimate reason to call out Tang San's name.
But Xiao Wu seemed a little too enthusiastic towards him. The way this girl is looking at his face with shining eyes is sort of unsettling.
After all the food was brought to the table, the kids all started enjoying the meal.
At this time, a middle-aged man with a stiff cold look, entered the upper floor of the cafeteria.
This middle-aged man is Yu Xiaogang.
After he entered the cafeteria, he looked around, as if looking for someone.
As his eyes spotted Tang San eating with Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng and others… Yu Xiaogang's stiff face had a small smile as he walked towards his most beloved disciple.
"Xiao San." Yu Xiaogang softly called as he reached near Tang San.
After hearing Yu Xiaogang's call, Tang San stood up and greeted with respect, "Teacher."
Yu Xiaogang nodded slightly, then he looked at the rest of the people on the table. But when he saw Rayne, his expression turned cold.
Tang San saw his teacher's change of expression and guessed that his teacher didn't have a favourable impression towards Rayne.
Rayne also saw Yu Xiaogang and his cold look. But he wasn't bored enough to care about some trash's opinion of him. So he just ignored Yu Xiaogang and continued to enjoy his breakfast.
Yu Xiaogang turned his attention to Tang San and inquired, "Xiao San, let's set off after you finish your breakfast. Do you have anything else to take care of?"
Yu Xiaogang meant to take Tang San to get his first soul ring. But he didn't reveal it here.
"No, teacher! We can set off immediately." Tang San replied immediately. At the same time, he was also excited and expectant of his first soul ring.
Tang San believes that the key to breaking through to the second level of his Mysterious Heaven Skill is in the soul ring.
"Okay."
Seeing his disciple's excited look, Yu Xiaogang nodded with a smile.
Tang San quickly took a few more mouthful of food and quickly got up from the chair.
"I'm ready, teacher."
Yu Xiaogang nodded, then his eyes fell on Rayne who was eating his breakfast.
Then, Yu Xiaogang remembered Rayne insulting him the day before yesterday, and even calling him a useless spirit master who only has farting soul skills.
It's technically true. But Yu Xiaogang won't admit it, even if someone kills him.
Yu Xiaogang had felt extremely humiliated to be insulted by a six-year-old boy with one of the weakest talent.
He turned to look at his disciple and said while pointing at Rayne, "Xiao San, you should stop contacting that rude boy."
"Why, teacher?" Tang San asked meaningfully. He could see that his teacher didn't like Rayne one bit.
Xiao Wu and the other kids also looked at Yu Xiaogang, curious about why he said such a thing.
"He is a boy blinded by arrogance because of his background. He has a very low talent, but has no self awareness about it. He has no respect for the elders and scholars. He thinks his crippled Soul Saint mother can solve every problem in the world. Xiao San, you and he are of different worlds. He doesn't have any qualifications to even be on the same space as you." Yu Xiaogang said with a mocking expression.
Tang San didn't say anything, and obviously acquiesced to Yu Xiaogang's words. From the first time they met, Tang San had an innate dislike for Rayne.
At the same time, he was shocked to learn that Rayne's mother was a Soul Saint above level 70. But when he saw his teacher showing no respect for even a Soul Saint, Tang San became glad of his decision to acknowledge Yu Xiaogang as his teacher.
Tang San judged that his teacher must be a great person, whose status surpasses even Soul Saint level Spirit masters.
Xiao Wu and others were also surprised that Rayne's mother is a Soul Saint. But they were also confused as to why Yu Xiaogang called Rayne's mother a crippled Soul Saint.
At the same time, Xiao Wu and others didn't know what to say. They know that Tang San is born with innate full soul power, and his future is bound to be very high.
But saying things like this so bluntly was quite upsetting to others. With the exception of Xiao Wu, the rest of them also don't have much greater innate talent.
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Rayne stopped eating and raised his head with an annoyed expression.
Just when he was about to say something…
[Ding! An Elite Quest has been triggered.]
[As the possessor of Six Eyes, Kāma seal, Primordial Human Constitution, and Records of Primordial Evil' Technique, you are the most talented individual in the entirety of Douluo universe from past to present to future!]
[Throughout Heaven and Earth, You alone are the Honored One!]
[Now you are being mocked by a pretentious low-level spirit master. It's time to strike back fiercely.]
[Task: (1)Do something to negatively affect Yu Xiaogang's reputation. (2)Make Xiao Wu's impression of Yu Xiaogang fall below stranger level. (3)Slap Yu Xiaogang's face at least twice and break any one of his limbs.
Reward: Supreme Grade Soul Ascension Pill, 10,000-year-old Whale Glue, Critical Strike Reward Card.]
Rayne was stunned for a second, then he barely managed to hold back the joyful smile from appearing on his face.
Why did he come to contact Tang San and Xiao Wu, when he could just stay in his dormitory and get familiar with his abilities?
It's because of the chance of triggering a quest. A quest means more resources.
The supreme grade Mystic Water Pill no longer has much effect on him after reaching rank 10 soul power level.
Rayne looked at the three tasks of the quests. The three rewards seems to be corresponding to the three tasks.
The three rewards are…
Supreme grade Soul Ascension Pill: The Soul Ascension Pill helps to raise soul power. It's a pill made of heavenly treasures. Only one pill can be consumed by a spirit master in their life time. The soul power increase is equal to what a level 30 spirit master requires to raise to level 31. If a person intakes more than 1 in there life, it can affect the body's ability to cultivate further.
It has a lot of similarities to Mystic water pill.
Because this pill is a supreme grade version, It's effectiveness is many times higher and contains a huge amount of energy. The soul power increase is equal to what a level 80 spirit master requires to raise to level 82. The energy is equal to two levels of a Soul Douluo.
The difference between a normal version and a supreme grade version is quite evident. This pill is even effective for Soul Saints and Soul Douluo below level 85.
This one pill has more than enough energy to push Rayne's soul power to at least level 16 or above. And for other spirit masters, this pill can only be consumed by spirit masters above level 40 Soul Ancestor. Even then, a soul power increase of at least seven to nine levels is guaranteed.
And the second reward…
Whale Glue: Whale glue is a special substance produced in the brains of whale-like ocean soul beasts. This substance contains a great amount of blood and Qi energy, and has a great strengthening effect on spirit master's physique, when taken properly. It also has a strong aphrodisiac effect.
The greater the age of the whale glue, the greater the strengthening effect. Of course, the aphrodisiac effect is also greater.
This item is also very useful to Rayne, which helps him further strengthen his body.
And finally the third reward.
Critical Strike Reward Card(Superior item/One-time Use): Upon use, it guarantees a reward multiplying critical strike bonus. This minimum guaranteed critical strike is 1,000 times.
Basically, Rayne can trigger a guaranteed critical strike reward in the future quests and get thousand times the reward.
It's a pity that he can't use this card for the current quest, as he won't get the card in advance.
If he could get a thousand Supreme grade Soul Ascension Pills, he could atleast raise his soul power to rank 30 and above, or even rank 40 before his body adapts to the medicinal energy.
…
After saying what he wanted to say, Yu Xiaogang took Tang San with him to leave the cafeteria.
But before he could get far, a familiar voice called out to him in an arrogant tone.
"Hey, wait."
Yu Xiaogang subconsciously turned around and looked at Rayne who called out.
Then he simply held Tang San's hand and wanted to move forward.
How could he, the grandmaster, stop just because an arrogant brat said so?
Seeing Yu Xiaogang ignoring him, Rayne took a spoon from the table and threw it towards Yu Xiaogang with tremendous force.
"Ah!!"
With unbelievable force for a level 10 spirit apprentice, the spoon struck the back of Yu Xiaogang's left knee, causing him to cry out and fall to his knees. The moment when the spoon struck, a bone cracking sound was heard.
"Teacher!"
Tang San was stunned by the sudden fall of his teacher.
Yu Xiaogang's painful cry also attracted the attention of many people in the cafeteria.
Rayne stood up from the dining table and slowly walked towards Yu Xiaogang.
"Did you not hear me, you trash that can only fart? I said stand right there. Where did you get the idea that you can just leave casually after talking trash about me, and calling my mother a crippled spirit master?"
