Soul Land 3: Legend Of The Jade Emperor

"Out of all the things you guys could have called me, why king?"

Those were Huang Yu's words as he stared down the three men he had made into his henchmen the week prior.

The three men didn't dare to meet Huang Yu in the eye. They found the floor particularly interesting as they answered, "My king, Guang Biao was the one who suggested that we call you this. He said that you are destined to be the hegemon that reigns supreme over the world with your great power. Hence, we are merely calling you by your deserved title ahead of time."

Huang Yu's left eye twitched when he heard this.

Had he messed up when he was making changes to Guang Biao's brain? This wasn't what he had intended when he put down 'loyalty' in his head. This was nearer to the lines of fanaticism.

With a sigh, Huang Yu rubbed his forehead as he could feel a migraine coming on.

"You… forget it. Just take me to Guang Biao. I want to see what gift he has in store for me."

"""Yes, my King!"""

"Keep your voice down. It's really embarrassing you know."

"""We apologise, my King!"""

Huang Yu was really starting to regret his decision to make these guys his minions.

— — — — — — — —

The three men brought Huang Yu to an abandoned warehouse at a more secluded part of the city.

Looking at the building from the outside, Huang Yu thought it looked pretty well maintained for something like an abandoned warehouse.

One of the men noticed Huang Yu's stare. "My King, this place is only an abandoned warehouse in name. In reality, Guang Biao uses this place for many of his undertable deals."

"I see."

The door to the abandoned warehouse suddenly burst open as Guang Biao ran out and kneeled on one knee to Huang Yu.

"I apologise for not coming to meet you personally my King, but I was preparing something that couldn't be entrusted nor shown to someone else. I—"

"Stop." Huang Yu said drily. "I need to check on your brain first."

Guang Biao seemed dumbfounded at those words. Thoughts ran through his head as he tried to recall if he did anything that displeased his king.

Huang Yu ignored this and placed his hand on Guang Biao's head.

With the King's Wisdom, he scanned through Guang Biao's head to see what had changed inside.

However, to Huang Yu's dismay, there was no change. It was still the same as he left it.

Was this how Guang Biao would act if he was actually loyal to a person? Wasn't this a little bit too much?

Nevermind. It's better not to think too much about it. As long as Guang Biao did his job well, he would let Guang Biao call him whatever he wanted.

Huang Yu sighed before taking his hand off of Guang Biao's forehead. "I'm done. Now what did you want to gift me?"

Guang Biao's face instantly brightened up. "Of course my king."

A small book with a slightly ripped cover was taken out from Guang Biao's ċhėst pocket. Then, with both hands, he presented it to Huang Yu.

"Here it is my king."

Huang Yu raised an eyebrow. "What's so important about this book?"

A giant grin appeared on Guang Biao's face as he answered, "My king, this book was written by a person known as the divine doctor! This book contains all his life's work!"

"Why would he put all his life's work into a book?"

"My king, he wrote this book for his long-lost son. Unfortunately, after he died, his son was not talented enough to learn from this book. Hence, his son sold it off for money. I was the person who bought it from him. Unfortunately, I wasn't talented enough to comprehend it as well. However, I'm sure that if anyone could learn it, it would definitely be you!"

Huang Yu took the book from Guang Biao's hands. He took a short glimpse of its contents before both his eyes widened in shock.

"This… Guang Biao, what are these set of techniques called?" Huang Yu asked with an incredulous voice.

With the large grin still on his face, Guang Biao answered, "It's called—

— — — —

The day for the finals of the Class Promotion Tournament had arrived. It had been delayed for a week due to a hurricane hitting the city. This had given a lot of time for the students from grade one class five to progress.

Gu Yue had progressed quite a bit herself. She didn't make a breakthrough but her foundations had been refined.

Huang Yu also did not breakthrough in his cultivation. However, that was because he didn't attempt to do so. He had been spending the whole week learning new techniques he had gotten from Guang Biao's book.

With the new techniques in hand, he didn't truly know the limits of his fighting power. However, he knew at the very least that he was invincible under the Spirit Elder realm.

Classes for the day were about to end, signalling that the Class Promotion Tournament was about to commence. However, Tang Wulin was missing.

Xie Xie, Gu Yue and Huang Yu had looked for him, but he was nowhere to be found.

Although this was the case, time waited for no one. They had to go to the academy field where the fighting stage was at.

— — — —

"Have you heard? This year's Class Promotion Tournament is full of prodigies! Class five has actually been having triumph after triumph and have already won three matches! Who knows if their winning streak will continue or not."

"Why are you even asking? Don't we already know the results? That red-haired kid from class five is gonna destroy them. Haven't you seen how strong and fast he was? I don't think even upperclassmen would stand a chance against him."

"But this year's class one has a lot of prodigious students—"

"They're prodigies but that guy's a monster. With his talent, I wouldn't be surprised if he made it to Shrek Academy"

Students continuously broke into discussion one after another while the teachers soon arrived in a group.

The teacher in charge of the first grade's class four, Kong Hanwen, had his gaze stuck to the crowd, searching for something with a grim expression.

"Teacher Kong, what are you doing?" The teacher in charge of class three, Ye Yingrong, suspiciously asked him.

Kong Hanwen gave an answer immediately. "I'm looking for that bastard Wu Zhangkong. I want to see if that red-haired brat he's so proud of can carry his team today."

Ye Yingrong let out a gentle sigh. "Don't we both already know the answer to that? And even if he can't, it's not like the other students in the team are there for decoration you know."

Hearing this, Kong Hanwen's expression shifted into a scowl. He didn't bother to give a reply.

"They're here." Ye Yingrong said in a hushed tone.

An uproar began when Wu Zhangkong's class appeared. All the students hurriedly parted to give way to them.

Everyone's gazes were on one person, and naturally, that person was Huang Yu.

Huang Yu wanted to cry when he noticed everyone's attention on him. He really didn't like being the centre of attention. He was sure that he had been quite low-key with his actions, yet why did everyone seem to know him?

In reality, Huang Yu's name had come up so many times the past month that it could be said that he was the most well known student in the school. From one-shotting his opponents in the Class Promotion Tournament to beating Guang Long to a pulp, those feats had spread his name throughout the school.

Xie Xie and Gu Yue giggled as they saw Huang Yu's distressed expression. However, their good mood instantly darkened when they remembered that Tang Wulin was still missing.

After the commotion had ended, class one appeared.

Ye Yingluo arrived with her class in a relatively subdued manner. All their momentum as the best class was gone as their morale was at an all-time low.

"Yangzi, just try your best. If you think that you might get hurt, don't be afraid to surrender." Ye Yingluo turned around and spoke softly to her student.

Zhou Yangzi was surprised when he heard the tone taken by his teacher. Whenever they were in class, Teacher Ye was always boisterous and confident. Never did he see like this before.

"Ok teacher."

Director Long Hengxu walked up the stage at this point in time. He first nodded his head to both classes' teachers in acknowledgement before he began to speak in a deep voice, "The ranking tournament had previously been postponed because of the typhoon. Today will be the fourth match. Teacher Wu, how many participants from your side will compete today?"

"Our class will have…" Wu Zhangkong was about to mention that two would be competing from his class when a voice traveled to him from behind first grade class five.

"Teacher Wu, please wait."

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Huang Yu, Xie Xie and Gu Yue, who were standing behind Wu Zhangkong turned around.

The crowd parted, and a worn and weary Tang Wulin rushed to the front.

Huang Yu's eyes narrowed when he saw Tang Wulin. He had a feeling that something was different about Tang Wulin.

'What happened to him during this past week?' Huang Yu couldn't help but ask himself in his head.

Xie Xie, in a gleeful mood due to Tang Wulin's reappearance ran up to him. "Where did you run off to? Why did you only come now?"

Tang Wulin gave a grimace as he answered, "It's a long—"

However, his speech halted abruptly. His eyes began to dilate when he saw Huang Yu.