Rebirth: Supreme Soul Master

Proud disciples are those whose parents died serving the Academy or the Kingdom. They were unlucky enough to have no other relatives and became orphans.

To repay their parents for everything they had done for the academy and the kingdom, the academy took them in as disciples and nurtured them to grow into powerful Soul Masters.

This seems fair. But within such a harsh community of Soul Masters, they were subjected to abuse and contempt.

In the eyes of arrogant disciples like Gu Ning, the haughty disciples were nothing more than Soul Masters without any backing. They were considered the second lowest-ranking Soul Masters in the world, even lower than those Soul Masters from impoverished backgrounds.

The only people of lower status than them are porters and ordinary people; the three of them are considered trash in this world.

The only reason behind this is not because they are just orphans, but because they received all this support in exchange for the right to sell services to the college forever.

The academy can easily assign them tasks, send them out to do dirty and tiring work, or even keep them in certain families or clans, or even have them serve powerful figures.

The arrogant disciple has no right to speak on this!

Therefore, they are regarded as servants, rather than soul masters who have their own freedom.

Therefore, the disciple's face darkened when he heard William's request.

“Listen…” William gave the two girls a meaningful look in silence, then said, “Let’s forget about this bet. I will prove to you that I am a Soul Master. We can both let this go, okay?”

He spoke in the names of the two girls while waiting for the disciple's response.

“I… have no objection. Then I’ll go get a crystal to test you…” The disciple hurriedly left, still feeling embarrassed by the sudden turn of events.

He initially thought William was part of a prank his friends were playing on him. This was a common occurrence, but now he knew it wasn't true.

William and the two girls didn't look like bad people.

William waited in deep silence. He could sense how helpless and powerless his disciple was, for he had once lived the same life.

After waiting a few minutes, the disciple returned, holding an orange crystal. William channeled his soul power into the crystal. The next moment, the crystal turned bronze and began to show specks. When that color appeared, the disciple was shocked. This proved that William hadn't lied; he was indeed a Bronze Soul Master, a second-year disciple.

"Wow! I...I have nothing to say..." Since William wasn't lying, the disciple felt he had made a mistake here. "How about this...I'll go with you to the Long Clan...I hope you really did receive an invitation from the Long Clan, otherwise..."

“Don’t worry,” William said, blocking Lina’s path and preventing her from saying anything that might anger the disciple.

In William's eyes, this senior lived a hellish life, one that he had experienced and suffered.

“We were invited by our family… a member of the family here invited us,” William thought that saying he was invited by the fearsome patriarch of the Dragon Clan would only make the member more suspicious. “We’re troubling you all, seniors. It’s not free; just tell us the directions, and we’ll go there.”

“No, I was just passing by when I met you.” The arrogant disciple waved his hand, his mood improving slightly. “My name is Arnold, and my friends call me Are.”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Eric."

“It’s nice to see you too,” Arno said, pointing to the door behind him. “Come on. As long as we’re together, no one will stop you. Of course, they might get the wrong idea… cough cough, but this is fine. Let’s change into these clothes for now. By the way, why are you wearing a mover’s uniform?”

When they started moving out, Ali turned out to be more talkative than before. William cursed his luck inwardly. He was already annoyed by Tina's constant talking. Now he had another companion who was no less talkative than her.

Soon, Tina and Ali became a perfect pair. They talked and talked, so much so that William and Lina couldn't tell if they were just talking and not listening to each other.

To their astonishment, the two kept talking and answering each other's words and questions as if they were actually speaking at the same time!

"I'm sorry, young master." After walking for almost five hours, Lina couldn't help but whisper to William.

"Ah! Thank goodness he won't stay long," William repeatedly consoled himself.

“Are we still too far from that family?” Lina asked an hour later.

During their march, they followed a formal road. It was paved with limestone and edged with special minerals that could scare away weaker monsters.

This road travels through a small area of ​​the forest, an area inhabited only by weak monsters.

With such ore, it's not so dangerous for a person to walk here, but the problem is that they could easily get lost.

Every few miles, the road would split into two, sometimes even three, each leading in a different direction. Gradually, even William lost his way and marveled at Eric's ability to always find the right path.

If what they're talking about is useful information, such as how to improve soul power, how to fight, or even the situation at the academy, then this march is destined not to be a torment for William and Lina.