Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San

"Yes," Tang San agreed.

Elder Mao said indifferently, "Remember, don\'t talk. While working, consider yourself a mute, always keep your head down, and don\'t look. Don\'t see, don\'t listen, don\'t speak. As for what you wish to think in your heart, I can\'t control that. But the most important thing is, don\'t cause trouble for me, and don\'t cause trouble for everyone else. If you can do this, you can keep working here; otherwise, you can leave. Actually, I was reluctant to take you in since you\'re so young and likely to be naïve. But the mayor assured that you were still okay. So, show me."

"Yes," Tang San felt a peculiar sense inside as he listened to Elder Mao\'s admonishments. Being a man for three lives, and once a Godking, such a reprimand was indeed a strange experience. Of course, he wouldn\'t get angry with Elder Mao, and he understood the meaning behind the old man\'s words – everything was for the sake of the human vassals in the academy town. In a society like Demon Monster Land, what he was doing was not wrong. In fact, it was a very correct choice.

"Let\'s go, I\'ll take you to where you\'ll be working. Starting today, you have to work," he said.

Immediately, Elder Mao had him pick up the tools and led him out of the low house.

The main teaching building of Jiali Academy was a majestic construction, over fifty meters tall with only five main floors, visible even from the academy town.

Currently, there are over a thousand students in Jiali Academy, divided into six grades for teaching. There isn\'t a specific duration for each grade; one needs to pass the assessment of the previous grade to advance to the next and continue cultivation. Assessments happen every six months. In other words, if you\'re strong enough, you only need three years to graduate. But if you\'re not capable, you can forget about graduating in this lifetime. So, not all students can graduate from Jiali Academy.

The space in front of the main teaching building was vast and open, with a ground made of stone, smooth and polished. The stones were arranged into various patterns, with the most prominent being those of the ten strong races of the Monsters. You would not expect to find any traces of Spirit Monsters here.

Elder Mao pointed out the area that needed cleaning to him, "Remember, don\'t try to be clever while working. No matter what your Demon God Transformation is, do not use it while working. Just maintain your human form and clean. Work solidly and earnestly. At noon, go back to our place to eat, then continue working in the afternoon. Generally speaking, sweeping is done twice a day, but aside from those two times, if you see any dirty spots, you must clean them immediately."

After giving instructions, Elder Mao signaled that Tang San could begin.

Tang San started sweeping along the edge of the plaza, Elder Mao watching on. Tang San of course knew he was being supervised to see if he could reliably complete the work.

He was here not to work for money, but to meet his Pretty Girl, sweeping unhurriedly and maintaining a steady pace.

After watching for a while, Elder Mao was quite satisfied with Tang San\'s performance. At least from his behavior, it was apparent that this was not an impetuous child.

Half an hour later, Elder Mao left. Tang San slowly swept the area on his own.

In fact, working here was somewhat monotonous, but for Tang San, monotony was nothing. He was somewhat surprised by the dense spirituality of heaven and earth in this place, which must be due to a Formation used within Jiali Academy to enhance the concentration of spirituality. While sweeping, he silently practiced the Mysterious Heaven Method, absorbing these auras and nourishing his body, which turned out to be quite a cultivation method.

He was not in a hurry at all, just slowly sweeping, slowly absorbing the rich spirituality of heaven and earth in the air, nourishing his body, operating the Mysterious Heaven Method.

Ever since he had taken the Dragon Tendon Fruit, his body had undergone noticeable changes, and the Mysterious Heaven Method deliberately began to temper his body rather than, as before, intentionally appearing weak to conceal his true capabilities.

The entire morning passed in such diligent cleaning, and when Elder Mao came to check again, what he saw was a square so clean it was nearly spotless. Tang San was just finishing up clearing away the swept-up trash.

"It\'s time for lunch already, did it take this long?" Elder Mao looked at the child before him with some surprise.

Tang San wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and smiled, "I also cleaned up some fallen leaves and weeds in the bushes. It\'s always necessary to do."

"Hmm, go eat then."

The academy\'s food was uniform, at least for these workers, it was simple fare, Tang San was accustomed to it, surely it was much worse than what the academy had. Before coming here, Zhang Haoxuan had reminded him that he could bring his own food, but Tang San didn\'t do so. That would be too conspicuous, how would it look to the others working?

Throughout the meal, Elder Mao didn\'t speak, and neither did Tang San. After eating, he silently cleaned up the utensils. Then he found a corner to sit down in and quietly crossed his legs for meditation.

About two hours later, Tang San picked up the broom and cleaning tools again and headed over to the main teaching building\'s square, continuing his sweeping.

Elder Mao seemed to approve of his taciturn nature, his gaze softened a lot in the afternoon. Naturally, this job had been done by someone before, and if it were just cleaning, two hours in the morning would have been enough, and in the afternoon even one hour of simple sweeping would suffice. So, this job wasn\'t very tiring.

But Tang San had spent nearly four hours sweeping in the morning, and after just a two-hour break at noon, he went right back to it. This gave Elder Mao the impression that the child was quite diligent.

Little did he know, Tang San was only doing this to have more time on the square, hoping to catch a glimpse of a certain someone!

That morning, he hadn\'t seen them. The Monster Clan Students rarely appeared on this side of the main teaching building\'s square, perhaps because this area was just for show. He could occasionally see a few Monster Clan Students pass by, but that was it.

Tang San wasn\'t in a hurry, knowing that Pretty Girl was studying here was enough; he was sure to encounter them eventually. No matter how big the academy was, it was still confined within a circumscribed area.

By the end of a day\'s cleaning, when Elder Mao came for his evening check, he immediately felt as though the entire square had been rejuvenated.

Not even a small stain was left on the ground, everything had been swept spotlessly clean and tidy. Especially the greenery around the square, which had also been pruned simply, presented a harmonious feel to the onlooker.

In his previous life, Tang San\'s primarily used Martial Soul was Bluesilver Grass which later evolved into the Bluesilver Emperor, the king of plants. With a natural and potent affinity for plants, that\'s why he chose to place the Green Jade Vine on his sixth Mark, hoping that by enhancing it, it would grow stronger and allow him to use some of the abilities from his previous life. These were the skills he was most familiar with!

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