A night passed, and Oscar, having suffered a setback from Luo Ye, broke through to Level 30 in his soul power.
After learning this news, Flander seemed very happy.
He repeatedly praised Oscar's exceptional talent, as if deliberately saying it for Luo Ye and Ning Rongrong to hear.
Saying it to Luo Ye was to prove that he wasn't the only one with outstanding talent; Oscar, as a food-type Soul Master, was definitely no less talented than him.
As for Ning Rongrong, that was simple.
Flander had already noticed Oscar's little crush on Ning Rongrong and, far from stopping him, actually really wanted to see him succeed.
After all, Oscar had long considered Shrek Academy his home and was very respectful to him, Zhao Wuji, and the others.
If Oscar could become the son-in-law of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, they would surely gain considerable benefits from it, perhaps even allowing Shrek to become the Continent's top academy.
Oscar accepted Flander's flattery readily and secretly glanced at Ning Rongrong, wanting to know if she would change her attitude towards him now.
However, to his disappointment, Ning Rongrong didn't even bother to look at him, instead chatting and laughing with Luo Ye and Zhu Zhuqing over there.
Flander also noticed this situation, sighed helplessly, patted his shoulder, and whispered.
"Keep it up, Oscar, I'm rooting for you. Even if Luo Ye is slightly more outstanding than you, neither Zhu Zhuqing, who is the direct daughter of the Zhu Family, nor Ning Rongrong, the young miss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, could possibly lower themselves to be a concubine."
"So, you still have a lot of hope."
Although his words weren't pleasant and made it sound like Oscar could only pick up what Luo Ye didn't want, he understood Flander's meaning.
The feelings that had gradually extinguished were rekindled.
"Yes! I understand, Dean!"
Oscar nodded forcefully, becoming invigorated again.
Flander was very satisfied with his reaction, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and said in a deep voice.
"Alright, since everyone has had breakfast and Oscar's soul power has reached Level 30, today's training will be suspended. Next, Teacher Zhao Wuji will take you to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar hunt for his third Soul Ring."
"You will be a team from now on, and teammates naturally need to help each other. Furthermore, you all have your own backgrounds and have likely never personally hunted Soul Beasts before. This is also a rare opportunity for experience."
"Although Teacher Zhao Wuji will go with you, as long as you don't encounter Soul Beasts that threaten your lives, he will not intervene."
"If you need to prepare anything, you can do so now and gather at the main gate later."
After Flander finished speaking, he turned and left directly to tell Zhao Wuji the good news and ask him to act as the team leader.
This soul hunting operation must not be as lax as before; the safety of the eight students must be guaranteed.
Aside from their backgrounds, the most important thing was that the hope for Shrek to become famous now rested on them.
As long as they could achieve a good ranking in the next Soul Master Tournament, he and Shrek would soar.
He believed Zhao Wuji knew what was important.
What?
You ask why Flander didn't go with them?
In addition to his identity as the Dean of Shrek, he also opened a shop in Soto City. How much better is it to leave the soul hunting task to Zhao Wuji while he goes to earn his own money?
So, there's a reason why only a handful of people successfully graduated from Shrek Academy.
[Although there are differences from the development trajectory of my previous life this time, Oscar still broke through to Level 30 today.]
[However, unlike my previous life, Flander didn't wait until tomorrow but wanted Teacher Zhao Wuji to take us to the Star Dou Great Forest today to help Oscar hunt for his Soul Ring.]
[Perhaps this is the impact of me not leaving Shrek Academy directly.]
[Oh, right, since Oscar's action to hunt for his Soul Ring has been moved up in this life, he shouldn't encounter Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran.]
[According to what I saw through the diary in the past, Meng Yiran was also going to hunt for her third Soul Ring and even set her sights on the same Soul Beast as Oscar.]
[It was originally fine, but just because Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were foul-mouthed and insisted on teasing Meng Yiran a few times, angering the other party, Dragon Duke and Snake Granny almost wiped them out.]
[I have to say, the reason why very few people could graduate from Shrek, besides them not being able to recruit too many students, the most crucial reason is the saying that 'not daring to cause trouble is mediocrity'.]
[Clearly lacking sufficient strength, yet they insist on provoking everywhere, bullying the weak to death, but kneeling faster than anyone in front of the strong.]
[This soul hunting operation in my previous life perfectly illustrated this point. When they encountered Canghui Academy outside the Star Dou Great Forest, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and others behaved extremely excessively. When they saw that Zhao Wuji was not a match for Dragon Duke and Snake Granny, they were quite skilled at begging for mercy.]
[Although I've said it many times, I still have to say, these guys from Shrek are truly a den of scum!]
Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, who were packing essential items in the dormitory, stopped their movements in unison.
After reading the new diary, Zhu Zhuqing said speechlessly.
"I really don't know how we managed to stay at Shrek Academy in our previous lives. It was already very obvious how these guys behaved; they were practically saying they were bad people, yet the three of us didn't leave."
Xiao Wu scratched her head and said somewhat awkwardly.
"You were better off than the two of us; at least you eventually left in your previous life. In contrast, the two of us were always being used by them."
Ning Rongrong was not as self-blaming as them. Instead, she frowned, snorted coldly, and said unhappily.
"Isn't it all Flander and Zhao Wuji's fault?"
"We were just three young girls who hadn't experienced much of the world and were very inexperienced, yet we directly encountered malicious people like Flander. We were constantly suppressed by them and eventually became tools for Shrek."
"If it weren't for that, after realizing Shrek's true colors, how could we possibly continue to stay in this trash academy?"
Ning Rongrong truly wasn't shirking responsibility.
Even though she could be considered very intelligent among her peers, she was still too naive in front of seasoned veterans like Flander.
In the original work, just because she wanted true friends, she was constantly suppressed and educated by Flander, ultimately smoothing out her personality.
But now that she knew the true face of Shrek from Luo Ye's diary, given Ning Rongrong's vengeful nature, she would definitely repay it a hundredfold in the future.