. Ning Chuan couldn't help but smile softly as he recalled all the kindness Louise had shown him over the years.
Xiao Wu congratulated him sincerely, "Xiao Liuzi, congratulations."
"Okay, now the class officially begins," Flanders said, beginning his so-called lesson. The lesson was simple: taking Oscar's sausages.
Ning Chuan didn't oppose Flanders over this, as that would be unwise. Besides, Oscar's spirit skills, aside from the unpleasant soul spells, were quite effective and tasty.
After class, Flanders announced that Zhao Wuji would lead the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for spirit rings for Oscar, starting tomorrow. He
then left Ning Chuan alone.
He took his pulse and injected spirit power into him to investigate, finding no signs of Ning Chuan taking any medication. On the contrary, his physique, meridians, and internal organs were incredibly strong, far stronger than Dai Mubai, who possessed a beast spirit.
While feeling happy for Ning Chuan, he couldn't help but think of Yu Xiaogang. They shared the same talent, but faced completely different circumstances.
"Ningchuan, do you know why I kept you here?"
Flender looked at Ningchuan.
Ningchuan answered without hesitation, "Probably to check if I've taken any medications with side effects."
"That's just one reason. Since you're my Shrek student, I should be responsible for you. The second reason is... To be honest, I have an old friend who, like you, has a half-level of innate spirit power."
At this point, Flender began to feel embarrassed. After all, it was a very shameful thing in Douluo Continent for a dean to ask a student for advice on cultivation. But for Yu Xiaogang, he was willing to put his reputation aside.
Hearing this, Ningchuan's mouth curled up. "Are you talking about the master who taught Tang San?"
Flender nodded and began to recount the difficulties Yu Xiaogang had faced.
Ning Chuan sneered in his heart, but said, "Dean, since he wants to break through so much, why not let him come and ask me himself."
"This..." Flanders hesitated and said, "Ning Chuan, you also graduated from Notting College, so you must know his temper. He..."
Ning Chuan interrupted him, "Dean, it's not that I look down on him, but if he can't even lose face for such a small matter, then what kind of soul master is he? He is just a coward who only knows how to hide behind others. Do you think he is a coward? Moreover, when we were asked to take Oscar sausages just now, the dean said that soul masters must do whatever it takes to survive. When their lives are in danger, let alone Oscar sausages, they will even have to eat cockroaches and rats. Could it be that this master is not as good as us kids?"
Flanders did not expect Ning Chuan to apply what he learned so quickly, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute, "This, okay, I'll let him ask you when he comes."
However, although he said so, he knew in his heart that with Yu Xiaogang's temper, he would definitely not be able to lose face and speak in person.
The next morning, after breakfast, everyone gathered in the playground. Dai Mubai still hadn't shown up, but Zhao Wuji was there.
Just as Ning Chuan had predicted, Zhao Wuji had been beaten even worse than in the novel.
His body was covered in bandages, his facial bones were deformed, his nose was sunken, he had very few teeth left, and he had a pair of panda eyes. He looked utterly miserable.
"Could it be that Tang Ritian thought Zhao Wuji and Tang San looked too much alike, so he specifically hit Zhao Wuji in the face?"
Ning Chuan speculated.
The others tried hard to suppress their laughter. Zhao Wuji glared at them all, then looked at Ning Chuan and said, "Ning Chuan, have you ever been to the Star Dou Great Forest?"
"Yes." He had obtained his second and third spirit rings in the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Well, Mubai isn't feeling well and can't go. You'll lead the team today," Zhao Wuji said.
He didn't know why, but last night, Flanders suddenly summoned all the Shrek teachers.
He said Dai Mubai hadn't returned yet, and they suspected something had happened to him.
So, they ordered the Shrek teachers to search for him overnight in Soto City. They
finally found him at the club Ma Hongjun had mentioned.
He was unconscious, and upon questioning, they learned that he had been fooling around in a brothel all day and all night.
Ning Rongrong suddenly asked, "Teacher Zhao, has Dai Mubai been drained?"
Although everyone already knew Ning Rongrong's charming personality, they were still shocked. This girl, in front of the teacher, was so bold.
"Uh—" Zhao Wuji pulled at the corner of his mouth, coughed dryly, and said, "Don't say those nonsense. Let's get going."
It would have been better if he hadn't said that; his words only heightened everyone's suspicions.
"Ning Chuan!" Zhao Wuji looked at Ning Chuan.
Ning Chuan nodded and began to arrange the formation, with him leading the way. Oscar and Ning Rongrong, two support-type spirit masters, followed behind, while Ma Hongjun and Tang San flanked them. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were at the rear. As their teacher, Zhao Wuji would not intervene unless their lives were in danger.
Shrek Academy wasn't far from the Star Dou Great Forest, only six hundred miles away.
Since everyone was a spirit master, and with food-type spirit masters replenishing their stamina and spirit power, they successfully reached a small town a hundred miles from the Star Dou Great Forest a day later.
It's funny to think that during the same period in the original Shrek, almost everyone ostracized Ning Rongrong.
However, thanks to Ning Chuan's influence, Ning Rongrong not only completed Flanders' course but also stopped being ostracized by Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
Xiao Wu didn't ostracize her, and even if Tang San disliked Ning Rongrong's temper, he naturally wouldn't either. Ma Hongjun, a fence-sitter who sided with the wind, was even less likely to ostracize her.
On the other hand, Oscar, who had vowed yesterday that he wouldn't give up an entire forest for Ning Rongrong, stood out from the crowd.
And so.
Ning Rongrong, a wealthy woman, took the initiative to treat them, and Ning Chuan and the other seven found a table in the corner and sat down.
As for Zhao Wuji, as a teacher at Shrek Academy, he would not spend money on students, nor would he spend students' money. He ordered a few dishes for himself and went upstairs to his room alone.
While waiting for the food to be served, Oscar felt uncomfortable no matter how he sat. He tried to ease the relationship with Ning Rongrong more than once, but was always brushed off by the other party.
Moreover, at this moment, compared to Oscar, she was obviously more interested in Ning Chuan.
Taking advantage of the time to chat, she asked Ning Chuan a question that had puzzled her for a long time, "Oh, by the way, Ning Chuan, can you ask you a question? Our second soul rings are all a hundred years old, why is yours a thousand years old? How did you do that?"
"Of course. It's not a big deal anyway."