A Gathering Place for Scum, Soul Hunting Operation

Overnight, Oscar, having suffered a blow at Luo Ye's hands, broke through to level thirty Soul Power.

Upon learning the news, Flender was delighted.

He repeatedly praised Oscar's exceptional talent, as if he were deliberately saying it for Luo Ye and Ning Rongrong to hear.

He said it for Luo Ye to prove that he was not the only gifted one. As a food-type Soul Master, Oscar's talent was absolutely no less than his.

As for Ning Rongrong, that was even simpler.

Flender had already noticed Oscar's little intention of pursuing Ning Rongrong. Not only did he not stop him, he was actually very eager to see him succeed.

After all, Oscar had long regarded Shrek Academy as his home and held him, Zhao Wuji, and the others in great respect.

If Oscar could become the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's son-in-law, they would surely gain considerable benefits from it. Perhaps Shrek Academy could use that opportunity to become one of the continent's foremost academies.

Oscar accepted Flender's praise without reservation, then secretly glanced at Ning Rongrong, wanting to know whether she might have changed her attitude toward him.

Yet to his disappointment, Ning Rongrong could not even be bothered to look at him. Instead, she was chatting cheerfully with Luo Ye and Zhu Zhuqing.

Flender noticed as well. With a helpless sigh, he patted Oscar on the shoulder and said quietly, "Keep it up, Oscar. I have faith in you. Even if Luo Ye is just a little more outstanding than you, neither Zhu Zhuqing, the legitimate daughter of the Zhu family, nor Ning Rongrong, the young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, could possibly lower themselves to become a concubine."

"So you still have a very good chance."

Though it did not sound particularly pleasant, making it seem as though Oscar could only pick up what Luo Ye did not want, he understood what Flender meant.

The feelings that had gradually faded within him came back to life.

"Mm! I understand, Dean!"

Oscar nodded vigorously, his spirits rising once more.

Flender was quite satisfied with his reaction. He clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention, then said solemnly, "Alright. Since everyone has finished breakfast, and Oscar's Soul Power has reached level thirty, today's training will be suspended. Next, Teacher Zhao Wuji will lead you to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar obtain his third Soul Ring."

"You will be a team in the future, so naturally you must help one another. And all of you have your own backgrounds, so before this, you probably have not personally hunted soul beasts. This is also a rare opportunity for practical experience."

"Although Teacher Zhao Wuji will accompany you, he will not intervene unless you encounter a soul beast capable of threatening your lives."

"If there is anything you need to prepare, go prepare it now. Gather at the main gate later."

After saying that, Flender turned and left. He was going to share the good news with Zhao Wuji and have him serve as the leader for the trip.

This Soul Hunting Operation absolutely could not be as lax as before. The safety of all eight students had to be ensured.

Aside from their backgrounds, the most important thing was that Shrek Academy's hopes of making a name for itself now rested on them.

As long as they could achieve a good ranking in the next Soul Master Tournament, both he and Shrek Academy would soar to success.

Zhao Wuji surely understood the importance of this.

What?

You were asking why Flender was not going with them?

Besides being Shrek Academy's dean, he also owned a shop in Suotuo City. Why not leave the soul hunting task to Zhao Wuji while he went off to make his own money?

That was why so few people successfully graduated from Shrek Academy.

Although things had diverged from the trajectory of my previous life, Oscar still broke through to level thirty today.

However, unlike in my previous life, Flender did not wait until tomorrow. He was having Zhao Wuji take us to the Star Dou Great Forest today to help Oscar obtain a Soul Ring.

Perhaps this is the effect of me not leaving Shrek Academy immediately.

Right. Since Oscar's Soul Hunting Operation has been moved up in this life, we probably will not run into the Dragon Duke, Snake Dowager, and Meng Yiran.

According to what I saw through the diary back then, Meng Yiran was also going to obtain her third Soul Ring, and she happened to set her sights on the same soul beast as Oscar.

Everything had been fine, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun just had to run their mouths and tease Meng Yiran. After enraging her, the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager nearly wiped them all out.

It had to be said that, aside from their inability to recruit many students, the main reason so few people could graduate from Shrek Academy was that saying: those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre.

They clearly did not have sufficient strength, yet insisted on provoking people everywhere. They bullied the weak mercilessly, but before the strong, they dropped to their knees faster than anyone.

The Soul Hunting Operation in my previous life illustrated this perfectly. When they encountered Canghui Academy outside the Star Dou Great Forest, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others behaved outrageously. Yet when Zhao Wuji proved no match for the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager, they became remarkably skilled at begging for mercy.

Even though I have said this many times already, I still have to say it: those people at Shrek really are a gathering place for scum!

Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, who were packing essential supplies in their dormitory, all stopped what they were doing at the same time.

After reading the new diary entry, Zhu Zhuqing said helplessly, "I really do not know how we stayed at Shrek Academy for so long in our previous lives. Those people had made it so obvious—they practically stated outright that they were not good people—yet none of us three left."

Xiao Wu scratched her head and said somewhat awkwardly, "You were still better off than the two of us. At least you eventually left in your previous life. The two of us, on the other hand, were used by them the entire time."

Unlike them, Ning Rongrong did not blame herself so much. She frowned, snorted in displeasure, and said, "Wasn't it all Flender and Zhao Wuji's fault?"

"We were merely three young girls with little experience in the world. We lacked experience, yet we ran into people like Flender, who harbored ill intentions toward us. They kept suppressing us, and in the end, we became Shrek's tools."

"If that had not happened, once we realized Shrek's true nature, how could we possibly have continued staying at that trash academy?"

Ning Rongrong was not simply shirking responsibility.

Even though she was considered very clever among her peers, before an old hand like Flender, she was still far too naive.

In the original story, because she wanted to gain true friends, Flender continually suppressed and lectured her, eventually grinding down her personality.

But now that she had learned Shrek's true nature from Luo Ye's diary, given how grudging Ning Rongrong was, she would surely repay them a hundredfold in the future.