Mediocrity Fears Trouble

The next day.

As Horizon Dawn broke, several clear rooster crows tore through the silence, and the branches trembled gently in the morning breeze.

Oscar ran over excitedly.

"Oscar! You're late." Flender glared at him.

"Dean, I've broken through to level thirty."

"What?" Everyone was stunned.

"Good, good, good! Oscar, you're the second among them to reach level thirty."

Flender looked at everyone. "Today's lesson is simple: eat the sausages Oscar makes."

"What?!"

Everyone was startled by Flender's words.

Only Xiao Ze showed no surprise.

"Oscar is a Food System Soul Master. His food is extremely important to you. His First and Second Soul Skills can restore stamina and Soul Power, detoxify poison, and dispel abnormal statuses.

If you were injured in the wilderness, would you refuse to eat just because Oscar's Soul Incantation sounded unpleasant?"

Xiao Ze agreed with that. Besides, Oscar's sausages tasted fairly good.

"Xiao Ze has done the best in this regard. Other than Xiao Ze, all of you need to finish two sausages."

Everyone's expressions turned rather ugly. Oscar's Soul Incantation was simply too disgusting.

"Oscar, begin."

"Alright."

"I, your father, have a Big Sausage! I, your father, have a Little Sausage!"

Oscar immediately summoned quite a few sausages.

"We'll start with Dai Mubai."

Dai Mubai abruptly raised his head, took a deep breath, and walked over to Oscar.

"Dai Mubai, hurry up and eat them." Oscar smiled.

Dai Mubai glared at him, grabbed two sausages, shut his eyes, and stuffed them straight into his mouth.

"Very good."

"One at a time."

Ning Rongrong glanced at Xiao Ze, and Xiao Ze nodded.

She also gathered her courage and ate the sausages.

Flender was somewhat surprised. By all rights, with Ning Rongrong's young lady temperament, she should not have eaten them.

It seemed Xiao Ze had some ways of handling Ning Rongrong.

Seeing everyone finish their sausages, Flender nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good. Go back and prepare for the day. Afterward, Teacher Zhao Wuji will take you to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar obtain his Third Soul Ring."

Xiao Ze found it rather interesting. He would soon get to see the arrogant Shrek Academy.

All he could say was that when those above set a bad example, those below followed suit.

There were plenty of flaws in Shrek Academy. Even he himself was no exception.

Still, compared with them, he counted as a normal person.

Dai Mubai, who listened to music in brothels.

Ma Hongjun, consumed by his evil fire.

And so on. Every one of them was quite shameless.

"Xiao Ze, what kind of Soul Ring do you think I should obtain tomorrow?" Oscar knew Xiao Ze was extremely knowledgeable.

"Your Soul Skills are related to Soul Beasts, and you already have skills that restore and remove Negative Statuses. After that, you should either focus on amplification or special abilities."

"Actually, it would be best if your First Soul Skill provided Percentage Amplification. That way, it would still be useful in the later stages. Otherwise, with your century-old recovery Soul Skill, even if your Soul Power became high, it would not be very useful."

Xiao Ze analyzed.

"I see. That may be why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is so powerful."

"Good that you understand. Percentage Amplification never becomes weak."

Xiao Ze patted his shoulder and left.

The others also felt Xiao Ze was right. There would definitely be stronger offensive Soul Skills in the future. Weak attack Soul Skills would become useless, so amplification skills were better.

At most, they would need to learn more Combat Skills during the early stages.

The next day.

Zhao Wuji slowly arrived. After Tang Hao died, Zhao Wuji had not been beaten half to death by Tang Hao.

"Alright. The Star Dou Great Forest is the largest Spirit Beast Gathering Place on the Douluo Continent, and it is extremely dangerous, so you must all be careful.

Oscar and Ning Rongrong, stay behind Tang San. Tang San, take the front.

Fatty and Xiao Wu, cover the left and right sides. Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, stay in the rear. As for Xiao Ze, do as you please."

Zhao Wuji was extremely reassured about Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze was a very calm child.

The academy was terribly poor and had no carriages, so they could only run to the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, with Oscar's sausages, everyone still had it fairly easy.

The Star Dou Great Forest lay southeast of the Balak Kingdom, only five hundred kilometers away.

After running more than four hundred kilometers, they arrived at a small town to rest.

The town was of decent size and had many shops related to Soul Masters.

The group entered a hotel.

They ordered quite a few dishes. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing sat on Xiao Ze's left and right.

Dai Mubai's expression became extremely ugly at the sight. The moment he saw Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul, he knew her identity.

She was definitely his fiancée. He had not expected her to be sitting so close to another man now.

Suppressing the rage in his heart, Fatty by the river began flirting crudely.

Just then, eight people entered from outside.

At their head was a middle-aged man wearing a Moon White Soul Master Robe.

Behind him were seven youths, six men and one woman.

They were here. They were coming.

Xiao Ze immediately became serious. He wanted to see how this scene would play out.

"Dai Mubai, that girl is really not bad-looking." Fatty spoke lewdly, his eyes fixed on the woman like those of a Hungry Wolf.

Xiao Ze was speechless. Was this the Douluo Continent?

The eight people from Canghui Academy frowned and looked over.

"There's a good show coming." Oscar moved over.

In that instant, Xiao Ze felt Oscar might not be a good person either. Was this lewd troublemaking really a good thing?

Still, after staying at Shrek Academy for so long and being taught this way, Xiao Ze felt it was perfectly normal.

"What good show?" Tang San asked.

"Our dean once said that those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre."

Hearing that, Xiao Ze looked at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. "Just listen to that. Don't believe it."

"Although among Soul Masters, whoever has the bigger fist has reason on their side, if you provoke someone you cannot afford to offend, you may not even know how you died."

"Mm-hmm... I wouldn't go looking for trouble." Ning Rongrong agreed.

Xiao Ze curled his lips. As if I'd believe that. But her family had people to back her, so it did not matter.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded. She also felt that was indeed rather brainless.

Oscar suddenly felt a little awkward.

"You can't put it that way. We are monsters, and monsters should act like monsters." Tang San refuted him.

"Oh, then go act arrogant before a Soul Douluo or a Title Douluo. If your brain isn't working properly, go see a healing-type Soul Master." Xiao Ze shot back directly.

"You!" How could Tang San possibly dare provoke a Title Douluo?

"If you don't dare, then shut up. You don't have any brains at all. This world isn't about fighting and killing. It's about Human Relations."

Of course, once someone's fist was big enough, they would not need to care about anything.

But that was not something an ordinary person could achieve.

A young man from Canghui Academy slowly walked over.

Dai Mubai looked disdainful, while the others did not even bother to look at him properly.

Just then, a waiter approached carrying a plate of food.

The young man quickened his pace and bumped into the waiter, sending the dishes crashing down.