How Many Dishes Did You Have to Drink So Much?

There have been precedents where high-level instructors were demoted to teach first-year students.

It is not impossible for Zhang Lexuan to go to the Outer Court to scout for students now.

Who says a teaching assistant isn't a teacher?

The matters she handles in the Inner Court are of this nature; she is simply making reasonable use of her own advantages.

Naturally, Xuanyuan Sheng had no intention of looking for anyone else to be his teacher.

Just considering one point: if he were to find someone else, what could they possibly teach him?

Soul Power cultivation? Or rare treasures?

The cultivation of the Xuanyuan Sword cannot rely on such things to increase Soul Power; it requires carrying Humanity's Luck and drawing upon it to gain power.

In other words, wherever Humanity's Luck is dense, Xuanyuan Sheng's Soul Power will surge accordingly.

His current Soul Power Level of 57 was cultivated in this exact manner, which is also the reason why his power hasn't budged in nearly half a year.

He came to Shrek Academy precisely to use that bit of Humanity's Luck to make himself stronger, yet the further he progressed, the more useless it seemed to become.

Thinking about luck gave Xuanyuan Sheng a headache.

It seems that even the Emperor Auspicious Beast among the Soul Beasts cannot actively cultivate; it can only rely on its lifespan to increase its Soul Power.

And the Humanity's Luck at Shrek is only exceptionally dense when new students enroll each year; afterward, it becomes quite thin, not even enough to allow him to cultivate his Soul Power automatically.

"Sister Lexuan, what is your current Soul Power Level?" Xuanyuan Sheng asked the young girl beside him curiously.

The Humanity's Luck on Zhang Lexuan is also quite dense, but to stay by her side, Xuanyuan Sheng must cultivate and absorb it himself; it is nowhere near the level where it would circulate on its own.

Zhang Lexuan said modestly, "I've only just become an 88th-rank Soul Douluo. I'm still far from being a Titled Douluo."

She still felt a bit ashamed; after all, she had promised her younger brother that she would become the most powerful Titled Douluo to protect him, yet she was still just a lowly Soul Douluo.

88th rank.

Xuanyuan Sheng couldn't help but be deeply shocked. This is a monster!! He was absolutely certain of it.

It is no wonder that in this academy, apart from him, the person with the strongest Humanity's Luck is Zhang Lexuan.

As for the others, especially the high-ranking officials of Shrek Academy.

Take the successor of the Sea God Pavilion, for instance.

The current Zhang Lexuan suppresses her peers, beats the previous generation, and her strength is approaching that of a Titled Douluo.

Such achievements, if she were anywhere else, would lead to her being named a successor immediately and groomed as the pillar of the next generation.

But in the current Shrek Academy, that is not the case. Zhang Lexuan cannot become the successor of the Sea God Pavilion at all, and the most important reason is that she is not an orphan.

Groom her into a talent, only to make wedding clothes for someone else?

Shrek is very clear about this calculation, so they have always kept Zhang Lexuan, who brought Xuanyuan Sheng to Shrek City, in a state of neglect.

It has already become another Martial Soul Hall ten thousand years later, a Martial Soul Hall that truly holds geniuses in its own hands.

Independent from the major empires, with the Sea God Pavilion gathering powerful experts, and believing in a single deity... all these signs are exactly the same as they were ten thousand years ago.

The closer they are to the center of power, the more the people of Shrek worship the authority of the God King, treating it as absolute truth.

They are silent, they agree... and then they anticipate...

In them, Xuanyuan Sheng did not see much Humanity's Luck.

In many respects, the people of Shrek Academy are extremely complex.

Humanity's Luck, which is to say, humanity itself, would never grant those gods supreme authority.

From another perspective, humanity has always been the opponent of the Heavenly Dao; any true human powerhouse would have the ambition to overturn the firmament and defy the heavens.

The fire of the human race is passed down, endless and unceasing.

Since they lack that spirit, they are naturally no longer part of humanity.

"This burden of the human race will still have to be carried by you, Sister Lexuan."

"Huh?"

Zhang Lexuan dragged out the end of her sentence, responding to Xuanyuan Sheng with a dazed, cute expression.

Weren't they talking about the academy teachers choosing students as disciples? Why did Little Sheng suddenly hand such an important matter over to her?

But Zhang Lexuan was too embarrassed to say... the only thing she cared about was him.

"Sister Lexuan, are you very attached to Shrek?"

Xuanyuan Sheng asked this question again because he really wanted to know what Shrek meant to Zhang Lexuan.

When the effect of Shrek's Humanity's Luck on him becomes negligible, he probably won't choose to stay in this place.

Zhang Lexuan leaned back, her eyes meeting Xuanyuan Sheng's gaze.

She closed her eyes and said slowly, "Shrek, actually, it's quite simple. This is just a waiting station in life; there isn't really much to be attached to."

For her, an academy is just a place to pass through a stage of life, similar to the primary academy she attended before. What she is attached to is merely the youth she spent in this place.

A place you would give your life for is called a sect, not an academy.

The sky gradually darkened.

Zhang Lexuan produced a bottle of wine from somewhere.

She had heard from her junior sister that those who had never consumed alcohol before could rarely resist the dizzying sensation it brought.

The most adorable part was the moment they babbled nonsense after getting drunk, only to want to crawl into a hole and hide once they woke up.

She was still looking forward to seeing that moment from Xuanyuan Sheng; she had never seen him with a flushed face after drinking.

Harboring these little thoughts, Zhang Lexuan carried two glasses of wine and gently pushed open the balcony door with her elbow.

Xuanyuan Sheng took the glass from Zhang Lexuan's hand, the cool temperature traveling from his palm to his heart.

The sweet fragrance of fruit mixed with the scent of alcohol.

He was momentarily stunned when he took the glass.

Wine?

And it was served on the rocks.

A night filled with the sound of cicadas, a sky full of stars, and a summer night with a cool breeze blowing.

Everything was just perfect.

"Cheers."

Xuanyuan Sheng raised his glass in a gesture.

Zhang Lexuan stared at him, feeling somewhat surprised to see his glass emptied in one go.

She had never seen Xiao Sheng like this before.

She pressed the glass to her pink lips, taking small sips as she waited for the fine wine to go to his head and turn his cheeks a crimson red.

Yet, after finishing his drink, Xuanyuan Sheng was reminded of an embarrassing incident involving Zhang Lexuan from their childhood.

"Sister Lexuan, do you remember when we were little and you saw someone breastfeeding their child, and you insisted on dragging me along to watch?"

His hearty laughter was incredibly piercing.

Zhang Lexuan felt instantly shy; wasn't it supposed to be the drinker who made a fool of themselves? Why was he bringing up her embarrassing stories?

Fearing that Xuanyuan Sheng would continue to expose her past blunders, she treated the fine wine like water, tilting her head back and downing it.

"Xiao Sheng, I'm not talking to you anymore..."

She wrapped both hands around Xuanyuan Sheng's head, burying it directly against her chest to stop him from speaking further.

A playful atmosphere surrounded the two of them.

Until...

"Xiao Sheng, why are there two suns in the sky?"

The sun?

Xuanyuan Sheng looked at the bright, clear moon in the sky, then turned to look at Zhang Lexuan, whose head was swaying unsteadily as she leaned against him.

How much did she drink to get this wasted?

The commotion inside the small attic was being watched the entire time by a figure on a nearby balcony.