Another month passed.
Life at Shrek Academy flew by: theory classes in the morning, practical training in the afternoon, and independent cultivation in the evening.
Mu Jin's teaching style wasn't like Zhou Yi's, driving students to train themselves to death, but she was just as thorough with assignments and exams.
Under that kind of routine, the students in Class One grew increasingly disciplined.
Dai Huabin's cultivation progress was still the fastest in the class.
The steady improvement to his body and meridians from the Life Gold made his Soul Power grow far faster than his peers'. It didn't look like he'd be stuck at the bottleneck of level thirty-eight for much longer.
That evening, most of the people had already left the training grounds.
Zhu Lu was doing her finishing stretches on the other side of the grounds, while Dai Huabin sat cross-legged on a stone block by the edge, circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Soul Power flowed slowly through his meridians, and his spiritual sea was calm and still.
He had grown used to this state. Since the Eye of Life had opened up, his spiritual sea had become exceptionally stable, and each session of cultivation was far more effective than before.
Just as he was about to finish, the silver-white glow deep in his spiritual sea suddenly rippled.
Dai Huabin's heart leaped.
Electrolux's voice came through, lazy, as if he'd just woken up.
"The array's basic structure is in place."
Dai Huabin's fingers clenched slightly. He drew his spiritual power inward and deliberately entered the depths of his spiritual sea, into the space of his consciousness.
"Elder Yi!"
"Don't get excited."
Electrolux cut him off.
"Let me make one thing clear first. There's no problem with constructing the pact array. The basic framework is complete, and give this