It was already the third semester. Lu Ran had advanced to the third year, while Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and the others had all advanced to the sixth year.
Back when Lu Ran was a first-year, the three of them had been fourth-years. Now that he was a third-year, of course they had reached the sixth year, too.
Tomorrow, they would graduate from the Outer Academy and enter the Inner Academy.
If Lu Ran had left things alone, Tang Ya would have already fallen into depravity and become an Evil Soul Master. It probably wouldn't be long before she became the Blue Silver Saintess of the Holy Spirit Cult.
Shrek happened to be on holiday today.
A grove in the Outer Academy.
The grove was quiet, with cicadas chirping only now and then.
Sunlight and breeze mingled lazily as the leaves rustled.
Wang Dong sat alone on a thick branch ten meters above the ground. The breeze stirred her hair and brushed against her troubled little face.
Starting this semester, students in the Martial Soul Department also had to study Soul Tools.
It didn't matter to the other students, but for Wang Dong, it was a matter of life and death.
She couldn't bring herself to go near Soul Tools. Even thinking about having to handle one made her feel irritated from the bottom of her heart. She had already taken several days off for it, calling in sick every time they had a Soul Tool class. If her homeroom teacher hadn't been Wang Yan, he probably would have stopped approving her leave long ago.
He might even have called her in for a talk.
"Ah..."
Leaning against the trunk, she let out a mournful groan.
What was she supposed to do? She couldn't keep taking leave forever,