It's All Shrek Academy, Why Don't I Have This Pill?

A set of footsteps came from the distance.

Flender's figure appeared at the far end of the field and was walking this way, with Zhao Wuji following behind him.

Zhao Wuji's injuries had not fully healed yet. Bandages were wrapped around his chest and arms, and his face was still somewhat pale.

But his back was straight, and his eyes still carried a fierce edge. He looked as if he had recovered quite a bit.

Flender walked up in front of everyone and stopped.

His gaze swept across each of their faces before finally settling on Tang San.

"Awake?"

Tang San nodded.

"Good that you're awake."

Flender withdrew his gaze, and his voice turned stern.

"Next, all of you must undergo the academy's harsh training."

His tone allowed no argument.

"I know that each of you has an opponent you want to defeat."

As soon as he finished speaking, Dai Mubai opened his mouth.

His fists clenched until they cracked, and his strange twin pupils were filled with anger.

"That's right!"

"I'm definitely going to get revenge on that woman!"

Ma Hongjun also stood up, his round body held perfectly straight, the fat on his face trembling.

"Yeah! Revenge!"

"That little bitch, and the people from that academy across from us—none of them can be let off!"

He glanced at Dai Mubai, then looked at Flender.

"Dean, please make us stronger!"

Flender looked at the two of them gnashing their teeth and nodded slightly.

"Of course. If you lose, you hit back!"

Tang San, standing to the side, could not help but be stunned when he heard this. His gaze fell on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. These two had also been defeated by the Shrek Academy across from them?

The teachers lost, and the students lost too?

This... was a little embarrassing.

He turned his head and looked at Oscar, who was standing nearby.

"Oscar, come here."

Oscar swallowed the sausage in a few bites, wiped his mouth, and jogged over.

Flender pointed at Oscar, then said to everyone.

"Today's lesson is very simple."

"Except for Oscar, each of you must eat at least one of each of the two kinds of sausages Oscar makes with his spirit power."

Tang San froze.

"This... this is also a lesson?"

He thought to himself, his face full of confusion.

Xiao Wu's expression did not look good. She looked at Oscar, then at Flender, her lips moving.

"Dean... that sausage..."

"His spirit incantation... is so obscene..."

Oscar's expression, however, was perfectly natural, and he even put on a lewd look.

Flender's face was stern, and there was no room for discussion in his tone.

"This is called adaptation training."

"It is also training for your mental state."

He glanced at Oscar and continued.

"Although Oscar's spirit incantation is obscene, his sausages are very effective."

"They restore stamina, heal injuries, and replenish spirit power. They are all top-tier."

"You must complete the task. Otherwise... there is no need for you to stay."

The last sentence was spoken with considerable weight.

Tang San's brows furrowed.

He glanced at Oscar, then looked at Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

Dai Mubai had already taken a sausage. Without even furrowing his brow, he stuffed it straight into his mouth.

Ma Hongjun's expression didn't look too good either, but he still accepted it, closed his eyes, and swallowed it in one bite.

Tang San took a deep breath.

He was just about to speak and comfort Xiao Wu when Flender spoke again.

"By the way, there's something I need to tell you."

His tone was a little gentler than before.

"I've already written to Grandmaster."

"When the time comes, Grandmaster will come over to help train you."

Tang San's gaze suddenly stirred.

"Grandmaster... Teacher is coming?"

He thought it in his heart, a hint of pleasant surprise flashing across his face.

Back in Notting City, only his teacher had trained him.

When it came to hunting spirit rings, he could only rely on himself.

Although he had his teacher's theoretical guidance, when it came to actually doing it, he still had to face it alone.

But now it was different.

In this academy, there was Flender, there was Zhao Wuji—both teachers of considerable strength. Obtaining spirit rings would be much easier.

If his teacher came as well... with theory and strength combined, they would be invincible.

With so many teachers helping him, his own future could finally be said to hold promise.

He glanced at Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun across from him.

Although these two looked wretched right now, since they could enter this academy, their talent definitely wouldn't be poor.

With the teachers' training on top of that... the disappointment in Tang San's heart faded quite a bit.

He turned his head and looked at Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu's expression still wasn't very good. Looking at the sausage in Oscar's hand, her entire body was shrinking backward.

Tang San smiled, his voice gentle.

"Xiao Wu, it's okay."

"Think about it. If you can't even accept something like this, how are you supposed to become stronger?"

Xiao Wu bit her lip, looked at Tang San, then looked at that sausage.

"But..."

"Trust me."

Tang San's gaze was firm.

"I'll eat it with you."

Xiao Wu took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and took a sausage from Oscar.

Then she stuffed it into her mouth in one bite.

She chewed twice, and the expression on her face changed from pain to surprise.

"Mm... It seems... okay?"

Tang San also picked up a sausage and put it into his mouth.

The instant the sausage entered his stomach, a warm current surged out from his belly and flowed into his limbs and bones.

He could feel the injury in his chest slowly recovering, and his spirit power was also gradually returning.

Tang San's eyes brightened slightly.

So this is a food-system spirit master?

He thought to himself.

It really is pretty good.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had already finished eating, and both their complexions looked much better than before.

Seeing that everyone had completed the task, Flender nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good."

"Since you've all finished eating, next... extra training."

Tang San's gaze turned serious. Sure enough, there was no way eating a sausage would be the entire day's lesson.

If a whole day's class was just eating one sausage, then this way of raising monsters would be far too childish, wouldn't it?

Flender continued.

"Everyone, weighted running."

"Oscar, twenty laps."

"Everyone else, thirty laps."

"Run around the village. Not one lap less."

Tang San nodded, though he felt a little puzzled.

"Running with weights?"

He thought back to when he had been in Notting City. Yu Xiaogang's training for him had been much the same.

Teacher trained me according to the standards of a monster...

Tang San thought to himself.

Then it isn't strange for Shrek Academy to have similar training.

He loosened up his hands and feet, took the weighted equipment from Flender, and strapped it to his legs and arms.

Xiao Wu had finished strapping hers on as well and stood beside him.

Although Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were still injured, they gritted their teeth and strapped on the weights.

Oscar had also finished putting them on and stood at the very back.

At Flender's command—

"Run!"

Everyone broke into a run, heading out of the academy.

Tang San ran at the very front, his steps steady and his breathing even.

Xiao Wu followed beside him, the two of them moving at about the same speed.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun ran behind them. Though they were injured, they were not slow either.

Oscar ran at the very back, panting heavily.

The route around the village was fixed.

As Tang San kept running, without realizing it, he drew close to the opposite side of the street.

That brand-new Shrek Academy was right before his eyes.

Its gates stood open, and several students were standing at the entrance.

They wore matching school uniforms, chatting and laughing, looking very relaxed.

A trace of disdain flashed through Tang San's eyes.

They're dressed up like proper people, at least.

He snorted coldly inwardly.

Their training is this easy, and they can still laugh and talk?

What kind of good students could an academy like this possibly produce?

He was just about to look away and keep running.

But just then, a voice drifted into Tang San's ears.

"Isn't the school treating us way too well? Not only did they give us second-level Soul Guidance Devices, they even gave us Soul Ascension Pills and Mystic Water Pills. My soul power jumped from rank fourteen to rank seventeen all at once, and even my innate soul power level improved."

"The effects of those pills are insane. I can hardly believe it myself!"

Tang San's steps suddenly halted. What the hell were those things?

A pill that could directly raise someone from rank fourteen to rank seventeen, and even improve innate soul power?

They were both Shrek Academy, so why did his school not hand them out?

No... he had to have them. Tang San's gaze darkened as he memorized the students before him.