Return to Eastsea Academy

Today was clearly a rainy day. Other than the sun appearing briefly in the morning, drizzle had continued without end afterward.

At the headquarters of the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association, Li Moxun stood there and calmly submitted his assignment.

Once the submission was complete, Li Moxun quickly walked out.

"My progress over the past three months has been considerable. I can now complete first-grade Thousand Refinement."

"At this stage, I can already forge one-word Battle Armor. With my current level, it shouldn't be difficult to go to Shrek Academy and switch teachers, right?"

As Li Moxun spoke, he looked at Zero, who was waiting by the entrance.

Zero merely glanced at him without saying anything, slightly turning her head to look at the scenery beside them.

Li Moxun did not mind Zero ignoring him.

By now, he had practically renewed Zero's subscription indefinitely for three months.

After spending those three months together, although Li Moxun had given her some of the memories belonging to Zero from the original timeline, she did not seem to care much about them.

When the two returned to their room, it was already the opening day of Eastsea Academy.

After staying at Eastsea Academy for a while longer, he could follow them to Shrek Academy.

Thinking of this, Li Moxun stretched, a flicker of excitement flashing through his eyes.

His improvement over these three months had been tremendous, but the resources he had consumed were even more terrifying.

One had to know that Li Moxun had refined practically every thousand-year and hundred-year spirit herb he could refine.

All the other Soul Guidance technology resources, along with all kinds of other resources, had also been exchanged for spirit herbs he could use.

Taken together, those resources would have been enough for more than ten people to cultivate from one-ring Soul Masters to seven-ring Soul Sages.

Yet in Li Moxun's hands, he had nearly used up that entire stockpile in just three months.

Other than taking pills to cultivate every day, he was taking pills to cultivate every day.

Ordinary people would use one pill, rest for a while to digest it, and then use the next one.

But Li Moxun was different. After using one pill—or even before he had finished using one—he would directly stack a second pill on top of it.

Now, he was practically taking two pills at a time every single day.

This caused a great deal of pill toxicity to accumulate in his body, but under the cleansing of White King's spiritual power, that toxicity also disappeared quickly.

The most gratifying result was that, in three months, his Soul Power Level had already risen to level 38.

That was an astonishing number. Even with a top-tier martial soul, rising from just over level 30 to level 38 or 39 would still take around one to two years.

What normally required nearly two years of cultivation had been forcibly compressed by Li Moxun into three months.

In the room, Zero packed up the large number of books and placed them into the storage ring.

After checking everything once more to make sure nothing had been left behind and the room had been cleaned up, Li Moxun waved to Zero.

Looking at the heartless young man before her, Zero glared at him without saying a word.

As her palm struck her own body, Zero's figure instantly collapsed and dispersed completely.

Watching Zero vanish, Li Moxun gave a helpless, wry smile before turning and quickly walking out.

He had already booked his Soul Guidance train ticket and was now heading straight for the Soul Guidance High-speed Rail station.

As time passed, Li Moxun had returned to Eastsea City by evening.

What left him somewhat helpless, however, was that Heaven Dou City had clearly strengthened its defensive patrols.

It was obvious that someone had discovered his two clones traveling from Heaven Dou City to Skysea City.

Although they could not determine where those two clones had come from, it would not be difficult to narrow down their approximate location.

That was why Heaven Dou City's defenses had been noticeably reinforced during this period.

But that no longer had anything to do with Li Moxun. He had grabbed the resources and run; even if they could find him, catching him would be difficult.

As he thought about it, Li Moxun carried his luggage and quickly headed toward Eastsea Academy.

Of course, even if he had not wanted to return, he had to now, because Long Hengxu had already called him seven or eight times.

From beginning to end, Long Hengxu could not understand why he had signed Li Moxun's leave request.

That had been two months of leave, and with the end-of-term break added in, it amounted to a full four months of vacation.

Long Hengxu found it utterly unbelievable and could not understand why he had done such a thing.

Moreover, he had always had a feeling that if Li Moxun came to ask him to sign again next time, he would most likely still sign it.

Long Hengxu was genuinely speechless over this matter.

Off to the side, Wu Zhangkong glanced at Long Hengxu, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly, but he said nothing.

The two of them were also waiting for Li Moxun.

It was already evening. As the seconds ticked by, more than half an hour passed before the door was finally pushed open.

Seeing Li Moxun safe and sound, Long Hengxu let out a long breath.

"Student Li, where have you been during this time? You were gone for four months without even telling your teachers. Do you know how worried we've all been about you?"

Long Hengxu spoke as he looked at Li Moxun with some helplessness.

Li Moxun looked back at him. However, with Wu Zhangkong present, he had not altered the other man's memories—or rather, he had not used mental control on him.

He merely nodded calmly.

Seeing how unfazed Li Moxun was, Long Hengxu opened his mouth, preparing to say more, but Wu Zhangkong had already risen to his feet.

"Alright, Director Long. I'll take the child downstairs first. Whatever it is, we can discuss it later."

Wu Zhangkong's voice was calm.

As he cut Long Hengxu off, Long Hengxu glared at him helplessly. But after remaining silent for a moment, he ultimately said nothing more.

Wu Zhangkong directly pushed open the door and left. Li Moxun glanced at Long Hengxu, then lifted his foot and followed behind Wu Zhangkong without pausing. The two left together.

Along the way, Li Moxun had originally thought Wu Zhangkong would ask where he was going. Yet Wu Zhangkong did not ask, only giving him a deep look before leaving.

"You'd rather give up your studies and the chance to enter the Spirit Pagoda just to leave. Clearly, you have your own opportunity."

"As your teacher, I won't pry into that. But I hope you prepare yourself well. I hope the strength you've displayed so far won't disappoint me."

As Wu Zhangkong spoke, he glanced at Li Moxun and gave a light toss. Li Moxun's dormitory key flew through the air.

Li Moxun caught the key and watched Wu Zhangkong's departing back, his expression becoming complicated for a moment.

He could not say much about others, nor was it easy to judge them. But as for Wu Zhangkong, although he appeared extremely cold, he had truly taken meticulous care of them students in every regard.

Even if Li Moxun did not particularly care, he still held a certain degree of respect for a teacher like that.

After all, in an era where everyone was twisted, a teacher so human was truly rare.