Difficult Crawling, Qingqing and Chunchun Again

"Time to clock out~"

Inside the outer courtyard cafeteria, seeing that lunchtime had ended, Bai Ran packed up his things and walked out from behind the counter.

Though, aside from Tang Ya's group at noon, he had not sold another single cup of coffee.

But Bai Ran did not think much of it. He simply took it as the coffee shop having only just opened and not yet attracted any attention, so business was not busy at all.

If it really did get busy, he would probably start getting unhappy again.

Perfect, he still had plenty of soul power left. He might as well make himself a cup of Luckin Coffee.

"First Soul Skill, Luckin Raw Coconut Latte.

Not every coconut can become a raw coconut latte. Cold-pressed raw coconut preserves its true flavor.

Luckin Raw Coconut Latte, the coffee I've been drinking since I was little."

Food-type soul masters generally would not chant their soul skill incantations in public. That was just too embarrassing.

That was also why, even though he could make it on the spot, Bai Ran still had to turn his back on the customers and go to the back kitchen to make coffee.

Customer: You didn't secretly add anything weird in there, did you?

Bai Ran: It was ice. I added more ice cubes. This was guidance from the God of Luckin. No need to thank me.

After drinking a cup of coffee, Bai Ran was not very hungry. He took out the meal card his uncle had given him that morning, glanced at it twice, then stuffed it back into his storage ring.

At the same time, he walked out of the outer courtyard cafeteria, preparing to stroll around Shrek Academy.

He definitely was not going to watch the show.

It was purely because he would be studying at Shrek in the future, so he was getting familiar in advance with campus life at the number-one academy on the entire continent.

This year was definitely too late. At the earliest, he estimated he would have to wait until next year to enroll.

But who could say what would happen a year from now?

On Shrek Academy's plaza.

A group of students in new student uniforms were extremely eye-catching.

In the middle of the afternoon, aside from their group, even if the students from other classes were training, they would go to indoor training facilities.

Only this class was rather special, liking to train their bodies under the blazing sun.

At the back of the line, Wang Dong was supporting Huo Yuhao, struggling to inch forward.

It was true that Wang Dong's soul power level ranked near the top of the class, and even the quality of her martial soul was among the best in the class.

But in such hot weather, being able to carry fifty jin of weight and still keep up with the group's average speed mainly depended on her very decent physical constitution.

Wang Dong: Do you know what it means to have grown up eating Whale Glue like rice? Otherwise, how do you think your Sister Dong got a thousand-year second ring?

Now, in order to help Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong had already been left behind by the main group.

"Wang Dong, you run ahead first. Don't let me drag you down."

Seeing that Wang Dong was being pulled farther and farther away from the main group because of him, Huo Yuhao opened his mouth weakly and tried to persuade her.

Although this physical fitness class did not involve anyone being expelled, it was still counted in the usual assessments and might have some effect on the final evaluation results.

"Yuhao, speaking of which, you were dragged into this because of me.

If I abandoned you now, would I, Wang Dong, be that kind of selfish, petty person?"

"Ah, right, right, right. You, Wang Dong, are the most selfless. You said you'd take me flying with you, so why has it turned into crawling on the ground now?"

"Nonsense. With weights that heavy, how could I possibly fly?"

It was not that Wang Dong had not tried, but the moment she took off, she crashed straight back down.

Moreover, the weights that old woman Zhou Yi had given them actually had the effect of suppressing soul power circulation, making Wang Dong feel extremely miserable right now.

She would rather go have an arena match with a rank-thirty Soul Elder right now than endure this kind of torture.

Sure enough, there were only wrong names, not wrong nicknames. There was a reason old woman Zhou had been given the title of "pervert" by the previous senior sisters and brothers.

Bai Ran, who had arrived in front of Shrek Plaza, also noticed these students who were doing their running drills.

Although he did not know which class they were from, judging from their uniforms, they seemed to be first-year new students.

"Aiya, how young and youthful."

Seeing these new students dripping with sweat, Bai Ran could not help sighing emotionally.

Of course, if he were made to run laps around the plaza under the blazing sun, Bai Ran would instantly flop onto the ground and play dead.

Bai Ran: I've already transmigrated, and I still have to suffer through the hardships I endured in my last life all over again, doubled? Then didn't I transmigrate for nothing?

Besides, what era was this already? They were still making people do running drills?

Shrek Academy was already the continent's number-one academy—power, really—with experts as common as clouds and abundant funding. Getting a batch of cultivation facilities should be easy as anything, so why make the students suffer all that for no reason?

There were clearly many ways to become stronger, so why were they always clinging to weighted running as a cultivation method and refusing to change? Was it because they could not think of any better methods?

Take our protagonist, Bai Ran, for example.

Every day, as long as he made Luckin Coffee, he could grow stronger.

Don't ask why. If you had to ask, it was a blessing from the God of Luckin.

Every cup of coffee he made increased his total soul power by a certain amount.

Later, as his soul power level rose, he had to make even more coffee to improve further.

That was also why Bai Ran had chosen to open a coffee shop.

Not only could he break through, he could also earn some pocket money. Why not?

If you asked why he did not just make it and drink it himself—wasn't producing and consuming his own stock a good idea?

Uh, drinking a dozen or so cups of coffee a day would definitely leave him traumatized, no matter how good Luckin Coffee tasted, especially when he was doing it with the mindset of completing a mission.

"Huh? Isn't that Huo Yuhao?"

Very quickly, Bai Ran noticed Huo Yuhao, who had fallen far behind the main group.

They had only met briefly at noon, and even though the distance was a little far, he still recognized him at a glance.

After all, he was the child of destiny. It was still pretty necessary to remember what he looked like.

"Then the one beside him should be Wang Dong, right?"

The only person who could stick with Huo Yuhao through thick and thin and be in the same class as him, looking through the whole book, was that guy Haji Dong.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Student Wang Dong really is..."

A woman disguised as a man was indeed extraordinarily handsome. Proper "bro, you smell amazing" material.

But Bai Ran had absolutely no interest in this daughter of Tang San's.

The moment he thought about becoming Tang San's son-in-law and getting trained like a dog by Tang San, Bai Ran just could not accept it. It felt even worse than eating 9+1.

"I'm leaving, I'm leaving. This is boring."

Although watching other people do running drills was pretty interesting, Bai Ran vaguely sensed a gaze. It seemed Huo Yuhao had noticed him.

Remembering that Huo Yuhao was someone with an extremely strong sense of pride, Bai Ran hurriedly walked off in another direction, preparing to look for some fun elsewhere.

"Yuhao, what are you looking at?"

Noticing that Huo Yuhao was not focusing on the weighted run in front of him and actually still had the energy to look around, Wang Dong immediately felt the urge to dump Huo Yuhao right there.

"I think I saw Boss Little Bai, the one who sold me coffee at noon."

Huo Yuhao was not too sure. The distance was too far, outside the range of his Spiritual Detection.

That small figure could also have been some teacher's child.

"By the way, Yuhao, that thing you gave me was actually pretty tasty. I haven't even had time to ask where you bought it."

Hearing Yuhao mention the word "coffee," Wang Dong immediately remembered the delicious Raw Coconut Latte she had just drunk.

"Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, you two still have time to chat? Run ten more laps!"

Zhou Yi's roar rang out not far behind the two of them.

Wang Dong: It's over.

Huo Yuhao: +1.