Picking Up from School

These freshmen who had just entered Shrek Academy and had been enrolled for nearly a year had only three days left before their first holiday.

After going through the Freshman Assessment and several months of study and cultivation, the bewilderment they had shown upon first entering the academy had vanished from their faces. Yet, they were clearly excited about going home for the first time.

Mu Jin looked at the undisguised excitement on everyone's faces below the stage and pressed her hands down. Over the past few months, everyone had come to understand her teaching style: treat her with respect, and she would return it in kind. But if they pushed their luck, Mu Jin would pick up the ruler on the podium.

"I know everyone is feeling very excited right now, but taking a holiday won't be easy." Mu Jin's remarks about the start-of-term exam quickly doused the restless class with cold water.

Di Qiuli turned to Mu Feng beside her. "Are you going back this summer too?"

Mu Feng nodded.

"You're still going back even though it's so far?"

Mu Feng fell silent, and Di Qiuli said nothing more. She understood that he had reasons he had no choice but to return.

Over the past seven or eight months, Mu Feng had secured the opportunity to cultivate for a week each month at Ma Xiaotao's exclusive Inner Court cultivation site in exchange for helping her expel her evil fire.

The dense life energy on Sea God Island was several times richer than that of the Outer Court. Moreover, as one of the Inner Court's foremost geniuses, Ma Xiaotao's cultivation area possessed even denser elemental energy. His scheduled monthly cultivation in the Inner Court had greatly accelerated Mu Feng's progress.

When Yan Shaozhe had agreed to this request, he