Bai Baoshan smiled and clapped his hands. "All right, since we've reached a consensus, it's settled. Teacher Qin, I'll leave the specific itinerary to you. Ask for whatever resources you need; the academy will support you fully."
"Thank you, three Education Committee members!" Qin Ming rose to his feet and gave a deep bow.
Suotuo City, Shrek Academy.
More than half a month had passed since Tang San and the others returned from the Star Dou Great Forest.
Life at the academy seemed to have returned to its usual rhythm, yet there were subtle differences.
The greatest change lay in each student's cultivation progress.
Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing had both broken through Rank 30 and successfully obtained their third Soul Rings. Of the six students at Shrek Academy, five had now reached the Soul Elder rank.
Dai Mubai, Rank 39 Assault System Battle Soul Elder.
Tang San, Rank 35 Control System Battle Soul Elder.
Cinderella, Rank 36 Agility Attack System Battle Soul Elder.
Oscar, Rank 31 Food System Weapon Soul Elder.
Zhu Zhuqing, Rank 31 Agility Attack System Battle Soul Elder.
And the remaining one—
Ma Hongjun, Rank 29 Assault System Battle Soul Grandmaster.
The contrast might not have been so obvious in everyday life.
But on the training ground, when everyone else could release the purple third Soul Ring that symbolized a Soul Elder's status, only two yellow Soul Rings spun alone beneath Ma Hongjun's feet.
That gap, that feeling of being left behind, was like a thorn lodged in Ma Hongjun's heart.
It wasn't as though he hadn't worked hard.
Since returning from the Star Dou Great Forest, Ma Hongjun had indeed become far more diligent than before.
In the past, he cultivated only when he felt like it. He ate when he was hungry, slept when