Heading to Shrek Academy

The students roared angrily, "You liar!"

"Trying to leave? Your scam failed, and you still want to walk away unharmed?"

"You clearly weren't like this before. Why?"

Li Beta was furious and stunned.

Ye Yu said calmly, "It seems she used a Soul Skill before and confused you. But for some reason, that Soul Skill has stopped working now."

The students all revealed their Soul Rings. Although Qiao Bichi had three Soul Rings, she was only Level 32 and would never advance any further in her lifetime. With so many students around, and since she wasn't a combat-oriented Soul Master, she stood no chance against them.

Qiao Bichi was frightened and could only confess. Her voice also became unpleasant and hoarse.

"I did use a Soul Skill. My First Soul Skill is Charm Voice. After using it, my voice becomes very pleasant, making people unconsciously feel their hearts melt. My Second Soul Skill is Confusion. When used on someone below Level 30, it makes them see me as the beauty of their fantasies. If there's someone at Level 30 nearby, my Second Soul Skill will lose its effect. That's why I only deceived students. My Third Soul Skill is Sneering Laugh, which makes anyone below Level 30 feel sick and uncomfortable."

A student mocked her, "Even without using your Third Soul Skill to laugh, you already make people feel sick."

"We absolutely have to report this to the lord of Nuoding City and have him punish you!"

Under the students' pressure, Qiao Bichi had no choice but to obediently go with them.

The students felt extremely sympathetic toward Li Beta's misfortune. Some of them even felt delighted deep down. That's what you get for showing off your affection all the time. Now you're suffering, aren't you?

The incident quickly passed, but for the unfortunate Li Beta, it would never pass for the rest of his life.

Ye Yu sighed softly. "Of all the people I've met so far, I'd call you the most tragic."

Ye Yu continued his day-in, day-out cultivation. Cultivation was dull, but occasionally encountering something amusing like this could still brighten one's mood.

Before long, the students discovered that Li Beta had stopped attending classes altogether.

"Where did Li Beta go?"

"He transferred schools and left Nuoding City. He left in the middle of the night. On the way, he thought the carriage was too slow, so he carried it and walked."

"Poor Beta. Hahaha, no, I do feel sorry for him, but whenever I think about this, I still can't help laughing."

The days of cultivation continued. Ye Yu had to become stronger because he had no idea how many enemies he had. He always felt that his targets extended beyond the Nine Hearts Begonia Sect.

More than half a year passed. Xiao Wu and Tang San graduated and entered an Intermediate Academy.

With that, Ye Yu finally had company. The three of them played together and were very happy.

One night, Xiao Wu came looking for Ye Yu.

"Brother Yu, meet me in the woods. Same place as always."

"Okay."

When the time came, Ye Yu went to the woods and met Xiao Wu.

Before long, Ye Yu suggested, "Xiao Wu, let's head back."

"No, I want to continue!"

"Huh? Xiao Wu, can you take it?"

"I can! I can keep going! Come on!"

"All right, then."

Half an hour later, Xiao Wu could go no further and was utterly exhausted.

Ye Yu said, "You really can't continue now, can you? Why do you always seek me out for sparring? The gap between our strength isn't small. Your combat techniques are impressive, and few people your age can stand against you. But against me, your techniques are completely useless. You can't shake my body at all."

Xiao Wu came to spar with him every night. Just now, the two of them had been fighting, but Ye Yu's Soul Power was higher than Xiao Wu's, and he himself was far more formidable. Her techniques were completely ineffective against him.

Her Waist Bow couldn't shake his body, and Charm was useless against him as well. That was because what had grown stronger wasn't merely his physique, but also his will and Spiritual Power.

Xiao Wu felt she should give up. She truly wasn't Ye Yu's match.

Xiao Wu's eyes suddenly lit up. "I'm not your opponent alone, but I can call Brother San over. The two of us can join forces against you. That should make things a little difficult for you, right?"

Ye Yu nodded. "We can give it a try."

Before they knew it, more than four years had passed.

Those four-plus years had consisted of nothing but day-in, day-out cultivation.

At night, he would set aside an hour to spar with Xiao Wu and Tang San. However, he could only spar for an hour, since that was all they could endure.

Ye Yu felt that Tang San would make things more interesting if he used Hidden Weapons. But since they were friends and merely sparring, Tang San would never use Hidden Weapons.

More than five years had passed since Martial Soul Awakening. Ye Yu was nearly twelve years old—eleven and a half, to be exact.

Over these years, Ye Yu had not only developed a more terrifying body, but had also gained something else: he had obtained his third Soul Ring.

He had obtained it three years ago. At the time, he asked Dean Flender for help and fought the target Soul Beast bitterly for an entire day and night before finally defeating it.

Relying on his terrifying physique, Strength, and support abilities, he fought it through attrition.

He was completely outmatched by that Soul Beast. If not for Dean Flender, he could only have fled. Even if he had dragged the battle out for three days, he still wouldn't have been able to kill it.

He had originally thought that after his second Soul Ring, he would have to rely entirely on himself to obtain future Soul Rings. But he discovered that he could still receive help from others. Moreover, the result was no worse than killing the Soul Beast alone. The Soul Beasts he killed still didn't resist and willingly allowed him to absorb them.

As for Ye Yu's current Soul Power level, only he knew. Even Tang San and Xiao Wu had no idea.

Ye Yu could have left the academy much earlier, but the academy's Gravity Domain could temper him, and he could also spar with the dean.

The dean was a Level 42 Soul Ancestor. When Ye Yu had first reached Level 30, sparring with the dean still allowed him to feel a trace of pressure. But after obtaining his third Soul Ring, the dean was no longer his opponent.

Over the years, as Ye Yu's strength increased, he discovered that he was absorbing more Soul Power. His absorption rate had risen from fifty percent to sixty percent. However, Ye Yu didn't consider it a pity. Although sixty percent was absorbed, his cultivation speed was still faster than that of someone with Innate Full Soul Power at Level 10. Moreover, his body was growing stronger and stronger.

The powerful support of the Nine Spirit Black Tang, combined with his terrifying physique, allowed him, despite being an auxiliary Artifact Soul Master, to defeat Dean Ma Yun, a Level 42 Battle Soul Sect.

As for the six hundred Gold Soul Coins, they had all been given to him, along with another two hundred as interest.

The three of them were preparing to go to Shrek Academy. Ye Yu had Tang San and Xiao Wu go ahead while he followed shortly after.

Ye Yu first went to Holy Soul Village to visit Old Jack.

When Old Jack saw Ye Yu, he excitedly looked him over from head to toe.

"You've grown so tall already. You're as tall as me now." Old Jack smiled with satisfaction.

Ye Yu was now 1.7 meters tall, which was considered quite tall among people his age. Tang San and Xiao Wu were both 1.6 meters tall now, which wasn't short either.

Ye Yu chatted with Old Jack for a long time, telling him about what had happened to him over the past few years. Old Jack was deeply comforted, and after learning of Ye Yu's strength, he felt even more at ease.

Old Jack praised him. "Xiao Yu, it seems insisting on cultivating was the right choice. Your Talent is terrifying. Fortunately, I didn't bury it."

Ye Yu said, "Grandpa, you stopped me from cultivating before because you wanted to honor my mother's final wish. I've never blamed you."

"Mm. Perhaps your mother wouldn't be worried anymore if she knew."

Old Jack got up and prepared to busy himself with making some of Ye Yu's favorite dishes before Ye Yu left. After Ye Yu departed, who knew how long it would be before they could meet again.