"Stop turning me down, Yuxi. You may have passed the Freshman Assessment, but don't forget next semester's advancement exam. One of its mandatory requirements is to reach rank twenty as a Soul Grandmaster and obtain your second soul ring."
Rank twenty?!
Huo Yuxi fell silent. She had only just brushed the threshold of rank sixteen. Raising her soul power by four ranks in less than a year was nothing short of a fool's dream.
"Yuxi, I'm sure you wouldn't want to end up expelled from Shrek Academy because your soul power failed to meet the requirements, would you?"
Xiang Jun instantly transformed into a sleazy headmaster straight out of Sakura Anime, scaring the little girl into trembling.
"No! Big Brother Xiang Jun, I don't want to get expelled from Shrek..."
"If you don't want to be expelled, little Yuxi, you'd better be a good girl and do as you're told. Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious~"
"So now, swallow it!"
"Okay, Big Brother Xiang Jun. I'll be good and do as you say..."
Only after watching Huo Yuxi obediently swallow the Soul Ascension Pill did Xiang Jun nod in satisfaction.
Early the next morning, when Xiang Jun woke from his cultivation, Huo Yuxi had already absorbed all the Soul Ascension Pill's medicinal effects, breaking through to rank eighteen in one leap.
"Good morning, Big Brother Xiang Jun!" Huo Yuxi smiled sweetly, then squirmed involuntarily.
As her cultivation increased, Huo Yuxi could distinctly feel the binding around her chest growing much tighter.
After a simple breakfast, the two arrived at the classroom. It was noticeably emptier, though there were also quite a few unfamiliar faces.
Among them were the two Lan sisters and Ning Tian's little follower, Wu Feng. Zhu Lu, on the other hand, had remained in Class One