Lin Mo and Xiao Wu had just stepped onto the training ground.
Flender and the other two instinctively looked over.
Flender, in particular, looked as excited as if a missing person had finally come home.
"Lin Mo! You're finally back! I thought something had happened to you in the Star Dou Great Forest!!"
Flender hurried over and gripped the boy's shoulders.
He looked as though the gold soul coins he'd lost had found their way back into his pocket.
No! Shrek Academy's future golden signboard had returned!
"Mm, sorry for making you worry, Headmaster."
Lin Mo gave a slight smile and replied politely.
Xiao Wu had already told him how long he'd been away this time.
A little over two months.
All he could say was that a Soul Ring over fifty thousand years old certainly lived up to its reputation. Absorbing it took forever.
"Tch, as if anything could happen to A-Mo!"
Beside him, Xiao Wu curled her lips and muttered under her breath.
After all, before leaving, she'd instructed Da Ming and Er Ming to secretly protect A-Mo.
As long as those few at the Lake of Life didn't make a move...
Who in the entire Star Dou Great Forest could lay a finger on her big brother?
"It's good to have you back. You left in such a hurry last time that I didn't get to introduce you. This is Shrek Academy's deputy headmaster-Zhao Wuji!"
Flender nodded with a smile and introduced the hulking man behind him.
Lin Mo looked over again.
He immediately activated the Eye of Myriad Phenomena's Innate Soul Skill.
[Target: Zhao Wuji] [Seventh Soul Ring: Obtain the Soul Ring of a thirty-two-thousand-year-old Single-Horned Giant Rhino!] [Third Soul Ring: Obtain the Soul Ring of a sixteen-hundred-year-old Giant Stone Monster!!] [Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone: Obtain one Soul Bone from an eleven-thousand-year-old Great Strength Gorilla!]
Seeing another thirty-two-thousand-year-old Soul Ring available to copy...
Lin Mo took it without another word!!
Combined with his previous forty-five-thousand-year-old Soul Ring card...
He now had enough to fuse another seventy-seven-thousand-year-old Soul Ring!!
As for the second item, he naturally copied the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Eleven thousand years was a little weak.
But it was still a rare Soul Bone.
"So you're the freakishly talented genius Flender keeps telling me about, huh, kid?"
While Lin Mo was copying the cards, Zhao Wuji had walked over and asked him.
With his arms folded, he sized up the boy before him.
His eyes were filled with disbelief.
"If Shrek Academy doesn't have another freakishly talented genius, then that should be me."
Lin Mo smiled slightly and answered with complete confidence.
Zhao Wuji froze for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Good! Good! Good! What an arrogant little brat!!"
He gave the boy's shoulder several forceful pats.
Only to suddenly discover that Lin Mo hadn't budged an inch!!
Zhao Wuji was secretly startled.
Looks like this kid isn't as simple as he seems.
"All right, Lin Mo, let me introduce another new classmate—Oscar, a talented Food-System Soul Master who joined Shrek Academy not long ago."
Flender pointed at the white-haired boy beside him and continued the introductions.
Lin Mo looked over, just about to use his Innate Soul Skill.
But the next second, the fellow practically flew over and clasped his hand.
"Senior! I've heard so much about you! Please look out for your junior from now on!!"
Oscar spoke with overflowing enthusiasm, his face alight with excitement.
This was a peerless genius recognized by every teacher at Shrek Academy!!
If he could build a connection with him, he'd surely soar straight into the heavens!!
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and his grip tightened.
"Oh... oh, hello."
Lin Mo was a little bewildered, but he still responded politely.
He hadn't expected such enthusiasm.
Much better than that tight-lipped gourd, Tang San.
Still, he hadn't forgotten the important business.
[Target: Oscar] [Restorative Big Sausage: Obtain the ability to produce Restorative Big Sausages. Their effectiveness increases with Soul Power!!] [Detoxifying Sausage: Obtain the ability to produce Detoxifying Sausages. Their effectiveness increases with Soul Power!!] [Silver Soul Coin: Obtain ten Silver Soul Coins!]
At the sight of the first option, Lin Mo nearly lost it.
Who would've thought I'd get to have a Big Sausage too?
Who could keep a straight face at that?
Even so, he remained perfectly rational and chose to copy the first and second options.
Come on, these two sausages could restore stamina...
And cleanse abnormal conditions from the body. They were good stuff!
What's more, as the Soul Master grew stronger...
Their effects would keep improving!
With a Restorative Big Sausage, couldn't I eat one whenever I got tired in a fight? Wouldn't that be like getting a shot of adrenaline?
That'd feel ridiculously good!
The Detoxifying Sausage was good stuff too. He'd already thought of a clever use for it.
"All right, you'll all be classmates from now on. Let's head to the dining hall together!"
Flender nodded in satisfaction as he spoke.
For once, Lin Mo didn't take Xiao Wu out for a lavish meal.
Instead, he went with everyone to the dining hall to grab a bite.
The dining hall.
They called it a dining hall.
In reality, they'd merely hired a few villagers to throw together some stir-fried dishes.
Someone was already eating inside.
Though his table manners were rather hard to describe.
"So delicious! This is amazing!"
He looked as though he were feasting on delicacies from the mountains and seas.
"Ahem, I forgot to introduce this fellow. He's the disciple I picked up-Ma Hongjun. I've raised him since he was little. He's been busy chasing a girl in the village lately, so you haven't met him."
Flender coughed and introduced him to Lin Mo.
Perhaps hearing the commotion, the little fatty stuffing his face lifted his head and looked over.
"Huh? E-everyone's here? Come on, come on, eat! T-today's food is really good!!"
Ma Hongjun shoveled food into his mouth as he spoke indistinctly.
Rice grains and broth flew everywhere. He was quite a mess.
"A-Mo, shall we eat at our own table?"
Xiao Wu quietly tugged the boy's sleeve and suggested in a low voice.
After all, just watching this fellow eat was enough to kill her appetite.
"Sure. Headmaster, Xiao Wu and I will sit over there."
Lin Mo nodded and spoke to Flender.
He didn't want to eat someone else's spit either.
"That's fine. We'll take another table too. Let this fellow eat by himself."
Flender shook his head helplessly.
He had no words for this disciple of his.
Lin Mo nodded, then went to find seats with Xiao Wu.
Along the way, he used the Eye of Myriad Phenomena's Innate Soul Skill to take a look.
[Target: Ma Hongjun] [Cuihua's Red Handkerchief: Obtain one red handkerchief belonging to the prettiest girl in the neighboring village!] [Phoenix Fire: Obtain the Evil Fire Phoenix's purest fire attribute!!] [First Soul Ring: Obtain the Soul Ring of a three-hundred-and-sixty-year-old Fire Crow!!]
At the sight of the first option, Lin Mo's brow twitched wildly.
The hand holding his chopsticks trembled slightly, and a piece of chicken dropped onto the table!
"Huh? A-Mo, why are you being so clumsy? Here, I'll give you my favorite carrots stir-fried with carrots."
Seeing the boy lose his composure, Xiao Wu reluctantly parted with her treasured food.
She placed her favorite carrots directly into Lin Mo's bowl.
Her big brother always treated her to lavish meals. She couldn't be stingy, could she?
"Little girl, eat more meat. You're still growing."
Coming back to his senses, Lin Mo smiled and shook his head.
Then, without the slightest hesitation, he chose to copy the Phoenix Fire and the First Soul Ring.
Even if those other two things had been garbage!!
He still would never have picked the red handkerchief!!
Besides, the Phoenix Fire wasn't garbage at all.
Nor was it the Evil Fire that constantly plagued Ma Hongjun.
It was the fire-attribute power of a phoenix's true essence.
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