Time to chow down!

Elephant Armor Academy, advanced class.

"Classmates, today marks two years since I came to Elephant Armor Academy."

"To celebrate this memorable occasion, I've decided to treat everyone to a simple meal."

Wei Fan slowly rose from his seat in the corner.

His hearty voice drew the attention of all twenty-odd students in the classroom, and they turned as one toward the handsome young man with the refined features.

Hearing that he was treating them to a meal yet again, and again, and again, none of them could muster any enthusiasm!

"I'm not going!"

Huyan Li slammed his hand on the desk, making his resistance clear.

Ever since Wei Fan had arrived, he had treated them to meals every few days.

Being treated to a meal should have been a good thing!

But every time, Wei Fan served up several enormous basins of plain rice and refused to let them leave until they finished.

Today, Huyan Li was absolutely not eating!!!

"Well, damn! Has A Li eaten himself stupid today?"

"He actually dares to turn down a meal from Wei Fan?!"

"It's not like he only just became Wei Fan's teammate. How is he still so immature?"

"The sect master gave A Li that Soul Bone yesterday."

"That explains it!"

"..."

The students in the advanced class finally understood where Huyan Li's confidence came from.

But could he really defeat Wei Fan just because he had a Soul Bone now?

That guy's strength was unfathomable. He never seemed to have gone all out in a fight.

"Wei Fan, I'm challenging you today."

Huyan Li strode toward Wei Fan. With every step, the floor trembled slightly, accompanied by a series of dull thuds.

He refused to believe that, with a Soul Bone, he still couldn't beat Wei Fan, who was also a Soul Elder.

Compared to the burly, nearly two-meter-tall Huyan Li, Wei Fan looked positively scrawny, but no one underestimated him because of the difference in their builds.

"If I win, I'll be captain of the Elephant Armor Team from now on, and you'll be vice-"

Before Huyan Li could finish, an enormous bubble of water enveloped him and slowly lifted him roughly two meters above the floor.

Inside the enormous bubble, Huyan Li fell asleep.

One second, two seconds, three seconds passed...

The three Soul Rings on Huyan Li's body flashed as he tried everything he could to break free of the bubble's restraint.

Everyone froze. They hadn't even seen Wei Fan act, yet Huyan Li was already firmly trapped.

"Holy shit!"

"How did Wei Fan get so strong?"

"A Li absorbed a Soul Bone, and he still didn't even get a chance to fight back?"

"Can you believe this?!"

"The scariest part is that Wei Fan only used his first Soul Skill-Sleep Bubble!"

"..."

Seeing Wei Fan effortlessly pin Huyan Li down with a single move sent towering waves of shock crashing through everyone's hearts.

They had thought that after absorbing a Soul Bone, Huyan Li would at least be able to trade a few blows with Wei Fan.

They never expected this...

Huyan Li was the strongest of all their Diamond Mammoth Soul Masters. Wouldn't any of them have fared even worse?

Once the shock passed, they sank into thought.

Looking at the two yellow Soul Rings and one purple Soul Ring beneath Wei Fan's feet, they were baffled.

Why could Wei Fan wield thunder and lightning over them when they were all Soul Elders?

They couldn't even fight back!

What puzzled them most was that Wei Fan had already been a level thirty-nine Soul Elder two years ago. Two years later, he was still a Soul Elder, with no increase in level whatsoever, yet his strength grew by the day.

What a fucking dog-fucking mess!

"Brother Wei Fan, what are we eating today?"

After struggling, Huyan Li gained a clear understanding of his own abilities.

He couldn't even break Sleep Bubble. What was he supposed to fight with, his head?

At this point, his only option was to beg for mercy!

"Brother Wei Fan, put me down first. If we're late, we'll miss mealtime."

Huyan Li's attitude had taken a complete hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

"Burst!"

Wei Fan snapped his fingers. The bubble burst, turning into a stream of water that flowed into his palm.

"Brother Wei Fan, I was just kidding around."

"I didn't think you'd take it seriously. Can't you take a joke?"

Huyan Li bared his big teeth in an awkward grin. He had tried to show off, only to get slapped in the face instead.

He swore he would never pick a fight with Wei Fan again!

"Haha!"

"I knew you were joking. Since you're so happy, I'll give you two extra bowls of rice later."

"Let's go!"

Wei Fan took the lead and walked out of the advanced classroom.

Huyan Li: "..."

Oh, the misery!

"What are you all standing around for? Get moving!"

Huyan Li wasn't about to let the others slip away. He had suffered, but he couldn't let these guys gloat.

They were all going together!

Maybe they could even help him eat some of it later.

As Wei Fan walked through Elephant Armor Academy, his figure drew plenty of sidelong glances.

He was simply too unusual!

Captain of the Elephant Armor Academy team!

The only Soul Master in the academy whose Martial Soul wasn't a Diamond Mammoth.

His Martial Soul was water!

His build was also worlds apart from those brawny Diamond Mammoth Soul Masters, and everyone knew that Wei Fan had one peculiar habit.

Treating people to meals!

The kind they couldn't refuse!

Because of this, he had earned a resounding nickname at Elephant Armor Academy: the elephant keeper!

He was also universally acknowledged as the strongest in Elephant Armor Academy.

Two years earlier, he had led the previous Elephant Armor Academy team to the overall championship of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament!

He had been twelve that year!

A restaurant in the city.

"Come on, A Li, polish off this bowl of rice."

"And the rest of you, don't just watch. Eat!"

"A Gai, A Shi, what are you two waiting for? Aren't the ribs delicious?"

"Look how happily A Shan is eating..."

"..."

Once they sat down, Wei Fan began urging the Elephant Armor Academy team members to chow down.

Wei Fan was a transmigrator. He had transmigrated into the sea when he was six, and after reaching shore, he had acquired this "treating people to meals" system.

And the source of all his growing strength was treating people to meals!

"Buuuurp!"

With a drawn-out belch, Huyan Li rubbed his stomach with his broad palm.

"A Li, keep eating!"

"You've barely started. If you go back hungry, Sect Master Huyan will think I haven't been feeding you."

Without that "ding" from the system, Wei Fan was far from satisfied.

One feature of this system was that the more people ate, the greater his chances of receiving a reward.

Until he received a reward, they had to keep eating...

"I've already polished off two huge basins of rice! Basins!"

Wei Fan: "I promise this is the last bowl!"

Huyan Li: "..."

After several courses...

[Ding! Treated Huyan Li of the Elephant Armor Team to plain rice. Reward: 100 years for a Soul Ring.]

[Ding! Treated Huyan Shi of the Elephant Armor Team to ribs. Physical strength increased. Current physical strength: level fifty-two.]

[Apply the Soul Ring reward to the fifth Soul Ring!]

[Ding! Application successful. Fifth Soul Ring age +100 years.]

"None of you slack off when you get back. Hurry up and raise your levels!"

Wei Fan wasn't particularly satisfied with these rewards.

Another feature of the system was that the higher the diners' Soul Power Levels, the better the corresponding rewards!

Otherwise, he would have gone off to hand out porridge as charity ages ago!

So it was quite important to him that these people advance to Soul Ancestor as soon as possible.