Shrek Academy.
Grandmaster's three months of running-based "hell training" had ended yesterday. He had given Tang San and the others a day off so they could get themselves into shape for the next stage of training.
It was precisely this day off that had led to the scene earlier.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had gone to a restaurant to eat. Under the banner of "anyone who doesn't dare stir up trouble is a mediocrity," they had harassed Ye Lingling, only to receive a vicious beating from Xiao Yan.
Shrek Academy, the boys' dormitory.
With a rare day of rest finally available, Oscar, a support-type Soul Master who had never been good at physical training, had plunged headfirst into bed to sleep in. Tang San, who shared his room, had begun assembling the parts delivered from the Blacksmith Shop.
So far, he had finished making the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons: the Silent Sleeve Arrow, Sand-in-the-Eye, Tight-Backed Crossbow, and Godly Zhuge Crossbow. Tang San planned to begin making Yama's Invitation and the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb in the next stage.
Listening to Oscar's snores, Tang San glanced at him before immersing himself in assembling his hidden weapons. Time flew by. Only when Oscar woke did Tang San realize that several hours had passed.
It was nearly evening.
The two left their room to get dinner at the academy's dining hall. They had just come downstairs when they saw a round, pudgy figure staggering toward them.
"Excuse me... who are you? Who are you here to see?" Oscar looked him over, utterly bewildered, then let out a somewhat exaggerated cry. "And why do you have a pig's head?"
"Oscar, you little bastard, are you asking to die? It's me, Ma Hongjun! Hurry... hurry up and give me one of your Recovery Big