His gaze kept drifting toward the door.
In the original story, someone had come to pick a fight after Huo Yuhao arrived late. Gu Qingnian happened to be looking for that person, but he had waited a long time without seeing her. Perhaps it was because Huo Yuhao had arrived early.
And so it continued until class ended...
That morning's class covered only the precautions for the afternoon assessment before everyone was dismissed, dismissed to make their own preparations and get into peak condition for the assessment in the Beast Fighting Zone that afternoon.
After class, Huo Yuhao went straight to Gu Qingnian to thank him. "Thank you, Qingnian!"
Huo Yuhao knew Gu Qingnian had proposed the additional condition for his sake, so his thanks were heartfelt.
Gu Qingnian merely patted his head and said, "We're buddies. Give it your all this afternoon!"
That afternoon-
The Beast Fighting Zone.
As one of the largest dedicated areas in all of Shrek Academy, and its largest building, the Beast Fighting Zone occupied as much space as all the Martial Soul Department's teaching buildings and dormitories plus Shrek Square combined.
Across the entire Douluo Continent, academies capable of keeping soul beasts in captivity were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. One that could match Shrek Academy's Beast Fighting Zone was utterly unheard of. Even the imperial families of the great empires would not undertake such a thing.
Keeping soul beasts in captivity was no easy task. Their wild nature had to be preserved, different soul beasts had different dietary habits, safety had to be ensured, and the beasts also had to be controlled. The investment was so enormous that ordinary soul master academies would not even dare contemplate it.
All of Shrek City's annual tax revenue went to Shrek Academy,