[Tang San and Yu Xiaogang]
Although Zhao Wuji had been drawn to Dai Mubai's high-spirited, completely refreshed appearance just now, he had not checked Dai Mubai's Soul Power Level.
Hearing Dai Mubai's words, Zhao Wuji placed a hand on his shoulder and released his Soul Power to check.
Only then did he discover that Dai Mubai's Soul Power cultivation had indeed broken through to the level-30 Soul Elder realm, just as he had said.
While Zhao Wuji checked Dai Mubai's Soul Power Level, Dai Mubai was also using the system to examine the information on his teacher Zhao Wuji before him.
System, scan and examine Zhao Wuji's information.
As you command, host~ The system, which had remained silent in his mind, responded. The next second, information on his teacher Zhao Wuji appeared before him in the form of a panel.
--[Information panel]-- Name: Zhao Wuji Nickname: Immovable Wisdom King Gender: Male Age: 52 Martial Soul: Great Strength Vajra Bear Soul Power: Level 76 Soul Rings: ... Soul Skills: [First Soul Skill: Immovable Bright King Body] [Second Soul Skill: Great Strength Vajra Palm] [Third Soul Skill: Gravity Enhancement] [Fourth Soul Skill: Position Tracking] [Fifth Soul Skill: Gravity Squeeze] [Sixth Soul Skill: ...] [Seventh Soul Skill: ...] Soul Bones: \\ Character favorability: 59% (Trust) ----------
As Shrek Academy's second-in-command, Zhao Wuji had no less screen time or presence than the academy's dean, Flender.
A great deal of Zhao Wuji's personal information had been shown in the original novel, the comic and the animation, so Dai Mubai knew his teacher relatively well.
Besides, according to the system's feedback, the level of detail he could see was directly tied to the target's favorability toward him.
Although Zhao Wuji looked fierce, he was actually kindhearted and valued talent greatly. He cared deeply about all the students at Shrek Academy.
In the original story, after they encountered the king of the forest, the Titan Giant Ape, on their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, Zhao Wuji had even risked his life by staying behind to hold it off, hoping to give the Shrek Seven Devils a chance to escape.
However, Dai Mubai had been at Shrek Academy for less than a year. Although Zhao Wuji valued him, his favorability had not suddenly risen to an outrageous level.
Thus, the information the system had scanned about Zhao Wuji did not exceed Dai Mubai's expectations, nor did it contain anything that surprised him.
Dai Mubai gave the panel a cursory glance and skipped over most of it, his gaze falling on the character favorability at the very bottom.
59%? That's still some way off from the 80% needed to obtain a Favorability Treasure Chest.
But considering how dispirited and self-indulgent the original owner was after entering Shrek Academy, for Zhao Wuji to still have such high favorability toward him means he already cherished and valued him greatly.
Seeing that Zhao Wuji's favorability toward him was only 59%, not enough to earn a Favorability Treasure Chest, Dai Mubai was not disappointed. Instead, he was delighted.
Although it was not yet enough to earn a treasure chest, Zhao Wuji had a cold face but a warm heart, a fierce appearance but a kind nature, and he recognized and valued Dai Mubai.
Raising Zhao Wuji's favorability to 80% and getting a Favorability Treasure Chest to drop was only a matter of time.
And Dai Mubai believed that day would not be far off.
According to the system's feedback, character favorability ranged from 0% to 100%, with one rank for every 10%, making ten favorability ranks in total.
They were:
10% stranger, 20% newly acquainted, 30% familiar
40% casual acquaintance, 50% trust, 60% deep trust
70% close acquaintance, 80% intimacy, 90% inseparable
100% closest companion
Of course, those were the standard favorability divisions for ordinary people.
If they were friends or lovers,
once favorability reached 50%, the names of the subsequent ranks differed slightly from the ordinary favorability ranks.
[Friendship]:
60% sharing their hearts,
70% sharing hardship and adversity,
80% kindred spirits,
90% as close as siblings,
100% friends through life and death
[Love]:
60% hearts fluttering,
70% mutual affection,
80% inseparable as glue and lacquer,
90% supporting each other through hardship,
100% faithful until death
Dai Mubai had only a little over four years, less than five, left to improve his strength.
That was not a long time. Even though he had now shed his old self, his talent had improved, and his cultivation speed and efficiency had greatly increased,
time was still very tight overall, so Dai Mubai planned to spend the vast majority of it cultivating.
He did not have much time to farm other people's favorability.
Fortunately, there are quite a few teachers at Shrek Academy, and once Tang San and the others arrive, there will be quite a few students too.
Rather than being a people pleaser who goes against his own heart, always looking to curry favor with others and farm everyone he meets,
it's actually enough to build good relationships with the teachers and elders at Shrek Academy, with companions like the Shrek Seven Devils, and with some exceptional talents of outstanding ability and character, and powerhouses whose temperaments suit mine.
Although a treasure chest can be earned from anyone, the rewards inside are closely tied to the person it came from. So even among treasure chests, the quality of the rewards is probably uneven.
Compared with farming large numbers of ordinary people for ordinary treasure chests, treasure chests earned from exceptional talents, powerhouses, and story characters blessed with fortune will definitely be more valuable.
If the rewards from the treasure chests earned from these people help raise my cultivation and strengthen my combat power,
then at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament four years from now, I'll be more confident of leading the Shrek Academy Team to defeat the Star Luo Royal Academy Team and my elder brother, Dai Weisi.
With a thought, Dai Mubai closed his teacher Zhao Wuji's information panel and reflected to himself.
Neither the original owner nor Dai Mubai in his previous life was the sort of person who liked deliberately currying favor with others.
Deliberately trying to please others and farm their favorability just to obtain Favorability Treasure Chests was something Dai Mubai could not accept.
If he had to sacrifice his dignity and pride, he might as well do without that person's Favorability Treasure Chest.
After all, even Tang San, one of the Shrek Seven Devils, whose personality and actions occasionally displeased him,
and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, who would teach at Shrek Academy in the future, whose conduct he did not particularly approve of-
even though Tang San was the protagonist and Yu Xiaogang was an important story character, and both were blessed with fortune, so the Favorability Treasure Chests earned from them would definitely be extremely rare and valuable-
Dai Mubai, who acted very much as he pleased, was still not particularly willing to win them over, let alone other people.
Just as Dai Mubai finished examining Zhao Wuji's character favorability information and decided how to make proper use of the system,
Zhao Wuji withdrew the hand he had placed on Dai Mubai's shoulder.
He confirmed that Dai Mubai's Soul Power Level had indeed risen to the level-30 Soul Elder realm, just as he had said.
But now, the excitement Zhao Wuji had shown upon hearing the news was gone, and his face was filled with worry instead.