Flender and Zhao Wuji's Favorability Increased

"Old Zhao, stay with Mubai and keep him safe. I'll search the forest for traces of Iron-Armored Tigers and see if there are any of the right age."

"This kid is the apple of Shrek Academy's eye now. We can't let anything happen to him, haha..."

After that joking remark, Flender immediately used Martial Soul Possession. A pair of pale blue eagle wings made of energy spread from his back, and the next moment he shot into the sky and vanished from sight.

Meanwhile, Dai Mubai began searching all over the Star Dou Great Forest under Zhao Wuji's protection.

The Star Luo Imperial Family was different. It had a Soul Beast forest specifically for raising Soul Beasts suitable for the first three Soul Rings of the White Tiger Martial Soul.

When it was time to add a corresponding Soul Ring, one could enter the forest and easily find a suitable Soul Beast.

Now that he was away from home, however, he had to find the Soul Beast he wanted himself.

Fortunately, the Star Dou Great Forest had a vast number of Soul Beasts and a full variety of species.

Although the search depended on luck and took time, as long as one was willing to search patiently, one could generally find the Soul Beast one needed.

But Dai Mubai and the other two did not seem to have much luck.

All they wanted was a thousand-year-level Iron-Armored Tiger between 2,500 and 3,000 years old, yet they had searched the Star Dou Great Forest for three whole days without finding one.

"Hunting Soul Beasts isn't easy. Finding one that suits you is even harder, and it depends even more on luck."

"Sometimes it's quite common to search painstakingly in the forest for ten days or half a month without finding a thing, so there's no need to rush, Mubai."

"Your talent is the greatest I've seen in my life. Your first two Soul Rings were devoured during your Martial Soul Mutation. It looks like a bad thing, but it's actually a great opportunity for you."

"The Soul Rings that Soul Masters add when they're weak in the early stages gradually lose their usefulness later on. Who knows how many powerful Soul Masters long to add their earlier Soul Rings again-"

"Although your Soul Power cultivation is only at the level of a rank 30 Soul Elder, and your cultivation and strength aren't very high, so you can't add ultra-high-tier Soul Rings close to a hundred thousand years old when you add your earlier Soul Rings again now,"

"Having the chance to add purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings will still greatly improve both your strength and your talent and potential."

"So don't worry. Never mind ten days or half a month-even if it takes several months, half a year, or a whole year, Old Zhao and I will stay with you until we find the right Soul Beast for you."

"We absolutely won't let your talent and potential go to waste or let you miss this chance to add Soul Rings a second time."

Noticing that Dai Mubai was growing a little impatient, Flender spoke up to comfort him.

"Dean Flender, Teacher Zhao, thank you both." Hearing Flender's words, Dai Mubai felt a warm current flow through his heart.

Although Shrek Academy was exceedingly shabby, and its cultivation environment was far inferior to those of Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy,

and although Flender, its dean, came from a commoner Soul Master background, was not outstanding at teaching, and was also very stingy,

Dai Mubai did not regret joining Shrek Academy.

Flender, Zhao Wuji... They might not have been exceptionally skilled instructors, but they were undoubtedly teachers who cared deeply for their students and were willing to give of themselves for them.

"All right, enough of that fussing. We're all our own people here. What are you thanking us for?"

"Kid, if you really want to thank me, Old Zhao, then once you've added your Soul Ring and gone back, stop being as dejected and self-indulgent as you used to be. Cultivate properly from now on."

"And when we get back, just buy a couple of jars of good wine in Suotuo City to reward me, Old Zhao." Zhao Wuji waved his hand and spoke as if it were nothing.

"Old Zhao is right. Mubai, Shrek Academy has very modest facilities, and you're a true genius. You could have gone to a better academy to study."

"Finding and hunting a suitable Soul Beast for you is one of the few things the academy-those of us who are your teachers-can do for you, so there's no need to stand on ceremony with us."

Flender, who was usually a lazy, idle, crafty, and stingy salted fish, now faced Dai Mubai, the most monstrously talented student in Shrek Academy's history.

A rare look of earnest sincerity appeared on his face.

"Of course, we do have selfish reasons for doing this. We also want to teach and nurture a real monster, so Shrek Academy and those of us who teach here can bask in the glory."

"And I know you're no ordinary person, Mubai. Hongjun and Oscar both come from commoner backgrounds and don't have many resources, and they're close to you."

"So we also hope that when your name becomes famous throughout the Soul Master World, you'll give the two of them a hand and look after them for the sake of your friendship as classmates."

Hearing what Teacher Zhao Wuji and Dean Flender had said,

Dai Mubai was moved, and he could not help reflecting.

As the saying went, "When parents love their children, they plan far ahead for them."

In fact, if one encountered good teachers and elders, their love for their charges would likewise lead them to plan far ahead, and it would be no less than that of parents.

"Dean, Teacher Zhao, I will." Dai Mubai did not make many solemn assurances.

But his simple answer still allowed Flender and Zhao Wuji to feel his promise.

Flender and Zhao Wuji were deeply gratified and satisfied.

They wanted to teach and nurture a monstrous genius, but they also hoped that the student they taught would be loyal and upright, someone who repaid kindness.

Not a cold-hearted, ungrateful white-eyed wolf.

Fortunately, although Dai Mubai came from an extraordinary background and had long been dejected, listless, and self-indulgent, he was not bad by nature and also knew to repay kindness.

Having seen this clearly, Flender held Dai Mubai in even higher regard and placed even more importance on him, putting even more care into nurturing him.

Moreover, if Dai Mubai had used the system to check Flender's and Zhao Wuji's favorability at that moment, he would have discovered

that after their conversation, both men's favorability toward him had increased considerably.

[Ding, character [Flender]'s favorability toward the host has increased by 4 points. Current favorability: 69%]

[Ding, character [Zhao Wuji]'s favorability toward the host has increased by 3 points. Current favorability: 72%]

Hearing the system notification suddenly sound in his mind, Dai Mubai was somewhat surprised and taken aback.

But he quickly realized that this was a built-in function of the system, intended to help the host promptly notice changes in the goodwill or ill will of the people around him.

Whenever favorability increased or decreased by more than 3 points, the system would notify him immediately.

During his conversation with his two teachers, Flender and Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai had not intended to deliberately farm favorability; everything he said had come from the heart.

Dai Mubai was genuinely grateful from the bottom of his heart for his two teachers' tireless help.

He simply had not expected that, after Flender and Zhao Wuji sensed his sincere gratitude, they would see him as someone who valued loyalty and repaid kindness, and their favorability toward him would actually increase.

It had to be said that this was the advantage of being someone who valued loyalty.

As long as one treated him genuinely well, showed him goodwill with sincerity and openness, and their temperaments suited each other,

there was no need to deliberately farm favorability. It would steadily grow through the little moments they spent together.