Things That Happened on Sea God Lake

Sea God Lake was an artificial lake built by Shrek Academy to commemorate Sea God Tang San, the leader of the Shrek Seven Monsters from ten thousand years ago.

In the center of Sea God Lake stood an artificial island, and on that island was a towering golden tree.

The artificial island was named Sea God Island, and the towering tree was the Golden Ancient Tree, the pride of Shrek Academy. The Sea God Pavilion, which protected Shrek, was located deep within the Golden Tree.

As mentioned before, Shrek Academy was divided into the Inner Court and the Outer Court. The Inner Court was the heart of Shrek.

Its teaching methods far surpassed what was taught in the Outer Court. That was why some said that only students of Shrek Academy's Inner Court were truly Shrek students.

As a result, every student admitted to Shrek Academy made it their greatest goal to join the legendary Inner Court, and the academy used all kinds of methods to spur Outer Court students to do everything they could to gain admission.

One such method was to let new students experience the environment around the outskirts of Sea God Lake.

The spiritual Qi around the outskirts of Sea God Lake was less concentrated than on Sea God Island at its center, but it was still much denser than in the outside world.

Cultivating around the outskirts of Sea God Lake would therefore moderately increase one's cultivation speed. Thus, besides being the location of the Inner Court, Sea God Lake was also considered a sacred land for cultivation.

That was why many Outer Court students took time to cultivate around the outskirts of Sea God Lake.

Today, however, Sea God Lake was rather noisy, unlike its usual peaceful self.

"I really can't take it anymore! Not that one!"

"Hehe, you were so tough just now, and only now do you know it hurts? Just be good and submit!"

"No! That one's too big! I really can't take it anymore!"

"Come on, don't be afraid. It'll be over soon."

"No... ahhh!!!"

A pink-and-blue-haired girl was crying out on the outskirts of Sea God Lake, while a boy smiled as he watched her predicament.

Any normal person who heard that bizarre exchange would surely think the boy and girl had done something unbelievable.

But fantasies were beautiful, while reality was all skin and bones.

So, anyone whose thoughts went astray should hurry up and slap themselves as punishment.

Wang Dong'er wore an extremely strained expression, and many objects resembling steel balls of various sizes floated around her.

Xu Xingyu watched Wang Dong'er "struggle and strive" as though enjoying a show, occasionally tossing in a few more steel balls to add fuel to the fire.

So why were Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er doing this at Sea God Lake so early in the morning?

That went back to Jiang Nannan's explanation yesterday of how her spiritual power and cultivation had risen to nearly the Soul King level in just a few years.

After Jiang Nannan explained her situation, they arrived at the dormitory building. They said their goodbyes and returned to their respective rooms.

After returning to her room, Wang Dong'er felt a sense of crisis at the rapid improvement in Jiang Nannan's strength. Although she and Xu Xingyu could use their one-hundred-percent Martial Soul Fusion to increase their cultivation speed, that method could not improve spiritual power.

Wang Dong'er personally did not object to forming an alliance with Jiang Nannan to bring down the great demon king Gu Yuena and the Little Demoness Xu Yanxue, then sharing Xu Xingyu together. But that was ultimately only on the condition that she held the position of principal wife.

If Jiang Nannan's strength and cultivation speed both far surpassed hers, then when the alliance ended, whether Wang Dong'er could even win the position of principal wife would be in question!

So Wang Dong'er had to cultivate even harder now. Soul Power was manageable; her Martial Soul Fusion with Xu Xingyu allowed her cultivation speed to keep up with Jiang Nannan, who had activated her physique cheat.

But as for spiritual power, Wang Dong'er could only cultivate it passively at her current stage; she did not cultivate it actively.

So that night, Wang Dong'er asked Xu Xingyu to help her make time to train her spiritual power starting the next day.

Xu Xingyu was shocked by Wang Dong'er's request. Although growing up with her worldview shaped in the Spirit Contract Pagoda had made Wang Dong'er more serious about cultivation than in the original story, she still found time to slack off a little.

She rarely took the initiative to ask for this sort of special training.

Xu Xingyu felt like an old father who had watched his daughter grow up, gratified to see her becoming more and more mature.

Of course, Xu Xingyu could guess that Wang Dong'er's uncharacteristic attitude was mainly due to the sense of crisis she felt as the gap between her and Jiang Nannan gradually widened.

But Xu Xingyu, who had long accepted the fact that he was a scumbag, only wanted to say, You don't need to worry. No matter who it is, I won't let any of you go!

For no other reason than that you're all my best wings!

Of course, at this stage, Xu Xingyu only dared say such things in his heart. If he were to say them aloud, he would wait until he was strong enough to defeat all of them, so his lovers would not gang up and beat him.

Returning to the matter at hand, after learning that Wang Dong'er wanted special training in spiritual cultivation, Xu Xingyu began planning how to train her rudimentary spiritual power that very night.

At first, Wang Dong'er was happy that Xu Xingyu cared so much about her affairs, but the next morning, she regretted it.

At around six o'clock the next morning, Xu Xingyu woke Wang Dong'er from her sleep.

Wang Dong'er wanted to object, but when Xu Xingyu said, "The whole day's plan starts in the morning," she could only accept it and obediently get up.

After letting her wake up properly, he ignored Wang Dong'er's objections and dragged her to the shore of Sea God Lake to begin her training.

The training Xu Xingyu had planned for Wang Dong'er required her to lift these special steel balls with her spiritual power.

These so-called steel balls were made from a special metal. They were small and not particularly heavy.

But the steel balls had a peculiar property: when they came into contact with spiritual power, they generated a suction force that absorbed it.

Thus, if a Soul Master lifted these steel balls with spiritual power, the suction force would make the balls feel extraordinarily heavy.

However, the Soul Master's spiritual power was not absorbed by the steel balls for nothing.

Once a certain amount of spiritual power had entered the steel balls and been absorbed, the Soul Master could use Soul Power to extract the spiritual power absorbed earlier.

The extracted spiritual power was somewhat higher in quality than the spiritual power that had entered the balls. Therefore, by repeatedly letting the steel balls absorb one's spiritual power and then extracting it, a person's spiritual power realm would rise substantially in a short time.

The only thing to watch out for was not to let the steel balls draw out a large amount of spiritual power at once, or one's life could very well be in danger.

It was best to calculate according to the Soul Master's own spiritual cultivation and use a set number of steel balls each day, then gradually increase the number used for training as their spiritual cultivation improved.

At first, Wang Dong'er thought little of the training, considering it child's play that could hardly be called difficult.

But after she started lifting the fiftieth steel ball, she began to feel strained. At that point, Wang Dong'er could clearly feel that she was close to her limit.

What frightened Wang Dong'er was that if a few more steel balls were added, these terrifying steel balls might very well squeeze her completely dry.

Wang Dong'er pleaded with Xu Xingyu, saying it was only her first day of training, so there was no need to go that far, was there?

Xu Xingyu replied that precisely because it was the first day, he had to find out where her limit was before he could properly arrange how many steel balls to use in her training on the following days.

So, Dong'er, don't be afraid. I'll keep you safe; just a few more will do.

Faced with Xu Xingyu's devilish words, Wang Dong'er could only shed bitter tears and continue increasing the number of steel balls. Finally, when she reached seventy-five, she could no longer hold on. She put down the balls and collapsed to the ground.

"Seventy-five steel balls. Not bad. It seems you haven't neglected your spiritual power cultivation too much these past few years."

Hearing Xu Xingyu's assessment, Wang Dong'er said irritably, "Xingyu, you're going too far, aren't you? I told you I had Old Madam Zhou's physical education class again today, and now you've left me completely collapsed on the ground. If I fail to meet that teacher's requirements today, I'll be thrown out."

Xu Xingyu answered unconcernedly, "Don't worry. Just hurry and recover before class starts. All right, hurry up and absorb the spiritual power inside the steel balls. If you're too slow, watch out, or you won't get breakfast today."

"Can't you let me catch my breath before I do it?"

"No."

Faced with Xu Xingyu's unyielding order, Wang Dong'er could only do as he asked and begin absorbing the spiritual power inside the steel balls.

As Wang Dong'er absorbed the spiritual power from the steel balls, it was like taking a drink of pure water in a parched desert. The feeling was incredibly refreshing.

Had Wang Dong'er not possessed considerable self-control, she might have already let out a sound of pleasure.

Watching Wang Dong'er rapidly absorb the spiritual power, Xu Xingyu began surveying the surroundings in case an emergency arose.

After all, if someone was interrupted while absorbing spiritual power, the slightest mistake could cause them mental harm.

After looking around, Xu Xingyu did not spot anyone.

Soon, Wang Dong'er extracted all the spiritual power from every steel ball.

But just then, Xu Xingyu spotted a red dot on Sea God Lake, gradually approaching the two of them.