Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 117 Revisiting the Stars

This is understandable, since Lin Chen doesn't intend to become a true core member of Shrek Academy, and it's not worth risking the Star Dou Great Forest's influence for his sake.

Yan Shaozhe's answer was within Lin Chen's expectations, since he hadn't originally planned to have the academy intervene.

"Then I'll go by myself. Dean, you can just give me a leave of absence," Lin Chen said.

Yan Shaozhe took out a phoenix-shaped object from his ring and said, "Take this. Use your soul power to activate it when you encounter danger. It contains my full-force attack."

Lin Chen was somewhat surprised, but still took the phoenix from Yan Shaozhe's hands.

He was well aware of Yan Shaozhe's kindness. Even though he knew that Yan Shaozhe did not intend to join Shrek Academy, the dean still entrusted him with this life-saving treasure, which was truly a great favor to him.

"When do you plan to go hunting for spirit rings?" Yan Shaozhe asked.

"I expect to leave within the next few days. This time, I plan to go out and cultivate for a while in order to break through my bottleneck," Lin Chen replied.

"You need to make good use of the time. Yuexuan should have told you that this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is your graduation assessment."

"I will make good use of my time, Dean."

"By the way, how's Ma Xiaotao's 'evil fire'?" Lin Chen suddenly thought of Ma Xiaotao and asked.

It wasn't that he was genuinely worried about Ma Xiaotao, but rather that he was afraid she would go crazy again and harm innocent people.

"Xiao Tao's evil fire has been suppressed by Huo Yuhao, and there won't be any problems for a while. Speaking of which, we have to thank you for bringing her back, otherwise there would definitely be more places suffering and death," Yan Shaozhe said.

Upon hearing Yan Shaozhe's reply, Lin Chen did not continue the topic and instead said, "Dean, I'll go back to class now."

"Go ahead, but prioritize your own safety," Yan Shaozhe instructed.

Lin Chen nodded and left Yan Shaozhe's office.

In the classroom.

"I might be going out for a few days," Lin Chen said to Zhou Mingxing and Lin Xiaolei.

"Huh? Xiao Xiao and class monitor Wang Dong'er just went out today, are you leaving too?" Lin Xiaolei was a little reluctant. Her good friend was leaving, and there would be no one to chat with. She couldn't be with Zhou Mingxing every moment, could she?

"You're already a celebrity, so I can just leave!" Lin Chen said, somewhat puzzled.

"Get out!" Lin Xiaolei glared at Lin Chen angrily.

"Brother Lin, be careful," Zhou Mingxing said.

After saying that, Zhou Mingxing took out the Azure Cloud Shield that Lin Chen had given him from his storage soul tool and said, "Brother Lin, this is the Azure Cloud Shield you gave me back then. I was very safe in the Sun Moon Empire and never used it. I forgot to return it to you before."

As he spoke, Zhou Mingxing scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

Lin Chen accepted the Azure Cloud Cover and nodded.

"By the way, Mingxing, why don't you go back to your dorm for a few days and take care of Xiaoyan for me?" Lin Chen said to Zhou Mingxing, remembering Zhang Lexuan's instructions.

He couldn't possibly take Tang Xiaoyan to the Star Dou Great Forest, as that place was fraught with danger for her, so he could only entrust Zhou Mingxing to take care of her.

In a chaotic world, improving one's own strength is the most important thing. If one is not strong, it will be impossible to fully protect Tang Xiaoyan in the future.

In this way, he also became a hands-off manager.

Zhou Mingxing nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Lin, I will take good care of her."

Tang Xiaoyan had met Lin Chen's friends a few times, and Zhang Lexuan couldn't let her stay at home all the time, as that would be detrimental to the child's physical and mental health.

So Tang Xiaoyan also came to see the older brothers and sisters a few times.

The following day, Lin Chen left Shrek Academy and headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a secluded place for cultivation.

At Lin Chen's current speed, traveling at full speed, he arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest in less than half a day.

"I suppose Huo Yuhao and the others have already helped that inner court disciple named Mo Xuan obtain his sixth soul ring," Lin Chen muttered to himself.

At this moment, a hundred-year-old white tiger pounced towards Lin Chen.

Because Lin Chen had been concealing his aura, the hundred-year-old white tiger couldn't see his strength at all. Hundred-year-old soul beasts have low intelligence, so the white tiger fearlessly charged towards Lin Chen.

Lin Chen immediately unleashed a powerful surge of soul power, stunning the white tiger.

Without lingering there for long, Lin Chen flashed and jumped onto a tree, then headed deep into the Star Dou Great Forest.

This time, Lin Chen mainly wanted to find some powerful soul beasts to fight, with a cultivation level of at least 80,000 to 100,000 years, to see if he could gain insights in the battle and thus break through.

After another half day, Lin Chen found a relatively secluded cave, took his luggage out of his storage bag, started a fire, and roasted a Kun on it.

The chicken was from the cafeteria; it seemed to be some kind of soul beast at the bottom of the food chain, I forget what it was called.

Although this place is deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, these soul beasts are highly intelligent, so they generally don't run rampant here. Lin Chen had already used his spiritual power to probe the area and found that there weren't many soul beasts nearby. The strongest one was a 60,000-year-old human-faced demon spider, and it was quite far away from him.

When Lin Chen sensed the Human-Faced Demon Spider, he found it amusing that he had actually encountered Tang San's own father's soul beast. If the Human-Faced Demon Spider hadn't given him an external soul bone, he would have faced countless more troubles on his cultivation path!

About two and a half hours later, a fragrant roast chicken was ready!

Lin Chen picked up the roasted chicken and began to eat it with relish.

"Hiss...hiss!" Lin Chen's mouth was sizzling with oil as he ate.

At this stage, Lin Chen's physical fitness was already very strong, so he completely ignored the high temperature of the freshly roasted chicken. After a minute, only chicken bones remained on the ground.

After finishing the chicken, Lin Chen sat down cross-legged and began to cultivate.

It was already late at night, and Lin Chen planned to begin his training the next morning.

Quietly entering a state of cultivation, Lin Chen also released his spiritual body and began to wander around the Star Dou Great Forest.

Actually, his main purpose was to try to find Zhang Lexuan and her group. When he was away from home, Lin Chen was very concerned about his girlfriend's safety.

The spiritual entity emerged from Lin Chen's body, while Lin Chen's physical body began to cultivate under the influence of the soul core.

In case of any danger, Lin Chen's spiritual body can instantly return and take over his physical body. Besides, Qian Renxue is still inside Lin Chen's body, so there is no need to worry.

"Sister Le Xuan should be on night watch, right?" Based on the martial soul's prediction, it's highly likely that Sister Le Xuan is on night watch.

(End of this chapter)