Douluo Continent: Taking Tang San as a disciple, with a ten-thousand-fold return for teaching him.

Especially when he heard the words "a thousandfold return", Chen Luo's sense of joy instantly exploded.

A thousandfold return?! It's been so long since I've received this level of reward for mentoring someone!

That Eternal Crystal can't be too bad!

After obtaining the crystal plate, Tang San's initial emotions had long since disappeared, replaced only by excitement and joy.

Chen Luo knew that Tang San was eager to break open the crystal plate and get the gold inside, so he said at the right time, "That's all for today. You should all go back and rest early. You'll have plenty of time to stroll around the academy later."

Tang San immediately nodded: "Yes, teacher!"

Before he could finish speaking, Tang San had already sprinted towards the dormitory.

Yu Xiuyuan also bowed in farewell: "Teacher, you should get some rest too."

Actually, Chen Luo also wanted to slip away; he wanted to go back as soon as possible to see the effects of the Eternal Crystal.

Back in his dormitory, Chen Luo immediately took out the Eternal Crystal, a reward for teaching apprentices with a thousandfold return.

It was a rhombus-shaped crystal about the size of a little finger. Judging from its appearance alone, this eternal crystal was not as pretty as the trinkets in the two-dollar store that Chen Luo had visited in his previous life.

However, with just a little effort, one can discover the powerful energy contained within this eternal crystal, as well as its unfathomable mysteries.

When Chen Luo's gaze fell upon the Eternal Crystal, all information about it was revealed without reservation—

【Eternal Crystal】(Special Item): Can help you withstand a fatal blow; can be triggered actively.

Note: Special items cannot be gifted to others.

……

Shrek Academy, top floor of the cafeteria.

The aroma of grilled meat smoking over charcoal, mixed with the spicy scent of seasonings, permeates the air, constantly tantalizing the taste buds. As the bottle is opened, a subtle fragrance of wine is released into the air, adding to the allure.

"Why is Boss Dai in such a good mood to treat us to drinks and barbecue today? It feels like the sun is going to rise from another direction tomorrow!" Ma Hongjun laughed.

Dai Mubai glanced at Ma Hongjun indifferently: "Did I treat you too little before?"

Ma Hongjun chuckled and said, "No, no, our Boss Dai is the most generous!"

"But, Boss Dai, didn't you say you were going to quit drinking? Why are you drinking again tonight?"

Dai Mubai said calmly, "Can sake even be considered wine?"

"Of course not!"

Ma Hongjun laughed and said, "These chicken and duck legs aren't really meat. I'm trying to lose weight too!"

Oscar, who was standing to the side, was speechless after being completely taken aback by Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. He glared at them and then touched his smooth chin, saying, "What's going on today? Everyone seems a bit off."

Ma Hongjun curled his lip: "The two of you are the ones who are acting strangely, okay? One of you suddenly started drinking again, and the other suddenly shaved. We're all men, do you think I don't know what you're thinking?"

"Tell me, Boss Dai, which girl dumped you? You used to be the one dumping others, how come you're the one getting dumped now? Did you really train so hard for a month and lose all your girl-chasing skills?" Ma Hongjun asked.

Dai Mubai glared at Ma Hongjun: "Get lost, don't make me sound like you're as useless as I am!"

Ma Hongjun shrugged: "I'm just telling the truth."

"Besides, my situation is a bit special, as you all know. If it weren't for my martial soul, I wouldn't want to be a promiscuous man."

Dai Mubai and Oscar burst out laughing: "You?"

Ma Hongjun still nodded shamelessly: "Yes, it's me! I don't even know how many women's hearts I've broken... I'm such a sinner."

"Therefore, I will suppress the evil fire through my own efforts. No matter how hard the training is, I will persevere and not harm others anymore."

Dai Mubai laughed directly: "Fatty, stop pretending to be so noble. You have indeed worked hard in your training this past month, and your physical fitness has improved a lot, but what's going on with all the paper in your room? So you've started tormenting the Five Fingers?"

Ma Hongjun's face instantly turned bright red: "Boss Dai, can't we just have a pleasant chat together?"

"cut!"

Dai Mubai glanced at Ma Hongjun with disdain, then looked at Oscar and asked with a smile, "Little Oscar, which junior girl have you taken a fancy to? Didn't you always say that beautiful appearances are a dime a dozen, but interesting souls are one in a million? How come you've started paying attention to appearances too?"

Oscar wasn't embarrassed at all and said frankly, "I like Ning Rongrong. The phrase 'love at first sight' was made for us."

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun burst into laughter, showing Oscar absolutely no respect.

Ma Hongjun retorted directly, "If that's what you call love at first sight, then wouldn't I fall in love with everyone at first sight?"

Oscar: "..."

"By the way, what's wrong with Boss Dai today?" Oscar began to change the subject.

Dai Mubai took a sip of sake, then looked at the crescent moon in the sky and sighed softly: "I'm fine, I just wanted to drink."

Chapter 37 The Useless and Monster-like Mutant Martial Souls

The enrollment period for advanced soul master academies is generally around three days, but the most efficient enrollment time is actually the first day of enrollment. This applies not only to Shrek Academy but also to other advanced soul master academies.

The reason why Soul Masters are considered noble is not only because they possess power far exceeding that of ordinary people, but also largely because they are relatively rare.

Among the already scarce Soul Masters, low-level Soul Masters make up a large proportion, and the number of stronger Soul Masters is even smaller.

The number of soul masters who can enter advanced soul master academies is limited, and when further dispersed, the number becomes pitifully small.

Long before the Advanced Soul Master Academy officially began enrolling students, those Soul Masters who were qualified for admission already had a clear choice in their hearts, and very few of them changed their minds afterward.

Basically, the number of students enrolled on the first day of a high-level soul master academy represents the approximate number of new students in the entire academy.

As Chen Luo had predicted, Shrek Academy only recruited eleven students in the two days following the start of the admissions process, and all of them were students from the regular teaching buildings. Not a single student even made it into the monster teaching building.

After the enrollment period ends, the official start of the school year begins.

An essential part of the start of the school year is the opening ceremony, which even advanced soul master academies cannot avoid.

Fortunately, Shrek Academy is different from other academies. Shrek Academy's opening ceremony is very simple. As the dean, Flander only said a few words of encouragement, and the opening ceremony ended there. He didn't make the students carry chairs to the playground like fools. He just used his soul power to spread his voice throughout the entire academy.

For this reason alone, Flander, the yet-to-be-seen dean, has already won the favor of many students. After all, few students are willing to waste a lot of time on a meaningless opening speech that only serves to evoke their own emotions.

After the opening ceremony, Shrek Academy officially began its teaching period.

The curriculum in the regular teaching building is mainly divided into five parts: learning about Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, physical strength training, controlling Soul Power, practical combat, and cultivation.

The curriculum in the Monster Teaching Building is similar to that in the regular teaching building, except that the proportion of each part of the curriculum is slightly different. Apart from training, the Monster Teaching Building focuses more on physical strength training and practical combat.

Don't think that just because cultivation is placed last, it means it's the least important. On the contrary, cultivation takes up the most time of all the teaching parts. Even students in the Monster Academy have to spend most of their day cultivating.

Compared to students in ordinary teaching buildings, students who can enter the Monster Teaching Building all possess super strong soul power control abilities. Even Yu Xiuyuan, whose strength is not up to standard, has extremely strong soul power control abilities. Therefore, the teaching of soul power control accounts for a very small proportion of the teaching in the Monster Teaching Building.

Even if students in the Monster Teaching Building have some shortcomings, such as knowledge of soul beasts and soul masters, there will be dedicated teachers to provide one-on-one instruction. This is the strength of the Monster Teaching Building. As long as you can enter the Monster Teaching Building, you can enjoy absolute resources.

During the academy's enrollment period, the enrolled students had already begun their cultivation, only starting their systematic studies after the start of the semester.

The regular school buildings provide unified instruction, while the monster school buildings offer one-on-one instruction.

The Shrek Seven Devils were all assigned suitable teachers and found suitable training environments for mimicry.

Yu Xiuyuan also successfully followed Chen Luo in his studies, and a simulated cultivation environment was naturally arranged for him.

The simulated training environment is where Shrek Academy has invested the most money; Flander has spared no expense. The number of simulated training environments may not be enough to fully satisfy all students, but it can at least satisfy the students in the Monster Teaching Building. Students in the regular teaching buildings can also enjoy it as long as they allocate their time reasonably.

"We'll have regular classes in the morning, and then we'll start physical training in the afternoon. I'll be in charge of all the physical training in the Monster Teaching Building."

On the first day of school, Chen Luo briefly explained the teaching arrangements for the Monster Teaching Building.

When they heard the words "physical intensity training," Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar all looked rather grim. After all, they had all received a one-month trial pass and knew all too well how terrifying this physical intensity training was.

Tang San smiled, seemingly looking forward to it.

After Chen Luo finished explaining the teaching arrangements, the teachers took their respective students to conduct specialized one-on-one tutoring.

Without exception, all the teachers led their students straight to the simulated training environment, as they unanimously believed that training was the most important lesson for these little monsters.

Chen Luo led Yu Xiuyuan toward the simulated training environment area, but on the way there, he mentioned Yu Xiuyuan's martial soul and characteristics.

"After your martial soul is attached, you can only exert less than 50% of its effect, right?" Chen Luo asked.

Yu Xiuyuan nodded: "Yes, teacher, you noticed that?"

"If you can't even see this, how can you be a teacher?" Chen Luo said in a very pretentious manner.

Clearly, Chen Luo didn't figure it out from observation, but rather from guessing.

Just like a man who always likes to guess that other people's guns are unloaded, Chen Luo guesses that there aren't that many cheaters in this world.

If a spirit can be projected externally after being possessed, and there are no flaws whatsoever, wouldn't that be an absolute cheat code? If it were that monstrous, what chance would Tang San, the cheat king, have?

"Your martial soul mutation is already very successful. Being able to simultaneously possess and release your martial soul is an incredible thing in itself," Chen Luo said.

Yu Xiuyuan said, "But... but if my martial soul is really as you said, then what about my innate soul power level..."

"Why is it so low, right?" Chen Luo asked.

Yu Xiuyuan nodded vigorously: "Yes, teacher, my innate soul power level is only level seven."

"You've already reached level seven innate soul power, and you're still not satisfied?"

Chen Luo was somewhat surprised. He had thought that Yu Xiuyuan's innate soul power level was only four or five. Fortunately, the kid said it himself, otherwise he would have been embarrassed.

Yu Xiuyuan's voice immediately became much softer: "Actually, I used to be quite satisfied, but after seeing those real geniuses, I always felt that my talent was not enough..."

Chen Luo asked, "Do you know what my innate soul power level is?"

Yu Xiuyuan shook his head slightly and immediately asked, "Teacher, how much is it?"

Chen Luo replied truthfully, "Only half a level."

"what?"

Yu Xiuyuan was somewhat incredulous: "Only half a grade? Teacher, you're not kidding, are you?"

Chen Luo said, "Do I look like someone who likes to joke around?"

Yu Xiuyuan fell silent.

Chen Luo said, "Half-level innate soul power is no different from being a piece of trash, but I still managed to get here step by step. Your start is already very good, and you will definitely be able to go much further in the future."

Yu Xiuyuan nodded vigorously: "Understood, teacher!"

Chen Luo didn't go into too much of the inspirational talk, because he was afraid that if he said too much, he would burst out laughing.

There's no such thing as a lot of inspirational stories to be had; it's either wishful thinking or someone's cheat code.

"What kind of spirit beast did your first spirit ring come from, and what is its age?" Chen Luo continued the previous topic, asking Yu Xiuyuan about information related to his martial spirit.