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

Yu Xiuyuan immediately replied, "My first soul ring came from a giant worm, and its age should be around four hundred years."

"A worm? A tiger?" Chen Luo asked.

Yu Xiuyuan shook his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "It's just a big worm as the name suggests. I don't know the name of that soul beast, and as for the age of the soul ring, I guessed it myself after absorbing the soul ring..."

"This is acceptable?" Chen Luo frowned slightly.

Yu Xiuyuan said, "The Soul Master Academy in our area is quite backward, and the knowledge about Soul Masters and Soul Beasts is far from complete..."

"alright."

Chen Luo nodded slightly, then fell into deep thought.

After a moment, Chen Luo asked, "Was the giant worm you killed black? And did it have a pair of white wings on its back?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiuyuan briefly recalled the event, then immediately nodded: "Yes, teacher!"

Chen Luo said, "That's called the White-winged Black Insect. It's a fairly typical-looking soul beast. It seems that the soul master academy you were in before was really quite backward."

“Yes…” Yu Xiuyuan looked helpless.

Chen Luo said, "You're really bold. Your martial soul is a snake, yet you dare to absorb an insect as a soul ring? Who taught you that?"

Yu Xiuyuan said very honestly, "I once saw a tattered book called 'The Ten Core Competencies of the Martial Soul World' at a beggar's place. It contained the theory of Martial Soul Mimicry, and that's what I learned from it."

Chen Luo fell silent. Good heavens, the source of all evil was himself?

"You don't even know what a soul beast is called, yet you dare to apply those theories that may or may not be true?" Chen Luo frowned slightly.

Yu Xiuyuan seemed somewhat aggrieved: "I had no choice but to make this choice. It took me almost half a month to kill that big worm, and I even ruined more than a dozen hunting traps."

Upon hearing this, Chen Luo suddenly felt like slapping himself. He already knew that the other party's conditions were limited, yet he still asked such a question as "Why don't they eat meat porridge?"

"Do you remember how long that worm was?" Chen Luo asked.

Yu Xiuyuan said, "It was about 2.3 meters tall. That was the first soul beast I killed, and also the largest insect I had ever seen, so it left a deep impression on me."

Chen Luo said, "Then the age limit of your first spirit ring is about 460 years, which has exceeded the limit for an ordinary spirit master to absorb the first spirit ring."

"Huh? Is there such a high age limit?" Yu Xiuyuan was somewhat surprised.

Chen Luo said, "You said you guessed the timeline after absorbing the soul ring, how did you guess it? There must be some basis for it, right?"

Yu Xiuyuan said, "One of my classmates chose to absorb a 500-year-old Mandragora Serpent as his first spirit ring, and he exploded and died. I feel that the spirit ring I absorbed was not easy either, but it was still a long way from exploding and dying, so I guessed it was 400 years."

Chen Luo swallowed hard and exclaimed, "You really are a monster."

Yu Xiuyuan smiled somewhat naively, then asked, "Teacher, how did you deduce the soul beast I chose for my first soul ring?"

Chen Luo said, "Your first soul skill is clearly a substitute-type soul skill. There aren't many hundred-year-old soul beasts that can be given substitute-type soul skills. Moreover, the substitute is just an illusion and has the appearance of an insect. The White Winged Black Insect is one of the soul beasts that fits the criteria."

"Teacher, you are really amazing!" Yu Xiuyuan said with heartfelt admiration.

Chen Luo was a little flattered by the praise, but he remained calm on the surface: "I won't assign you any other tasks for the time being. Focus on your cultivation and raise your soul power level to level 20 first."

Yu Xiuyuan nodded and said seriously, "Yes, it shouldn't be long."

Chen Luo reminded him, "Cultivation cannot be achieved overnight; only by taking steady steps can one go further."

Yu Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Teacher, I understand this principle. I have always relied on my own efforts to become stronger step by step, which is how I have achieved my current strength."

Chen Luo nodded slightly: "Keep it up!"

Chapter 38 Even I can do it, is that all you are?

Yu Xiuyuan's simulated cultivation environment is in a cave, where the temperature is relatively stable, but it is slightly damp compared to the outside.

When Yu Xiuyuan first arrived at the cave, he had some instinctive resistance, but after cultivating inside for a while, he quickly found it surprisingly appealing.

The simulated cultivation environment is mostly chosen based on the characteristics of the martial soul. For example, Yu Xiuyuan's martial soul, the White Snake, is a terrestrial snake that generally inhabits places with suitable temperature, seclusion, and dampness, such as rock crevices, grass, caves, tombs, and underground caves.

There are quite a few martial spirits that are suitable for the cave-type simulated cultivation environment. As long as the martial spirit likes a dark and damp environment, such as snakes, insects, or some special plants, it can choose the cave.

Besides the basic environment, the arrangement of spirit stones is even more important, as that is the key to the simulated cultivation environment.

There are several cave-type simulated training environments in Shrek Academy, but the one Chen Luo chose for Yu Xiuyuan is of the highest quality.

In fact, as long as these simulated training environments are not large-scale, their quality will not differ much; it's just a matter of striving for perfection.

After settling Yu Xiuyuan in, Chen Luo went to check on the Shrek Seven Devils. Everyone was diligently cultivating.

A sufficiently excellent student makes things easier for the teacher. Often, the greatest help a teacher can give a student is not to force their own ideas on them.

Of course, these teachers weren't idle either; they also taught classes in the regular teaching building.

Even though Flander invested heavily to significantly improve Shrek Academy's teaching staff, there was still a shortage of teachers, and it was very common for one teacher to teach several classes.

Moreover, most of the teachers recruited later were at the Soul Master level, which was a resource that Flander had worked very hard to obtain.

The morning passed quickly, and the Shrek Seven Devils all finished their training around noon.

At their level of soul power, the time they can cultivate continuously is not particularly long, unless they encounter a critical moment when they are about to break through.

Those who cultivate for months or even years are all incredibly powerful figures.

After lunch and a short rest, the physical training began at 2 PM in the Monster Teaching Building.

All seven Shrek Seven Devils were present, and although Yu Xiuyuan arrived late, he also joined the team.

"Didn't I tell you to focus on cultivation during this time?" Chen Luo asked seriously, looking at Yu Xiuyuan who was rushing over.

Yu Xiuyuan said, "Teacher, I don't want to be special. I want to train with everyone. Perhaps physical training can help me achieve a breakthrough faster!"

Chen Luo nodded slightly, but didn't say anything more.

Despite his outwardly serious demeanor, Chen Luo had already begun to reflect on himself because of Yu Xiuyuan's words.

In Chen Luo's subconscious mind, the Shrek Seven Devils were a complete team, and Yu Xiuyuan, being an extra person, needed to be arranged separately. Therefore, in some matters, he did not take Yu Xiuyuan's feelings into account.

Once everyone had arrived, Chen Luo began with a brief speech.

“Physical strength training originally consisted of two parts: physical conditioning and resilience training. But after thinking about it, I realized that the latter was somewhat of a waste of your time, so I decided to remove it.”

"Only Soul Masters who focus on defense need to undergo specialized training to withstand blows. Like you guys, even if you train until you're half dead, your physical strength won't see a qualitative breakthrough. Simply choosing to tough it out means you can block Soul Skills without special training, but you still won't be able to block Soul Skills even if you train your whole life."

"Because of some of my own misjudgments, I've said a lot of nonsense here, wasting a lot of everyone's time. To make up for it, I will focus more on challenging your physical limits in terms of physical training. Be prepared to crawl back every day."

After Chen Luo finished speaking, the eight little monsters fell silent.

Chen Luo's usual tactic is to start with some irrelevant nonsense, then slip in some seemingly good news, and finally deliver something explosive.

Having already experienced this pattern of praising first and then criticizing before, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar looked speechless, but also somewhat expectant.

Physical training began quickly. It seemed like a spur-of-the-moment decision to focus on training, but in reality, it was something Chen Luo had planned long ago. The first stage was weighted long-distance running.

When it came to assigning training tasks according to individual differences, Chen Luo was absolutely ruthless, and everyone was completely under his control.

Whether it's the level of load or the distance to run, it's all just right before the little monsters' limits, and then the intensity is gradually increased to challenge the limits step by step.

Chen Luo didn't start with so-called team training from the beginning. Instead, he started with individual training. If you can't even adapt to individual training, then team training would be a joke.

Everything should be done step by step. First, gradually challenge your personal limits, and then challenge the team's limits. This is a more reasonable approach.

Regarding the weight training, Chen Luo admitted that he referenced the original plot arrangement in the book, but he also made many changes based on his own ideas and Yu Xiaogang's original experience, making the whole training look more complete.

During the weight training, Chen Luo, as the teacher, took the lead and joined in. Although he looked like he was struggling a lot, he actually found it very easy.

As far as Shrek Academy is concerned, only Tang San knows Chen Luo's approximate strength. Everyone else's understanding of Chen Luo is still limited to the fact that he is only a theoretical master at level 29.

Even Flander and Zhao Wuji were the same. After Chen Luo's martial soul evolved, it was very difficult for others to directly perceive his true strength, and few people would be so bored as to do such a thing.

It should be noted that Chen Luo is already a level 46 Soul Master. Not to mention that his actual physical strength far exceeds that of everyone at the same level, the physical strength brought by his Soul Power level alone makes it easy for him to cope with this level of weight training.

Even so, Chen Luo, panting, encouraged the others: "Come on, you guys are all monsters!"

"If even a piece of trash like me can hold on, is that all you can do?"

Chen Luo's actions were somewhat shameless, but the results were surprisingly good.

Even Ning Rongrong, the pampered little devil of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, chose to persevere. She could comfortably slack off in front of a group of peers whose talents were no less than or even surpassed hers, but she could not give up in front of a theoretical master who even acknowledged the label of "trash."

Even though Ning Rongrong has some princess syndrome, the innate arrogance of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has always remained with her.

For the next two weeks, the eight little monsters in the Monster Teaching Building underwent high-intensity physical training every day.

Intensive training takes place in the afternoon, followed by cultivation in the evening. In the morning, in addition to cultivation, some instruction is provided based on the needs of the little monsters. Every few days, some practical training is also conducted, but cultivation remains the primary focus.

Half a month later, Yu Xiuyuan finally broke through the shackles and his soul power level reached level 20.

In addition, there is good news: Oscar's soul power level has reached level 30.

It was only a matter of time before Yu Xiuyuan and Oscar achieved their breakthroughs. With the help of their high-intensity physical training every day, the time required for them to achieve their breakthroughs was shortened to some extent.

The most important factors are their talent and their hard work in training; other external factors only play a supporting role.

Furthermore, Yu Xiuyuan and Oscar timed their breakthroughs perfectly, exactly one day apart, allowing them to acquire new spirit rings together...

Chapter 39 Departure from the Stars

"These past two days, Yu Xiuyuan and Oscar have successfully advanced to a new level. Tomorrow, we will all set off together for the Star Dou Great Forest to assist them in hunting soul beasts and obtaining soul rings. Dean Flander and Vice Dean Zhao Wuji will also be going."

At Shrek Academy, in front of the Monster Teaching Building, Chen Luo, unusually, began to talk about his plans for the next day.

For the past two weeks, as long as Chen Luo didn't speak, each day was basically a repeat of the previous one.

Upon hearing that they were going to the Soul Beast Forest to hunt soul beasts tomorrow, all the little monsters perked up. Ma Hongjun even asked with a smile, "Master, can we take a day off today? We're going to the Soul Beast Forest, we should at least adjust our condition, right?"

Chen Luo glanced at Ma Hongjun, and Ma Hongjun immediately shut up, his smile vanishing instantly.

All the little monsters were in awe of Chen Luo. Under Chen Luo's "care," they had a tough time every day, but the benefits they gained were obvious. No one could refuse a strict teacher who could help them improve, except for good-for-nothings who were just trying to slack off.

Chen Luo said, "The physical training will continue today. I'm doing this for your own good."

"We've only been training for half a month, and our bodies haven't fully adapted yet. If we suddenly stop training, our bodies won't be able to handle it. If you don't believe me, you can try it. You definitely won't be able to go to the Soul Beast Forest tomorrow, and it will make you even more miserable."

No one raised any further objections, and physical training continued as usual.

In the evening, after the physical training ended, Chen Luo and the little monsters returned to their respective dormitories, washed away the sweat and grime, changed into clean clothes, and then went to have dinner together.

After dinner, Chen Luo and the little monsters would occasionally go for a walk, but they would usually go straight back to their dormitories to cultivate. They were all incredibly self-disciplined and diligent, which had become the norm in their lives.

Therefore, the idea that environment can change a person is not unfounded.

Among a group of people with similar talents, everyone is working hard, and you will absolutely not allow yourself to slack off. In the past, you might have become somewhat lax in many aspects because of your talent, but after seeing the diligent people, you will unconsciously follow suit. Those bad habits will be changed without you even realizing it, and your demands on yourself will become higher and higher.