Of course, besides the teachers' advancements, the one who improved the most was still Ma Hongjun. Not only did he solve his Evil Fire problem, but he also purified his flames, resulting in a tremendous increase in their power.
His Soul Power also directly reached level 30 from level 25, requiring only one more Soul Ring to become a Soul Elder.
Moreover, Ma Hongjun could even feel that this wasn't his limit. He even deliberately compressed the fiery energy of the medicinal pill to temper his body. Although he couldn't compare to Oscar, he was still striving to keep up with Oscar's pace.
And if Oscar knew about Ma Hongjun's advancement, he wouldn't be surprised at all. In the original story, after Ma Hongjun merely consumed the Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower, his Soul Power increased by five levels, and at that time, Ma Hongjun was already a Soul Elder in his thirties.
Now, Ma Hongjun was only a level 25 Great Soul Master, and what he consumed was the purified and refined Phoenix Nirvana Pill, so naturally, the effect would be even better.
The only one who might be dumbfounded was Dai Mubai. He didn't know about the teachers' advancements, but there was no way he could be kept in the dark about Ma Hongjun's improvement.
Dai Mubai knew that Teacher Gai Yue had brought back a medicinal pill from Oscar to solve Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire problem, but what Dai Mubai didn't expect was that after Ma Hongjun took the pill tonight, he went back to his dormitory to cultivate. However, when Ma Hongjun appeared again the next day, not only was his Evil Fire problem solved, but his Soul Power had directly reached level 30.
This left Dai Mubai, who had just broken through to level 26, without even having time to report the good news to the academy teachers before Ma Hongjun this monster came out to stir up trouble!
You broke through five levels of Soul Power in just one night? Even a rocket doesn't move that fast! Didn't you say you were taking a medicinal pill to solve your Evil Fire problem? Why do I feel like you swallowed an immortal pill?
After learning about Ma Hongjun's situation, Dai Mubai couldn't help but ask Zhao Wuji, wanting to know if Oscar had more of such medicinal pills. He was willing to pay for them himself, letting Oscar set the price.
Zhao Wuji could only express helplessness in this matter, because Gai Yue had also told them that what Oscar brought back was approved by Dugu Bo. The medicinal materials all belonged to Poison Douluo Dugu Bo; Oscar was just an employee.
Moreover, such things were too precious. Getting this for Ma Hongjun already meant that Oscar had essentially "sold" himself to Dugu Yan for a year in exchange...
Hearing this explanation, although Dai Mubai was interested in getting such a medicinal pill for himself, he didn't have the heart to ask for it.
Besides, it was from Poison Douluo Dugu Bo? This person, who had long been famous, rarely appeared on the continent, but whenever he made the news, it was earth-shattering.
After all, a ruthless person who could single-handedly slaughter a city wasn't something you could find everywhere. Of course, Dugu Bo hadn't slaughtered a city yet, but that was the extent of his fame.
Because in the Soul Master world, there was a saying about Dugu Bo: he might not be able to defeat other Titled Douluo, but he can reduce you all to nothing but Titled Douluo.
The meaning of this saying was equivalent to being second only to the emperor in an empire, above everyone else. Even a genius like Oscar had to work for such a ruthless person. What right did Dai Mubai have? Because of his bad temper? Because of his identity as a runaway prince?
Therefore, although Dai Mubai envied Ma Hongjun's opportunity, in the end, he could only be helpless, left with nothing but intense envy.
Moreover, Dai Mubai also felt a bit of regret. Why didn't he come to Shrek Academy earlier? After all, Oscar was this good to Ma Hongjun. If he had come earlier, could he also have had such a selfless good brother?
And now Dai Mubai also knew that both Oscar and Ma Hongjun were orphans. In Dai Mubai's view, as long as he could get along well with these two and build a relationship, there would be a great chance to recruit them to the empire in the future.
After all, he was the third prince of the Star Luo Empire. If he could have the support of these two super geniuses in the future, his chances of success would definitely be much greater.
After all, Oscar and Ma Hongjun would also graduate from Shrek Academy in the future, and their backgrounds determined that they would choose a faction. So why couldn't it be him?
Thinking this way, Dai Mubai also made up his mind to work even harder. Otherwise, if his strength was insufficient or if he was looked down upon by these two overachievers, Ma Hongjun and Oscar, because of his laziness, there would be no question of becoming brothers.
However, Dai Mubai was truly exhausted. He never expected that Ma Hongjun's schedule every day was completely packed, with no chance to rest at all. He was purely a cultivation prodigy.
And according to what Ma Hongjun said, his Brother Oscar was even more terrifying. Ma Hongjun had achieved his current accomplishments only under Oscar's supervision.
If it weren't for the sad news about Oscar's disappearance this past month, Ma Hongjun would have actually tried to slack off while Oscar was out hunting for Soul Rings. It was only after Dugu Bo came to deliver the news that Oscar was missing that Ma Hongjun suddenly lost the thought of slacking off.
And now, although he knew the whole thing was a misunderstanding, with Gai Yue's message and the medicinal pill from Oscar, he dared not slack off even more, lest he辜负 (辜负 - fail to live up to) Brother Oscar's good intentions.
He definitely wasn't cultivating hard because he was afraid of being beaten. After all, ever since enrolling in the academy, Ma Hongjun had had a dream: to defeat Oscar fair and square, to hear him call him "Brother Jun"...
The daily life at Shrek Academy continued as usual. Although Oscar missed Ma Hongjun, with Dugu Yan accompanying him here, Oscar didn't actually miss the academy that much.
Moreover, in these nearly two months, Oscar's own Soul Power had also increased by one level, reaching level 34 from level 33.
And he discovered that after consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Fire Apricot Jiao Shu (Fiery Apricot), his cultivation speed had also improved, making his future path of cultivation much smoother.
Oscar also had his own plans. He planned to wait until he had completely absorbed the medicinal properties of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Fire Apricot Jiao Shu (Fiery Apricot), and then consume the Autumn Water Pill refined from the Autumn Water Dew.
Although this pill also didn't have the effect of increasing Soul Power, it specialized in one aspect: enhancing spiritual power. With Oscar's current spiritual power and physical constitution, absorbing a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring was no problem at all.
After all, after the Ice-Fire Alchemy Body, Oscar's physical constitution had made a huge breakthrough. Now, he could probably absorb a fourth Soul Ring of at least fifteen thousand years.
In the future, after completely absorbing the medicinal properties of these two immortal-grade medicinal herbs, the duration of his fourth Soul Ring might exceed twenty thousand years. Coupled with the enhancement of spiritual power from the Autumn Water Pill, Oscar's fourth Soul Ring would at least reach the twenty-thousand-year level.
Moreover, as Oscar continuously worked hard and his strength improved rapidly, the duration of his fourth Soul Ring might even be higher.
And for his fourth Soul Ring, Oscar already had a suitable choice. When his Soul Power reaches the bottleneck of level 40, he can go search for his fourth Soul Ring.