After bidding farewell to Dugu Bo, Oscar took Dugu Yan and spent a month traveling back to Shrek Academy with stops along the way.
On the road, Oscar took Dugu Yan for some proper sightseeing, after all, Dugu Yan had basically never gone out to play with anyone like this before.
Plus, now that Oscar and Dugu Yan had confirmed their boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, the significance was naturally different.
This month was basically like a honeymoon between the young couple. Their Soul Power didn't improve much this month, but their mood was exceptionally wonderful.
When Oscar appeared at Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan, the first person to see them was Teacher Li Yusong, because usually when Teacher Li had nothing to do, he would stroll around the Academy, partly to relax and partly to patrol.
Although he had heard from Gai Yue and Shao Xin about Oscar and Dugu Yan's situation, especially in the later months when Gai Yue indicated Oscar had already confirmed his relationship with Dugu Yan.
This made everyone at Shrek Academy unable to help wanting to see Dugu Yan sooner. After all, they were curious about the girl who could captivate their Academy's little monster.
Especially Ma Hongjun, who particularly wanted to know what charm his sister-in-law had that could make his Oscar-brother, who was like a cultivation maniac, bow down at her pomegranate skirt?
"Sister, this is Teacher Li Yusong. Before meeting my teacher, I was learning staff techniques from Teacher Li." Oscar came before Li Yusong with Dugu Yan and introduced.
Dugu Yan nodded upon hearing this, "Hello Teacher Li, I'm Dugu Yan, Oscar's girlfriend."
After spending a year with Oscar, although Oscar didn't have the opportunity to take her out to play, he often guided her. Plus, with this month of traveling while playing, Dugu Yan had become much more outgoing when facing outsiders.
Upon hearing this, Li Yusong said "good" several times. After Oscar exchanged pleasantries with Li Yusong for a while, he took Dugu Yan to Gai Yue's courtyard.
On the way, they didn't encounter Ma Hongjun or Dai Mubai. Li Yusong had also told Oscar that Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai should currently be doing practical combat training with Zhao Wuji.
So Oscar didn't rush to find them either, but planned to first go see his teacher, then go to the Dean's office to find Flender, and incidentally find Lu Qibin to handle Dugu Yan's enrollment.
Although Shrek Academy only had these few people and wasn't recognized by Suoto City, there were still enrollment certificates. After all, it was still an academy.
Arriving at Gai Yue's courtyard, seeing the door wasn't closed, Oscar directly led Dugu Yan inside.
When Dugu Yan came to the courtyard and saw the peach blossoms filling the garden, she thought it was very beautiful, really liking this fresh and elegant environment.
After learning this was Oscar's teacher's courtyard, Dugu Yan also actively went inside to find Gai Yue.
Because Gai Yue was already quite familiar with both of them, and Gai Yue also really liked Dugu Yan as a girl. Although Dugu Yan wasn't Gai Yue's student, because of Oscar's relationship, she also directly addressed him as teacher.
Entering the courtyard, seeing the beautiful peach blossoms in full bloom, Gai Yue happened to be practicing sword in the courtyard. His sword technique was sharp and decisive without losing elegance, each swing carrying a chill. Blue ice sealing formed streams of light and shadow around Gai Yue, like the moon, like peach blossoms...
Oscar gently patted Dugu Yan's jade hand, then stepped forward slowly. Sky-blue light bloomed from his left hand, and a jade sword appeared in his grasp.
"Teacher, let me practice with you!" Oscar said softly, raising his sword and dancing together with Gai Yue.
Gai Yue glanced at Oscar, then thrust his Frost Moon Sword toward him, "Just as well, let me see if you've been slacking lately."
The figures of master and disciple overlapped in the peach blossom-filled courtyard. Ice-blue and sky-blue sword shadows swirled around them as they danced, sweeping up the peach blossoms on the ground, creating a sword-momentum like a rainbow of peach blossom dance.
Dugu Yan watched her boyfriend with light in her eyes. She already knew Oscar's excellence, but she knew even more that Oscar's excellence definitely didn't stop there.
During this year of getting along, Dugu Yan had never had a single argument with Oscar. Even when their ideas diverged, he could naturally and skillfully resolve it.
Although Dugu Yan, who often read story books as a child, had almost no social experience, she understood how rare a gentle and refined boy like Oscar was.
What's more, Oscar could always be gentle when facing her, but had a completely different attitude when facing outsiders.
This partiality toward her made her feel completely secure.
However, Dugu Bo wouldn't let them do that certain thing, so during this year, although the mood and atmosphere sometimes reached that point, they could only helplessly stop at the final step.
Actually, this wasn't just torture for Oscar, but even more so for the sixteen-year-old Dugu Yan. After all, if a girl also had thoughts in that regard, it would be more than five times stronger than a boy's.
After a long while, the sword dance ended. Gai Yue looked at Oscar with satisfaction, unable to help but praise, "Little Ao, I didn't expect in just over three years, you've already cultivated sword momentum. Not bad, your talent in sword dao is even better than your teacher's."
"Although you don't have a Martial Soul, the external Soul Bone is actually in some sense a part of your body. Besides not being able to add Soul Rings, it doesn't have much difference from a Martial Soul, and is even more like an extension of your arm. There are pros and cons."
Hearing Gai Yue's words, Oscar smiled slightly, "Thank you for the praise, Teacher. I only recently comprehended this sword momentum. I discovered that after comprehending sword momentum, my killing ability has indeed improved. When using the sword, my entire demeanor changes."
Oscar said this, flipping the jade sword in his hand, "And Teacher, I have another surprise to show you."
Hearing Oscar's words, Gai Yue nodded, wanting to see what surprise Oscar had for him.
Then, Oscar's Soul Power surged within him. Under the stimulation of Soul Power, the jade sword in Oscar's hand underwent a change. Two additional colors appeared on the originally sky-blue jade sword—ice blue and crimson red.
The two colors complemented each other. Rather than any discord, they made the jade sword in Oscar's hand look even more strange and dangerous, adding to its original nobility.
With sky-blue as the base color, red and blue complementing each other, the final double-edge also presented one red and one blue, clearly distinct yet mutually merging.
"Oh?" Seeing the change in Oscar's external Soul Bone, Gai Yue had some expectation.
Then Oscar raised his hand and swung his sword. A sword qi suddenly slashed out. But this time the sword qi wasn't an ordinary attributeless attack sword qi, but like the cold ice sword qi Gai Yue excelled in, carrying a heart-chilling ice cold.
This sword strike directly froze the human-shaped iron frame Gai Yue usually trained on not far away. And in the second before freezing, this cold ice sword qi had left a deep slash mark on the iron man's chest.
"This?!" Seeing this scene, Gai Yue was slightly surprised.
Because Oscar's jade sword didn't have any elemental attributes. The only thing it had was a cutting characteristic that could increase attack power. But now it had gained the same cold ice attribute as his.
This meant Oscar's sword would be stronger, and would have more variations in techniques.
But what Gai Yue saw wasn't all. Oscar had already swung another sword. This time the sword slash wasn't a cold ice slash, but a crimson flame slash.
The scorching slash once again struck the same position as the previous sword. Under the collision of cold ice and fierce flame, the ice that had frozen the iron man suddenly melted, large amounts of mist rising. The heat made the iron man glow red hot. When the mist dispersed, the iron man had been severed at the chest.
"Little Ao, is this what you gained at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?" Gai Yue looked at this scene and couldn't help asking.
Oscar nodded, "Actually, when absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Fire-Apricot Delicate Shu earlier, my external Soul Bone already had some changes. Then as I continuously refined the remaining medicinal power in my body, the external Soul Bone's evolution became more obvious. It wasn't until I completely absorbed the medicinal power of the two Immortal herbs that my external Soul Bone also achieved a complete evolution."
"I see. An external Soul Bone is originally part of the body, so having such changes is within reason. But still, congratulations to you. This evolution of the external Soul Bone will elevate your combat power once again. Although it can't have Soul Rings attached, I think with your ability, using it definitely won't be weaker than any Battle Soul Master." Gai Yue nodded upon hearing this, analyzing seriously.