Oscar sat on his Jade Sword and slowly ascended to the high platform, landing beside Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan handed him a cup of fruit tea. Oscar took the tea, took a sip, and then looked at Gai Yue: "How about it, Teacher?"
Gai Yue nodded satisfactorily: "Not bad. Your swordsmanship has improved significantly, and your sword control technique has become more refined."
Upon hearing this, Oscar smiled happily: "That's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Teacher."
Hearing this, Gai Yue's smile remained: "Don't be so humble. Your talent is greater than mine. If it weren't for the fact that you don't have a sword martial soul, your achievements today would be even greater."
Hearing this, Ma Hongjun, who had just landed beside Oscar, widened his eyes: "Teacher Gai Yue, you're exaggerating too much. Now that our leader is already so powerful, if that external soul bone became a martial soul, wouldn't that truly be heaven-defying?"
Hearing Ma Hongjun's words, Dai Mubai, who had consumed a Super Recovery Sausage and barely recovered some soul power, also nodded in agreement: "Brother Oscar is already such a monster, who would have thought this still isn't his limit?"
Beside Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing also nodded: "That's right. Even the three of us together—me, Mubai, and Fatty—aren't a match for Brother Oscar. Who would have thought this still isn't his limit..."
Oscar placed the cup in his hand on the table and said: "For every loss, there's a gain. You don't need to look at me like that. Everything I have now comes from my own efforts."
"Although my current strength is supported by external factors, it ultimately comes down to my own abilities. So there's nothing to be envious of. You all have great talent. As long as you're willing to work hard now, your future achievements won't be inferior to mine."
Although Oscar's words contained some comforting elements, the principle behind them was true.
As the saying goes, the best time to plant a tree was ten years ago, and the second-best time is now. As long as one can recognize their own problems and work to solve them, anyone's future will certainly not be bleak.
Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing nodded simultaneously, taking Oscar's words to heart.
Beside Oscar, Dugu Yan looked at him with shining eyes and couldn't help but say: "Xiao Ao, you're as outstanding as ever."
After a pause, Dugu Yan said firmly: "But I will work hard to keep up with your pace and absolutely won't be left behind."
Oscar turned his head and looked at Dugu Yan gently: "Don't worry, I won't leave you behind either. After all, we're a pair."
Hearing this, Dugu Yan lowered her head shyly, her little face flushed as she wondered what she was thinking.
Ma Hongjun, on the other hand, teased from the side: "Oh ho ho, our leader is so good at sweet-talking people. Sister-in-law is blushing..."
Gai Yue and Zhao Wuji looked at these full of youthful vitality students and also revealed gratified smiles.
In the time that followed, Oscar and the other members of Shrek Academy continued to improve as always. Under the leadership of Oscar, this model of self-discipline, Shrek Academy could be described as flourishing.
However, what Oscar didn't know was that Flender, who had broken through to level 80, had already told his old friend Yu Xiaogang about his breakthrough. Although Yu Xiaogang was now in Nuoding City, he maintained contact with Flender.
After all, he needed to find a good path for his disciple Tang San. Tang San was already almost eleven years old, and he would graduate from Nuoding Academy next year at twelve, so Yu Xiaogang needed to find a good academy for Tang San to continue his studies.
His target was precisely Flender's Shrek Academy. And in order to develop his Shrek Academy and guarantee its teaching quality to Yu Xiaogang, Flender had told Yu Xiaogang that he had already broken through to the Soul Douluo level.
Naturally, Yu Xiaogang was happy about this. After all, it was a joyous occasion that his old friend had made a breakthrough in strength.
Moreover, he, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Iron Triangle, and he, Yu Xiaogang, was the one who led their spirit fusion skill. Now that Flender had broken through a level, it indirectly represented that his own strength had improved.
That's right, that's how Yu Xiaogang saw it. After all, in his view, if it weren't for him, there would be no spirit fusion skill among the three of them.
And precisely because of their spirit fusion skill, Yu Xiaogang could, with only over level 20 soul power, understand the power of higher-level Soul Masters.
It was also because of the powerful spirit fusion skill that Yu Xiaogang didn't care so much about his own cultivation. After all, his talent had its limits, and level 29 was already the ceiling.
Besides, so what if he could never break through to level 30 in his life? Wouldn't the spirit fusion skill between him, Flender, and Liu Erlong still be led by him?
Of course, besides Yu Xiaogang, others basically knew nothing about this. Even Flender didn't know Yu Xiaogang's thoughts, after all, Yu Xiaogang wouldn't say such things to Flender's face.
And because of this small action by Flender, some things later exceeded Oscar's expectations, although it didn't affect the overall situation.
So it didn't matter if Oscar didn't know now. After all, as long as he continued on his own path, his future would be smooth.
Under Oscar's leadership, everyone at Shrek Academy fell into a long period of arduous training. Although the process was painful, the results made everyone very satisfied.
Half a year passed in a flash, and Oscar's soul power finally broke through from level 38 to level 40. Now, with just one more soul ring, he could break through to the Soul Ancestor realm.
Oscar had meticulously planned his fourth soul ring long ago. Now that his soul power had broken through, it was time to set out to hunt for his long-awaited fourth soul ring.
Besides Oscar's improvement, the other students at Shrek Academy had also made significant progress. Among them, Dugu Yan's soul power had reached the peak of level 39, just one step away from level 40.
Ma Hongjun had just broken through to level 39, getting another step closer to level 40. According to his cultivation speed, he could basically stably reach level 40 in about three months.
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had also steadily increased their soul power by two levels. Zhu Zhuqing reached level 25, while Dai Mubai reached level 35. Now, there was less than a year and a half left before the original timeline when Tang San and the others arrived at Shrek Academy.
It could be said that in a year and a half, the timeline would arrive at where Tang San's "dream" began in the original story...
But everything would be different now. With the existence of this little butterfly, Oscar, the fate of Dugu Yan, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and all the teachers at Shrek Academy had quietly changed.
Even because of this extra little butterfly, the fate of the main character group—Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong—from the original story would undergo tremendous changes in a year and a half.
However, Oscar had already anticipated this now. After all, a butterfly flapping its wings in the Eastern Continent could cause a storm in the Western Continent, let alone Oscar, this big butterfly who had already changed some developments of the original story?
But Oscar didn't have time to think about these things now. Having broken through to level 40, he was busy preparing to set out and obtain his fourth soul ring!
Oscar could guarantee that after obtaining his fourth soul ring, his strength would undergo another earth-shattering change, possibly even changing the cultivation path for food-type Soul Masters.
(End of Chapter)