Chapter 99: Returning to the Academy
The three didn't stay long at Ice Spirit Valley. After Dugu Yan absorbed her soul ring, they directly returned to Gai Yue's dwelling at Frozen Ice Mountain.
This trip out, both Oscar and Dugu Yan's gains were complete successes. Oscar obtained a fourth soul skill comparable to a hundred-thousand-year soul ring. Dugu Yan's martial soul evolved, and she also absorbed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
The three didn't linger in the Extreme North Land. They chose to return directly to Shrek Academy.
On the return journey, they weren't in a hurry. They walked and played along the way, spending a full month before arriving back at Shrek Academy.
The journey basically belonged to Oscar and Dugu Yan's world for two. Gai Yue was like a light bulb.
Because of this, Oscar and Dugu Yan joked with Gai Yue. They told him to find them a teacher's wife, after all, living alone for a lifetime was indeed somewhat lonely.
However, Gai Yue didn't have many thoughts on this matter. Everything would happen naturally.
In Oscar's view, with his teacher's personality, unless the woman was extremely passionate, it would be difficult for his teacher to find a wife.
Actually, Oscar had always had someone in mind for a teacher's wife—Liu Erlong.
In the original work, Liu Erlong was always wasted on Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang. In Oscar's view, Yu Xiaogang really didn't deserve Liu Erlong.
His own teacher actually had quite good compatibility with Liu Erlong. After all, one ice, one fire—together they would be ice and fire dual heaven.
But that was a story for later. If there was an opportunity, Oscar would definitely try to match his teacher with Liu Erlong.
Liu Erlong's talent wasn't bad, even above Flender and Zhao Wuji. If his teacher could be with Liu Erlong, it would be saving a lost young woman.
It would prevent her from being ruined by Yu Xiaogang, that scumbag.
After returning to Shrek Academy, Oscar didn't hide his improvement. He showed Flender and Ma Hongjun his ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
When everyone at Shrek Academy learned of Oscar and Dugu Yan's terrifying soul power levels, no one could remain calm.
Level forty-three Oscar was still within understanding. After all, Dai Mubai's cross-level absorption of his third soul ring had also brought his soul power directly to level thirty-two.
Now Oscar's ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring reaching level forty-three was within reason.
But Dugu Yan directly reaching level forty-seven after obtaining a soul ring was somewhat hard to imagine.
However, Dugu Yan's explanation was a special pill from Dugu Bo. Gai Yue and Oscar had already coordinated their stories on this point.
After all, as long as they pinned it on Dugu Bo, no matter how envious Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were, they could only envy Dugu Yan for having a Titled Douluo grandfather.
They wouldn't have other thoughts. This was the benefit her grandfather gave his granddaughter.
Even Dai Mubai had experienced the benefits of cross-level soul ring absorption. But he still couldn't imagine absorbing ten-thousand-year level for a fourth soul ring.
After all, coming from royalty, he knew soul beast theory knowledge. Moreover, with Lu Qibin teaching them theory, they all knew that ten-thousand-year soul rings brought not only tremendous pressure on physical quality.
There was also terrifying soul shock. If one's spiritual power couldn't withstand the soul shock, the lightest result would be shattered spiritual power, becoming an idiot!
But there was no way—who let Dugu Yan have such a good grandfather? Poison Douluo was famous throughout the continent for his poison.
And those who used poison naturally had extraordinary understanding of pharmacology.
In others' eyes, Oscar also benefited from Dugu Yan. After all, as Dugu Yan's boyfriend and Dugu Bo's adopted grandson, it was natural for the old man to give some benefits.
The most envious was probably Dai Mubai. He also had a Titled Douluo grandfather, but he didn't have such treatment!
However, having joined Shrek Academy for so long, Dai Mubai could still distinguish importance. He was envious but had no other excessive thoughts.
After all, being able to use whale glue to improve physical quality and cross-level absorption for his third soul ring was already an unexpected pleasant surprise.
And during the month that Oscar and the others were away, Dai Mubai and the others also made considerable progress.
Dai Mubai's soul power went from late level thirty-five to level thirty-six. Zhu Zhuqing went from late level twenty-five to level twenty-six, each gaining one level.
Ma Hongjun went from early level thirty-nine to peak level thirty-nine. He was only one step away from the level forty bottleneck.
Now there was about a year before Tang San came to Shrek. During this time, they could still improve considerably.
When Tang San and the others arrived at Shrek, even Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing with the lowest soul power levels could surpass their original work levels.
And now, Flender and the others had seen Zhu Zhuqing's performance. After research and discussion, they decided to also give Zhu Zhuqing whale glue.
This would allow her soul power to rapidly improve and greatly enhance her physical quality.
In the future, when she obtained her third soul ring, she could also absorb beyond her level.
And with Zhu Zhuqing becoming stronger, her martial soul fusion technique with Dai Mubai would also receive huge improvement. This was considerable progress for their group.
After taking whale glue, Zhu Zhuqing not only greatly improved her physical quality. Her soul power level also went from level twenty-five to peak level twenty-six, only one step away from level twenty-seven.
It could be said that before Tang San and the others arrived, Zhu Zhuqing could completely break through level thirty and advance to the Soul Elder realm.
And all of this was because of Oscar, this little butterfly. That's why Shrek Academy now had these changes. The original Shrek Seven Devils had become even more talented.
Of course, excluding Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong. After all, these three hadn't yet come to Shrek Academy, so naturally they wouldn't change the original development trend.
But after they arrived at Shrek Academy, everything would also differ from the original. After all, whether it was the current Oscar or the others at Shrek Academy, they were already vastly different from before.
And Oscar and Dugu Yan's improvements were actually secondary. What most shocked everyone at Shrek Academy was Oscar's terrifying fourth soul skill.
Oscar indeed needed to hide his fourth soul skill's capabilities. But that was for outsiders. Current Shrek was completely like another home to him.
Even the later arrivals Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had completely integrated into this big family. So there was no need to hide.
And when everyone at Shrek Academy learned of Oscar's fourth soul skill's effects, everyone felt it was unbelievable.
They had the same thoughts as Gai Yue and Dugu Yan back then—that Oscar's fourth soul skill was in no way inferior to a skill granted by a hundred-thousand-year soul ring!
Especially Dai Mubai. Just knowing Oscar's soul skill effects, he felt that even if he lost in the struggle with his big brother in the future, he wouldn't be afraid.
After all, he could borrow Oscar's Clone Sausage to fake his death. Oscar's soul skill was simply an all-purpose existence.
If used well, it would absolutely be a terrifying bug-level ability in the future. And Oscar himself thought the same.
(End of Chapter)