Because of Oscar's acceptance of her, Xiao Wu trained with much more dedication afterward. Even without Tang San, she seemed to feel an unprecedented warmth from Shrek Academy and Oscar this time.
Whether it was her illusion or not, for the first time, besides her "family" and Tang San, she didn't have to maintain a constant tense suppression in other places.
Normally, with Tang San by her side, she would act more arrogant and domineering, but this time Oscar had exposed her identity, making her feel an unprecedented sense of crisis again.
But thankfully, Oscar was different; he didn't see her as an outsider, instead choosing to hide and protect her, making her feel warmth once more.
Of course, this was also Oscar's true feelings for her; after all, he didn't have many thoughts about Xiao Wu right now, and his protection was genuine.
How to use her identity for things in the future was a matter for later, but the current genuine feelings were real.
Under the training Oscar designed for them, although the members of Shrek Academy were struggling more now, their strength was genuinely improving.
Among them, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing felt it the most. Now, one was at level thirty-nine and the other at level twenty-nine, their improvement far greater than when they first arrived.
It was now afternoon, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu were both standing by a small stream, fully alert, with a stern-looking Oscar beside them.
And it wasn't just them. At the same time, on the Soul Arena stage, Dugu Yan, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun were similarly positioned, with an Oscar with a stern expression supervising them.
In Zhao Wuji's courtyard, Ning Rongrong was also supervised by an Oscar, but Zhao Wuji wasn't there; instead, Oscar's clone had consumed replica sausages made from Zhao Wuji's blood, borrowing Zhao Wuji's place to train Ning Rongrong.
Now, Oscar's ability to focus on three things at once was as simple as eating and drinking, so group teaching presented no difficulty for him.
Although they needed to focus on team training and coordination, developing their individual potentials was also an essential part of the process.
What Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu were training was their specialization as Agility-type Soul Masters, such as how to perfectly control their soul power, condensing it into a single point for explosive breakthrough, and walking on water for a short period. This was their training task for this stage.
This could effectively train their own coordination and sudden explosiveness, which was essential for any Agility-type Soul Master.
Meanwhile, Dugu Yan, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun, as Assault-type Soul Masters now, although Dugu Yan was Assault-type plus Control-type, her martial soul's evolution made her Assault-type abilities particularly prominent, so training together was appropriate.
What Oscar wanted to train them in was perfect combat awareness. As Assault-type Soul Masters, combat was most important, and as the vanguard of the team, they were naturally the top priority.
Therefore, Oscar would train them harshly from a combat perspective, enabling them to formulateresponse strategies against any type of Soul Master, so they wouldn't be helpless when encountering Soul Masters who had the advantage over them.
Ning Rongrong's current training was simpler. As a Support-type Soul Master, her physical fitness was undoubtedly the worst in the team, so Oscar used Zhao Wuji's third soul skill, Gravity Control, to give her special training.
Secondly, it was about her use of the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda martial soul. Although she was only a Support-type Soul Master, if trained properly, she could still have some self-defense capabilities using the pagoda's sturdy properties.
After all, with the enhancement of soul skills, her pagoda also possessed considerable attack power. Although not extremely powerful, suddenly hitting a Soul Master on the head was something most people couldn't withstand.
Moreover, although Ning Rongrong found this training extremely difficult, she gritted her teeth and persisted.
Because everyone here was a genius, and her identity gave her no advantage here. Coupled with her own pride, she naturally didn't want to fall behind others.
And so, Shrek Academy's overall devil training month began, and it was the kind that couldn't be stopped once started.
After all, Oscar was the one in charge of the academy now. If he didn't say they could rest, no one else, not even sister-in-law Dugu Yan, would stop, because they believed that as long as Oscar didn't say it wasn't possible, they hadn't reached their limit yet.
Soon, another half month passed. It had been nearly a month since Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong had entered the academy. This day, while Dugu Yan and the others were still in special training, Tang San suddenly returned to the academy, accompanied by a middle-aged man.
The man of medium height was slightly thin, looking about forty to fifty years old. He had short black hair parted in the middle, an ordinary appearance, and his hands were clasped behind his back. He had a special aura, and his eyes showed a hint of laziness and decadence when they opened and closed.
However, when he noticed Oscar, a flash of anger appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly hidden.
Tang San hadn't changed much, but only Xiao Wu could see that he, who had been very close to Grandmaster before, now maintained a distance of nearly a meter from him. They entered the academy one after the other.
Apparently, something must have happened between Tang San and Grandmaster during this time, making their originally harmonious teacher-student relationship somewhatsubtle.
Seeing Oscar, Tang San bowed deeply to him: "Senior, I'm back."
Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang saw this scene, and the hidden anger in his eyes rose again. If it were before, he would have been very satisfied with Tang San's consideration.
But now, he saw this scene with great dissatisfaction. The disciple who should have respected him so much was actually showing such respect to a fourteen-year-old child?
He, Yu Xiaogang, had researched Soul Master theory for decades and was called Grandmaster, yet his disciple was being bewitched by a teenager who hadn't even grown all his hair?
Relying on his slight understanding of theory and some knowledge to try to deceive his disciple? To trick this genius with twin martial souls, the third on the continent, away from him?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!!
He, Yu Xiaogang, although only a Soul Grandmaster, absolutely could not tolerate such humiliation! Therefore, he came to Shrek Academy early with Tang San.
Yu Xiaogang had even decided to make Flender expel Oscar, a student with ulterior motives, from Shrek Academy. Otherwise, he would absolutely not agree to Flender letting Tang San stay at Shrek Academy to study!
In Yu Xiaogang's view, Tang San not only had innate full soul power but was also a genius with twin martial souls. As long as he and Tang San stayed at Shrek, they could definitely help Flender fulfill his wish and make Shrek Academy flourish.
After all, if an academy can cultivate a powerful Soul Master, it is enough to prove the academy's own strength.
But Yu Xiaogang had never considered one thing: why a student becomes powerful is not only because of their own efforts, but their talent is also of utmost importance.
Seeing Tang San's actions, plus observing the subtle changes between Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, Oscar already understood in his heart.
"Tang San, you're back. It seems you've already found your answer." Oscar smiled and helped Tang San up, saying softly.
Tang San looked sincerely at Oscar for a moment, then turned to look at Yu Xiaogang and introduced to Oscar: "Senior, this is my teacher, Yu Xiaogang."
Hearing this, Oscar looked over and nodded to Yu Xiaogang, saying flatly: "Hello, Oscar."
A very brief introduction, without polite words or extra movements. In Yu Xiaogang's eyes, Oscar was completely showing disrespect to his elders.
Yu Xiaogang was a proud person and replied indifferently: "Xiao San has already told me the matter. I'm here now for you."
Hearing this, Oscar nodded: "I understand. Please wait a moment. My students are training now, and their time is precious and cannot be delayed."
Then Oscar turned to look at Tang San: "Tang San, take your teacher to the cafeteria to eat something first. I'll come find you soon."
Hearing this, Tang San nodded and didn't object.
Actually, if it were before, if someone dared to treat his teacher like this, he might not have exploded on the spot, but he would have shown displeasure.
But now, no one knew Tang San's thoughts. They only saw him not only responding to Oscar but also leaving with Yu Xiaogang.
And although Yu Xiaogang was somewhat dissatisfied with Oscar's actions, he didn't argue because he was indeed hungry...
On the way to the cafeteria with Tang San, Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San: "Xiao San, where is the dean of this academy, Flender? Why didn't I see him? And why is a student teaching? Where are the teachers of the academy?"
Asking his questions, Yu Xiaogang said unhappily: "Although Flender may not have much teaching experience, he has at least broken through to the Soul Douluo level. He should be able to hire some decent teachers, right?"
"It seems I came to the right place this time. What can a student possibly teach you?"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Tang San frowned, but since he had been his teacher for six years, Tang San didn't argue back and replied: "Teacher, although I was only at the academy for one day, this Shrek Academy is not as bad as you're describing now."
"After all, you recommended me to this academy because you thought it could give me a different kind of teaching, right?"
Hearing Tang San's words, Yu Xiaogang replied: "The teacher is just a student. How good can it be? I think Flender is really confused. I'll go find him personally later..."
Before Yu Xiaogang could finish, Tang San interrupted him: "Teacher, it seems you don't fully understand Dean Flender. Although I was only at the academy for one day, Senior Oscar is definitely not as simple as you see."
"By the way, I forgot to tell you. The few students you just saw, the lowest soul power level was twenty-six, and the highest was forty-nine. And Senior is now fourteen years old, with a terrifying soul power level of forty-seven."
"In terms of both strength and knowledge, he now has the qualifications to be a mentor."
Actually, Tang San originally didn't intend to say these things to Yu Xiaogang. Because when he confirmed that Yu Xiaogang's knowledge was actually not comparable to Oscar's, he planned to only talk to him about his cultivation.
Tang San hadn't revealed a single word to Yu Xiaogang about anything else along the way. He was afraid that his teacher would be too afraid to come and argue with Oscar in person.
And now, his teacher didn't know what was wrong with him. As soon as he entered the academy, he started belittling others intentionally, and kept bringing up his relationship with Dean Flender. Even though this was his own teacher, Tang San felt a bit estranged.
And the reason Yu Xiaogang did this was not only to show his dissatisfaction with Tang San during this time but also because he really looked down on Oscar from the bottom of his heart.
However, now hearing what Oscar said, Yu Xiaogang was stunned on the spot, and after a moment, said in disbelief: "Impossible! Fourteen years old, forty-seven levels, that's absolutely impossible. Even the youngest Title Douluo in history could never have such talent! Do you know what this means?"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's excited reaction, plus hearing his words, in fact, Oscar's image in Tang San's heart became even taller.
If even his teacher thought it was impossible, then what kind of terrifying talent did this senior have?
"Teacher, you should know I wouldn't talk nonsense, and even less reason to deceive you." Tang San replied very seriously.
Looking at Tang San's serious expression, Yu Xiaogang also thought to himself. Even though he had read countless books and heard many legends of exceptionally talented Soul Masters, no Soul Master had ever reached the Soul King level at fourteen.
Could a level of talent like this really exist?
Tang San continued: "It's precisely because Senior's talent is like this that I believe what he says is true. Otherwise, how would I dare come to you?"
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang glared at Tang San: "Xiao San, you're still young. There are many things in this world you don't know. Think about it, with your talent, reaching level twenty-nine at twelve is already extremely rare. If Oscar is as knowledgeable as you say, where would he have time to focus on both learning and cultivation?"
"Although I have no hope of breaking through to level thirty in my lifetime, I spent most of my life on Soul Master theory to achieve what I have today. Oscar is a fourteen-year-old child. Now not only has he reached cultivation close to the Soul King level, but he also has knowledge comparable to half a lifetime of my effort. Do you think that's possible?"
It seemed that Yu Xiaogang had found the best rebuttal reason, and he became more and more excited as he spoke: "Xiao San, you're a smart person. Think about it, even you don't have such talent, how could Oscar have it? You must not be bewitched by him and affect our teacher-student relationship."
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Tang San didn't agree. Instead, he thought of a sentence from Oscar: "Some people are born this way. They are humble themselves but want to rely on others to climb up. Tang San, you are a smart person, don't be used by emotions..."
Seeing Yu Xiaogang like this now, Tang San found it hard to believe this was the teacher he had respected for six years.
He really was knowledgeable, but to be bewitched by such a person for six years?
Even though Tang San knew Yu Xiaogang had indeed given him his chance, Yu Xiaogang was also the one who ruined his future.
Tang San, who had basically understood everything now, felt conflicted in his heart but couldn't speak his mind.
After a long time, Tang San made a decision in his heart and then said slowly: "Teacher, let's go eat something at the cafeteria first. We can clarify any issues with the senior face to face later."