The Dean was standing in front of all the lined up students. Most of us with the help of training and good meals with proper meditation had reached a rank level and needed to head off to get new spirit rings. The thing not many people know is that even if you don"t get a spirit ring your cultivation still increases it"s just that it locks at that rank your on. Saying if I didn"t get my 4th ring and just trained for a few years I"d still be rank 40 but once I got the ring my levels could climb past 41 to 42 or 43 once I got it. When I got my first spirit ring I went from level 10 to level 17 cause I had a few years of meditation and such under my belt.This may seem like a downside to some people but for these kids it was a perfect opportunity. As this kind of acts like a foundation solidifer. If they reach a rank limit the excess energy can also be used to fill in gaps in the previous foundation.
On this trip I won"t be getting any rings as I"m only level 42 as of now. The Oscar will be getting one however the others opted to wait for a while besides Xiao Wu. With me and grandmaster suggesting that they let it all settle in more.
"Early tomorrow you will all set out on a journey. Teacher Zhao Wuji will lead you to Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar obtain his third spirit ring. This is not only a matter for Oscar alone, it is also experience for all of you before encountering thousand year spirit beasts. Zhao Wuji will not lightly step in, everything depends on yourselves. Good, dismissed." the Dean said with a smile to Oscar.
Oscar was rather excited about getting a new spirit ring. Spirit food masters are rather rare since usually they have zero combat abilities. But they are highly respected by kingdoms. A single food spirit master can help out a battalion in the army with food.
The imperial family and royalty offer many different benefits to high ranking spirit masters to get them in their grasp such as royal t.i.tles and land. This is also added on to the fact that after level 30 they cut off stipends. I mean you still get the basic stipend but it will never increase. However what they do is increase costs for schooling and other things.
Usually this still fails as most spirit masters don"t want to give up freedom to be stuck in the military or under the thumb of royal families. Like with Shrek who turned down offers of support from the royal family because they made it that for the money each graduate had to pledge loyalty to the royal family.
You think I"m going to sell off my freedom for a fancy t.i.tle and a bit of land? Ha you can eat my G.o.d d.a.m.n a.s.s.
Everyone returned to their dorms, even if they were all considered geniuses of their generation, including Ning Rongrong this arrogant woman, each of them knew the importance of their cultivation. Wanting to become formidable, apart from one percent talent, it still required ninety nine percent effort. Even if that one percent had been even more significant, how could they cut down on those ninety nine percent? The answer was with proper training, proper food, and other good stuff to make it easier. You can train all your life but if your doing it wrong or don"t have the proper nutrients to keep up with what your body is burning you"ll end up in a much worse situation.
"Ryan, tomorrow when we"ll leave for Star Dou Great Forest, say, what spirit ring should I get that"s even more suitable to upgrade my sausage auxiliary effects?"
Oscar did not need to cultivate again, currently he only had to wait for tomorrow to arrive, and walking back to the dorm couldn"t help but excitedly ask Ryan.
I said with a smile."This also depends on opportunity, spirit beasts come in fantastic oddities of every description, who can say what kind of a spirit beast one may encounter. Your first two spirit rings are one for recovery, one for detoxification, this third spirit ring only has to again raise another kind of auxiliary effect, or strengthen the first two auxiliary effects, both are possible."
Everyone did not have too many things they could prepare in one day, and early the second day, after eating breakfast, as everyone gathered on the grounds, Zhao Wuji was already there waiting for them.
Seeing Zhao Wuji, the students were all somewhat stunned, wanting to laugh but not daring to smile.
Zhao Wuji indeed looked in a sorry state, on his face at least three bluish black bruises had not yet faded, especially his left eye looked like a panda, making people unable to help laughing.
Ophis had made sure that he would behave on this trip. That little girl had caught wind of him trying to be a bully the first day and never left him alone.
"What are you looking at, you little brats. Do you need a spanking."
Hearing the word "Spanking", Rongrong was clearly somewhat Triggered, her eyes locked onto me and in a low voice saying:
"Yes please, master."
Zhao Wuji"s eyes widened,"Rongrong, what did you say?"
I Quickly pull the pink haired princess behind me. "Sorry about that I may have went a little overboard teaching her respect." I laughed giving her a pointed look as she sighed in dissapointment.
Zhao Wuji narrowed his eyes but ignored it turning around only to hear a loud *Pa* And a stifled moan. Whipping back around all he saw was a red faced rongrong and me whistling a jaunty tune.
I received two jealous pinches to the side and some more jealous looks from the other boys.
"Fine, everyone set out. Mubai, you lead." giving it up as a lost cause Zhao Wuji sighed.
Dai Mubai nodded once, his expression immediately becoming serious, saying to the others:
"Star Dou Great Forest can"t be a place for noisily playing around, there are numerous spirit beasts inside, and also extremely aggressive, towards us humans they don"t have any good impression. Everyone certainly must be careful, all right. Ryan, you go first, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, you two follow behind Ryan, Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, you two are on the left and right sides. I and Rooster boy are in the back. After entering the forest, we must even more maintain good order like this, staying alert at all times. Everyone set out."
Ma hongjun does look quite like a rooster with that Mohawk going on.
Zhao Wuji was only an indifferent bystander to the side, without joining their formation, walking out from the Academy together with the seven students. Here of course was not any carriage, once out of the Academy, everyone set off at a run.
Running continuously was something everyone was used to by now with how much running anko and guy make everyone do its like a second nature now.