Chapter 17 An Acquaintance After the freshman assessment, Wang Nan’s life became regular. All he had to do every day was get up, eat, go to class, eat, exercise, eat, meditate, and sleep. In the blink of an eye, several months had passed. Thanks to the Shrek Canteen that he had been thinking about so much, he had made great progress in a few months, and his soul power had successfully reached level 30. This threshold that was difficult for most soul masters to cross was crossed quietly. "Winter vacation starts tomorrow." On the podium, Sun He announced the news of the vacation, which caused cheers from the whole class. "Be quiet for a moment." Sun He knocked on the table. "This month's vacation is not for you to completely relax. There will be an upgrade assessment at the beginning of the next semester. According to the assessment content of previous years, our students in the assault and control departments will have to deal with a hundred-year-old soul beast alone. Only by defeating it or completely controlling it can the assessment be considered a success..." "Boom boom boom——" A knock on the door interrupted Sun He's words. "Excuse me, Teacher Sun, I'm looking for classmate Wang Nan." It was Du Weilun who was standing at the door of the classroom. "Wang Nan, come out for a moment." Sun He turned around and looked at Wang Nan. When Wang Nan saw Du Weilun, he had already guessed what was going on. His spirit power had already broken through level 30 last month, but he had never had the time to obtain a spirit ring. Tomorrow was winter vacation, and Du Weilun probably came here for this matter.
"Your soul power level has reached level 30, right?" Sure enough, Du Weilun asked after leading Wang Nan for a few steps. "Yes, Director Du." "Do you still remember the spirit rings that the academy promised you? It just so happens that tomorrow a powerful teacher will enter the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain spirit rings for his disciples. If you have time, I can take you with me." A teacher who can be regarded as highly capable by Du Weilun must at least be a Titled Douluo. Normally, when the academy helps students obtain spirit rings, they will first register the students in need, and then one or several teachers will lead a team to hunt spirit beasts. However, in this way, it is difficult to ensure the safety of everyone in case of an emergency. In comparison, it would be much safer to obtain spirit rings under the protection of a Titled Douluo, and because there were only Wang Nan and the teacher's disciple who needed them, they would have more time to choose spirit rings. So Wang Nan agreed after a little thought. "Okay, then go to the entrance of Shrek Academy tomorrow morning. Remember not to be late." …… The next morning, after Wang Nan packed his luggage, he told Wang Yan about obtaining the spirit ring, and then came to the gate of the academy. It was the holiday season and there were many students coming and going at the school gate. Most of them were walking out, going home for the holiday. Wang Nan looked around and soon noticed an old man not far away. He was wearing white clothes and had a little girl who was about the same height as Wang Nan. It seemed that this was the teacher Du Weilun mentioned. "Wang Nan, right? Director Du should have told you about this." As soon as they met, the old man said, "What you need this time is a thousand-year spirit ring. We will look for it in the outer area first. If we can't find a suitable one, I will take you to the mixed area." The Xingdou Great Forest mixed area refers to the part of the ring with a radius of 40 to 80 kilometers. The soul beasts living there are mainly thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, and some hundred-year-old soul beasts can survive there with the power of their tribe. Compared with the outer area, the number of soul beasts in the mixed area is much greater. This was also the benefit of having a powerful teacher to protect them. For ordinary spirit masters, the extremely dangerous mixed zone could be entered at will. After making travel arrangements, the three of them headed towards the Xingdou Great Forest. Along the way, the old man walked in front without saying a word, but the little girl kept looking at Wang Nan. "My name is Wang Nan, what's your name?" It was boring to travel, so Wang Nan just started talking. "My name is Ma Xiaotao." The girl looked up at her teacher and then answered. "Uh..." Wang Nan didn't expect that this was an "acquaintance". The old man in front should be Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Wuhun Department.
"Are you a first-year student? You want to obtain the third spirit ring so early? What is your martial spirit? Hey, do you want to find some time for us to have a fight?" Once Ma Xiaotao started talking, she asked several questions one after another. She was a lively person to begin with. After being adopted by Yan Shaozhe, she had been living on Poseidon Island. There were almost no peers around her with whom she could communicate. Now that Wang Nan was around, she finally couldn't stop talking once she started. But it’s a good thing. We can talk while walking along the way, so it’s not so boring at last. All three of them were soul masters, and they were quite fast on their feet. In addition, the Star Dou Great Forest was just to the southeast of Shrek Academy, and the two were not far apart, so they were already in the outer area at night. Generally speaking, the forest is more dangerous at night, and most soul masters will leave at this time and choose to enter again after dawn the next day. But with Yan Shaozhe here, there is no need to worry about soul beast attacks. The three of them not only camped in the forest, but also lit a bonfire and sat around it. It’s a pity that Wang Nan doesn’t have any excellent skills in grilling fish, so he can only eat some food packed from the cafeteria. "What kind of soul skill do you want?" Ma Xiaotao looked at Wang Nan across the campfire while eating. "An offensive one, preferably a range attack." Wang Nan’s first two soul skills are auxiliary types, and the Python Charge and Tail Sweep he learned from the soul beast can only target a single enemy, so area soul skills naturally became his best choice. In fact, with Wang Nan's "talent", adding auxiliary soul skills like the first two soul rings, and then learning additional skills from the soul beast is also an option, but Wang Nan is not sure which skill he can learn from the soul beast. The probability of finding a satisfactory one among so many skills is even lower than the probability of playing the card drawing game in the previous life. "Area-based, bear- and elephant-type soul beasts can provide soul skills that are mostly range-based, and they are quite powerful." Ma Xiaotao planned for Wang Nan very seriously, "But these soul beasts are very powerful, so it may not be easy to find them in the outer areas." "It depends on my luck. Maybe tomorrow morning, a soul beast that suits me will come to me. What about you? Have you made up your mind?" "Well, I actually had a goal a long time ago." Ma Xiaotao said as she took out a small red bag and took out a few thumb-sized black balls from it. "what is this?" "Fire chestnut. My target is the fire skylarks. This fire chestnut is their favorite food. I will attract them here. If they are old enough, I will use them as spirit rings. If they are not old enough, I will take them back and raise them in the academy." Ma Xiaotao's martial soul is the same as Ma Hongjun's from the original Shrek Seven Devils, which is the Evil Fire Phoenix. There are countless people studying it in the academy. After thousands of years, they have studied clearly which soul beasts are suitable for obtaining each soul ring, so she has been prepared for a long time. "Okay, let's go and rest after we finish eating." Yan Shaozhe, who had been silent, finally spoke, "We still need to obtain spirit rings tomorrow, so conserve your energy." Thanks to Belial for the monthly ticket support (End of this chapter)