The new campus of Peach Garden Academy was expanding rapidly.
Ning Fengzhi had found skilled craftsmen for Dean Su, and their workmanship was excellent. In just a few days, the foundations for the new campus buildings of Peach Garden Academy were laid, and within twenty to thirty days at most, the new campus would be largely completed.
During these past few days, the four students of the Academy had been absorbing the energy of the immortal-grade flowers and plants. These immortal-grade flowers and plants would not only improve their physiques and strengthen their Spirits, but also allow them to increase their spirit power by more than six levels. In other words, after absorbing these immortal-grade flowers and plants, they would essentially raise their spirit power to level 37 or above.
As for Su Ran, he not only received the evolved Spirits shared by his four disciples, but also gained rewards in spirit power and spirit ring age. He was quite leisurely — every day, he tilled the fields in the new campus, obtaining the Spirit Field Treasure Land Nourishing Fertilizer rewarded by the system, and lived a relaxed farmer's life.
spirit power Level: 78.3 → 79
First Spirit Ability Age: Folding Branch Like a Dream — 1190 years → 1400 years.
Second Spirit Ability: A Dream Peach Sword Order — 1950 years → 2300 years.
Third Spirit Ability: Chaotic Red Flying Snow — 5060 years → 5800 years.
Fourth Spirit Ability: Scarlet Moon Peach Bloom — 13030 years → 14000 years
Fifth Spirit Ability: Burning Flower Thousand Peach Slash — 25970 years → 30000 years
Sixth Spirit Ability: Nine Luminaries Peach Blossom Sword — 51380 years → 63000 years
Seventh Spirit Ability: Red Dust True Body, 89500 years → 98000 years
Spirit Field Treasure Land Nourishing Fertilizer: Can nourish the earth, gradually transforming ordinary land into a treasure land capable of cultivating top-grade flowers and plants, and immortal-grade flowers and plants.
It wasn't until the sun set, and the mountains glowed with a faint yellowish-orange hue, that the craftsmen helping to build the new campus gradually left work. Cicadas began to chirp, and the moon quietly climbed into the starry sky. Only then did Su Ran look at the results of his day's farming and smile.
The top-grade flower and plant seeds given by the system, although not comparable to immortal-grade flowers and plants, were still rare. Moreover, their growth rate was much faster than immortal-grade flowers and plants. Once mature, they could be used to create Spirit Bone nutrient solutions for students, prepare body-tempering medicinal baths, and strengthen the body.
Being a good teacher is difficult.
A teacher who loves his disciples plans for their long-term future.
Su Ran had worried himself sick over Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, especially Wang Sheng. His innate physique was the weakest, and if he wasn't given some medicinal herbs, his spirit power would likely be quickly surpassed by the other three female students.
"Mission accomplished."
After scattering the last few seeds, Su Ran placed his hoe in the temporarily erected farm shed.
Shrek Academy... oh no, it should now be called Peach Garden Academy's new campus.
The main road of Peach Garden Academy's new campus was paved with white jade bricks, one to two meters in size, which was very grand and luxurious, completely incomparable to the muddy roads Shrek had before.
The road was lined with young peach trees. Due to Su Ran's Spirit characteristics, these peach trees grew very quickly; those planted on the first day would grow several centimeters by the second day, and in less than half a year, they would grow into tall, lush peach trees.
The moonlight was bright, but no matter how Su Ran looked at it, it seemed to be tinged with a bloody hue.
Just as he entered the outer courtyard of the main campus, Wang Sheng was still practicing his Subduing Tiger Fist, which was fierce and resolute. Though simple, he was also bold, and each punch and stance produced a hollow sound, indicating he was quite proficient.
Seeing Su Ran return, Wang Sheng withdrew his fists and gathered his stance, bowing slightly as he called out:
"Teacher."
"Hmm, clean up and get ready for dinner."
Su Ran said indifferently.
"Who?"
But just then, Su Ran's eyes suddenly changed, and he caught a whiff of a Fishy smell.
Turning around, he saw Xiao Wu, disheveled, with bloodstains on her leg from an arrow, weakly standing at the school gate, limping.
Her hair was messy, like a pitiful little beggar's. A pair of rabbit ears on her head swayed slightly, a fluffy white rabbit tail grew from her backside, and even her hands had turned into soft rabbit paws. A Spirit Beast aura emanated from her body.
Her eyes were filled with pitiful tears as she stood at the gate of Peach Garden Academy, looking at Su Ran's back, and sobbed:
"Su Ran... Teacher Su Ran, can you... save me—"
"Xiao Wu... you..."
Seeing Xiao Wu's appearance, Su Ran was stunned for a moment.
This girl had actually forcibly reverted to her Spirit Beast true form, which meant she might have risked her life to use the power of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast's origin. This would put her at risk of losing her life at any moment.
"Su Ran... Teacher, save me... please, save Xiao Wu..."
Su Ran stood there in a daze for a moment.
Xiao Wu just looked at him pitifully.
However, just as Xiao Wu uttered the last few words, her body went limp, and she fainted at the academy's entrance.
...
"Wang Sheng, what happened?"
"Isn't that the girl from Shrek who always followed Tang San around? How did she get so badly injured?"
"Why did she come to our Peach Garden Academy?"
"I don't know, Teacher said she needs rest, so please go back, Senior Sisters."
Under the night sky, Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing, who had witnessed Su Ran urgently carrying the unconscious Xiao Wu from the school gate back to the inner courtyard, were drawn over and asked Wang Sheng.
Wang Sheng was also a bit confused about the situation. He seemed to have... vaguely seen that girl's rabbit tail. He wondered if it was his illusion, or if the girl deliberately dressed as a rabbit? Or perhaps she was in a Spirit possession state?
...
"Fengzhi, that child seems to have entered Peach Garden Academy."
"A hundred-thousand-year transformed Spirit Beast is truly precious, but I don't know why she would desperately run to Peach Garden Academy."
"I wonder how Dean Su will deal with her."
Outside the Academy, Ning Fengzhi had also been fond of strolling around with Gu Rong these past few days, occasionally checking on Rongrong's cultivation. Seeing the transformation of Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, his heart was overjoyed, and he would even secretly shed tears.
Among the younger generation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, few were truly accomplished. Only Rongrong had good talent, and he placed great hopes on her. Now, under Su Ran's guidance, Ning Rongrong had actually broken free from the limitations of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's support role and stepped onto a completely new platform.
No one was more gratified than him. It was no exaggeration to say that he would willingly give half of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in exchange for Rongrong's transformations.
This evening, as he and Gu Rong passed by Peach Garden Academy, they saw a disheveled white rabbit girl running towards Peach Garden Academy on another road, and he recognized her identity.
He had intended to take her away, but when he came to his senses, Su Ran had already come out.
Gu Rong glanced at a hidden corner behind him and said lightly:
"There are petty villains chasing her, perhaps coveting a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring. This is a temptation that not everyone can resist."
"..."
"Little San, you are still too soft-hearted."
"You shouldn't have helped her unlock the chains, giving her a chance to escape, and you shouldn't have hesitated to let her go."
In the darkness, Tang Hao stared intently at the gate of Peach Garden Academy. He dared not pursue further; a rush of blood to his head brought sharp pain to his right shoulder.
"Father, you seem to be badly injured."
"It's nothing, just a minor superficial wound."
"Father, I understand what you mean... but Xiao Wu is, after all, the one I grew up with... my younger sister. Isn't it too cold-blooded to chain her up like a wild beast...?"
In the dim light, a look of pain appeared in Tang San's eyes. On one side was his father, on the other was his childhood sweetheart, his younger sister. How should he choose?
"Foolish, can't you see it now? She is a hundred-thousand-year transformed Spirit Beast; otherwise, she couldn't run so fast. Her growth potential is limitless. From her alone, a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone and a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring will be born.
If you can obtain these in the future, your strength will undergo a qualitative leap. Not to mention, behind a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, there will certainly be knowledge of other high-aged Spirit Beasts, which will be of great benefit to you when hunting spirit rings for your second Spirit later."
"If her heart were with you, then so be it; everything of hers would ultimately belong to you. But her soul has betrayed you. You can only do this, and you must do this, unless you want to forever lose to the students of Peach Garden Academy?"
"I... I want to win!"
The moment Tang San thought of losing to Peach Garden Academy, a competitive Spirit surged from the bottom of his heart. Faced with such a defeat, how could he not want to win?
But he also felt somewhat dejected, his expression complex.
To become stronger, must one sacrifice those close to them?
Tang Hao sighed:
"Alas... Parents love their children, so they plan for their long-term future. Little San, Father is also doing this for your own good. You don't understand what kind of power a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring will bring you.
I know you have feelings for that little girl. No one understands your predicament better than I do, but you must understand that this is a cruel World. If you are not strong enough, you have no right to talk about feelings."
"Forget it, she has already escaped anyway. Just don't regret your choice today in the future."
Tang Hao glanced warily at Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong on the main road, then, taking Tang San, his figure disappeared.