The process of absorbing and refining the whale glue lasted a full month. The reason it took so long was because every member of Shrek received a tremendous improvement.
Among them, Gai Yue's physical constitution not only improved, but his Soul Power also broke through from level 82 to level 83.
It wasn't just Gai Yue; everyone in Shrek had their Soul Power break through by one level because this was their first time absorbing and refining whale glue.
This improvement made everyone excited, but since they were already at least Soul Emperors, even though this batch of whale glue was considerable, the three of them—Gai Yue, Flender, and Zhao Wuji—who were at least Soul Saints or higher, still hadn't reached their limits.
Yet all forty-one pieces of whale glue were completely consumed. Even Oscar didn't expect that so much whale glue would be used up, and that the three teachers—Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Gai Yue—still hadn't reached their limits.
This, however, indirectly proved that the three of them truly had exceptional talent.
Now, Gai Yue, who had absorbed one piece of twenty-thousand-year whale glue and several pieces of five-thousand-year-or-higher whale glue, had his physical constitution reach a level comparable to a Title Douluo.
Flender and Zhao Wuji's physical constitutions had also reached at least level 85.
Shao Xin, Lu Qibin, Li Yusong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun had all reached their current limits, and consuming more whale glue wouldn't bring them significant gains.
Now, Oscar's physical constitution had surpassed his previous limit, reaching at least the level of a level 45 Soul Elder, while Ma Hongjun's physical constitution had reached around level 30.
The two young geniuses could be said to have exerted little effort but received plenty of benefits.
After a full month of rest, the group set sail once again to continue hunting Soul Beasts.
However, although their gains this time were enormous, they also had many regrets—not a single Soul Bone had dropped from the entire Deep Sea Blue Whale clan. Their luck was truly quite poor.
But it wasn't a major issue since their goal for this trip had been achieved. With one final effort, they could return to the academy.
While searching for their next target, Oscar and Ma Hongjun didn't remain idle. Under the protection of their teachers, they would occasionally challenge some century-level Sea Soul Beasts to hone their skills.
Half a month later, after passing by several weaker Sea Soul Beast clans, Gai Yue locked onto a fifty-thousand-year-level Sawtooth Demon Whale. This demon whale was acting alone and preyed on its own kind, giving the group the perfect opportunity.
During the battle, Oscar and Ma Hongjun watched with great enjoyment. Under the combined efforts of Gai Yue and the others, the Sawtooth Demon Whale was eventually slain by Gai Yue with a single sword strike, and they didn't even leave its body behind, taking everything with them.
With the whale glue provided by this Sawtooth Demon Whale, it was more than enough for Gai Yue, Flender, and Zhao Wuji. So the Shrek group began their journey back.
On their return journey, Gai Yue and the others killed dozens of five-thousand-year-or-higher whale-type Sea Soul Beasts.
This was Flender's decision, as Shrek's future might not just consist of Oscar and Ma Hongjun alone. He needed to prepare for future students.
However, whale glue was too precious, and this secret absolutely couldn't be exposed, so Flender was cautious enough.
Only if future students could truly integrate into Shrek would he bestow upon them this treasure; otherwise, he would rather let it go to waste.
After all, once this thing's value was exposed, it wouldn't be good for Shrek. As long as the value remained hidden, their Shrek Academy could use it to cultivate more geniuses in the future—geniuses who belonged solely to Shrek.
Oscar, however, didn't care, as it didn't conflict with his interests.
It took a full month for the Shrek group to return to the Shrek Academy in the Balak Kingdom. This trip had taken nearly four months, but everyone's gains were obvious.
Especially for Gai Yue, Flender, and Zhao Wuji. On their way back, after absorbing the Sawtooth Demon Whale's glue, their physical constitutions reached their limits.
Although their Soul Power didn't increase further, it laid a solid foundation for their future cultivation and brought tremendous improvements to their strength.
Over the past four months, Oscar's swordsmanship had also improved significantly. He could now skillfully use various sword techniques from the Frost Moon Sword Manual, and his combat abilities had greatly improved.
Now at level 24, Oscar was confident he could break through to level 30 before turning twelve. Ma Hongjun was also confident in quickly reaching level 20.
After all, Ma Hongjun was already level 16 and not yet eight years old. Perhaps he would break through level 20 faster than Oscar had.
After all, when Oscar was in his teens, he didn't have whale glue to help him improve his strength.
After returning to the academy, Oscar quickly immersed himself in cultivation without any slacking.
It's worth mentioning that their food now consisted of Soul Beast meat every day. Because Flender had kept the rare parts of the dozens of whale-type Soul Beasts they had harvested, he sold the less valuable parts along the way and returned to the academy with his pockets full.
It could be said that the Shrek Academy of today was completely different from the original. Not only had the teachers' strengths improved, but because of Oscar, these teachers were working even harder, with everything developing in a better direction.
However, Flender was a cunning person and did a good job of keeping secrets. Coupled with the fact that Shrek Academy wasn't receiving much attention, no one knew about the changes at the academy.
The only thing people might have noticed was that the original dilapidated village now had a bit of a paradise-like atmosphere, and the teaching environment and conditions had improved tremendously.
A year later, when Ma Hongjun was still three months short of his ninth birthday, he broke through to level 20.
At Oscar's suggestion, Flender personally selected a Soul Beast with Phoenix bloodline for Ma Hongjun's second Soul Ring. This could help alleviate the problem of the demonic fire in his body.
This was because before this, after refining whale glue to improve his constitution, Ma Hongjun had experienced an eruption of demonic fire, which had been extremely painful for him.
Fortunately, with Gai Yue there, he helped Ma Hongjun through it with his powerful ice-attribute Soul Power. All subsequent demonic fire eruptions were also managed with Gai Yue's help.
However, this situation could only help alleviate Ma Hongjun's problem; it couldn't make the demonic fire disappear.
That was why Oscar made this suggestion. After all, a Demonic Fire Phoenix wasn't a true Phoenix. Absorbing a Soul Ring with Phoenix bloodline could, to some extent, suppress or neutralize Ma Hongjun's demonic fire.
Theoretically, as long as Ma Hongjun's future Soul Rings all contained Phoenix bloodline, or if he hunted a pure-blooded Phoenix for a Soul Ring, his demonic fire, even if not completely eliminated, could be effectively suppressed.
After obtaining a second Soul Ring with Phoenix bloodline, Ma Hongjun's demonic fire was indeed suppressed, making his cultivation much smoother.
Thus, a solution for Ma Hongjun's demonic fire had been found.
It's worth mentioning that Ma Hongjun's second Soul Ring wasn't chosen from a thousand-year-level Soul Beast, but from a 990-year one. The reasoning was the same as Oscar's original choice.
After absorbing the Soul Ring, Ma Hongjun's Soul Power reached level 22, achieving the same accomplishment as Oscar had at the time.
Now Oscar's Soul Power had reached level 27, but at ten years and four months old, his Soul Power was approaching the level of a Soul King, making him the record holder at Shrek Academy.
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