Chapter 556 - A Years Separation (1/2)

Chapter 556 - A Year's Separation

Once he returned to campus, Tang Wulin immediately rented a specialized cultivation room.

He meditated and inspected his body, scanning for any changes. After cultivating until the next morning, he still hadn't been able to find any changes! Not a single one. It was as if he hadn't absorbed the Tyrant Dragon.

Tang Wulin couldn't make heads or tails of the situation. But there was nothing he could do about it. He was a bit nervous about the Spirit PaG.o.da's reaction to this event, but he was just as powerless against them.

Once he had finished cultivating his Purple Demon Eyes at the break of dawn, Tang Wulin ran into Gu Yue while on his way to the dining hall for breakfast. He asked her about the Spirit PaG.o.da's response to what had happened with the Tyrant Dragon, and she told him not to worry about it. The Spirit PaG.o.da wouldn't do anything to him.

Don't worry about it? Tang Wulin's mind wandered astray as he walked with Gu Yue to cla.s.s. Are they really not going to say anything? They just lost a Tyrant Dragon!

They soon entered their cla.s.sroom and took their seats. A moment later, Wu Zhangkong ascended the platform at the front of the cla.s.s and took his place behind the lectern. “Let's begin cla.s.s.”

“Rise!” Tang Wulin called out in response, shooting to his feet along with the rest of his cla.s.smates to salute their teacher.

“Before we get into the main topic of the day, I have an announcement. Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan, today is your last day of cla.s.s. You have tomorrow off to rest, then the day after you will depart for Star Luo on the exchange trip. I will be in charge of the exchange group, so today will also be the last cla.s.s I teach for the next year.

“While Tang Wulin and Gu Yue are gone, Wu Siduo and Luo Guixing will act as the subst.i.tute cla.s.s president and vice-president respectively. Yang Nianxia will be a vice-president as well, and fill in as blacksmith representative…” Wu Zhangkong declared the rest of organizational changes for the cla.s.s, ensuring that chaos would not ensue once the cla.s.s leaders left.

Although everyone knew that Tang Wulin's group would be leaving soon, they didn't truly comprehend it until Wu Zhangkong's announcement. The time of departure was upon them. Their cla.s.s president would be gone for a full year. Only a few were envious of him, though. This was because they all believed Shrek Academy to be the greatest place in the world to cultivate. An exchange trip abroad was a wonderful opportunity to gain experience and broaden one's horizons, but it did not provide any benefits to one's cultivation.

After cla.s.s, Wu Siduo approached to Tang Wulin. “You better not let me surpa.s.s you in a year.”

Tang Wulin smiled wryly. “I'll be looking forward to the day you do.”

Yang Nianxia came over with the other rankers and put his hand on Tang Wulin's shoulder in a brotherly manner. “Cla.s.s President, leave the blacksmiths to me. Rest a.s.sured, I will guide them properly.”

Tang Wulin faked a cough and gave a strained smile. “You're the one guiding them most of the time anyway. You should have been the blacksmith representative to begin with.” In truth, Tang Wulin had been ignoring his duties as blacksmith representative since long ago. He was far too focused on advancing his own blacksmithing skills to care for others. But no one in his cla.s.s complained since he often accepted forging requests for free or a negligible fee. Furthermore, all of his products were top-tier. In the past two years, he had shown his value to his cla.s.smates and raised his prestige to an unshakeable height. None dared challenge his position anymore.

Off to the side, Luo Guixing stared crestfallen at Tang Wulin. “I wanted to go on the trip too,” he said to himself, so soft that only those around him could hear. “Ever since I was young I've dreamed of traveling to see the world. I never would have thought you guys would be one step ahead of me.” His gaze hardened with determination. “Just you wait until I graduate. I'll definitely explore the world too.”

Xu Yucheng scoffed. “Graduate? It's way too early for you to even be thinking about that.”

Even though they were geniuses, graduation was still too far into the future for them. On one hand, while their battle armors were not made with spirit alloys, the armors were already one-third complete. With their current rate of progress, they would be full-fledged one-word battle armor masters once they reached the second grade, and likely be at least five-ringed Soul Kings. They were practically guaranteed to enter the esteemed ranks of the inner court at this rate. On the other hand, once they were in the inner court, they would be required to become two-word battle armor masters in order to graduate. Until they met that lofty requirement, there were prohibited from leaving Shrek Academy. It would be a long and arduous process with success dependent on their talents and luck.

Luo Guixing coughed, then shrugged. “Becoming a two-word battle armor master is kinda hard. I guess I'll have to push back my dream a bit further.”

Tang Wulin chuckled at Luo Guixing's nonchalant way of hiding his embarra.s.sment. “Alright. Don't miss me too much then. I'll bring back souvenirs.”

“Really?” Wu Siduo asked, perking her head up.

“Yes, really,” Tang Wulin said.

Xie Xie poked his head in from the side, a smirk on his face. “Psh. Don't get your hopes up. Knowing how much of a cheapskate Wulin is, I bet he won't get you guys anything good.”

Tang Wulin glared at Xie Xie. “Would you die if you aren't being blunt? Do you even know what a souvenir is? As long as the souvenir has meaning, then anything is fine. How does the price tag on it matter?”