Chapter 20: with translation of chapter title

After completing all spirit ring hunts, everyone quickly left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to the human world.

- "Star Dou Great Forest" is the Star Dou Great Forest (given). Also "human world" is generic (human world) not a named entity.

After such a long time, Li Fei hasn't come to Shrek Academy; the academy is still at the same place, only the surrounding villages have been requisitioned, and now that Flandre and the others have money, they immediately expanded the academy and ordered various equipment.

Although it still lags far behind a true top-tier soul master academy, it definitely surpasses many soul master academies on the continent.

The academy is still under construction, with the grounds and surrounding buildings made very beautiful; compared to its previous impoverished appearance, it's now worlds apart.

"Now that we have money and the scale has grown, isn't the academy planning to recruit a few teachers back?"

"And recruit more students?"

Li Fei asked.

"We're still trying to find them; a few came before, but seeing we're an uncertified academy, they left."

"The most urgent thing now is to settle the academy's official procedures, make it a qualified soul master academy; otherwise we won't even have the qualifications to participate in the Continental Soul Master Advanced Academy Elite Tournament."

Flandre spoke.

"Just spend money; in this world, almost everything can be solved with money."

"Either go to the Spirit Hall, or go to the Barak Kingdom."

Li Fei said.

Flandre said: "I went to the Barak Kingdom before, but those guys are disgusting; they kept blocking me and wouldn't let it go through, it's utterly outrageous!"

Saying this, he couldn't help but recall the scene of his earlier humiliation—their academy wasn't a proper one, lacking even the qualifications to enter the elite tournament; this had always been a thorn in his side, painfully pricking him.

Li Fei said: "Then let's go to the Spirit Hall; we'll, in the name of a Soul Elder, invite the person in charge of the Sotou City branch of the Spirit Hall to a meal, then use money to corrupt them, leveraging their status to help us—it's actually quite simple."

"Before, without money I really wouldn't dare think of it, but now that we have money, let's give it a try." Flandre frowned, then finally nodded.

Although he's a miser, when it comes to crucial moments needing money, he absolutely won't be vague.

Moreover, his current wealth is far greater than before.

Li Fei's reason for proposing this is also to find a backer for them before they've fully grown.

However, this backer needs to be tied to the same boat as them.

That is, interests.

"Uncle Fo, you do this."

Li Fei leaned close to Flandre's ear, whispering.

Flandre kept nodding after hearing, his eyes brightening: "Truly worthy of you, little Fei; good, I'll go handle it now."

"Good." Li Fei nodded.

Flandre quickly left.

"Fei bro, why do you have time to come over today?"

At that moment, Ma Hongjun and Oscar ran out from inside, and upon seeing Li Fei they showed delight.

Li Fei is a genius, with his own cultivation method, not training together with them; plus he rarely comes here usually, so their chances to meet have also become fewer.

Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun and Oscar, influenced by Li Fei, have become even more eager to grow stronger, and their drive to cultivate is also very strong.

Although they still lag far behind Li Fei, compared to the others they are practically monster-level.

"I just finished hunting for soul rings, so I swung by to see you." Li Fei said with a smile.

"Fei bro, what level are you?" Ma Hongjun asked, his eyes rolling around.

"Thirty-seven." Li Fei said.

"Fei bro, you're joking with us, right?"

"I remember you're six years old like us, right?"

"A six-year-old Soul Elder at level thirty-seven is a bit too absurd."

Ma Hongjun and Oscar didn't take this as true; any normal person wouldn't think it's real.

Because it's too ridiculous.

Such a person has never appeared on the continent.

If it were true, that person would definitely be a super heaven-defying level monstrous freak!

One can't even dare to imagine it.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you."

Li Fei said. "Fei bro, let's have a match." Ma Hongjun was eager to try; after arduous training these days, he felt he'd gotten stronger, okay!

As for Oscar, he serves in a supporting role.

He himself also wants to become an offensive soul master, but reality is harsh; ultimately it's just a fantasy.

"You only deserve to be beaten by me."

Li Fei laughed.

"We haven't fought yet, so nothing's certain—I've gotten strong!" Ma Hongjun said, hands on hips, sticking out his belly.

"Come on, you make the first move."

Li Fei hooked his finger.

Seeing this, Ma Hongjun summoned a fire turkey, which is his variant evil fire phoenix.

He directly launched his first soul skill at Li Fei.

Facing this attack, Li Fei stood in place, calm, and directly blocked it with his pure flesh.

Boom! Ma Hongjun's strike hit him without even breaking the surface defense, only a little white smoke curling up.

"What?!"

"You blocked it with just your flesh? And nothing happened at all?!"

"What kind of flesh is this? It's terrifying!"

Ma Hongjun and Oscar sucked in a breath of cold air, exclaiming.

Li Fei patted his shoulder and said, "It's my turn now."

As his words fell, his body had already arrived in front of Ma Hongjun, leaving the latter no time to react, and in the next second he was slapped and sent flying.

"Ah!"

"Thud! Thud!" Ma Hongjun's body kept rolling on the ground, falling flat on his face.

"It really hurts."

Ma Hongjun's voice trembled.

Pangzi, keep training. You're nowhere near my match right now.

Li Fei planned to leave; opponents like Ma Hongjun held no interest for him because they were simply too weak.

Both being six years old, the gap is that huge.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, an evil fire appeared on Ma Hongjun's body, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"What's wrong?!" Oscar, Zhao Wuji, Li Yunsong, and the others' faces changed.

Li Fei turned to look, his brow furrowed: "Could this be evil fire?"

The flaw of the Evil Fire Phoenix is that it's imperfect; it's a martial soul with serious defects, and if the evil fire within cannot be controlled, it seeks something to vent.

This was Ma Hongjun's first outbreak; he now feels terrible and wants to find a woman to vent the evil fire.

Li Fei rushed over and slapped his chest; the next second a dragon's roar appeared, and with dragon's might, life force poured directly into Ma Hongjun's body.

He forcibly suppressed Ma Hongjun's evil fire.

Only then did Ma Hongjun feel better.

"What just happened to me? What kind of fire is that?" Ma Hongjun felt confused.

Li Fei said, "That's the flaw of your martial soul; the evil fire needs to vent, but I've now suppressed it, so it won't happen again."

The power of the Azure Dragon of the East is indeed useful; he hasn't developed many of its uses yet, and after returning he'll need to develop them properly.

"I didn't expect this martial soul to have such a flaw."

Zhao Wuji and the others frowned.

"But after all, this is the flaw of a martial soul—can it really be that easy to fix?" Everyone grew curious.

Just what exactly did Li Fei do? They only saw energy injected into Ma Hongjun's body, and then it disappeared.

Only Li Fei and Ma Hongjun know what exactly happened.

"Using a stronger dragon's might to suppress a flawed phoenix is still doable," Li Fei said.

(End of chapter)