Chapter 41: The Power of Half an Elephant

Tonight's soul fighting could be said to be a happy occasion for all, except for Dai Mubai. His opponent in the soul fight was Zhu Zhuqing. Both were at the thirty-something level, so even if he wanted to hold back, he had no chance; Zhu Zhuqing's combat experience was far richer than his. After a few exchanges, Dai Mubai was instantly defeated. After it ended, Zhu Zhuqing left without even glancing at him.

After everyone finished their soul fights, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun snuck away. However, seeing their lecherous expressions, everyone knew what they were going to do.

After the two left, Xiao Wu looked at Tang San and said unpleasantly, "Xiao San, you mustn't learn from them, okay~"

On this side, Zhuqing also cast a cold glance at the two who had left. Then, she fixed her beautiful eyes directly on Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi raised his hands helplessly and said, "I surrender. I will never go to such a place in my life. You have to trust my character, alright?"

Hearing this, Zhuqing returned to normal as if nothing had happened. Ning Rongrong, who was watching them from the side, couldn't help but giggle.

As for Oscar, he was still maintaining his persona of deep affection, looking at Ning Rongrong with admiration.

It's a pity that for the current Oscar to win Ning Rongrong's true heart, he would have to put in much more effort than in the original story. If this were in the reality of a past life, a "simp" would certainly never succeed, but after all, Ning Rongrong's nature is relatively kind, and a sufficiently sincere heart would move her, though the process would be very difficult.

……

The next day,

The one teaching them today was still Dean Flender. Zhou Yi and the others waited for a full quarter of an hour before this Dean walked over in a leisurely manner.

Flender's gaze fell on Ning Rongrong first, but he didn't say anything to her. "Today is the second lesson. Where is Oscar? Is he sleeping in again?"

Seeing this, Ning Rongrong became vigilant. Good heavens, this Flender wouldn't have come up with some new trick to mess with me, would he?

Tang San hurriedly said, "He was still cultivating when I came out this morning. Perhaps he entered a state of meditation and couldn't wake up in time."

Flender frowned. "Today's lesson cannot proceed without him. Tang San, go call him."

Just as Tang San was about to return to the dormitory, he saw Oscar running over in a hurry from the direction of the dorms. However, there was no panic of being late on his face; instead, he was full of excitement.

"Oscar, are you thinking about running laps again?" Dean Flender glared at him.

Oscar hurriedly shook his head. "No, Dean, please listen to my explanation. I've broken through. I've reached level thirty."

"What?" Not only Flender, but everyone cast surprised gazes at Oscar, including Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong hadn't expected this guy who liked her to have such good talent. One had to know that her ability to level up so quickly was entirely due to cheating with Brother Yi's Array, and since Food-type Spirit Masters are inherently difficult to cultivate, the fact that he could rely on himself to reach level thirty at this age was already quite impressive.

Flender's eyes clearly lit up. "Good, good, good. Oscar, you didn't let me down. You are the fourth among the current students to reach level thirty. I congratulate you on behalf of the academy."

Everyone also congratulated him.

Dai Mubai, who had spent a night of debauchery, was clearly in a good mood. He stepped forward to congratulate him, "Xiao Ao, you're something else. So, what triggered your potential to make you reach level thirty as well?"

"Ayy~ perhaps this is the power of love~" As he spoke, he winked at Ning Rongrong, flipped his hair, and acted cute.

"Ugh—" ×N

Hearing this, everyone was clearly disgusted by the cheesiness. Especially Ning Rongrong; she felt as if her eyes had been blinded.

"I can't take it, this is too cheesy. Oscar, I am willing to call you the King of Cheese." Zhou Yi rested his arm on Tang San's shoulder, covering his eyes and unable to help saying.

"Damn, you guys aren't serious... is it really that bad..."

"Alright. Today's lesson begins now." Flender's voice pulled everyone back from their disgust toward Xiao Ao.

"Today's lesson is very simple. Oscar, you are the protagonist today. Today's lesson is that everyone except Oscar must eat at least one of each of the two types of sausages produced by Oscar's soul power."

"What?" Xiao Wu exclaimed as soon as she heard Flender's words. "Dean, what kind of lesson is this?"

Flender said brazenly, "This is called adaptability training. I ask you, is life more important or is face more important? When you can only choose one, which will you choose? Although Oscar's Soul Spell is a bit lewd, I said yesterday that he is a Food-type Spirit Master with Innate Full Soul Power, and his talent is extremely high. The martial soul sausages he produces are the best Food-type martial souls I have ever seen. During your time at the academy, he is one of you, and you will train together. If you cannot reach a tacit understanding with him, you will be wasting the best support partner."

After hearing this, Oscar also cheekily produced a few sausages. "Hehe, who's first?"

Flender stood there with a cold face, looking completely impartial. He used his expression to tell the students before him that no one should think about trying to muddle through.

Everyone helplessly accepted them, suppressing their urge to vomit as they ate the sausages. Fortunately, Zhou Yi had prepared them mentally a few days ago, otherwise, they would have been caught off guard.

Finally, it was Ning Rongrong's turn. A hint of a smile flashed in Flender's sharp eyes. Heh, look at how much this little girl rejected Oscar's sausages when running the past two days. Let's see if you eat it today. If you don't eat it, hehe~ then don't blame me for ruthlessly making you lose face in front of everyone.

However, Flender clearly underestimated Ning Rongrong. She looked at Flender and then at Oscar. Since she couldn't escape, she might as well face it.

She decisively took the sausage and ate it in a few bites. Watching this, Oscar felt certain parts of his own body aching faintly.

Oscar tentatively asked, "Are you hungry?"

Ning Rongrong licked her own pink, tender red lips, a gentle smile appearing on her face. "Your sausage, the feeling of biting it off in one go is not bad."

A certain part of Oscar went numb again. No matter how he looked at it, he felt Ning Rongrong's smile was a bit like a devil's smile.

Afterward, Ning Rongrong glanced at Flender again, a mocking look at the corner of her mouth, which made Flender's brows twitch.

It seems that Ning Rongrong won this confrontation again.

……

After returning to the dormitory, the incense burner emitted smoke, and the Suanni sat quietly within the smoke. Zhou Yi continued his daily Fuxi cultivation, thinking about the various personalities of these young people, and smiled faintly.

The characters under his brush also gained a bit of change.

It seems Uncle Ning was right. Coming to this world, he had been cultivating on the Cloud every day or entering the forest for training. Although his state of mind had broadened, it indeed lacked a bit of human touch. However, others enter the mortal world first to cultivate their state of mind, but he, on the contrary, did it the other way around.

Looking at the characters under his brush, Zhou Yi thought to himself, it seems that after another year or two of tempering his heart in the mortal world, his Fuxi and Qiuniu will surely advance from entry-level to minor accomplishment.

Afterward, he thought of Oscar's breakthrough today. Speaking of which, he also felt that he was about to break through. Although he was only at level thirty-seven now, reaching level forty would only be a matter of three or four months.

However, there was no rush for the matter of attaching a soul ring. He could feel that his physical body was still growing. Currently, he could exert One Elephant Strength with one punch, which is six thousand jin. He would wait until he had One Elephant Strength in a single punch before attaching the ring.

One Elephant Strength is a unit of measurement for strength commonly used by the ancients.

"The Tale of Tang" once described Li Yuanba like this:

【His strength was boundless. His two arms possessed the courage of Four Elephants Strength; he could twist iron like mud, surpassing Xiang Yu of the Han dynasty. He would eat a dou of rice and ten jin of meat at one meal. He wielded two iron hammers, each weighing four hundred jin, totaling eight hundred jin, as large as vats.】

In ancient China, "Nine Oxen and Two Tigers" was commonly used to describe great strength, but Li Yuanba was even more so, with "Four Elephants Strength," having more than enough to spare!

According to classical records, One Elephant Strength is twelve thousand five hundred jin, and One Dragon Strength is equal to ten Elephant Strengths, which is one hundred twenty-five thousand jin. The strength of Four Elephants Strength is equivalent to over fifty thousand jin.

Xiang Yu is a recognized peerless hero and fierce general, but Li Yuanba surpassed Xiang Yu! Not only did he have the astonishing appetite of a dou of rice and ten jin of meat, but he also had the incredible strength to dance eight hundred jin iron hammers as if they were flying!

However, there was a reason for Li Yuanba being so fierce. Legend has it that Li Yuanba was the Golden Winged Great Peng from the upper realm descending to the mortal world, possessing boundless strength and being invincible.

His true form was the Golden Winged Great Peng, which is why he was so formidable, worthy of being called a heavenly god. It is no wonder he could achieve feats like tearing apart the world's second-ranked Yuwen Chengdu and the sixth-ranked Wu Tianxi with his bare hands, killing the third-ranked Pei Yuanqing with three hammer strikes, defeating an army of 1.2 million, and seizing the Imperial Seal from Dou Jiande.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi looked at Jin Ling again, his heart full of anticipation for it.

As for himself, he estimated that he would truly reach One Dragon Strength when he reached his sixth or seventh ring.