Three days later, the figures of Shen Hanyu and the others slowly emerged from the wind and snow of the Far North.
The three girls had smiles on their faces that they couldn't hide. Shen Hanyu walked at the back, unconsciously yawning. Recently, his mental expenditure had indeed been quite heavy, and he hadn't had time to properly recover.
The soul beast they hunted for Shen Liuyu this time was a Corroding Heaven Demon Wolf that had barely reached the ten-thousand-year level.
Speaking of it, this was truly bad luck for the Corroding Heaven Demon Wolf. Originally, Shen Hanyu's target was a ten-thousand-year Ice Soul Exploding Bear, but this guy had chased a thousand-year White-Nosed Elephant for thousands of miles and delivered itself right to their doorstep.
Thus, Shen Hanyu and the others decisively abandoned the Ice Soul Exploding Bear that had already been beaten up badly, and instead took down this bewildered Corroding Heaven Demon Wolf. They even force-fed it a large amount of high-level soul beast meat. The Corroding Heaven Demon Wolf had been just a little short of breaking through to the ten-thousand-year level, and after eating so much high-level soul beast meat, it naturally broke through smoothly.
Unfortunately, just as it broke through to ten thousand years and hadn't even had a chance to howl, it was sent to the afterlife with a single claw from Shen Liuyu, becoming her fourth soul ring.
The Corroding Heaven Demon Wolf held an extraordinary status among wolf-type soul beasts. It was a rare species that could be found in both the Far North and various soul beast forests. It had extremely strong adaptability, outstanding combat power, and was a balanced type of soul beast with both intelligence and strength.
Encountering a Corroding Heaven Demon Wolf in the vast Far North, how could that not be considered a kind of twisted "fate"?
After resolving Shen Liuyu's soul ring, the four of them encountered another rare soul beast during their search: the Golden-Winged Snow Eagle, a massive but not very intelligent tyrannical soul beast. In the Far North, it was the kind of street thug who dared to provoke and fight anyone.
Unfortunately, its luck was poor. During its hunt, it happened to catch the attention of Shen Hanyu and the others, and its age was just right. So Shen Hanyu shot it down with a single spear thrust, and it became Shui Bing'er's third soul ring.
As for Shui Yue'er's soul ring, it was even more straightforward. The Fluorescent Jade Dolphin had low requirements for soul rings, as long as the quality was decent, and it specialized in speed and attack, it would do.
In the end, the four chose a White-Striped Demon Leopard with just over a thousand years of cultivation to become her second soul ring.
Hunting the three soul rings took a total of about three days— an incredibly fast pace. The three girls were very satisfied with this. As for Shen Hanyu, he didn't feel much about it at all.
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Before they could even enter the small courtyard upon returning, several unexpected visitors had come calling.
Five beautiful figures appeared in the courtyard, with Shui Ningbing, the number one slacker of Skywater Academy, sitting beside them.
The three girls, Shen Liuyu and the others, were stunned for a moment before smiling and mingling with the group. Shen Hanyu also stood there in a daze for a while before suddenly snapping back to reality. Weren't these exactly the Skywater Academy teachers he had rescued in the Far North?
Xu Yan and Xu Shuishui were the first to react, letting out a puff of laughter before saying:
"Look, our great hero has arrived. Everyone, quiet down~."
The Gu Yu and Gu Yu twin sisters also came back to their senses, covering their mouths as they stole glances and giggled at Shen Hanyu.
Qin Ya was probably the most reserved; she only glanced at him once before continuing her conversation with Shui Ningbing.
Shen Hanyu rubbed his forehead, suddenly feeling a headache coming on.
Good heavens, so many women, if someone didn't know better, they might think he was running some kind of shady establishment here...
Though he thought this, Shen Hanyu still smiled and said:
"It's been a while, everyone."
Xu Yan covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, saying:
"It's only been a few days, how is that 'a while' like you said?"
Shen Hanyu smiled and shook his head, asking:
"How did you find this place? Don't you have classes today?"
Xu Shuishui smiled as she hooked her arm around Shui Ningbing's, playfully saying:
"Look, even the dean of the college is here. What's wrong with us teachers skipping a class? The students are probably thrilled..."
Shui Ningbing rolled her beautiful eyes. She had only recently learned that Shen Hanyu had actually saved several teachers from their college in the Far North, and one of them was Xu Shuishui, whom she had been grooming as the next generation of high-level management for Skywater Academy.
The Gu Yu and Gu Yu twin sisters also smiled and greeted Shen Hanyu. Qin Ya greeted him as well, though not as enthusiastically as the others. Still, Shen Hanyu could see pure gratitude in her eyes. As a married woman, it would be strange if she were overly warm and close to another man. Because of this, Shen Hanyu couldn't help but take an extra glance at Qin Ya.
This was far better than those scumbag men and women from his previous life who had no moral bottom line at all.
Shen Hanyu's gaze turned to Xu Shuishui as he asked with some curiosity:
"How is your injury?"
Xu Shuishui smiled and replied:
"It's alright. It's basically under control now. The rest just needs some time to recuperate quietly."
Shen Hanyu nodded. With so many teachers and students at Skywater Academy, it would be strange if there weren't a few healing-type soul masters. With healing soul masters helping, it made sense that her injury recovered so quickly.
The Gu Yu and Gu Yu twin sisters also came over, blushing as they sized up Shen Hanyu.
Shen Hanyu looked at the two almost identical doll-faced lolis with some surprise. If he had to say it, they only appeared slightly more mature than Shen Liuyu. No one could tell that these were two mature women over thirty.
Especially with their petite builds and soft, delicate voices, if you didn't know, people really would treat them as students.
Xu Yan noticed Shen Hanyu's gaze and smiled as she introduced:
"These two are advanced department teachers at our college. The older sister is Gu Yu, and the younger sister is Gu Yu. Their martial souls are both food-type Snow Lotuses, rare food-type Soul Emperors."
Shen Hanyu nodded thoughtfully and greeted the twin sisters.
The Gu Yu sisters hurriedly responded in soft voices, twisting shyly in a way that made Shen Hanyu narrow his eyes slightly.
If he wasn't mistaken, these two sisters definitely had taken a liking to him.
To this, the super handsome Shen only smiled and let it pass.
Shui Ningbing let out a timely hum and said:
"Little Yu, the main reason is that these few kept pestering me to bring them here so they could thank you in person. Auntie had no choice. I'm sure you won't blame Auntie, right?"
Shen Hanyu narrowed his eyes slightly before smiling and saying:
"Whatever Auntie says goes. Anyway, there's nothing bad about it."
Shen Liuyu mingled in the crowd, looking at Shen Hanyu surrounded by women, then at Shui Bing'er, who was still chatting with Qin Ya about who-knows-what topic, and silently sighed.
Meanwhile, Shui Yue'er sat alone to the side, puffing out her cheeks in annoyance and not talking to anyone. Shen Liuyu's eyes lit up as she quickly walked over...
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