Douluo Continent: I am a biologist, and I have awakened a weapon spirit?

“Yes, we’ve been waiting for you. The children were all very tired yesterday, and they woke up quite late, so we moved the celebration to today,” Flander said.

Seeing that the master's expression was not good, Liu Erlong couldn't help but say:

"Xiao Gang, if you didn't see her, you didn't see her. We don't care about her anyway."

"I didn't... Never mind, let's start the banquet." Knowing that Bibi Dong's matter was difficult to explain, the master did not continue on this topic.

The restaurant was chosen by the Spirit Hall as the accommodation for the participating academies, so it was naturally of a high standard. Soon, a series of sumptuous dishes were served.

"By the way, who's paying this time?" the master asked casually, glancing at the dishes on the table.

Flanders coughed lightly and pointed at Zhao Wuji, "The entire cost of this meal will be paid by Young Master Zhao!"

"Brother Fu, have some decency! You've made a fortune advertising with kids, and so many kids are watching. How dare you exploit me?" Zhao Wuji was speechless.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked at Flander. Even though Flander had a thick skin, he was too embarrassed to suggest that Zhao Wuji pay the bill again.

"I'll buy it, I'll buy it, okay?" Flander's face showed a clear expression of pain.

"Then we'd better eat more; we don't get many chances to take advantage of the teacher," Ma Hongjun chuckled.

"You little rascal, you finally managed to lose weight, don't go back to eating it all up again," Flander said irritably.

"When you can eat delicious food, your figure doesn't matter at all," Ma Hongjun said, raising his wine glass.

"Cheers, everyone."

Cheers! ×n

Everyone raised their glasses, stood up, clinked glasses, and started chugging.

After a good drink, Flanders put down his glass and said:

"Children, congratulations on winning the championship of this Soul Master Competition! Your performance in the competition was also outstanding. I hereby declare that you are officially graduating! You will always be the pride of the academy!"

Everyone applauded, and the recognition from their teachers made the boys and girls very happy.

"Speaking of which, what are your plans after graduation?" Zhao Wuji asked curiously.

Chen Feng spoke first:

"I wonder if the college is still looking for teaching assistants?"

"Teaching assistant?" Flander was taken aback at first, then began to think.

He pondered:

"It seems a bit of a waste to have you as a teaching assistant, Xiao Feng. Originally, my plan was to train you all and then retire, but after taking over Erlong's Blue Tyrant Academy, I was worried that just retiring like this would ruin the academy. However, if we have you, Xiao Feng, we might be able to have the best of both worlds. It just depends on whether you are willing."

"What do you mean, Dean?" Chen Feng raised his eyebrows slightly.

“I think you could give the position of vice dean a try, but you need to give me a plan for the future of the academy,” Flander said seriously.

After listening, the master nodded and said, "With your abilities, Xiaofeng, you can indeed take on the responsibility of the academy. If you are willing, this will also make it easier for you to do some things you want to do. It is foreseeable that the future belongs to you young people, and our ideas may gradually become outdated."

“I also think Xiaofeng is capable,” said Liu Erlong, the founder of the academy, with a smile.

Chen Feng stroked his chin, lost in thought. He had originally only wanted to get a teaching assistant position so that he could promote his ideas in the academy and cultivate more new-era Soul Masters.

Then he would slowly climb the ranks until he could naturally take over Flanders' job.

However, Flander seemed ready to quit, and neither the master nor Liu Erlong objected.

Good heavens, how come I suddenly have a yellow robe on me?

You guys have really put me in a lot of trouble.jpg

Since Flander was being so polite, Chen Feng didn't want to stand on ceremony any longer. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"I do have some ideas about the future plans for the college."

Although this matter is not in his current plan, it is nothing more than taking a bigger step. With Chen Feng's current reputation, it is unlikely to cause any serious problems.

"Tell me about it," Flander said, a look of interest on his face, as did the others.

“I want to build a new campus,” Chen Feng said slowly.

The table fell silent immediately after these words were spoken.

After a few seconds, Flander finally showed a surprised expression.

"what?"

Your future plans...aren't they a bit too far-fetched?

"Explain in more detail." The master's expression became serious.

Chen Feng smiled. "It's actually quite simple. The academy's current location isn't convenient. The inconvenience lies in the lack of large gathering places for soul beasts nearby, and we..."

He looked at his companions and continued:

"...The path we take requires a large gathering place of soul beasts as a foundation."

Because they were outside, and in a place arranged by the Spirit Hall, Chen Feng didn't explain things too clearly.

But most people had already understood, and even those who hadn't understood after thinking about it a bit more, they also realized what Chen Feng was talking about.

The Soul Ring Acquisition Method is the technique that the team members are currently using to acquire Soul Rings.

This technique requires cooperation with spirit beasts instead of hunting them as before, which means that Sunset Forest is no longer able to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

The best way to cooperate is to establish a long-term relationship, which is the only way to build trust. The short-term transaction methods that Chen Feng and his team used before were just expedient measures.

If you want it to last, you naturally need to find a place where there are enough diverse and powerful soul beasts to gather. You need to lay a good foundation from the beginning.

If the foundation is crooked, the road will become increasingly difficult to travel.

This is why Chenfeng wants to establish a new campus.

Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Zhao Wuji's eyes lit up. "How about the original Shrek Academy site? It's quite close to the Star Dou Great Forest."

Before Chen Feng could speak, Flander waved his hand, "The original Shrek site won't work."

The master glanced at Liu Erlong and nodded slightly, "It is indeed not very suitable."

"Why is it inappropriate?" Zhao Wuji asked, somewhat puzzled.

Liu Erlong was also puzzled. "Your original location seems quite nice, even though it's a small village. But that's because there wasn't enough funding. With proper development, what's wrong with it serving as a new campus?"

Flanders hesitated, but the master spoke directly:

"We decided to go to Erlong's place so that the children could qualify for the Soul Master Competition and have better facilities to train. If we go back after the Soul Master Competition, what will we become?"

Use people when you need them, and discard them when you don't?

Liu Erlong finally understood and chuckled:

"Hey, why are we talking about this? I don't mind, so why should you? Besides, I'll be with you."

The master shook his head. "This is not a good idea after all. We should choose another place."

Flander agreed, "That's right. The reason the academy changed its name in the first place was because I didn't want people to think that Blue Tyrant Academy had been swallowed up. Now we certainly won't go back, and it really wasn't a good place anyway."

"You guys... sigh... you're really too considerate." Liu Erlong knew that Flander and the master were looking out for her feelings, and she felt both helpless and touched.

Indeed, if Flander and the others were to return to their original place, even if Liu Erlong harbored no resentment, the original teachers of Blue Tyrant Academy would likely have objections.

So you guys just came here to steal a spot in the competition, used us, and then ran away? Still thinking about your Shrek academy?

You came all the way from out of town to beg in Tiandou City, and we kindly took you in, only to be treated like this in return?

What new campus? So, they've gotten rich and are going to abandon us?

Human nature is complex. Once the new campus is built on the original Shrek site, things will change. Who knows what others will say behind our backs?

Liu Erlong's reputation will be somewhat damaged in the end, and besides, that place is indeed not a very good place.

“The original Shrek campus won’t work. It’s located near Soto City, which is the second most important city in the Barak Kingdom after the capital. Building a new campus there would inevitably be some limitations,” Chen Feng said, expressing his opinion.

The master and Flander opposed going back out of emotional reasons, while Chen Feng opposed it out of practical reasons, feeling that the place was not suitable for development.

If Shrek Academy in Dou Er could develop into a Shrek City, Chen Feng believed that this new campus wouldn't be much different. Building a city in a country's most important territory is just asking for trouble, isn't it?

“Also, that place is a bit too close to here…” Chen Feng tapped the table lightly.

He wasn't quite able to accurately grasp Bibi Dong's mental state, so it was better for him to stay away from the Spirit Hall.

"Alright, never mind." Zhao Wuji scratched his head and retracted his suggestion.

"Xiao Feng, where do you think would be suitable?" Flander asked.

“A slightly remote place would be better, such as Winter City. The area around the far north is sparsely populated, and you can easily set up a campus by simply staking out a piece of land.”

"Another place is the northern part of the Star Dou Great Forest, which is some distance from Longxing City. It's also a very nice place," Chen Feng said, sharing his thoughts.

Both places have the advantage of being close to large gathering places of soul beasts and located in border areas, not major transportation routes, making it easy to develop good inter-beast relationships, since Chen Feng has beast lines in both places.

Moreover, it will not be subject to interference or restrictions from any country.

However, both places have their own problems.

"The soul beasts in the far north have too few attributes. Unless we build a single-attribute campus, it's not suitable." Unexpectedly, Gu Yueling spoke up at this moment.

She has always been a quiet member of the team, more of a listener, so her remarks this time were somewhat unexpected.

But no one thought much of it, because they agreed with Gu Yueling's opinion and didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said.

Chen Feng glanced at Gu Yueling, then looked away and said:

"The northern region of the Star Dou Great Forest also has its drawbacks. It is too close to the Star Dou Great Forest and lacks a strategic buffer. If a large-scale event of soul beasts going out occurs, it will be very troublesome."

In fact, this place was the location of Shrek Academy during the second era of Dou Di Zhuan. The location was indeed good, but it was prone to being attacked by spirit beasts.

After all, even family members can have conflicts, let alone humans and soul beasts who are not as close as family. Even if Chen Feng develops the Ring-Raising Technique, it is hard to guarantee that the two races will not have disagreements.

When humans and spirit beasts start fighting over something, that place will be the first to be affected.

"But overall, this place is still the most suitable," Chen Feng concluded.

"It's unlikely that soul beasts would go out on a large scale. This has rarely happened in the past," Xiao Wu said.

"But it's not unprecedented; if it happened, it would indeed be troublesome." The master stroked his chin.

“Not all soul beasts are crazy. There’s always a reason why they leave their homes and rush out,” Gu Yueling said calmly.

The master recalled the relevant records he had seen, and remained noncommittal:

"perhaps."

"Let's leave it here for now. We'll discuss the rest when we get back," Chen Feng said, ending the conversation.

This isn't my territory, so it's not appropriate to discuss anything more in-depth. Let's just leave it at that.

"Speaking of which, what are you guys planning to do?" Flander asked, looking at the others.

“Then I’ll definitely work for Brother Feng,” Ma Hongjun said without hesitation. “Brother Feng, you must need some manpower, right?”

"Of course, it would be best if all of you came to help," Chen Feng said with a smile.

"Then it's settled. I'll be free after graduation, so I can follow Xiaofeng and make something of myself." Dai Mubai slapped the table.

“Me too, me too.” Bai Chenxiang raised her hand, and the others followed suit.

“Building a new campus requires funding and manpower; I’ll coordinate that.” Ning Rongrong smiled and glanced at Chen Feng, then raised an eyebrow at Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing pursed her lips, about to say something, when Chen Feng spoke up:

"Zhu Qing, the academy needs an armed team for field operations—I mean, a squad. Are you willing to lead this team?"

"Of course I'm willing." Zhu Zhuqing nodded without hesitation.

Zhao Wuji, who was listening nearby, sensed something was amiss. "Why does the academy need armed field support?"

"It's a field operations team," Chen Feng corrected earnestly.

"Never mind the fieldwork, the question is why do we need this?" Zhao Wuji was puzzled; he had a feeling that Chen Feng was planning something big.

"Let's drink, let's drink." Chen Feng raised his glass.

He harbored a deep-seated dream: to eliminate the major drawbacks of the martial spirit bloodline inheritance.

But he dared not speak of this dream, because it would be uprooting those Soul Master families, and even his current companions might turn against him because of it.

This is why field support equipment is needed.

If you don't hold onto the knife handle tightly, this kind of thing will remain just a dream.