The group didn't have much to prepare in a single day. The next morning, after breakfast, when Tang San and the others gathered on the training ground, Yun Chuan was already waiting for them.
Seeing all seven of them present, Yun Chuan didn't waste words. He simply waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
The Star Dou Great Forest was no laughing matter; it was teeming with Spirit Beasts, and they were all extremely aggressive, holding no good feelings towards humans.
As soon as they left the academy, everyone began to run.
Not long after they started their journey, the students began to understand the importance of the second lesson Headmaster Flender had given them yesterday. With Oscar's Sausage as a supply, the exhaustion from running was practically negligible.
As a fellow support, Ning Rongrong naturally wasn't idle either. Along the way, she occasionally used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to apply support effects to everyone, helping them speed up. The seven of them had subtly started to form a small group.
With Oscar's Sausage support and Ning Rongrong's enhancements, in just one day, by the time night fell, the Shrek Academy group had already traveled over 400 kilometers and were very close to the Star Dou Great Forest.
Seeing that they couldn't reach their destination today, Yun Chuan simply gave the order to rest. This was because they had just arrived at a small town, and whether there would be supplies further ahead was uncertain.
Upon entering the small town, it was much livelier than Yun Chuan had imagined. The town was like a small city, with shops lining the streets, offering all kinds of goods.
Yun Chuan observed carefully and sighed in his heart, "The saying 'those who live by the mountains eat from the mountains, those who live by the water eat from the water' probably refers to this principle. This small town clearly relies on the Star Dou Great Forest for its survival, and there are probably quite a few such towns around the Star Dou Great Forest."
At this moment, Yun Chuan pointed to a seemingly ordinary hotel ahead and said, "We'll stay here. Rest for one night and depart tomorrow morning. You'll be responsible for your own accommodation and food expenses."
The hotel was a two-story building. The first-floor lobby was a simple restaurant, and the second floor was for lodging. Yun Chuan checked into a single room for himself and went straight upstairs.
Dai Mubai discussed briefly with the others, then booked a quad room for the four boys and a triple room for the three girls.
After getting their rooms, everyone found a table in a corner and sat down.
With the seven of them sitting around one table, the atmosphere was quite harmonious. With Fatty cracking jokes, the atmosphere wasn't too stiff.
The restaurant was about six or seven-tenths full of customers at this time. Suddenly, a group of people walked in from outside. Similar to Tang San and his group, there were also eight of them.
Leading them was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, with a rather handsome appearance and a very refined moon-white Spirit Master robe. Following behind the middle-aged man were seven young people, six males and one female, who looked to be around twenty years old, wearing the same moon-white Spirit Master robes.
Both the middle-aged man and the seven young people behind him had a blue circular mark on their left shoulders, with two characters of the same color embroidered inside the circle: Canghui.
From their attire, it was clear that these people were all Spirit Masters.
The restaurant owner, seeing them enter, quickly went up to greet them, bowing and scraping with extreme politeness. This small town relied on the Star Dou Great Forest for its livelihood, or simply put, it relied on Spirit Masters.
Spirit Masters were not only a noble profession but also a wealthy one, so the owner naturally dared not be careless.
"That little girl is quite pretty, Boss Dai. These guys should be from Canghui Academy, right?" Fatty's small eyes stared intently at the only girl in the group of eight. Due to his evil fire, his eyes naturally gleamed. He stared at her relentlessly.
Dai Mubai curled his lip, "It's just a small Canghui Academy. What's there to show off about?"
Spirit Masters' hearing was naturally better than ordinary people's. The middle-aged man among the eight cast his gaze over, frowning slightly. When he saw that the Shrek Academy table was just a group of children, his expression immediately became even uglier.
Oscar sat next to Tang San and chuckled softly, "There's a good show coming."
Tang San looked at him with some confusion, "What good show?"
Oscar whispered, "This is also part of our cultivation. Headmaster Flender said that a Spirit Master who doesn't dare to cause trouble isn't a good Spirit Master. As the saying goes, not daring to cause trouble is mediocrity. Moreover, provoking people from Spirit Master academies is the safest; at most, it's just a fight."
Tang San couldn't help but laugh, "Our Headmaster's sayings, put together, could form a monster's lexicon. Looking at their age, this Canghui Academy should be a high-level Spirit Master academy, right?"