Chapter 127: Shrek Academy Completed
A year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Two months after Yan Jin's death, Xiao Tianhe, with the help of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, became a viscount in the Heaven Dou Empire, with his fiefdom located in Stone City in the western desert.
The western desert is notoriously barren in the Douluo Continent, but Xiao Tianhe had no choice but to comply, as he had already incurred the wrath of the Heaven Dou royal family in his pursuit of a title.
Therefore, Xiao Tianhe knew that he would not be able to obtain a good fiefdom.
However, Xiao Tianhe was quite satisfied with having a piece of land of his own.
During this time, Yan Jin kept a close eye on him, almost to the point of causing him psychological trauma.
Xiao Tianhe spent two months selling all the land and shops in Notting City and exchanging them for gold soul coins.
During that period, because there was no need to distribute dividends to Yan Jin, the Shi family had a lot of liquid funds.
Shi Zhen arranged for some members of his small families to purchase the Xiao family's shops and land.
Although these people would keep some for themselves, most of the Xiao family's shops and land belonged to the Shi family.
Before leaving, Xiao Tianhe visited the Shi family and invited them to build a winery in Stone City, but Shi Zhen refused.
Now that Shrek Academy is behind the Shi family, Xiao Tianhe didn't dare to force the issue. He chatted for a while and then left.
With the Xiao family relocating, Notting City was finally captured by the Shi family.
Taking advantage of Xiao Tianhe's departure, the new city lord did not arrive in Notting City immediately.
So the Shi family took advantage of this time to use all of their family's liquid assets to buy up 60% of the shops in Notting City, as well as tens of thousands of acres of land.
After this ordeal, the Shi family became the wealthiest family in Notting City, and a family that truly controlled the city.
The second month after Xiao Tianhe left, Zhao An, a city lord of level 30 or so, took over the position of city lord of Notting City.
Shi Zhen personally visited with gifts, which was very effective. Zhao An was also understanding and wanted to work together with the Shi family to make Notting City better and better.
Of course, Shi Zhen wasn't stingy either, and directly promised the new city lord Zhao An an investment of three thousand gold soul coins every month.
The city lord seemed to have been terrified of poverty, so he agreed to Shi Zhen's suggestions without any hesitation.
After everything was arranged, the Shi family and the people from Shrek Academy all began to cultivate diligently.
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At this moment, in the Shijiazhuang Botanical Garden.
After three renovations, the botanical garden was four times larger than before. It was now filled with all sorts of rare medicinal herbs, which thrived with the help of the little grass and wood gu.
Of course, besides Lin Yu and Shi An's contributions, Shi Lin also refined a large number of small herb and wood gu for this place.
During this period, Shi Lin refined at least three thousand high-grade small herb and wood gu.
The number of small grass and wood gu suddenly surpassed the number of high-grade wine gu.
The botanical garden also built some small wooden cabins specifically for secluded meditation and cultivation.
These small wooden houses are filled with Heavenly Crystal Lotus and Heavenly Crystal Lotus Gu, which can gather the surrounding soul power.
Moreover, the botanical garden has a very rich aroma of plants, which can also increase cultivation speed.
The entire botanical garden was thriving and bustling.
"Creak..."
The door of a small wooden cabin was opened from the inside, and Shi Lin crawled out.
"This time, I only managed to break through to level 19 during my seclusion. It will take at least three more months to break through to level 20. Sure enough, my cultivation speed has slowed down considerably after breaking through to level 10," Shi Lin sighed.
Shi Lin had just broken through to level 19 in the secret room.
Under normal circumstances, Shi Lin doesn't need to come out unless there's something wrong, since the soul energy here is abundant and it's suitable for cultivation.
But today is the day Shrek Academy is completed, and Shi Lin wants to go and see it, after all, Shi Lin and his friends are the first batch of students at Shrek Academy.
Just then, the doors of several small wooden cabins near Shi Lin slowly opened.
Shi An, Lin Yu, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar also came out of the room.
"Greetings, young master." Lin Yu and Shi An bowed respectfully to Shi Lin.
"Let's go. Shrek Academy is finished today. As the first batch of students, we should go and take a look." Shi Lin smiled at the group of people in front of him and said.
"Mmm." The others nodded in agreement.
The botanical garden is now also open to students like Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the people from Shrek Academy.
After all, it would be a waste to have only a few people from the Shi family. Moreover, the Shi family can feel more at ease now that the people from Shrek Academy have become stronger.
After a year of cultivation, everyone's cultivation level has improved significantly.
After a year of training.
Lin Yu broke through to level 16.
Shi An broke through to level 25.
Oscar has reached level 17.
Ma Hongjun has broken through to level 17.
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Compared to children of the same age, these individuals' cultivation speed was incredibly fast.
After leaving the botanical garden, the group boarded a carriage and headed straight for Shrek Academy.
Shrek Academy is not far from Shi Family Manor; in fact, you can see the entire Shrek Academy from Shi Family Manor.
After boarding the carriage, it only took about ten minutes to arrive at Shrek Academy.
Today, Shrek Academy covers a total area of 1,000 acres and is divided into an inner and outer campus, which can accommodate 10,000 students.
The academy is filled with pavilions and towers, making it look less like an academy and more like a private estate for some people.
In addition, Shi Zhen spent one million gold soul coins to build twelve simulated training environments at Shrek Academy, which were basically enough for the students.
In addition, the various buildings in Shrek Academy were all built at great expense by the Shi family, since they would still need to rely on Flander and his people for the time being.
Because the academy had grown larger, Flander and Shi Zhen discussed it and decided to recruit five hundred teachers.
In addition, to maintain the normal operation of the college, 3,000 staff members were hired to be responsible for maintenance, cleaning and other work.
Of course, these staff members are all farmers from nearby villages. They are honest and simple, and they do their jobs dutifully once they are paid.
The security guard knew a few people, including Shi Lin.
"Greetings, young masters!" The gatekeeper came out of the gatehouse and bowed respectfully to Shi Lin and his companions.
"Where are my dad and the others?" Shi Lin asked the gatekeeper.
"It's at the entrance of the teaching building, young master. Would you like me to take you there?" the gatekeeper said obsequiously to Shi Lin.
"No need, we know where the teaching building is, we can go by ourselves." Shi Lin nodded with a smile, then led the few kids behind him inside.
All other academies have already completed their admissions, so Shrek Academy probably won't be able to recruit anyone this year and will have to wait until next year.
So now the college is deserted and there's no sign of life at all.
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